Daily Archives: May 22, 2005

Drug War Follies

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We get stoopider in Afghanistan

Via TalkLeft comes this article about an upcoming showdown (which I paraphrase): Karzai: “You tortured prisoners!” U.S.: “Oh yeah? Well… you have poppies!”

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Freeport, Illinois gets it

Freeport is a town of about 26,000 in the middle of a large agricultural area in Northern Illinois. And yet, the Freeport Journal Standard editorial today nails Congress as far as mandatory minimums and the drug war: Mandatory Minimums a … Continue reading

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Monitoring Medicine Purchases a Sick Idea

Assistant Editor Michael Smith has it right in today’s Galveston County Daily News: Some in the Texas Legislature think the police ought to know how much cold and allergy medicine you’re buying. They want consumers’ names entered in a log … Continue reading

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