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Monthly Archives: May 2010
The Drug War in Jamaica
It’s one of the things that’s slipped by on this blog, but there’s quite a drug war situation in Jamaica right now. Nina, from Drugs, Law and Conflict was there recently and has a good report on the situation: State … Continue reading
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Reading is fundamental
Some really good reading: President Obama’s war on his own ‘youthful irresponsibility’ by Gene Healy in the Washington Examiner [Thanks, Tom] Unthinkable? Repeal drugs laws — a very strong editorial by The Guardian. ONDCP on the defensive as drug war … Continue reading
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Marijuana Treatment Admission Statistics
The new numbers are out from SAMHSA, so expect a variety of efforts to get the press to report that marijuana is so dangerous that more and more people are being admitted to treatment for marijuana addiction. Which, of course, … Continue reading
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Yes, they do call it weed, but…
Police clean out a city park. Police later hauled away 300-400 medium-sized plants that they also believed was marijuana. If fact, officers only stopped collecting the plants because it got too dark, and planned to return in the morning to … Continue reading
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In too deep to quit
Radley Balko talks about a recent O’Reilly show with Charles Krauthammer on to talk about the Missouri SWAT raid. I really loathe this about cable news. They bring in the same personalities to talk what’s going on in the news. … Continue reading
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Columbia, Missouri Police Chief endorses marijuana legalization
We really made an impact here. I don’t know if he’s saying it because he thinks it’ll get the protesters off his back, or because he really does see the value of it, but it’s good either way. Via Morgan … Continue reading
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The destruction of balance
I’ve talked about how the drug czar is trying to cover up the failures of supply side drug war (and all the other aspects of the national drug control policy) by simply saying the word “balance” as much as possible. … Continue reading
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What Obama and Calderon won’t discuss
Edward Schumacher-Matos in the Washington Post: The best thing that can be said about the 23,000 people who have been killed during Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s campaign against drug cartels in the last three years is that it proves that … Continue reading
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A ‘balanced’ response
So with the huge AP story about us having wasted a trillion dollars on a failed drug war hitting almost every media outlet this week, I was wondering when the Drug Czar would start “pushing back.” (Oh, wait, that was … Continue reading
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It’s always the Sadomoralists – Mark Souder to Resign
Family values conservative and sadomoralist Mark Souder (R-Ind) to Resign Amid Allegations of Affair With Staffer Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder was announcing his resignation Tuesday after admitting to an affair with a female aide who worked in his district office. … Continue reading
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