Monthly Archives: February 2008

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The recent spate of bad studies regarding marijuana (involving ridiculously small samples and horribly flawed methodology) with nicely scary conclusions (marijuana causes cancer, marijuana causes addiction, marijuana causes gum disease) have been, of course, accompanied by bad reporting. None as … Continue reading →

“bullet” Jesse Jackson will be in Lima, Ohio tomorrow to discuss the racial tensions regarding the drug raid shooting of Tarika Wilson and her son. Hopefully the visit won’t neglect the necessary discussion regarding the tactics of drug raids, which … Continue reading →

Tom Angell got a nice letter published in the Chicago Trib yesterday. But it’s absolutely wrong of Chapman to say, as he does in the column, that endorsing this common-sense policy change “would be considered political suicide” for a presidential … Continue reading →

So I may be about the last person in America to deal with this, but I’ve come down with a nasty sore throat and cold, so I decided to go to the Osco and get something for it. I made … Continue reading →

“bullet” More of the same in Thailand New Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej insisted Friday that he is not a puppet of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra, despite having boasted during campaigning that he was Thaksin’s proxy. […] Samak also said … Continue reading →

Our Attorney General pulls out the FEAR card again. In a statement prepared for his scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary Committee today, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said that unless Congress acts, “1,600 convicted crack dealers, many of them … Continue reading →

Beyond 2008 conference is underway in Vancouver and LEAP’s Jack Cole is getting some good press: U.S.-style war on drugs a dismal failure and Canada shouldn’t try it, says former cop As long as the U.S-style “war on drugs” continues, … Continue reading →

I ended up going with one of the candidates who said they’ll end the drug war.

I just recently conducted a major study — well actually, I talked to 12 people — and I asked them about England. None of them had ever been there and most expressed doubts about the place. After all, it’s very … Continue reading →