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The Voice of OC!Get Vern’s Latest and Greatest…
- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Kwang Chol Joy Guilty of Slaying Roommate and Army Veteran with Future Maribel Ramos
- Comic Writer Sam Humphries at Phat Collectibles This Thursday!
- Catherine Kieu Becker Loses Appeal Arguing Slicing Off Husband's Penis was Not Torture
- OCDA Clears Sheriff's Deputy in Fatal Shooting of Connor Zion
- Donald Keith Goff Cops to Scams That Cost SBA and Financiers of Gas Station Loans Millions
- Assemblyman Tom Daly, State Bar and Labor Groups Hold Fraud Prevention Meet TODAY
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Jerry’s latest public works boondoggle threatens property owners
- Political cronyism destroys Lake Forest’s Planning Commission
- Diane Dixon files papers to run for the Newport Beach City Council
- Charter schools linked to weird Turkish sect face closure
- The Bryson Chronicles: they lied about her school board attendance record
- 65th A.D. candidate Young Kim to host an election kickoff BBQ on August 2
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Drug Policy Archive
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“Do No Harm?” How the War on Drugs has become a War on Kids.
Posted on July 12, 2014 | 6 Commentsfirst printed in Medical Marijuana 411, July 4, 2014. The war on drugs is, by now, easily America’s longest conflict. I have written extensively on the corruption surrounding the enforcement... -
The NEW Poison Pill in Lou’s Pot Bill! REVISION Thursday – Poison Pill MAY be removed!
Posted on July 9, 2014 | 21 CommentsWell, when Paul Lucas is right, Paul Lucas is right! And what has Paul been right about most often? Mainly, that each time State Senator Lou Correa (now contemplating a... -
Santa Ana’s new Marijuana Proposal shapes up: Progress, or a Sneaky Trick?
Posted on June 30, 2014 | 37 CommentsTwo weeks after June 17′s somewhat contentious council meeting discussing and delaying the Santa Ana City Council’s proposed medical marijuana regulation initiative, the question in this title still seems valid. ... -
California Weed Wars: the Legal Lay of the Land.
Posted on June 10, 2014 | 34 CommentsAs measures to reform marijuana policy make great strides across the rest of the nation, California continues to lag behind in establishing a statewide system of regulation that protects safe... -
Right Before Our Very Eyes: A Civil Remedy to Drug Abuse.
Posted on June 4, 2014 | 6 CommentsIt is clear that Americans have an opioid prescription drug problem of massive proportions. This problem has resulted in a surge of heroin addiction that is affecting Americans across the... -
The Exoneration of Chris Norby.
Posted on May 16, 2014 | 25 Comments“Permanent War is not a viable way of life, whether abroad or at home,” opined Chris Norby. “Hey, that’s a great epigram for this story, let me write it down!” ... -
Mimi vs Moorlach on Medical MJ: Must the GOP go down in a death embrace with the Drug War?
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 67 CommentsLast year around this time I was asked to become a featured blogger for a great women’s activist website called Ladybud Magazine. I started one of my original articles asking... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 50 CommentsSpoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful Dan Chmielewski of... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 63 Comments“…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car wreck of the... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.
Posted on February 16, 2014 | 33 CommentsWe all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party.... -
The DEA’s Leadership is Obsolete.
Posted on January 25, 2014 | 19 CommentsThis article in today’s Boston Herald the author portrays the glee of the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) over the statements made by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) head Michelle Leonhart, statements... -
What the Cops in Denver Have to Say about Marijuana Legalization
Posted on January 1, 2014 | 18 CommentsOne huge problem for marijuana legalization petitions like the ones that just passed in Colorado and Washington are that people can’t agree on what initiative should be on the ballot... -
I am a Recovering Drug War Addict.
Posted on December 29, 2013 | 18 Comments2013 has been a boon year for drug policy reform everywhere in the nation except, sadly, in California. I have watched law enforcement evolve and implement strategies nationwide that reduce... -
The War of Words, over Drug Policy
Posted on December 19, 2013 | 10 CommentsThe death of Kelly Thomas and the ongoing trial has been grounded in the stigmas that surround both mental illness and substance abuse. As the defense attorneys continue to blame...
