Author Archives: Pete Guither

There’s a whole lot going on in the world, so bear with me as I list a bunch of really interesting and/or important links. “bullet” Radley Balko has a compelling video interview with Regina Kelly, one of the 27 black … Continue reading →

The DEA is at it again. Tonight, they are sponsoring the Chicago Vigil for Lost Promise at Navy Pier (with information at chicagovigil.org). Naturally, I am countering with Chicago Vigil for Lost Promise (with info at chicagovigil.com). What we have … Continue reading →

One of the things that is the most frustrating about being a drug policy reformer is fighting through the assumption by the uneducated (drug war uneducated, I mean), that the only reason to be in favor of drug policy reform … Continue reading →

“bullet” Richmond, Virginia prosecutors and police plan to start seizing houses where they find drug activity and selling them off, even if the owner wasn’t directly involved. But there’s a catch. But officials said seizing a house under the forfeiture … Continue reading →

Remember Avi Green — the comics guy who was so upset that Kirsten Dunst admitted to being pro-pot? Well, now he’s written an… exposÚ about… me (and Radley Balko and a few others tossed in for fun). A few days … Continue reading →

[Thanks, Matthew]

The cover article in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine is huge. Very powerful piece by Tina Rosenberg about the issue of pain management and how the drug war has interfered with proper medical procedures. If you have access to … Continue reading →

This is just… so… The Mexican border city of Tijuana, mired in drug violence, hopes to recall brighter days this summer by tossing three tonnes of Caesar salad, the dish invented in the town’s U.S. prohibition-era glory days. The salad … Continue reading →

It seems like a constant stream of these events now. Law-enforcement officers raided the wrong house and forced a 77-year-old La Plata County woman on oxygen to the ground last week in search of methamphetamine. The raid occurred about 11 … Continue reading →