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Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine has opined once again on the Hurwitz pain case in The Accidental Drug Trafficker: A repudiation of prosecutions that treat doctors’ errors in judgment as felonies. If you haven't already, check out our news feature on this story .

Here I am. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We need to change our drug forbition law. Too. That DRY LAW produces violence and deaths. If you come to Rio de Janeiro, call me: Phone : 55-21-9255-3145

First time at this. I hope I did it all right. Glad to see the Drug Reform movement getting empowered and organized. I will be checking this site regularly. I am an HIV Positive man in Oregon who is registered with the state for Medical use. With minimal state "coverage" I feel blessed to be able to have what I need to help me have a quality of life that has allowed me to be relatively healthy for almost 18 years!! If we continue organizing and educating people, I am confident we will prevail in ending prohibition of all kinds.

im a 16 year old pot smoking kid nothing to do with my life besides to live ill do what ever it takes to stop this damn drug war.....

It has been a scandal festering for a year now. Thousands of people being held in the Orleans Parish Prison and other facilities when Hurricana Katrina hit a year ago today are still behind bars. They have never seen a judge or had a hearing. They just sit. While the rest of the local criminal justice apparatus is up and running, the courts remain a mess and most of the public defenders are gone.

testing this new blog thing on DRC net. I am not sure what to write here.

Dear sirs I am so pleased to see that somebody is doing a proper figth against drug traffic. Please write it in spanish to improve our participation in Latin America I am sure many people will join you.

I like the new site. Keep up the great work. I am going to make StoptheDrugWar.org my first stop when I log on each day. Best, Clyde

Music lovers have long appreciated Brazilian composer and musician Gilberto Gil's enormous talent and his contributions to bossa nova, tropicalismo, and other uniquely Brazilian music forms. Of course, Gil was never just a musician; he and Caetano Veloso, another giant of Brazilian music, were imprisoned by the military dictatorship in 1969 for "anti-government activities," and the pair went to exile in London and the US after they were released.