Author Archives: Pete Guither

John Tierney in the New York Times “Drug policy is irrelevant,” says Cohen, the former director of the Center for Drug Research at the University of Amsterdam. It’s quite logical, he says, to theorize that outlawing drugs would have an … Continue reading →

You may remember that the folks at Kasora special reserved teas had offered to send me some of their tea. Well, they came through and even though I’ve been bribed with tea, I can honestly report that they’ve got some … Continue reading →

What absolutely irresponsible reporting! I thought we had disposed of this nonsense a while ago, but there’s been an arrest in conjunction with the marijuana gumballs, which gave the media the opportunity to spew this: Howard County police said each … Continue reading →

1. I never knew that the drug traffickers in Afghanistan had an ambassador (or perhaps she’s their girlfriend). What else could explain Ann Coulter’s statement: COULTER: But as for catching Usama, it’s irrelevant. Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan. Obviously, … Continue reading →

OK, so that’s not really news, but having the GAO remind people shortly when the ONDCP is up for refunding can’t be helping their day. Adweek: GAO: $1 Bil.+ Anti-Drug Effort Ineffective WASHINGTON A Government Accountability Office probe of the … Continue reading →

Pierre Tristam has an outstanding piece: When Admitting Failure Is Forbidden – America On Drugs. The whole thing is worth reading and quoting. Here’s a snippet. The country is addicted to the bureaucracy of the war. It keeps prisons in … Continue reading →

A new report was issued this week about drug incarceration in Illinois, and I got a chance to glance at the actual report last night. Online versions of the report should be available soon. Some really powerful statistics. The Chicago … Continue reading →

[Via Hit and Run] In my lifetime, I have eaten in restaurants in Chicago thousands of times, yet I don’t remember ever seeing foie gras on the menu. The people of the Windy City are great eaters, and they love … Continue reading →

(Not the Frank who lost in Alaska.) Via the Transform Drug Policy Foundation blog, I have discovered the UK’s version of our anti-drug websites. It’s Frank! Of course, whenever I come to a site like this, the first thing I … Continue reading →

Good news, and a bit of a shocker. Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, who has waged a one-man war to re-criminalize the personal possession of small amounts of marijuana in that state (despite the Alaska state constitution and Supreme Court rulings)…. … Continue reading →