Author Archives: Pete Guither

Via boingboing Working with Witness and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, we cut together excerpts from “Dare to Question? Using Video to Take on UN Drug Policies” and other testimonials appealing to the United Nations to reconsider its hardline policies … Continue reading →

The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s “blog” has a good post about the dangers of accidental poisoning: Is Your Home Safe? National Poison Prevention Week is a good time for people with young children to ensure that kitchen cabinets, … Continue reading →

The Politics and Science of Medical Marijuana Today (Tuesday, March 17) at noon Eastern Featuring Donald Abrams, M.D., Director of Clinical Programs, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California; Robert DuPont, M.D., President, Institute for Behavior and Health; Rob … Continue reading →

Who ever thought that SSDP would be using a Barry McCaffrey quote as a recruitment slogan?

Linda Valdez has an fascinating OpEd in today’s Arizona Republic: Stem the violence, make marijuana legal Imagine you had a really smart bomb – a genius bomb – that could blow up the leaders of every drug cartel in Mexico. … Continue reading →

Who else would actually believe this crap? On the key issue of illegal drugs–the widely recognized source of criminal power in Mexico–the Obama administration is lurching dangerously in reverse. In his first statement on drug policy, Attorney General Eric Holder … Continue reading →

Radley Balko’s been covering the case of Derek Copp, a Grand Rapids student who was shot in the chest by a cop during a drug raid. The police still won’t release whether any drugs were found or, as Radley puts … Continue reading →

It’s something we hear quite often, but of course it just isn’t true. For more than five years, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Lt. Barbara Ferguson has been helping the men and women of the department protect the public. But instead … Continue reading →

I saw Martha Clarke’s Garden of Earthly Delights last night at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Stunning. Now I’m off to take my train trip home and will be out of touch until Sunday night. “bullet” Rob Kampia will be appearing … Continue reading →

Glenn has been a strong supporter of drug policy reform for some time, and I even helped write a guest post on reform at his site several years ago. But he’s had a lot of other things on his plate … Continue reading →