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Drug Czar Lies and Runs
From the Tahoe Daily Tribune: Czar: Drug test students Youths are more dependent on marijuana than cigarettes or alcohol, provoking the White House drug czar to call for drug testing at middle and high schools. John Walters, director of the … Continue reading
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Medical Marijuana Victory!
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit made a major ruling, directing a preliminary injunction to prevent the Federal government from interfering with non-commercial medical marijuana activities in states where medical marijuana is legal! Thanks for … Continue reading
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Kenneth Walker, Drug War Victim
From the Georgia Ledger Enquirer Walker, 39, was among three other men riding inside a gray GMC Yukon when it was stopped Wednesday night as part of a drug investigation.æ The unarmed man was fatally shot by a Muscogee County … Continue reading
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Ventura nails the ONDCP on MSNBC
Check out this amazing transcript from Jesse Ventura’s America, which ran Saturday on MSNBC. Jesse had Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project as a guest, along with Tommy Chong’s attorney, and then Jesse went one-on-one with Tom Riley of … Continue reading
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Presidential Nomination Endorsement
Drug WarRant is officially endorsing Dennis Kucinich as the Democratic nominee for President in 2004. Mr. Kucinich has already received the highest grades possible from Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana (an A+), based on his strong positions in favor of … Continue reading
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Police up Goose Creek without a paddle…
(Background here in case you somehow missed it). The only good thing to come out of the police raid at Stratford High School is the fact that it has actually received a good deal of national attention and outrage. It’s … Continue reading
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Pain Public Policy
You may remember my September post on Severe Pain Care as a victim of the Drug War. Some positive steps are happening now. 1. Act quickly. This is very short notice, but I just got the information this evening. The … Continue reading
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Catching up…
I’ve been (and still am) under the weather and having a hard time keeping up with posting, but here’s a few things worth checking out: “bullet” On the local front, it looks like Ed Rosenthal’s visit to University of Illinois … Continue reading
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Tommy Chong Updates
“bullet”Chong Family Values in the LA Weekly: The word most used by Paris and Precious Chong to describe their father’s ordeal is “surreal.” “They couldn’t have picked a kinder, more generous person to throw in jail than my father,” Paris … Continue reading
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Senator Paul Simon, R.I.P.
The man with the bow tie died today. What a life! Smart, honest, courageous – a delightfully geeky little man with enormous integrity and the ability to lead. I’m proud to say I had the opportunity to meet him and … Continue reading
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