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1/4 of AIDS patients use medical marijuana
Via NORML: San Mateo, CA: Approximately one out of four patients suffering from HIV has smoked marijuana within the past month to relieve symptoms of the disease, according to clinical findings published in this month’s issue of the Journal of … Continue reading
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Update on Feds stepping on California’s laws
More details on the story I mentioned yesterday are available from Americans for Safe Access. In a stunning display of duplicitous double dealing, federal agents yesterday seized two medical marijuana patients from a California state courtroom after the local prosecutor … Continue reading
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New Drug Tests, Same Old Stupidity
Via TalkLeft: Here we go….the federal government is overhauling the way it drug tests employees. It is moving from urine tests to saliva, hair testing and sweat tests. Major corporations are expected to follow suit. Here’s what’s planned: Saliva testing, … Continue reading
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Venezuela Decriminalizes Drug Possession
Via Al Giordano’s BigLeftOutside: The latest: a reform of the penal code that, while increasing penalties for drug traffickers like every other country, has just decriminalized possession. According to the oligarch’s daily El Universal, which leads its report in a … Continue reading
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