Drug policy reformers, myself included, are always pointing out the similarities between Alcohol Prohibition of the 20’s and 30’s and the modern Drug Prohibition we’re still living under. Too often people pass off the comparison because we don’t experience the levels of violence from organized crime like the country did during Alcohol Prohibition. What they [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]