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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 … Continue reading
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Anslinger lives on
Kansas lawmaker makes racist comments about African Americans, marijuana Republican Rep. Steve Alford of Ulysses: “What you really need to do is go back in the ’30s when they outlawed all types of drugs in Kansas (and) across the United … Continue reading
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A fossil shows up on the pages of the New York Times
We haven’t had many of these in a while — but they used to be pretty common fare, until the public stopped falling for them. In the New York Times: What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know … Continue reading
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Hemp is legal in the United States
Congress just passed an $867 billion farm bill. Here’s what’s in it. Wow, that took a long time. This article in Forbes explains it all for the completely oblivious masses that haven’t been aware (like we have) that the prohibition … Continue reading
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Marijuana in the U.S.
We’ve made some progress over the years… Marijuana Won the Midterm Elections by Tom Angell
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Vote. And vote well.
If you haven’t already voted in advance, be sure to vote on Tuesday. Of course, here at DrugWarRant, we are fully aware that change rarely comes from politicians, but rather, as we’ve been doing, from educating the people so that … Continue reading
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Can US overdose deaths be stopped?
Guest post by Thinking Clearly According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse overdose deaths are on the rise: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates We have done it to ourselves with our country’s drug policies. How the US Stopped a Possible Solution to the … Continue reading
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Open Thread
Sorry folks – my mind and energies have been elsewhere, and I have been a poor host recently. Hope to change that soon. I’ll also have some new posts up in the next couple of days (although the comments section … Continue reading
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This is what a cannabis equity program looks like
Under the leadership of Cannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title, Massachusetts has revealed the “nation’s first statewide “social equity” program to help minorities and people convicted of drug offenses work in the legal marijuana industry.” Massachusetts crafts ‘social equity’ program to … Continue reading
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Weed the People
New York Daily News editorial today: End the war on pot: We welcome the push to legalize and regulate marijuana After many decades of treating as a crime the personal possession and use of a drug that is a negligible … Continue reading
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