Largely because of America’s failed and shameless “War on Plants” (aka the “War on Weeds” and the “War on Drugs”), the US is the world’s No. 1 jailer, with a higher incarceration rate than any other country (note that 47% … read more >

Timothy Egan writing in the New York Times: In 2010, the states (Colorado and Washington) spent an estimated $3.6 billion enforcing laws against simple possession of marijuana — a 30% increase from 10 years earlier. About half of all drug … read more >

“Crusaders [against alcohol and drugs] cannot accept the fact they are not God, that they have neither the right nor the competence to run other people’s lives.”

Thomas Donlan argues in the cover story of this week’s (June 1) Baron’s that legalizing marijuana will: a) hurt drug lords and the Mexican drug cartels by lowering prices, b) help cash-strapped states by generating hundreds of millions of dollars … read more >

From Black Entertainment Television: The level of gun violence in Chicago, which has caused shock waves nationally, is continuing with eight people having been shot in the nation’s third largest city in a 24-hour period that ended Friday morning, including … read more >

From “The Weed Trail: From California’s Medical Market to New York’s Underground“: Meet Chuck, a San Francisco marijuana dealer, who came to New York from California to sell weed because, in New York, where his trade is 100% illegal, he … read more >

From the blog of Nobel economist Gary Becker: The 40 year-old American “war on drugs” has been a colossal failure. No progress in dealing with drugs can be expected until that basic truth is recognized. Every conceivable approach has been … read more >