Author Archives: Pete Guither

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government … Continue reading →

Whenever you hear over-the-top rhetoric like this, you know that they’re really interested in protecting their drug war budget. Check out The Bahamas’ Minister of Foreign Affairs: Minister Mitchell noted that resources are essential to winning the drug war. “Retrenchment … Continue reading →

Well, they didn’t really go that far, but they did put a good provision in the final ONDCP reauthorization bill (via Drug Policy Alliance) (e) Prohibitions- None of the amounts made available [for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign] may … Continue reading →

Canada’s Tory government seems anxious to attach the strings and start dancing to John Walters’ tune. Internal documents show U.S. involvement in Canada’s national drug strategy ”The Harper government favours a U.S.-style approach to drug problems, which is to lock … Continue reading →

Thanks to The Liberator for including Drug WarRant on his “If you were stranded on a desert island with a laptop and a wireless connection, and God limited you to 10 blogs, which ones would you read?” list.

I briefly mentioned the MPP report on Monday (Laws don’t curb teen marijuana use), and I wanted to point out a couple of less-than-stellar reviews that it got from drug policy reform fans. Jacob Sullum has a thoughtful analysis at … Continue reading →

I hadn’t really thought of it that way, but it’s true.

It’s a busy week for me, so I’m just going to send you to some other reading today. Here are a few highlights that I wanted to talk about and are definitely worth checking out: “bullet” Drug Law Blog has … Continue reading →

Dennis announced his candidacy for Presidency in 2008. That’s good news because it means there’s a chance that the drug war will be a topic for discussion. As a reminder to folks, here’s some information about Kucinich from 3 years … Continue reading →

Via Scott Morgan comes this in the Miami Herald A federal jury in Miami found the Drug Enforcement Administration discriminated against Sandalio Gonzalez, the former second-in-command of the DEA’s South Florida field office, by retaliating against him with a transfer … Continue reading →