America's Schizoid Pot Culture | Mexico's Drug War Terrorizes Civilians | Crack Sentencing Obama Dept. Calls for an End

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America's Schizoid Pot Culture -- 4 in 10 Have Smoked It, and Millions Are Still Getting Busted By Joshua Holland, AlterNet The Obama administration is giving mixed signals on its pot policies despite a tidal shift in social views on legalizing marijuana. Read more »   Special Request from DrugReporter Editor Readers of this newsletter have sent in some excellent pieces for AlterNet to reprint in the past few months. Please send over any interesting articles or tidbits that you've seen or written on drug-related issues to me at: jan@alternet.org Much appreciated -- Jan Frel, DrugReporter editor     Marijuana at the Tipping Point: Is a Tidal Wave of Reason About to Change Our Pot Laws? By Phillip S. Smith, DRCNet Sometime in the last few months, the notion of legalizing marijuana crossed a major threshold. Read more »   Obama's 100-Day Grade on Marijuana Policy: Incomplete By Aaron Houston, AlterNet So far, President Obama has been reluctant to spend political capital on marijuana issues -- but there's good reason to hope for change. Read more »   Obama Administration Tells Congress to End Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity DRCNet In a break with the Bush administration, Justice Department called Congress to pass legislation to undo our vast sentencing disparities. Read more »   Mexico: Military's Battle Against Mexican Drug Cartels Terrorizes Civilians By José Luis Sierra, New America Media Mexican citizens face the constant threat from organized crime and the force that is supposed to protect them: the military. Read more »   Reefer Madness: 5 Broadway Shows That "Light Up" the Stage By Kimberly Kaye, Broadway.com We've weeded out the 5 best Broadway shows fueled by ganja. Yes, the list includes "Hair." Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Colbert: Has the Drug War Gone on Long Enough? By Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report Colbert interviews Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance on the need for massive drug law reforms. Read more »

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