Author Archives: Pete

Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense As Part of Agreement with Prosecutors, Capitol Hemp to Close Stores Oaksterdam University Raided by Feds

Radley Balko has an excellent article at the Huffington Post: Illinois Traffic Stop Of Star Trek Fans Raises Concerns About Drug Searches, Police Dogs, Bad Cops The whole thing is a must-read and it explores all the issues in the … Continue reading →

Some great weekend reading: IDPC Drug Policy Guide, 2nd Edition (pdf) If you’re having trouble getting it to load, it’s also available here. The International Drug Policy Consortium is “a global network promoting objective and open debate on drug policy” … Continue reading →

Co-operation urged as way to combat drug war It’s time for greater military co-operation in North America’s long war on drugs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his U.S. and Mexican counterparts said Tuesday. The first trilateral meeting of defence ministers … Continue reading →

Transform Drug Policy Foundation has a good follow-up report on the recently concluded UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna. The CND is basically a tightly controlled international pro-drug-war event. Country representatives dutifully report that they are enthusiastically carrying … Continue reading →

Tough drug laws harm health and safety, doctors say Criminalizing the use of marijuana and other tough on crime approaches haven’t worked, say public health doctors from across Canada who propose taxation and regulation instead. The chief medical health officers … Continue reading →

That’s right. I’ve declared that the term domestic abuse is no longer operable, because now, on days that I don’t beat her, I buy her flowers, do something nice for her, or apply firm non-violent discipline. It’s a new balanced … Continue reading →

Red Cross Weighs in on Drug Criminalization The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is one of the oldest and most eminent global health organizations in the world. IFRC influences the community-level services of millions … Continue reading →

The Brutal Logic of a Drug Warrior: Put ‘Em All in Cages In The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf does a wonderful job of dismantling David P. Goldman’s column in the Asia Times. Goldman’s notions are truly pathetic, involving solving Mexico’s problems … Continue reading →

More of this, please. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple on Friday said he has shut down the department’s drug unit and reassigned the controversial squad’s investigators within his department. “The Drug Interdiction Unit is no longer. … We’re going in … Continue reading →