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Fixing the Criminal Justice system, and avoiding pitfalls

As noted in comments, Opposing Views has the info on the Senate Judiciary Committee plans this week:

This Thursday, December 3, members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will debate Senate Bill 714, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009. The time and location of the hearing are available here […]

It’s been many […]

The bizarre limbo of medical marijuana

I’m one of those who believes that it’s best to have recreational marijuana use legal, but that it’s better to have only medical marijuana legal than no marijuana legal, and that medical marijuana legalization can help the rest of the population get behind further legalization.

That said, there’s no doubt that the sheer stupidity of […]

When political sites discover the drug war

Here at Drug WarRant, we don’t get a fraction of the kind of traffic that the major political blogs do, so I’m always pleased when they “discover” that drug policy is an actual, you know, issue.

Part of the problem has been that the drug war has been an equal-opportunity offender, with both the Democrats […]

darkcycle on Really, Idaho?: “Oh, and “hoes” they are. The make the panhandle a gauntlet for Washington plates. I 90 is as bad as…” Feb 25, 12:36
Servetus on Finally, a better use for dog sniffing: “A new study puts to rest another fear about marijuana legalization and women who are pregnant: Question: Is there an…” Feb 25, 11:45
Daniel Williams on Really, Idaho?: “Really, Idaho? No, you da ho…” Feb 25, 09:50
Servetus on Finally, a better use for dog sniffing: “Another reason not to throw people into some county lockup, even for a short period of time, for merely possessing…” Feb 24, 10:24
strayan on Drug Wars are a Social Health Menace: “New study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003134821995053 There was no apparent increase in the incidence of driving under the influence of marijuana after legalization” Feb 21, 06:18
Son of Sam Walton on Drug Wars are a Social Health Menace: “Michele Alexander wrote about how the black culture has accepted gang culture as a source of pride. And in this…” Feb 18, 20:37
WalStMonky on Drug Wars are a Social Health Menace: “. . Perhaps we just need to demand continuity from our governments. I think we all know that the Feds…” Feb 18, 10:40

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