Monthly Archives: January 2006

Feds smoke out largest drug tunnel yet It runs from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California. […] Officials said the tunnel is about seven-tenths of a mile (1,148 meters) or more than 1,200 yards long. Initial reports said it is … Continue reading →

That’s right. A student group is suing the Department of Education, because, well, the Department of Education is apparently made up of a bunch of morons. Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an incredible activist group that has been working … Continue reading →

With all the hysterical media in Britain going on and on about how marijuana makes everyone go psychotic, I’ve been surprised that I haven’t heard more of that Reefer Madness style reporting in the U.S. — in fact, there’s been … Continue reading →

Count on William F. Buckley, Jr. to give an interesting perspective on our Latin American drug policies. He notes that Morales, a socialist who has called for an end to US crop eradication in Bolivia, knows how to use the … Continue reading →

New rant added at Guest Rants — My ‘religion’ by tros.

link OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadians elected their first Conservative government in 12 years, but gave it only a limited minority mandate to change policies and priorities. Harper is the guy who promised to get tougher on drugs. Asked why he … Continue reading →

Via Email from International AntiProhibitionist League… These are excerpts from a European Parliament Resolution adopted on January 18. The European Parliament, […] D. whereas the pervasive opium and heroin production carries the risk of permanently affecting the nation‰s politics, crippling … Continue reading →

New York Times (via Atrios) Gen. Michael V. Hayden, who led the National Security Agency when it began the warrantless wiretaps, vigorously defended the program , though he acknowledged that it depended on a lower standard of evidence than required … Continue reading →

It’s gotten to the point where it just makes me laugh. Mark Kleiman has a good post about meth policy based on a New York Times Article. Policies that make pseudoephedrine harder to buy in order to deprive methamphetamine cooks … Continue reading →

Nathan Tabor is a professional moralist who writes for The Conservative Voice, and he brings us The War on Drugs Update: Each night, network news programs in America turn their focus on the war in Iraq. Yet, routinely, the national … Continue reading →