Author Archives: Pete

This coming Saturday, November 8, I will be one of the speakers at the Students for Liberty Regional Conference in Chicago, at Loyola University. I’ll be discussing the drug war’s assault on liberty. 2014 SFL Chicago Regional Conference Hope to … Continue reading →

You may have heard recently that the UK government had a study come out (after they tried to suppress it) that basically showed that enforcement has no significant effect on drug use — that the drug war is not only … Continue reading →

Thanks to Allan for pointing out this interesting article that serves as an important reminder: Strange reason to legalize marijuana Apparently an underlying assumption of legal pot opponents is that human consciousness is some sort of pristine, pure pool of … Continue reading →

Recently, it seems like the Washington Post is trying to become the U.S. version of the Daily Mail, given its editorial section antipathy to marijuana. This time, they give the platform to Roger Roffman, with whom I have had some … Continue reading →

This idea came up again this week, as I saw a number of people link to this article: Boycott Cocaine by Miles Hunt at Unharm, as a response to the devastating violence of the criminal drug market. Morally we must … Continue reading →

Heading off to Kansas City for an International Fine Arts Deans conference. Hoping to get some ribs while I’m there. Here’s a little bit of absurdity… 5 Ridiculous Anti-Drugs Posters Of course, there have been plenty of others, but these … Continue reading →

Those of us who are information consumers and see the long-term inevitability of reform should be reminded now and then that some people are completely oblivious. This hit me again today as I read this strangely clueless article: What’s next … Continue reading →

Good for them. Facebook Tells DEA to Stop Operating Fake Profile Pages WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook wants assurances from the Drug Enforcement Administration that it’s not operating any more fake profile pages as part of ongoing investigations. Facebook’s chief security … Continue reading →

Maia Szalavitz continues to put out excellent material, and while I personally don’t agree with how she wrote everything in this article — Of Course Marijuana Addiction Exists. And It’s (Almost) All In Your Head — there’s one part that … Continue reading →

Obama to nominate ACLU lawyer to lead Justice Department’s civil rights division Vanita Gupta, a longtime civil rights lawyer, deputy legal director of the ACLU and director of its Center for Justice, will be appointed acting head of the division … Continue reading →