Archive for the 'News Opinions' Category

SSDP@SDSU Protest and Good Samaritan Policies

“On Tuesday morning, San Diego State University student Randy Hencken [founder of SDSU SSDP] woke up, checked his email, saw that 75 of his fellow students had just been arrested in a massive drug bust, and realized that a national news story had just landed on his doorstep. So he rolled up his sleeves, grabbed [...]

Inmate Social Networking

So I was reading a post that Radley wrote over at The Agitator about the Colomb Family. And I noticed something in particular that really worried me.
Inmates were selling one another photos, case facts, and even grand jury testimony about pending cases, then calling up federal prosecutors offering to testify in exchange for time off [...]

NY Gov. Paterson and Drugs

I came across this article today, and it honestly made me smile. Governor Paterson, from NY, admitted to using cocaine in his 20’s, and marijuana when he was younger. This man has quite the honest streak going on, and I think it’s doing a lot of good. I think his latest confession is representative of [...]

Civil Foreiture

Now, I try and read a lot of Drug War related news and blogs whenever I can; as Chris often tells me “I bleed SSDP”. I just like to be well informed on these issues, because I care so deeply about the harm the War on Drugs causes. One topic that seems to come up [...]