MetaFilter posts tagged with laws and drugs

91 pounds of LSD?

Gankmore — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:53:08 -0800

91 pounds of LSD? ...at that dosage level, Pickard and Apperson possessed 2 billion hits of acid—enough to give every person in the Western Hemisphere two doses and still have 250 million hits left over.

Ryan Grim is writing about acid again at Slate.

Drug War Desensitization

effugas — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 04:17:38 -0800

"A pint? That'll be three quid and a criminal investigation." From Fark. What's the line in the sand? Is there one?

U.S. warns Canada against easing pot laws

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:22:48 -0800

U.S. warns Canada against easing pot laws "David Murray, right-hand man to U.S. "drug czar" John Walters, says he doesn't want to tread on another country's sovereignty, but warned there would be consequences if Canada proceeds with a plan to decriminalize the possession of marijuana." WTF?

tankboy — Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:04:53 -0800

Government admits spying on drug reform advocates. Not to be snide, but why are these people even surprised? You can't even get photocopies made these days without being ratted out.

rushmc — Sat, 28 Jul 2001 11:39:02 -0800

The Economist calls for the legalization of drugs in this editorial. Plus these articles [per A&LD]. We are always led to believe that only fringe (read criminal and self-interested) elements favor this course...does anyone know any other "mainstream" groups/people with the nerve to publicly state their support? Or better yet, an online list of same.