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Victory in Common Sense, 75th Anniversary
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That's right, 75 years ago today, Alcohol Prohibition came to a close. Called "the Noble Experiment," more of a misnomer; it was an experiment in suppressing the sovereign rights of U.S. ...more »Czar Walters Thinks Dead People are a Measure of Success
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Today is the 75th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th amendment. For those of you (and me) who fell asleep during high schools civics, the 18th A. banned alcohol ...more »Alive We Want Them Back
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Jonathan Magbie died in jail because his jailers couldn't provide proper health care. He was locked up in the first place because he was a paraplegic who smoked cannabis to alleviate ...more »Meet Pablo
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Meet Pablo, the adorable and dead mascot of the new anti-cocaine advert (that's how they say it there) from the U.K. that uses wit in an attempt to promote the ...more »The Number One Question via Democracy 2.0
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You've got to hand it to the Obama team: web 2.0 was not just a campaign strategy for them. The latest online move within the most transparent administration ever at ...more »Drug Policy Week in Review
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California police chiefs asked the DEA in 2006 to subvert California law on medical marijuana. The latest government data indicated that over the past 15 years teen cigarette use declined while ...more »Opportunity in California’s Meltdown
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Yesterday California’s newly sworn-in legislature convened to tackle the state’s budget crisis. It’s a big job. California’s deficit is set to exceed $28 billion by June 2010. Threatening to add ...more »Medical Marijuana Closer to Reality in New Jersey
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Emails and faxes sent by DPA Network's supporters to legislators helped bring New Jersey one step closer to becoming the 14th state to allow access to medical marijuana. Thanks to people ...more »So, Um, How Much Coke Is There? And How Does It Get Here?
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Depending on the need for a story, evidently, cocaine in the United States is held to a different standard. According to the L.A. Times, 12/16/08 Home Edition, if we're to believe ...more »California, Humboldt Fairies and Compassionate Judiciaries
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It's been a good year for medical marijuana. Michigan became the 13th medical marijuana state, Massachusetts passed a decriminalization measure, and yesterday a medical marijuana bill made it out of ...more »