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Drug War… Victories?
Over at Human Events Online, which recently embarrassed itself by printing John Hawkins fetid In Defense of the Drug War, there is a new piece: Drug War Victories by Robert J. Caldwell. Caldwell touts the recent extradition of Mexican drug … Continue reading
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Kenneth Starr doesn’t like 9th Circuit libertarians
While working on my new Bong Hits 4 Jesus Supreme Court page I’ve found some interesting quotes in some of the briefs. For example, check out these from Ken Starr’s brief representing Principal Morse: … the court of appeals substituted … Continue reading
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Drug War Victim: 80-year-old Isaac Singletary
Another old person with a gun, living in a dangerous neighborhood. 80-year-old Isaac Singletary used to bring out his gun to scare off drug dealers, so when a saw a couple of low-lifes were on his lawn, he came out … Continue reading
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Drug War Funding Shortage a Good Thing
James Gierach rocks in this OpEd in the Daily Southtown (Chicago): County cuts could mean less drug-war money — and that’s not such a bad thing … These examples tell the folly of “staying the course” and hoping to win … Continue reading
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Magical Mushrooms
Mark Kleiman has an excellent post on last year’s study that demonstrated the enormous power for psilocybin mushrooms to generate meaningful mystical experiences in churchgoers who had no previous experience with hallucinogens. The results have potentially large importance for both … Continue reading
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More responses to the John Hawkins piece
One thing I’ll say about about John Hawkins piece In Defense of the Drug War at Right Wing News — it’s drawn a tremendous amount of fire from the libertarian and conservative (read: not authoritarian) circles (it’s less likely that … Continue reading
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Priceless?
DEA head Karen Tandy on the recent extradition of Mexican cartel leaders: Number of violent Mexican criminals extradited: 15 Distance and time traveled to get them here: 750 miles and 2 hours Number of Mexican drug cartels impacted: 4 U.S. … Continue reading
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Open Thread and Miscellaneous Items
“bullet” Two new additions to Guest Drug WarRant from submitters (remember that readers are always welcome to submit items for Guest Drug WarRant, or you can discuss items at the messageboard). Fascist Insect — a diatribe rejected by Wikipedia End … Continue reading
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Murder and Marijuana both start with the letter M
We’ve been subjected to some pretty extraordinary moronity in recent days. Let’s start with Right Wing News’ John Hawkins writing in Human Events Online: In Defense of the Drug War. At first I was interested because I thought “Hey, maybe … Continue reading
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Some outstanding medical marijuana reading
“bullet” Garden of Weedin’ — this is a really fascinating article by Zach Dundas about the medical marijuana in Oregon. It’s uplifting, but it also makes you realize just how much time we’ve lost in the potential advancements and research … Continue reading
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