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June 25, 2012
The Global Commission on Drug Policy, an assemblage of former national leaders, policy makers and experts, has issued a new report (PDF) that calls the war on drugs "the main reason" for the continuing HIV/AIDS epidemic around the world. Read more
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June 22, 2012
US Banks Love Real Dollars, and Illegal Drug Money Comes in Cash Read more
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June 19, 2012
The only people who oppose the cultivation of industrial hemp are anti-cannabis bureaucracies, politicians, drug-testing companies and U.S. law enforcement. Read more
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June 12, 2012
Pot advocates called Holder out for being a liar when he said the Justice Department only busts people or organizations violating state laws. Read more
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June 1, 2012
Now that the majority of Americans have voiced the sensible position on this issue, we can hold out some hope for the end of the hypocritical and immoral war on pot. Read more
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June 7, 2012
Legislation that allows certain medical patients to access marijuana for medicinal use has been signed into law in Connecticut, making the Constitution State the 17th in the nation to at least partially deregulate marijuana for medical use. Read more
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May 21, 2012
The federal government's continued "War on Drugs" is no longer getting a warm reception from the vast majority of Americans. Read more
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May 10, 2012
One of Mexico's best-known poets, Javier Sicilia, laid down his pen last year after his 24-year-old son was murdered by drug traffickers in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In his son's memory, Sicilia created the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to... Read more
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May 9, 2012
Thanks to factory farming's massive economies of scale, a lot of food today is disgusting or cruel or disgusting and cruel. Just when people stopped talking about cantaloupes with deadly listeria, "pink slime" hit the news. And just when people... Read more
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May 4, 2012
Again and again, we learn that war abroad will find a way home.
On 30 April 1970, Richard Nixon announced the US invasion of Cambodia, a sovereign nation the US had been secretly bombing for several months. Read more
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