Author Archives: Pete Guither

Well, I’m back from opening weekend of my show: The Living Canvas at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. Great opening and I’m exhausted, but feel quite pleased with the show (please come see it if you’re in the city). I’ll … Continue reading →

Link Where’s Colonel Hogan when you need him?

Over on the Drug Czar’s “blog” is this dramatic statement: On Tuesday, July 19th, attempts to legalize medical marijuana failed for the second time in Iowa City, IA. The City Council ruled against the legalization of marijuana for medical use … Continue reading →

Speaking of NORML, they’ve come out with “The 2005 NORML Truth Report: Your Government Is Lying To You (Again) About Marijuana,” — a detailed analysis and refutation of the White House’s more prominent allegations regarding marijuana and marijuana policy. (HTML … Continue reading →

Another reason to dissolve all multi-jurisdictional drug task forces. They are not accountable to local or state authority. You may recall me talking some time back about the case of Don Nord, in Denver. Arrested, yet turned out to have … Continue reading →

Interesting. Read the details of this case. An 18-year-old faces a controversial “school-zone” mandatory prison term for selling pot. (The Massachussetts “school-zones” cover just about everything.) The defense attorney apparently raised enough questions about entrapment and that the severity of … Continue reading →

The debate in committee has spilled over to today, so you can still call if you’re in one of the districts listed below. The New York Times came out with a dynamite editorial on the subject: One of the most … Continue reading →

Radley Balko at The Agitator has been all over the DEA’s war on pain doctors. Here he has correspondence from doctors who have been targeted. There are two other must-read articles on this subject: Why is The DEA Hounding This … Continue reading →

Via DRCNet: On Tuesday, July 19, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce will be voting on H.R. 609, the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) will introduce a crucial amendment to H.R. … Continue reading →

… a prohibitionist like Joyce Nalepka opens her mouth. This is one of the most bizarre OpEds I’ve read recently: Joyce Nalepka: Don’t swallow drug legalizers’ lies in the Providence Journal. The article is clearly aimed at the medical marijuana … Continue reading →