Author Archives: Pete Guither

The L.A. Times reports that New Hampshire, due to financial crises, is putting a freeze on jury trials! Hmm… I seem to remember reading something about jury trials before… Oh yeah, in the Constitution of the United States In all … Continue reading →

Now, it’s not just New Zealand that uses really bad science when it comes to the drug war, but it sure seems like that little country shows up disproportionately, (although a lot of that is attributed to the outrageously bad … Continue reading →

“bullet” Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast rounds up a good discussion on the Dynamics of Overcriminalization “bullet” Budget Woes Kill Elgin’s DARE Program “bullet” “drcnet”

Scott Morgan has the story

Annual deaths from extreme cold: 680 Annual deaths from marijuana overdose: 0 Something must be done about this. My God, they let children play in it! And lots of people even own their own freezers. Somebody oughta write a law.

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Tuesday that he supports and would sign a bill allowing medicinal marijuana use, but added that economic issues are his top priority. “I don’t think that we ought to be having fights on … Continue reading →

What is it with this country’s apparent thirst for seeing hard-core “law and order” that doesn’t actually respect… the law? More at Crooks and Liars.

Allan catches this outrageous editorial at a sleazy rag called Investor’s Business Daily. They start by buying into the most rosy cherry picked statistics they can find direct from the DEA and the drug czar and decide: The news is … Continue reading →

CBS news has been pushing this Mexico Drug War story: Brutal Drug War Fueled By U.S. Appetite. From the headline, you can see where it’s headed, and, sure enough… Bill Gore has witnessed the carnage, first as the FBI Special … Continue reading →

I’m honored to have been chosen by NORML and High Times as a Freedom Fighter, in the upcoming February, 2009 issue of HIgh Times. Freedom Fighter Blog Star Pete Guither leads a war against propaganda As the art of blogging … Continue reading →