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John Walters endangers rare hummingbird species
Link It really is the height of arrogant butchery when the ONDCP claims to be on the side of the environment. They spray poisonous chemicals on crops that go on to damage the water and the human and animal life. … Continue reading
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My arms are getting tired from holding these buckets of water
Check out this entire editorial in the Register Citizen (CT) Illegal drug seizures and purchases by police have tripled during the past decade. The dramatic increase indicates there are more illegal drugs on the streets in the Northwest Corner and … Continue reading
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History lesson in Hawaii
Hawaii has been going overboard in its drug war zeal — the most recent addition being random suspicionless drug tests for all teachers. Rich Figel has a nice history lesson and challenge in Sunday’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He talks about the … Continue reading
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More fringe religious follies
Having been raised as the son of a minister (and therefore spending a lot of time considering the fundamental compassionate roots of Christianity), I got a bit of a sad chuckle out of this one (via Jim Henley, via Crooked … Continue reading
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Clueless
“bullet” Senator Tom Harkin (via) Marijuana is often the drug singled out for legalization. However, marijuana is not the recreational drug that many believe it to be. In a study completed by the Drug Abuse Warning Network, the number of … Continue reading
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Unintentionally funny line…
Link Police Mistakenly Raid Wrong House Officers with the Hendersonville Police Department mistakenly entered the wrong house when executing a search warrant early Saturday morning. Two teams of officers were executing a search warrant shortly after 1 a.m. at 729 … Continue reading
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The courts will not protect us
Link Oakland medical marijuana patient and activist Angel Raich dropped her lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, ending a five-year legal odyssey which had taken her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. “I’ve lost all faith in the … Continue reading
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Yeah, like, ’cause this happens all the time…
Check out this anti-driving-stoned commercial from MTV Canada. [Thanks, Herb]
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Open Thread
“bullet” View RSS feed “bullet” Your wonderful DEA at work: DEA Agent Posed Suspect In Sombrero “bullet” This has been making the rounds. A former officer and his wife took some marijuana that he had confiscated and baked it into … Continue reading
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Guiliani, Kerik, Purdue, the DEA and OxyContin
The world is abuzz today with the news: The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading the public about the drug’s risk of addiction, a federal prosecutor and … Continue reading
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