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Primaries are still going on…
You may think that voting for the nominations are over, but the polls will open tomorrow in Oregon, Kentucky, and Arkansas anyway. Next week Idaho, then Alabama, New Mexico and South Dakota on June 1st, and finally Montana and New … Continue reading
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Child abuse arrests
The media has widely reported a recent crackdown on child pornography and abuse. “Individuals in such situations are trolling the back alleys and dark corners of the Internet,” Ashcroft said. “They are leveraging its technology and anonymity to abuse and … Continue reading
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Rodney Dangerfield gets our respect
From tomorrow’s Time Canada, in an interview with the 82-year-old Dangerfield: Your new autobiography delves into your extreme fondness for marijuana. Do you still smoke pot? Once in a while, yeah. It still relaxes me. You get a different head … Continue reading
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My letter plays in Peoria
Deputy Drug Czar Andrea Barthwell (she’s the one in charge of health disinformation) made a recent trip to Peoria, and the Journal-Star reported her visit this week, and the article almost made me sick. Here’s how it started out: Barthwell … Continue reading
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Drug War News Roundup
“bullet” Connecticut Legislature ducks medical marijuana and gets called on it in the press. “bullet” Last One Speaks has the scoop on: Sri Lanka’s intent to legalize marijuana; drug warrior moron extraordinaire Mark Souder’s attempts to deny the existence of … Continue reading
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More students’ rights violated
From WTOP News: CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) – Authorities entered an “unclear” legal area when they sent four dogs into the local high school for a drug search without a warrant, patted down 16 students and ordered two female students to … Continue reading
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Another study shows no link between marijuana and auto accidents
Drivers who test positive for marijuana in their urine do not experience elevated risks for having a motor vehicle accident, according to case-control data to be published in the July issue of the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention. From the … Continue reading
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The place to be on August 30th…
… is 7th Avenue between 28th and 34th Streets (outside Madison Square Garden) from 2pm to 6pm. That’s when Russell Simmons and others are hosting a massive rally and hip-hop summit to protest the Rockefeller drug laws in New York … Continue reading
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Your brain on drug ads
Via Hit and Run: Carson B. Wagner, an advertising professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has studied the effects of anti-drug ads on viewers using a technique known as response latency measurement of strength of association: “Rather than … Continue reading
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Economies dwarfed by drug trade
The San Jose Mercury News had an article by Mark McDonald on Sunday; Heroin Trade Booms in Afghanistan: New Wealth Helps Terrorists Rebuild, Threatens Neighbors This is more of what we’ve already talked about — the heroin trade is really … Continue reading
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