Monthly Archives: July 2005

Last week, China admitted that it is losing the war on drugs. This week, Taiwan said that it needs China’s help in winning the war on drugs (Taiwan apparently doesn’t read the news). So what happened? China officials blame “globalization … Continue reading →

An excellent OpEd from Ruth Blauer, executive director of the Maine Association of Substance Abuse Programs, in the Sun Journal. Link I admit that I have sometimes questioned the motives of some drug treatment professionals (see anything I’ve said about … Continue reading →

I admit that WorldNetDaily is not my usual first place to turn for news (or anything), but Steve Young pointed out a fascinating/bizarre article by conservative author Jim Rutz. Now obviously it’s no big deal for conservatives to support drug … Continue reading →

Fabulous news from Students for Sensible Drug Policy: SSDP Executive Director Scarlett Swerdlow, also a member of the National Organization for Women’s National Young Feminist Task Force, spent the weekend in Nashville with Deborah Small of Break the Chains, Jean … Continue reading →

Joe Baker in the Newport Daily News does a marvelous job of ridiculing Governor Donald Carcieri, who vetoed the medical marijuana bill: Carcieri way off on pot facts. Just go read it. It’s loads of fun.

Both the New York Times and the Dallas Morning News discuss the failures of the drug war in Mexico. Both are interesting, and give a clear sense of the futility of current drug policies. The Times article focuses mostly on … Continue reading →

Here’s another amazing example of drug war gone crazy.

Celebrate and Remember… Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, … Continue reading →

No, not that one… This one: Secret report says war on hard drugs has failed: A secret Downing Street report on crack and heroin, suppressed by ministers, has discovered that the government’s war on drugs has failed. The document, seen … Continue reading →

Libby beat me to this one, too. I’d really like to see this in some other media sources, but this is very exciting news. In fact, it should be front page. From Fred Gardner at CounterPunch, comes this: Marijuana smoking … Continue reading →