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Salvia divinorum targeted as next marijuana

Salvia divinorum targeted as next marijuana

Mick Meaney March 12, 2008 3

Salvia divinorum is being targeted by U.S. lawmakers concerned that the inexpensive and easy-to-obtain plant could become the next marijuana, media reported Wednesday. Eight states have already placed restrictions on salvia, and 16 others,

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Father Jailed For 0.01g Of Cannabis

Father Jailed For 0.01g Of Cannabis

Mick Meaney February 8, 2008 0

By BETH HALE Briton jailed for four years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis

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Citizens have right to records

Citizens have right to records

Mick Meaney January 4, 2008 0

Revisions to the state’s Sunshine Law won’t be considered until the state Legislature convenes this month, but Tennesseans can look forward to more immediate help regarding the state’s open records. A new ombudsman office

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UK Cop: “Ecstasy safer than aspirin”

UK Cop: “Ecstasy safer than aspirin”

Mick Meaney January 3, 2008 1

A senior British police chief has come under attack for claiming the illicit drug ecstasy is safer to take than aspirin. North Wales police chief constable Richard Brunstrom has sparked outrage by making the

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Nine-year-old boy gets shotgun licence

Nine-year-old boy gets shotgun licence

Mick Meaney December 20, 2007 4

British police have granted a nine-year-old boy a shotgun licence in a decision that has horrified anti-gun campaigners. The boy can legally shoot live game after Norfolk Police deemed him “responsible enough” to own

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Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11

Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11

Mick Meaney December 19, 2007 0

By Kevin Johnson WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are targeting a rising number of law enforcement officers for alleged brutality, Justice Department statistics show. The heightened prosecutions come as the nation’s largest police union fears

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BBC should not decide how society develops

BBC should not decide how society develops

Mick Meaney December 17, 2007 0

By Janet Daley What is the BBC for? You might think that there was a pretty straightforward answer to that question, or at least that the answer provided by Lord Reith (“to inform, educate

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Marijuana rules could seed a new industry

Marijuana rules could seed a new industry

Mick Meaney December 7, 2007 1

Thomas Munro Proposed rules for medical marijuana providers could open the door to private nonprofit or for-profit producers in New Mexico. Since the state’s medical marijuana registry was created July 1, patients have had

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How America Lost the War on Drugs

How America Lost the War on Drugs

Mick Meaney December 2, 2007 0

After Thirty-Five Years and $500 Billion, Drugs Are as Cheap and Plentiful as Ever: An Anatomy of a Failure  Ben Wallace-Wells 1. AFTER PABLO On the day of his death, December 2nd, 1993, the

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Cannabis lowers greenhouse emissions

Cannabis lowers greenhouse emissions

Mick Meaney November 22, 2007 1

Hemp helps with green movement Lucas Coppes As environmental consciousness increases, a plant with great potential to accommodate our generation’s awareness has re-emerged, but its negative associations leave some obstacles to overcome. Hemp, which

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Moronic marijuana policies

Moronic marijuana policies

Mick Meaney November 19, 2007 0

It’s time for my annual rant on the stupidity of marijuana eradication and although it goes on nationally, in no place is it better illustrated than California where they’ve just completed their yearly attack

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Cannabis may prevent breast cancer

Cannabis may prevent breast cancer

Mick Meaney November 19, 2007 0

Marijuana compound shows promise in fighting breast cancer Machines Like Us A compound found in cannabis may prove to be effective at helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body. That’s

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98% of all Cannabis plants seized are not psychoactive

98% of all Cannabis plants seized are not psychoactive

Mick Meaney November 15, 2007 1

98 Percent Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is “Ditchweed,” DEA Admits More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated

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Tell the truth about cannabis

Tell the truth about cannabis

Mick Meaney November 13, 2007 1

Tell the truth about cannabis and maybe we’ll get somewhere Is there any wonder at all that everything which surrounds cannabis information-wise, is mixed up and confused? To illustrate this lets take a look

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Police refuse to probe one in six crimes

Police refuse to probe one in six crimes

Mick Meaney November 13, 2007 0

Police in Lincolnshire refused to investigate one in six crimes last year, it has been revealed. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show 9,003 crimes were “screened out” as unsolvable within hours

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Knights Templar Secrets Revealed

Knights Templar Secrets Revealed

Mick Meaney November 9, 2007 1

The Vatican has published secret archive documents about the trial of the Knights Templar, including a long-lost parchment that shows that Pope Clement V initially absolved the medieval Christian order from accusations of heresy,

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Police to get new powers

Police to get new powers

Mick Meaney November 7, 2007 0

Police could be given the power to question suspects after they have been charged, the Home Secretary has said.Although MPs are discussing the possibility of giving new powers to police to deal specifically with

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Surprise Ingredients In Fast Food

Surprise Ingredients In Fast Food

Mick Meaney November 5, 2007 8

John Andrews The movie Supersize Me has probably had more of an effect than the producers anticipated. Since then, in the fast food industry, there has been a market trend promoting menu items that

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Schwarzenegger: ‘Marijuana is not a drug, it’s a leaf’

Schwarzenegger: ‘Marijuana is not a drug, it’s a leaf’

Mick Meaney October 29, 2007 1

By Ciar Byrne Already facing enough problems with the wild fires that have swept California, the state’s governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have stepped into a new row by claiming that marijuana is not a

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Street cleaners prepare to blast Banksy away

Street cleaners prepare to blast Banksy away

Mick Meaney October 28, 2007 1

Critics call the graffiti artist a genius, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have paid £1m for his work. But Hackney council has ordered its workers to power-hose his pictures out of sight By

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