Author Archives: Pete Guither

Eric Baerren, News Editor of the Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Morning Sun has a strong and detailed response to the recent Michigan Supreme Court decision allowing the discovery of chemical byproducts in the blood to qualify as “impaired” driving. Baarren takes … Continue reading →

It’s simply the latest in the series of stories that reveal the administration’s mistaken belief that the 911 terrorists crashed into and destroyed the Constitution instead of the World Trade Center. This one has to do with secret investigations of … Continue reading →

Today’s Washington Post has a good article by Eric E. Sterling and Julie Stewart: Undo This Legacy of Len Bias’s Death. One result was the innocuous-sounding Narcotics Penalties and Enforcement Act, which became the first element of the enormous Anti-Drug … Continue reading →

I’ve added a number of new items at the Drug WarRant Store, utilizing the End Prohibition Now theme. These and more…

… and proud of it. It’s an honor to be mentioned this way in this essay by Phillip S. Smith in the Drug War Chronicle” On the eve of American independence, the colonies were awash with wild-eyed radicals taking pen … Continue reading →

The rural Lahontan Valley News came out in favor of Nevada’s marijuana legalization initiative It’s time to pass this multi-pronged approach to marijuana regulation and end years of speculation and fruitless debates. What the initiative offers is a chance for … Continue reading →

Nicholas Sarwark at Hammer of Truth has it right.

Interesting article by Nathan Riley in the Gay City News about upstate New York District Attorney David Soares, who has made quite a bit of news lately. The important point in this article is noting that here is a drug … Continue reading →

I was beginning to despair as to whether any of the non-blog media would cover the real story about the aftermath of Len Bias’ death, but a couple have come through. Kevin Litten of the University of Maryland’s Diamondback had … Continue reading →

Radley Balko’s got a good piece at Reason: Buffalo’s Stampede Against Privacy — City of Light’s finest bomb houses, arrest scores, kill dogs, and achieve nothing