Calling in the Guard: State Dems Get in Touch With Their Inner Drug-Warrior0

• February 12, 2009

A slavish devotion to drug prohibition in the United States has spawned predatory and hugely flawed practices at nearly every level of government. Colorado lawmakers have actually cranked up that devotion by turning the Colorado National Guard into really well armed drug police working on commission for the federal government.

Do drug warriors really think parents matter?0

• November 20, 2006

“Parents Pivotal In Keeping Teens Away From Drugs Reveals New Data.” No, this is not a headline from the fake newspaper The Onion, but from a February press release from the geniuses at the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).

Amendment 44: Is treating grown-ups like children really a sound drug policy?0

• November 2, 2006

The strategy of opponents to Amendment 44, which would re-legalize marijuana possession for adults in Colorado, goes something like this: In order to protect children from marijuana, we must also treat grown-ups like children.

Pot enforcement a waste of resources0

• May 7, 2006

Our national addiction to marijuana prohibition leads to astonishing numbers of marijuana arrests. So it’s worth asking why Colorado continues to participate in this misappropriation of valuable criminal justice resources.

Drug War Trumps Port Safety0

• March 12, 2006

The top objective of the U.S. Coast Guard’s anti-terrorism strategy is to protect what’s called the “U.S. Maritime Domain,” including American ports.

But it is hard to take seriously the idea that ports are being effectively protected when the Coast Guard spent more tax dollars last year fighting the war on drugs than has been spent in total on port security since Sept. 11, 2001.