Monthly Archives: May 2012

… essentially nothing. Tweet of the day from Glenn Greenwald. An extra cup of coffee is more likely to make someone unduly aggressive than trace amounts of THC Maia Szalavitz in Time points out the absurdity of breathless media reports … Continue reading →

Wow. Gil is just getting more pathetic every day. Study: More Than Half of Adult Male Arrestees Test Positive for at Least One Drug On one side are those who suggest that drug legalization is the “silver bullet” solution to … Continue reading →

A little exchange over at the reality-based community Brett: As long as Obama is putting people in prison for getting high, he is, unavoidably, an evil drug warrior. […] Mark: Of course, “putting people in prison for getting high” is … Continue reading →

So, our morons Congress have come up with a new law! Because there weren’t enough already. You know how traffickers have been using tunnels (along with submarines, aircraft, corrupt TSA employees and just about any other device) to smuggle drugs … Continue reading →

Judge approves class action lawsuit over NYPD’s stop-and-frisk searches A judge’s ruling Wednesday on a request to authorize a class action lawsuit over the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) use of “stop-and-frisk” searches could see more than 1 million people … Continue reading →

Several interesting articles about the upcoming revisions to psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, for the new DSM 5. How Psychiatrists Make Drugs More Addictive by Jacob Sullum The next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, scheduled to be … Continue reading →

One of the things we need to do in this country is fight the long-established notion in the general public (and most especially in the lawmakers) that an effective way to deal with something we don’t like is to use … Continue reading →

Mom always reads Drug WarRant on Sundays. This post is for you, Mom! Hope you have a great day.