Monthly Archives: August 2007

“bullet” Nice OpEd counterpoint in the Hartford Courant between LEAP’s Jack Cole and Capt. Thomas Snyder of the Connecticut Statewide Narcotics Task Force. Of course, Jack wins hands down in my book, but let’s take a look at a couple … Continue reading →

I found a very interesting proposal regarding a comprehensive scheme for legalizing and regulating drugs. While I’m not sure I agree with every particular, it’s really not bad at all. What do you think? Does North have what it takes … Continue reading →

In The Nation, Daniel Lazare has an amazing piece about the drug war and incarceration in the United States: Stars and Bars How can you tell when a democracy is dead? When concentration camps spring up and everyone shivers in … Continue reading →

“bullet” Heh. It looks like it won’t be too hard to get the “Plan Mexico” label out there. “bullet” Why is TIME such a clueless rag? Tim Padgett’s The War Next Door is really reaching for a way to avoid … Continue reading →

Even as Plan Colombia is being scrutinized by Congress for possible cuts after years of throwing money down the drain, secret talks have been underway to put together a drug war package for Mexico. The price tag on the more … Continue reading →

Nice to see an OpEd like this in the Financial Times. Written by Willem Buiter, professor of European political economy at the London School of Economics’ European Institute. It’s not the best writing. But the content is well reasoned and … Continue reading →

Three years ago I mentioned a pretty horrific, unjustified school strip search. CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) – Authorities entered an “unclear” legal area when they sent four dogs into the local high school for a drug search without a warrant, patted … Continue reading →

The Washington Times has given the Drug Czar a platform to defend one of his pets — the spectacularly disastrous Plan Colombia. Drug czar John P. Walters yesterday praised a long-standing anti-drug initiative in South America known as Plan Colombia, … Continue reading →

“bullet” Fascinating story of jury duty on a “big-time” drug trial. “bullet” Black Agenda Report says that the very white Green Party is leaving Democrats behind in actually caring about the treatment of blacks in the drug war. “bullet” Bill … Continue reading →

Drug WarRant commenter Kaptinemo has often talked about the financial aspects of the war on drugs within the context of seriously endangered federal and state budgets. Well the implications of the collapse of a bridge got me thinking about that … Continue reading →