Friday, July 17, 2009

Open Thread Radley Balko on new technologies making it possible to upload videos and pictures of police at work. As more and more people acquire it, police officers will have to approach their jobs with the knowledge that everything they do while on duty can legally be captured and stored on a server they won't be able to access. Confiscating phones and cameras won't work anymore. The law enforcement community shouldn't fight this technology, they should embrace it. It's just as likely to protect the good cops from false reports of abuse as it is to expose the bad ones. CBS Series on Weed High Stakes: A Call to Legalize Marijuana America's Love-Hate History with Pot Inside Holland's "Half-Baked" Pot Policy Time for Marijuana Legalization Pot No Longer Focus of Anti-Drug Campaigns Fast Draw: Marijuana Legal Pot would Bring in $1.4B for Calif. He's Not High - Inside Barney Frank's Plan to Legalize Marijuana Calling marijuana medicine sends the RIGHT message to kids But Officer, those weren't my drugs in the car. DrugSense Weekly 4:30:59 PM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

Quote Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala): "Sen. Leahy and I were talking during these hearings, we're going to do that crack cocaine thing you and I have talked about before," Sessions said. Good for you! Of course, he then clarified that "We're going to reduce the burden of penalties in some of the crack cocaine cases and make them fair." And, of course, that's a good thing, too. 7:48:46 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []