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Sermon on the mount: Ex-cop preaches against drug war: Keller man spreads his message across America on horseback (12/27/02: The Dallas Morning News) - he created Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has also advocated decriminalization, saying prosecuting people for small amounts ties up scarce resources. or OACP's Position on the Legalization of Marijuana

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The official opinion by the New Mexico Court of Appeals in State v. Pratt (2005) 117 P.3d 967, holding that growing psilocybian mushrooms is not "manufacturing a controlled substance" under New Mexico law.


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Cannabis College gives pot a chance (11/29/09)

Emerging Clinical Applications for Cannabis and Cannabinoids: A Review of Recent Scientific Literature, 2000-2008.pdf

Marijuana-like drugs eradicated some brain cancers in rats briefly details two separate studies.

Pot Shrinks Tumors - Government Knew in '74 gives further details.

Listen to show #70 Part Two and Part Three with Jim Wakeford from Black Op Radio.com Archives.

Scientists have long known that pot is an antidepressant. So a team of US, Canadian and Italian university researchers have developed a pill that delivers marijuana's mood boost. URB597 lights up the brain's cannabinoid receptors by blocking the breakdown of anandamide, a neurotransmitter that fights pain and manages stress.

Cannabis Ingredient May Prevent Mad Cow Disease (9/17/07)

Marijuana may help stave off Alzheimer’s; Active: ingredient in pot may help preserve brain function... (10/6/06: MSNBC)
SCIENCE: STUDY SHOWS MARIJUANA INCREASES BRAIN CELL GROWTH (10/3/05)

Committee To Set Medical Marijuana Guidelines: Former Santa Cruz County Administrator Setting Up Committee (5/19/04)

TV TALKER SAYS POT IS HEALING (5/3/04)

Canada Patients Get Government Marijuana (Newsday.com: 8/27/03)

Santa Cruz, pot club defy feds as officials take up cause of medical marijuana OR Santa Cruz activists hand out marijuana at City Hall
SUMMARY PAPER: FDA INFO SUBMITTED TO DEA SUPPORTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA


Pot payback: California medical pot activists seek ballot-box revenge against drug warriors

Medicinal Pot Is Doctor's Specialty

Lucy In the Sky, With Therapists (wired.com)

California clinic barred from distributing medicinal marijuana. (8/30/00: Seattle Times)

 

 

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Listen to the 12/11/06 radiOrbit show with Jack Cole (of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) DOWNLOAD | LISTEN.


Listen to show #135 Part Two, on Black Op Radio Archives with ex-drug smuggler Joseph Pietri who discusses high adventure hashish smuggling through the kingdom of Nepal and the immorality of the war against drugs. You can also read his book, The King of Nepal.

 

 

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Saying the drug war has caused more harm than drug abuse itself, prominent world figures are calling for "a truly open dialogue'' to shift drug control policies from punishment to public health issues OR Leaders call drug war a failure, urge UN to rethink policy OR Leaders Ask UN for New Drug Policy

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