A couple of readers have pointed out articles with connections to the drug war that you might find interesting.
“bullet” Who Rules the Medicine Cabinet discusses a potential class action suit in Canada to prevent schools from intimidating parents into making their children take drugs — provoked by the case of the 12 year old boy suspended from school when his mother refused to give him Ritalin.
“bullet” Of ‘generational wars’ old and new is a mixed bag in terms of structure, but there’s some fascinating (and scary) material regarding the use of drug war asset seizure money and homeland security grants to fund an increasingly comprehensive network of surveillance on American citizens. (I remember when “1984” was in the future.)
[Thanks, Ben and Allan]
Servetus on Catholic bishops fear marijuana and freethinking: “An ancient Egyptian mug was found by a USF professor to have once contained hallucinogens: 15-Nov-2024–A University of South Florida…” Nov 17, 20:11
