Author Archives: Pete Guither

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which has been doing an excellent job of coverage, has the timeline of the actual events that led to the death of Kathryn Johnston They fabricated all the right answers to persuade a magistrate to give them … Continue reading →

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He’s long been both a hateful drug war cheerleader and and embarrassment to Illinois (see this for some examples), and now former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has weighed in on the medical marijuana debate in Illinois with this … Continue reading →

White House letter: U.S. cocaine prices drop despite billions spent on drug war The street price of cocaine fell in the United States last year as purity rose, the White House drug czar said in a private letter to a … Continue reading →

I’m in a Terry Gilliam-drawn heaven. I have just received a wonderful gift from my Amazon wish list — the complete, 16 DVD megaset of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, with every episode in the series history, plus two bonus discs: … Continue reading →

New York Times A Fulton County grand jury has indicted three current and former police officers who were involved in botched drug raid that led to the death of an elderly Atlanta woman in November. Officer Jason R. Smith, who … Continue reading →

Check out the following three stories about marijuana. Consider which ones are the most important, and then consider on which one the Drug Czar decided to focus. “bullet” Studies Validate Smoke-Free Marijuana on the use of vaporizors. Two new studies, … Continue reading →

The General’s Inner Frenchman makes it clear why you should.

An excerpt from his 21 Solutions to Save the World: The largest single change for the better in U.S. foreign policy, and one that could be accomplished simply by an act of political will, would be the abandonment of the … Continue reading →

In 1998, countries around the world joined the United Nations International Drug Control Programme in their pledge that the world would be drug free by 2008. Since this date is approaching so fast, I decided to have a conversation with … Continue reading →