This article by Radley Balko celebrates the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Alcohol Prohibition (Dec. 5, 2008) and also draws some very important comparisons and contrasts to our so-called "War on Drugs."

Kudos to Alternet for publishing a very informative drug policy discussion focusing on the positions and statements of Barack Obama and John McCain. 

 

Great article from Joe Conason published at Salon.com:

If Barack Obama or John McCain wants to find a federal program that wastes hundreds of billions of dollars, he can take the scalpel (or better yet the hatchet) to the national war on drugs.

Comedian Drew Carey has been producing some excellent segments for Reason Magazine's reason.tv.  Back in November 2007, for the second installment of "The Drew Carey Project," medical marijuana was Carey's topic.  If you like that one, check out the rest of the reason.tv show archives, many of which address various aspects of the "War on Drugs," including coverage of the recent Charlie Lynch injustice.

 

If you're wondering why SendTheRightMessage.com hasn't been active lately, it's because the New Hampshire Coalition for Common Sense Marijuana Policy has been focusing all its effort on supporting HB 1623, a bill in the NH House of Representatives that would reduce penalties for marijuana possession. Our initial hearing for the bill took place Tuesday, Jan. 22, and we are now in a very good position moving forward.

 

We got some great press on Wednesday, and today we even got an endorsement from the Nashua Telegraph, a major newspaper! Click here to read more about our state-level reform efforts.

This article for Alternet.org by Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann is simply a must-read.

 

Nadelmann will be speaking in Nashua, New Hampshire Jan, 4 -- click here for details!

Tony Newman of the Drug Policy Alliance takes a swing at the Clinton campaign in this article for the Huffington Post.

Jacob Sullum, the Reason editor who blogged about our Mitt Romney encounter in July, has published his reaction to our "Anti-Prohibitionist Candidate Report Card," calling it "instructive."

 

He does make one criticism -- scroll down the comment thread for my response!

 

 

This article graced the editorial page of the New Hampshire Union-Leader, our state's largest newspaper. It has also received nearly 500 comments at Digg.com.

This pointed editorial from the Houston Chronicle takes a pretty good series of shots at Obama:

 

Out of humility and humanity, you'd think that the Illinois senator would use this teaching moment to say: "What we politicians call our 'youthful discretions' should not become life-destroying crimes for everyone else. Let's stop arresting drug users."