The New York Daily News has a story about police raids in the Queensbridge Homes. 59 people arrested in a “lengthy undercover probe” that “brought down an extensive drug-dealing operation. Interesting, I thought. And not just because I live nearby and often ride my bike past The Bridge. No, it rang a bell. Ah, yes, here it is… a headline…
Tag: war on drugs
Dump Kellogg’s
Ethan “Rabble-Rouser” Nadelman has a clever idea. A “Call Kellogg’s Campaign” that lets the corporation know that their dumping Phelps is good reason for us to dump Kellogg might just make the point that more and more Americans are sick and tired of this particular spectacle. Just say No to Kellogg’s. Call them at 800-962-1413 and 269-961-3799 to tell them…
Same old same old
After a Howard County police raid on his house three weeks ago, Mike Hasenei says he has a sprained wrist, a dead dog, a bullet hole in his bed and a 12-year-old daughter who is scared every time she hears a knock on the door. No one was arrested in the raid.
Phelps and weed
Read The Agitator’s letter that Phelps should say. Brilliant.
Bong Hits for Phelps
Too bad it’s illegal. The News of the World has the scoop: A picture of Gold Medal swimmer Michael Phelps (gasp!), smoking marijuana (gasp!) from a bong (double gasp!) So what? Most people (at least young Americans) have smoked marijuana. Many from a bong. You can smoke marijuana and live a perfectly functional, even gold-medal winning life. And certain lifestyles,…
General Says Shoot Drug Trafficers in Afghanistan
Not only is it illegal, it’s stupid! Here’s the story in the Times. Maybe Obama will fire Gen. John Craddock, this idiot. In a confidential letter to NATO, he wrote: “It was no longer necessary to produce intelligence or other evidence that each particular drug trafficker or narcotics facility in Afghanistan meets the criteria of being a military objective.” That…
Give that man a medal!
Too bad a story about an honest Liberian customs officer is news. But hell, if I made $15 a month… I would probably take the $20,000 bribe. So I guess he’s a better man than me. And they did give him a medal. And $1,000.
The Epidemic That Wasn’t
The New York Times reports on crack babies… not! You know, for what it’s worth, one of my favorite students confided in me that he was crack baby. He was all right.
Real Money
According the Harvard Economist Jeffrey Miron, legalizing drugs could inject$76.8 billionper year into the US economy. Oh well, maybe it’s better to keep spending that money on courts and prisons. It’s not like the economy needs a boost or anything. Read Miron’s report here.
Decriminalization versus regulation
There tends to more talk about drug “decriminalization” than legalization. What’s the difference? Decriminalization is “safer.” But it’s not enough. It can even do harm. I talk about this a bit in my book. In general, legalization involves regulation while decriminalization is set up around lessgovernment control. I believe that many drugs are too dangerous to remain unregulated. Hence I…