diatribes and discourse

Political musings. Commentary on random internet stuff. General provocation to debate.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

Gosh, I hope someone in power actually reads this article.
Posted by TheThirdWheel at 1:14 PM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Rory's shared items

Popular Posts

  • What is a Sport?
    Here is an exceedingly narrow definition sure to provoke some arguments: A sport is a contest of physical prowess characterized by scoring...
  • Guns are good at killing people: Gun Control Discussion part 1
    Since everyone in the pundit-o-sphere is talking about gun control, I thought I'd bring my ten-cent pistol to bear as well.  This is goi...
  • Not sold on the Local Food movement: take two
    My college roommate--an ecologist--just took a swing at my local food skepticism post .  I think he missed in all the same ways that my othe...
  • Injecting principled Reasoning into the Contraceptive Mandate Shouting Match
    Recently, there has been a bunch of noise about Catholic Institutions being required to provide deductible-free access to contraceptives in ...
  • Sad Day for my Constitutional Debates
    The Debt Ceiling is constitutional, demands massive inflation after August 2nd if we don't fix it, and I am a fail at thinking. Unfort...
  • Debunking the "US Budget is like a Family Budget" Nonsense
    Because I'm fed up with hearing this crap from even my smart informed friends, I am doing you all the favor of collecting the relevant f...
  • Debate thoughts
    Romney promises that his tax reform wont raise taxes on middle class, increase the deficit, or lower taxes on the wealthy.  A promising chan...
  • Can bad long distance relationships save us from China?
    United States agriculture:  1.1% industry:  22.1% services:  76.8% (2010 est.) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-fac...
  • Are sinners allowed to adopt?
    The Catholic Church has long decried homosexual acts as sinful, and neither acknowledges nor condones homosexual marriages.  They also op...
  • National Defense - Are we spending too much? (Hint: Yes)
    Basically, the US has a larger share of world military spending than it has of world anything-else.  Our spending far exceeds that of nation...

Blog Archive

  • ►  2012 (33)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (9)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ▼  2011 (75)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (8)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ▼  July (10)
      • Sad Day for my Constitutional Debates
      • The 14th Amendment and the Debt Ceiling (Rory vers...
      • Consequences of a Society of Fear
      • Reason #1 that the debt debate is insane
      • Signs of Sanity (even on RedState)
      • Empirical Evidence of Plutocracy
      • I am sad now
      • Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down...
      • 9/11 impact on the economy
      • Cool Charts about Taxes and GDP
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (9)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  February (6)
    • ►  January (5)

Labels

Budget Bush Clinton Constitution Constitutional Anarchy Ezra Klein Obama Paul Krugman Political Theory Social Security Supreme Court Unanimous Direct Democracy Yglesias accountants campaign finance reform conservative blogs debt ceiling debt reduction democracy democrats economics entertainment evidence free speech freedom healthcare inflation lawyers libertarianism luddites moral authority plutocracy politics rant republicans sports structural unemployment tax deductions taxes technology welfare
Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.