War On Drugs Archives Digest
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April 27, 2006
Loretta Nall is a party gal with the party party, the United States Marijuana Party and she's running for governor of Alabama. Her BlogAd says, "the media covers her boobs and activist history, but what she really needs is your support to get on the ballot." I don't know if...
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June 27, 2005
Dude! This Ron Paul guy from congress wants to make hemp farming legal! Send out a 420 to all your buds and buddettes, dude! It's called the H.R. 3037, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005, and it would like make hemp farming like legal. Think of all the products...
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August 02, 2004
Drudge doesn't have this story yet, so: LaFAYETTE, Ga. - A Walker County man was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after his pants exploded while he was talking to social services workers outside his home... "Finally, while he was sitting in the back seat, the front of his pants exploded," [the...
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July 08, 2003
From this: Still licking their wounds, federal prosecutors have fired another shot at freed grass guru Ed Rosenthal, appealing the light sentence that let the convicted medical pot grower walk away a free man last month. The motion, filed late Thursday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, does not...
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June 04, 2003
From this: Amid cheers from supporters, marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal was sentenced on Wednesday to a single day in jail for growing the drug in violation of federal law even though California allows its cultivation for medical use. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he handed down the light sentence...
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April 23, 2003
Here I thought the Nick & Norm anti-drug TV commercials were no more. Yet, I've seen them twice recently. The latest one attempts to, er, discuss legalization. The smart older guy says something like "make them available everywhere like Cheezios... crack on the schoolyard, heroin in vending machines, etc. etc."...
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April 01, 2003
"Also Stops Study That Found Campaign Wasn't Working" From this, via Drudge. Oh, in case you aren't laughing yet: "Also Stops Study That Found Campaign Wasn't Working"...
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January 07, 2003
This Reason article has interviews with three former drug warriors. As I discussed below, there are problems not just with the WOD, but with legalization as well. From the article: What do you do when you legalize it? You are the government crack dealer and a 14-year-old kid comes up...
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January 04, 2003
I posted below about the new "Nick and Norm" anti-drug TV commercials. Here's another blogger's comments, many of which I find persuasive....
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December 29, 2002
A recent government TV commercial for the War on Drugs features two guys discussing how drug money funds terrorism. Something about, "if there were no drug buyers, there would be no drug cartels, and if there were no drug cartels, money wouldn't go to terrorist orgs." I have to wonder,...
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