CHANGE.GOV The Obama-Biden Transition Team Website
President-Elect Obama has a forum where you can Share Your Vision of the country. The Website is CHANGE.GOV, The Obama-Biden Transition Team.
Dissertation on America's push for punitive drug laws
Certainly not light reading at over 300p, but I just came across Nathaniel Lee Smith's 2007 dissertation for UNC,
Religious Freedom: Arizona Supreme Court to Hear Case on Spiritual Right to Marijuana
The Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether there is a religious right to use and possess marijuana.
Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
What Are the Worst Arguments Against Legalizing Drugs?," "Drug War Debate Continues in El Paso," "If the Drug War is so Great, How Come You Don't Wanna Talk About It?," "The Drug War is Basically an Employment Program for Criminals," "Metro Threatens Flex Your Rights with Legal Action, ACLU Defends," "Obama's Surgeon General Hates Marijuana (But Sort of Supports Medical Use)," "High Times Should Give Me a Job," "The Drug Cartels are Becoming More Powerful Than the Government," "The Drug War Only Causes Violence. It Can't Create Peace."
Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
Apply for an internship at DRCNet for this spring (or summer), and you could spend the semester fighting the good fight!
The Border: US Prepares "Surge" In Case Prohibition Violence in Mexico Spills Over
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has been keeping an eye on the border. Now, he reveals that he has plans for a "surge" if Mexico's prohibition-related violence spills over into the US.