Author Archives: Pete

Using implied pot humor to court votes with one hand while locking people up on the other hand. But then again, the law doesn’t apply to everyone.

Certainly, the two parties are going to do everything they can to keep Johnson silenced and the chance of getting in the debates is remote, but now, with the RNC convention over, there are some signs that the Gary Johnson … Continue reading →

Quote of the day: Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals. – HL Mencken It’s a fair point, but we’re still going to do our part to speed it along a bit.  

Pot-smoking driver in Saskatoon deemed not impaired A woman who admitted to using marijuana before getting into her car has been acquitted of impaired driving, with the Saskatoon judge saying he was not convinced her ability to operate a vehicle … Continue reading →

Nuevo Leon: 48 hours, 33 executed (Google translation of page in Spanish) Apparently, this series of murders was a coordinated effort to make a statement responding to military claims that the Zetas had been weakened in the area.

It has come to my attention that there’s some kind of gathering going on in Florida. I haven’t bothered paying any attention to it because I assume that nothing of substance will be discussed. Have I missed anything? How about … Continue reading →

The Yes on 64 Campaign got a nice boost with this Letter of Support from the Academic Community As professors in the fields of law, health, economics, and criminal justice, among others, we write this open letter to encourage a … Continue reading →

Coincidentally after the last post (but not in response to it), ONDCP’s Rafael LeMaitre tweets: We’re serious about supporting a #publichealth approach to policy – one based on science, not a ‘war on drugs’ or ‘legalize it’ ideology. Right. So … Continue reading →

The drug czar can claim all he wants that the drug war is over. Tell that to the people every day in this country who have their doors broken down by armed militarized forces. Oh, yeah, and tell the Marines, … Continue reading →

One of the big discussions on the internet (and here in comments) yesterday was this study from New Zealand that was reported in the media as proving that use of marijuana by teens resulted in lowered IQ. Check out the … Continue reading →