Author Archives: Pete Guither

Obviously, to drug policy reformers, the war on drugs is one of the critical issues of our time — it affects everything, from criminal justice and fundamental Constitutional rights to education to foreign policy to poverty and the inner cities, … Continue reading →

Governor of New Mexico (and Presidential candidate) Bill Richardson is not allowing his state to simply be scared by the DEA’s bullying (or to use that as an excuse to not implement its medical marijuana law). He’s directed state officials … Continue reading →

Misha Glenny has written an amazing article for tomorrow’s Washington Post. It’s extremely rare to see this degree of… reality… in a mainstream publication. Read the whole thing, but here are a few quotes just to give you an idea: … Continue reading →

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Joseph Califano is stinking up the place with his lies once again. He specializes in shocktoids — meaningless alarmist “statistics” (often false) with a purpose to shock the public into demanding even more drug war excesses. There is a long … Continue reading →

In the Washington Times: Painful drug war victory “Opiophobia” is a term that describes doctors’ increasing unwillingness to prescribe opioid painkillers Ö a class of drugs that includes Vicodin and OxyContin Ö and especially high-dose opioids, to those in pain. … Continue reading →

When New Mexico passed their medical marijuana law that required the state to supply patients with marijuana, that turned some heads — surely this was an interesting end run around the approach of busting medical marijuana dispensaries that the DEA … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft come a Boston Globe column by Derrick Z. Jackson about Barack Obama. Remember that Barack Obama got to where he is today because he never got caught. That vacillation became evident as he kept talking about crack-vs.-powder sentencing, … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Transform Drug Policy Foundation for their recognition as special consultative NGO status to the United Nations. Transform has been doing excellent work in opening up the dialogue for alternative approaches to drug policy in the UK and Europe … Continue reading →

If you haven’t read Glen C. Loury’s article Why Are So Many Americans in Prison?, you may want to check it out. It’s a pretty powerful picture of incarceration and race — not all about the drug war, but obviously … Continue reading →