September 2007
January 2007
Drug Policy Alliance
by Mal Burns (via)
Alternatives to Marijuana Prohibition and the Drug War in America, plus world coverage
May 2006
Medical marijuana | Reefer madness | Economist.com
by mikepower & 1 other
IF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.
April 2006
March 2006
Punishing Pain - New York Times
by mikepower
Wheelchair-bound multiple sclerosis patient Richard Paey is serving 25 years in a Florida prison for "trafficking" a half gramme of OxyContin, even though the prosecutor concedes that Paey never sold any of his medications. In prison, he now receives mor
January 2006
US Supreme Court Ruling a Relief for Some Patients
by mikepower
Charlene Andrews, who has terminal breast cancer, has not yet asked a doctor for the fatal dose of barbiturates that would enable her to take her own life.
December 2005
The Seattle Times: Opinion: Legalize drugs — all of them
by mikepower
I was a cop for 34 years, the last six of which I spent as chief of Seattle's police department. But no, I don't favor decriminalization. I favor legalization, and not just of pot but of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine, meth, psychotropics, mushro
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