Monthly Archives: June 2008

I’ve long talked about how the war on drugs damages the inner cities and low income areas. The lure of black market profits is greater, the transactions tend to be more public, and there’s a stronger direct push for arrest … Continue reading →

NYPD wants suspects to sign search consent form The New York City Police Department wants suspects to sign a consent form before searching their homes or cars, a move that eliminates the need for a warrant and is meant to … Continue reading →

“bullet” Shorter U.N. Drug Chief (Costa): We’re actually losing ground rapidly in the drug war, but it’s not our fault. Turns out that nasty people discovered that you can make a whole lot of money off of illegal drugs. Who … Continue reading →

Denver Marijuana proponents want to know why federal officials continue to allow people to use alcohol on airplanes, but won’t allow pot smoking in the lounges at Denver International Airport. “Does it make sense to allow adults to use a … Continue reading →

Brazil A sharp increase in drugs and cellphones found inside a Brazilian prison mystified officials — until guards spotted some distressed pigeons struggling to stay airborne. Inmates at the prison in Marilia, Sao Paulo state had been training carrier pigeons … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I briefly noted a piece about the death of Vincent Hodgkiss by paramilitary raid. I had found out about it in a well-written article in the Sun-Sentinel by Michael Mayo — Overzealous drug war claims another casualty … Continue reading →

This pot potency nonsense just won’t go away. Now it’s the Boston Globe. A lot of it is the same re-hashed stuff that’s been in other sources, but I couldn’t help notice the classic “balanced” academic who is quoted at … Continue reading →

Recently I mentioned how James Q. (broken windows) Wilson stunk up the place over at Volokh with some ridiculously moronic and unsupported statements in support of our incarceration rates, including this one THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PRISON: Several readers … Continue reading →

“bullet” R.I.P. George Carlin ‹Why is there such controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who would be willing to test any drug they could come up with…Š — George Carlin “bullet” Roadblock deaths underscore tactics in Mexico’s … Continue reading →

“bullet” U.N.’s Antonio Maria Costa is shocked, shocked, I tell you, to discover that coca cultivation in Colombia has increased. Amazing considering that it’s not much of a surprise to us lunatics on drugs. That’s probably because he normally gets … Continue reading →