Author Archives: Pete Guither

“bullet” Over at The Agitator read what John Tierney has to say. Go read the whole thing. Here’s some snippets… As the baby boomers age, more and more Americans will either be enduring chronic pain or taking care of someone … Continue reading →

The Brits really seem to like this sensationalistic stuff. The BBC magazine has a feature: Out of joint: Here, one father tells the traumatic story of how cannabis turned his bright and promising teenage son into a wreck. Gives you … Continue reading →

Questions raised for years about city ‘flex squad’ in the Baltimore Sun (via Hit and Run). The Southwestern District flex squad has been disbanded and its officers suspended under a huge list of allegations, including rape charges against some officers, … Continue reading →

Interesting article by Sharon Lerner in the Village Voice, Anatomy of a Drug Craze: Why Tough Laws Can’t Claim Credit For Beating Back Crack Decades after the hysteria of the crack “epidemic,” and the legacy of bad law (including racist … Continue reading →

For my regular readers… You don’t get opportunities like this very often, so here’s your chance. Be pleasant and polite. She’s a nice liberal girl with a B.A. in political science who thinks she has the drug war figured out.

Adam Isaacson’s got the data: Total U.S. aid to Colombia over the seven years between 2000 and 2006: $4.72 billion Square miles of Colombia sprayed with “Round-Up Ultra” herbicide, 2000-2005: 2,550 Land area of Delaware, square miles: 1,954 Square miles … Continue reading →

This could be huge. Former NY state criminal justice official Scott Christianson takes a different look at crime statistics in today’s Christian Science Monitor. Christianson first notes that violent crime has been falling, particularly in the past 10 years, and … Continue reading →

SCOTUSblog previews today’s Supreme Court arguments in United States v. Grubbs. While this is a pornography case, it has a lot of potential connection to the drug war. The case involves Anticipatory Search Warrants. These are warrants that are issued … Continue reading →

Scott over at Flex Your Rights Blog writes about a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that’s a slap at the U.S. Supreme Court. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week that police may not automatically search vehicles following an … Continue reading →

Not much time to post right now, so I may comment more later. Link The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die. Justices, on … Continue reading →