This may be the least surprising news story since Michael Jackon was accused of child molestation: Art Garfunkel, part of the folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel, was charged with marijuana possession after police pulled his limousine over for speeding in upstate New York. Garfunkel, 62, had a small amount of marijuana in his jacket …
The War on Your Neighbor, aka the War on Drugs
Good News in the War on Your Neighbor
Via the Vodkapundit, we note that there is some good news from the front in the War on Your Neighbor: The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Tuesday a ruling that the government cannot revoke the federal prescription licenses of doctors who recommend medical marijuana to sick patients. Without any comment, the justices rejected a …
The War on Your Neighbor
Assholes. I really don’t have anything else to say.
The War On Your Neighbor
Nothing infuriates me more than the abuse/misuse of legislation: The Bush administration, which calls the USA Patriot Act perhaps its most essential tool in fighting terrorists, has begun using the law with increasing frequency in many criminal investigations that have little or no connection to terrorism. The government is using its expanded authority under the …
Another Victory
Talk Left details another victory in Seattle: Voters in Seattle today approved a measure strongly opposed by Drug Czar John Walters. It directs police and prosecutors to make marijuana arrests and prosecutions their lowest priority. Walters personally campaigned against the measure in Seattle on September 10. Good.
Ashcroft- Why Does he Hate the States?
Via TalkLeft, we find a very legitimate criticism of John Ashcroft and the Justice Department: Still licking their wounds, federal prosecutors have fired another shot at freed grass guru Ed Rosenthal, appealing the light sentence that let the convicted medical pot grower walk away a free man last month. The motion, filed late Thursday in …
Justice Served
Via TalkLeft, this excellent news: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced convicted marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal to one day in federal prison with credit for time served, essentially setting him free. Rosenthal was convicted in January of three marijuana cultivation and conspiracy charges. He faced more than 80 years in federal prison and $2.5 million …