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. It has a

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, a blog, and other functions, including a comprehensive guide to the

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'' Gonzales v. Raich'', a case dealing with

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and

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. The site caused controversy when, in 2004,

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Congressman Jerry Weller used the site's endorsement of his opponent Tari Renner in order to accuse him of supporting drug legalization. Renner denounced Weller's vicious negative campaign, and the site also gave a

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. In 2006, when the

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tried to assert a connection between

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and

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, the blog rebuked the Agency, saying the War on Drugs was actually causing worse crime and terrorism. Notably, the site features a list of "drug war victims", commemorating people who it says have died because of the excess of drug prohibition. The founder of DrugWarRant, Peter Guither, is a retired assistant to the dean of College of

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and the founder of performance/photography project The Living Canvas.Profile of Peter Guither
Illinois State University

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