Open Thread

“bullet” Via Phillip Smith, Peter Cohen’s A comment on ‘Sweden’s successful drug policy: a review of the evidence’ UNODC September 2006. This is an insightful look at how the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime cherry-picks statistics, changes term definitions and dishonestly manipulates the facts in order to justify its drug war.
“bullet” A very fun rant against the drug war by cyclist Patrick O’Grady.
“bullet” Between Nevada, Colorado, and South Dakota, the White House Office of Drug Propaganda and Drug War Lobbying is getting quite a work-out. Our tax dollars hard at work telling us how to vote.