Author Archives: Pete

Busy time here with the last week of school and finals. Had an interesting and somewhat frustrating set of discussions dealing with people who seemed to think that attempting to prohibit substance use for college students during their final weekend … Continue reading →

It’s not only a police state, it’s an incompetent police state. So in August, 2011, a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol spots Bob Harte doing something suspicious. He was leaving a store with a small bag of merchandise that … Continue reading →

Update: President Obama articulates his plan for Mexico and the drug war! (ie, he spends 3 minutes saying absolutely nothing). —- Original Post —- President Obama has another challenging trip ahead of him. U.S. role at a crossroads in Mexico’s … Continue reading →

Kevin Sabet is particularly good at one thing: getting the media to quote him. He obviously works hard at this and has been quite successful at positioning himself as a go-to person for any kind of quote related to marijuana … Continue reading →

Stephen Duke of Yale has put together a very nice little paper: The Future of Marijuana in the United States He covers a lot of ground in the discussion, with brief, well-researched, sections on each. It’s not anything ground-breaking to … Continue reading →

Obama Drug Control Policy: Gets Called Out For Not Meeting Its Own Standards Excellent article by Mayura Iyer at PolicyMic discusses the recent GAO report that found that the government has made no progress towards its drug policy goals, and … Continue reading →

Poor Cliff Kinkaid. He’s such an incredible tool. Check out his latest: How Pothead Terrorists Almost Outsmarted the Police You can tell he’s just salivating at the notion of a story that indicts marijuana use, terrorism and the Obama administration … Continue reading →

Jacob Sullum does a nice job with Obama Ends the War on Drugs… Again Shepard, for example, considers this quote from Kerlikowske to be evidence of a real breakthrough: “Drug policy should be rooted in neuroscience, not political science.” […] … Continue reading →

Link Tamerlan Tsarnaev delved deeply into religion in recent years at the urging of his mother, who feared he was slipping into a life of marijuana, girls and alcohol. So… how did that work out?

The Washington Post notes that the Drug Czar plans to outline the drug control strategy today at Johns Hopkins. Nation’s drug czar to outline drug policy reform emphasizing public health “Drug policy reform.” ANNAPOLIS, Md. — President Barack Obama’s new … Continue reading →