Rhode Island takes up marijuana legalization
Add Rhode Island to the list of states looking seriously at ending marijuana prohibition, and the damage its done to America’s civil liberties: …Rhode Island House and Senate committees have…
California bill would create interstate market for marijuana
While the federal government continues to pursue marijuana prohibition, the states continue to lead. And one piece of legislation in California could pose the most serious challenge yet to the…
Federal government dithering stands in the way of marijuana legalization
Even as more states take it upon themselves to end marijuana prohibition, the federal government continues to dither and dawdle on the issue. Blame the entrenched drug war mentality in…
The no-knock warrant is a deadly drug war relic that needs to be abolished
We’ve written before about the dangers no-knock warrants pose to the rights, and lives, of law abiding citizens like Amir Locke, who was shot and killed during a no-knock raid…
Civil asset forfeiture makes FBI and county sheriff into highway robbers
We’ve written before about civil asset forfeiture and how it creates powerful incentives for government and law enforcement to trample basic constitutional rights. Or, in this story out of California,…
Missouri voters may get to decide on marijuana legalization
Missouri voters may get the opportunity to end marijuana prohibition in 2022. Both a petition drive to put a measure on the November ballot and a state legislative effort to…
Milton Freidman is still right
As we review the headlines in the financial press and see more stories about rising prices, supply problems, labor shortages, and outlandish government spending, we’re reminded that once, not so…
Time to rein-in the Border Patrol
The U.S. Border Patrol has long been a problematic agency. It’s big, powerful, and has the authority to stop and question people far from any U.S. border. Just how extensive…
Police Officer CAUGHT Framing Suspects
Article from The Daily Mail by Ariel Zilber. A judge has overturned the drug convictions of 10 more men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, bringing…
Congress Expanding Law Enforcement Powers In The Drug War
Article from Reason by Mike Riggs. If you think the Department of Justice has more than enough tools to wage the war on drugs, a bill passed by the House…
