by Sally Oh | Dec 11, 2016 | Cannabis, Marijuana, War On Drugs (WOD)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I heard Peggy’s story at a recent townhall meeting. I asked if she would share her Kentucky medical Cannabis story here and she said yes without hesitation. She knows the risks, but, as Peggy pointed out, if people aren’t willing to...
by Runaway Slave | Oct 27, 2007 | Drug War Industry, Drug War Madness, Drug War Profit, Drug Warriors, drugs, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Profitable Drug War, War on Drugs, War On Drugs (WOD)
This is a reprint of an article I wrote in Key West the Newspaper in 2004. Nothing much has changed except the number of mules in harness is higher than ever. A recent Key West Police Department (KWPD) SWAT team incident is the inspiration for today’s musing on man’s...
by Runaway Slave | Apr 10, 2005 | Drugs, Education, Essays & Articles, Fraud, Libertarian Curmudgeon, War On Drugs (WOD)
Prozac was invented by the same folks who lit up my college years with LSD, the Eli Lilly Company. Interesting as the purple haze was, I would not recommend LSD to the mentally fragile or children under any circumstances nor to sane adults as anything but a risky...
by Runaway Slave | Mar 10, 2005 | Drugs, Essays & Articles, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon, War On Drugs (WOD)
“Lord, help me to be the man my dog thinks I am.” — A Bumper Sticker Prayer Between the ages of four and ten I lived in the Golden Age of TV Dog Worship. TV heroes in my 1950’s childhood included Neil, the lovable St. Bernard in the quirky series Topper, feisty little...
by Runaway Slave | Aug 7, 2004 | Drugs, Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, War On Drugs (WOD)
The Old Testament describes a ritual of atonement. The Jews call it Yom Kippur. The ceremony features a luckless goat, chosen by lot, on whom the priests symbolically place the sins of the community. The priests then toss the “goat of removal,” or scapegoat, over a...
by Runaway Slave | Apr 4, 2004 | Drugs, Essays & Articles, Law, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, War On Drugs (WOD)
Part III Business is Good Until the start of the War on Drugs in 1973 drug prohibition was a slapdash affair driven by paranoia, xenophobia, self-righteousness, bureaucratic self-interest and the demonstrated vote-getting power of being “hard on drugs.“ Empty...
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...
