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Drug Policy Archive
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Let’s Raid Some Pot Clinics!
Posted on April 5, 2018 | 2 CommentsPriorities, people... -
Let’s Tear Apart this Repugnant Statement About Harm Reduction, Shall We?
Posted on April 1, 2016 | 1 Comment. . . As we approach April’s UNGASS special summit on drugs, it can feel like the momentum for worldwide drug policy reform is unstoppable. Just in the past week […] -
Introducing the “Compassionate and Sensible Access Act” for Medical Marijuana – UPDATED with text!
Posted on April 14, 2015 | 4 Comments. . . This made its way into our inbox last night from our good friend (and sometimes contributor) MMJ activist Debbie Tharp. Are we the first outlet to print […] -
Is Santa Ana Council doomed to repeat the mistakes of Los Angeles’ Measure D?
Posted on October 31, 2014 | 3 Comments. . . Two years ago, Los Angeles’ City Council drafted Measure D, which trounced two competing citizens’ initiatives to regulate the medical marijuana market in Los Angeles. Many assume […] -
“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! Final revision – it’s true, bill sucks.
Posted on July 9, 2014 | 22 Comments. . . Well, 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 […] -
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. And I shot back, “Hey, that’s a great epigram for […] -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 50 Comments. . . Spoiler 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 […] -
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 […] -
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. […] -
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 […]