Happy Halloween! “bullet” Flex Your Rights and others have been protesting in Washington DC about the new random bag searches in public transportation. Their efforts (which are really about informing citizens of their rights) have been getting some good press. “bullet” Chicago taking a new direction in the war on drugs? at WindyPundit covers [...]

There’s an interesting article in the Irish Examiner about a speech by Father Peter McVerry at an Addiction Training Institute conference.

The Jesuit priest, who has worked with homeless young people for 30 years, said he had seen the “devastation” caused by illegal drugs, particularly heroin and cocaine. “I spend much of my time [...]

There are a lot of reasons for ordinary people to not get drug policy reform, particularly if they haven’t spent much time thinking about it or studying it. But there’s a point… You listen to a prohibitionist who spends a lot of time dealing with drug policy, and there’s a point when you realize [...]

“bullet” Via Radley Balko comes a letter from Kent Corbett – a Milwauke police detective and former SWAT officer – who defends the actions of police in the horrible raid on Mayor Cheye Calvo and his family (where the dogs were killed and the innocent family terrorized with no investigative work by the police). [...]

Via TalkLeft, John McCain writes in the National Law Journal:

Terrorists are not the only threat to public safety. Lax enforcement policies, judges who legislate from the bench and lack of support for law enforcement personnel all continue to force our innocent citizens behind the barred windows of their homes and allow criminals to [...]