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Legislators at work
Remember the idiots in Georgia trying to outlaw marijuana-flavored candy? Well, it gets even more surreal. Check out the action in the Georgia House House lingers over pot-flavored lollipop bill While the General Assembly was stalled on the budget as … Continue reading
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Unintentionally True Headline
Drug Crimes Soar as Cops Get Tough
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Open Thread
“bullet” OpEd The “wrong message” to send to any teenager, to any child, is hypocrisy. It turns them cynical and makes them disrespect the law, when trusted adults evade reality for the sake of political concerns. “bullet” The Advisory Council … Continue reading
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Futile
First reviews are in of DEA, the unreality drug war violence porn that Al Roker premieres tonight on Spike TV: The Star: War on drugs a total bust In the end, it all seems so futile. Undoubtedly, this was not … Continue reading
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Somebody shoot me
Sen. Stoner Targets Stoner Pops ATLANTA– A Georgia state senator with the last name “Stoner” has put his name on a bill to ban the sale of so-called “Stoner Pops” to minors. The legal lollipops taste like illegal marijuana and … Continue reading
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Short takes
“bullet” Nice OpEd on travel guru Rick Steves and his quest for better drug laws in the New York Times We are left, then, with people like Rick Steves to renew the republic with common sense brought home from other … Continue reading
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I’m cheesing my f-ing brains out
The latest drug craze. A great South Park episode, between the Heavy Metal references, the sudden drug war hysteria, and hiding kittens in attics to keep them from being seized by the DEA.
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The success of employee drug testing
Via CESAR Fax (may not yet be up on their site), comes this chart showing a 10 year comparison of employee positive drug tests from Quest Diagnostics. The Quest statistics are often trotted out in cherry-picked portions to proclaim a … Continue reading
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Opium Brides of Afghanistan
Newsweek Farmers in Afghanistan can’t make enough to feed their families on traditional crops. Opium pays 10 times as much as wheat or corn, and yet opium farmers still earn about $300 per family member per year (the real money … Continue reading
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DEA — a record of constant failure
The Drug Enforcement Agency needs to be put out of its misery. It’s a completely failed, corrupt organization with no legitimate accomplishable goals, that’s being used for personal and political gain, dirty tricks, spying, drug-running, and undermining legitimate state and … Continue reading
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