http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog Another two cents thrown in Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:33:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just have to recommend this wonderful primer on "our nation's jihad against drugs." Please read all six parts - whenever you get a free minute: Joe Biden's War If you want links broken down by parts, here they are: 1. Introduction 2. South America 3. Mexico 4. Afghanistan 5. Chicago 6. Civil Liberties Here's an excerpt: "...we’ve seen a ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2009/02/02/joe-bidens-war-read-about-it/ Some people say that if we legalize "drugs" in this country, everybody's going to get high all the time. They might even point to Netherlands and tell you how the rates of marijuana users spiked after weed there was decriminalized. Well, that's true - nobody really knows what would happen ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2009/01/26/will-legalization-result-in-rise-in-use/ So, here's an interesting dilemma: Nearly 90% of 45-year-olds in the United States have tried an illegal drug in their lifetime. Source: Johnston LD, O'Malley PM, Bachman JG, et al. "Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2006. Vol II." NIDA. 2007. 98. Under the current legal framework, all ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/10/10/the-legitimacy-of-drug-laws/ This article was originally written for and posted on StoptheDrugWar.org If one had to identify two areas of jurisprudence where Constitution often doesn’t seem to apply, the first one would probably be anything related to controlled substances. And, the second? Immigration Law. For example, children who are brought here by their parents, ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/08/10/immigration-and-drug-law-a-dangerous-intersection/ In our mainstream cultural framework, illicit "drug use" and "drug addiction" have become practically synonymous. Addictiveness is viewed as an inherent property of an illicit drug, similar to such internal properties as its texture or taste. Placing of addiction with a drug rather than with a user of a drug ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/05/09/on-addiction/ Scott Morgan, in his post on StopTheDrugWar.org, writes: I learned of a marvelous ancient document which sets forth in basic terms the fundamental strategies that have long been employed to destroy the drug war debate. "Themes in Chemical Prohibition" by William L. White was published in 1979 by the National Institute ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/04/22/the-prohibitionist-themes/ In Morse v. Frederick (2007), a.k.a. the "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" case, Justice Stevens, in his dissent, delivered the most remarkable quote, that, a few years ago, would have been virtually impossible to hear from someone that high up in the Establishment: Reaching back still further, the current dominant opinion supporting ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/04/03/justice-stevens-tells-it-like-it-is/ The most noteworthy development of 2007, as far as drug policy goes, is the substantive approach to the issues of (some of) the Supreme Court Justices in their opinions. In Kimbrough v. United States (2007), Justice Ginsburg continued to ponder the old issue of the degree of applicability of the ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/03/26/2007-supreme-courts-two-cents-on-cocainecrack-sentencing/ Most of the time, the subject matter of this blog is marijuana and/or narcotics, or, in other words, opiates. That is pretty much consistent with the two primary threads that the drug policy debate predominantly adheres to. However, in this post, I would like to digress a bit towards the ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/02/17/hallucinogens-and-drug-policy/ Eight grams of medical marijuana seized from a Garden Grove man during a traffic stop must be returned to him, according to an appeals court ruling directing local law enforcement to uphold state, not federal law. Source: CBS2.com: Federal Court Rules Pot To Be Returned To Driver Read the whole story by ... http://www.drugpolicycases.com/blog/2008/01/07/4th-district-court-of-appeal-returns-pot-to-rightful-owner/