Author Archives: Pete Guither

In a 6-1 ruling: Blocks of marijuana found in the “back room” of a Colorado Springs liquor store can’t be used as evidence against the store manager because he could reasonably expect privacy from searches of the back area under … Continue reading →

Matt Welch at Reason has a great article on the propaganda issue: Bamboozlers On the Loose. Of course, this is all just peanuts compared to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which since 1998 has spent $1 billion trying … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft. Cocaine, a new documentary by award-winning director Angus Macqueen, will air on British Television next week over several days. Full article. Celebrated documentary-maker Angus Macqueen spent 18 months on the cocaine trail across Latin America from the dirt-poor … Continue reading →

Link IRAQI militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna said it killed what it called a drug dealer in the northern city of Mosul and posted a video of the shooting on its website today. The video showed a man standing … Continue reading →

Nice little segment on The Daily Show tonight — Jon led it off with the illegal media pieces by the Drug Czar and segued into the Dept. of Education payola scandal. And had a little fun with it as always. … Continue reading →

Interesting column in the New York Daily News by Denis Hamill In 1969, as a hippie kid at Woodstock, I sat in the mud with a score of Brooklyn pilgrims from Prospect Park’s Hippie Hill listening to festival organizers shouting … Continue reading →

Scott comes through for me (as always) with the full details of the Jam Cruise 3 drug bust (including, bizarrely, photos of all those arrested and video of the news coverage). “Jam Cruise 3” Lands Twelve in Jail Before Ship … Continue reading →

“bullet” Loretta Nall’s debate last night turned out relatively non-controversial as her “opponent” was mostly in agreement. (It’s hard to get the real prohibitionists to debate since their position has so little factual base.) You can get the story (and … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s Houston Chronicle, defense attorney Brian Samuelson has written an outstanding piece: Lawyer’s Plea on Pot Penalty. Basically, he’s calling for decriminalization and gives quite a number of excellent practical reasons for it. He also, though, lays on the … Continue reading →

“bullet” At 8 pm (ET) tomorrow, Loretta Nall will be debating Western Carolina University Police Chief McAbee on the Free Speech Radio program at Western North Carolina University. “bullet” At Grits for Breakfast, Scott has a guest blogger who will … Continue reading →