Author Archives: Pete Guither

“bullet” In today’s Boston Globe, a nice article on Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and Jack Cole: Former Cop Changes Sides in Nation’s War on Drugs: ”Right now the people that control and regulate drugs are the dealers,” Cole said. … Continue reading →

I’m not sure where the seizure happened, but I live in Bloomington, just a few blocks from I-55, so it was pretty close. Reported in the Pantagraph: BLOOMINGTON — What began as a routine traffic stop Thursday on Interstate 55 … Continue reading →

The ACLU has a guide to this year’s Supreme Court term. Here’s their description of a few cases related to drug policy. The issue in United States v. Booker (04-104) and United States v. Fanfan (04-105), is whether the federal … Continue reading →

In a follow-up to my post yesterday, comes today’s editorial in the Washington Post: An Inmate’s Death. Jonathan Magbie, a 27-year-old quadriplegic who had been unable to breathe on his own since he was 4, was sent to a Corrections … Continue reading →

“I’m not saying that he shouldn’t have been punished, because he did smoke the marijuana,” his mother, Mary Scott, said yesterday, a day after burying her son. “I just don’t think it should have cost him his life.” That’s the … Continue reading →

New to the drug policy blogs… decrimwatch Keeping an eye on cannabis decrimiminalization news, particularly in Chicago

I chased criminal plants. I tore up fields of hemp. … I started a war to repress the people of Bolivia and Columbia … I contributed to the loss of Bill of Rights for all Americans … I turned some … Continue reading →

I’ll start watching debates when they’re ready to talk seriously about drug policy. Odds are, that won’t happen. Let me know if I’m wrong. I’ll be coming out with my endorsement and analysis of the Presidential race sometime in October … Continue reading →

Thanks to Scott (of course), comes this amazing piece in the Houston Press. It’s a five (web) page article on medical marijuana by Michael Serazio called Reefer Madness. I’m just going to quote extensively from it (although this is still … Continue reading →

Flash animation at Drug Policy Alliance. Go watch.