Author Archives: Pete Guither

YouTube has bowed to pressure to remove certain categories of videos, based on demands by Joe Lieberman in his efforts to protect us from the terrorists. I’m not sure how it was supposed to work for the terrorists — maybe … Continue reading →

Oh, yeah. The debate over legalization really is dull. That‰s because it‰s over with. The prohibitionists have lost in all important respects, and I suspect they know it.

I love to travel. However, Indonesia will never make my list. 109. Mr. Zulfiqaraw, aged 40, from Lahore, Pakistan, was arrested at Jakarta Airport in November 2004 on allegations of drug related offences. While he was abroad the police raided … Continue reading →

Over at Cato Unbound, in the discussion of the Erowid article Towards a Culture of Responsible Drug Use, Jonathan Caulkins was the first respondent with Is Responsible Drug Use Possible? — a thoroughly out-to-lunch response (which I discussed here –be … Continue reading →

“bullet” An uplifting PostSecret card: To the border patrol agent who ignored the pot in my car in NY in 1973 – I did become a math teacher, I did get married and have a family, and so much more. … Continue reading →

Raw Story: Whistleblower breaks 15-year silence to allege McCain hid wife’s drug abuse Open Left: Did McCain Tamper with the Drug Enforcement Agency to Protect His Career? There’s video of the whistle-blower, some revelations, and some conjecture. There’s also some … Continue reading →

Regardless of what you may think about Venezuela and Chavez, you can’t fault him for wanting his country to not be under the thumb of the U.S., nor is his claim far-fetched that the DEA agents that he kicked out … Continue reading →

“bullet” At the Cato Institute today, at 4:00 pm (Eastern) Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine? (POLICY FORUM) Featuring Cheye Calvo, Mayor, Berwyn Heights, Maryland, Radley Balko, Senior Writer, Reason and author of Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police … Continue reading →

The first salvo of responses to the Erowid article — Towards a Culture of Responsible Drug Use — is now up. It is Jonathan Caulkins, Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University‰s Qatar Campus and Heinz … Continue reading →

I don’t know if you’ve followed the comments section on this post regarding Karin Litzcke’s article about Insite. I came down pretty hard on Karin Litzcke, and I still think her article deserved it, but I’ve got to say that … Continue reading →