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Former Labor Secretary with a Labor Day Message

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich was in a discussion at Reddit. Jonathan Moormann reports:

As happens whenever a political debate is exposed to the internet for too long, the discussion eventually turned to pot. Reich commented that, if he could repeal one U.S. regulation, it would be to legalize marijuana. He also mentions that, while […]

September 3rd, 2011 by Pete | Permalink | 17 comments - (Comments are closed)

Prodding the beast: UNODC and Congress

UN official discusses global organized crime with US congressional delegation

Yury Fedotov, the UNODC Executive Director, and the US delegation took note of the interconnections between the various forms of illicit crimes across the globe, with the US legislators showing particular interest in the linkages between transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and terrorism, during the […]

September 3rd, 2011 by Pete | Permalink | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

SAMHSA to spin results of 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health on Thursday

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will unveil the results of the latest (2010) National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) at a press conference on Thursday, September 8.

This is an annual affair where, prior to letting the rest of the world see the data, they painstakingly go through […]

September 3rd, 2011 by Pete | Permalink | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)