I think the institution called government is broken by its very nature. No man has moral authority over any other man. I think natural laws rule the physical world as well as our interactions with each other and the choices we make.
The US must rethink its Latin American foreign policy, beginning with the drug war. Sponsoring a proxy war with drug cartels will only foster anti-American sentiment among the citizenry and the large profits of drug trafficking will continue drive public officials to corruption.
Read this excerpt of the speech given by Paul Armentano at NORML’s 2008 Annual Conference:
Those who favor the continued prohibition of cannabis base their arguments on the false premise that the continued enforcement of said laws “protects our children.” This statement is nonsense. In fact, just the opposite is true.
The Whizzinator is a prostetic penis used in conjunction with a synthetic urine that affords its user some personal privacy when subjected to a UDS, urine drug screen. The company’s officers are being pursued on charges of conspiracy because some people happen to use the things to protect themselves when tested by the federal government
I have a friend that spent four days in jail in 1996 when a nutritional suplement tested positive for heroin. His attorney’s fees totalled nearly $10,000. All charges were dropped. The problem persists:
For decades law enforcement agencies including local police, DEA and U.S. Customs have used what is known as “presumptive field drug-test” kits to [...]
Radley Balko has a great article up on Slate. Before you go pulling the lever for Obama, thinking he’ll bring change to drug policing think again. His selection of Drug Warrior Biden confirmed for me that Obama’s prior commitment to decriminalization was just political pandering to his left-wing base. To win this election Obama/Biden have [...]
The American Alliance for Medical Cannabis is debating medical marijuana on the Opposing Views forum. This is one of the rare places that drug warriors actually show up to debate. AAMC claims that medical marijuana treats the symptoms of ADHD. Without divulging too much of my personal life I’ll have to agree whole heartedly by [...]
The FDA has decided not to ban pediatric OTC cold and cough medicine, even though it has been shown to be ineffective and even dangerous to our children. One of the major objections to the ban is a reasonable one. The FDA recognizes that in the event of a total ban some parents will opt [...]
Blogger Mona at the Art of the Possible blog tells her story:
Some three months ago a nest of violent drug dealers moved in right next door to me (I’ve seen a gun at least once, and violent fights are a constant). They have repeatedly shaken me down for money, food, and use of my video [...]
The Agitator, Radley Balko poses the following question for Senator Biden.
Senator Biden, you’ve been one of the Senate’s most ardent drug warriors. You helped create the office of “drug czarâ€; backed our failed eradication efforts in South America; encouraged the government to seize the assets of people merely suspected of drug crimes; pushed for the [...]
