Author Archives: Pete

What a kidder… The Obama Administration has made clear that science and research – not politics – should determine what is safe and effective medicine. Right. And, of course, he just can’t resist throwing out completely irrelevant treatment numbers. … … Continue reading →

Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say Health experts in Portugal said Friday that Portugal’s decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked. “There … Continue reading →

An ACLU production.

Just to clarify, the federal government cannot go after everyone, so it helps to know where you stand if you’re thinking about breaking federal law. For those involved in ordering torture, approving it, and even for the vast majority of … Continue reading →

Over at the Agitator Self explanatory. A lot of suffering. A lot of grief. A lot of injustice. This damned drug war. I guess I’m just ready to share all this love that I have built up inside of me … Continue reading →

The “clarification” of the Attorney General memo on medical marijuana (AKA the “Ogden Memo” has arrived. No big surprise. This administration, like the others before it, has hitched its wagon to the drug warriors.

Press release from Drug Policy Alliance: WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to provide retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act, which Congress passed last year and narrowed a decades-old disparity in federal sentencing between crack cocaine and powder … Continue reading →

Tweet of the day from Maia Szalavitz: 116 million in chronic pain. 23.5 million with addiction. 2 nat instits on adxn, none on pain There’s nothing wrong with caring about addicts, but there’s something extraordinarily perverse when we’re so concerned … Continue reading →

Jesse Jackson, Black Leaders Are Right About Ending the War on Drugs by Dr. Boyce Watkins in the Huffington Post Powerful stuff: Jesse Jackson said it best during the recent forum on the drug war. “This is a crime against … Continue reading →

No, this isn’t about recent legislation in New York. It’s about Barney Frank and Ron Paul, and Willie Nelson and The National Review. Those of us following drug policy regularly know that sanity in drug policy is not necessarily a … Continue reading →