by Jacob Sullum. An old statist looks to defend the status quo. “With marijuana,” declare William J. Bennett and Robert A. White in Going to Pot,
their new prohibitionist screed, “we have inexplicably suspended all
the normal rules of reasoning and knowledge.” You can’t say they didn’t
warn us. The challenge for Bennett, a former drug czar and ... MORE
Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
Bill Bennett's Confusing Defense of Pot Prohibition
by Jacob Sullum. An old statist looks to defend the status quo. “With marijuana,” declare William J. Bennett and Robert A. White in Going to Pot,
their new prohibitionist screed, “we have inexplicably suspended all
the normal rules of reasoning and knowledge.” You can’t say they didn’t
warn us. The challenge for Bennett, a former drug czar and ... MOREDecriminalizing Possession of All Illicit Drugs
by Joao Castel-Branco Goulao. Portugal did it 15 years ago. The overthrow of Portugal’s military dictatorship 40 years ago brought liberation after decades of repression. But along with political freedom and self expression, came another import from the free world that our citizens had long been denied, drugs. With little experience of ... MOREJacob Sullum: The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2014
Drunks, e-cigs, pot and more. The history of drug control in America is a series of panic-propelled policies, most of which have not turned out very well. Those of us who support a calmer, more tolerant approach to psychoactive substances therefore spend much of our time defusing scares aimed at justifying or expanding the ... MOREFeds Decide Better To Live In Pain Than Risk Drug Abuse
The rescheduling of hydrocodone. Imagine being wheeled into an operating room for an eye lift. As the
anesthesia begins to flow into your vein, you see that instead of small
precision scalpels on the instrument tray next to you, your surgeon
will be using a hatchet and an ax. Panic swells as you slide
defenselessly out of consciousness… ... MOREJacob Sullum: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
How prohibition drives users to more dangerous drugs. Last week CNN ran a report called
"Deadly High: How Synthetic Drugs Are Killing Kids." The story
highlights the threat posed by "deadly new drugs on America's
streets designed to evade the law." In case you are not sure how
you should react to this menace, correspondent Drew Griffin ... MOREMitchell Feinberg: On The Moral Use Of "Smart Drugs"
Smart is good. Cognitive enhancement drugs (CEDs), such as Ritalin, Adderall, and Provigil, are most commonly known for their use in treating patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). But these drugs, often called “smart drugs,” can profoundly enhance a perfectly healthy person’s ability to sustain concentration and thus ... MORE
Drugs And Prostitutes Help Bring Italy Out Of Recession
by Shane Ferro. Italy is no longer in a recession, thanks to its black market. Because the European Union changed the way it calculates GDP to include illegal revenue from things like underground alcohol sales, drugs, and prostitution, Italy found out Wednesday that its 0.1% GDP decline in the first quarter of 2014 was actually flat— or 0.0% ... MOREScientology Scheme: Foundation For A Drug-Free America
Propaganda machine is religious front group. Pamphlets passed out with Halloween candy. The Foundation for a Drug-Free World -- at drugfreeworld.org -- is an anti-drug organization with links to and funded by the Church of Scientology. As such it is considered one of the cult's front groups. The Church of Scientology has a history of ... MORECarl Sagan Wanted An Honest Drugs Debate 24 Years Ago
by Matt Ferner. His questions remain spot on. Carl Sagan, a titan of scientific thought and communication, assumed many different roles in his life -- from science's "gatekeeper," to television star on the original "Cosmos," to marijuana user and advocate. Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority, recently posted a handful of Sagan's letters ... MORE
Son Of Draconian Drug Warrior Fails Drug Test
by Jesse Walker. Vice President Joe Biden has been one of the most
strident drug warriors of my lifetime. Mandatory minimum sentences,
the crack/powder disparity, federal asset forfeiture, the RAVE
Act—they all have Biden's fingerprints on them. The man may
be responsible for
the very phrase "drug czar." If the Drug War had its own Mount ... MOREDo People Really Hand Out Pot-Laced Halloween Candy?
by Jacob Sullum. The urban legend continues. Last week the DPD posted a video in which Patrick Johnson, proprietor of Denver's Urban Dispensary, warns that "there's really no way to tell the difference between candy that's infused and candy that's not infused" once the products have been removed from their original packages. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Officially Killing Americans
Incentives of the drug bureaucrats. The Food and Drug Administration can make two types of errors. It can approve a drug that has dangerous unanticipated side effects, or it can reject or delay approval of a drug that is safe and effective. Let's look at these errors, because to err on the side of under- or over-caution is costly. ... MORE
How Prohibition Drives People Toward Riskier Drugs
by Jacob Sullum. Rise of the mystery high. Last week NBC News broadcast
a story about Cloud 9, "a dangerous new synthetic drug
that's been turning up at high schools." Anchorman Lester Holt
warned that Cloud 9 is "legal, unregulated and readily
available at convenience stores"; that it "has sent almost two
dozen young people to ... MOREHenry I. Miller: Life-Saving Drugs And Deadly Delays
Curious incentives on display. The Food and Drug Administration just granted permission for “expanded access” to an experimental medicine for Ebola. It’s OK as far as it goes, but it’s an exception to the FDA’s reluctance to approve the use of life-saving products. Safety and efficacy testing of the drug, designated TKM-Ebola, has barely ... MORENY TIMES: Coalition Urges Nations To Decriminalize Drugs
by Somini Sengupta. A coalition of political figures from around the world, including Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, and several former European and Latin American presidents,
is urging governments to decriminalize a variety of illegal drugs and
set up regulated drug markets within their own countries. The proposal ... MORE
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