Author Archives: Pete

Kevin Sabet has another OpEd as part of the New York Times Room for Debate: How to Treat the Epidemic Second, our governments must lead a more coordinated and vigorous attack on this problem. Our governments’ coordinated and vigorous attack … Continue reading →

Editorial in the Bangkok Post: Quick executions no solution to drug problem When the voice of reason is that you should take some time before executing convicted drug offenders rather then executing them immediately, then the entire conversation itself exists … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Florida for resisting the lure of privatizing its prisons yesterday. Today, the Florida Senate averted disaster by voting down a proposal to create the largest private prison system in America. The plan would have turned over nearly 30 … Continue reading →

’bout time. Levitt Announces US Senate Candidacy Levitt’s campaign platform advocates policies in the public interest: investment in sustainable energy, infrastructure jobs and education, single payer health care, ending the drug war, and popular policies on energy, war, and finance … Continue reading →

This American Life Advance the audio to 23:35 for the segment: 21 Chump Street Last year at three high schools in Palm Beach County, Florida, several young police officers just out of training were sent undercover to pose as students, … Continue reading →

… and shoot your dog. Kerlikowske said one of the key parts of the Obama administration’s strategy to combat drug abuse is to “remove the stigma…and to help people understand you can recover.” “I think it is what we might … Continue reading →

Tony Bennett stands by his call to legalise all drugs Following last night’s (February 12) Grammy win for his duet with the late Amy Winehouse, ‘Body and Soul’, crooner Tony Bennett has stood by his call to have all drugs … Continue reading →

Don’t have time to write about it now (and I will be at some time), but… Read this: Killing Whitney Houston by Jack Marshall at Ethics Alarms and this: Don’t let Whitney Houston become the next Len Bias – a … Continue reading →

Apparently nobody considered that drug smugglers might have access to a jack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGfWgiOSMZQ&feature=player_embedded#! [Thanks, Sanho]

Via Transform Guatemala prez to propose legalizing drugs GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Saturday he will propose legalizing drugs in Central America in an upcoming meeting with the region’s leaders. Perez Molina said in a … Continue reading →