Feds Tracking Your Credit Card Use Without Search Warrants
A document uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act request demonstrates the extent to which Federal law enforcement works outside the requirements of the Constitution.
Justifying Marijuana Laws
The mental gymnastics people go through to justify their position on marijuana legalization are exhausting.
California Decriminalizes Marijuana
Governor Schwarzenegger has signed a bill making pot possession (at certain levels) the equivalent of a traffic ticket.
Colombia has a New President
Colombia has sworn in a new president. And so begins the Santos era as the Uribe era heads for the history books.
Calderón and Legalization
While it is true, as Jacob Sullum puts it, On Drug Policy, Mexico’s President Has a Bigger Vocabulary Than Ours, it is also true as the headline at Gancho puts it he has Problems with the Legalization Debate (specifically in terms of popular opinion in Mexico).
A Tale of Two Cities: El Paso and Ciudad Juárez
Despite assertions that the violence in Mexico is spilling over the border, we find a rather stark comparison of two key border cities.
Change in Sentencing: Crack v. Powder Cocaine
Congress has (after many years of debate) narrowed the gap between sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine.
On Legalizing Marijuana in California
California has an initiative on the ballot this coming November to legalize marijuana. However, it’s not that easy.
WDR 2010
The UNODC has released the latest World Drug Report. Shockingly, there are a lot of drugs out there and a lot of money to made trafficking in them.
