Monthly Archives: February 2012

No investigation when suspected drugs found at home of official I agree with Radley Balko on this one… On the one hand, my default position would be that no one should lose her job, her reputation, or her freedom over … Continue reading →

I’ve got a friend who had to get some stats with Google Analytics as part of his web assignment, so he asked some friends to visit his page just so he would get a few readings of visitors. I’m hoping … Continue reading →

The ONDCP’s Above the Influence ad campaign seems to be getting almost desperate to find “coolness” — at least that’s the impression I got from the “Rise Above” ad below, which appears to be trying to tap into the Parkour … Continue reading →

When I started this blog back in 2003, I would have been shocked to see an article titled Legal Recreational Marijuana: Not So Far Out in Time Magazine. I also would not have expected to see regular, smart columns about … Continue reading →

We all like a good fisking here, and I enjoy doing it immensely, but today will be satisfied with some wonderful jobs done by others. Scot Morgan has done a hilariously accurate job with What if Day Care Workers Get … Continue reading →

Interesting article by Amanda Feilding of the Beckley Foundation in the Guardian: Magic mushrooms, international law and the failed ‘war on drugs’. It’s actually two OpEds in one — the first being about the failed war on drugs and efforts … Continue reading →

I’ve long been an opponent of mandatory workplace drug testing, either for pre-screening or random suspicion-less testing. I would never work for a company that requires it. For one thing, workplace drug testing establishes a relationship that says the employee … Continue reading →

Very weird watching this commercial in the Super Bowl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGgosT-v5sw

The bizarrely silly musical “Sheep’s on the Lamb” (for which I am leading the orchestra, playing keyboard and penny whistle) opened last night to cheers from the good-sized house. Our final performance is tonight. Here’s a fun video from the … Continue reading →

Heckled during speech, Mexico’s president defends drug war Mexican President Felipe Calderon has once again clashed with a citizen angry about the effects of the country’s drug war, this time during a speech in which a man in the audience … Continue reading →