Drug WarRant

I get a lot of visitors to Drug WarRant. It can be a bit of a roller coaster, from the over 2,000 on Saturday when Metafilter gave this blog a mention, to 0 yesterday and earlier today when salonblogs’ server was down.
While many of my visitors are already convinced that the drug war is a failure and that radical change is needed, others certainly feel that I’m out of my mind. Some are open to learning more, but have not come to a conclusion as to how drug policy reform would fit within their beliefs, and may not be ready to agree with some conclusions I have made.
In my new Frequently Asked Questions section, I am attempting to address the specific failures of drug war to a wide range of particular philosophical and political interests. I expect that this page will expand over time, and welcome suggestions for additional questions (or answers).
Go there now.

A big hello to Vice Squad — a relatively new blog of “Explorations of public policy concerning alcohol, nicotine, other drugs, prostitution, gambling, pornography, ….” where you’ll find some excellent academic analyses and well thought out reponses to the prohibitionist mentality.
Vice Squad is by Jim Leitzel, who, I discovered, is just a couple of hours down the road from me. I look forward to more of Jim’s work, and his goal of adding more vice policy experts to join in. Check it out.

Via NORML today:
One-Third Of Docs Back Prescription Cannabis, Survey Says (pdf)

Wellington, New Zealand: One out of three New Zealand doctors say they would prescribe medicinal marijuana if it were legal to do so, according to a random survey of 500 doctors conducted by the national Green Party. Among physicians who reported their knowledge of medicinal cannabis as “high,” 42 percent backed prescribing marijuana. “The more knowledge a doctor holds, the more favorable their opinion of medicinal cannabis is,” the survey noted.

Cannabinoids Modulate Epileptic Seizures, Study Says