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Daily Archives: August 16, 2005
Walters: Violence is a good sign
In a Christian Science Monitor article about the drug cartel violence in Mexico (remember, we trained many of them), John Walters says: “In a way the violence is terrible but also a sign that the cartels are being squeezed by … Continue reading
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Science vs. Schedule 1
A big thanks to Kevin, who sent me the August editorial in Nature Neuroscience titled “Brewing a pot of hysteria.” Although the benefits of smoking marijuana remain controversial, the government has already decided that THC itself has medical benefits. Marinol … Continue reading
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More on Anthony Diotaiuto, drug war victim
Michael Mayo has an excellent column in today’s Sun-Sentinel: An ounce of pot, 10 bullets and one failed drug war “What in the hell were they doing with a SWAT team?” asked Eleanor Shockett, a retired Miami-Dade circuit judge who … Continue reading
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