This bold satire by the Onion News Network hits home in funny and disturbing ways, particularly given the inherent racism often present in the drug war.
Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult
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Governments can’t stand having people around who tell the truth
In the U.S.
Former Border Patrol agent sues over firing
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit for a former Border Patrol agent who claims he was fired  just weeks before his probationary period ended  because he expressed opinions about illegal immigration and drug legalization. […]
Gonzalez said while patrolling near Deming, N.M., in April […]
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Go lend a useful comment
A reader has asked that I pass on an appeal for assistance in a newspaper comment thread: Medical marijuana patient convicted at the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
I have been working the blogs in Hawaii and there is a drug counselor that floods the threads with his reefer madness. Here is the latest thread about a legal patient […]
Brian Doherty, California, Cannabis and Culture, Cannabis and the Law, legalization, NORML Executive Director, Prop. 19, Reason, Strategies for Reform
Reason On Marijuana: Just A Matter Of When
Just a Matter of When?
Legalizing marijuana has failed in California. But even in defeat, Proposition 19 might mark the beginning of the end for prohibition.
Brian Doherty from the February 2011 issue of Reason
On Homecoming Day at the University of Southern California, Elizabeth Tauro strode purposefully through the dense, shifting mob of pre-game partiers, bearing huge […]
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Just how rare are those accidents?
Whenever we have another one of those accidental shootings during drug raids, the officials are always quick to assert that such a thing is unbelievably rare.
Really?
Can they still call it rare when it no longer suffices to list the victim by name?
“Oh, you’re talking about the Jose Colon who was accidentally shot by police during a […]
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Best two minutes on TV today
Occurs in the pilot episode of “Harry’s Law” starring Kathy Bates. To watch it, go to the NBC video and go to the 23:45 mark of the episode (I haven’t watched the whole episode yet, but if the rest of the show is anything like this, it should be pretty interesting).
Transcript isn’t the same without […]