Tag: drug war

Categories
Uncategorized

Marching into Colombia

In January, with the United States military having just attacked Venezuela and rushed off the South American nation’s president to incarceration in the US all in the name of fighting drugs, I warned that US President Donald Trump may soon use the same excuse to sic the US military on two more Latin American nations — Colombia and Mexico. Concerning Colombia, I noted that Trump was already threatening then Colombia President Gustavo Petro and launching allegations against him, saying he “has ‘got to watch his ass’ while accusing him of making cocaine and sending it into America.”

Continue reading “Marching into Colombia”
Categories
Uncategorized

The US Military Keeps Blowing Up Small Boats in the Caribbean and Pacific

Suppose a Latin American nation’s military kept blowing up private American small boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, killing nearly all the United States citizens on them in the process. The Donald Trump administration and a horde of US Congress members would be shouting about terrorism and supporting major responsive military actions. However, the actual perpetrator of the blowing up of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September has been the US government and the victims have been mainly residents of Latin American nations, so the destruction and killing just keeps going on with little pushback from politicians in Washington, DC.

Continue reading “The US Military Keeps Blowing Up Small Boats in the Caribbean and Pacific”
Categories
Uncategorized

New Colorado Law Imposes Limits Concerning Unreliable Drug Field Tests

In November of 2016, I discussed a then new report indicating that “at least 100,000 people in America each year plead guilty to drug charges supported by police-conducted drug field tests that do not reliably indicate whether a substance tested is an illegal drug.” This problem has persisted in the years since, as I have addressed in reports in January of 2019 on the continuing use of the faulty tests to justify arrests and in October of 2021 on the faulty tests also being used in jails and prisons as a reason to impose enhanced restrictions on inmates.

Continue reading “New Colorado Law Imposes Limits Concerning Unreliable Drug Field Tests”
Categories
Uncategorized

The US Government’s Pathetic Effort to Save Survivors of Blown Up ‘Narco-terrorism’ Boats

The US military has, since early September, been blowing up small boats and killing their occupants in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. This killing spree has been undertaken based on evidence-free “trust me bro” claims that the boats were being used by “narco-terrorists” to transport drugs to America.

Continue reading “The US Government’s Pathetic Effort to Save Survivors of Blown Up ‘Narco-terrorism’ Boats”
Categories
Uncategorized

Want to Reduce Drug Overdose Deaths? Legalize Drugs.

Government excels at messing things up and then, in the name of fixing the problem that it created, creating more problems. This at least is how things look from the perspective of someone who desires advancement of liberty, safety, and welfare. For many politicians and special interests, priorities often are otherwise.

Continue reading “Want to Reduce Drug Overdose Deaths? Legalize Drugs.”
Categories
Uncategorized

Republican Congress Members and Presidential Candidates Pushing for War in Mexico

Back in September of 2018, I criticized Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s suggestion that the United States military invade Mexico if Mexico legalizes heroin. Now, several Republican Congress members are using fentanyl fears as a new drug war basis for urging US military action south of the border.

Continue reading “Republican Congress Members and Presidential Candidates Pushing for War in Mexico”
Categories
Uncategorized

President Biden’s Underwhelming Marijuana Pardons

In an October 6 statement, President Joe Biden declared “I am announcing a pardon of all prior Federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana.” That sounds like a big deal. But, it turns out to be quite underwhelming.

Continue reading “President Biden’s Underwhelming Marijuana Pardons”
Categories
Uncategorized

The Drug Policy Alliance’s Queer Agenda

You might think of the Drug Policy Alliance as a single-issue organization focused on ending the war on drugs. In fact, in a section titled “A Broad Coalition” at the “About Us” page of the organization’s website, the Drug Policy Alliance declares that “Our supporters are individuals who believe the war on drugs must end.” This description fits in perfectly with the idea that the Drug Policy Alliance advocates regarding drug policy on behalf of a broad coalition of people who disagree on many things but all support ending the drug war.

At least recently, though, it seems the organization’s focus has changed. Case in point, the Drug Policy Alliance proclaimed this week that it has a “queer agenda” that goes far beyond policy related to drugs.

Continue reading “The Drug Policy Alliance’s Queer Agenda”
Categories
Uncategorized

Voters Across America Approve Drug War Rollback Ballot Measures

The Tuesday general election brought approval of several statewide ballot measures rolling back the war on drugs.

Continue reading “Voters Across America Approve Drug War Rollback Ballot Measures”
Categories
Uncategorized

Drug War Rollbacks on Voters’ Ballots in November

In March, I wrote about how coronavirus fear and government crackdowns undertaken in the name of countering coronavirus could be expected to prevent some drug war rollback measures from being included on November general election ballots. Qualifying such measures for inclusion on voters’ ballots typically requires the collection of many signatures, something that is harder to accomplish when there is widespread fear of coronavirus and expansive government mandates restricting people’s activities.

Continue reading “Drug War Rollbacks on Voters’ Ballots in November”