Author Archives: Pete Guither

Link President Bush has taken Venezuela off his list of allies in the war on drugs, saying that the government of President Hugo Chavez spurned anti-drug cooperation with U.S. officials and fired its effective law enforcement officers. But the White … Continue reading →

Link A Boulder City woman who pleaded no contest to possession of six marijuana plants could lose her house over the case. Officials in the small town, which prides itself on being the only community in the state that doesn’t … Continue reading →

As reported all over the web today, Tom DeLay officially acknowledged that Republican leadership has absolutely no concept of fiscal conservatism. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared … Continue reading →

“bullet” The depressing clean-up effort… In New Orleans’s downtown, most of it on higher and drier land, authorities allowed business owners to check their buildings Monday. Dump trucks with claws plucked the growing piles of debris from street corners and … Continue reading →

Ed Rosenthal is appealing his 1 day and time served federal conviction for medical marijuana. In case you’ve forgotten, this was the case where he was not allowed to mention medical marijuana or the fact that the city had deputized … Continue reading →

Caught this press release about a new book coming out from Hoover Institution Press: Drug War Deadlock: The Policy Battle Continues (Hoover Institution Press, 2005), edited by Hoover research fellow Laura E. Huggins It’s a collection of articles, OpEds, letters … Continue reading →

It’s easy to see why Emery pisses off the DEA so much… Marc Emery took a hit from a joint as his fans smoked and screamed for his freedom in front of the U.S. consulate.

Silja J.A. Talvi of In These Times gives us an outstanding article at Alternet: Smoked Out. Although the author stumbles slightly with an unsupported lung cancer reference (which I correct in the comments there), this is an outstanding indictment of … Continue reading →

As John Roberts’ confirmation hearings begin, here are a few Supreme tidbits: “bullet” Jack Shafer discusses the late Chief Justice Rehnquist’s drug addiction to placidyl. “bullet” From Grits for Breakfast, a reminder that Roberts appears to not be much of … Continue reading →

In the Boston Herald: “The war on drugs has become a war on sick people and doctors are caught in the cross fire,” said Harvard-trained Dr. Frank Fisher, a California pain doctor who was slapped with drug and murder charges … Continue reading →