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GLOBAL STUDY SHOWS THAT DRUG PROHIBITION IS A FAILURE
By Steve Higgins | According to a new survey the USA has highest level of illegal cocaine and cannabis use in the world. Thank goodness the War for Drugs is working so well! Ohh…
Read More »Indicators Point to a Softening of America’s Marijuana Laws
By Alexander Zaitchik | With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in Congress, there is room for optimism. You have to hand it to the Republican National
Read More »Decriminalising Pot Would Save $10 Billion a Year
By Justin Hartfield Jeffery A. Miron finds that by decriminalizing cannabis, the federal government would generate $2.4 billion in federal tax revenue annually, and that an additional $7.7 billion would be saved as the
Read More »How to Improve the Economy – Legalise Cannabis
As I am wont to babel about the economy: here it goes again. President’s Bush’s economic stimulus package, which pledges to give the average tax payer a $600 rebate check sometime later this year,
Read More »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 »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 »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 »The Truth About Marijuana Legalisation
There are millions of regular pot smokers in America and millions more infrequent smokers. Smoking pot clearly has far fewer dangerous and hazardous effects on society than legal drugs such as alcohol. Here is
Read More »Pot Growers Are New Target in “War on Terror”
Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every abuse of power. By Scott Thill Last time we checked in on the bizarro nexus between cannabis and terrorism, it was none other
Read More »Smoking Ban To Hit Amsterdam Coffee Shops
By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News A new Dutch law which comes into force in July 2008 will ban smoking in all Amsterdam coffee shops, the government decided on Friday. Amsterdam is a hot
Read More »Mind Training
David Edwards Laughing At The New Generation I am fascinated by the differences that separate peoples and cultures. If human beings are the animal for which life is a problem requiring an answer —
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