DrugWarRant is a website created by activist Peter Guither that specifically advocate the termination of

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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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'', 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

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used the site's endorsement of his opponent Tari Renner in order to accuse him of supporting

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. Renner denounced Weller's vicious

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, 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

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

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. The founder of DrugWarRant, Peter Guither, is currently an assistant to the dean of College of

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.Profile of Peter Guither
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