Monthly Archives: December 2010

Just another city in the long list of major drug-war-related law enforcement scandals. Scandal Roils Tulsa Police by Stephanie Simon in the Wall Street Journal gives a good overview of the situation. A federal investigation into the Tulsa Police Department … Continue reading →

Jacob Sullum at Reason’s Hit and Run: Today John R. Jones III, associate vice president of Northern Illinois University, informed Jeremy Orbach, president of the school’s chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, that NIU’s administration is stepping in to … Continue reading →

I know a lot of you aren’t on Facebook, but for those who are, there are more and more good drug policy reform resources all the time. Here’s a good one I hadn’t seen before: A War on Drugs: A … Continue reading →

I ended up yanking about 5 comments today from a variety of folks for breaking the rules, so I thought it might be a good idea to recap my philosophy on comment moderating. Don’t call other commenters nasty names. Pretty … Continue reading →

The December 27, 2010 edition of The Nation focuses heavily on Drug Policy Reform Nearly forty years after President Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” it is painfully clear that the nation’s approach to drug policy is counterproductive and cruel. … Continue reading →

If you’re not familiar with the concept of official student groups at state universities, here’s how it works in most cases…. A group of students can get together and form an organization (which may or may not be connected to … Continue reading →

Sorry about neglecting to pass on the programming note regarding the CNBC documentary that was on tonight called “Marijuana USA.” Here’s the CNBC page on the show. There are also showings at midnight and 1 am ET (may be more … Continue reading →

So we spend millions of taxpayer dollars on the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign — a campaign that has been shown to have almost no positive effect and, in fact, has even been shown to have a reverse effect. The … Continue reading →

OK, well they may not think that’s what they passed, but I don’t know any other way to accomplish this. Resolved, That the House of Representatives– declares that drug trafficking organizations cultivating illicit marijuana on Federal lands in the United … Continue reading →

At the Drug Czar’s “blog”: ONDCP and Canada Renew Partnership in Substance Abuse Work Last month Director Kerlikowske visited Ottawa, Canada to share the Obama Administration’s efforts to restore balance to drug control efforts and discuss drug issues affecting both … Continue reading →