Author Archives: Pete Guither

“bullet” The Illinois State University student newspaper reports on Thursday’s panel: Group claims prohibition, war on drugs is a failure, and even includes a picture of us (that’s Greg Francisco speaking, with George Pappas next to him and then me). … Continue reading →

Legal drugs are good for you. Illegal drugs will instantly destroy your life. If you eliminate supply, there will be no demand. There is a finite number of drug dealers. If we can get them all in jail, then there … Continue reading →

This gem from a speech by DEA head Karen Tandy back in 2005 has been making the rounds, and it is so true that I had to include it here as the quote of the day: Our fight against drugs … Continue reading →

You know those horrible, nasty terrorists that they’ve been keeping on Guant½namo? You know how we’ve been giving up all our civil liberties supposedly because we’re in such danger? Well, they finally finished the trial for one of the most … Continue reading →

“bullet” Server problems. Sorry for those of you who were having problems accessing the site yesterday. Salonblogs was undergoing emergency server repair and the comments were out (and tended to freeze up the loading of this page). “bullet” Welcome to … Continue reading →

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There’s an article about it in today’s Pantagraph by Sharon K. Wolfe. The headline: Drug advocates focus efforts on reforming laws is a little misleading (“drug advocates”?), but those are usually written by somebody else. And they spelled my name … Continue reading →

“bullet” For those in Central Illinois, don’t forget that Prohibition Kills: An Evaluation of the War on Drugs is tonight at 7 pm. “bullet” Tomorrow, I will be on the Steve Fast show on WJBC radio at 4:40 pm (Central … Continue reading →

Daily Times, Pakistan: As international efforts to eradicate Afghanistan’s opium production have proven fruitless and the problem keeps getting worse, some European governments are weighing legalisation of the drug trade, a German magazine, Spiegel Online, reported on Tuesday. “Governments in … Continue reading →

Link It’s rare that arguments about something as stupid as a banner declaring “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This has been a fairly common theme in the press. I’ve read a number of … Continue reading →