Author Archives: Pete

The new video by Flex Your Rights.org, “10 Rules for Dealing with Police” (which I reviewed here), is now available for free on YouTube. You can also pick up the DVD for $15 so you can have your own copy … Continue reading →

So the Drug Czar is pretty excited. He got to check out some seized drugs when he visited with the Arizona Region of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) office. This was a pretty major operation that … Continue reading →

I’m seeing more articles like this these days: Marijuana starting to look like a new revenue source for states by David Harrison Mary Lou Dickerson had seen enough. After wrenching cuts to Washington’s state drug and alcohol treatment programs, Dickerson, … Continue reading →

Mexican drug cartel leaders know the realities of the drug war, and apparently, compared to their government counterparts, they are willing to state the obvious. Mexican cartels cannot be defeated, drug lord says Mexico’s war on the drug trade is … Continue reading →

Scientists stand up to the government in the UK. Drug ban chaos after resignation of adviser The war of attrition between the Government and its scientific advisers over how to curb illegal drug use claimed another casualty yesterday as an … Continue reading →

Article in The Daily Tontería: San Hoyo, California: A coroner’s report released yesterday by police confirmed the presence of marijuana compounds in the system of Jonah Ellis, a 23-year-old man who was killed last Thursday just outside the town limits … Continue reading →

Drug Czar Ducks on California Pot Measure Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske said he wouldn’t speculate on what the Obama administration would do if California voters approve a ballot initiative that would make marijuana legal for consumption but subject it to … Continue reading →

Thanks to new reader swansong for tipping me off to this video of Gabor Maté talking about addiction and the war on drugs: Drawing on his experiences with drug addicted patients from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Dr. Gabor Mate discusses how … Continue reading →

There was a huge hubbub around a raid in Michigan this week of members of a “multi-state Christian militia.” Disclaimer. I have no idea as to the guilt or innocence of the people involved, (nor am I looking for a … Continue reading →

A good short piece by Alex Massie in The Spectator (UK) Current laws amount to a kind of rent-seeking that protects organised crime and discriminates against both the consumer and the small producer. This is obviously offensive for any number … Continue reading →