Monthly Archives: September 2011

… but what it can do is get out of the way and let the states experiment if they choose. But the entire federal government with its President and all his federal agencies and armed forces, along with the entire … Continue reading →

It is not hard to see how critics of the war on drugs got the impression that Barack Obama was sympathetic to their cause. Jacob Sullum does a fine job of analyzing Barack Obama’s record so far regarding drug policy, … Continue reading →

This one’s from last week, but I couldn’t resist passing it on… A Las Cruces woman has been charged $1,122 by a local hospital for a forcible body cavity search ordered by the Metro Narcotics Agency that did not turn … Continue reading →

The Drug Czar has a new website. It appears to be an effort to coordinate all the White House websites, and even all the White House blogs. It looks pretty, but unfortunately is based on the same old propaganda. If … Continue reading →

A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized – Radley Balko with a must-read piece in the Huffington Post. The problem with this mingling of domestic policing with military operations is that the two institutions have starkly different missions. … Continue reading →

In a free society it is critical to make sure that law enforcement is properly situated within the organizational structure and that it has strong and transparent systems of control. In order to combat crime, we cede extraordinary powers to … Continue reading →

I’ve talked often here about the destruction caused by the conflation of the drug war and the war on terrorism post-9/11. Today, I thought I’d share with you a post I made elsewhere about this 10th anniversary commemoration. It’s not … Continue reading →

The ACLU reports the story quite well This week, a college in Missouri broke the law and violated the Fourth Amendment rights of its students. Linn State Technical College became the first public institution of higher learning to implement mandatory … Continue reading →

Good to see the ACLU taking this on. Veteran, ACLU Challenge Florida Welfare Drug Test Law [FEATURE] The lawsuit, Lebron v. Wilkins, names a Central Florida man, Luis Lebron, as the lead plaintiff. Lebron, a Navy veteran, single father, and … Continue reading →

Who’ll be the first to identify the significance of this chart that’s gotten some play in the past couple of days?