Author Archives: Pete

Link The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will unveil the results of the latest (2010) National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) at a press conference on Thursday, September 8. This is an annual affair where, … Continue reading →

Creating tomorrow’s activists, one at a time. Keep the passion, Ashley.

On August 27th, I caught a remark by President Calderón buried in the Honduras Weekly and the Latin American Herald Tribune: If Americans “are determined and resigned to consume drugs, then look for market alternatives that cancel out the criminals’ … Continue reading →

This seems oddly familiar… The White House is setting up a We the People website, where citizens can petition the government… and get a response. Anyone 13 or older can create or sign a petition on WhiteHouse.gov asking the Obama … Continue reading →

Just down the road from me, there’s been a contentious situation as teachers have been on strike. One of the strike issues has been over mandatory random suspicionless drug-testing for teachers. The main newspaper in the area has come forward … Continue reading →

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. It’s not something that the government appears to be talking about much today. No, this is something that is being discussed around the world in health and drug policy reform circles (and in the … Continue reading →

The phrase that I caught here on Saturday in Calderon’s speech, is finally getting noticed in the mainstream media. Tim Padgett at Time Magazine: Mexico’s Narco-Epiphany: Is Calderón Suggesting the U.S. Legalize Drugs?

Here’s another one to properly ridicule the Joseph Califano/CASA “study” on Facebook and teen drinking. Flash! Facebook causes teen drinking! (Until you read the fine print) For too long, people like Califano have gotten away with lying — inferring that … Continue reading →

I think it’s pretty exciting that we’re witnessing a renaissance of female heroes. Why are the police attacking them? Law Enforcement Prepares to Fight Heroine Resurgence To Channel 5’s headline writer: Spell-check doesn’t know the difference between a legendary female … Continue reading →

… on how not to handle drug policy. A good article: Ottawa’s drug problem: The penalty doesn’t fit the crime by Edward Greenspan and Anthony Doob. …the answer to offending “does not lie in simply building more prisons and getting … Continue reading →