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Daily Archives: December 9, 2008
Another reason to oppose Ramstad for Drug Czar
As if there weren’t already enough, Maia Szalavitz picks up some more: Jim Ramstad was the sole sponsor of an earmark providing $235,000 to Minnesota Teen Challenge, a branch of a national anti-addiction group which believes that recruiting people into … Continue reading
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FBI fails to use proper procedures on arrest
There must have been some massive breakdown in procedure in the arrest of a suspect in Chicago early this morning by the FBI. Check out how they went about it. Robert Grant, the FBI special agent in charge, called the … Continue reading
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Jonathan Magbie, RIP
Via Radley, Colbert King at the Washington Post, who has done more to shed light on Jonathan Magbie’s death back in 2004, continues with For Jonathan Magbie, a Catalogue of Injustice For those who missed this case back then, Magbie … Continue reading
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Psilocybin is found to be an effective treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): Current treatments for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), including…