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Daily Archives: July 21, 2009
Toward a National Police Force
The Founding Fathers never wanted a national police force. In fact, there were adamantly opposed to the idea, having a strong distrust of centralized authoritarian structure. They specifically left out the powers to form any kind of national structure for … Continue reading
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Series to watch this week: TPMCafe Book Club
TPMCafe Book Club is focusing this week on Ryan Grim’s new book This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America. So far… The Economics of Abuse by Mark Kleiman There is No Such Thing … Continue reading
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Drug War Explained
Thoreau over at Unqualified Offerings has a couple of excellent posts worth reading, including You can’t spell “defeat” without D, E, and A and… Drug War Explained: A friend who doesn‰t pay much attention to law and politics asked me … Continue reading
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Ketamine increases neuroplasticity in female mice but not in males: 31-Jul-2026 –Doctors use ketamine on patients as general anesthesia before…