Author Archives: Pete Guither

As you may know, the U.S. has put the Merida Initiative underway to help the Mexican government fight their drug war — $1.6 billion over three years, with $400 million going to Mexico this year for a combination of law … Continue reading →

As if there weren’t already enough, Maia Szalavitz picks up some more: Jim Ramstad was the sole sponsor of an earmark providing $235,000 to Minnesota Teen Challenge, a branch of a national anti-addiction group which believes that recruiting people into … Continue reading →

There must have been some massive breakdown in procedure in the arrest of a suspect in Chicago early this morning by the FBI. Check out how they went about it. Robert Grant, the FBI special agent in charge, called the … Continue reading →

Via Radley, Colbert King at the Washington Post, who has done more to shed light on Jonathan Magbie’s death back in 2004, continues with For Jonathan Magbie, a Catalogue of Injustice For those who missed this case back then, Magbie … Continue reading →

The foremost academic apologist for a kinder, gentler prohibition — Mark Kleiman — has resurfaced to address prohibition again, and as usual resorts to academic dishonesty and outright wankery. Kleiman had pretty much stopped writing about drug policy at his … Continue reading →

We keep hearing from the drug warriors that the war is going great, with disasters like Colombia, Mexico, and Afghanistan held up as examples of success. Isn’t there some kind of psychiatric term for a complete disconnect from reality? Danny … Continue reading →

Even though drug policy reform is a logical position for liberals in many ways, it has been very hard to get any traction publicly in liberal strongholds, as they have tended to vacillate between trying to be as ‘tough’ (stupid) … Continue reading →

Drug policy reform’s bad boy, Barry Cooper, is apparently running stings on police now. It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. Mark Draughn’s take at Windypundit: You know what would be interesting? If someone—perhaps in response to accusations … Continue reading →

“bullet” Some assorted coverage of the 75th anniversary of repeal We can do it again – celebrating the end of alcohol prohibition – Transform John Walters’ Well-Kept Secret: ‘Our Drug Policy Is a Success’ – Jacob Sullum at Reason DPA: … Continue reading →

Patt Morrison, in the Los Angeles Times attempts a cute piece on the notion of taxing marijuana: Should We Tax Pot? Do we think we can stick our bicuspids under the pillow and the national tooth fairy will leave $800 … Continue reading →