Author Archives: Pete Guither

Adriel Hampton is running for U.S. Congress in the 2009 special election for California’s 10th District. I‰m asking for concerned citizens of every stripe to help me devise a strong anti-Drug War policy statement for my Congressional campaign. I‰ve given … Continue reading →

Sometimes reading these things just makes you feel better. Russell Yohn, an Illinois resident, writes a letter to the editor. Before approving any federal legalization of marijuana, it might be well to consider such questions as the following: Companies, how … Continue reading →

Friday, I dropped this item into the Open Thread… Santa Monica Mirror has a really stupid piece by Steve Stajich: Five Reasons We Won’t Be Legalizing Pot. This may be the five most moronic reasons I’ve heard to date. “Hello, … Continue reading →

A must read at Huffington Post: My Return to Prison: Views on the Failed Drug War from Inside Sing Sing by Wayne Kramer The Sing Sing show was a bonus. To say it was memorable would be a massive understatement. … Continue reading →

“bullet” Ending the War on Drugs: The Moment is Now by Arianna Huffington. I understand that drugs continue to be a political hot potato, fueled by what the Latin American presidents described as “prejudices and fears that sometimes bear little … Continue reading →

Get the breakables out of reach… It’s Bill O’Reilly and Joseph Califano.

The latest scare story about marijuana is that, once again, some pot is apparently more potent than other pot: Marijuana potency surpasses 10 percent, U.S. says. This causes all the usual suspects to act concerned, as if this was something … Continue reading →

Ridicule, yes. But that’s different. I don’t pretend to know all the details about the situation in Connecticut. Apparently, the head of the Connecticut NORML chapter sent (possibly by accident) an email threatening violence to a state senator. The national … Continue reading →

White House Czar Calls for End to ‘War on Drugs’ The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring … Continue reading →

Link According to CNBC ‹The Kudlow ReportŠ host Larry Kudlow, the way current California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to promote [marijuana legalization] isn‰t for the purest of intentions, but just to bring in more revenue for his state‰s beleaguered … Continue reading →