Monthly Archives: October 2005

Via Last One Speaks comes this story from Decatur, Alabama. As long as they think you have drugs, your 4th Amendment rights don’t matter, your possessions don’t matter, the lives of your pets don’t matter, and in many cases, your … Continue reading →

Are people allowing themselves to actually be bolder in their thinking these days? From a small Pennsylvania town… Amid the flurry of voices on the phone cheering a column about an ex-cop advocating drug legalization was that of Dr. Joseph … Continue reading →

“bullet” Melissa Etheridge smoked pot while she had breast cancer. “Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana,” Etheridge says in an interview to air Sunday on “Dateline NBC” … Continue reading →

One of the classic reefer madness claims was that smoking pot would destroy your brain cells. Even though that was thoroughly debunked long ago, this wrong-headed assertion still pops up regularly. Not a single legitimate study has found any long-term … Continue reading →

In a nationally coordinated effort, operation Justify Our Budget (or JOB, for short) came to a stunning conclusion today. 487 DEA agents, working with local law enforcement officials, went into stores in 73 cities around the country and bought bags … Continue reading →

The DEA is triumphantly announcing the conclusion of Operation Long Whine (have they run out of good operation names?). Reports say they seized a bunch of coke, meth, and cash, and arrested 28 people. DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy said … Continue reading →

Link Advocates for medical marijuana use will have an ally in the governor’s office next year, regardless of whether Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon S. Corzine or Republican Doug Forrester wins November’s election. Both candidates said Tuesday night that if elected, … Continue reading →

“bullet” Radley Balko at the Agitator has more good questions about the Anthony Diotaiuto case. A good piece. Go read. “bullet” It’s nice to see a lot more of the blogosphere picking up on the Steve Tuck case, with some … Continue reading →

I have been a fan of Superior Court Judge James P. Gray since I discovered his book several years ago: Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on … Continue reading →

This is a single-issue blog, and although I have personal political views beyond the drug war, I try to stick with the drug war here. I welcome conservatives, liberals, moderates, and libertarians. However, there is no reason to avoid the … Continue reading →