War On Drugs

I just got another comment to my post about the Lima, Ohio SWAT team's shooting of an unarmed mother who was holding her child. The guy calls himself "Major." Let's see what he has to say: Yeah, enter and clear a room with taser or pepper spray first. You people are a joke. If you thought someone and not to mention a felon was in your house when you came home, you would … [Read more...] about Another Comment About Police Raids

Even in states where medical marijuana is legal, it's still illegal under federal law. That's a bit of a problem for cancer patient Owen Beck and maybe even more of a problem for Charlie Lynch, the guy who provided his medical marijuana. See the whole sad story at reason.tv. … [Read more...] about Good People Screwed By the War on Drugs, Episode #543402:

Not satisfied with making my city the butt of jokes for banning foie gras, some moron in the City Council wants to ban tiny little plastic bags, because, you know, people sell drugs in them: Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) persuaded the Health Committee to ban possession of "self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in either height or width," after picking up 15 of the bags … [Read more...] about The War on Tiny Little Baggies

Jacob Sullum at Hit & Run tries to ruin our day with this summary from a court brief: Savana Redding, an eighth grade honor roll student at Safford Middle School in Tucson, Arizona, was pulled from class on October 8, 2003 by the school's vice principal, Kerry Wilson.  Earlier that day, Wilson had discovered [drugs] in the possession of Redding's classmate....Under … [Read more...] about It’s Okay to Look at Naked 13-Year Old Girls If They Have a Headache

What if Muslim contries did what our DEA does? When we all got a pretty good look at the Taliban back in 2001, it was clear that their religious fanaticism lead to some strange rules for living. I mean, what kind of insane tyrant jails men for cutting their beards? We have our own version of the Taliban in this country. They're running our own never-ending jihad: The War … [Read more...] about Our Own Kind Of Taliban