Monthly Archives: April 2004

I just received this from Americans for Safe Access: San Jose, CA.  Eighteen months after a brutal DEA raid on a medical marijuana collective in Santa Cruz, California, the seriously ill collective members finally got the protection from future raids … Continue reading →

Today might be a day to read something fun, so I thought I’d point out one of my older satire articles — if you’re a recent visitor to Drug WarRant, you may not have seen this before. So move ahead … Continue reading →

From the Sun News in Myrtle Beach, SC: You have to admire the gumption of the U.S.æ Drug Enforcement Administration and its associates in the Horry County, Atlantic Beach and North Myrtle Beach police departments.æ Officers from the agencies came … Continue reading →

Sorry about the light posting the past few days. I went to see Dana Beal speak at the University on Friday (I’ll be posting some about his talk later this week) and I spent the weekend in Chicago without internet … Continue reading →

I have a confession to make. I have paid all my federal taxes. I realize that this action was unforgivable, since part of it went toward the Drug Czar’s six-figure salary and his $11 billion drug control budget. Because of … Continue reading →

Stupid government. Bad government. No supper for you. Go to your room and think about what you’ve done. “bullet” US Drug Law Keeps Married Couple from Living Together Via Drug Policy Alliance: A pair of middle-aged newlyweds cannot live together … Continue reading →

or How the War on Drugs has Undermined our Domestic and International Security All the talk recently about the 911 Commission, and who knew what/when, and what the priorities were, and on and on… It got my mind wandering about … Continue reading →

The Drug Czar has not only been pushing school drug testing here, but our government has been trying to influence other countries, starting with Bush ally Tony Blair. Fortunately, not everyone in the UK is willing to roll over and … Continue reading →

Check out this investigative report by Gwen Filosa in today’s Times Picayune. For years before his retirement as Orleans Parish district attorney, Harry Connick beat the drum for a Massachusetts company [Psychemedics] that uses hair samples to test people for … Continue reading →

Even this youngster gets it: I think drugs should be legal because of all the people that use drugs.æ The war on drugs takes a lot of money from the government that could be used for other purposes, such as … Continue reading →