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War on Drugs and ‘gateway’ madness
We should face up to the failure of the War on Drugs as public policy and seek a better way that is consistent with individual rights and personal responsibility. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 22, … Continue reading
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : The Quest of Cannabis King Jorge Cervantes
Jorge Cervantes with some of his queenly Cannabis plants. Photos special to The Rag Blog. An Interview with Jorge Cervantes: The king of marijuana cultivators andhis quest for the ‘Queens of Cannabis’ Marijuana will keep its underground character for a … Continue reading
Howard Wooldridge : Rocky Mountain High / 3
Howard “Cowboy” Wooldridge in Washington, D.C., with his wife Karen.. Misty and me:Fighting pot prohibition in Colorado, Part III An analysis of the 2012 state initiatives on cannabis. By Howard Wooldridge / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2013 Howard … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Amendment 64, Cannabis, Colorado, Drug Law Reform, Howard Wooldridge, Marijuana, Prohibition, Washington
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Howard Wooldridge : Rocky Mountain High / 2
Howard Wooldridge and Misty in Pueblo, Colorado. Image from The Pueblo Chieftain.Misty and me:Fighting pot prohibition in Colorado, Part II By Howard Wooldridge / The Rag Blog / December 20, 2012 Howard Wooldridge was Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amendment 64, Cannabis, Colorado, Drug Law Reform, Howard Wooldridge, Marijuana, Podcast, Prohibition, Rag Radio
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Howard Wooldridge : Rocky Mountain High / 1
Howard “Cowboy” Wooldridge and Misty fight marijuana prohibition in Colorado.Misty and me:Fighting pot prohibition in Colorado Governor Hickenlooper moaned that tourism would decline or, if more tourists came, they would be the ‘wrong sort of people.’ What a muffin-head he … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Amendment 64, Cannabis, Colorado, Drug Law Reform, Howard Wooldridge, Marijuana, Prohibition
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David P. Hamilton : The Physics of the Drug War
Mexican soldiers at site in Acapulco where three dismembered bodies were found in March 2012. Photo by Pedro Pardo / Agence France-Presse /Getty Images.Drug War futures:The dynamics againstan end to prohibition The reliable physics of the drug war is that … Continue reading
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Tagged David P. Hamilton, Drug Cartels, Drug Law Reform, Drug Violence, Drug War, Latin America, Medical Marijuana, Mexico, Prohibition
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : ‘Smoke Signals’ from Martin Lee
A psychoactive political journey:Smoke Signals from marijuana maven Martin Lee By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 8, 2012 [Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific, by Martin A. Lee (2012: Scribner); Hardcover; … Continue reading
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Paul Krassner Is Still Smokin’ at 80
Paul Krassner at his 80th birthday party.The counterculture was a spiritual revolution:A Rag Blog interview with Paul Krassner As the editor of The Realist, Krassner taught me not to take myself too seriously and not to gaze with absolute reverence … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Drug Law Reform, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Marijuanaland, Medical Marijuana, Paul Krassner, Political Satire, The Realist, Yippies
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Rag Radio : Activist/Journalist Jonah Raskin, Author of ‘Marijuanaland’
Jonah Raskin, photographed at a Rag Blog Happy Hour at Maria’s Taco Xpress in Austin, Texas, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, after appearing on Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Photos (above and below) by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Activist/journalist Jonah … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Jonah Raskin, Journalists, Marijuanaland, Rag Blog, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Jonah Raskin’s ‘Marijuanaland’
The Rag Blog and Rag Radio present Jonah Raskin in Austin Jonah Raskin will be our special guest at a Rag Blog Happy Hour, Friday, Oct. 7, 5-7 p.m., at Maria’s Taco Xpress, 2529 S. Lamar Blvd. All are welcome. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Hemp, Jonah Raskin, Mariann G. Wizard, Marijuanaland, Medical Marijuana, Prop 19
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Saving Granny from Vouchercare
Political cartoon by Nick Anderson / Houston Chronicle.Unkindest cut of all:Saving Granny from Vouchercare By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2011 “Avarice has so seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Drug Law Reform, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicare
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care and the Congress from Bedlam
Birth of the Republican Congress: “The Interior of Bedlam” (Bethlem Royal Hospital), from A Rake’s Progress by William Hogarth, 1763. Image from McCormick Library, Northwestern University / Wikimedia Commons.The Congress from Bedlam:Health care and American prioritiesBy Dr. Stephen R. Keister … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Drug Law Reform, Health Care Reform, Republican Right
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