A price tag for part of the Conservatives' law-and-order agenda is about to be made public -- and the number is in the billions, far higher than any previous estimates.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The open war of Felipe Calderón's Mexican government against organized crime and drug trafficking has reached nearly 18,000 victims, according to the judicial authorities of Mexico.
A minor change in court processing procedures in Philadelphia, streamlining the handling of arrests for pot possession, sparked a major controversy recently that totally missed the most outrageous aspect of marijuana law enforcement.
Whether it's music, activism or daily life, the one ideal to which I have always aspired is constant challenge -- taking risks, stepping out of my comfort zone, exploring new ideas.
Jerry Lemaine, busted with a single joint, imprisoned for 3 years and facing deportation, is among thousands whose fate may hinge on a drug-related convictions case to be argued on Wednesday before the United States Supreme Court.
Long the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
So it turns out that a little cutting and pasting is fun. Here is another article in which I have substituted drug prohibition for the long-gun registry to make a point.