Drug War Roundup
This week was almost the opposite of how I expected my new posting privileges at HorsesAss to end up. I wound up posting about drug war news all week over there, but pretty much ignored it here at Reload. But I'm very glad I gave Timothy Garon's story the extra sunlight over there, as I was part of the chorus of outrage that ended up with both local dailies putting his story on their front page today. Goldy has long been right about this: blogging has an important role to play when it comes to the overall media, and this is it.
Here are some links to drug war stories that I didn't have time to write about this week:
When Michael Bloomberg was considering a third-party run for President as some kind of principled independent who was above the bullshit, many of us laughed. Jim Dwyer explains why.
The Drug War Chronicle looks at some pushback over Plan Merida (aka Plan Mexico).
A 7-year-old boy from Ann Arbor was put in state protective custody for two days because his father didn't realize that the hard lemonade he purchased at a Tigers game contained alcohol. Please do not read that article if you already have high blood pressure.
Steve at Transform notes how much extra tax revenue is collected by the Dutch government simply because they refuse to have an insane marijuana policy.
Sadly for the UK-based Transform, Gordon Brown is actually stupid enough to believe that marijuana is lethal. I expect that level of ignorance from third world dictators, not the British Prime Minister.
The Plan Colombia and Beyond blog posts some interesting maps of suspected drug trafficking routes. If the information is accurate (a big if), flights across Venezuela to the Dominican Republic are as frequent as boat trips from the Colombia coast to Mexico.
The Sunday Times of London looks at the potential for MDMA (aka ecstasy) to be used as a treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Steven Wishnia explores both sides of the question of whether or not marijuana will be legalized in the near future. I might add my thoughts to this if I have some time this week.
The fantastic Drug Law Blog is two years old and looking forward to more.
And finally, this isn't drug war related, but it needs to be said: I'm capable of believing a conspiracy theory or two about our Vice President, but I'm having serious trouble believing that Deborah Jeane Palfrey was targeted to protect Dick Cheney from having to admit he visited prostitutes. The man has had like 10 heart attacks. Anything more than reading him a bedtime story would likely stop his ticker.
Here are some links to drug war stories that I didn't have time to write about this week:
When Michael Bloomberg was considering a third-party run for President as some kind of principled independent who was above the bullshit, many of us laughed. Jim Dwyer explains why.
The Drug War Chronicle looks at some pushback over Plan Merida (aka Plan Mexico).
A 7-year-old boy from Ann Arbor was put in state protective custody for two days because his father didn't realize that the hard lemonade he purchased at a Tigers game contained alcohol. Please do not read that article if you already have high blood pressure.
Steve at Transform notes how much extra tax revenue is collected by the Dutch government simply because they refuse to have an insane marijuana policy.
Sadly for the UK-based Transform, Gordon Brown is actually stupid enough to believe that marijuana is lethal. I expect that level of ignorance from third world dictators, not the British Prime Minister.
The Plan Colombia and Beyond blog posts some interesting maps of suspected drug trafficking routes. If the information is accurate (a big if), flights across Venezuela to the Dominican Republic are as frequent as boat trips from the Colombia coast to Mexico.
The Sunday Times of London looks at the potential for MDMA (aka ecstasy) to be used as a treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Steven Wishnia explores both sides of the question of whether or not marijuana will be legalized in the near future. I might add my thoughts to this if I have some time this week.
The fantastic Drug Law Blog is two years old and looking forward to more.
And finally, this isn't drug war related, but it needs to be said: I'm capable of believing a conspiracy theory or two about our Vice President, but I'm having serious trouble believing that Deborah Jeane Palfrey was targeted to protect Dick Cheney from having to admit he visited prostitutes. The man has had like 10 heart attacks. Anything more than reading him a bedtime story would likely stop his ticker.
posted by thehim at 9:42 PM
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