Monthly Archives: August 2009

Mike Gray’s excellent book “Drug Crazy: How We Got Into this Mess and How We Can Get Out” is now available to read online for free at Libertary.com [Via David Borden]

With an bizarrely titled review of Julie Myerson’s book “The Lost Child: A Mother’s Story,” Dominique Browning descends into the depths of the real Reefer Madness herself. Browning tells us that the book shows how the author …was finally forced … Continue reading →

Take it with a grain of salt — this is one person’s story of reactions in one bar in Tijuana, but I thought it was an interesting take at Narco News on the recent decriminalization law in Mexico. When I … Continue reading →

Barrett Brown notices that some conservatives (like the Weekly Standard), who have been fans of drug prohibition, have suddenly come to the conclusion that people should own their own bodies. Since the terrible bloodletting of the Civil War, and now … Continue reading →

Last week, I wrote about the excellent discussion on the war on drugs going on over at Cato Unbound. I’m pleased to see that discussion has recently been picked up by El Paso’s Newspaper Tree. Remember the Heritage Foundation “economist” … Continue reading →

Link Michael Skinner, a law enforcement officer with the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado, said warning signs of possible drug trafficking include “tortilla packaging, beer cans, Spam, Tuna, Tecate beer cans,” and campers who play Spanish music. He said the … Continue reading →

I was raised in the church and studied the Bible extensively. So this kind of thing really pisses me off. Legalization of drugs leaves addicts helpless, priests in Argentina warn While the priests acknowledged “the good intentions of those who … Continue reading →

After Monday’s roundtable in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Drug Czar Kerlikowske will continue through the midwest. St. Louis, MO, Tuesday morning On Tuesday (Sept. 1) at St. Louis City Hall, Kerlikowske will unveil a new, national meth advertising and prevention blitz. … Continue reading →

Conan has a little fun with it [via Philadelphia Will Do] Random thought. If we could harness all the people who cheer whenever drugs are mentioned in a late night talk show or stand-up comedy, we’d have quite a drug … Continue reading →

The Associated Press reaches a new low with this one: Mexico’s new drug use law worries US police Mexico now has one of the world’s most liberal laws for drug users after eliminating jail time for small amounts of marijuana, … Continue reading →