Daily Archives: December 1, 2007

How political decisions are made

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Pete Guither

This is such an amazingly spot-on description of how politicians make decisions related to the drug war… Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is pressing ahead with plans to create mandatory minimum prison terms for drug crimes in spite of two … Continue reading →

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How America Lost the War on Drugs

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Pete Guither

Ben Wallace-Wells’ extensive article in Rolling Stone chronicles a litany of failures in the modern age of the war on drugs — failures of politics, judgement, and personality. While I’m not sure I agree with all of Wallace-Wells’ assumptions (such … Continue reading →

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