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THE WAR ON SOME DRUGS

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Drug War
Edited by Ernest Hancock

Chronicles of the failed Drug War in the United States of America and around the world.

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News Las Vegas Marijuana Convention Plans Go Up in Smoke 2-8-10 • EconomicPolicyJournal.com "I felt there was a negative vibe there," he said. "Even at the meeting, a Mandalay Bay security guy said, `Pot smokers don't drink and gamble and that's where we make our money. It's bad for business.'" • • •
Jack Gregson

News Drug cartels tighten grip; Mexico becoming 'narco-state' 02-07-2010 • Arizona Republic Before dawn, gunmen kidnapped the elderly fathers of the town administrator and the secretary of the City Council. Within hours, both officials resigned along with the mayor, the entire City Council, 2 department heads, the police chief and all 60 po • • •
Powell Gammill

Opinion
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Legalize all Drugs=Use & Abuse Double: The Consequences
02-04-2010
Frosty Wooldridge
“Legalize drugs and all hell and ruin will plague the USA as drug use/abuse doubles!” said Officer Howard Wooldridge. “The sky will fall in." NOT!

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News FDA probes candy-like tobacco products 02-04-2010 • Reuters U.S. health officials are worried that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products can look too much like candy and are probing companies for more information to weigh the risk of nicotine addiction and poisoning in children. • • •
Powell Gammill

News States mull requiring prescription for Sudafed and Claritin-D 02-03-2010 • USA Today (h/t The Agitator) State and local efforts to thwart methamphetamine production by further limiting consumer access to a popular decongestant are pitting law enforcement against pharmacists and patients. New ordinances in some Missouri communities and legislation pe • • •
Powell Gammill

News President Obama grows the Drug War 2-3-10 • RawStory.com The president's National Drug Control Budget also continues the Bush administration's public relations tactic of obscuring the costs of prosecuting and imprisoning drug offenders. "Enron style accounting," • • •
Jack Gregson

News “I Don’t Care What The Judge Said!” — The Morally Obscene War On Drugs 02-03-2010 • Joel Turtel, author Why the war on drugs is morally obscene and how juries can end the drug war. 1 • • • •
Joel Turtel

News Obama Grows the Drug War, with Enforcement a Clear Priority 02-03-2010 • The Raw Story According to 2011 funding "highlights" released by the ONDCP, the Obama administration is growing the drug war and tilting its funds heavily toward law enforcement over treatment. 2 • • • •
Jet Lacey

News YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview 02-02-10 • Toke of the Town Yes, questions about marijuana were the most popular in the CitizenTube voting Monday afternoon. But YouTube, in a gutless move, decided at the last minute not to present the highest ranked questions to the President. • • •
Steve Elliott

News Jail bans letters? (Marijuana civil disobedience) 01-29-2010 • The Ridley Report Not all letters, but many peaceful notes, are apparently being rejected at the Valley Street facility because they come from a third party liberty organization. The "banned" group is called Mail-to-Jail.com 1 • • • •
Keith Hamburger

News L.A. council votes to close most pot dispensaries 01-26-2010 • Reuters The LA City Council approved an ordinance that will shut down hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries that recently opened in America's second-largest city. The statute, passed on a 9-3 vote, ultimately would limit the number of licensed dispensar 1 • • • •
Powell Gammill

News US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs' 01-24-2010 • independent.co.uk After 40 years of defeat and failure, America's "war on drugs" is being buried in the same fashion as it was born – amid bloodshed, confusion, corruption and scandal. 2 • • • •
Brock Lorber

News In Drug War, Tribe Feels Invaded by Both Sides 01-24-2010 • NY Times Residents are angry at the intrusion of 100's of federal agents, some who stay on bases in remote parts of the reservation. Agents means more checkpoints and tighter controls on a border that tribal members, 1,500 who live in Mexico, once freely cros 1 • • • •
Powell Gammill

News The HeroicBrad Jardis Kicked Out of LEAP! 01-24-2010 • Ian Freeman A few days ago on freekeene.com, news was posted that longtime NH police officer Brad Jardis was no longer going to arrest medical cannabis users. LEAP did not think Jardis' statements were best for their appearance, and kicked him out. 6 • • • •
Ben Nichols

News Researchers Find Study of Medical Marijuana Discouraged n 01-22-2010 • NY Times The federal government still [strongly] discourages research into the medicinal uses of marijuana. That may be the reason there is no good scientific evidence that legalizing marijuana’s use provides any benefits over current therapies. 2 • • • •
Powell Gammill

News The Controversy Over Medical Marijuana - interview with Christine Smith 01-19-2010 • Paul Molloy's Freedom Works Radio Show I invite you to listen. 1 • • • •
Christine Smith

Feature Article
Tonight, on "When Slaves Attack"
Brock Lorber
One of Manchester, New Hampshire's finest finds out the hard way what happens when the master's agent goes soft on a dope-smoking hippy.

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News Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network 01-14-2010 • Reuters The clandestine fleet has grown to include twin-engine turboprops, executive jets and retired Boeing 727s that are flying multi-ton loads of cocaine and possibly weapons to an area in Africa [controlled by] Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. 1 • • • •
Brock Lorber

News CA Assembly Plants Seed for Legal Pot 01-13-2010 • NBC news via Natural News Lawmakers on Tuesday approved Assembly Bill 390 -- legislation to tax and regulate marijuana. The Assembly's Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 on bill at a hearing in Sacramento. The bill will now be passed to the full Assembly on Friday for consider 1 • • • •
Michael Fink

News New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Medical Marijuana Bill 01-12-2010 • NY Times The New Jersey Legislature approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the 14th in the nation, but one of the few on the East Coast, to legalize the use of marijuana to help patients with chronic illnesses. 2 • • • •
Powell Gammill

News Pot Plants Held for Ransom 01-06-2010 • Ginn The note read “Thanks for the grow! You want them back? Call for the price … We’ll talk.” • • •
Randy Ricochet

News Effort vs. drug smugglers stirs cries of injustice 01-04-2010 • Arizona Republic No fear. The mantra of Mexican drug smugglers bringing marijuana into the US. No fear of arrest or prosecution. The worst-kept secret on the border for years was US authorities wouldn't prosecute cases involving less than 500 pounds of marijuana. 2 • • • •
Powell Gammill

News Breckenridge Resort in Colorado Welcomes Stoners! 01-01-2010 • Telegraph.co.uk via Rense.com Breckenridge, a ski resort in Colorado popular with British holidaymakers, now allows people to smoke marijuana without fear of arrest. • • •
Ed Vallejo

News Sentence barring medical marijuana use upheld 12-30-2009 • San Francisco Chronicle A judge who wanted a gun-toting youth to clean up his act was acting within his power by forbidding him to use the medical marijuana he took for migraine headaches as part of a probation sentence that kept him out of prison, a state appeals court in • • •
Powell Gammill

News Charities Criticize Online Fund-Raising Contest by Chase 12-24-2009 • NY Times Chase Bank throws a contest to award money to 100 charities, but when the votes create winners among 2 pro-drug and a anti-abortion group Chase changes the rules. • • •
Powell Gammill

News The raw (and ugly) truth about the war on drugs 12-23-2009 Here’s the raw, blunt truth about the war on drugs. Drugs are declared legal or illegal based primarily on who benefits from their manufacture, distribution and sale. • • •
Barbara Peterson

News Colombia to Chavez: Maybe 'spy plane' was Santa 12-22-2009 • AP Colombia's defense chief joked Monday that Venezuelan troops might have mistaken Santa's sleigh for a spy plane, dismissing accusations by President Hugo Chavez about drones flying over Venezuela. Chavez on Sunday accused the United States of viol • • •
Powell Gammill

News Strange New Twist in Scandal Involving Rogue Philadelphia PD Narcotics Unit 12-20-2009 • Reason A rogue Philadelphia narcotics unit headed up by Officer Cujdik was shaking down immigrant bodegas across the city. Cujdik's thugs would come into stores armed with search warrants for selling otherwise innocuous items like small plastic bags • • •
Powell Gammill

News Will Wisconsin legalize medical marijuana? 12-20-2009 • Smirking Chimp An honest reading of the Constitution with an original understanding of the Founders and Ratifiers makes it quite clear that the federal government has no constitutional authority to override state laws on marijuana. • • •
Michael Boldin

News Dude, they're putting pot in more than brownies 12-17-2009 • AP Any slacker living over his parents' garage can make pot brownies. Gourmet chefs are taking the art of cooking with marijuana to a higher level. In Denver, a new medical-marijuana shop called Ganja Gourmet serves cannabis-infused specialties such • • •
Powell Gammill

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Headlines: Las Vegas Marijuana Convention Plans Go Up in Smoke -- Drug cartels tighten grip; Mexico becoming 'narco-state' -- Legalize all Drugs=Use & Abuse Double: The Consequences -- FDA probes candy-like tobacco products -- States mull requiring prescription for Sudafed and Claritin-D -- President Obama grows the Drug War -- “I Don’t Care What The Judge Said!” — The Morally Obscene War On Drugs -- Obama Grows the Drug War, with Enforcement a Clear Priority -- YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview -- Jail bans letters? (Marijuana civil disobedience) -- L.A. council votes to close most pot dispensaries -- US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs' -- In Drug War, Tribe Feels Invaded by Both Sides -- The HeroicBrad Jardis Kicked Out of LEAP! -- Researchers Find Study of Medical Marijuana Discouraged n -- The Controversy Over Medical Marijuana - interview with Christine Smith -- Tonight, on "When Slaves Attack" -- Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network -- CA Assembly Plants Seed for Legal Pot -- New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Medical Marijuana Bill -- Pot Plants Held for Ransom -- Effort vs. drug smugglers stirs cries of injustice -- Breckenridge Resort in Colorado Welcomes Stoners! -- Sentence barring medical marijuana use upheld -- Charities Criticize Online Fund-Raising Contest by Chase -- The raw (and ugly) truth about the war on drugs -- Colombia to Chavez: Maybe 'spy plane' was Santa -- Strange New Twist in Scandal Involving Rogue Philadelphia PD Narcotics Unit -- Will Wisconsin legalize medical marijuana? -- Dude, they're putting pot in more than brownies --

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