AltWeeklies Wire
Should Civilians Be Allowed to Carry Tasers?new
Advocates say that stun guns are valuable for the public for the same reasons they're valuable to police forces.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
12-07-2012 |
Civil Liberties
There's DNA in That Weed You're Smoking, and People Are Tracking Itnew
Researchers map dope DNA to help with busts and monitoring use of federal land for growing pot.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
11-16-2011 |
Drugs
In Defense of Floggingnew
The war on drugs has overpopulated our prisons. What if we gave prisoners the option of being flogged instead of jailed?
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
07-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: War on Drugs, Prisons
K2: The Legal Synthetic Marijuana That Works So Well It's About to be Officially Bannednew
The FDA has enacted an emergency ban on synthetic cannabinoids, but will it stop clever chemists?
Hartford Advocate |
Jon Campbell |
12-22-2010 |
Drugs
Mother's Milk is Man's Best Friendnew
Wet nursing, milk banks, the powers of mother's milk, people freaking out about women nursing in public -- why can't Americans view mother's milk as something as valuable as a clean blood supply? People's hangups and a few health concerns get in the way.
Hartford Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
08-13-2010 |
Science
Tags: Breastfeeding
The New Ecstasy?new
You can snort it. It’s legal. But think about it first.
Hartford Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
06-18-2010 |
Drugs
Cruel Intentions: The Supreme Court's Impact on Dogfighting Videosnew
A recent Supreme Court decision had the effect of protecting videos depicting extreme animal torture.
Hartford Advocate |
Daniel D’Ambrosio |
06-03-2010 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Dogfighting
Citizens Armed With Cameras — 'Video Vigilantes' — Take on the Policenew
The most notorious and obvious example of video vigilante-ism might be George Holliday’s 1991 video of the Rodney King beating, which showed four police officers brutally kicking King and beating him with their batons.
Hartford Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
03-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Birth of a Blowhard: Glenn Beck in Connecticutnew
When Beck arrived at KC 101 in early 1992, he was a semi-failed, drug-and-alcohol addicted, Top-40s radio jock desperately looking for a route to stardom. By the time he left seven years later, he had figured out that talk radio was the future and conservative shtick could be revamped to serve as his escalator to fame and fortune.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
10-21-2009 |
Media
The Plastic Surgery Bubblenew
Cometic surgery is more popular and affordable than ever, but do patients know what they're getting into? A Connecticut doc explains his craft.
Hartford Advocate |
Chandra Niles Folson |
01-10-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Dropout Admits Running Mafia Gambling Ringnew
Anthony John Ascenzia Jr., aka "Tony," aka "Beaver," was handling millions of dollars a year running an illegal sports betting operation in New Haven, Conn.
Hartford Advocate |
Paul Bass |
08-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
