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People are ‘less concerned’ about drug problems, and that can be a good thing
Americans Less Concerned About Drugs Than Ever: Poll Sixty-five percent of Americans say that drug problems in the U.S. are “extremely†or “very serious,†according to a Gallup poll released Friday. That’s the lowest level of concern the firm has … Continue reading
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We must always watch out for the worst
Regardless of the advances we make in drug policy reform, there will always be those who have not only not learned from our tragic failures, but who are determined to bring them back with a vengeance. The overdose crisis is … Continue reading
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The Humans Rights Watch and ACLU report
A powerful report from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union: Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union call on all states … Continue reading
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Driving in circles
This just keeps coming up so many times with a lot of propagandizing and very little evidence of a problem. A proposition to legalize pot raises DUI concerns: ‘We are going to start losing folks in astronomical numbers’ in the … Continue reading
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Changing opinions on marijuana legalization
It can take a lot, sometimes entire generations to dramatically shift the country’s views, and this is dramatic. Pew Research Center: Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues … Continue reading
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SWAT search ruled unconstitutional in Minnesota
This seems big. Hennepin County judge confronts police use of ‘military style’ tactics That search, Hennepin County District Judge Tanya Bransford ruled, was unconstitutional. She wrote that the “military style†tactics were a violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against … Continue reading
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It’s Drug War Rant, we don’t serve warrants
When I first started this blog (now over 13 years ago) and I was coming up with a name/URL, I hit upon DrugWarRant.com — in part, because it was the same spelling as drug warrant, and might send some traffic … Continue reading
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10 Euros
Via Twitter, a thoughtful skit attributed to Mark Adam Harold, a City Councillor in Vinius, Lithuania: We stand around a table. A guy from the mafia stands with us. You take out your wallet. While we are discussing legalisation of … Continue reading
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Smart approaches to heroin problems talked about in mainstream media?
This Time article really gets it almost entirely right. Nice to see in a mainstream media piece. 6 Ways to Fight America’s Heroin Epidemic Law enforcement has responded by cracking down on drug traffickers to cut off supplies of heroin … Continue reading
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