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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
War on Drugs 40th Anniversary Press Conference and Lunch
Join The Wire's Sonja Sohn, the Reverend Al Sharpton (tentative) and elected officials at an unprecedented press conference to call attention to the failures of the drug war and to propose new
LEAP members pass by the White House as they deliver their report to the drug czar's office.
Cops Say Forty Years of War on Drugs is Enough [FEATURE]
To mark the 40th anniversary of Nixon's declaration of the war on drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition has released a scathing report calling for it to end.
prohibition corrupts with cash (image via Wikimedia)
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
We've got it all this week: jail guards, police dispatchers, parole officers, big city narcs, small town deputies...
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NYPD Only Arrests Minorities for Marijuana. Here's How They Do It.
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Since 1977, it's been technically legal in the State of New York to carry around a concealed bag of marijuana weighing less than 7/8 of an ounce. But you could be forgiven for not knowing this, since getting popped for petty pot possession is easier in New York City than anywhere else on the planet.
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Criminal Injustice -- Inside America's National Disgrace
[inline:reason-criminal-injustice.jpg align=right]The libertarian Reason Magazine ("free minds and free markets") has devoted its July
Gov. Gary Johnson -- you didn't see him on CNN for the debate. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Gary Johnson Snubbed in CNN GOP Presidential Debate
The CNN Republican presidential debate tonight will include the self-destructing Newt Gingrich and the unannounced candidate Michelle Bachmann, but not announced candidate Gary Johnson.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) has vetoed a smelly asset forfeiture bill. (Image courtesy state of Indiana)
Daniels Vetoes Indiana Asset Forfeiture "Reform"
Police and prosecutors in Indiana were violating the state constitution by failing to turn in seized funds to the school fund, so the legislature tried to fix it by saying they didn't have to. Now, the governor has done the right thing and vetoed that bill.
The mean streets of Camden. And they think late-night Chinese joints are the problem? (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Camden Wants Business Curfew to Stop Drugs
Camden, New Jersey, wants to shut down late night businesses in a bid to stop drug dealing.