![. . . As we approach April’s UNGASS special summit on drugs, it can feel like the momentum for worldwide drug policy reform is unstoppable. Just in the past week […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/crumpled-page-115x115.jpg "Let’s Tear Apart this Repugnant Statement About Harm Reduction, Shall We?")
![. . . In a recent 60 Minutes segment, Michael Botticelli, America’s new drug czar, stated, “I think we have to base our policy on scientific understanding.” Yet, while discussing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/handcuffed-youth-115x115.jpg "A Kinder, Gentler Drug War?")
![. . . In April of this year I watched the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Need to Reform Asset Forfeiture. There was notable testimony presented that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jalalibuilding-cuffed-115x115.jpg "Time to End Policing for Profit in the Golden State – call Daly, Wagner & Chang today!")
![. . . In September 2012 Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of law enforcement professionals opposed to the war on drugs, of which I am a member of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/leap-south-of-the-border-115x115.png "Diane Goldstein: End the Drug War With Justice and Dignity!")
![, , , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of criminal justice professionals opposed to the war on drugs (of which I am a board member), has long held […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/corrupt-cop-115x115.jpg "Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit.")
![.. It’s that time of year time for me to say thanks for many things, including acknowledging the many voters across the country that voted for drug policy and sentencing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/statue-of-liberty-115x115.png "The spectacular, historic victory of Proposition 47")
![. . . I just returned from an extended vacation overseas and was dismayed by the media attention surrounding the NFL and domestic violence. My question to not just the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/domestic-violence-shush-115x115.jpg "Who’s really in danger from Domestic Violence – NFL families or Law Enforcement families?")
![. . . [cross-posted from ladybud.com] This past week I have watched both the print and television media’s response to the death of Michael Brown and the ensuing riots in Ferguson. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/militarization-of-cops-115x115.jpg "Our Towns Don’t Need Tanks!")
![first printed in Medical Marijuana 411, July 4, 2014. The war on drugs is, by now, easily America’s longest conflict. I have written extensively on the corruption surrounding the enforcement […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/juvenile-injustice-115x115.png "“Do No Harm?” How the War on Drugs has become a War on Kids.")
![As measures to reform marijuana policy make great strides across the rest of the nation, California continues to lag behind in establishing a statewide system of regulation that protects safe […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/weed-wars-2-115x115.png "California Weed Wars: the Legal Lay of the Land.")
![It is clear that Americans have an opioid prescription drug problem of massive proportions. This problem has resulted in a surge of heroin addiction that is affecting Americans across the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/constricted-pupils-115x115.jpg "Right Before Our Very Eyes: A Civil Remedy to Drug Abuse.")
![In the aftermath of the media scrutiny surrounding the verdict in the Kelly Thomas case the media and bloggers missed an opportunity to ask the question of not just how […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kelly-thomas-memphis-model-115x115.png "Kelly Thomas Tragedy Shows: OC needs the “Memphis Model” for dealing with the mentally ill.")
![Last year around this time I was asked to become a featured blogger for a great women’s activist website called Ladybud Magazine. I started one of my original articles asking […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mimi-mmj-moorlach-115x115.png "Mimi vs Moorlach on Medical MJ: Must the GOP go down in a death embrace with the Drug War?")
![This article in today’s Boston Herald the author portrays the glee of the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) over the statements made by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) head Michelle Leonhart, statements […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/reefer-maddness-leonhart-115x115.png "The DEA’s Leadership is Obsolete.")
So, good thing he was killed, you're saying?
Daniel DID do drugs. Report below shows he had METH in his system and an extensive criminal history that included…
Greg, You can think what you want. Criminals, illegal immigration and neighboring countries can all erode countries sovereignty. But war…
My definition is ... irrelevant to this discussion, counselor. (I'd look up case law if I needed one.) You're the…
Wait what is your definition of sovereign nation? And I don’t think you understand what independence is. Entering into treaties…
But maybe you did mean (1) "Completely independent" and (2) "authority over its borders" as two separate things. In that…
I'll presume that you meant to write: "Completely independent authority over its borders." OK, by that definition, is the USA…
Completely independent and authority over its borders. That sounds about right. Not wrapped in tin foil.
What exactly do you think that the word "sovereign" means? Maybe we're getting to the root of the problem here.
From the "Fear and Loathing / Closer to the Edge" substack blog https://closertotheedge.substack.com/p/what-else-could-a-russian-asset-possibly : Senator Jeff Merkley walked into the…