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Salvia divinorum targeted as next marijuana
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,
Read More »Father Jailed For 0.01g Of Cannabis
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
Read More »Citizens have right to records
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
Read More »UK Cop: “Ecstasy safer than aspirin”
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
Read More »Nine-year-old boy gets shotgun licence
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
Read More »Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11
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
Read More »BBC should not decide how society develops
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
Read More »Marijuana rules could seed a new industry
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
Read More »How America Lost the War on Drugs
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
Read More »Cannabis lowers greenhouse emissions
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
Read More »Moronic marijuana policies
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
Read More »Cannabis may prevent breast cancer
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
Read More »98% of all Cannabis plants seized are not psychoactive
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
Read More »Tell the truth about cannabis
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
Read More »Police refuse to probe one in six crimes
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
Read More »Knights Templar Secrets Revealed
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,
Read More »Police to get new powers
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
Read More »Surprise Ingredients In Fast Food
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
Read More »Schwarzenegger: ‘Marijuana is not a drug, it’s a leaf’
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
Read More »Street cleaners prepare to blast Banksy away
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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