Monthly Archives: November 2011

At The National Interest: Re-Framing Drug Violence If there’s a fire in your kitchen, the temptation is to throw water on it—but not if it’s a grease fire. In a similar vein, the U.S. government’s get-tough approach to drugs is … Continue reading →

Schoolchildren sign police car at assembly SHRINK-WRAPPED CAR The final touch in the preparations for Drug Awareness Week was wrapping Clarke’s police car in red vinyl. After students make the pledge, they go out to the car to sign it. … Continue reading →

In addition to admiring Glenn Greenwald’s powerful writing in opposition to authoritarian trends in government, politics and media, I now have reason to be extremely jealous of him. For years, I used to dream of the notion of being able … Continue reading →

CNN The “Just Say No” generation was often told by parents and teachers that intelligent people didn’t use drugs. Turns out, the adults may have been wrong. […] Researchers discovered men with high childhood IQs were up to two times … Continue reading →

Here’s David Bratzer’s video talking about his run for school trustee. Really nice to see this kind of perspective openly advocated in terms of drug policy reform providing a positive value for children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzYTPsPlvHs (This was already posted in comments, … Continue reading →

With my sister visiting, I missed the opportunity to post on Veteran’s day — and I know we have a lot of veterans who visit here and are ardent drug policy reformers. So here’s an editorial from The Province that … Continue reading →

The Guardian has a very powerful editorial: The war on drugs and the shameful silence of our politicians This week a major international summit on drugs will be hosted by Baroness Meacher in the House of Lords. No one from … Continue reading →

Just a few random updates based on questions I’ve received regarding site issues for those who are interested.

With a number of the GOP Presidential candidates imploding, unfortunately it doesn’t seem to mean that the media will give more credence to Paul or Johnson. On the other hand, it has apparently bizarrely given Newt Gingrich a renewed hope … Continue reading →

A few more links because there’s a lot of interesting stuff out there. I don’t have much time to comment on stories right now between some work commitments and my sister being in town to visit me. It’s great to … Continue reading →