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“bullet” Tom Angell has been looking over the big appropriations bill in Congress. Here’s what he’s found so far (of course, this could still change). Drug Czar’s “anti-drug” ad budget is being slashed down to $60 million next year (down … Continue reading →

noun: 1. Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. In an interesting article in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune about the fear-mongering over the retroactivity regarding the slight reduction in crack cocaine sentencing, this caught my attention: [Federal judge Ruben] Castillo, who helped … Continue reading →

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! … Continue reading →

Interesting article in tomorrow’s New York Times: Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry by Eric Lightblau, James Risen and Scott Shane. We’ve long talked about the increase in government abuse of Constitutional rights and privacy in the name … Continue reading →

Bill of Rights ratified Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to … Continue reading →

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Politicians have the answer — the magic demand-side solution to creating a drug-free world. It’s a simple concept called deterrence. If there’s an activity with which you disapprove, all you have to do is find the right penalty, and people … Continue reading →

In the course of my wandering across the net searching for interesting things to share with you, I occasionally come upon some minor thing that strikes me, maybe in comments somewhere. That happened with this post at a site I … Continue reading →

There was an interesting little to-do yesterday, with reports that a Clinton staffer had suggested that Obama’s connection with drugs was a liability. Shaheen said Obama’s candor on the subject would “open the door” to further questions. “It’ll be, ‘When … Continue reading →

“bullet” Scott Morgan on crack (sending them back to you, Scott!) sentencing victories. The sentencing disparity that punishes offenders 100 times worse for crack than for powder cocaine has taken a double hit this week. First the Supreme Court ruled … Continue reading →