KHOU in Houston reports that over 1% of the adults in America are in prison – more than China and, tellingly, more than Iran. America is supposed to be the land of the free. So why are so many of our citizens in the pokey? Drugs, in a word. KHOU says: “After 15 years in…
Category: Drugs
California to Release 22,000 Prisoners?
The buzz at the Sacramento Bee is that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon ask the state legislature to approve a massive release of prisoners who are thought to be of low risk to the general population: According to details of a budget proposal made available to The Bee, the administration will ask the Legislature to authorize…
Just Say No
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that judges do have the discretion to override federal sentencing guidelines in their courtrooms: By a 7-2 vote, the court said that a 15-year sentence given to Derrick Kimbrough, a black veteran of the 1991 war with Iraq, was acceptable, even though federal sentencing guidelines called for Kimbrough to…
Going Down for Drugs
What won’t those daffy drug dealers do to disseminate their deadly produce? In Texas they dig tunnels hundreds of feet long so as to bypass border security. Now the Houston Chronicle reports they’ll even build their own pseudo-submarines like this one: The Chronicle says: The drug cartels are taking trafficking to new depths. The latest…
Needle Exchange Illogic
Under the heading of liberal issues that do not matter, Ben Smith says that Barak Obama has come out in favor of lifting the ban on funding needle exchange programs with federal money while Hillary has been reluctant to declare herself opposed to the ban. Why? Because Bill Clinton implemented it in 1998 after Donna…
Too Few Prison Guards? Or Too Many Laws?
According to the Waco Tribune, Texas is short on prison guards to the tune of nearly 3200 officers. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that Texas plans to build three additional prisons in the near future. The Trib blames this shortage on the growing Texas economy that has been drawing workers from other states here….
Weed Aids Alzheimer’s?
Wouldn’t this piss of the Prez and DEA if true? The whole war on drugs is a stupid waste of time anyway…
Habitat for Humanity Home a Crack House
Aren’t you glad you didn’t volunteer your time and effort to help these losers?
Pot for Medical Use: Debate in California
Medical marijuana grower gets a day in jail. The two ironies of this case are that the dude was doing his job for the city of Oakland and that when charged, the judge’s withholding of this and other facts from jurors spawned a rebellion among the jurors after they convicted him. The problem with all…
Just Say No
Thom Marshall of the Houston Chronicle says we need to help drug users more. “We’re criminalizing an entire generation,” says one area judge. That’s a valid point and something that is very likely not right. But would it be better to legalize soft drugs and let these “offenders” off the hook? Many of them have…