Author Archives: Pete Guither

Nice to see this excellent Showtime series continuing to get good notice: Weeds, Sky One’s drama about a housewife who deals marijuana, created a stir by beating Channel 4 imports Lost and Desperate Housewives to win the award for best … Continue reading →

Via a friend in Seattle… I think I would have really enjoyed a program that was held at the University of Washington this evening: “Marijuana, the Unnecessary War,”, featuring travel writer Rick Steves along with Roger Goodman, director of the … Continue reading →

Link LASHKARGAH, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghanistan will encourage its powerful drug lords to invest their illegally earned profits in the war-shattered country, according to the governor of the nation’s top opium-growing region. The offer comes amid warnings of another bumper … Continue reading →

Via Americans for Safe Access: This morning, in a cruel act of harassment and intimidation DEA agents, along with Riverside County Sheriff’s officers, raided a small medical marijuana collective grow outside of Palm Desert, California. When the DEA knocked on … Continue reading →

You may be aware recently that a couple of radio stations in Wyoming had been running some medical marijuana Public Service Announcements from MPP, until a local police chief complained and they pulled them. MPP’s Bruce Mirken responded with this … Continue reading →

A couple of editorials in my morning reading caught my attention. One good, one bad. “bullet” A good one from the Colorado Spring Gazette, also published in the Sedalia (MO) Democrat The article talks about the border violence near Nueva … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft comes this article at the BBC. The Institute of Psychiatry has identified a gene variant that may increase the likelihood of dependence on cocaine. This is not a particular surprise to me. There’s always been some evidence that … Continue reading →

On Thursday, Congress reauthorized the Office of National Drug Control Policy. These are the principled members of Congress who voted against: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) Rep. Maxine Waters … Continue reading →

Mike Krause, veteran of the Coast Guard, and director of the Justice Policy Initiative, writes in the Denver Post: Drug war trumps port safety The top objective of the U.S. Coast Guard’s anti-terrorism strategy is to protect what’s called the … Continue reading →

Link Condoleezza Rice and Bolivian President Evo Morales met to discuss the drug war. Now, you might think that this would be a big thing — after all, there are huge differences in policy. U.S. pushes for complete eradictaion, Morales … Continue reading →