Monthly Archives: January 2006

This could be huge. Former NY state criminal justice official Scott Christianson takes a different look at crime statistics in today’s Christian Science Monitor. Christianson first notes that violent crime has been falling, particularly in the past 10 years, and … Continue reading →

SCOTUSblog previews today’s Supreme Court arguments in United States v. Grubbs. While this is a pornography case, it has a lot of potential connection to the drug war. The case involves Anticipatory Search Warrants. These are warrants that are issued … Continue reading →

Scott over at Flex Your Rights Blog writes about a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that’s a slap at the U.S. Supreme Court. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week that police may not automatically search vehicles following an … Continue reading →

Not much time to post right now, so I may comment more later. Link The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die. Justices, on … Continue reading →

The Drug Czar is taking his Pee-in-a-Cup circus on the road to convince educators to spend taxpayer money on drug testing kids (and the first event is Thursday!) If he isn’t countered, his message may seem logical to school districts … Continue reading →

All the Maine news outlets are covering the fact that, while final facts are not yet available, 2005 will be the year to see drug deaths exceed motor vehicle deaths. Politicians were quick to explode with wrath: Link Gov. John … Continue reading →

… for Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy Series, for her role as a suburban housewive making ends meet by dealing pot, in Showtime’s ‘Weeds‘, which has been picked up for a second season. Not a huge … Continue reading →

I was strolling through the blogosphere looking at drug war-related posts and I stumbled across a blog by Ron Gainey (WRONGAINEY) and yesterday’s post about Risk, Reward, and Paternalism. In it, he quotes an unlinked statement from his friend Daniel … Continue reading →

Link A Wyoming man was arrested for selling “drug paraphernalia” in his store, but a jury acquitted him in just 30 minutes of deliberation, something that didn’t set well with the Police Chief. But Police Chief Rich Adriaens worries that … Continue reading →

Look, I took Economics in college at 8 am from a professor who droned in a monotone for 55 minutes. Needless to say, I mostly slept through it. And yet, I still was able to come out of it with … Continue reading →