'Gold Standard' Survey: Majority of Americans Want Marijuana Legalized
• http://naturalsociety.com, BY MIKE BARRETTWhat do you think?
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Drug War
Boldest Move Against the Drug War to Date Just Came Out of Texas, from a Republican
• http://thefreethoughtproject.com, By Jay SyrmopoulThe state's immoral war on drugs is now bipartisanly opposed
The Lager Beer Riot and the Birth of Law and Order
• The AwlOne Saturday in April of 1855, a large group of German immigrants assembled around the courthouse in downtown Chicago, hoping to attend a hearing at which 19 saloonkeepers would stand before a judge for violating new laws
We have been losing the war on drugs for four decades – end it now
• Nick Clegg and Richard BransonAs other nations have been rethinking their approach and admitting mistakes, British politicians have been too scared to embrace reform
Michigan police confiscate $11,000, car, gun and possibly house over marijuana seedlings
• RareThomas Williams, a 72-year-old cancer patient in Michigan decided to use medical marijuana to alleviate his symptoms. Patients can grow up to 12 plants at a time, so when Williams noticed a couple of his plants were dying, he
Life in Prison for Selling $20 of Weed
• http://www.thedailybeast.com, Abby HaglageHomeless and hungry, Fate Vincent Winslow wanted something to eat, so he agreed to sell pot to a stranger--an undercover cop.
Smoking Marijuana is 114 Times Safer Than Drinking Alcohol – Study
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Russia TodayAs the debate over marijuana legalization continues in the United States, a new study suggests that smoking the controversial plant is about 114 times safer than drinking alcohol.
Don't Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol -- Keep Government Out!
• Center for a Stateless SocietyEnding prohibition is a welcome change, but these bills have severe problems. If passed, they would turn marijuana into a cartelized industry rather than a business opportunity for everyday people.
Ron Paul woke up a lot of people...
• Daily Paul.comEducational tweets of the day - 02/24/2015
How research on the 'love hormone' oxytocin could lead to a 'sobriety pill'
• The ConversationImagine if problem drinkers could be given a pill that makes them less likely to drink, less intoxicated if they do drink and more capable of enduring the life-threatening alcohol withdrawal syndrome that emerges after going "cold-turkey".
JFK Airport officials filter fecal matter in search for drugs
• Washington TimesDoctors must be available round-the-clock in case CBP officers suspect they have a "swallower," which is what internal drug smugglers are known as. The doctors are charged with X-raying or otherwise examining suspects' body cavities,
An Open Letter to Politicians in Nebraska and Oklahoma - by L. Neil Smith
• L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian EnterpriseI've been hearing and seeing reports that politicians in your states, those of Oklahoma and Nebraska, are very angry because a majority of voters in Colorado have decided to ignore the imperious edicts of the federal government and
Florida tribe threatens Rick Scott: Let us build a casino or we start growing pot
• RawstoryAn Alabama native American tribe that operates casinos in Florida informed the state if it doesn't allow them to expand their casinos, they have no choice but to start growing marijuana on the land designated for the expansion,
New rules on narcotic painkillers cause grief for veterans and VA
• Washington PostNew federal rules that make it harder to get narcotic painkillers are taking an unexpected toll on thousands of veterans who depend on these prescription drugs to treat ailments, such as missing limbs and post-traumatic stress.
Minnesota man in jail for possession since November freed when 'drugs' are vitamins
• RawstoryProsecutors pressured him to plead guilty, but Burrell told the Free Press that he "couldn't plead guilty [to possessing] something I knew wasn't a drug. They set my bail at $250,000 for vitamins."
HSBC Bank: Secret Origins To Laundering The World's Drug Money
• by Tyler DurdenHSBC Bank : Secret Origins To 26/11 Mumbai Attacks
Shock As Texas Jury Sides With Cannabis Grower Who Killed SWAT Officer
• WideShutA Texas Grand Jury failed to indict a cannabis grower over the death of a police SWAT team officer, because he believed he was being burgled during a police raid.
Cops Put Hood Over Woman's Head, Restrained Her, Choked Her Out to Draw Blood
• The Free Thought ProjectA lawsuit has been filed alleging that Austin police put a hood over a woman's head, restrained her arms and legs, put her in a choke hold until she went limp, and pinned her arm down with a boot, all to draw her blood over a DUI test.
Feds to seek death penalty against reputed head of drug gang
• Associated PressFederal prosecutors in New Jersey will seek the death penalty for only the second time against a man they say led a violent street gang charged in 2013 with six murders.
Colorado Cops Defend "Pain Compliance Techniques" on Teen Rolling Joint
• Photography Is Not a CrimePolice in Colorado say they were justified in aggressively arresting a teenager for rolling a joint on a bus bench -- slamming him to the ground and applying pressure behind his ear in what they call a "pain compliance technique"
The Silk Road Trial: WIRED's Gavel-to-Gavel Coverage
• http://www.wired.com,BY ANDY GREENBERGAfter 13 short days of trial, Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of running the unprecedented, anonymous online black market known as the Silk Road.
A Marijuana First: Pot Vending Machines Dispense Weed
• NBC NewsWeed history is being made in Seattle: the first vending machines to dispense marijuana flower buds debuted Tuesday. The machines, called ZaZZZ, are being placed in medical pot dispensaries, which helps to verify customer's age and identity since
NYPD Cop Indicted After Stomping on Man's Head Over Alleged Marijuana Joint
• Photography Is Not a CrimeA NYPD officer who was caught on video stomping on a man's head has been indicted on assault charges. Officer Joel Edouard also pulled a gun from his holster during a struggle with a man who was suspected of smoking a joint.
The War on Drugs Is Burning Out
• arcleinThe conservative wave of 2014 featured an unlikely, progressive undercurrent: In two states, plus the nation's capital, Americans voted convincingly to pull the plug on marijuana prohibition. Even more striking were the results in California, where
Eager to Imprison Medical Marijuana Users, Prosecutors Hide the Truth From Jurors
• Reason MagazineDespite repeated assurances that the Justice Department is not interested in targeting medical marijuana users and despite a congressional edict aimed at stopping it from doing so, federal prosecutors are still trying to put five patients in Washingt
DEA chief: US abandoned plan to track cars near gun shows
• Associated PressThe Drug Enforcement Administration abandoned an internal proposal to use surveillance cameras for photographing vehicle license plates near gun shows in the United States to investigate gun-trafficking, the agency's chief said.
Games Road Pirates Play
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)David Conner, a 43-year-old resident of Redding, California, will spend at least three years in a government cage in Idaho because a State Trooper in Oregon spied an open can of Monster energy drink in Conner's rental car.
Here's the Secret Silk Road Journal From the Laptop of Ross Ulbricht
• http://www.wired.com-ANDY GREENBERGAs the saga of the Silk Road has unfolded over the last four years, everyone has had an opinion about the unprecedented, billion-dollar online narcotics bazaar, from press to politicians to prosecutors.
New Orleans Bans Smoking Pretty Much Everywhere
• Free BeaconClaiming there is no "constitutional right" to smoke, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to outlaw smoking and electronic cigarettes in indoor and outdoor public places.
EXCLUSIVE: Bronx woman, 67, says she was tossed in jail for calling 311 too much
• New York Daily NewsArles Cepeda, who lives in Castle Hill Houses, will file a federal lawsuit Friday against the NYPD after she says she was arrested and thrown in a cell for calling 311 to report drug deals and building conditions. She called the city hotline 44 times
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