Author Archives: Pete Guither

A big welcome to all the new members of the Illinois State University chapter of SSDP. We had a huge round-table discussion tonight — a great turn-out. Hope to see more of you here, and at Illinois State SSDP activities.

Link Caracas, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek el Aissami said on Wednesday the United States lacks moral authority on the international war on drugs. We reject US immoral accusations, El Aissami said at a … Continue reading →

Happy Constitution Day! It’s the 221st Anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution — a document that gives specific limited delineated powers to the government, while retaining the rest for the people. In 221 years, of course, much has … Continue reading →

I’ve got to admit, I’m having a little bit of fun with this, despite the deadly serious nature of the issues… Jonathan Caulkins steps back into the fray in “The Discussion” part of the Cato Unbound series. You may remember … Continue reading →

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Mark Kleiman has his response to the Cato Unbound series with: Drug Policy in Principle, and in Practice. A couple of excellent comments have already been expressed in the placeholder post below. But I wanted to take a chance to … Continue reading →

The final response over at Cato Unbound is in: Mark Kleiman with Drug Policy in Principle, and in Practice Cato Unbound is to be commended for having assembled a symposium free both of the usual drug war rant and of … Continue reading →

Jane Bussey of McClatchy Newspapers generously demonstrates her own cognitive disfunction (and perhaps that of portions of the Mexican population) in Mexico’s Calderon takes popular and dangerous stand against cartels With all the violence and death that has occurred since … Continue reading →

An interesting article about college students going to Amsterdam to study drug policy. Logical, right? But I was struck by this fascinating passage in the article: Marijuana isn’t legal in Amsterdam. Rather, it’s decriminalized. It’s similar to Americans going into … Continue reading →

You’ve probably heard about how more and more prescription drugs are being found in the water supply. The government made some noises about how people need to be more careful about disposing of prescription drugs. However, it turns out that … Continue reading →