From Reason Online where Jacob Sullum asks, “Why should other Alaskans be arrested for something Sarah Palin once did with impunity?”
When it comes to questions about youthful marijuana use, Sarah Palin is no Slick Willie. "I can’t claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled," the Republican vice presidential candidate told the…
http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml
Skip to 3:30 in the 6 minute clip and you’ll see Senator Jim Webb raising one of my favorite talking points when it comes to educating folks about the so called War on Drugs. Here’s my unofficial transcript of the relevant portion:
Webb: We’ve got an incarceration rate in this country, we’re imprisoning twenty five
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I told Scott Henson on Friday that there are two kinds of stories that reporters like to write or broadcast about crime more than any other in Travis County – or anywhere else for that matter:
These two archetypes allow for flashy headlines. Whether they fairly and…
So the Celtics celebrated another championship the other night, their first since 1986. I wasn’t nearly as bitter this time around.
True, they didn’t beat the Twin Towers this time – Akeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson – my high school heroes, but the real reason for my lack of interest is that I haven’t paid attention…
Dallas defense lawyer Robert Guest has an interview today with a substance abuse treatment expert. Here’s #8 from the Q&A:
8. Does prosecution help addicts?
I think that if a person doesn’t learn from his past transgressions, and still doesn’t recognize the harm he or she is doing to themselves and others than you need to
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Yes, the official Drug Czar blog linked to this:
http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml
[HatTip: Drug WarRant]
Via Huffington Post, the first sentence of a new post by the Chief of Congressional & Public Affairs for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration:
The drug trade never fails to surprise those of us at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
You mean, you keep touting your successes (‘Major Heroin/Cocaine/Marijuana Bust’)… and, yet, nothing ever…
For the Iraq War Blogstorm project, some quick thoughts on how the War on Drugs is like the War in Iraq:
Both Wars
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I bulleted the first four sentences of a New York Times article by Jennifer Steinhauer, “As the Economy Falters, So Do…
Still in DC, and my sister in law (who has been an excellent host this week) notices this AP story reproduced in the Washington Post.
“Two years for a beating and stabbing attack on a homeless man?” she exclaims, looking to me for a reasonable explanation. When you’re the defense lawyer in the family, you get…