Author Archives: Pete Guither

… and gain an additional $2.4 billion to $6.2 billion if they taxed it. That’s a budget swing of close to $14 billion a year at a time when we’re broke. The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition, by Boston University … Continue reading →

A couple of notable segments on NPR today. First was an interview of John Walters by Ed Gordon: U.S. Drug Czar on the ‘War on Drugs’ and Race — a somewhat vapid interview with Gordon asking the Czar if we’re … Continue reading →

By now, everyone reading this site should be fully aware of Senselessbrenner’s travesty of a bill HR 1528. Defending America’s Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005. (see my earlier post) If you haven’t … Continue reading →

Not today. 183 days and counting since the oral arguments in Raich v. Ashcroft. Here are the decisions that came from the Supreme Court today. Next day is Monday, June 6.

In this article: Addiction Worker Warns Abuse Is Deadly, Norma Medulun, Hotel Dieu Hospital’s director of addiction, autism and developmental services, delivers one of the most stupid statements I’ve heard from a prohibitionist in some time. “Ongoing use of marijuana … Continue reading →

I reported a few days back on a fairly bizarre article from Virginia about (in part) the assistance that Andrea Barthwell and John Pastuovic have provided for promoting a school drug testing program in Williamsburg. Several people contact the editor … Continue reading →

John Cole does a very nice riff on a throw-away post of mine. Be sure to catch the “punch line” at the end.

Egalia adds more information: Nashville Police Bust 60-Year-Old Cancer Victim for 303 Pounds of Medical Marijuana Also at Kos. It looks like they’re doing some really creative weighing there (maybe they have the policeman holding the plants step on the … Continue reading →

That’s right, THE Quezon City Regional Trial Court [Thursday] sentenced to life imprisonment a painter for selling a 0.02 gram of shabu to a cop two years ago. OK, I admit my first reaction was that it sounded excessive, but … Continue reading →

Marty Lederman at SCOTUSblog continues to speculate about who is writing the Raich v. Ashcroft opinion (which, of course, might have some bearing on guessing the result). His current view? Colonel Mustard wrote it using a Candlestick in the Library. … Continue reading →