Drug Policy
My LTE to the TCC student newspaper
Monday, September 25th, 2006
Here’s a letter to the editor I submitted to the Tulsa Community College student newspaper, The TCC Connection:
Dear editor,
I am writing in response to the Sept. 13th issue’s series of articles “One Bad Scene.”
I thought this was a college newspaper, but instead what I see is something that would have made a great ABC after […]
Have they no shame in Louisiana
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Chicago Tribune: Willie’s in a pickle over weed — Country star, 4 others get possession citations
What a stupid turn of events in Louisiana. Has Willie Nelson ever hurt anybody by smoking weed? The only stupider than his being cited, is that fact that America is arresting hundreds of thousands each year for this “crime”, in […]
Oh great, another stupid Oklahoma drug law
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
NewsOK: Teens getting high on cough syrup focus of legislation
“This is going to become an epidemic, just like meth did,” said Rep. Doug Miller, R-Norman.
I guess the First Amendment would block this, but sometimes I wonder if there should be laws against legislators opening their mouths when they don’t know what they are talking about. […]
Legalize it!
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006MSNBC: Mexico: Men in border incident not soldiers — Government says they were smugglers wearing military-style uniforms
This story is absolutely crazy, but what stands out to me is how silly the whole thing really is. Why doesn’t the US just legalize marijuana? It would make the border safer so that this relatively safe soft drug […]
A NORML tribute to Willy Nelson
Tuesday, August 9th, 2005NORML.org: Our Friend Willie Nelson
Oh Canada
Friday, October 3rd, 2003MSNBC: Canada’s Chretien might light up a joint — Prime minister ponders puffing pot
if decriminalization legislation passes
OTTAWA, Oct. 3 — Now Canadians can understand why Prime Minister Jean Chretien seems to be in such a hurry to push through a law decriminalizing marijuana. Chretien, 69, said in an interview published on Friday that he might […]