The mushrooming list of blogs monitoring the drug war from the Land of Lincoln (Drug WarRant, Vice Squad) includes -- as we've mentioned before -- the very good decrimwatch, which you'll see has been added to the links at left.

decrimwatch pointed out yesterday the court struggles of South Korean actress Kim Bu-seon, who smokes pot to ease glaucoma and a heart condition, to legalize its use. The former soft-porn star, who has five marijuana-possession arrests to her name, has garnered support from at least one rock star in the country. (No big surprise there.) But her efforts have important backers, reports The Korea Times.

"Scientifically, marijuana is just marijuana, a plant, as ginseng is just ginseng. It is neither a narcotic nor an addictive drug according to international agreements," Jeon Kyoung-soo, president of the Drug-Related Criminology Institute of Korea told The Korea Times.

From this point of view, Jeon said current law governing narcotics may be unconstitutional, as the actress Kim Pu-son insists.

Here's wishing Kim, star of such classics of film as 3 Memebrs, Decadence 37'2, Woman is a Fitful Wind and Prostitute's Fee, every success in her efforts.

(Note: Translating "Sex, drugs and rock & roll" into Korean and back into English using Babelfish yields "Characteristic, medicine and rock & list".)