Monthly Archives: May 2008

Nick Gillespie has a delightfully fun piece> over at Reason, detailing some of the best of the worst — anti drug advertisements, with an honorable mention to the Stoners in the Mist website. Stoners underscores what most Americans already knew: … Continue reading →

All sorts of interesting stuff that probably deserves individual posts, but I want to get it out here… “bullet” Vindictive Prosecution – an editorial in the Las Vegas Review-Journal smacks down the Feds’ most recent medical marijuana busts. “bullet” U.S. … Continue reading →

As some of you know, I’m involved in a lot of other pursuits in addition to the Drug WarRant blog (and my day job). Some of these are going to keep me pretty busy in the near future — I’ll … Continue reading →

Drug war cops want bigger guns Mexican police need bigger guns to fight increasingly violent drug gangs, a federal police chief said, after drug hitmen killed seven officers in the northern city of Culiacan. “We need machine guns,” said General … Continue reading →

I want to take a moment to follow up on my last post Obama and the drug war. Let me make it clear that I am not at all surprised by Obama’s statements. I’ve said for years that Obama was … Continue reading →

This is why I don’t express very much interest in the Presidential campaign. When I am President, we will continue the Andean Counter-Drug Program, and update it to meet evolving challenges. […] Mexican drug cartels are terrorizing cities and towns. … Continue reading →

“bullet” Radley Balko has the beginnings of the story of Gonzalo Guizan, killed in a drug raid that found no guns and very little drugs. Oh, and Gonzalo was just a guest in the house. “bullet” Police no-show saves lives. … Continue reading →

Via Jamie Spencer comes this amusing story. An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan’s Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say. A customs officer hid a package of the banned substance in a … Continue reading →

I’m sure they’ll be pleased to know that they died because the drug war is a success. The result has been mayhem: a street war in which no target has been too big, no attack too brazen. Opposition politicians and … Continue reading →

Funny Note: Other than obvious spam, I think I’ve deleted about two posts on the blog in four years and that was for calling another commenter names. If anyone actually thought I was deleting posts, they could, I suppose, actually … Continue reading →