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Ex-Narc to El Paso City Council : Legalize Drugs
Prohibition will never curb border violence related to the illegal drug trade, nor will it ever reduce any of the devastating consequences associated with illegal drugs. The only way to reduce illegal drug-market violence is to legalize and regulate drugs, … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Drug War, el paso, Prohibition
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Houston Judges Address Cocaine Law Reform
Reform of cocaine laws will seriously address the problem of jail overcrowding.‘Cocaine is just a chemical. It has no more and no less moral weight than any other chemical. It’s bad for you, but treat it like other chemicals that … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Drug War, Houston
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El Paso City Council : Rethink Drug War, Drug Prohibition
Maybe it’s time for a new look at drug prohibition: A police officer guards a crime scene where four men were gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the border city of Ciudad Juarez Aug. 22, 2008. More than 2,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Drug War, el paso, Mexico, Prohibition, Texas
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Reefer Madness Redux : Drug Laws are So Fifties
copyright © 1998-2008. p. kelly and knuschka.com.The ‘hill of evidence’ against mandatory minimums ‘has grown into a mountain.’By Jordan Smith / October 17, 2008 As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Take, for example, … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drug Laws, Drug War, Mandatory Sentencing, Prohibition
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Hedge-Fund Defector Thanks ‘Prep School Idiots’ ; Says ‘Legalize Pot’
Lahde says pot illegal because corporate America addicted to pharmaceutical profits.‘All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other sides of my trades.’By Katherine Burton … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Legalization, Drug War, Economy, Hedge Funds, Investments, Marijuana
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Reefer Madness Lives : Pot Arrests at All-Time High
Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly 47.5 percent of all drug arrests in the United States, 89% of them for mere possession.By Paul Armentano / September 16, 2008 If denial is the first sign of addiction, then Drug Czar John Walters … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drug Czar, Drug War, Marijuana, Nonviolent Crimes
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The CIA: Just Doing Their Appointed Rounds
As one commenter to the piece on Common Dreams remarks, “Finally, the CIA is being efficient and back hauling terrorists for rendition on their regular drug flights and all you commie, pinko, liberal, hate America types are complaining!” Richard Jehn … Continue reading
Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age : A Psychedelic Drug Revival
Alex Grey’s Oversoul.LSD and other psychedelic medicines make a comebackBy Charles Shaw After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Medicine, Drug War, Drugs, Healing, LSD, Medicinal Drugs, Mental Health, Psychedelics
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What Will the Candidates Do to End the Unwinnable War on Drugs?
‘The prohibition of drugs is perhaps the most disastrous policy currently pursued by the US government’By Johann Hari / August 10, 2008 On January 20th 2009, either the president of the United States will be a man who used to … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Civil Liberties, Drug War, Drugs, Organized Crime, Prohibition, War on Drugs
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DEA Uses Blackwater to Raid Medical Marijuana Providers
Blackwater does the DEA’s job in Culver City, Cal.‘I guess none of their usual buddies were available’By Rebecca Saltzman Last week the DEA raided a medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City, Cal., spending hours on site detaining employees and ultimately … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, California, Congress, DEA, Drug War, Drugs, juana, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana
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Decriminalising Pot: Can They Do It This Time?
Ease Pot Restrictions, Lawmakers UrgeJuly 30, 2008 The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance. … Continue reading
