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HA Seattle

The $200 million proposed by Reagan to defeat the world’s trafficking networks is roughly what the Mexican cartels earn every couple of days. Yet in November 2006, Biden blamed the problem on “Mexican corruption,” rather than on himself.

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HA Seattle

Biden created an office that was truly Orwellian in nature. By law, the Drug Czar’s office is required not only to oversee law enforcement activities, but also actively oppose legalization efforts, even if that requires them to ignore science or lie.

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MPP Blog / Bruce Mirken

For serious offenses involving highly addictive narcotics, Rite Aid Corporation will pay $5 million in fines. No one will go to jail or get a criminal record. Charles Lynch, who scrupulously followed the law, is facing 100 years.

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ElPaso Times

As a retired federal officer with over three decades of service, many of those years spent fighting America's "war on drugs," I was pleased to read that the El Paso City Council unanimously called for a long overdue discussion on the ef

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On December 6, 2008, James Andrew Carroll announced his intent to "possess marijuana as a protest against current drug laws". As of approximately 1:13 PM EST today he got busted.

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The Fresh Scent

Growing is easy right? You buy some seeds, source a couple of pots, grab lights, dump in the soil and then instantly start to grow weed. Sounds pretty simple! Well, it is… until the first real roadblock makes itself known. Luckily, we are here to get

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CBS

With the arrest of Eduardo Arellano-Felix, the once powerful cartel is in disarray. The unintended consequence of success: a bloodbath, as the next generation of gangsters battles for dominance. [over-the-top transference]

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seattletimes.nwsource.com/

Today, surveys show 35 million Americans use marijuana yearly, and 114 million have in their lifetimes. Addicts to prohibited drugs, notes Eric Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, "are famous radio personalities, spouses of major

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LA Times

The victims' stories intersected in that jewelry store, but the slaughter recorded on the videotape that day looks to have been rooted in a nearby town that believed itself immune from Mexico's drug war.

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AP

Swiss voters are expected to make the system permanent in a referendum prompted by a challenge from conservatives. The heroin program has won wide support within Switzerland since it was begun 14 years ago to eliminate scenes of large groups of drug

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Pete Guither / DrugWarRant.com

Whether you’re on an elevator, or talking to the press, or just chatting with friends, usually you have 30 seconds to grab their attention - not nearly enough time to fully educate someone. [.pdf document]

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Splice Today

With a recession in sight, the case for legalizing marijuana and taxing it for government revenue seems more practical than ever.

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Rawstory.com

Dr. Michael Mithoefer is at the forefront of a controversial field of study. He is leading a pilot study into using MDMA -- the pure form of the illegal drug ecstasy -- to treat depression and post traumatic stress disorder.

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