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One hundred pot arrests every hour, though blogger Andrew Sullivan gets a federal break

By Douglas A. Berman

TalkLeft has these two posts providing effective coverage of two interesting "drug war" stories concerning marijuana crimes that have developed in recent days: New FBI Report: A Pot Arrest Every 37 Seconds in 2008 Judge Says Blogger Andrew Sullivan Got Preferential Treatment in Pot Case There is a lot that could and should be said about both of these items, and I hope in future posts to blog more on both topics.  Looking at the issues together, however, I quickly come to the view that it would be nice to see at least some of the pro-liberty and anti-government sentiments being expressed by "tea parties" focused on criticizing and dismantling modern marijuana policies.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 15, 2009 (boomark / email).