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Howard Wooldridge: Cops Say Legalize Heroin 0
- Front Page, Opinions, The War on Drugs, War on drugs
- March 30, 2020
“Let’s talk about heroin. I’m pro…legalizing” That will likely get you as many strange and concerned looks at your family gathering as coughing around the dining table. Facing the difficult topic of drug legalization is retired police officer and current criminal justice reform lobbyist, Howard Wooldridge. Howard wears a shirt that boldly proclaims “Cops Say
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Don’t Give Missouri License to Beat a Dead Horse 0
- Front Page, Headline News, Missouri Liberty, Opinions, The War on Drugs
- January 28, 2020
My father loves to tell jokes. Most of them are horrendously stupid and not funny. To make matters worse, he loves to repeat them, much to my chagrin. Because of this, I became fond of the phrase, “don’t beat a dead horse”, to rebut any attempt he would make to retell these terrible jokes. This
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Marijuana Legalization and The Crisis of Clemency in Missouri 0
- Front Page, Missouri Liberty, Opinions, The War on Drugs
- January 7, 2020
The state of clemency in Missouri is in total disarray. Recently, the Kansas City Star reported that Governor Mike Parson is sitting on a backlog of over 3,500 petitions for clemency from Missouri’s prison population. Since taking office in May of 2018, Parson has acted on just one of these cases. But Parson does not
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Why Prescription Drug Monitoring Can’t Battle Addiction: An Addict’s Perspective 0
- Abuse of Authority, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Opinions, The War on Drugs
- December 26, 2019
With the new year approaching comes another year in which state legislators (especially in Missouri) will try to address an ongoing problem facing the nation – drug overdoses. [Missouri Is Fighting Alone Against Drug Monitoring (And Why The Entire USA Should Thank Them)] Although not a new problem in our society, drug overdose seems to
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NYC College Student Stabbing: Reefer Madness Murder?0
- Front Page, Headline News, Opinions, The War on Drugs, War on drugs
- December 18, 2019
College freshman Tessa Majors was brutally stabbed to death last week in a New York City park. The NYPD believes her murderer is a 13-year-old middle school student. Those facts alone are atrocious. To add insult to injury, the head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, Ed Mullins, claims that Majors was buying marijuana in the
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Up in Smoke: Prohibition of Cigars and Pipes is a War on Self-Ownership 0
- Abuse of Authority, Front Page, Opinions, The War on Drugs
- December 16, 2019
The government’s war on tobacco continues to rage with it’s latest assault, H.R. 2339, which, if signed into law, would effectively outlaw the online sale of tobacco products. This bill made it out of committee and was passed on to the House of Representatives on November 19th. If this tyrannical act makes it to President Trump’s
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