Monthly Archives: September 2008

Happy Constitution Day! It’s the 221st Anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution — a document that gives specific limited delineated powers to the government, while retaining the rest for the people. In 221 years, of course, much has … Continue reading →

I’ve got to admit, I’m having a little bit of fun with this, despite the deadly serious nature of the issues… Jonathan Caulkins steps back into the fray in “The Discussion” part of the Cato Unbound series. You may remember … Continue reading →

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Mark Kleiman has his response to the Cato Unbound series with: Drug Policy in Principle, and in Practice. A couple of excellent comments have already been expressed in the placeholder post below. But I wanted to take a chance to … Continue reading →

The final response over at Cato Unbound is in: Mark Kleiman with Drug Policy in Principle, and in Practice Cato Unbound is to be commended for having assembled a symposium free both of the usual drug war rant and of … Continue reading →

Jane Bussey of McClatchy Newspapers generously demonstrates her own cognitive disfunction (and perhaps that of portions of the Mexican population) in Mexico’s Calderon takes popular and dangerous stand against cartels With all the violence and death that has occurred since … Continue reading →

An interesting article about college students going to Amsterdam to study drug policy. Logical, right? But I was struck by this fascinating passage in the article: Marijuana isn’t legal in Amsterdam. Rather, it’s decriminalized. It’s similar to Americans going into … Continue reading →

You’ve probably heard about how more and more prescription drugs are being found in the water supply. The government made some noises about how people need to be more careful about disposing of prescription drugs. However, it turns out that … Continue reading →

YouTube has bowed to pressure to remove certain categories of videos, based on demands by Joe Lieberman in his efforts to protect us from the terrorists. I’m not sure how it was supposed to work for the terrorists — maybe … Continue reading →

Oh, yeah. The debate over legalization really is dull. That‰s because it‰s over with. The prohibitionists have lost in all important respects, and I suspect they know it.