Author Archives: Pete Guither

“bullet” More of the same in Thailand New Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej insisted Friday that he is not a puppet of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra, despite having boasted during campaigning that he was Thaksin’s proxy. […] Samak also said … Continue reading →

Our Attorney General pulls out the FEAR card again. In a statement prepared for his scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary Committee today, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said that unless Congress acts, “1,600 convicted crack dealers, many of them … Continue reading →

Beyond 2008 conference is underway in Vancouver and LEAP’s Jack Cole is getting some good press: U.S.-style war on drugs a dismal failure and Canada shouldn’t try it, says former cop As long as the U.S-style “war on drugs” continues, … Continue reading →

I ended up going with one of the candidates who said they’ll end the drug war.

I just recently conducted a major study — well actually, I talked to 12 people — and I asked them about England. None of them had ever been there and most expressed doubts about the place. After all, it’s very … Continue reading →

Grant Smith reports from the ONDCP’s Pee-Testing Summit in Jacksonville, Florida. Actual quote from Christina Steffner, principal of Hunterdon Central Regional High School: “Fear in the mind of teenagers is a beautiful thing” This is how they want to shape … Continue reading →

This article in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle was a bit of a surprise, simply because, even when our Congress people end up doing something positive regarding the drug war, it’s usually not with much… intelligence. WASHINGTON — The tough-on-crime crackdown of … Continue reading →

17 people were arrested early yesterday morning and charged with multiple counts of selling marijuana and crack, with 11 more warrants outstanding and the possibility of even more. Yes, this was an operation out to get the biggest of the … Continue reading →

Howard Wooldridge passes on the words of an aide to a major, Republican candidate still running for President: …my personal belief is that you should just keep killing every drug dealer arrested. Eventually you’re going to run out. I’m not … Continue reading →

Much has been made around the drug policy blogosphere in the past day regarding a gotcha moment with Barack Obama regarding decriminalizing marijuana. The Washington Times, in a backhanded hit piece on Obama found a video statement from 2004 where … Continue reading →