by Runaway Slave | Apr 3, 2004 | Drugs, Law, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, War On Drugs (WOD)
Part II The dog guy turns into a bat The xenophobia, racism, and paranoia at the heart of drug prohibition became federal law in 1914. The Harrison Act criminalized non-medical drug use and forever changed the public’s view of addiction. What had been a...
by Runaway Slave | Apr 2, 2004 | Drugs, Essays & Articles, History, Law, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, War On Drugs (WOD)
Part I Us against Them George Washington made his living growing marijuana. Hemp was his primary crop at Mt. Vernon. Thomas Jefferson grew pot at Monticello. The Founders grew hemp for fiber, of course, not for human consumption. But it never occurred to...
by Runaway Slave | Mar 6, 2004 | Drugs, Essays & Articles, Law, Libertarian Curmudgeon, War On Drugs (WOD)
“Panhandle Cocaine Case Stands Out” was the headline of the AP story. At first glance the case didn’t stand out at all. It had all the usual dreary trappings of a big cocaine bust. Snitching, spying, hidden cameras (one inside a private home) wiretaps, hidden...
by Runaway Slave | Dec 3, 2003 | Drugs, Essays & Articles, Key West, Libertarian Curmudgeon, War On Drugs (WOD)
A recent KWPD SWAT team incident is the inspiration for today’s musing on man’s proclivity for destructive silliness in pursuit of noble ends. The most heavily armed of Key West’s Finest recently had the job of “taking down” victims of a KWPD “reverse sting.” The...
