Author Archives: Pete Guither

For all you Andrea Barthwell fans… She has added a new organization and website to her repertoire: End: Coalition to End Needless Death on our Roadways. So far, it’s focused on alcohol, but it’ll be interesting to see if some … Continue reading →

The Vancouver Sun this week has just run four days of amazing editorials dealing with marijuana — even more important given the furor over the recent slaying of 4 officers that was improperly and sensationally linked to marijuana. This is … Continue reading →

From Raise Your Voice: Rep. Barney Frank (MA-4) and 55 other members of Congress introduced the Removing Impediments to StudentsÍ Education (RISE) Act, H.R. 1184. If enacted, the bill will repeal the HEA Drug Provision, which, since taking effect in … Continue reading →

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Drug war strategy assailed at forum: Despite a variety of backgrounds — from attorneys to outreach workers to recovering drug users — most of those gathered yesterday at Seattle City Hall to discuss the war on drugs … Continue reading →

Via Jacob Sullum at Hit and Run, a Vermont leglislator has introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana for up to an ounce for adults over 21. He thinks prohibition hasn’t worked and wants to spark a debate. Let’s hear … Continue reading →

I got a wonderful letter from Roger Goodman, Director of the Drug Policy Project of the King County Bar Association. I was so impressed with the KCBA resolution calling upon the State of Washington to take over the regulation and … Continue reading →

Our Drug Czar finished up his speech in Vienna with the following: President Bush has recently called for the United States to engage the world in a renewed campaign to realize the core principles of our nation and of the … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I noted that the Washington Post not only disagreed with our drug warriors regarding needle exchange, but caught them in some bold lies. Turns out a couple of other major newspapers have done the same. First, the New York … Continue reading →

What’s more harmful to a child? Seeing Mom smoke a joint? Or seeing her dragged off to prison? “bullet” Via Jacob Sullum at Hit and Run, California Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian (R-Stockton) has introduced a bill that would make it a … Continue reading →

Editorial in the Calgary Herald LET’S DECLARE WAR ON THE GROW OPS Longer Jail Terms Might Help Protect Police and Citizens … Thursday’s horrific killing of four police officers at a farm near Mayerthorpe, at the site of a marijuana … Continue reading →