Hey everybody. Russ Belville, the mad genius behind RadicalRuss.net, was kind enough to serve up a guest editorial for Legalize.org. The piece, called “Marijuana Prohibition - Impossible to imagine, if it weren’t a reality already,” appears bellow, unedited, in its entirety.
As marijuana activists, we often find ourselves in arguments with [...]

Another major victory in the war on drugs: Pot confiscated in Kentucky. From WFMY via Fark:
Pikeville, KY — While Kentucky is the “Bluegrass” state, authorities are finding plenty of another kind of grass, the illegal variety.
State police say they’ve confiscated more than $1 billion worth of marijuana this year.
Kentucky traditionally ranks among the top [...]

I’m sorry, but I just had to post this article on drug testing for the winter Olympics. The centerpiece of the article is Bode Miller, world champion in the downhill ski category. He’s against a zero tolerance policy on performance enhancing drugs because EPO is not particularly harmful and can save a skier’s [...]

Yet another good reason to cut the drug war from our bloated budget: NOLA hurricane victims could make much better use of the money we spend! (Link goes to the Radical Writ)
Ironic in a way, since most of those hit hardest by Katrina were the same demographic hit hardest by the drug war: [...]

This article in the Boston Herald shows the gross misspending of seized drug money by police. According to the law, monies seized in the war on drugs are used to fund the war on drugs, but some police seem to take a liberal view of this charge. Instead of using the money for [...]

Richard Paely, a paraplegic and sufferer of chronic pain is behind bars for possession of pain killers that were prescribed to him. What a world.
The larger issue, of course, is why a man who is clearly not an addict (he wasn’t taking the medication to get high) and had a legitimate use for the [...]

This is an excellent op ed article, written by a former Seattle Chief of Police. Read it to see what an intelligent opinion on drug regulation sounds like.
Discovered at Drug War Rant.

A great, great article by “Radical” Russ Belville. I really don’t have anything to add to it, just check it out.
The article lays the blame on “Mexican drug cartels” using sophisticated growing techniques and methods of avoiding detection. Because of tight US border security, the article claims, the Mexicans made a business decision to [...]

Found at Drug War Rant:

This is nice…
Advocates for medical marijuana use will have an ally in the governor’s office next year, regardless of whether Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon S. Corzine or Republican Doug Forrester wins November’s election.
Both candidates said Tuesday night that if elected, they would allow for the medicinal use of marijuana if [...]

Conclusive proof that America has more to worry about than pot smokers:
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