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Andrea Barthwell, Snake Oil Salesman

CANNABIS SATIVAEX

Former Deputy Drug Czar Andrea Barthwell (more about her here) is, as has been mentioned, the new spokesperson for getting GW Pharmaceuticals’ Sativex approved for use in the United States. This is SO right for so many wrong reasons.

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Don’t Mind If I Take a Look, Do Ya?

Drug Cops Seek to Use Monkey in Enforcement Efforts at TalkLeft

What about the youth?

One of the things prohibitionists love to go on about is protecting our youth. And how do they want to do it? By taking away the rights of young people (pee in a cup, get sniffed by dogs) and by passing harsh criminal penalties for drug crimes near schools and parks, etc. None of these […]

Sativex

I’ve been holding off talking about GW Pharmaceuticals’ Sativex, but now I think Rob Kampia has written an excellent article – at Alternet – The Lesson of Sativex.

On April 19, the Canadian government delivered what should be the final blow to the U.S. government’s irrational prohibition against the medical use of marijuana. It approved […]

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