Last weekend, college students from across the country converged on the nation’s capital for the 10^th Annual Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) National Conference, and among them were 10 students from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH.  On Friday, Nov. 21, over 250 students swarmed Capitol Hill for scheduled meetings with their Congressmen and Senators.  Their issue du jour?  The 100-1 sentencing disparity for crack vs. powder cocaine.

This video from the Marijuana Policy Project provides a synopsis of where Barack Obama, John McCain, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, and Cynthia McKinney stand on drug and marijuana policy. Definitely worth a look!

Is it fair to call John McCain's wife a drug dealer?  A new website called is leveling exactly that charge against Cindy McCain, who is chairperson and majority shareholder in Hensley & Co., a major Anheuser-Busch distributor.  "As head of the Hensley Cartel, Cindy McCain has made a fortune," the site asserts.

Dear Senator Obama,

I was one of many voters who applauded Senator Chris Dodd last fall for advocating that marijuana be decriminalized. Accordingly, I was one of many voters who was disappointed to see you raise your hand in the Oct. 30 MSNBC debate, indicating that you did not agree with Dodd's common sense position.

The presidential primaries have left New Hampshire, and with all the exciting things we have going on at the state level, we're aren't likely to weigh in much more on the presidential process. Fun while it lasted!

Click here to read about our efforts to reduce marijuana penalties in New Hampshire!

(Also published at the Huffington Post's "Off the Bus.")

Clayton Holton was scheduled to receive a visit from Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich Tuesday morning at his residence, the Riverside Rest Home in Dover, NH. At 22, Clayton is the youngest person ever admitted into a retirement home in New Hampshire, and Kucinich wanted to hear his story.

(Also published at the Huffington Post's "Off the Bus.")

After news broke that a group called Common Sense Issues was behind those stupid pro-Huckabee push polls, I got a sharply-worded email about it.

Norml's Chris Goldstein asks me the best darned questions, doesn't he? Listen in as we discuss Ron Paul's web-only John Stossel interview, corporate media, the end of Alcohol Prohibition, unintended consequences, crack vs. powder cocaine sentencing disparities, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Shaheen, the evolution of John Edwards, and the Anti-Prohibitionist Candidate Report Card!