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What do we do with these dregs?
Radley’s new crime column is another must-read. He nails New York’s finest for their arrest quotas that end up with massive infringements on civil liberties, tons of marijuana busts, and actually downplaying of real crime. An editorial that just doesn’t … Continue reading
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Quotable
Patrick Corcoran, writing in Mexidata: The DEA and its Fallacious Reasoning on Drugs in Mexico As you pick apart comments like [U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s intelligence boss Anthony] Placido’s, the futility of the DEA’s objectives comes into ever-starker relief. An … Continue reading
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The economics of drug supply
Supply-side drug warriors have generally taken the position that the idea behind eradication and interdiction is that you drive up the price of the illegal drugs (and in fact, people like John Walters used to get extremely excited over isolated … Continue reading
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Political candidate finds it politically necessary to be drug policy reformer
Here’s a nice little turn. A primary race for Attorney General where it becomes important to show your drug policy reform bona fides. The presumed Democratic frontrunner for attorney general is facing questions from critics who accuse her of flip-flopping … Continue reading
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Prohibition Kills
Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton: “I hate the Internet” Radley Balko notes that referring to forced entry SWAT raids as “militarization” may be an insult to… the military. Remember the botched drug raid that sent the old lady to the … Continue reading
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Drug War Continues to Fail Spectacularly
Update: The AP article is getting huge distribution. It’s completely dominating my drug war news feed this morning. Check to see if it shows up in a paper in your area — could be a great opportunity for a follow-up … Continue reading
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A public official says what he thinks of us
Here’s another instance of a reader taking it upon himself to write about an issue. You may have heard that Utah started encouraging snitching on suspected marijuana cultivators with a special website: http://www.illegalutahmarijuanagardens.com/ (as of this writing, the website is … Continue reading
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Making a difference
In case you missed it in comments, I just wanted to point out readers here doing some important work. In my post about the Judge Napolitano video, I suggested: Now, find out who your local alderman is, or whatever the … Continue reading
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Rarely is the question asked ‘Is our bureaucrats learning?’
Fun with referral logs… Surfing from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services computer (hhs.gov) came the following google search: geroge washington and cannibis Fortunately, teh Google was smart enough to take help them find my Why is Marijuana … Continue reading
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