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The corrupting influence of nation's war on drugs. (Seattle Times) Marijuana study for veterans with trauma faces hurdle (10/4/11) Study: Crime Rose in LA Near Closed Pot Clinics (9/21/11) Major Panel: Drug War Failed; Legalize Marijuana (ABC News) Governor asks: What if pot's legal and taxed? (5/6/09) From Beijing to Bongs (2/4/09) #20 Marijuana Arrests Set New Record New marijuana law rolls into MA. (1/2/09) Mellowing Out on Marijuana (11/8/07: TIME) King Hemp IV: Rope and Dope (10/1/07) Calif. pot clinics proliferate (3/10/07) Perry pardons man's life sentence for pot (3/9/07) U.S. Is Sued Over Position on Marijuana (2/21/07) Pot is called biggest cash crop (12/18/06: Los Angeles Times) US: 75% in AARP Poll Back Medical Marijuana Use (12/19/04) Murder case sharpens fight over pot laws (10/31/04) Marijuana Petition Signature Count Back on After Ruling (8/13/04) Netherlands seeks to stub out 'cannabis tourism' (4/23/04) Pot legalization petition on track (12/31/03) A New Generation of Drugs Canada Moves Toward Reform Of Drug Policies (9/4/02)	NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Pot Use is NORML (4/10/02) Courts rejects odor-based drug bust Could Hemp Save The Planet? Study: Marijuana may not lead to hard drugs (CNN) What If Marijuana Were Legal? Possible Outcomes (NPR) REEFER SADNESS by Jeff Prince Commentaries by Michael Levine Fake-drug suits may cost Dallas millions DRUG WAR NEWS NOT FIT TO PRINT by Michael Levine Was Rainbow Farm Another Waco? The Media Awareness Project George Bush's Heroin Connection Easing drugs law wins support Jenna Bush Inhales Portugal shifts aim in drug war (10/11/01) The Truth About the War on Drugs King County prosecutor backs lower drug penalties Pot Seed Merchant, Winked at by Police, Prospers in Canada Albert Hofmann, father of drug LSD, dies in Switzerland The truth of how governments view drugs
40 Years of a Pointless, Tragic Drug War -- But As Feds Crack Down, Reformers Fight Back: Tension between popular will and the political establishment makes this a time of hope and frustration for the drug reform movement. (12/27/11) Selling the Drug War for $3 Billion? How the Pentagon Will Privatize an International War on Drugs: In part of a move to transfer tactics from the "war on terror" to the "war on drugs", the Pentagon is paying private security firms millions to fight the drug war internationally. (12/7/11) Why Jurors Should Refuse to Convict Drug Arrestees: Jurors are not required to enforce unjust laws, and can legally refuse to convict a person, even if he or she appears to be guilty. (12/22/11) Mendocino pot raid causes stir among California's medical marijuana advocates (10/30/11) Mendocino pot raid causes stir among California's medical marijuana advocates (10/30/11) Canadian Medical Association Journal calls for Marijuana Decriminalization When It Comes to Medical Marijuana, Obama's White House Is a Science-Free Zone Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Hemp Farming Legislation - HR 1866 (4/3/09) Opponents say it would create new costs for society. (2/24/09: LA Times) related - Tom Ammiano, CA. State Assemblyman, Wants Marijuana Legalized (CNN video: YouTube) Kellogg's to drop Michael Phelps from endorsements over bong photo (2/6/09) Esquire / the-side / Richardson Report / Obama Marijuana Legalization (12/23/08) Local law enforcement not going to write citations for certain marijuana offenses (9/01/07) FORMER COP TO SELL VIDEO SHOWING DRUG USERS HOW TO AVOID POLICE DETECTION (12/21/06) These are the latest Marijuana Reform ads refused in Washington D.C. (12/13/06) No 'smoking' gun -- Research indicates teen marijuana use does not predict drug, alcohol abuse (12/4/06) Parts of marijuana may fight dementia: Study: Drug reduces brain inflammation found in Alzheimer’s (10/19/06) Nevada religious leaders make case to legalize pot (10/4/06: MSNBC) HR 5843 Decriminalizes Personal Marijuana Use LSD's creator celebrates 100th birthday: Researchers say drug still has more potential as Albert Hofmann reaches milestone (1/12/06) Superior Court Judge Violated Pregnant Women's Rights by Sentencing Her to Prison To Protect Fetus, N.J. Appeals Court Rules (6/16/04) Detective indicted on charges he helped frame immigrants (4/16/04) A new survey shows that 72 percent of Americans are against jail time for people arrested with small amounts of marijuana, the New York Post reported Oct. 28. Vancouver to take new approach with legal injection site for addicts (6/9/03: Seattle Times) Drug Czar Battles Hordes of Crazed Potheads! (4/18/03) Senate Committee recommends legalization of cannabis (OTTAWA: 9/4/02) - Senator Pierre Claude Nolin (Chair of the senate committee) said "Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and public health issue." Brits and Drugs (7/31/02) OR Great Britain has recently announced it's joining a wave of European countries that are relaxing their official policies toward marijuana. America In A Fix by John L. Kane (a United States senior district judge in Denver, Colorado) Billy Rogers , campaign manager and spokesman for Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, is the man behind the drive to make Nevada the first state with legal marijuana. On September 6, 1988, the DEA's chief administrative law judge, Francis L. Young, declared that marijuana in its natural form is "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. (CNN) Taxing pot could become a political toking point: An Assemblyman from San Francisco argues that it's time to tax and regulate the state's biggest cash crop in the same manner as alcohol. Hemp-Food Firms Fight U.S. Ban, Deny Marijuana Link (1/13/02: Washington Post) Washington fares only slightly better in treating drug users (6/10/01: Seattle PI) Amherst Voters Approve Referendum to "Deprioritize" Marijuana Enforcement Police Foundation Report Calls for Marijuana Decriminalization, Lower Penalties for Other Drugs (UK) Racial disparities found in Illinois drug prosecutions: 99% of Cook County youth tried as adults are non-white. SIGN-ON STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT CLINTON is a list of clergy and faith leaders who have signed onto a letter calling for President Clinton to pardon all non-violent drug affenders who have served 5 yrs. or more. Doc Ellis Says He Pitched 1970 No-Hitter On LSD (10-21-00: Sightings.com) Switzerland plans legislation to decriminalize marijuana. (10/4/00: Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Mendocino marijuana may get legal approval if voters give their OK. ( 10/1/00: Seattle Times) High hopes in Alaska for sweeping pot law .(9/25/00: Seattle Times) A post of how a person's aura looks like (to a metaphysician) after using drugs. Who are these people who oppose some, if not all of the Drug War policies and tactics? FBI Reports Marijuana Arrests Exceed Those For Violent Crime (10/21/99) Why are police arresting more dope smokers than murderers, robbers, thugs, and rapists? (10/20/99: Libertarian Party) National Agendas Color D.C. Marijuana Debate (10/10/99: Washington Post) Search and Seizure Setbacks: High Court Expands Car Search Authority (4/6/99: ACLU News) What the WHO doesn't want you to know about cannabis - Portland NORML News - Sunday, May 10, 1998 The November Coalition is a "growing body of citizens whose lives have been gravely affected by our government's present drug policy." Their "goal is to make their voices heard, expose the folly of America's War on Drugs, and demand change." They "are encouraged by the scores of Federal Judges, physicians, law enforcement officers, lawyers, mayors, governors, educators and legislators who have become outspoken critics of our country's current policy." Beyond Prohibition: Listen to, the highest elected official ever to advocate legalization of now illegal drugs, New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson's Tuesday, October 5, 1999 speech explaining the logic behind ending the legal discrimination against those who favor more benign forms of tension release than alcohol; like marijuana. hemp.net is "An exhaustive source of information relating to medical, spiritual, industrial, and recreational uses of marijuana in Washington. Updates on the various movements to decriminalize or legalize the plant are also provided. The side also has infrmation about the Green Cross, which runs an underground system of medical marijuana distribution. In addition the site is the home page of hemp.net, an Internet service provider.

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