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A Continuing Escalation of the Drug War by Obama
Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:36 PM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
Obama is the worst president of all time when it comes to drug policy and he continues the dreadful drug war under the guise of being evidenced based and backed by experts in the field. Perhaps by those who sell drug tests, but what about the countless experts who question …
SUV Hits Mom Pushing Double Stroller In Mt. Lebanon
Seeded on Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:26 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
Police Investigate Pedestrian Accident On Washington Road
U.S. arrests 2,000 in Mexican drug trade probe
Seeded on Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:15 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 2,000 people in a 22-month investigation targeting Mexican drug trafficking organizations in the United States.
National Drug Control Strategy
Seeded on Tue May 11, 2010 2:15 PM EDT ()
"The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 National Drug Control Budget requests $15.5 billion to reduce drug use and its consequences in the United States. This represents an increase of $521.1 million (3.5 percent) over the FY 2010 enacted level of $15.0 billion.
Ethan Nadelmann Critiques Obama's New Drug War Strategy
Seeded on Tue May 11, 2010 1:57 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Ethan Nadelmann is a leader in the drug reform movement seeking to put an end to the destructive drug policies of the nation.
Dr. Drew Endorses Planting Evidence on Drug Users to Get Them Locked Up
Seeded on Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:21 PM EDT (http://stopthedrugwar.org/)
What was he thinking? He has a great deal of responsibility as a voice on this issue to improve the situation and instead he acts like a drug warrior insisting on taking control of people's lives for them. Thanks doc. I think you owe society an apology.
Drug gangs taking over U.S. public lands
Seeded on Mon Mar 1, 2010 5:12 PM EST (msnbc.com)
The land is being used to grow millions of marijuana plants
Would you vote for Sarah Palin if she endorsed legalizing marijuana?
Sun Feb 7, 2010 10:24 PM EST
I'm curious to see. Please leave a comment with your vote, i would like to see if some Palin haters would reconsider if she got behind some more reasonable drug policy.
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How do you stop a social movement? Prevent them from spreading the message.
Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 10:15 AM EST (Marijuana Law Reform - NORML)
He who controls the message controls the public. That is why it is still illegal. Thanks CBS for contributing to that. I guess the Focus on the Family ad doesn't go past that political threshhold. huh?
Puerto Rico puts military on crime patrol
Seeded on Fri Feb 5, 2010 2:23 PM EST (CNN)
About 1,000 National Guard soldiers will report for duty Saturday in Puerto Rico, activated by the governor this week to help fight a drug-fueled crime tsunami that has flooded the Caribbean island.
Any detectable amount of drugs in your system means DWI?
Seeded on Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:35 PM EST ()
Check out their Per Se standard. I cannot imagine how you can get more unconstitutional than this. This is how the drug warriors operate. Is this what the country is all about?
Saving Mexico: Legalize Marijuana
Seeded on Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:58 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)
Great article from the WSJ online
Racism: The evolutionary argument, religion and cultural nonsense
Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:44 AM EDT
Most racists seem to hold this idea that there are differences in human races thus making some people higher on the "racial hierarchy." Generally, African Americans are lower, along with native peoples, and others such as asians, middle easterners ect.
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Fox News Says Yes To Legalization?
Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 6:45 PM EDT (Marijuana Law Reform - NORML)
Thanks Fox and Freedom Watch! Videos:
Obama Administration Officials Back Out of Drug Policy Conference
Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:04 PM EDT ()
This is cute. A conference where people are coming together to have an honest discussion about drug policy and the federal czars back out because it is not going to be drug-free let's express outrage over drug use whinefest rather than a real discussion.
The Day the SWAT Team Came Crashing Through My Door
Seeded on Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:04 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The police bust in and kill the mayor's two dogs. More victims in the war on drugs. How does he feel about it? Read the article. The war on drugs is perhaps the largest injustice of our time.
Study Says It's Easier For Teens To Buy Marijuana Than Beer
Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:53 AM EDT (Marijuana Law Reform - NORML)
CASA's own study refutes one of the biggest arguments made by prohibitionists to keep pot illegal. Is it really for the kids?
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 & Conflict Theory
Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:21 AM EDT
I wrote this a little while ago for a sociology class, but i think it still applies. I am publishing it for fun, let me know what you think, or not.
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Georgia Lawmaker Tommy Benton Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders
Seeded on Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:22 AM EDT (Marijuana Law Reform - NORML)
Caning and killing. And this guy got elected. Hopefully it will not happen for him again.
Malaysian model to be caned for drinking beer
Seeded on Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:54 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
A Muslim part-time model will be caned next week, becoming the first woman in Malaysia to be given the punishment under Islamic law, after she pleaded guilty to drinking beer, a prosecutor said.
President Obama Increases Spending for the War on Drugs
Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:23 PM EDT
I suppose since the drug war has been such a success and so many people support this war on ourselves that the president saw fit to increase the spending for it.
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U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk to push tougher sentences for more-potent marijuana
Seeded on Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:39 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug-trafficking laws regarding a highly potent form of marijuana, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison for a first-time offense.
PRISON ABUSE IN THE USA condoned by US Government and US Citizens
Seeded on Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:30 PM EDT (patrickcrusade.org)
Prisoner abuse in the US is there. People don't seem to care about it. It is being swept under the carpet. I am especially concerned with women's rights. I think they are more at the mercy of the guards and it is not fair.
Under the radar: US Democrats overseas pass marijuana resolution
Seeded on Tue May 26, 2009 5:05 PM EDT (Raw Story)
The Democratic Party Committee Abroad, otherwise known as Democrats Abroad, passed a resolution on April 25 recommending the legalization of marijuana in all 50 states. The news appears to have gone completely unnoticed by all mainstream outlets.
The Prison System: Not Really A Drain On State Economies
Fri May 22, 2009 10:46 PM EDT
"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."~Voltaire Why do we believe the court system become an infallible judge of wrong doing?
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The White House on Marijuana
This is copy/paste of an email I received from the White House in response to signing a petition on their website. I suppose the fact they responded is good. I do not like their response, however.
A Continuing Escalation of the Drug War by ObamaObama is the worst president of all time when it comes to drug policy and he continues the dreadful drug war under the guise of being evidenced based and backed by experts in the field. Perhaps by those who sell drug tests, but what about the countless experts who question …
The War on Drugs is a Failure
How's that war on drugs going? Get all the drugs off the street? No? Lower drug use? Nope. At least raise the price of street drugs making them harder to get? Hells nos, drugs are cheaper and easier to get then ever. Are these results worth the billions we're spending on en …
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