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>Even the numbers say legalize it… and everything else
> A compelling case is made in the previous post for the full legalization of all drugs. The economic impact of this issue only serves to enhance the argument for legalization, thanks to Harvard...
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Why Legalization is a Rational, Humane, and Fiscally Responsible Approach to...
For the last forty plus years the government’s waged a war on drugs resulting in catastrophic consequences. The effects of drug prohibition are extremely far reaching and permeate many aspects of...
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Guatemala Looks to Continue Misguided War Against Drug Cartels
The new president-elect of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, is backing Mexican President Felipe Calderón by launching all-out war against the Mexican drug cartels’ presence in Guatemala. However, Pérez...
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Now For a Moment in Shameless Self-Promotion
In addition to blogging here at Spatial Orientation, I’ll also be writing about drug policy at Examiner.com. My first post is on whether 2012 could be one of the best years for drug law reform. Be sure...
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Down Goes Texas Drug Warrior
Good news out of Texas last night [h/t Eric Sterling]: Former El Paso, TX city council member Beto O’Rourke has defeated U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, an eight term Democratic congressman, for the...
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Follow the Drug Money
Over at Justice and Drugs, Eric Sterling points out the true price of prohibition: A new study by Colombian economists, Alejandro Gaviria and Daniel Mejía, reported in The Guardian (UK), points out...
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Crime Continues to Decline Though Uncertainty Remains As to Why
Chart Created By Craig D. Schlesinger and Brad R. Schlesinger Last week the FBI released its preliminary crime statistics for the first six months of 2011. The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) figures show...
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Criminal Defendants and Sentencing Reform Win Big in Supreme Court Crack...
Last Thursday the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in the crack pipeline case of Dorsey v. United States. The issue presented was whether the Fair Sentencing Act’s (the “FSA”) new, lower mandatory...
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Eric Sterling on International Treaties vs. Marijuana Legalization
Justice and Drugs: Alternet.org has a very thoughtful article by three members of the New York City Bar Association’s Drugs and the Law Committee on the way international treaties impact efforts to...
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The Many Uses of Bitcoin
Over at Ars Technica, Tim Lee reports on the prevalence of the peer-to-peer digital currency at the internet marketplace Silk Road: Nicolas Christin, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon, monitored the...
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Targeting Cold Medicine is No Cure For Tennessee’s Meth Addiction
Tennessee currently holds the dubious honor of being the second biggest meth state in the country, with 1,545 reported incidents in 2013. To combat the problem, Gov. Bill Haslam is pushing a bill in...
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