by Jeffrey A. Singer. Gov't wants the narco squad to be your doctor. America’s physicians have been conscripted as law enforcement agents in the never-ending War on Drugs, and it puts us in a moral dilemma. As media attention has turned to the recent national surge in prescription-opioid and heroin abuse, politicians feel compelled to be ready ... MORE
Showing posts with label drug war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug war. Show all posts
Physicians Face Moral Dilemma In Drug War Conscription
by Jeffrey A. Singer. Gov't wants the narco squad to be your doctor. America’s physicians have been conscripted as law enforcement agents in the never-ending War on Drugs, and it puts us in a moral dilemma. As media attention has turned to the recent national surge in prescription-opioid and heroin abuse, politicians feel compelled to be ready ... MOREStephen Chapman: No Opiates For The Masses?
Drug war becomes war against pain relief. There is no problem so bad that government-imposed remedies cannot make it worse, spawn new problems or both. A new confirmation of that phenomenon may be on the way, thanks to new recommendations from an agency intent on curbing the use of opiates. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease ... MOREIlya Somin: Supreme Court Dismisses Nebraska-Oklahoma Lawsuit Against Marijuana Legalization In Colorado
Drug warriors take one on the chin. The Supreme Court today refused to hear a case
filed by the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma claiming that neighboring
Colorado’s legalization of marijuana violates federal law and inflicts
various harms on them: The U.S.
Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit from Nebraska and ... MOREDrug War Myths Exploded: 7 Facts About Drugs That Will Make You Question Everything You Thought You Knew
by Johann Hari. A prevailing lack of wisdom. There's no subject in our culture where the conversation is dominated by myths and misconceptions so much as drugs. We are frightened to talk about it. We are tempted to fall back on stock-phrases and mental spasms -- Just Say No, and all its more modern twists. I have always been sympathetic to more ... MORELegal Pot Causes Drug Cartel Revenues To Plummet
by Oscar Pascual. free market 1 black market 0. Marijuana legalization may have accomplished what the War on Drugs has failed to do — put the squeeze on Mexican drug cartel activity. The U.S. Border Patrol has released 2015 data
showing that the number of marijuana seizures throughout the southwest
U.S./Mexico border has fallen to the ... MOREDC Cop Raids Are Undeterred By Lack Of Probable Cause
from the Washington Post. Government's domestic terrorists. Sallie Taylor was sitting in her apartment in Northeast Washington one evening in January 2015 watching “Bible Talk” when her clock fell off the wall and broke. She turned and looked up. Nine D.C. police officers smashed through her door, a shotgun was pointed at her face and she ... MORELizzie Dearden: Iranian Drug War Kills Every Man In Town
Ending drug the government way. Every man in an Iranian village has reportedly been executed by the government on drug charges. Shahindokht Molaverdi, the vice president for women and family
affairs, was arguing for increased provision for convicts’ families when
she made the admission. “We have a village in Sistan and Baluchestan ... MOREJohn Stossel: Joy and Bad Law
Oscar Sunday. According to Betfair.com, Jennifer Lawrence probably won't win best actress at the Oscars Sunday. I'm rooting for her, though — not because of her acting, but because the movie she stars in, "Joy," celebrates the difficulty of entrepreneurship. Lawrence's character is based on real-life entrepreneur Joy Mangano, who invented the ... MOREThere's No Way In Which The War On Drugs Isn't A Failure
by Hamilton Nolan. It has been clear for many years that America’s “War on Drugs” is a failure from a moral perspective. For you hard-headed realists, it is worth remembering that it is a failure from an economic perspective, as well. The very simple version of this fact, which you may have already intuited, is: We have spent more than a trillion ... MORE
Justice Sotomayor Has Kind Words For Jury Nullification
by Jacob Sullum. Because justice is a result, not just a process. This week Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor had some kind words
for jury nullification, which empowers jurors to judge the law as well
as the facts of a case and may involve disregarding the law when the law
is unjust. During a discussion
about juries at NYU Law School on ... MORETim Cushing: Drug Dogs Don't Even Have To Be Right Half The Time To Be Considered 'Reliable' By The Courts
The pretense of probable cause. All in all, this motion to suppress evidence worked out for the plaintiff, but it does little to address concerns that drug dogs are basically blank permission slips for inquisitive cops. The defendant -- Emile Martin -- was in a vehicle driven by another person (simply referred to as "Montgomery" in the opinion). This vehicle ... MOREAustralia About To Legalize Growing Marijuana Nationwide
by Steve Mollman. Australia appears set to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use nationwide. A bill introduced to parliament Wednesday (Feb. 10) by the Liberal Party would amend the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967. It looks guaranteed to become law, as the main opposition party immediately pledged support for it. Under the proposal a national ... MOREWhy Jury Nullification? New Jersey Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Growing 17 Marijuana Plants
by MaryAnn Spoto. Because justice is a result, not simply a process. A Mays Landing man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for growing 17 marijuana plants in the Pinelands. When Jon Peditto was arrested in 2012, he admitted the pot plants were his and told investigators he grew them primarily for his own use but had also ... MOREHow The Obama Administration Helped Arm El Chapo
by Keith Farrell. When the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman
was captured, he was found to be in possession of one of the rifles from
the Obama administration’s defunct Fast and Furious program. Fox reports: After the raid on Jan. 8 in the city of Los Mochis that
killed five of his men and wounded one Mexican marine, ... MOREWhat Passes For Justice In Missouri: Brother And Sister Get More Than 15 Years Each For Growing 12 Marijuana Plants
by Teresa Ressel. Why you should learn about jury nullification. A brother and sister will be going to prison for a while for growing marijuana in their apartment. On Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Kenneth W. Pratte sentenced 34-year-old David G. DePriest to 22 years in prison for production of marijuana, possession of more than five grams of ... MORE
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