Drug WarRant

America on Drugs

Pierre Tristam has an outstanding piece: When Admitting Failure Is Forbidden – America On Drugs. The whole thing is worth reading and quoting. Here’s a snippet.

The country is addicted to the bureaucracy of the war. It keeps prisons in business. It keeps police departments fattening up their ranks. It lets politicians on the stump […]

The drug war fills up Illinois prisons

A new report was issued this week about drug incarceration in Illinois, and I got a chance to glance at the actual report last night. Online versions of the report should be available soon. Some really powerful statistics. The Chicago Tribune reports:

After two decades of steadily toughening laws, Illinois now puts more people in […]

Son of Sam Walton on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “Cannabis is so harmful, it was the reason he was killed, but no cannabis was stolen from the victim, so…” Jun 14, 15:17
Great Harry's Ghost! on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “OT… Anti-cannabis/pro-prohibition sheriff remarking on the very recent death of a teen shot in a park, watch the first 90…” Jun 12, 00:10
Servetus on Time for drug sniffing dogs to find a new job: “Risk of opioid and UVB addiction is increased by vitamin D deficiencies in a rat study done at Massachusetts General…” Jun 11, 20:14
NorCalNative on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “OT The FDA just approved a drug to treat Alzheimer’s patients called Aduhelm. It’s a monoclonal antibody that removes amyloid…” Jun 9, 11:22
Servetus on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “Once Amazon does this, I hope they don’t try to corner the marijuana market. It would be bad PR.” Jun 3, 20:55
Son of Sam Walton on Time for drug sniffing dogs to find a new job: “Let’s train K9s to sniff out emotions. I’m assuming depression and PTSD have chemicals involved. Hospitals, nursing homes, VA clinics,…” Jun 2, 20:23
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “A new drug similar in chemical structure to ibogaine does not create hallucinations or possess toxicity and acts to counter…” May 26, 21:26

Archives

Pages

Authors

America on Drugs

The drug war fills up Illinois prisons

Recent Comments

Recent Posts

Blogs

Organizations