Author Archives: Pete Guither

Taking a moment to recover… “bullet” A very special thanks to those who chipped in to help out with the trip to DC. Every little bit is much appreciated. “bullet” Must-read. Radley Balko’s response to a pretty ignorant post by … Continue reading →

The remainder of the Sunday sessions have been useful advocacy workshops, including the Elevator Arguments workshop that David Guard and I conducted, and some lunch networking groups (I helped facilitate one on education). I was too busy being actively involved … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling (Criminal Justice Policy Foundation) started off the Sunday Advocacy Skills Training Day with a motivating talk to get students excited about being advocates. A few of the points: Write succinctly Be entertaining Don’t be too self-critical Work as … Continue reading →

Party! We had a great benefit party last night at Rob Kampia’s house in DC. Tons of people – lots of fun. Sorry, no pictures or descriptions here. …you’ll just have to imagine it.

Drugs for Sale! A Discussion of Post-Prohibition Drug Markets (l-r) Tim Lynch (Cato Institute), Ethan Nadelmann (Drug Policy Alliance), Moderator Chris Chiles (SSDP Board) Tim Lynch is very pessimistic about what seems to be happening so far with the Obama … Continue reading →

I got to meet Peter Moskos at the conference. He’s there with his book — I’ve been meaning to talk about it more and will later, but suffice to say right now that it’s an excellent book about policing and … Continue reading →

Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) Plenary: Race, Inner Cities, and the Drug War It was great to have Danny Davis speak. He did a great job of summarizing the ills of the drug war nationally, internationally, and racially. To hear his … Continue reading →

(l-r) Kris Krane, Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Courtland Milloy, Washington Post (Moderator); Kevin Sabet, Students Taking Action Not Drugs The debate started with Kevin Sabet. He really worked on being reasonable-sounding, but a lot of what he said we’ve … Continue reading →

Breakout session: Shots fired: The Casualties of No-Knock Police Raids in America (l-r)Alison Grimmer (SSDP board), Radley Balko (Reason Magazine), David Borden (Stop the Drug War), Cheye Calvo (Mayor, Berwyn Heights) Radley was great. I’m not going to regurgitate what … Continue reading →

Was drug czar taking bribes?