Link Dump

I am feeling pretty guilty about neglecting my blogular activities for so long. I had sworn to write a post everyday and I have failed to live up to my self-imposed obligation. I have a few rants that are dying to get out but I am as articulate as a hungry dog these days. Blogging is supposed to be fun, not a chore. Anyway, there are some really interesting things in the news these days, so let me link away.

We have a fabulous editorial that gives an excellent explanation of all the things that are wrong with the DARE program. I also have an update on the story of the teacher that got busted when she accidentally sent a text message to a police officer instead of her dealer. She gets to keep her job if she goes through rehab and passes four random drug tests. Whoopee! The all-use-is-abuse model succeeds at railroading another faithful government employee. This teacher was such a drug losing deadbeat that nobody was even aware that she was a drug user until she was busted! It's a good thing for rehab programs or this teacher would continue to use the wrong drugs on her own time without the interference of the nanny state.

Finally, Stop the drug war has an excellent article outlining the looming, upcoming battle facing drug policy reformers as we gear up to oppose Stephen Harper's foolish plan to follow the US failed drug war policy. Look forward to ridiculous anti-drug advertising, more crackdowns on plants grow-ops, the end of Insite and mandatory minimum sentencing. The one thing we can guarantee is the same number of people using, buying and selling drugs. I will look for a better place to hide my stash.