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Daily Archives: May 21, 2007
Let me clear something up, part 2
One of the arguments I often hear against legalization is that legalization would result in vast numbers of people who would then suddenly develop dangerous drug abuse problems. Here’s the problem with that argument (in addition to the fact that … Continue reading
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Let me clear something up, part 1
The drug czar has a particularly heinous post in approvingly linking to an ignorant article in the Scotsman. Yuppies’ ‹Cocaine Soaked with Innocent BloodŠ […] Wood accused thousands of middle-class cocaine users of being ‹morally and politically irresponsible,Š and spoke … Continue reading
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Maybe we should invade the U.S….
Radley Balko catches this sadly hilarious insanity from neocon Michael Ledeen lamenting the terrible state of the justice system in Iran: Terrifying pictures, to be sure. For me, the most revealing thing about them is that the police feel obliged … Continue reading
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Lou Dobbs and the Mexican Attorney General’s office just can’t understand why there is violence in the drug war.
Sigh. From Lou Dobbs’ show on Friday (unofficial transcript)… Lou Dobbs: “You’ve gotta hand it to Philipe Calderon, the President of Mexico. He’s trying, and trying very hard to deal with an out-of-control drug industry in his country. Illegal drugs. … Continue reading
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