Tom Marino Drug Czar; Another Prohibitionist Profiteer! (tags)
Trump's pick for drug czar Tom Marino (R-PA) is another Reagan-era drug warrior looking to continue the revolving door of prohibitionist policies.
Worth Repeating: Suicide Rates Fall In Medical Cannabis States (tags)
Rewrite of article showing suicide rates have dropped in states that have legalized medical cannabis compared to increased suicide rates in states that maintained cannabis prohibition. Theories for why this happened is that cannabis is more effective as self-medication for depression than pharmaceutical pills and is often substituted for alcohol once legalized.
NJ Gov. Christie Claims Cannabis Legalization is "Blood Money" (tags)
At a recent speech given in a drug treatment facility NJ Gov. Chris Christie claims that legalization is "blood money" when in fact the opposite is true. This comedian who plans to run for Pres. in 2016 believes then that there is no blood money made in the illegal status of drugs that create the cartels and resulting violence of gang warfare?
Live Free from Unconstitutional Drug Laws by Electing Ron Paul in 2012 (tags)
This details the failed war on drugs and recommends legalization and understanding of the actual beneficiaries of the war on drugs in the prison-industrial complex and offshore banks.
RACE CLASS AND THE WAR ON DRUGS (tags)
A damning history of anti-drug laws in North America,