Author Archives: Pete Guither

Mark Kleiman has an excellent post on last year’s study that demonstrated the enormous power for psilocybin mushrooms to generate meaningful mystical experiences in churchgoers who had no previous experience with hallucinogens. The results have potentially large importance for both … Continue reading →

One thing I’ll say about about John Hawkins piece In Defense of the Drug War at Right Wing News — it’s drawn a tremendous amount of fire from the libertarian and conservative (read: not authoritarian) circles (it’s less likely that … Continue reading →

DEA head Karen Tandy on the recent extradition of Mexican cartel leaders: Number of violent Mexican criminals extradited: 15 Distance and time traveled to get them here: 750 miles and 2 hours Number of Mexican drug cartels impacted: 4 U.S. … Continue reading →

“bullet” Two new additions to Guest Drug WarRant from submitters (remember that readers are always welcome to submit items for Guest Drug WarRant, or you can discuss items at the messageboard). Fascist Insect — a diatribe rejected by Wikipedia End … Continue reading →

We’ve been subjected to some pretty extraordinary moronity in recent days. Let’s start with Right Wing News’ John Hawkins writing in Human Events Online: In Defense of the Drug War. At first I was interested because I thought “Hey, maybe … Continue reading →

“bullet” Garden of Weedin’ — this is a really fascinating article by Zach Dundas about the medical marijuana in Oregon. It’s uplifting, but it also makes you realize just how much time we’ve lost in the potential advancements and research … Continue reading →

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About two years ago, former ONDCP staffer and con-artist Andrea Barthwell put together a series of lectures in Illinois to attack our medical marijuana efforts. I was able to catch her falsifying sponsorship information, which marked essentially the end of … Continue reading →

Link Rebuffing months of U.S. pressure, Afghan President Hamid Karzai decided against a Colombia-style program to spray this country’s heroin-producing poppies after the Cabinet worried herbicide would hurt legitimate crops, animals and humans, officials said Thursday. Turns out Canada’s not … Continue reading →

Ryan Grim at The Politico reports on the efforts of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to remove the Wikipedia information about them that is controversial, and replace it with glowing propaganda. In late August, someone with an IP address … Continue reading →