Monthly Archives: January 2011

Packets of Reefer Madness wrapped up in a caricature called Peter Hitchens. The crazed smile that says: It’s the little packets of madness that we really need to fear There is another aspect of this case that the smug media … Continue reading →

Editorial: After Marijuana, The Cold from The Bulletin (Bend, OR) Those really don’t look like such tough questions, do they? They may not be tough, but the truth of the matter is that there are no definitive answers to them. … Continue reading →

In yet another wrong-address drug raid. Radley Balko passed it on Thursday Spring Valley, New York David McKay said he, his wife, 13-year-old daughter and his brother-in-law were sleeping at 5:30 a.m. when they heard banging on the door of … Continue reading →

I used to think that each country had its own laws and those laws affected the people in that country. How naive I was. I also used to think that to break a law you actually had to, you know, … Continue reading →

If I wanted to win the hearts and minds of farmers in Latin America and Afghanistan, I probably wouldn’t start by destroying their fields and removing their only hope of feeding their families. – Guitherisms Afghan campaign caused $100 million … Continue reading →

Bhutan Bhutan police can raid homes of smokers in a search for contraband tobacco and are training a special tobacco sniffer dog in a crackdown to honor a promise to become the world’s first smoke-free nation. Buddhist Bhutan, where smoking … Continue reading →

… that’s the title of an excellent column by Larry Gabriel in the Detroit Metro Times Welcome to the world of science. I didn’t do well in high school science and have pretty much avoided addressing scientific subjects formally until … Continue reading →

Update: I’ve received two reminder notices on Facebook about the event for tonight, so it looks like it’s happening. This could be interesting… Reflections on the Drug War: A Conversation with John P. Walters John P. Walters, Drug Czar for … Continue reading →

Ron Hill does a pretty good job of responding to David Frum’s piece over at FrumForum with this more thoughtful Even If Reefers Cause Madness, They Shouldn’t be Illegal Hill makes it clear that he’s no fan of marijuana David … Continue reading →

Soros-funded Dope Lobby in Damage Control Over Shootings by… Cliff Kinkaid Kinkaid is so far over the edge that even the crazies are afraid to touch him, so don’t go to the bother of actually fisking this story unless it’s … Continue reading →