For years everybody has been citing the same good but somewhat dated stats on comparative drug use in the U.S. and other countries (I know because I did so in my book). Well, while I was busy visiting family and friends in Amsterdam last week, a new study was released (in conjunction with the World…
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A friend and former student of mine, a police officer on Long Island, tells me: “Right now heroin is cheaper then crack and cocaine. So it has become the drug of choice. From Jan 07 to Aug 07 there was 42 heroin overdose just in two precinct in Nassau county.” There are eight precincts in…
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I’ve always said the ACLU and NRA should team up. They’re both defending constitutional rights. They’re just defending deferent rights. I’m proud to have sworn to defend the Constitutions of of the United States. And I can say in good faith that I did a better job than the President. (I also swore to defend…
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I received an email with a link to this story. Supercop or super killer. You decide.
An op-ed from the L.A. Times by David W. Fleming and fellow LEAPmember James P. Gray. Only cops and crooks have benefited from $2.5 trillion spent fighting trafficking. July 5, 2008 The United States’ so-called war on drugs brings to mind the old saying that if you find yourself trapped in a deep hole, stop…
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Tasers for home use? Guns for police officers? It’s not a bad idea.
If you really hate guns and can’t stand gun ownership (I hate guns but canunderstand gun ownership), then you should take some solace in the fact that guns are used in suicide more than homicide and accidents put together. About 55% of our 31,000 annual gun deaths are suicide.
I’m of two minds when it comes to gun control and the 2nd Amendment. I’m not a fan of guns. I would love to live in a society that heavily restricted gun ownership. But I don’t. Say what you want about the 2nd Amendment… and I’ve always said–just to be provocative to my liberal friends–that…
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Interesting story here. Meanwhile, in Amsterdam the move to re-criminalize psychedelic mushrooms has been postponed another year. They’re still sold legally in stores. Some of my friends in Amsterdam (from where I write this) are E.R. nurses. They complain to me about the summer influx of drugged-out people to the hospitals. They’re all tourists and…
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A man in Texas killed two men who had burglarized his neighbor’s property. A grand jury decided not to indict the killer. In general, I don’t have much sympathy who criminals who get killed in the act of committing a serious crime. But this case pushes the limit because the guy wasn’t protecting his life…
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