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GAO fails to understand what it measures
The AP discusses a GAO report: The report prepared by the Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress, found that U.S. cocaine seizures from 2000 to 2004 increased by 68 percent to a record 196 metric tons in the … Continue reading
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Offensive Ad
DARE Generation Diary pointed out this outrageous TV ad… u hear bout kim? what bout kim? she has HIV she got high she got stupid she has HIV use ur brain. keep ur body healthy. b drug free. hiv.drugabuse.gov World … Continue reading
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A lesson from Singapore
25 year old Nguyen Van Tuong will soon hang for smuggling drugs to Australia and making the mistake of routing his flight through Singapore (he should have used Travelocity). TalkLeft has been covering this well, including the strange story of … Continue reading
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Interesting developments in Bolivia
Link Mr. [Evo] Morales, a onetime leader of the coca growers federation, has steadily become revered by the left around Latin America as an unbending opponent of globalization. That is worrisome enough to the Bush administration. But more alarming to … Continue reading
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Drug Czar phones it in; Barthwell up to her usual tricks
Walters isn’t even trying any more. Check out this standard obligatory news release: Drugged Driving as Common as Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Teens. He’ll get some play from the dumber media outlets, but I’m betting most of the majors will pass … Continue reading
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Today: Big Brother. Tomorrow: Gravy for the Brain
Could’ve told you this would happen. Lots of up-in-arms in the blogosphere today over Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity in the Washington Post. The Defense Department has expanded its programs aimed at gathering and analyzing intelligence within the United … Continue reading
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Odds and Ends
“bullet” At Dare Generation Diary: Link. Just how are school drug zones calculated, anyway? As the crow flies or as the dealer walks? (NY State Court of Appeals goes with the crow) Profiting from the Drug War, part 47,283. “bullet” … Continue reading
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Afghanistan: International Prohibitionists Reject Proposal; Reporters Remain Stupid
Earlier this week, I mentioned the Senlis Council’s well-researched and eminently commonsense proposal to license opium production in Afghanistan for medical needs and turn the black-market problem into a legal crop that would support the farmers while reducing the power … Continue reading
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Rest Area Stops
I’ve heard of these roadside fishing expeditions before, but this was the first time I’ve encountered one. I was heading out of town to visit relatives for Thanksgiving on Tuesday morning and discovered that the sheriff had set up at … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
I’ll be gone for a few days, and while I should be able to get email, I’ll be unable to update the blog. Go to the sites on the left if you get bored — plenty of good stuff there. … Continue reading
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