The Sydney Morning Herald Julie Power September 18, 2019
Former NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione says the system of dealing with people using drugs isn’t working, and has supported measures that give police the discretion to issue cautions or infringement notices. 116 more words
Here’s an interesting tidbit of historical knowledge for you: America’s first “Drug Czar” was a guy named Harry J. Anslinger. He was the first commissioner of the U.S. 911 more words
Matt Stoller writes in Big:
871 more wordsThose of you who have read BIG for awhile know that I pay a lot of attention to foreign enforcers. I wrote up how
The War on Drugs, let us remember, is thanks to Richard Nixon, infamous crooked president, who rejected the findings of his own expert commission on the problem figuring that, since he was president, he knew a lot more than a group of people who had seriously studied the issues for years. 1,225 more words
A new family moved into our neighborhood from Denver. I met her on our walking path. She was walking her two black labs.
She said they realized they had to leave Denver, because so much has changed. 217 more words
Zachary Siegel reports in the New Republic:
1,181 more words“Just like Doritos keep eating. We’ll make more.”
“It’s like people are addicted to these things or something.
Beth Macy writes in the NY Times:
1,242 more wordsIn the beginning, there were just four: the Godfather from Philly, the Army sergeant from Georgia, the professor from California and the feisty mom from Florida.
