An Open Letter To President Obama
Dear Mr. President As a person who is a strong advocate for legalization, I was encouraged by your recent comments on our marijuana policy. You noted that alcohol is more harmful than marijuana but then
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Dear Mr. President As a person who is a strong advocate for legalization, I was encouraged by your recent comments on our marijuana policy. You noted that alcohol is more harmful than marijuana but then
READ MOREThree people were killed in the last few weeks in Cincinnati in what were described as “drug-related” incidents. The murders are tragic examples of the violence inherent in drug prohibition. In the first incident, twenty-four
READ MOREPoliceOne.com is a website popular with police officers throughout the country. It includes news stories on police activity, training tips and a very active discussion area. Doug Wyllie, the editor of the website, recently published
READ MOREColumnist George Will, writing in the Washington Post, throws a much-needed light on federal prosecutorial abuses in drug cases. (See article.) Will outlines several cases where prosecutors use mandatory drug sentences to bludgeon defendants into
READ MOREKentucky State Senator John Schikel joined the debate over the local heroin problem last week. In a guest editorial in the Cincinnati Enquirer, Schikel blamed the increase in heroin deaths on reduced penalties passed two
READ MOREHeroin use has been a primary target of the War of Drugs since its inception in 1971. A fair question to ask — How has the War on Drugs impacted heroin use? The short answer
READ MOREReported use of the drug nicknamed Krocodil in Arizona have been pounced on by the media. The drug, which originated in Siberia, leaves crocodile-like green scales near injection sites, accounting for the drug’s nickname. The
READ MOREAnyone looking for evidence of the failure of the drug war needs to look no further than our area’s surging heroin problem. Two recent news stories illustrate. The first links Ohio’s crackdown on “Pill Mills”
READ MOREAre police officers really all inflexible drug warriors? Aren’t cops against drug legalization and for the War on Drugs? A lot of folks I talk to believe that police officers all think alike and they
READ MOREThe dismantling of the drug war infrastructure took a major step with Attorney General Eric Holder’s August 12 announcement that the Justice Department will no longer pursue mandatory minimum sentences for certain low-level, nonviolent drug
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As the NBA All-Star game day approaches, police and the FBI become aware of a potential terror attack on the game by white supremacists. As the clock winds down to game day, police officials work feverishly to halt the attack.
The book opens with the January 6 attack at the Capitol and as the story develops, the characters confront the country’s most pressing problems. The book ends with a hopeful but disturbing climax
