War on Drugs

“The crusade on marijuana has been a palpable failure; an abject failure.” Police Chief Mike Koval of Madison, Wisconsin, endorsed the legalization of marijuana last week, saying that the enforcement of marijuana laws have been an “abject failure”. In an interview with the State Journal last week, Koval said that, “We’ve …

The realization of a standing army in the supposed “Land of the Free” has since become mainstream, after last month’s show of militarized force in Ferguson, MO, a town with a population of 21,000. Nothing says it’s time for a national conversation more than politicians becoming worried about the rise of the …

On Friday, May 9, 2014, just after 5:30am in Killeen, Texas, Marvin Louis Guy was the target of a no knock raid. The officers were looking for drugs, yet none were found in the home.  There was some questionable paraphernalia, but nothing indicative of drug dealing- or anything damning enough …

Although presented as impartial and infallible, it turns out that such dogs are not only often poorly trained, they are frequently wrong. Reason.tv The case of Timothy Young made national headlines in 2012 when New Mexico police anally probed him in search of drugs (no contraband was found). His ordeal …

You can’t assemble a totalitarian war machine and expect it to never come home. Sooner or later, all those military-grade weapons end up in your own back yard. Pointed at you. Over the last several decades, we’ve seen the rise of militarized law enforcement. From no-knock raids to Ferguson under …

The Mayor of Philadelphia has agreed to endorse legislation that decriminalizes the possession and public consumption of marijuana, making it one of the largest American cities to turn back punitive drug laws. RT.com The bill, which Mayor Michael Nutter said he will endorse, was proposed by the city council, and …

A panel of top global narcotics experts fronted by prominent public figures including Kofi Annan, Richard Branson and eight ex-national presidents, is strongly urging that drugs be a matter for health professionals, not the police, in a new report. RT.com “Overwhelming evidence points to not just the failure of the …

In what world would it be considered acceptable to search a man’s anal cavity in full public view? Baltimore, MD — Jermaine Lyons was riding his bike on May 3, 2013 on his way to the park when he was stopped at a store in the 200 block of North …

 “The DEA doesn’t want the drug war to end. If it ends, they don’t get their toys and budgets. Once it ends, they aren’t going to have the kind of influence in foreign governments. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but where there’s smoke there’s probably fire.” According to FBI statistics, …

Denver- A recent survey, overseen by the state Department of Public Health, shows that fewer Colorado high school students are smoking marijuana since it was legalized in the state. The survey, Healthy Kids Colorado, was given in 2011 and showed that 39 percent of high school students had ever used …