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At The Agitator Chief Pennington has suspended seven narcotics officers and asked the FBI to investigate. Apparently the confidential informant is saying he never purchased drugs at Kathryn Johnston’s address and was told by police to lie about it. Kathryn … Continue reading →

The really tough way to control drugs is to license them by Simon Jenkins in the Times Online (UK) is a delightful ranting OpEd that skewers prohibitionists over and over for their failures, and faults politicians for lacking the guts … Continue reading →

OK, Time Magazine is entitled to their own list of the top 100 influential albums of all time. But can you possibly take a list like that seriously when it doesn’t include Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”? I … Continue reading →

Radley has an outstanding (and horrifying — even though I’ve read about all those cases before, it still hurts) piece putting the Johnston story in perspective, with examples from other bad raids. People like Maye and Johnston are supposed to … Continue reading →

A refreshing OpEd in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Friedman made right call on legalization … In a Newsweek article Friedman wrote in 1972, he took a step outside his realm of monetary policy and free marketeering and laid out in … Continue reading →

Living on West Market Street in Bloomington, Illinois, I’m used to seeing a lot of traffic stops. I don’t know if I saw this one, but it’s nice to know that there’s a judge in my area who believes that … Continue reading →

“bullet” Also at the Drug Czar’s “blog,” comes this bit of Thanksgiving advice The good news is that the holiday season often provides us with quality family time and opportunities to talk to young people about the dangers of drugs. … Continue reading →

So is the staff of the ONDCP daft, stupid, or just plain incompetent? How else do you explain the fact that On Wednesday, the Drug Czar’s “blog” brags that… On Monday, the Drug Czar presented a check for $1.1 million … Continue reading →

It just never stops… ATLANTA — Three Atlanta police officers were shot and wounded and an elderly woman killed at a house in northwest Atlanta Tuesday night. The woman, who relatives say was 92-years-old, opened fire on the officers from … Continue reading →

Phillip Smith suggests a somewhat daring notion: a direction action protest to surround and shut down DEA headquarters in suburban Arlington, Virginia. … Isn’t it about time to take concrete action against these latter day buccaneers? My activist friend suggested … Continue reading →