[drats]

Your central thesis seems to be that drug laws do have a problem but they could have picked a better example, that's not much of a thesis. Besides they do pick better examples, they are just reporting this one as well and he was significantly harassed by an agent of the state ringing up every place he applied to for a job (a point you pass over in silence). Your whole schtick here about how it's not a pure doctor who missed out on crossing a 't' and dotting an 'i' when prescribing a drug and then was subsequently raided by a SWAT team that shot his puppy is a non-argument, they are just reporting data as it comes in to fit with a wider campaign you seemingly agree with on many points. I would guess going by your comments you've had a bone to pick with Reason for a while now and you are using this as your platform to express it. However, take note of the number of replies you are getting. I mean I just think you are just being argumentative and weird (copyright notice in your about page? wtf) but someone even called you hateful.

[tptacek]

My thesis has more to do with _Reason_ than it does with drug laws. In fact, I'm not sure my thesis has anything to do with drug laws. Our drug laws are transparently retarded.

The guy who called me hateful also wrote a haiku about me. Think of that whatever you will. I'm just procrastinating on HN (I a client meeting today that keeps getting delayed, so I can't sink my teeth into anything). I do not see this thread as any kind of epic battleground in which social justice issues are going to be resolved.