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Drug War Corruption Affects Young Voters

Drug enforcement frauds and scandals have political consequences. In recent years it’s been far more difficult for Democratic or Republican lawmakers to gain political stardom by promoting corrupt and punitive drug policies. Millions have suffered personal damage or died needlessly due to drug laws that were predictably flawed and destructive. And according to researchers at […]

How times have changed

Remember when Bill Clinton admitted to having tried marijuana, but had to modify it by claiming he hadn’t inhaled? And even then, he had to be a big drug warrior in order to counter the “druggie” image.

In contrast, the 2020 candidates seem to be (finally) proudly admitting how much they enjoyed it.

Forecast: continued periods of darkness

U.S. Prosecutors Sue To Stop Nation’s First Supervised Injection Site For Opioids

After months of threats, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia launched a legal challenge on Wednesday against the nonprofit Safehouse, which is hoping to open what could be the nation’s first site where people with opioid addiction can use drugs under medical supervision.

According to […]

How Do You Fix Fear?

Drug war fear and loathing in Mexico provided University of Colorado Denver researchers with some critical new evidence on how fear does severe harm to a nation:

…Previous research on risk preferences has relied on data gathered only after a violent event, and found insecure environments made residents either more risk tolerant or had no […]

NorCalNative on Positive news from the mess: “Always enjoy reading your comments and learning about your history. Good luck at Amazon.” Oct 24, 11:26
Son of Sam Walton on Positive news from the mess: “Someone reported me for toking up during break outside at my job, which is a ‘Saftey Sinsite’ job. And two…” Oct 24, 10:33
Servetus on Positive news from the mess: “This is great news for workers who’ve been able or forced to take on additional burdens during the pandemic. And…” Oct 23, 12:47
Ryan Mills on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “We sell and supply high quality and purity (medical chemicals, research chemicals, plant food, cocaine, crystal meth, carfentanyl, fentanyl, amphetamine…” Oct 14, 13:28
GoldenPigeon on The dope on Mexico’s drug war: “Both Germany and Spain appear to be moving at the same speed towards a fairly mellow future. Spain: https://tinyurl.com/9385e2fr Germany:…” Oct 13, 15:49
Son of Sam Walton on The dope on Mexico’s drug war: “M-O/T: One could draw similarities to the Hashish/Cannabis fields and the small regional poppy fields of Afghanistan before the Soviet…” Oct 12, 16:36
NorCalNative on The dope on Mexico’s drug war: “Pete, been reading you for years. Your analysis on drug war issues is spot on. I’ve learned and grown from…” Oct 11, 18:01

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