Montana Meth Project
I want to warn you. The videos are horrifying. If you every looked around you’ve seen the real versions of those actors and actresses. Its scary and sad all at once.
Interestingly this program meets Ron’s criteria about honest education. Meth really is that bad. And while some of the social […]
I was arguing on another forum long ago about drug and alcohol abuse. One of the locals, Nightward said this
Alcohol is legal. “tolerated”. Its abuse is not.
Well thats only partially true.
Really Alcohol abuse is perfectly legal and tolerated so long as you show up for work, do jury duty when called […]
This article suggests a lot of practical reason to legalize marijuana.
Unfortunately the drug war has nothing to do with rational achievable goals like reducing harm. It is instead driven by a false belief that “getting high” is inherently wrong and immoral
Marijuana in general certainly isn’t all that good, I wouldn’t use it.
However […]
6 months jail time for lying to the feds.
Ms. Jones shouldn’t have lied to the agents, obviously but frankly I don’t see why the agents should have been involved at all.
Or for that matter why the Judge should have given her the maximum allowed jail time.
As uncomfortable as it is […]
From Alternet.
The simple fact is that a free country cannot afford to tell a large number of its citizens what they can put in their body and still remain a free country. While few in the government have any interest in freedom I believe the bulk of the population still does.
The systems by which we […]
Great commentary and facts from Slate Magazine.
And so Noorzai is out of luck. Before you decide that as a drug dealer, he probably had it coming, stop to consider the message this sends: When U.S. representatives give you their word, the Justice Department can break it. If you were a potential informant abroad who had […]
When I asked a few friends “What did our $500 Billion for the War on Drugs get us? ” Jon Monster writing from Avenue R (right next to Avenue Q) gave what I think is the best answer.
Well, let’s see. That $500 billion had to go somewhere. It provided jobs for countless prison guards, narcotics […]
From N.Y. Daily News via Joe.my.god.com
One out of six NY’ers, 1.3 million people, “cannot afford an adequate and consistent supply of food.
Thats what I’d call a a depression. The big apple is rotten.
I’d suggest maybe rerouting some of the money spent on 30-50 THOUSAND Arrests for marijuana possession into helping prevent hunger.
Smoking […]
I was hemming and hawing over posting anything on this article but since the redoubtable boingboing did I figured why not.
The article is a fascinating look at what laws we enforce and why. It relates to our war on drugs and though not mentioned the administrations ill fated war on the adult industry.
My favorite […]