Monthly Archives: September 2005

There’s been a rather entertaining exchange going on in the comments of my Drug War Victims page. One of the interesting characters visiting that page is Jake, a real gung-ho drug warrior who referred to the victims as “sh*tbags” and … Continue reading →

Read it You and I are just happy it all worked out. But this story has got to be giving some prohibitionists a crisis of faith.

Souder, Sensenbrenner, and Blunt (that’s frightening by itself) have introduced H.R. 3889, the Methamphetamine Epidemic Elimination Act. Wow. Just pass a bill and eliminate Meth? Amazing. Let’s pass some other bills. How about the Cancer Elimination Act, or the Toxic … Continue reading →

Afghan minister quits after ‘drug war rift’ with Karzai Oops.

This is old news now, but I wanted to at least weigh in on the “news” that Kate Moss used cocaine. A surprise to absolutely nobody, yet somehow requiring shocked horror as a reaction. As far as I’m concerned, the … Continue reading →

Make no mistake about it. Senator Richard Durbin is one of the good guys, and I’m proud to have him as my Senator. He was the only one to stand up to DEA head Karen Tandy in her confirmation hearing … Continue reading →

Libby has been blogging up a storm recently, with some great stuff on the Senlis Council, the Salon article on the Utah attack, the effectiveness of meth reaction laws, and DEA delays.

… or how much to believe, but in a special to the World Tribune.com: Cannabis new drug of choice to finance Al Qaida ABU DHABI — Saudi security sources said Sunni insurgents have been smuggling illegal drugs from Iraq to … Continue reading →

Regular readers of this site have heard me complain ad nauseum about the delaying tactics of the federal government to prevent even the proper investigation of medical marijuana. Here’s a chance for you to get your Representatives into the act … Continue reading →

I mentioned this case briefly back in July. As part of a drug sting, police in Great Barrington, MA lured and arrested 19 young people for selling drugs (most were first time offenders and many were for small amounts of … Continue reading →