Author Archives: Pete

A powerful report from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union: Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union call on all states … Continue reading →

This just keeps coming up so many times with a lot of propagandizing and very little evidence of a problem. A proposition to legalize pot raises DUI concerns: ‘We are going to start losing folks in astronomical numbers’ in the … Continue reading →

It can take a lot, sometimes entire generations to dramatically shift the country’s views, and this is dramatic. Pew Research Center: Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues … Continue reading →

This seems big. Hennepin County judge confronts police use of ‘military style’ tactics That search, Hennepin County District Judge Tanya Bransford ruled, was unconstitutional. She wrote that the “military style” tactics were a violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against … Continue reading →

When I first started this blog (now over 13 years ago) and I was coming up with a name/URL, I hit upon DrugWarRant.com — in part, because it was the same spelling as drug warrant, and might send some traffic … Continue reading →

Via Twitter, a thoughtful skit attributed to Mark Adam Harold, a City Councillor in Vinius, Lithuania: We stand around a table. A guy from the mafia stands with us. You take out your wallet. While we are discussing legalisation of … Continue reading →

This Time article really gets it almost entirely right. Nice to see in a mainstream media piece. 6 Ways to Fight America’s Heroin Epidemic Law enforcement has responded by cracking down on drug traffickers to cut off supplies of heroin … Continue reading →

Bradley Balko has a review: ‘Do Not Resist’: A chilling look at the normalization of warrior cops Of course, this issue is right up Radley’s alley. And it looks like a must-see. What makes this movie so powerful is its … Continue reading →

The end of an epic road trip that lasted close to 6 weeks. We drove an astounding 7,487 miles. Other than Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan (which were just pass-through states) the states and provinces we explored included New York, … Continue reading →

Our trip has continued, taking us beyond Acadia National Park up to Mount Katahdin in Maine, and then into New Brunswick. Saint John and the Bay of Fundy, staying in a refurbished caboose at the Train Station Inn in Tatamagouche, … Continue reading →