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Libby at Last One Speaks reminds me about Flex Your Rights and their excellent video: “Busted: The Citizen’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters.” I thought I was pretty well informed, but I learned a few things from the DVD (only … Continue reading →

I neglected to mention that the Becker-Posner Blog has addressed the drug war, first by Economist Gary Becker and then a response by Judge Richard Posner These are a couple of highly respected scholars, and so it’s nice to see … Continue reading →

In the Sun-Times today, the article Blagojevich focuses ire on drug-based game has some oddities: Gov. Blagojevich is using the roll-out of “Narc,” a new video game set in the drug underworld, to promote legislation that would ban the sale … Continue reading →

The Charlottesville Daily Progress has an interesting article by Liesel Nowak: Tough on crime means losing drug war, critics say Critics have said that the traditionally harsh penalties in federal court have led to jury nullification, in which jurors rule … Continue reading →

Available here: rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/wj032105_walters.rm If the link doesn’t work for you, just type ‘Walters’ in the video search on the homepage. (Thanks to Tom Angell of SSDP, who also asked a very good question.)

John Walters will be on C-Span’s Washington Journal from 9-9:30 am Eastern on Monday morning. (Thanks, Bob!) If you’re going to call in, here are a few suggestions: Write out your question and have it in front of you. Otherwise, … Continue reading →

The Ottawa Citizen comes through in this article by Dan Gardner yesterday. Gardner takes apart all the claims of massive increases in potency, and shows that it’s a combination of different measuring techniques, and the range of higher and lower … Continue reading →

Interesting article shows how complex and silly state leglislative activities can get. Medical marijuana was one of this session’s most glaring examples of how bills can be delayed, held hostage and even killed as a result of political spats between … Continue reading →

The ACLU, Break the Chains: Communities of Color and the War on Drugs, and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law have released a report on the impact of the drug war on women and families. “We’ve … Continue reading →

I had a great (and exhausting) week in New York. Walked all over the city with my students and saw some wonderful shows (Glass Menagerie, Spamalot, Play Without Words at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Shockheaded Peter, and Upright Citizens’ Brigade) … Continue reading →