Monthly Archives: February 2004

The Drug War Chronicle

This week’s Drug War Chronicle is worth reading cover to cover. Some amazing articles including: “bullet” Drug War Kills More Than a Cop a Month Yes, that’s at least one policeman every month. Give this to your law-and-order-I-support-the-drug-war friends: “These … Continue reading

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Around the web…

“bullet” Did Bush drop out of the National Guard to avoid drug testing? Eric Boehlert in Salon idly speculated about the fact that the questioned time period in 1972 was the year that the military started implementing random drug tests. … Continue reading

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Breaking news. Drug warriors lose.

This was not particularly a surprise to me, but is very welcome. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against the DEA regarding its “final rule.” The DEA was attempting to prohibit the sale or consumption … Continue reading

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More Voting Guidance

Vote Hemp has just come out with their own voting guide, which shows: Dennis Kucinich A+ John Edwards B- Howard Dean C- Al Sharpton D- John Kerry F Wesley K. Clark F George W. Bush F Balance that with Granite … Continue reading

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Around the web…

“bullet” Walter in Denver has discovered two drug war victims from 1989 that I’ll have to add to my Drug War Victims page. “bullet” Libby at LastOneSpeaks has been on a tear with tons of interesting material. She has the … Continue reading

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Conservatives, Liberals, and Libertarians, Oh my!

My friend Desert Cat points me to Vox Day (the love child of William F. Buckley and Ayn Rand), who is also an ardent foe of the drug war. He is also not hesitant to tell conservatives that support the … Continue reading

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Info on Presidential Candidates from Vote-Smart

Each election cycle, Project Vote-Smart provides in-depth coverage of candidates, including distributing a questionaire for them to fill out on a wide variety of issues. On this page, I have combined the drug policy answers of a number of candidates … Continue reading

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ONDCP Superbowl Ad

Here’s a sneak peek of “Rewind.” (RealAudio streaming file) [Backwards running scenes of girl passed out, throwing up in toilet, drinking, smoking pot, buying pot, starting the day] Narrator (girl): “Life doesn’t rewind. So if your child is drinking and … Continue reading

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