One of the rewards of blogging is an instant boost to your awareness of what others are doing with the same sort of forum. Among other places, it’s led me to Mexican Opium, a (short-term?) blog project by law student Mikelis Beitiks. I’m sure my co-Managing Editor would be happy to learn that the blog is at least partly a forum for work that wasn’t published in traditional journal format. For me, I’m happy to see more work being done on the legal foundations of our war on drugs. Here’s why: