Barry Cooper: Drug War Insurgent
Jet Lacey(From True/Slant) Cooper is on a self-described mission to free America’s pot prisoners and take down the abusive cops he once sought to emulate. In the terminology of war, Barry is an insurgent.
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Drug War
Narco-State Image Could Impact AZ’s Economic Recovery
• Joan Foltz, www.alsekresearch.comCHANDLER, Az – Accelerating national coverage of the violent drug wars expanding across the border into Phoenix could impede Arizona’s economic come back. In December, National Geographic ran a special “Narco State” that portrayed the drug rela
Gun Dealer Won't Sell To Medical Marijuana Patients
• Toke of the TownMorphine or Klonopin? No problem. But if you use medical marijuana, no gun for you! Redding, California gun dealer Patrick Jones -- who happens to also be mayor of the town -- refuses to do business with known medical marijuana patients.
Rogues Gone Wild
• Truthdig.comIf you’re looking for who is “in control” of our military and police forces, don’t look to the established chain of command and don’t look to constitutional provisions that mandate civilian authority over the government bayonet.
Report touts benefits of marijuana
• APThe first U.S. clinical trials in more than 2 decades on the medical benefits of marijuana confirm pot is effective in reducing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and pain caused by certain neurological injuries or illnesses, according
Legal synthetic "fake" Marijuana slips through cracks of the drug war; popularity growing
• APSome industrious marijuana users have seized on an obscure but easily accessible substance that mimics the drug's effects on the brain — creating a popular trade in legal dope.
THE DRUG LORD’S CHRISTMAS LIST
• Joel Turtel, authorWhy the drug lords love the imbecile politicians' 'War on Drugs'.
Former LEO Brad Jardis Joins CDEvolution.org as Executive Director!
• Freekeene.comThe Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund is entering a new era with a website redesign and the HUGE announcement that former LEAP speaker and veteran law enforcement officer Brad Jardis will be heading up the organization as Executive Director!
U.S. would reap billions from $1 cigarette tax hike
• ReutersAdding a $1 per pack tax to cigarettes could raise more than $9 billion a year for states, health advocates said, and a poll found 60% of voters would support the tax to help struggling states and would prefer it over other tax increases or budget cu
Corrections Head Covers Up For Misbehaving Anti-Pot Officers
• Toke of the TownNewly revealed documents show that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) is involved in misconduct, cover-ups, and possibly outright law-breaking -- all in an attempt to prevent implementation of the state's medical marijuana law.
Las Vegas Marijuana Convention Plans Go Up in Smoke
• 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.'"
Drug cartels tighten grip; Mexico becoming 'narco-state'
• Arizona RepublicBefore 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
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Legalize all Drugs=Use & Abuse Double: The Consequences
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!
FDA probes candy-like tobacco products
• ReutersU.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.
States mull requiring prescription for Sudafed and Claritin-D
• 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
President Obama grows the Drug War
• RawStory.comThe 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,"
“I Don’t Care What The Judge Said!” — The Morally Obscene War On Drugs
• Joel Turtel, authorWhy the war on drugs is morally obscene and how juries can end the drug war.
Obama Grows the Drug War, with Enforcement a Clear Priority
• The Raw StoryAccording 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.
YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview
• Toke of the TownYes, 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.
Jail bans letters? (Marijuana civil disobedience)
• The Ridley ReportNot 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
L.A. council votes to close most pot dispensaries
• ReutersThe 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
US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs'
• independent.co.ukAfter 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.
In Drug War, Tribe Feels Invaded by Both Sides
• NY TimesResidents 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
The HeroicBrad Jardis Kicked Out of LEAP!
• Ian FreemanA 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.
Researchers Find Study of Medical Marijuana Discouraged n
• NY TimesThe 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.
The Controversy Over Medical Marijuana - interview with Christine Smith
• Paul Molloy's Freedom Works Radio ShowI invite you to listen.
Tonight, on "When Slaves Attack"
Brock LorberOne 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.
Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network
• ReutersThe 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.
CA Assembly Plants Seed for Legal Pot
• NBC news via Natural NewsLawmakers 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
New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Medical Marijuana Bill
• NY TimesThe 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.
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