From History & Policy, an essay on binge drinking and moral panics: historical parallels? From Reason, an article on the truth about medical marijuana: What the presidential candidates are too timid to tell you. Prohibition has failed—again: Instead of treating the demand for illegal drugs as a market, and addicts as patients, policymakers the world over have boosted the profits of drug lords and fostered narcostates that would frighten Al Capone. Big Man of Buds: An interview with the legendary pot activist Ed Rosenthal. A review of Matters of Substance: Drugs—and Why Everyone's a User by Griffith Edwards. Peaking on the Prairies: Long before touching down in San Francisco, LSD was primed to become a psychiatric wonder drug in Saskatoon. From The Texas Observer, a redneck state of mind: Don’t confuse these hard partyers with white trash.
