Saturday, January 13, 2007

Daily Kos Inspired by the NY Times article mentioned earlier, Meteor Blades' Another Failed War Needs 'Redeployment' brings the drug war to the Daily Kos front page. The drug war is now and has always been, at its core, a culture war. Changing mandatory sentencing guidelines, if it happens, will be, like voter-approved medical marijuana laws in several states, but a half-step toward calling a ceasefire to insanity. Cheers to Congressman Conyers for encouraging this half-step. There's been some really important hard work done by thehim and others at Kos to start to get the online liberal community to realize that ignoring the drug war or sweeping it under the rug will hurt them, and that reform is really in their best interests, despite the political dangers. 7:48:52 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

Why is Marijuana Illegal A pretty big discussion at digg.com on my article Why is Marijuana Illegal? has boosted my traffic about 2,000% today. Nice. Welcome to any new visitors that make it to the front page of Drug WarRant. 6:48:49 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

The other losing war Harvard sociology professor Orlando Patterson, in the New York Times today: Preoccupation with Iraq has drawn attention from another unwinnable American war that has been far more destructive of life both at home and abroad and has caused far greater collateral damage in other countries, in addition to spreading contempt for American foreign engagements. This is the failed war on drugs. 1:31:31 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []