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David Bratzer: New LEAP Blog
I am pleased to announce that LEAP has a new daily blog! The new blog is hosted on Blogger, a service that is free, user friendly and full of great features. Please click here to visit the new blog. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:15 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Jay Fisher: Time to Think Small?
I must confess, I think too much. Whether my thoughts are rational or irrational is another debate, but I do know that I think too much. Sometimes I wish I could vegetate and tune out to the world in front of The Bachelorette or Oprah on TV. Instead, Read More...

Posted Saturday, August 15, 2009 2:05 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Alison Myrden: Who Are They Hurting?
What is going on in our world when Canadian Church of the Universe Reverends, among others, have their home taken from under them due to proceeds of crime for selling $60.00 worth of cannabis? And when Marc Emery, Canada’s Prince of Pot, is given a minimum Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:51 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

David Bratzer: The Thinking Policeman
The author of The Thinking Policeman blog was kind enough to accept a guest post from me. Inspector Leviathan Hobbes (a pseudonym) is a police inspector from the UK. As a serving officer at the management level, he's chosen to publish his blog anonymously, Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 2:06 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Norm Stamper: The Tobacco Precedent
(From Norm Stamper's NYTimes.com Room For Debate blog) Any law disobeyed by more than 100 million Americans, the number who’ve tried marijuana at least once, is bad public policy. As a 34-year police veteran, I’ve seen how marijuana prohibition breeds Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:07 AM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

David Bratzer: Drug Addicts and Prescription Painkillers
CNN has an article about drug addicts manipulating dentists into prescribing painkillers. In the article Kenny Morrison, a former addict, states, "I kind of found out on my own that a dentist will prescribe you painkillers over the phone, instead of a Read More...

Posted Monday, July 27, 2009 8:21 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

James Gierach: Legalization will haunt dealers, cartels, and curtail violence
By James E. Gierach, South Town Star (IL) July 9, 2009 "Weekend sees rash of killings," the headline read Tuesday in another Chicago newspaper. The paper reported that Chicago violence led to 11 people being killed within 30 hours. As a former Chicago Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:40 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

David Bratzer: Addiction is a Choice
I read a book recently called, "Addiction is a Choice," by Jeffrey Schaler. He suggests that addiction is not a disease, and that people actually choose to use drugs. He points to the fact that although people might have a genetic predisposition to becoming Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:57 AM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Jay Fisher: Can we make poop illegal?
An interesting observation about criminal laws and, specifically, drug laws: notice that most laws actually make certain conduct illegal. Murdering, burglarizing, assaulting, etc. Drug laws, by design, still make an action illegal (possession, sale, etc.); Read More...

Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 8:51 AM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Maria: Harm Reduction and the War on Drugs
A report released on September 15, 2008 by U.N. special envoy on extra-judicial killings, Philip Alston, shows that Brazilian police carried out a significant proportion of the 48,000 murders that swept Brazil in 2007. According to the report, police Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:45 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Peter Christ: LEAP on the Road: The THC Expo- Los Angeles, CA
The Marijuana Industry on Display The THC Expo was a high energy event, full of interesting people. Brian Roberts and Todd McCormick, the event organizers brought together the international marijuana industry for a full weekend at the LA Convention Center Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:18 AM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Eric Sterling: Prescription Drug Abuse - Part 4
In part 4 of a multi-part series on prescription drug abuse, Eric Sterling was asked the question, Prescription drugs are legal, but drug dealers are still selling them on the street. How would legalizing drugs fix that? Here is his response: Thank you Read More...

Posted Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:07 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Tim Datig: Mexico Close to Decriminalizing Drug Possession, But It's Not Enough
The Los Angeles Times has a story today about Mexican legislation that will decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs. The bill, which has passed the Mexican Congress and currently sits on the desk of President Felipe Calderon, seems like a small Read More...

Posted Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:06 PM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Russ Jones: Prescription Drug Abuse - Part 3
Russ Jones provides his ideas regarding the problem of prescription drug abuse as it relates to drug prohibition: 1. In the 1970's we had a team in the narcotics bureau that investigated the diversion of legal drugs into the illegal market. The problem Read More...

Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:13 AM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

Michael Gilbert: Prescription Drug Abuse - Part 2
Michael Gilbert was asked the question, Prescription drugs are legal, but drug dealers are still selling them on the street. How would legalizing drugs fix that? Here is his response: There is no perfect system to control access to drugs; but, there are Read More...

Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 9:49 AM from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)- Blogs | (Comments Off)

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