Radley Balko made an interesting observation about drug raids: They always shoot the dog.
I guess it’s to get them out of the way. Given all the armor SWAT teams usually don, it’s certainly not out of fear for their own safety.
When the target of the raid and the dog’s owner proves to [...]

From Drug War Rant:
Via Marginal Revolution, I see that a new paper in the Journal of Political Economy by Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, and Michael Grossman called “The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs” will attempt to explain it to our political leaders.
From the paper:
In an important new study, world-renowned economists–including a [...]

You can go to The Austin Chronicle to read the Top 10 Drug War Stories of 2005.
My personal favorite was the Lollipot scandal, pictured at the top of the list.

Rhode Island became the 11th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes yesterday morning:
The Rhode Island House voted Tuesday to override Governor Carcieri’s 2005 veto of the state’s medical marijuana bill. This makes Rhode Island the 11th state to legalize marijuana for medical use.
The bill was first passed by the Rhode Island House and Senate [...]

Here’s a good one from over at Drug War Rant:
Here’s a great thing to do for stress relief: Take several condoms and fill them with flour. Squeezing them is as good as those expensive items you can buy (as well as being a fun phallic gag).
Unfortunately, however, they actually increased the stress level for freshman [...]

Great post over at Radical Russ’s blog about medical marijuana’s effect on our… Right to bear arms??? Click the link for details!
For over thirty years, the federal War on (Some American Citizens using Non-Alcoholic, Non-Pharmaceutical, Tobacco-Free) Drugs has decimated our civil liberties. There is hardly a single right in the Bill of Rights that [...]

Article about the brutal and incompetent war on drugs, via the Agitator:
By then, Troy Davis had come out with a gun to defend his home (at least according to cops at the scene — Davis’ family isn’t so sure). The SWAT team put a bullet in his chest, and another in his stomach. He [...]

Found this over at The Agitator regarding the “Kids Helping Kids” program:
Just four of these apparently means your kid’s probably into the drugs, and a likely enrollee in the program:
Has your child….
seemed depressed
become rebellious and defiant
had trouble with the law
had a bad attitude
avoided you upon arriving home
become increasingly isolated
had a drop in grades
required extra sleep
dropped [...]

Tray Caliva, “a right wing, gun-toting, anti-abortion, racist, woman hatin’ ultra-conservative,” and columnist over at the Daily Toreador wants America to win the war on drugs. Step #1? Legalize marijuana!
Enforcement of laws prohibiting marijuana cost American taxpayers an estimated $4 billion in 2004. Yet, frequently conducted studies from numerous sources indicate that marijuana [...]

Fresh from Drug War Rant:
Militarizing Mayberry at The Agitator. Standard knock-down-the-door-slam-the-residents-to-the-floor-and-cuff-them drug warrior approach for 2.5 grams of marijuana. And sure, ignore the fact that the woman is having a heart attack. When it comes to busting marijuana, who cares about human life, anyway? The woman survived and is suing.
Police refused to give her [...]