Government adviser fired for saying alcohol is more dangerous than drugs

Professor David Nutt, the government’s chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.
Nutt incurred the wrath of the government when he claimed in a paper that alcohol and tobacco were more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD, [...]

Saved from First Time Ignition Interlock Requirements in DUI cases

San Diego Dui Offenders will be spared the requirement of installing Ignotion Interlock Devices in their cars if they are convicted of a first offense.
Governor Swartzenegger signed a bill requiring first time offenders in Sacramento, Alameda, Tuare and Los Angeles counties to install ignition interlock devices.
What is so strange about [...]

“Road police blood tests are an act of rape”

The pilot program that is happening in Idaho and Texas to take blood forcibly from individuals unwilling to blow a breathalyzer is aimed at prosecuting more people, says Georgetown University professor Andrew Einhorn.
A new federal program has already been tested in Idaho and Texas which allows American traffic police to [...]

Never Let A Cop Administer A Breathalyzer Test

Judge: State law barring underage drinking is unconstitutional

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – If you’re younger than 21 in South Carolina, you cannot buy alcohol. But what about having it in your possession or drinking it?
A court ruling today suggests state law contains nothing that would make it illegal for many young people to own or use alcoholic beverages.
“This magistrate in [...]

California Supreme Court says defendants can challenge Breathalyzer results

The court permits drunk-driving defendants in some cases to question blood-alcohol findings, which are sometimes inaccurate depending on factors such as gender and medical conditions.

Accused drunk drivers now have more ammunition for challenging Breathalyzer findings as a result of a unanimous ruling Thursday by the California Supreme Court.The ruling [...]

Australia: Column: Drugs Aren’t Evil, So Stop the Moralizing

PEOPLE have been getting high for thousands of years, and there’s nothing that will stop them.
They seek out different states of mind for different reasons – they want to experiment or escape or feel pleasure or avoid pain.
Poor old Wacko Jacko chose legal drugs – lots of them – and he wasn’t [...]

Cop Who Brutally Beat Female Bartender Receives Probation

Editor’s note: The judge in the case gave the lame excuse that sentencing the sadistic cop, Anthony Abbate, wouldn’t prevent him from getting drunk and hitting people in the future. Abbate remains on the police force in Chicago, demonstrating that crime does indeed pay.
(WGN-AM)- A Chicago [...]

1 in 8 combat troops needs alcohol counseling

One in eight troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan from 2006 to 2008 were referred for counseling for alcohol problems after their post-deployment health assessments, according to data from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.
Service members complete their initial health assessments within 30 days of returning home.
The authors of the [...]

Second-ranking state prison administrator arrested

Scott Kernan, the second-ranking administrator of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, has been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol in his state car, triggering a disciplinary review and postponement of a June 24 state Senate confirmation hearing, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Kernan, 47, was [...]

City Pimped by Illegitimate Sheriff’s/Church’s Bogus “Operation Breakthrough” Cash Cow Again

An answer to underage drinking in Big Bear Valley has been proposed, and it aims to hit the pocketbooks and wallets of parents, older siblings and anyone else who supplies alcohol to minors.
After its presentation on adult accountability for underage drinking last month, Operation Breakthrough proposed that a social hosting [...]

Ron Paul: “End the War on Drugs”

We have recently heard many shocking stories of brutal killings and ruthless violence related to drug cartels warring with Mexican and US officials. It is approaching the fever pitch of a full-blown crisis. Unfortunately, the administration is not likely to waste this opportunity to further expand government. Hopefully, we can [...]

60 Minutes on Lowering the Drinking Age

Click image for 60 Minutes item on the drinking age.
See also:
Let My Students Drink
Old enough to fight, old enough to drink
College presidents want lower drinking age

Let My Students Drink

John McCardell, the former president of Middlebury College, says his time on campus taught him that trying to stop college students from drinking was a fool’s errand. The 1984 federal law raising the minimum drinking age to 21 not only wasn’t working; it was encouraging more reckless consumption.
Two years ago, McCardell [...]

Breathalyzer Source Code Required for Use as Evidence

Here’s a very interesting case from Florida, where an appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that threw out evidence from a breathalyzer test in a drunk driving case because the manufacturer of the device refused to release the source code and allow defense experts to analyze the accuracy of the [...]

Armed and Drinking: Rules about off-duty law enforcement officers consuming alcohol while carrying guns get fresh look

Yet, law enforcement officials in the Inland region and across the U.S. can’t seem to agree whether that rule should apply to off-duty officers.
Some agencies have enacted policies that explicitly forbid off-duty officers from carrying their weapons while consuming alcohol. Others use more flexible language, saying officers should use “good judgment.”

Laws against providing alcohol to minors at homes being considered

Inland law enforcement officers can arrest minors who have alcohol in public and they can bust bartenders and shopkeepers who sell it to them, but they have trouble stopping
underage drinking where it happens most: at home.
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College presidents want lower drinking age

RALEIGH, North Carolina — College presidents from about 100 of the best-known U.S. universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.