Police Chiefs Question Merits of Drug War Policies
Summary
This article from Stanford University's campus paper reported on an important gathering of police chiefs questioning the drug war.
Address of Dr. Joseph McNamara, presented at the 9th International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, Santa Monica, 10/19/95
Summary
The former police chief of San Jose and Kansas City describes the harm done to the climate of policing by the drug war.
Interview with Nick Pastore, Former Police Chief of New Haven, Connecticut
Summary
New Haven's former police chief reduced crime -- and opposed the drug war.
Cops Against the Drug War
Check out our friends at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) too! Watch the LEAP video here.
Introducing Myself
My name is Pamela Watson. I am an Australian anthropologist and pharmacist. I am interested in drugs through time and space, not just specific contemporary issues.
Some of my publications include:
Bungled DEA Raid Raises Troubling Questions
California NORML Release, Aug 31 2006
Yesterday's DEA raid at Trichome Healing Center in Van Nuys ended in a stand-down. No arrests were made. An undercover DEA team arrived without a warrant. One agent tried to gain entry with a bad ID, but was turned down. The agent blew his cool, a security guard saw his gun and thought he was a robber; a scuffle broke out, and other agents came to the rescue. After several hours, the DEA procured a warrant from a local judge. The DEA left the scene after midnight, but not before calling in a professional safecracker to clean out the premises. In the meantime, patient advocates were on hand protesting. Degee Coutee called an LAPD operator, who appeared unaware of the raid. LAPD arrived and reassured the crowd that they had a right to protest and take pictures.
Trackback?
I tried this both ways. I put in the URL of my blog entry where I did the textual critique of the article sent by Dana, and I tracked back from a new post at my blog to the entry I just posted here.