Author Archives: Pete Guither

Thanks to a variety of sources for this one… A Berlin opera house is encouraging audience members to smoke joints during performances of its coming production “The Oriental Princess” to enhance the psychedelic experience of Saint-Saens’ drug opera. […] In … Continue reading →

Don’t laugh. That’s what the headline says. Apparently drugs are transported on the interstates (along with just about every other avenue you can imagine). Since 1993, officers in Saline and Dickinson counties have poured “significant” resources into the task force, … Continue reading →

“bullet” Time for boomers to ‘fess up by Karen Bojar The willingness to incarcerate large numbers of people for minor drug offenses is the shame of the baby-boom generation. A generation of young people in the ’60s and early ’70s … Continue reading →

In a moving OpEd in the Des Moines Register, Fran and Ray Koonz talk about their son who has served 10 years and will serve 12 more. One of the problems with the prohibition is that even when there are … Continue reading →

AP WASHINGTON – U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill. President Bush: it’s … Continue reading →

Norm Stamper has an outstanding piece at Alternet: How Legalizing Drugs Will End the Violence … Virtually every analysis of the Mexican “drug problem” points to the themes raised here: the inducements of big money and wide fame; the crushing … Continue reading →

CDEX is developing a “drug gun” that is expected to be available in March 2007, that uses ultraviolet light to detect trace residue of meth, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana on clothing, skin, cars, houses… Wow! Pretty smart ultraviolet light, eh? … Continue reading →

Our DEA museum response site now has its own domain: DEAtargetsAmerica.com

An incoherent report by Stefanie Hausner in the Washington Times about a half-assed measure in Congress to bring us to a slightly improved situation regarding institutionalized racism by the government… but I guess we should be pleased. A bipartisan group … Continue reading →

Something to brighten up your day at YouTube– Cab Calloway sings “Reefer Man” [Via Hit and Run]