(ANTIMEDIA) Law enforcement uses reagent drug kits, which cost about $2 a pop, to test for illegal drugs in the field. It’s a small price to pay to permanently ruin an innocent person’s life.
(ANTIMEDIA) America is known for its military capabilities and culture of warrior worship among its population. What if, however, you learned that Mexico — not America — is the force with the highest recorded kill rate? Mexican Marines, in fact, are such efficient killers that international watchdogs fear the numbers all but confirm some of the most horrid tales of atrocity from the ongoing drug war.
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Lou and LieuThe vote in the House to approve the ability of doctors in VA hospitals in states that have legalized medical marijuana-- 41 and counting-- to prescribe it to patients is a tiny baby step along the road to legalization. There have been many baby steps in recent years. But 14 congressmembers have decided to go for a giant step. I'll explain in a moment. These are the Members:
Finally some good news.
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Psychedelic activists are taking their fight to the UN.
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Another reason to legalize cannabis.
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Exclusive: Support for the “war on drugs” has eroded so much that anti-drug-war hoax statements from senior officials sounded plausible even to the mainstream media, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall In 1998, assembled delegates to the United Nations vowed…Read more →
“Humankind cannot afford a 21st century drug policy as ineffective and counter-productive as the last century’s.”
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Californians voted-- 5,382,915 (55.6%) to 4,301,960 (44.4%)-- to legalize medical marijuana in a 1996 proposition written by an old friend and coworker of mine, Dennis Peron. Our state was the first to do so, although half the states in the union have followed suit, blue states like New York and Massachusetts, red states like Alaska and Arizona and purple states like Nevada and New Hampshire.
