Author Archives: Pete

I found this Press Release put out by the DEA to be… disturbing. It’s a tragedy. Four people went and bought heroin together, and all four used it. One became unconscious and the others, afraid to get help, left her … Continue reading →

… and her mom. One of the toughest things in the world of drugs and drug policy is the parent who loses a child to drug overdose. I feel for them, and their feelings of disbelief and rage. I can … Continue reading →

Over at Huffington Post: 5 Ways to Accurately Cover Marijuana Policy Issues in the Media by Kevin Sabet Go have some fun.    

Supposedly the DEA is under the Department of Justice, and therefore under the supervision of the Attorney General, and also supposedly the DEA reports to Congress and is subject to their demands, and also supposedly through the Attorney General, the … Continue reading →

Former Top DOJ Leaders Oppose the SSA So a bunch of folks wrote to say that they oppose the notion of reducing the mandatory minimums for drug offenses. After all, they have found those mandatory minimums useful for their jobs, … Continue reading →

‘Kettle Falls 5’ case tests marijuana laws Clearly the feds are not done going after people in states where marijuana is legal. Now, I don’t really know the specifics of this case, what all the charges are, or which of … Continue reading →

The hosting system I use has gotten new servers, and over the past couple of days, they’ve been migrating DrugWarRant and others to new hardware. Because of this, there may have been a couple of downtimes for the site, and … Continue reading →

How bad is marijuana for your health? What recent press coverage gets wrong. In an otherwise good critique of the media’s coverage of health issues of marijuana, Slate’s Brian Palmer includes this paragraph: If you are considering smoking pot—or quitting—here … Continue reading →

This is big. Minnesota Now Requires A Criminal Conviction Before People Can Lose Their Property In a big win for property rights and due process, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill yesterday to curb an abusive—and little known—police practice … Continue reading →

Lots of media coverage about the new report out from the London School of Economics. Check out Time to rethink the war on drugs by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch at CNN, for example. How bad is it? The London School of Economics … Continue reading →