As the Washington Post reported this past week, the Drug Czar's office has some splainin' to do. As Bill Piper from the Drug Policy Alliance explained in an alert:

A recent Congressional investigation found that the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) used taxpayer money to boost support for Republican candidates in 2006. U.S. Drug Czar John Walters and his deputies traveled to almost 20 events with vulnerable Republican members of Congress in the months prior to the election. The taxpayer-financed trips were orchestrated by President Bush's political advisors and often combined with the announcement of federal grants or actions that made the Repub

Colorado Confidentai also covered the story and mentioned the Drug Czar's tendency to swing through Colorado during the statewide marijuana initiative campaign last year. As you may recall, we were ready for him.

You can see all the damning evidence against the Drug Czar and his office at this site provided by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. See below for the commitee's summary of the investigation.

The good folks at mediacow.tv recently brought this animated rundown on marijuana prohibition to our attention.

The latest issue of Newsweek includes a story called "The Teen Drinking Dilemma," in which Aaron White, a researcher at Duke University Medical Center, drops this wisdom:

"[T]he science is clear that alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana."   

The science is clear...