Category : The War on Drugs
Inmate to Advocate: One Man’s Fight For Victims of The War On Drugs
Weldon Angelos was sentenced to 55 years in prison for a marijuana offense in 2002. In May of 2016, President Obama commuted his sentence. Angelos...
Criminal Justice Reform: What System Needs Replaced?
Individual cops are good. The system is oppressive. That sounds cliché and can be taken to mean many different things. We don’t need to replace...
Terminally Ill Missouri Man Convicted of Marijuana Possession Dies Alone in Prison
Steven Sutherland was in the midst of a slow and painful death on the day authorities raided his rural Missouri home in 2015. Sutherland died...
The (Unjust) Constitutional Basis for Restrictions on Marijuana Licenses in Missouri
by Guest Post
This Constitutional reform created an entire system of personal and commercial medical marijuana licensing which has been the focus of significant controversy after almost 90%...
Howard Wooldridge: Cops Say Legalize Heroin
“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...
Don’t Give Missouri License to Beat a Dead Horse
by Nathan Mark
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...
Marijuana Legalization and The Crisis of Clemency in Missouri
by Nathan Mark
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...
Why Prescription Drug Monitoring Can’t Battle Addiction: An Addict’s Perspective
by Aaron A.
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...
NYC College Student Stabbing: Reefer Madness Murder?
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...
Up in Smoke: Prohibition of Cigars and Pipes is a War on Self-Ownership
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...