Posts Tagged ‘drug war’
Judge Jim Gray: In Harm’s Way
Jim Gray talking about America?s “failed and hopeless policy of drug prohibition”. Describing himself as a “conservative judge” who has never used illicit drugs or marijuana, he nevertheless spells out why he believes that prohibition of cannabis is putting children and young people in more danger than regulation would.
Ex-U.S. attorney: Time to change pot laws
Three years ago, former U.S. Attorney John McKay was somewhere near the front lines of the nation’s drug war.
Directing federal prosecutions in Western Washington before he was fired in 2006 by the administration that appointed him, McKay’s office sent marijuana smugglers and farmers to prison on decade-long terms. It indicted a loudmouth Canadian pro-pot activist for selling cannabis seeds by mail order.
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