Stories by Daniel Forbes
A recent GAO ruling permits outright electioneering by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Posted on Apr 29, 2004
In an attempt to forestall that next terrorist atrocity, New York has cops at a bridge, housing project and park near you.
Posted on Sep 17, 2003
Though we've seen scattered progress in recent years, overall, especially on the federal level, interdiction and incarceration remain the goal if not always the reality.
Posted on Jul 21, 2003
Antiwar activists are being forced to contain this weekend's protest march within tightly controlled police pens.
Posted on Feb 13, 2003
The White House anti-drug ads still don't work to deter drug use, according to a new study -- but they might aim to influence decisions about abortion.
Posted on Jan 31, 2003
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Posted on Nov 7, 2002
Unhappy with the recent successes of the drug reform movement, federal and state officials are launching a campaign to scuttle liberalization measures across the country.
Posted on Oct 24, 2002
The DEA is resorting to increasingly desperate -- and legally shady -- attempts to deprive patients of medical marijuana.
Posted on Sep 9, 2002
The Libertarian Party is pulling out all the stops to ensure that Rep. Bob Barr, the nation's foremost opponent of medical marijuana, doesn't win the Georgia primary on Tuesday.
Posted on Aug 16, 2002
In an open letter to Richard Linnett of Advertising Age Magazine, Forbes responds to both the writer and Partnership for a Drug-Free America about their claims about his use of "wacky weed".
Posted on Jun 12, 2002
New York State is home to the nation's most repressive drug laws. Attempts at reform drag on while 19,000 people remain locked up -- 90 percent of them for minor possession offenses.
Posted on May 10, 2002
A Texas Clear Channel radio station agreed to host a show on marijuana decriminalization. It's never made it on the air.
Posted on Nov 28, 2001
California's Prop. 36 was hailed as a major step from criminalization to treatment, but without state regulation some counties may be in for more of the same.
Posted on Jul 24, 2001
The emerging picture of the corporatization of the drug war may require the passion, smarts and commitment of a new anti-war movement.
Posted on May 28, 2001
While John Ashcroft was governor of Missouri, he blithely told two senior cops he would ignore a serious matter of law, says a Department of Justice official -- a charge that undermines Ashcroft's self-proclaimed integrity.
Posted on Jan 19, 2001
The New York Yankees have instituted a permanent ban on beer in their bleacher seats -- just the bleachers -- paving the way to displacing true fans with corporate season-ticket holders.
Posted on Jun 13, 2000
"Grass," the new pro-pot movie from veteran documentarian Ron Mann, is like a good birthday gift -- the presentation is something to appreciate, but the real treat is what's inside.
Posted on May 30, 2000
How the White House rewarded U.S. News, Seventeen and other magazines for publishing anti-drug articles.
Posted on Apr 1, 2000
