Monthly Archives: February 2005

I still have not heard anything from Americans for Safe Access, or any news reports regarding the deadline extension that should have expired on Friday for Health and Human Services to respond to the Data Quality Act challenge. (Background) If … Continue reading →

I think that just about everyone who has a blog enjoys taking a look now and then at how people get to their site. I know I have done some additional writing based on the Google questions that have driven … Continue reading →

February 4 is an important deadline for Health and Human Services, and I’m curious to see what will happen. Here’s the background: As I’ve discussed at length in previous posts (here’s one example), the government has unfairly blocked and delayed … Continue reading →

Two different stories. In both cases, it’s about the drug bust, not about people and police working together. “bullet” Libby at Last One Speaks: Not Fit for Man Nor Beast “bullet” Melissa at D’Alliance: Mother arrested for almost bringing heroin … Continue reading →

I haven’t talked about Rep. Mark Souder for awhile. For those who don’t know, he is the one who came up with the notion of adding a question regarding drug convictions to student financial aid forms. The stupidity of this … Continue reading →

Julian Sanchez at Hit and Run has further thoughts on Caballes… A few fairly obvious problems occur to me belatedly. The first is that to the extent that law enforcement officers now feel increased license to do indiscriminate sweeps, the … Continue reading →

Over at The American Street, Kevin Haydon poses a difficult question about how someone opposed to the drug war is supposed to deal with a family member who has willfully let his addiction damage those around him. A spirited discussion … Continue reading →

I missed it. He must have mentioned it when I ran to the bathroom for a minute. You know, the State of the Union… the part where he talked about cutting all those wasteful drug war programs to reduce the … Continue reading →

The Attorneys General of Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, … Continue reading →

______, who says she is a friend of the Noel family, wrote to say how appalled she was at most of the news coverage of the Cheryl Noel tragedy. She has written a letter to the Dundalk Eagle (the one … Continue reading →