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05.20.10

General Assembly debates modifications of medical-marijuana law
5-20-2010 | Katherine Gregg | The Providence Journal


05.20.10

Edward Schumacher-Matos in the Washington Post:

The best thing that can be said about the 23,000 people who have been killed during Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s campaign against drug cartels in the last three years is that it proves that the war on drugs will never work.

President Obama calls Calderon Mexico’s Elliott Ness and is receiving him today in an official state visit. [...]

05.19.10
New Drug Policy needs a few fixes
5-19-2010 | Philly Daily News

05.18.10

So with the huge AP story about us having wasted a trillion dollars on a failed drug war hitting almost every media outlet this week, I was wondering when the Drug Czar would start “pushing back.” (Oh, wait, that was the old name of the “blog.”)

Well, the ONDCP’s ofSubstance “blog” has responded: ONDCP Agrees: A Balanced Approach is Needed, But Mischaracterizing Our Progress Helps No One

05.18.10
NORML: Marijuana Prohibition Corrupts; Absolute Marijuana Prohibition Corrupts Absolutely
NORML / 17 May 2010 / Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

05.18.10

bullet image Radley’s new crime column is another must-read. He nails New York’s finest for their arrest quotas that end up with massive infringements on civil liberties, tons of marijuana busts, and actually downplaying of real crime.

05.17.10
CA: Marijuana Evangelist
Houston native a force behind California’s vote to legalize pot
Houston Chronicle / 17 May 2010 / Allen Turner

05.17.10
Time for Florida to talk about marijuana laws
5-15-2010 | The Polk County Democrat

05.17.10

In little over 8 minutes Judge Jim Gray from Orange County, California, explains what 6 groups benefit most from drug prohibition AND he gives 6 clear reasons why cannabis should be legal!

05.17.10
Lynne Abraham's costly reefer madness
5-17-2010 | Chris Goldstein | The Philadelphia Inquirer

05.17.10

Here’s a nice little turn. A primary race for Attorney General where it becomes important to show your drug policy reform bona fides.

The presumed Democratic frontrunner for attorney general is facing questions from critics who accuse her of flip-flopping on a progressive touchstone: Rockefeller-era drug law reform. [...]

05.17.10

Patrick Corcoran, writing in Mexidata: The DEA and its Fallacious Reasoning on Drugs in Mexico

05.17.10

Supply-side drug warriors have generally taken the position that the idea behind eradication and interdiction is that you drive up the price of the illegal drugs (and in fact, people like John Walters used to get extremely excited over isolated local reports of increased prices for some drugs).

Problem is, they never really took it past that step. It was almost like an underpants gnomes version of drug policy

05.17.10
TX: City Reps Beto O'Rourke, Susie Byrd Call For Marijuana Legalization

El Paso Times / 17 May 2010 / Diane Washington Valdez

05.15.10

bullet image Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton:

“I hate the Internet”

05.14.10
DC: Jared Polis Grills Eric Holder On DEA Raids On Medical Marijuana

Huffington Post / 14 May / 2010

05.13.10

Here’s another instance of a reader taking it upon himself to write about an issue.

You may have heard that Utah started encouraging snitching on suspected marijuana cultivators with a special website: http://www.illegalutahmarijuanagardens.com/ (as of this writing, the website is unavailable due to exceeding bandwidth limits).

So Larry wrote a nice, polite letter to the various email addresses listed on the site before it crashed:

05.13.10
Hemp fans look toward Lyster Dewey's past, and the Pentagon, for higher ground
5-13-2010 | Manuel Roig-Franzia | The Washington Post

05.13.10

Update: The AP article is getting huge distribution. It’s completely dominating my drug war news feed this morning. Check to see if it shows up in a paper in your area — could be a great opportunity for a follow-up letter to the editor.

05.13.10
USA: Opinion From Norml: New Hi-Tech Police Tool To Detect Marijuana Use

Opposing Views / 12 August 2009/ Staff

05.12.10

From the press release:

05.12.10

bullet image Radley Balko’s crime column is on the Columbia, Missouri drug raid we’ve been talking about.

05.12.10
Medical marijuana bill introduced in Pa. Senate
5-12-2010 | John Manganaro | The Pitt News

One state senator wants to bring a new kind of green innovation to Pennsylvania — medical marijuana reform.