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Daily Archives: October 11, 2006
A couple of media mentions…
The Illinois State University Daily Vidette has quoted me two days in a row now. An article about M.A.S.H./S.S.D.P — the student group for which I am faculty advisor. (Formerly Mobilizing Activists and Students for Hemp, but transitioning into an … Continue reading
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More on the failure of the class of academic drug policy experts
I thought it would be a good idea to do a little follow-up on my earlier post today. As has been noted, I was pretty harsh about an article that was actually suggesting reducing the number of incarcerated drug offenders … Continue reading
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Incomplete, deficient, and ultimately, dishonest scholarship in academia
Via Mark Kleiman, comes this piece at Issues in Science and Technology Online: Reorienting U.S. DrugPolicy, by Jonathan P. Caulkins and Peter Reuter. The article is packed with useful and/or interesting research and conjecture as the authors conclude that “money … Continue reading
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