Author Archives: Marty Ryan

Go Figure

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Marty Ryan

I would hope that when participants in a substance abuse program are monitored they are monitored about whether they have remained straight and sober. Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal Justice, Issues, Substance Abuse and Alcoholism/War on Drugs | Tagged Drug Policy Alliance, Ethan Nadelmann, National Registry of Evidence Based Programs | 1 Comment

It’s ironic that the recent effort to ban the designer drugs of today (Spice, salvia, etc.) also included removing benzylfentanyl and thenylfentanyl from the Schedule I drugs, meaning that they had no medical usefulness and were subject to potential abuse. Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Banned in Boston, designer drugs, Fawkes-Lee and Ryan, Iowa Board of Pharmacy, Iowa House of Represenatives, War Production Board, Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, zoot suits | Leave a comment

I Vote For The Person

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Marty Ryan

Yes, politics is a business. And it’s no longer a small business. Continue reading →

Posted in Issues, Voting Rights | Tagged Gary Johnson, President Obama | 1 Comment

Parental Rights and Wrongs

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Marty Ryan

it’s so strange that even the strange Justice Antonin Scalia concurred in the opinion of the majority by saying: “I join the Court’s opinion, which reasonably applies our precedents, strange though they may be.” Continue reading →