Over the last century, the Federal effort to fight illicit drug trafficking has been carried out by several agencies: FBN (Federal Bureau of Narcotics), BDAC (Bureau of Drug Abuse Control), BNDD (Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) and the current flagship, DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Conventional wisdom argued that the agency best suited to solve …
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Doggies
In 57 years of marriage, Flo and I have had a number of dogs. As a child growing up, I never had one. We had a variety of other animals: gold fish, hamsters and even a cat, but no dogs. My mother didn’t like them. Case closed. Flo, on the other hand, had a lovable …
Drug Factoids
Amphetamines fall into two broad categories: CNS stimulants, and hallucinogens. For those of you who are into alphabet soups, CNS stands for Central Nervous System. (Aren’t you glad you asked?). The hallucinogens are all Schedule I, having no medical use. Amphetamine and Methamphetamine are both Schedule II’s. This short treatise will deal mainly with methamphetamine. …
The Leo Court
People who write about the Supreme Court usually refer to it by the last name of the Chief Justice: the Warren Court, the Burger Court, Rehnquist Court, etc. By this method, the current Court would be the Roberts Court. Not so – the most descriptive shorthand to identify the current outfit: the Leo Court. The …
The Free Academy
The Extreme Court of the United States recently killed the Biden Administration’s effort to reduce the burden of student loan payments. Could anyone imagine in this day and time an institution which accepted students on merit alone, cost zero in tuition and was rated one of the foremost in the nation? Yes, Virginia, such did …
Drug Factoids – Heroin
For most of my career with the Feds, heroin was considered (to borrow an ancient FBI label) Public Enemy #1. In this century, it has lost the title to fentanyl, but for most of my time with DEA, its major focus was on heroin. The drug’s effect on humans is actually quite similar to fentanyl. …
Drug Factoids
If you have ever purchased a “drug” (maybe a bottle of hand sanitizer) you may have noticed on the label a section called “Drug Facts”. Not wishing to infringe on any laws, I’ll simply modify the name a little. Most of us use drugs (probably to stay alive, in many cases). Just for the fun …
Can’t We Get Rid Of
The Second Amendment This Amendment, as written, basically makes no sense. To quote: “A well regulated militia being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of a free people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. Seems almost like a non sequitor. Are we going to call a bunch of …
How Bad Does it Get?
Since the founding of our republic, we’ve had 46 chief executives (presidents). Ranking them has been something of a parlor game among historians since our founding. Although “rankings” can fluctuate over the decades as new information is unearthed, most rank the top 4 or so fairly consistently: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Thomas …
Life is Not Fair
This is a partial quote from John F. Kennedy (did he actually say this? who knows). There is, however, much evidence to support this thesis. Since this is going to concern driving, I really should start at the beginning. As readers of this blog know, only too well, I was brought up in Queens NY …
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