Author Archives: Pete Guither

“bullet” Reefer Gladness, in which Philadelphia City Paper’s Brian Hickey discovers (and falls in love with) Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. I realized this LEAP thing can’t be as easily dismissed as a bunch of hacky-sack-circling, NORML-pamphlet-pushing hippies from Swarthmore. By … Continue reading →

Say goodbye to Sierra de la Macarena. Here’s how you lose a forest… Defying immutable economic laws, governments prohibit a popular drug, making the illegal production and distribution obscenely profitable. Government compounds the problem by attempting to go after the … Continue reading →

A number of people have wanted to know how the passing out of flyers went at the museum on Friday. So I’ve got a little story to tell. And you’ll learn… – That the museum personnel know very little about … Continue reading →

In today’s Congressional Quarterly (sorry, no link – subscription only) Drug Dissenters Make Terror Link by Shawn Zeller, CQ Staff For the five years since the Sept. 11 attacks, federal drug warriors have publicized the ways that ill-gotten narcotics profits … Continue reading →

We’ve had a good start with our response to the DEA exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. I know a lot of you wanted to do something to help, but aren’t available to pass out flyers. Here’s your … Continue reading →

“bullet” A great column by George Iliff in the TC Palm Arrests for marijuana use ruins lives needlessly John P. Walters, our current drug czar, has said that 16 million Americans regularly use marijuana. Thus, if the horrible effects claimed … Continue reading →

Windypundit stopped by yesterday while I was passing out flyers. He’s got some excellent photos of the exhibit, plus a couple of me and the “line of death” that museum officials wouldn’t allow me to cross.

Nice job by Kari Lydersen! Read the whole thing. A couple of quotes from yours truly, but a big thanks goes to Tom Angell, Jeanne Barr, George Pappas and others from SSDP who have been involved. Welcome, Washington Post readers. … Continue reading →

I just spent most of a day at the Museum of Science and Industry, and I have come to the conclusion that the Museum is utterly embarrassed by the exhibit they are hosting from the DEA. It shows up in … Continue reading →

So the DEA held a press conference today for the opening of the offensive DEA exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. Of course, we weren’t allowed to attend. Press credentials required. They wouldn’t want to have to face … Continue reading →