Archive for the 'Never Ending War on Drugs' Category

Happy Anniversary, Schafer Commission

March 24th, 2007

By Restless
Did you hear the news? The Shafer Commission released their report on drug policy and dropped this bombshell:
[T]he criminal law is too harsh a tool to apply to personal possession [of marijuana] even in the effort to discourage use. It implies an overwhelming indictment of the behavior, which we believe is not appropriate. The […]

Insane in the Membrane

January 17th, 2007

 
By Restless
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
-Ben Franklin
The war on drugs is a fucking disaster, except for the law enforcement and prison industries, who make a pretty penny off its wrongheaded persecution of small-timers when white-collar cocks grift billions in wars we don’t need using the bodies of those they would save from […]

Spiders on Drugs

January 4th, 2007

Brilliant research, and very informative about the dangers of drugs.
JUST SAY NO… SPIDERS!

News: Granny Becomes Drug Runner to Support Bingo Habit

December 1st, 2006

From MSNBC.COM: 
Bingo habit blamed for grandma’s drug running
61-year-old faces up to 12 years in jail after 214 lbs. of pot found in her car
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A grandmother found with a trunkful of marijuana was convicted of drug running in what prosecutors said was an attempt to earn cash for a bingo habit.
State troopers […]

Every 40 Seconds

October 24th, 2006

 
By Restless
Reading Jacob Sullum’s weekly column, syndicated in the neo-con daily, New York Post, I was surprised to see that both Nevada and Colorado are attempting to legalize marijuana by referendum this November. In Nevada, the group opposing this move is called The Committee to Keep Nevada Respectable, which is funny since gambling and prostitution […]