Author Archives: Pete

Have fun with this one from the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre In a world-first, researchers from the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC), based at the University of New South Wales, are leading a study to determine … Continue reading →

An excellent position by the Obama administration’s Department of Justice DOJ urges judge to side with plaintiff in Baltimore police taping case The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has urged a federal court to side with a Howard … Continue reading →

Students for Sensible Drug Policy has been doing a great job getting out to the candidate events in New Hampshire and trying to force the GOP candidates to say something about drug policy (with sometimes bizarre results). This was clearly … Continue reading →

Progress? 1. Police advisor says we need to reconsider use of forced entry warrants.

Study: Smoking Marijuana Not Linked with Lung Damage by Maia Szalavitz in TIME. Marijuana does not impair lung function—at least not in the doses inhaled by the majority of users, according to the largest and longest study ever to consider … Continue reading →

There are all kinds of anti-drug governmental programs around the world and the UK has its own propaganda mascot called Frank. Frank is there to help you, and has even opened his head to help you play Spliff Pinball. Spliff … Continue reading →

A new gallup poll shows 31% of the public identifies themselves as Democrats and 27% as Republicans. If, when you take a quick look at those numbers, it seems that a whole lot of people aren’t included, your math skills … Continue reading →

There are still pockets of reefer madness that pop up every now and then. This one from Dr. Ruairi Henley writing in the Irish Times is particularly amusing: I was aware during my college years of the existence of a … Continue reading →

Check out this whopper of an opening sentence in the Guardian: The loudest voices in US drug policy debates call either for enforcing prohibition with ever-increasing ferocity or for giving up altogether by letting corporations legally sell the currently illicit … Continue reading →

…Just some two-bit political analysis on my part. I’ve been fascinated the past couple of weeks by the vehemence of some of the political pundit discussions regarding Ron Paul’s candidacy. (Note: Keep in mind that when I talk about progressives/liberals/conservatives … Continue reading →