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Daily Archives: April 13, 2007
Marijuana prosecution appears to be a political mandate
This is truly unbelievable… SAN FRANCISCO – Federal prosecutors said today they would retry marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal on cultivation charges, even after a federal judge urged them to drop the case and chastised the government for lodging charges solely … Continue reading
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“bullet” A very nice article about the Northeast Regional SSDP conference: A look at a war we continue to lose, which starts out… The war on drugs has long been about heavy bombing rather than thoughtful prevention. Jails and prisons … Continue reading
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Clinical trials for psychedelics need more convincing placebo treatments: 16-Sep-2026 -- UC San Francisco researchers are weighing in on one…