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 Medical Marijuana and the Tragedy of the White House
by befurther
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The Washington Post has two videos I think are important to see, one comes in sequence right after the other. There is an especially uncomfortable feeling I get when tragedy, ignorance and cruelty are displayed before my very eyes, and I wonder why the President of the United States, this one or any one of them, have not gone on TV and just called off the war on drugs. You really have to wonder about the honesty and compassion of these presidents and the army of drug warriors that follow them. ... ... I have published about CBD (cannabidiol)—legal medical marijuana in ever ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- As Addictive As Cocaine: HFCS – America’s Most Deadly Addiction?
by befurther
109 min
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Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die ... ... A little over a year ago, I did what was once unthinkable, I gave up anything and everything containing high fructose corn syrup. I did it for a big reason: I had come to the conclusion that it was killing me. Those multiple energy drinks a day to go along with my Pepsi habit and 2 candy bar a day routine was rotting out my insides, and I knew it, so I gave them up cold turkey. I haven’t turned back and I have no regrets whatsoever. ... ... My suspicions were somewhat confirmed with both this release of a new study from ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Hemp Could Free Us From Oil, Prevent Deforestation, Cure Cancer and It’s...
by befurther
9 days
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Marco Torres, Prevent Disease ... Waking Times ... ... Hemp is a tall, beautiful and gracious looking annual plant that can reach heights over twelve feet. Although hemp ( cannabis sativa ) and marijuana ( cannabis sativa var. indica ) come from a similar species of plant, they are very different and confusion has been caused by deliberate misinformation with far reaching effects on socioeconomics as well as on environmental matters. The reason hemp is illegal is not because of any negative impact to the environment or human health, but exactly the opposite. It is so environmentally frien ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- 'Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves The Drug War Is A Joke'
by befurther
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Source: Daily Bail ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Caption this photo (in comments)... ... ... --- ... ... By Matt Taibbi ... ... Rolling Stone ... ... If you’ve ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you’ve ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or "drug paraphernalia" in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me. ... ... Breuer this week signed off on a settlement deal with the British banking giant HSBC that is the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who’s ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- How MI6, CIA spend tax money on propping up drug production
by befurther
16 days
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With both the CIA and MI6 secretly providing ’ghost money’ bribes to the Afghan political establishment, it’s likely that Afghans will increasingly support a resurgent Taliban and the drug trade will be further propped up. ... ... Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has recently been criticized for taking ’ghost money’ from the CIA and MI6. The sums are unknown – for the usual reasons of ’national security’ – but are estimated to have been in the tens of millions of dollars. While this is nowhere near the eye-bleeding $12 billion shipped over to Iraq on pallets in the wake of ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Maryland to Become 19th State to Legalize Medical Marijuana
by befurther
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Maryland became the 19 th State to legalize marijuana for medical use Thursday when Governor Martin O’Malley signed the “Medical Marijuana – Academic Medical Centers – Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission” act into law. ... ... Congress and the president claim the constitutional authority to prohibit weed. The Supreme Court concurs. But sharing an opinion on something doesn’t necessarily make it a fact. You can claim you are a unicorn, but you’re not. Clearly, the Constitution delegates no power of marijuana regulatio ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Scientist against Herb to treat Malaria
by qualityoflife
28 days
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... ... ... The WHO vs. the Tea Doctor ... ... For once, an herbal remedy actually works. Why are malaria experts against it? ... ... By Brendan Borrell |Posted Thursday, April 4, 2013, at 3:51 PM ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A man rides around a bike and distributes tea to workers on a flower farm. ... Photos courtesy of Brendan Borrell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ENTEBBE, Uganda—It’s a little after 9 a.m. on the Wagagai Flower Farm, and Robert Watsusi pedals a bicycle laden with two 3-gallon jugs of a hot, bitter black tea. As he rounds a corner, workers emerge from football field&nda ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Who Is Trying To Patent Marijuana?
by befurther
28 days
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... Waking Times ... ... The secret is out: marijuana is medicine. And not to the surprise of the pharmaceutical industry, who is slowly but surely gaining exclusive rights to the medical properties of this age-old plant. ... ... But wait. How can a company, other than Monsanto, patent a plant? That’s not a serious question, but it brings up a serious point. Patents on marijuana have yet to cover genetic modifications of the plant itself, but rather involve the cannabinoids found in marijuana that are responsible for its medical effects. ... ... Phytocannabinoids in the treatment of can ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Grief, Temper Tantrums Labeled as Psychiatric Disorders
by qualityoflife
34 days
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Controversial update to ’bible’ of psychiatry fuels debate over foundations of mental health ... ... ... One book raises big questions ... ... ... ... By Amar Toor on April 19, 2013 06:05 pm Email @amartoo ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... in Share ... ... ... ... ... For years, the diagnosis of mental illness has largely relied upon one book — theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM. Published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the DSM offers detailed classifications and criteria for condit ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Opium Production in Afghanistan Increases
by befurther
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... ... ... ... ... ... ... Set You Free News – by Heath Druzin | Stripes ... ... Opium cultivation is expected to increase across Afghanistan, and in several areas where the crop had previously been eliminated production has resumed, according to a U.N. report released Monday. ... ... Despite years of efforts by the NATO-led military coalition and the Afghan government, only the western province of Herat is expected to see a decrease in production this year, according to the report. Afghanistan is the world’s main producer of poppy, which is used to make heroin and provides ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- West Valley narcotics officers stole evidence, audit finds
by befurther
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... Narcotics officers from the West Valley Police Department stole money and other items from vehicles they seized and may have taken drugs and money confiscated during arrests, an internal audit found. ... ... ... ... "We may have missing drugs and money that are associated with this investigation," West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle said Friday. ... ... ... ... The announcement of six "areas of potential problems" came as the embattled police department has faced criticism for several weeks over corruption allegations — particularly within the Neighborhood Narco ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- The Healing Power of Psychedelic Mushrooms
by befurther
47 days
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“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less cocksure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable Mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend.” –Aldous Huxley, ‘The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell’ [1] ... ... Abuse of power is in order when the growth of certain plants, whose native home was Earth long before th ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Re: Cannabis and Parasites
by JrDavis
52 days
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Believe me I am pro cannabis. I am a patient myself. ... ... Today I passed this. ... ... ... ... ... ... I haven’t pulsing and I haven’t been doing any cleanse other then enema’s. I passed this without doing either... ... ... ... I have been smoking though. Every time I do I get super dizzy, anxiety, paranoid etc. ... ... I know the chinese used it for anti parasites. The weird thing is. ... ... When I took my smoke break for a month or two then came back to it. I ended up smoking really strong THC Sativa Dominant I grew myself. ... ... I then felt something float up into my tip top of my head. I felt it there for awhile. ... ... ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Re: absolute horrible idea to legalize drugs.
by befurther
52 days
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Many drugs are already legal, that is a fact. ... ... " You and I both know people on drugs. You want that to be the norm?" ... ... It already is the norm, sugar, caffeine, (corporate)prescription drugs. ... ... "Really?" ... ... Yes. Really, drugs as a blanket term is part of the problem. Why are highly toxic drugs pushed by corporations allowed while natural plants are illegal? What about all the other uses of these plants that are made illegal, simply because someone has a false perception regarding them? ... ... " That’s what you want on the highways and biways of America? Don’t ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- The patients prescribed up to 25 different drugs a day with devastating ...
by befurther
3 mon
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Jean Smith felt as if a thick fog had descended on her brain as once again she found herself having to re-read sentences three times so she understood what they meant. ... ... ... ‘Even when I talked I struggled to find the right words,’ recalls Jean, a 63-year-old former civil servant, who lives in Liverpool with her husband, Kenneth, 58, a factory supervisor. ... ... ... ‘I told Kenneth the same things over and I never knew what the day was. ... ... ’I just couldn’t think clearly and was worried I was beginning to lose it.’ ... ... ... She was also sleeping more than us ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Farmers Begin Planting Hemp Under New Colorado Hemp Legalization
by befurther
3 mon
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Natural Society ... ... Many farmers in Colorado will be expanding their list of planted crops this Spring after groundbreaking legislation was passed last November that allowed not only for the legalization of marijuana, but hemp as well. Now in case you’re not familiar, hemp is actually a multi-purpose substance that does not produce the high effects of marijuana. In fact, it’s mainly used as a super cheap and highly efficient building material — at least in other nations where ridiculous bans are not enforced on the ‘high-free’ material. ... ... Colorado farm ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Psychiatric Drugs—Just the Facts
by befurther
4 mon
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The following links provide the documented risks of antidepressants, ADHD drugs, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety drugs, including drug regulatory warnings, studies, and adverse reaction reports filed with the U.S. FDA from 2004-2011. The risks of these drugs are provided so the public can make informed, educated decisions. ... ... ... The following are summaries of the warnings, studies and documented side effects of the four main classes of psychiatric drugs: Antidepressants, Antipsycotics, Anti-Anxiety drugs and ADHD drugs. ... ... ADHD Drugs: Summaries of 31 drug regulatory warning ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Hawaii House Speaker Files Marijuana Legalization Bill
by befurther
4 mon
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... ... ... Hawaii House Speaker Joseph Souki (D-8) Friday introduced a bill to legalize the possession of marijuana by adults and create a system of taxed and regulated legal marijuana commerce. The measure, House Bill 150, would allow people 21 and over to possess up to an ounce and grow an as yet unspecified number of plants in a secure location. ... ... ... ... ... The bill passed its first reading Friday, but has yet to be sent to a committee. The 2013 legislative session begins Tuesday. ... ... "Regulating and taxing marijuana similarly to alcohol takes marijuana sales out of the hands of ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- US Court Rules Against Reclassification of Marijuana
by befurther
4 mon
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The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the DEA who claimed medical marijuana studies have not been "scientifically rigorous", Americans For Safe Access vowed to appeal. ... ... ... ... ... Activist Post ... ... The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling today in the medical marijuana reclassification case, Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. In a 2-1 decision, the Court granted standing in the case -- the right to bring a claim against the federal government -- but denied the legal challenge on the merits, agreeing with the g ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Spain Study Confirms Hemp Oil Cures Cancer without Side Effects
by befurther
4 mon
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The International Medical Veritas Association (IMVA) is putting hemp oil on its cancer protocol. It is a prioritized protocol list whose top five items are magnesium chloride, iodine, selenium, Alpha Lipoic Acid and sodium bicarbonate. It makes perfect sense to drop hemp oil right into the middle of this nutritional crossfire of anti cancer medicines, which are all available without prescription. ... ... Hemp oil has long been recognised as one of the most versatile and beneficial substances known to man. Derived from hemp seeds (a member of the achene family of fruits) it has been re ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- What the FBI Wants to Hide From You In Their 2011 Gang Threat Assessment
by befurther
4 mon
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... ... ... ... The cover of the law enforcement sensitive version of the 2011 National Gang Intelligence Center 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. ... ... ... ... Public Intelligence ... ... What information from its most recent gang threat assessment does the FBI want to keep only for the eyes of law enforcement? Thanks to the publication of the full “law enforcement sensitive” version of the assessment on the website of the California Gang Investigator’s Association, we now know the answer to that question. The full version of the document contains approximately twenty a ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Medicinal Properties of the Banana Plant
by befurther
5 mon
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There are various varieties and shapes and sizes of bananas. It has been found that bananas have curative properties both scientifically and traditionally. Birds and animals - especially monkeys and elephants love bananas. ... ... ... There are many healing and medicinal properties of bananas: ... ... The high content of iron in bananas increases the production of hemoglobin in the blood -therefore they are very good for anemia. ... ... They regulate bowel movement - whether it is constipation or diarrhea. Our elders believed that eating a banana after every meal improved digestion significant ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
by befurther
5 mon
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213#ixzz2EywCnsTV ... ... If you’ve ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you’ve ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or "drug paraphernalia" in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me. ... ... Breuer this week signed off on a settlement deal with the British banking giant HSBC that is the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who’s ever had his life altered by ... [Image Embedded Here]
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 Obama Responds to Pot Legalization: Doesn’t Make “Sense” To Go After Rec...
by befurther
5 mon
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theintelhub.com ... December 15, 2012 ... ... Self avowed former ganja toker and President of the United States Barack Obama weighed in on the issue of marijuana legalization and States’ rights in an interview with Barbara Walters. ... ... ... ... Walters: Do you think that marijuana should be legalized? ... ... Obama: I wouldn’t go that far. But what I think is that, at this point, Washington and Colorado… you’ve seen the voters speak on this issue. ... ... As it is, the Federal government has a lot to do when it comes to criminal prosecution. ... ... It does not make sense from a priorit ... [Image Embedded Here] [Video Embedded Here]
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- The Next Seven States to Legalize Marijuana?
by befurther
5 mon
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Stop The Drug War ... ... Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson continues his coverage of marijuana legalization with a not unjustifiably optimistic article, " The Next Seven States to Legalize Pot." Dickinson’s predictions: Oregon, California, Nevada, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, and Alaska. Some of the states are more intuitively obvious than others, such as California, and even Oregon despite the loss. But Dickinson offers reasonable reasons to be hopeful about the others. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Map Source - Rolling Stones ... ... ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Feds Say Oakland Can't Block Seizure of Harborside Medical Pot Disepensa...
by befurther
5 mon
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Activist Post ... ... The Feds are at it again. Their relentless attempt to shut down the largest medical marijuana shop in the world, Harborside Health Center, continues. ... ... After losing a recent court judgement that said they couldn’t evict Harborside under federal forfeiture, the Feds are now making the argument that the state and city cannot stand in their way of seizing the dispensary. ... ... Back in July, the federal government filed forfeiture proceedings against the property that Harborside rents. Although Harborside has not violated any state laws, action by the ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- November 6: An Election to Stop the Drug War
by befurther
6 mon
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We are now only five days away from Election Day, and it’s starting to look very much like at least one state will vote to legalize marijuana, possibly two, and, if the gods are really smiling down, three. It’s also looking like there will soon be at least one more medical marijuana state, and like California will finally reform its three strikes sentencing law. ... ... ... ... Amendment 64 billboard (regulatemarijuana.org) ... ... ... ... There are also local initiatives on the ballot in California, Massachusetts, and Michigan, including a Detroit initiative that would legalize the possessi ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- The Prison System Expands at Frightening Pace Following Declaration of W...
by befurther
6 mon
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Activist Post ... ... In the early 1970s, the prison population in the United States was small and was steadily falling relative to the size of the population. Experts imagined that in a few decades, the prison system as we know it could be successfully dismantled, but that began to change after President Nixon began the War on Drugs in 1971, resulting in a huge influx of convicts. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE ... ... ... ... ... The massive increase in prisoners has given rise to what some call the Prison Industrial ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Bungled SWAT Raid Leaves 12-year-old Girl Badly Burned, No Meth Lab Found
by befurther
7 mon
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An early morning SWAT team raid on an alleged meth house produced no meth lab or arrests and instead left a 12-year-old girl badly burned by a flashbang grenade. ... ... By Tim McAteer (Wikipedia:Contact us/Photo submission) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons ... ... It all happened at a Billings, Montana home Tuesday around 6am. While the Fasching family slept, a SWAT team assembled outside their home mobilizing a coordinated raid. ... ... The grenade used was of the non-lethal “flash bang” variety, made to disorient and cause temp ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Romney’s “Bain Capitol” Drug Front For Bush Cartel
by befurther
7 mon
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Breaking: Romney’s “Bain Capitol” Drug Front For Bush Cartel (Video) ... ... ... October 16, 2012 by kristalklear ... ... ... ... ... ... I can’t guarantee the video you will see will save your grandchildren or bring back our freedoms. What I can guarantee is this: Anyone who sees this will demand the immediate arrest of Mitt Romney and the entire Bush drug cartel. source ... ... ... ... ... The slide chosen from the video is a favorite. There is a reason for that, it is appropriate. The video deals with one aspect of Romney’s character an ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Police State 2012: Drug Squad Confiscates 1624 Daisies in Suburban Garde...
by befurther
7 mon
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theintelhub.com ... October 4, 2012 ... ... As I have explained in many previous articles, the war on drugs is a total fraud and the world would be a lot better off if there were not prohibitions on objects or nonviolent actions. ... ... One of the most ridiculous things about the war on drugs, especially in regards to the prohibition of marijuana, is the fact that at the end of the day it’s just a plant. If you really think about it, we have come to a very strange place in society when plants are illegal. ... ... The idea of banning plants looks even more ridiculous when a swat team shows ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Deputy resigns after being busted on drug charges
by befurther
7 mon
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Joshua Music, 31, is no longer a Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy after being charged on Friday with Trafficking in Hydrocodone and 3 Counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. ... ... ... ... Music allegedly responded to a report of underage drinking at a Bartow residence. While investigating, Music found out there were Hydrocodone pills in the residence and later contacted the resident on two separate occasions after the initial call — on the pretense of “counting” the pills, according to the releas ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- UNIVISION report connects Fast & Furious to murders of 16 Mexican teenag...
by befurther
7 mon
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Univision report connects Operation Fast and Furious scandal to mur... ... ... ... The Spanish language television news network Univision unleashed a bombshell investigative report on Operation Fast and Furious Sunday evening, finding that in January 2010 drug cartel hit men slaughtered students with weapons the United States government allowed to flow to them across the Mexican border. ... ... ... ... This still from a September 30, 2012 Univision broadcast shows a dead body on a street in the Mexican town of Villas De Salvarcar after a massacre allegedly committed by criminals using gun ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Mexican Diplomat Says America Pretty Much Invited The Sinaloa Drug Carte...
by befurther
7 mon
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... ... ... ... Mexican Diplomat Says America Pretty Much Invited The Sinaloa Drug Cartel Across The Border ... ... www.businessinsider.com/stratfor-the-us-works-with-cartels-2012-9 ... ... ... Michael Kelley | Oct. 1, 2012, 4:31 PM | 21,470 | 37 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... DOJ National Drug Threat Assessment 2011 ... ... ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis...
by befurther
8 mon
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... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever. ... ... "It took us about 20 years of research to figure this out, but we are very excited," said Pierre Desprez, one of the scientists behind the discovery, to The Huffington Post. "We want to get started with trials as soon as possible." ... ... The Daily Beast first reported on the finding, which has already undergone ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- The Top Prescription Drugs of 2011 in the United States: Antipsychotics ...
by befurther
8 mon
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Data for the top prescription drugs of 2011 in the Unites States was recently released by IMS Health, (1) and as we have done each year, (2, 3) we will break down the key stats as they apply to CNS therapeutics. Total prescription drug sales in the United States increased from $308.6 billion in 2010 to $319.9 billion in 2011 (an 3.5% increase despite pressure from generics), with a concomitant increase in prescriptions dispensed (3.99 billion in 2010 compared to 4.02 billion in 2011). (1) As discussed last year, (3) a combination of generic versus brand medications and a weak econo ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Guns of Pot Users to be Confiscated
by befurther
8 mon
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Infowars.com ... September 13, 2012 ... ... The Obama Administration through the Justice Department has given the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) the authority to “seize and administratively forfeit property involved in controlled-substance abuses.” In effect: those who are convicted of crimes involving alcohol and/or substance abusers will have their right to bear arms revoked. ... ... ... ... By misuse of the civil-forfeiture doctrine, constitutional rights can be circumvented while the owner of the property will have it taken without recourse. ... ... In 2010 ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Who is the Drug Dealer?
by befurther
9 mon
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... ... ... ... tipggita32.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/who-is-the-drug-dealer/ ... [Image Embedded Here] [End]
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- High-Ranking Mexican Drug Cartel Member Makes Explosive Allegation: ‘Fas...
by befurther
9 mon
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High-Ranking Mexican Drug Cartel Member Makes Explosive Allegation: ‘Fast and Furious’ Is Not What You Think It Is ... ... A high-ranking Mexican drug cartel operative currently in U.S. custody is making startling allegations that the failed federal gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious” isn’t what you think it is. ... ... It wasn’t about tracking guns, it was about supplying them — all part of an elaborate agreement between the U.S. government and Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa Cartel to take down rival cartels. ... ... The explosive a ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Flashback:The Activities at Mena - MENA is no myth!
by befurther
9 mon
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"If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched." ... ... -- George Bush, cited in the June, 1992 Sarah McClendon Newsletter ... ... George Bush with legendary CIA agent Felix Rodriguez a.k.a. "Mr. Gomez" who ran the Mexican portion of the Iran-Contra guns and drug running operation. ... "I have put thousands of Americans away for tens of thousands of years for less evidence for conspiracy with less evidence than is available against Ollie North and CIA people. . . . I personally was involved in a ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Is the LIBOR scandal a cover for drug money laundering?
by befurther
10 mon
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The big announcement this week was that banks have operated to manipulate LIBOR in partnership with the Bank of England. To anybody who understands finance and banking, this must sound like a childish joke. Why? Because the purpose of a central bank is to manipulate interest rates, to manipulate and control LIBOR, that is their purpose! In addition, the purpose of paper money, rather than sound gold backed money, is so that banks can print money from thin air which, you guessed it, manipulates LIBOR, which will drop whenever money is printed. ... ... ... ... ... ... Why the scandal? We ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Did Mexican Official Blow Lid Off CIA-Managed Drug Trade?
by befurther
10 mon
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Did Mexican Official Blow Lid Off CIA-Managed Drug Trade? ... ... Activist Post ... ... For the last three decades several leaks have come out indicating that the CIA is directly involved in illegal drug trafficking. ... ... From planes registered to the CIA caught with tons of cocaine, whistleblowers exposing the the phony police war on drugs or that cartels worked directly with US agencies, to the CIA/Pentagon protecting the poppy crop in Afghanistan whose opium trade exploded after the 2001 invasion; the evidence is mounting that the CIA is clearly involved in some manner. ... ... Although t ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Infographic: How Drug War Fuels the Global HIV Pandemic
by befurther
10 mon
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Drug criminalization and mass incarceration force drug users away from public health services and into hidden environments with higher HIV risks. ... ... www.alternet.org/story/156398/infographic%3A_how_drug_war_fuels_the_global_hiv_pandemic ... ... [Image Embedded Here] [End]
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- Chart: Mexican Drug Cartels Have Invaded Most Major Cities In the United...
by befurther
10 mon
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CorporateMediaExposed.com ... July 18, 2012 ... ... A chart recently published by the National Post outlines the startling fact that most major U.S. cities have been invaded by Mexico drug cartels, as most of the corporate media continues to blame the 2nd amendment for these problems even as the government openly ships guns to the very cartels invading our country. ... ... A literal war is taking place south of our border with over 55,000 drug cartel related deaths in Mexico in the last six years and now that war is spilling over into the streets of America and little to nothing is being done a ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Another Senseless Drug War Casualty
by befurther
10 mon
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William Reddie Another Senseless Drug War Casualty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... William Reddie ... ... ... ... ... Of course the State justified his murder because William Reddie allegedly pulled a knife and lunged at officers, but they had no business being there to begin with. Once again all one of their agents has to do is claim they smelled something and due process is out the window. ... ... ... ... No marijuana was found in Reddie’s system, even though the police claim he admitted to smoking earlier in the day and there is no menti ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- OxyContin: Painkillers for Kids
by befurther
10 mon
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The maker of OxyContin is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval to label the controversial painkiller for use by children as young as 6 in a move that could serve to extend the company’s expiring patent on the lucrative drug, The Daily has learned. ... ... Purdue Pharma has paid dozens of clinical sites around the country to document what happens when OxyContin, an addictive pharmaceutical widely abused by recreational users, is given to children. ... ... The company says that its motivation is to help doctors who currently prescribe the drug off-label to children, a common pra ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Afghan Heroin Myths and Facts Recapped & Simplified for Mainstream Follo...
by befurther
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Yesterday I wrote a piece on the real lords of Afghan poppies and heroin operations. I am thankful to all your supportive feedback. Of course not all feedbacks were positive, and I truly understand and accept that. Many of the critics came from mainstream media and establishment’s loyal believers and followers. They found my article complicated and not rational. In various ways and using many different words-some not very pleasant, they were asking if I was accusing the United Nations, NATO, the US Government, and mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times an ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- CIA plane crash lands with four tons of coke
by befurther
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Well I guess we know who Americas TOP Drug Dealers are-(CIA)The Criminal Intelligence Agency. ... ... ... Cocaine import agency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... “We’ve all heard the rumors that the CIA are the reason that the United States/Canada is awash with cocaine…. is it time to connect the dots now that one of their planes has crash landed with four tons ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Feds: Crooked TSA Screeners Arrested in Drug Trafficking Scheme
by befurther
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Multiple airport screeners have been arrested for allegedly taking handsome bribes to look the other way while loads of illegal drugs slipped through security at Los Angeles International Airport, federal officials announced today. ... ... Two current and two former officials at the Transportation Security Administration were arrested in the last 48 hours in connection with at least five incidents from February 2011 to July 2011 in which on duty screeners took payments of up to $2,400 to allow suitcases filled with drugs to pass unimpeded through X-ray machines at LAX, U.S. Attorney ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- North American summit: leaders to discuss Mexico's drug war
by befurther
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US President Barack Obama hosted the leaders of Mexico and Canada at the White House on Monday for a North American summit, against a backdrop of the vicious drug war in Mexico and escalating violence along the border. ... ... ... ... U.S. President Barack Obama (C), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R), and Mexican President Felipe Calderon walk to the podium for a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House ... ... Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, and Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, joined Obama to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), wh ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Australia: Parents Growing a Single Marijuana Plant Could Be Jailed for ...
by befurther
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Parents could be jailed for 12 months and have their children put in state care for growing just one marijuana plant in Western Australia under arguably the nation’s toughest drug laws. ... ... Amendments to WA’s Misuse of Drugs Act passed on Friday mean people convicted of cultivating a single cannabis plant or processing the drug where a child has suffered harm face a 12-month mandatory prison term. ... ... Those convicted of a second drug offence where they were growing just one plant or processing it – hanging it to dry or rolling a joint – face a mandatory jail ter ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- The Afghan War on Drugs has gone just like NATO wanted
by Dquixote1217
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... ... For NATO and the global elite who controls it, it is the best of both worlds - supplying 90% of the world’s heroin while providing a fertile ground for Monsanto and other big multi-national corporations to control and prosper. See: ... ... http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?did=12782 ... [Image Embedded Here] [End]
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- Narco-Tyranny in a Tiny Town
by befurther
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Covington, Texas Police Chief Arrested; Residents “Scared to Death” of Police Retaliation ... ... www.republicmagazine.com/news/narco-tyranny-in-a-tiny-town-covington-texas-police-chief-arrested-residents-scared-to-death-of-police-retaliation.html ... ... Wade Laurence, Chief of Police in a minuscule town called Covington, Texas, has been arrested by the Texas Rangers and charged with using a fraudulent prescription to obtain controlled substances, a third degree felony. With the Chief free on $20,000 bail, the City Council is planning to meet this evening (March 9), reportedly to c ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Terminal cancer patient kicked out of UCSF hospital for medical marijuan...
by befurther
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Activist Post ... ... Angel Raich has become somewhat famous for her courageous fight against the government of the United States which opposes allowing Raich access to her much-needed medication. ... ... Back in 2004 and 2005 Raich brought her fight all the way to the United States Supreme Court where she argued for the right to use medical cannabis. ... ... Unfortunately in 2005 the Supreme Court ruled that under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, the United States Congress has the power to criminalize both the production and use of home-grown cannabis, even in states which have a ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Pot Legalization Foe Getting Rich off the Drug War
by befurther
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The lobbyist who helped kill California’s Proposition 19, the 2010 ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana, has constructed an entire business model around keeping pot illegal. While fighting against the proposed law, lobbyist John Lovell accepted nearly $400,000 from a wide array of police unions, some of which he also represented in attempting to steer millions of federal dollars toward California’s marijuana suppression programs. ... ... The revelation, reported yesterday by the Republic Report ’s Lee Fang, illustrates how Prop. 19 threatened the pay ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Why we still put hundreds of thousands of people in steel cages for pot-...
by befurther
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John Lovell is a lobbyist who makes a lot of money from making sure you can’t smoke a joint. That’s his job. He’s a lobbyist for the police unions in Sacramento, and he is a driving force behind grabbing Federal dollars to shut down the California marijuana industry. I’ll get to the evidence on this important story in a bit, but first, some context. ... ... At some point in the distant past, the war on drugs might have been popular. But not anymore — the polling is clear, but beyond that, the last three Presidents have used illegal drugs ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- What Obama Is Supporting in the War On Drugs
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- Is the “War on Drugs” as phony as the “War on Terror”?
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The former Chief Psychiatrist for the FBI, Alan J. Salerian, M.D., of The Salerian Center for Neuroscience & Pain (formerly, The Washington Center for Psychiatry), Washington, DC, has been blowing the whistle on false statistics being disseminated by the Center of Disease Control (CDC), which are being used to justify the “War on Drugs”, which the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has been enforcing by conducting its own “War on Physicians” who are attempting to change the nation’s drug laws for the benefit of the people. The physicians who have dedicat ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Transdermal and Oral Cannabis
by befurther
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Although medical marijuana is nontoxic, smoking it can be hazardous over the long term because toxic compounds are created in the combustion process. Fortunately there are options for the administration of cannabis but in general all different ways of administrating hemp oil or raw marijuana can be combined with no harmful side effects. Also there are vaporizers that allow for inhalation or what amounts to transdermal treatments into the lungs without burning the marijuana. It’s a cool clean smoke of powerful medicine. ... ... Smoking marijuana has limited medical value wh ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Re: Marijuana's Effects On Consciousness
by befurther
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"However when knowing what I know about drug consumption and all that it entials I would much rather live in a society that is drug free and I really wish people would not take up the consumption of the drug(s)" ... ... What about "drugs" that ease peoples pain? Or "drugs" like sugar? The ultimate gateway drug. ... ... Then of course there is caffeine...another "drug". ... ... " The negatives will continue to exist even if the drug is fully legalised and regulated the way that marijuana consumers want it to be, the same or similar to alcohol and presrci ... [Image Embedded Here]
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- Re: Marijuana's Effects On Consciousness
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- Re: I see sign...
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- Re: I see sign...
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- I see sign...
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- Re: This is time sensitive photography here!
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OMG that is unbelievable!!! I love it....the souz chef where I work would drink a bottle of crown royal every night and those pouches were all over his apartment...oh man he would love this!! I’ve always wanted this jacket (Gram Parsons) I’ll commission you! ... ... ... ... [Image Embedded Here] [End]
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- not really
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- Re: Re: Sative and Arabica.
by trapper/kcmo
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absolutely - 4 plants and 4 ounces dried. maybe you are old enough to remember the first issue of high times. the lead story was ”alaska goes legal” with a really cute eskimo girl smoking a doob. this was 1977, i believe. couldnt find it on line so i found another beauty: ... ... ... ... ... ... [Image Embedded Here] [End]
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