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Mycoherbicide update

Via Drug Policy Alliance

Your voices were heard. We’re happy to report that Senator Biden has negotiated a significant change to the mycoherbicide section of the ONDCP bill. The change would prohibit the study from being conducted outside United States territories. This limits the study to a U.S. lab and ensures that there’s no chance […]

What is Cruel and Unusual?

In a continuing travesty of justice, the appeal of Richard Paey’s 25 year sentence for possessing his own pain medication was rejected by the Florida District Court of Appeals. For full details, see Radley Balko and Maia Szalavitz. The dissent by Judge James Seals was the only positive moment:

suggest that it is cruel […]

Drug Czar to Kids — Just drink alcohol and use steroids!

That does seem to be the message he’s giving here — he goes to a school to announce a massive $209,662 federal grant to a school district to do drug testing… Well, unfortunately, for the Drug Czar, they’ve got some smart students in Florida:

Craig Zyburo, a Barron Collier senior, asked Walters why random testing […]

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“bullet” The articles continue: This one by Mitch Cole in Southern Utah (channeling Radley Balko): Hold SWAT team no-knock raids accountable for mistakes “bullet” Judge confirms ruling that California counties must comply with the state’s medical marijuana law, despite the conflicts with the federal law.

Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Bioavailability is limited in CBD therapies. Researchers find it to be greater in KLS-13019: May 5, 2021 — …Studies have…” May 6, 13:39
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Regarding the long sought question of whether cannabis use leads to psychosis in adolescents, an international study has exonerted cannabis…” May 5, 12:06
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Tissue culture micropropagation has been developed for hemp and marijuana production to produce disease-free plants with enhanced vigor: MAY 4,…” May 4, 12:06
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “A new device called a psychLight developed at the University of California, Davis, allows researchers to access the activity of…” May 2, 12:30
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “If the U.S. government really wanted to do something to encourage young people not to use drugs, instead of arresting…” May 2, 11:07
fuktosay on Is Joe Biden an old dog?: “An ex-junky on his way to sainthood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPM_TOFMM-8&ab_channel=TheGuardian” Apr 30, 17:29
strayan on Colombia’s Proxy Drug War with Venezuela: “Vanda Felbab-Brown is back couchmates! https://mexicotoday.com/2021/04/23/opinion-will-cannabis-legalization-reduce-crime-in-mexico-has-it-in-the-u-s/” Apr 28, 16:41

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