Daily Archives: April 11, 2004

The Drug Testing Industry – fertile ground for corruption?

Check out this investigative report by Gwen Filosa in today’s Times Picayune. For years before his retirement as Orleans Parish district attorney, Harry Connick beat the drum for a Massachusetts company [Psychemedics] that uses hair samples to test people for … Continue reading

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From the mouths of…

Even this youngster gets it: I think drugs should be legal because of all the people that use drugs.æ The war on drugs takes a lot of money from the government that could be used for other purposes, such as … Continue reading

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Deterrence

TalkLeft has a post on handling drug dealers in Vietnam. Our lawmakers seem to think if they just pass some harsher laws, they’ll be able to deter drug dealers. And yet, in Vietnam, despite 18 executions already this year, it … Continue reading

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More from so-called Representative Souder

LastOneSpeaks discusses more of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources hearings on medicinal marijuana (see my report on Kampia’s testimony) and gives the link to the detailed transcript of oral hearings. You get a real sense … Continue reading

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