Myth-busting prohibition propaganda. Last month, I wrote a response
to Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson in which I laid out many
(but by no means all) of the harms caused by the modern-era war on
drugs. Now Charles Lane, a columnist and editorial writer here at the
Post, has responded to my post. You can read Lane’s response ... MORE
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Showing posts with label crack. Show all posts
Radley Balko: Yes, The Drug War Is Pretty Awful
Myth-busting prohibition propaganda. Last month, I wrote a response
to Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson in which I laid out many
(but by no means all) of the harms caused by the modern-era war on
drugs. Now Charles Lane, a columnist and editorial writer here at the
Post, has responded to my post. You can read Lane’s response ... MOREGovernment Is Addicted To Crackpot Scare Tactics
by Steven Greenhut. “As many as 100,000 crack babies are born every year,” reported the Los Angeles Times in an overheated 1990 article echoing the results of a Department of Health and Human Services study. The feds were calling for a massive influx of tax dollars to fund social programs to help a new generation of Americans born to mothers ... MORE
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