Author Archives: Pete Guither

… then your head get gets stuffed up. You start coughing — you know, that racking cough that makes you sore. Every time you try to lay down, your head feels worse. You need sleep. So you go to the … Continue reading →

Link With police officers and federal law enforcement agents ratcheting up the pressure on [New Orleans] residents to leave, the holdouts worry that it is just a matter of time before they are forced out. Ms. Harris said she did … Continue reading →

Health and Human Services announced today the results of the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health I’m sure that there will be a number of interesting bits of data in this year’s results that I’ll talk about later, … Continue reading →

Via NORML London, United Kingdom: The downgrading of cannabis to a non-arrestable offense has not been associated with an increase in adolescents’ use of the drug, according to survey data published by the United Kingdom’s Department of Health. The Department … Continue reading →

Virgo: August 23 – September 22 Despite your claims of historical importance and the need to remember America’s fallen heroes, the authorities continue to refuse to grant you the permits required by your avid group of drug-war re-enactors. From The … Continue reading →

This has been reported widely already while I was gone (See Grits, and

Link WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) — Teens in the handful of states allowing medical marijuana are no more likely to use the drug than those in other states, according to a study released Tuesday. We already knew this, but it’s … Continue reading →

So here’s the outline: 14-year veteran New York Firefighter spends day after day at ground zero pulling out pieces of people — a face, a scalp with hair, an arm… Nightmares plague him and he turns to drugs Caught once … Continue reading →

It was a wonderful and refreshing extended weekend, brought down only by the depressing news that continued to break through from New Orleans. It was interesting to discover that, with all the stranded and starving people, they found time to … Continue reading →

I’m doing some camping in Wisconsin and Iowa, with no internet access (or TV or radio…), so talk amongst yourselves (I should be back Wednesday). Consider this an open thread and a place to pass on any interesting developments in … Continue reading →