I never really got into Breaking Bad. I watched it but it was simply too unbelievable for me (and I like science fiction and fantasy). The story of a suburban science teacher turned meth manufacturer was believable enough, the idea probably got a good number of people through the recession. On the other hand, the…
The War on Drugs is a Public Health Crisis
Anti-drug warriors have proclaimed, for many years, that they were somehow protecting and promoting public health by fighting ‘illegal’ drugs. That argument has always been hollow. It ignores the public health problems caused by organized crime. Organized crime is naturally drawn to the easy profits made available by prohibition. This has caused untold death and…
My Platform: Crime
Crime is an incredibly complex issue. It is one of the easiest ways for politicians to scare people or gain their approval. The right wing “tough on crime” approach and the left wing fondness for “forgiveness and reform” are both overly simplistic and naive, neither approach actually has much impact one way or another. In…
Stephen Page Arrested on Drug Charges
Barenaked Ladies frontman Stephen Page has been arrested on drug charges according to the CBC. Steven Page, along with two women, were arrested after police found cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville, N.Y., apartment, according to a Syracuse-area radio station’s website, 9WSYR.com. Page and one of the women were apparently arrested Friday after police discovered…
Harper Almost Ready to Apply for Statehood
Stephen Harper’s Republicans (or whatever) have introduced a bill requiring mandatory jail time for drug offenses. Just because such policies have completely failed to accomplish anything in the U.S. and have resulted in the highest incarceration rates in modern history (including China at any point in its history and apartheid South Africa) is no reason…