Monthly Archives: January 2007

One of the challenges of getting good media coverage for drug policy reform is trying to educate the media. That’s made more difficult when they are lazy, incompetent, or just plain stupid. Check out the writing in this piece at … Continue reading →

Thanks to Kaptinemo, here’s the Asylum Street Spankers with “Winning the War on Drugs”

The 1986 crime bill set into law the “fact” that America would be drug free by 1995. Later Newt Gingrich wrote that the goal was for America to be drug free by 2001. There is an organization still in existence … Continue reading →

It’s hilarious — both Ethan and Stephen are hyped up and having fun going after each other. Colbert: You think we have lost the war on drugs and we should just give up on it. Nadelmann: Oh, we have lost … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft — Drug agents mishandled seized cash, audit finds WASHINGTON – Drug Enforcement Administration agents routinely disregarded agency rules on the handling of seized cash, jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars taken in drug raids, a Justice Department review … Continue reading →

Do they just keep posting fecal material to keep me diverted from dealing with real issues? How else can you explain the ONDCP staff posting

Remember the story of Janet Lee? She had some condoms filled with flour as a fun stress reliever/phallic gag and took them on the plane with her. In the space of a few hours on Dec. 21, 2003, Janet Lee … Continue reading →

That’s the headline now at the Drug Czar’s “blog”. Yes, I know. I can’t stay away, but I have an excuse — they taunted me. Turns out, the widely-used argument used by drug legalization groups that Europeans are much “more … Continue reading →

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Several people have pointed me to a disturbing article in the Washington Post — The Private Arm of the Law — about the proliferation of private security forces and their use by police departments. With the sleeve patch on his … Continue reading →