Friday, December 8, 2006

Web Geeks Needed I'm helping out an organization that is needing some (volunteer or unpaid internship)expertise in web development to help put together a dynamic, interactive site for a major medical marijuana legalization effort. The site should be a resource for chapters and volunteers to download and print literature and documents. The site should sign up members, get details about them, and to store them in a database by region to communicate with them for specific actions in the future. The site should facilitate interchapter communication among volunteers, (talklist or blog, etc.). The site should attract and receive donations. The site should allow people to contact their legislator directly. Obviously, that will take more than simple html expertise, but there's a lot of open source and freely available web applications for those who know how to work with them. Contact me if you'd like more details. 9:52:33 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

Who Got Trans Fat in My Water Bong? This OpEd by second year accounting student Joshua Rabon is a good read... and a great headline. 9:42:39 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

New Twists in the Kathryn Johnston case There have been some additional developments in the case in Atlanta. New information shows that Fabian Sheets (who had been arrested for drugs and was trying to "cooperate") gave the police Johnston's address (whether that was a mistaken address or he was just making it up, we don't know). The police then screwed up royally. Radley puts it all together in the only way that makes sense: The pieces fit together like this: This raid was conducted based on nothing more than a tip from Sheats, a convicted drug felon who was looking for leniency. For whatever reason, he sent police to Johnston's home. The narcotics officers then hid behind the anonymity courts afford to informants, and fabricated the stuff about the buy. They took a shortcut. When the raid went bad, they chased down an informant they'd used in the past -- White -- and asked him to lie to cover their asses, just as White says they did. Even worse, it now looks like they were willing to intimidate him if he didn't cooperate. ... This case isn't going to go away. The press in Atlanta is pursuing it. The feds are investigating, and national bloggers are staying on top of it. And police chief Pennington seems to be doing all the right things in calling for full investigations. Atlanta may see some positive change out of this, and Kathryn Johnston's death may actually have some meaning. 12:26:09 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []