Author Archives: Pete

The release of the new Drug Policy Budget Request isn’t just a time for us to moan about the lack of change, the power of the entrenched interests, or the failure of the system. It’s an opportunity to write letters … Continue reading →

Well, the Drug Czar has come out with the proposed FY 2011 drug policy budget, and now we get to see Director Kerlikowske’s new focus on treatment. Remember… March 12, 2009 The White House said yesterday that it will push … Continue reading →

Via Project Child Murdering Robot comes a recommendation for what looks like a pretty good book: The Best of Simon and Kirby. What makes it really delightful is this page (part of the comic industry’s failed attempt to stay on … Continue reading →

From MPP YouTube’s CitizenTube forum concluded today with questions about ending marijuana prohibition receiving the most votes, by far. Yet, the questions about marijuana prohibition were not presented to the president this afternoon. So many people wasting their time asking … Continue reading →

We are now in the position where marijuana legalization has been discussed in state legislatures, and California is seriously likely to be voting on legalization this year. And the federal government, with all it has invested in the drug war, … Continue reading →

I found this article mildly amusing: Tattoos linked to deviance? Texas Tech University’s study, which will be published in March in the Social Science Journal, says that people with two or more piercings or tattoos are more prone to deviant … Continue reading →

I’ve made a slight advertising change on the site. I was really unhappy with Google ads since the move to the new URL. It seemed that they were feeding the site almost nothing but drug rehab ads, which aren’t of … Continue reading →

I’ve always been fed up with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime as the international arm of the prohibitionist movement. But there’s a deeper concern. Supposedly, being part of the United Nations, they are bound to the Universal … Continue reading →

Supporters turned in more than 700,000 signatures today. That should be sufficient. Signatures were to be submitted today to elections officials in all 58 California counties, who will then begin the process of validating that those who signed are registered … Continue reading →

I’ve been struck with a nasty cold, so I’m going back to bed. Have at it.