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It hits the fan in Baltimore

Questions raised for years about city ‘flex squad’ in the Baltimore Sun (via Hit and Run). The Southwestern District flex squad has been disbanded and its officers suspended under a huge list of allegations, including rape charges against some officers, plus planting drugs, falsifying arrest reports and lots more.

Troubles in the flex squad […]

Crack perspective

Interesting article by Sharon Lerner in the Village Voice, Anatomy of a Drug Craze: Why Tough Laws Can’t Claim Credit For Beating Back Crack Decades after the hysteria of the crack “epidemic,” and the legacy of bad law (including racist bad law) that emerged and damaged our society far more than any drug epidemic could, […]

Practice makes perfect

For my regular readers… You don’t get opportunities like this very often, so here’s your chance. Be pleasant and polite. She’s a nice liberal girl with a B.A. in political science who thinks she has the drug war figured out.

NorCalNative on Anniversaries: “Well said Pete. One of the fathers of CA MMJ, deceased physician Tod Mikuriya said, “It wasn’t just marijuana that…” Jun 17, 12:17
Son of Sam Walton on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “Cannabis is so harmful, it was the reason he was killed, but no cannabis was stolen from the victim, so…” Jun 14, 15:17
Great Harry's Ghost! on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “OT… Anti-cannabis/pro-prohibition sheriff remarking on the very recent death of a teen shot in a park, watch the first 90…” Jun 12, 00:10
Servetus on Time for drug sniffing dogs to find a new job: “Risk of opioid and UVB addiction is increased by vitamin D deficiencies in a rat study done at Massachusetts General…” Jun 11, 20:14
NorCalNative on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “OT The FDA just approved a drug to treat Alzheimer’s patients called Aduhelm. It’s a monoclonal antibody that removes amyloid…” Jun 9, 11:22
Servetus on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “Once Amazon does this, I hope they don’t try to corner the marijuana market. It would be bad PR.” Jun 3, 20:55
Son of Sam Walton on Time for drug sniffing dogs to find a new job: “Let’s train K9s to sniff out emotions. I’m assuming depression and PTSD have chemicals involved. Hospitals, nursing homes, VA clinics,…” Jun 2, 20:23

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