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2002 NORML CON Speech by Van Jones, Obama’s former green energy advisor, targeted by Glenn Beck
Big thanks to Steve Bloom at CelebStoner for unearthing this YouTube video.
Drug Czar Kerlikowski addresses UN report on success of decriminalization, without mentioning decriminalization
The remarks from our Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy on the release of the UN 2009 World Drug Report, which endorsed drug decriminalization in a reversal of previous policy. Guess which 17-letter D-word never gets mentioned once in our “drug czar’s” 781-word statement? Statement of R. Gil Kerlikowske Director, National Drug [...]
Legalization of marijuana, a “fringe” issue like UFO and Kennedy Assassination conspiracy
The New York Times has a piece up about the Obama Administration’s “Open for Questions” internet initiative where they accepted questions from the general public about federal policy and government. As we know, legalization of marijuana was enormously popular and shot to the top of the list of questions every time the President asked us [...]
90% of guns in Mexican drug war come from US… or not
Yesterday I had written this in a post about Mexican officials seeking Asylum in the US: How tragic – we fund the Mexican cartels because we prohibit a plant that Americans demand, then we supply 90% of the firearms and ammunition the cartels use to terrorize police, but when the police run to us in [...]
Congressional Research Service’s “Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies”
Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies (PDF; 920 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via FAS/Secrecy News) The issue before Congress is whether to continue the federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients and their providers, in accordance with the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), or whether to relax federal marijuana prohibition enough [...]
Feds may lift forfeiture threat from medical marijuana clinics
All of this brings to question whether those DEA letters sent to landlords warning of potential forfeiture actions and other penalties are still valid. Asked about the issue several weeks ago, a spokesperson for Attorney General Eric H. Holder did not give a clear answer about the Justice Department’s intentions. When asked whether landlords who [...]
President Obama’s Memo to Executive Branch: “a state may try novel social and economic experiments”
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ———————————————– For Immediate Release May 20, 2009 May 20, 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Preemption From our Nation’s founding, the American constitutional order has been a Federal system, ensuring a strong role for both the national Government and the States. The [...]
Stash Pot Quiz – Obama, Minnesota MedMJ, and Legalization
We’ve been on hiatus with these for a while, haven’t we? Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
Arianna Huffington: Ending the War on Drugs: The Moment is Now
(Huffington Post) When it comes to addressing America’s disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration appears to be moving in the right direction — albeit very, very cautiously. … But when it comes to putting its rhetoric into action, the Obama administration has faltered. Just a week after the Attorney General said there would be [...]
Drug Czar Kerlikowske calls for end to “War on Drugs” analogy
I like the guy already. (Wall Street Journal) WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use. In his first interview since [...]