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The Zombie Drug: are bath salts really the threat we're lead to believe? Media outlets, politicians, and the public seem in consensus that the new designer drugs known as "Bath Salts" are dangerous substances that warrant new legislation. Grizzly attacks which the media has blamed on this new class of drug provide for sensational stories, but are the claims true, or are these simply scare tactics to support a prohibition on the drugs?...
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 4:50am PST
Cannabidiol Relieves Psychosis in Schizophrenia, Why Illegal? A molecule in cannabis (CBD) has shown to relieve anxiety and symptoms of psychosis in people diagnosed with schizophrenia, though many patients are denied or discouraged from this medicine with fewer side effects than pharmaceutical products because the DEA has deemed the cannabis plant to be "illegal". The U.S. government needs to answer "why?" this medicine warrents time in prison when nobody is being harmed....
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2012 3:17pm PST
I Survived an Assassination Hit on a Real IRA Leader The murder of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan by Dublin's drug cartel is a tragedy as Alan stood up for the oppressed and demanded a community tax from the drug gangs. The drug cartels should pay for the damage that they cause in the community and Alan Ryan realized this. From my perspective Alan Ryan is the true martyr in the "war on drugs" who was killed for standing up to bully drug gangs. God bless Alan Ryan for his courage against evil!!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 12:49pm PDT
9 Of Many Ways Decriminalizaing Marijuana Saves The Government Money a list of ways criminalizing pot costs a great deal of money...
Posted: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 1:13pm PDT
Marijuana, REM Sleep, and PTSD The misguided "war on drugs" by the United States government continues to classify marijuana as a Schedule 1 narcotic. But a recent decision regarding the VA and veterans with PTSD has the potential to loosen that restriction for veterans....
Posted: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 4:48am PDT
Republicans for Reefer? Who woulda thought? With a history of puritanical Calvinism, Paul Ryan's recent support for medicinal marijuana came as quite the surprise....
Posted: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 2:31am PDT
Will Obama's betrayal of medical marijuana cost him the election? As Jimmy Kimmel said when he had Barack Obama on as a guest, "Don't you know that potheads vote?" After campaign promises in the last election to not waste Department of Justice resources on harassing medical marijuana providers, once elected Obama did an about-face and launched a draconian attack on these very same providers....
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 12:37am PDT
The Silver Tour targets medical marijuana message to seniors Although 65% of seniors who vote have voted "no" on medical marijuana, The Silver Tour, headquartered in southern Florida, targets them for education on the issue....
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 11:14pm PDT
Redefining the English language to "fight the drug war" In our rush to fascism police agencies parse words to get around constitutional guarantees. A court in Fairbanks, Alaska, recently ruled that the American people have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding utility bills, therefore the police have no need for a search warrant....
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2012 10:13pm PDT
Help Save Harborside U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag is still doing her Elliott Ness impression, trying to enforce the medieval federal anti-marijuana laws by closing down medicinal marijuana dispensaries. Her latest target is Harborside. Here is how you can help....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 12:33pm PDT
Marijuana's Newest Martyr: Roger Pion - Red Tractor Driving Farmer in Vermont The day was hot on thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, and Roger Pion, a good ol' boy all American hot blooded red tractor driving farmer just had enough. He was still stewing over having been arrested last month for pot charges....
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 10:31am PDT
Civil War Panama used to be a part of Colombia, but because the U.S. wanted to build a canal down there, they backed a rebel leader who led a revolt against Colombia and then declared himself a new government, the government of Panama...
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2012 11:03am PDT
Reefer Madness Goes Felony Isaac ("Lyrical I") Collins faces felony "possession of marijuana with intent to sell" charges. The War on Drugs and boldness of Drug War cops has increased significantly. For the first time that I remember at the 4-20 rally in the Great Meadow last month, an activist was arrested on felony charges for doing what others around him were doing, celebrating and sharing the joy (not to mention standing up to the absurdity of the laws). There are also racial. class, and political dimensions ...
Posted: Sat, May 5, 2012 8:54am PDT
Medical Marijuana Patients Petition Pelosi Medical marijuana patients present Nancy Pelosi a petition with signatures from thousands of San Francisco voters asking the representative to help end the federal governments assault on medical cannabis clubs on Wednesday, May 2nd at 12noon in front of the Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 8:25pm PDT
Economic Ethics and Business Ethics Economic ethics involves economic policy and fairness and goes beyond business ethics, profit maximization and shareholder value. We face an inept and corrupt political economic system that converts private losses into public losses, normalizes endless war and bank bailouts, turns education into a privilege and turns democracy, risk and liability upside down....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 4:59am PDT
What does the raid on Oaksterdam mean for Medicial Marijuana nationwide? Attached is an article written by Aaron Lachant, one of our senior attorneys, providing an overview of the recent raid on Oaksterdam and the affect the DEA and IRS have on the medical marijuana industry. He brings up a few key points such as the steps being taken in California to preserve the existence of cannabis for medicinal reasons and the expansion of other states into the same industry.
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Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 4:53pm PDT
Federal agents raid Oaksterdam University this morning Federal agents descended early Monday on Oaksterdam University — California's first cannabis industry training school — securing the downtown Oakland facility as they served search warrants....
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2012 11:38am PDT
MEXICO: Drug cartel targets woman journalist through online social media (WNN) MEXICO CITY: In less than two months, two women journalists who covered drug-related violence have been killed in Mexico. Yolanda Ordaz a reporter for the Vera Cruz coastal newspaper “Notiver” and more recently, thirty-nine-year-old María Elisabeth Macías Castro, a reporter for the regional newspaper “Primera Hora”, based in the town of Nuevo Laredo located in northern Mexico close to the U.S./Texas border....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 4:05pm PST
Counter-Terrorism and Northern Border Drug Strategy Tied to Perimeter Security Deal The never ending war on drugs and war on terrorism are being used to justify the huge police state security apparatus being assembled. This includes the militarization of the northern border and plans for a North American security perimeter. In the name of national security, there has been a steady erosion of civil liberties and privacy rights in both the U.S. and Canada....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 7:01am PST
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