Australia: South Australia Police Subject Club, Concert-Goers to Drug Dog Checks
If you're headed out to go clubbing or see a concert in South Australia, be forewarned: The cops just might walk up and have a drug dog check you out.
Law Enforcement: Maryland Governor Signs Bill Requiring SWAT Team Reporting
What is probably the country's first successful effort to begin to rein in rampaging SWAT teams has become law in Maryland. Too bad it took a widely publicized drug raid gone bad to get it done.
Europe: Oslo Police Plan Crackdown on Hash Users, Buyers
Watch out if you're about to go looking for hash on the streets of Oslo. The police are going to be looking for you.
Medical Marijuana: Eddy Lepp Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison
California cannabis activist and medical marijuana grower Eddy Lepp was sentenced to a mandatory minimum 10-years in federal prison Monday for growing 20,000 plants beside a Lake County highway.
Drug Legalization: Conservative Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo Joins the Chorus
Who woulda thunk it? Former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, who never saw a border that didn't need a fence, says it's time to talk about drug legalization.
Errata: GMM and PRN/Schneider Grand Jury Articles
Minor corrections to two of last week's article, "Free Speech: ACLU Backs Pain Activist's Effort to Quash Subpoena Issued in Kansas Case" and "The Global Marijuana Marches, Part II."
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Tom Tancredo Calls for Legalization
Former congressman and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is the latest prominent republican to come out in favor of ending the drug war:
What a simple and straightforward case he's making. This is the blueprint for how our argument can really begin to gain momentum on the right.
Unfortunately, Tancredo picked up the idea somewhere that it's "political suicide" to say stuff like this and he managed to cram that silliness into the story. Whatever. He'll continue to take more heat for his notoriously extreme position on immigration than for pointing out that the drug war sucks. And for that matter, when concerns about immigration and border security begin translating into support for drug policy reform, we're really getting somewhere.
DENVER -- Admitting that it may be "political suicide" former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo said its time to consider legalizing drugs.
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Tancredo noted that he has never used drugs, but said the war has failed.
"I am convinced that what we are doing is not working," he said.
Tancredo told the group that the country has spent billions of dollars capturing, prosecuting and jailing drug dealers and users, but has little to show for it.
"It is now easier for a kid to get drugs at most schools in America that it is booze," he said. [ABC7]
What a simple and straightforward case he's making. This is the blueprint for how our argument can really begin to gain momentum on the right.
Unfortunately, Tancredo picked up the idea somewhere that it's "political suicide" to say stuff like this and he managed to cram that silliness into the story. Whatever. He'll continue to take more heat for his notoriously extreme position on immigration than for pointing out that the drug war sucks. And for that matter, when concerns about immigration and border security begin translating into support for drug policy reform, we're really getting somewhere.
FBI Director Gets Humiliated Trying to Defend Marijuana Prohibition
This is priceless: