Conrad Black on the war on drugs

"Unfortunately, like archaic cultures that clung to the belief that the Earth was flat, those who support mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes are willfully ignorant of the near universal consensus that mandatory minimum sentences are both extremely costly and ineffective."

And a joint byline with UBC's Evan Wood. Read it here.

And, loosely related, an excellent and personal argument in favour of Insite here is also worth your time.