Daily Archives: May 22, 2004

Ultimate Frisbee Harshed

Via Grassroots Buzz comes this horrible news from Drug War Chronicles. First, the drug testers came for the chess players, and we did nothing. Now the inexorable, totalitarian logic of drug prohibition has invaded the laid-back domain of competitive Frisbee, … Continue reading

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What if they just say “yes?”

One of the many problems with abstinence-only education is that it is all or nothing. It is sending an amateur across a tight-rope without a net, under the philosophy that if you give them a net it might encourage them … Continue reading

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Sheriff Bill Masters

I’ve mentioned Bill Masters before. He’s author of Drug War Addiction: Notes from the Front Lines of America’s #1 Policy Disaster. Now, he has a new book out: “The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War. (which is … Continue reading

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Contrarianism gains converts

My recent post If I were Contrarian-King of the United States is the feature article in this week’s Drug Sense Weekly newsletter (always a great re-cap of the week). I’ve gotten some great contrarian additions in the comments of that … Continue reading

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