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The politics of drug issues.
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Bad News And Good News For Alan
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FIRST. THE BAD NEWS: [link] $150M Marijuana Garden Found in California by Helicopter Wednesday, August 27, 2008 HEMET, Calif. — A sheriff's helicopter patrol guided Riverside deputies to a $150 million marijuana garden in remote hills south of Hemet. (snip)... more »
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Cannabis: police seizures show drop in drug's strength
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The potency of cannabis gathered in police seizures has dropped, new official data reveals, casting doubt on one of the government's key arguments for reclassifying the drug from class C to class B. Figures collected by the Forensic Science Service and seen by guardian.co.uk show that the potency of herbal cannabis, which includes... more »
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Losing endless war on drugs
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[link] Colorado Springs Gazette August 25, 2008 - 10:23AM Decades of effort yield few results In this campaign season, critics often hammer Sen. John McCain for his comment that he could see U.S. troops in Iraq for another 100 years. Although the senator meant the U.S. role in Iraq would be similar to... more »
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Antibiotic action in cannabis
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Nearly forgot to send this along... <[link]> Just goes to show doubters how wrong they are about cannabis having no medical value or even that it is merely a pallative treatment. later bliss -- C O C O A Powered... (at california dot com)... more »
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Lawman calls for ending pot prohibition
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[link] by Greg Francisco Friday August 22, 2008, 10:53 AM Recently, while driving through Saginaw, I happened to tune into a radio program featuring an interview with Saginaw County Sheriff Charles Brown, who was railing against the dangers of marijuana.... more »
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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #548 -- 8/22/08 Phillip S. Smith, Editor, [link] [link] A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org David Borden, Executive Director, [link] "News and Activism Supporting Sensible Reform"... more »
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Feds' medical pot challenge tossed
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[link] Jennifer Squires - Sentinel Staff Writer Article Launched: 08/22/2008 01:31:44 AM PDT A federal court ruling handed down Wednesday has lifted the hopes of medical marijuana users by denying a Bush administration request to toss a lawsuit brought by Santa Cruz city and county officials and Wo/... more »
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Is society benefiting from the war on pot?
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[link] Published Wednesday August 20th, 2008 James Foster City Views By all accounts, Mike McCormick minded his own business and never hurt another soul. He lived off the land, hunting, digging clams and cutting his own firewood. And he grew pot. Lots and lots of pot. In fact, when police... more »
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