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The latest in technology – drug testing that catches… everyone.
This has been reported in a variety of places already, but is worth noting: A minister tested positive for cannabis today at a voluntary session designed to show the capability of a high-tech drugs testing machine. Edwina Hart, Social Justice … Continue reading
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Texas governor prefers broken criminal justice system
GritsForBreakfast has the bad news. Lots of good work in the Texas legislature this year was undone by Governor Perry’s veto pen, including a bill to require police to inform drivers of their fourth amendment rights, and a fix of … Continue reading
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The Staggering Inability to Add 2+2
Reuters has an article today: Mexico’s Fox under fire as drug war spirals. Poor Vicente Fox. We used to wine and dine him and show him off at fancy parties. Now we don’t return his calls. MEXICO CITY, June 19 … Continue reading
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Is there trouble in Czar-land?
Could a certain Deputy Director at the ONDCP be getting a little big for his britches? Is the Czar himself in danger of falling out of favor? A little bird informs me that trouble (and maybe a power struggle) is … Continue reading
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Quick Takes
“bullet” Christopher sent me this AP story: College towns lead in marijuana use (talk about headlines stating the obvious). The interesting point — Christopher notes that if the numbers are true in the article, then 17.5 million Americans smoked pot … Continue reading
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TalkLeft Turns Three
Congratulations to Jeralyn Merritt and the always outstanding TalkLeft. TalkLeft is three today, which makes it one of the wise old elders in blog years. TalkLeft is the most prominent blog on the left that consistently and thoroughly covers the … Continue reading
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Hinchey Transcript Highlights
Here are some of the highlights from the Hinchey debate from the actual transcripts (instead of my hurried scribbling in yesterday’s posts): — Continue Reading —
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Interesting take on Raich
From the Denver Post, Commerce Clause is Infinitely Elastic by Ed Quillen. He spends the first part of the column examining Wickard and commerce clause history trying to find how Raich and Monson’s activity of growing their own could reach … Continue reading
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Quote of the day
…comes from reader BD in comments: Isn’t it interesting that Angel Raich, totally cognizant and aware of her pain, didn’t arouse as much sympathy from our public servants as Terri Schiavo did?
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Mark Souder is the scum of the earth
[First off — welcome to post number 1,000 at Drug WarRant. What a ride! When I started this blog just under two years ago, I expected to be posting once or twice a week. Obviously I got a little more … Continue reading
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