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Hightower Lowdown | The “Drug War” is doing far more harm th
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on November 11, 2009
TIME TO STOP AMERICA’S PREPOSTEROUS WAR ON POT The “Drug War” is doing far more harm than marijuana itself ever will. When will America admit its mistake in inciting the drug war?
Medical marijuana could lead to full legalization
Even conservatives are saying, ‘Why not?’ Drug war has failed.
Farmers Arrested Planting Hemp On DEA Headquarters Lawn
Posted by admin in Political News on October 13, 2009
A group of civilly-disobedient hemp farmers and business leaders were arrested Tuesday morning while digging up the lawn to plant industrial hemp seeds at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Cultivating industrial hemp, the non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana, is illegal under the “drug war.”
ABC, CBS, Fox Censor Medical Pot Ads-Pharmaceutical Ads AoK
Posted by admin in World News on September 17, 2009
An effort is under way to legalize medical marijuana in New York and remove sick people from the drug war battlefield. Unfortunately, three of the biggest TV stations in New York City don’t want you to know about it.
Drug War Racism
Posted by admin in Political News on September 17, 2009
New York City is the marijuana-arrest capital of the country and maybe the world. Since 1997, according to statistics complied by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, 430,000 people age 16 and older have been pinched in the city for possession of marijuana, often for quantities as little as a joint…
Rasmussen Poll: Majority Of Americans Say Marijuana Is Safer
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on September 4, 2009
Another interesting factoid in the push to give peace to the drug war.
Anti-Marijuana Zealot Still Employed By Obama
Posted by admin in Political News on August 26, 2009
David Murray is a lone human memento of the Bush administration’s drug war, surrounded by people who are trying to undo the work on which he has spent the past eight years.
In Decriminalizing Much Drug Use, Mexico May Be Setting…
Posted by admin in World News on August 26, 2009
With barely a peep from Washington, Mexico decriminalizes the use of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and crystal meth. Where’s the drug war?
Cops refuse to arrest activist for having marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2009
Freestater activist BigMike walks around Manchester asking random people their thoughts on the drug war. The police have been notified but refuse to arrest him, even after taking his marijuana inside to the police station.
Republican moms for marijuana: ‘Time to legalize is now’
As Republican mother committed to legalizing marijuana, political life can be lonely. But while many in my party whisper about the Drug War’s insanity, we should shout it from the rooftop: the time to legalize is now.
Killing Medical Marijuana User, Rod Wells of Missouri
Posted by admin in Political News on July 17, 2009
“Rod became a victim of the drug war when his home burned as the result of an unattended candle. Firemen discovered his medicinal grow and subsequently called in the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department.
Rod was arrested while his home was still burning.
Rod has been an Epileptic since 1984 following the removal of a brain aneurism.”
Why Obama Really Might Decriminalize Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on July 16, 2009
The stoner community is clamoring to say it: “Yes we cannabis!” Turns out, with several drug-war veterans close to the president-elect’s ear, insiders think reform could come in Obama’s second term — or sooner
Foreign Policy Magazine Exposes Folly Of Marijuana Prohibiti
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on July 5, 2009
The American prohibition on thinking smart in the drug war The Washington consensus on drugs rests on two widely shared beliefs. The first is that the war
Legalize pot movement gains steam – Addictions- msnbc.com
The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. Such developments are kindling optimism among those who want to see marijuana legalized.
Nation & World | More are asking: Is it time to legalize pot
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on June 16, 2009
The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, “I inhaled.”
These are reasons why many proponents of legalized marijuana have unprecedented optimism.
Momentum builds for broad debate on legalizing marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on June 15, 2009
The savage Mexican drug war. Crumbling state budgets. The election of a president who said, “Yes — I inhaled.” These developments are kindling unprecedented optimism among the many Americans who want marijuana legalized. Doing so could weaken cartels profiting from U.S. pot sales, save billions in enforcement costs, and generate billions in taxes.
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