Prohibition

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• US: Indiana legislation attempts to allow alcohol sales on Sundays

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.bsudailynews.com/2.14295/indiana-legislation-attempts-to-allow-alcohol-sales-on-sundays-1.2006073 By Sean Armie As a senior at Ball State University, Brad Buhle said he understands the trouble Hoosiers encounter when trying to purchase alcohol. Indiana is one of 15 states that still has the ...
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• Burden to determine “actual cost” of assets in accordance with law is on Assessing officer

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 452
  After careful consideration of1 above provisions and facts and circumstances of the case, I am unable to accept the stand of the Revenue. As noted above actual cost should ordinarily mean real cost or real worth of assets. If it is not market value,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
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• Foxes, henhouses and cans of worms.

  
  The UKCIA News Blog — Authority: 110
  The debate surrounding the sacking of professor Nutt has opened up a whole can of nice big juicy worms. Issues which have never been allowed into the debate – such as the whole concept of “relative harms” – are now out there and people are talking about them which is all to the good, but perhaps the debate is ...
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• Drug War Related Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

  
  aid and comfort — Authority: 104
  On Thursday Dec. 3, 2009 the United States Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Virginia Sen. Jim Webbs S-714 , "to establish a national criminal justice commission" . This could be the most important piece of legislation for drug policy reform in the past thirty-nine years since Richard Nixon declared ...
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• $26,809 per minute.

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 433
  Over $14 billion per year. Thats the cost of prohibition in America. As if we had the money. Lee has more fun facts here .
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• Prohibition as a bad idea (book)

  
  Alcohol and Drugs History Society — Authority: 132
  Mark Lawrence Schard, The Power of a Bad Idea: Networks, Institutions, and the Global Prohibition Wave (Oxford UP, February 2010).   From his website:     In  The Political Power of Bad Ideas , Mark Lawrence Schrad casts off the conventional assumptions that policymakers rationally mimic best policy ...
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• African American women and prohibition in 1928 (article)

  
  Alcohol and Drugs History Society — Authority: 132
  Lisa C. Materson, "African American Women, Prohibition, and the 1928 Presidential Election," Journal of Womens History 21/1 (Spring 2009): 63-86.
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• ‘Daughters Against Dowry’ Campaign to be Launched in India

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  India’s Ministry Women and Child Development is observing the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wednesday, 25th November 2009. At the same time a campaign for change in daughters’ perspective ‘Daughters against Dowry’ will be launched. A National seminar is also being ...
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• Boundary Bay Brewery Relives the Roaring Twenties

  
  Bellinghams Best Beer — Authority: 118
  Ah, the 1920’s…the decade of bathtub gin, the model T, speakeasies , flappers and gangsters.  Referred to as the Roaring Twenties and The Jazz Age , it was a period of American prosperity and optimism.  A time of great social upheaval and change…the most explosive decade of the century.  Women were granted ...
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• Australia: Binge drink culture wars

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/11/23/103281_ntnews.html ACTING Police Commissioner Bruce Wernham should be congratulated for having the courage to call for an end to happy hours. Such a demand is considered sacrilege by many Territorians. Mr Wernham says: "Cheap shots, jugs of cocktails, happy ...
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• BUY AMERICAN POT: A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE AMGA

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 567
  BUY AMERICAN POT: A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE AMGA 11-21-2009 • Reason.tv We all know that a lot of people are harmed by prohibition, but who benefits? Strangely enough, some of the biggest beneficiaries are the bootleggers. Sure, they take a big risk, but black marketeers don’t have to pay taxes, ...
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• The Global State of H1N1 (Swine Flu )

  
  Natural Remedy for Yeast Infection — Authority: 140
  Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds This article argue that H1N1 in modern age, like SARS in the 1930s, need to be globally managed far from narrow national political policy making. Therefore, This analysis will not deal with symptoms or methods of prevention. Apart from killing at least 2,185 people worldwide, the H1N1 virus ...
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• Good Progress on Panama Canal Is Reported

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 469
  An upbeat annual report by the Isthmian Canal Commission was released yesterday by the War Department, and included an explanation for the increase in the projects estimated cost, to about $375 million from $144 million.
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• US Plans to Ban Irish Coffee….

  
  Why Dont You Blog? — Authority: 112
  Echoing the prohibition that hung round the great depression, the current global economic crisis seems to be encouraging people to ban things, almost at random. From New Scientist : THE US Food and Drug Administration is unimpressed by the fad for drinks that contain a double hit – alcohol and caffeine. Unless ...
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• Banks & Individuals Face Regulatory Actions

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 449
  The Federal Reserve Board issued a Prompt Corrective Action Directive against Orion Bank. Formal agreements were reached between 11 institutions and their respective regulators. The National Credit Union Administration Board announced that prohibition orders were issued against six individuals.
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• Court Orders Dissolution of Standard Oil Co.

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 469
  In the equivalent of an appeals court decision, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has been ruled "an illegal combination operating in restraint of trade." Frank B. Kellogg, United States special prosecutor, said the government won the case on every point argued.
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• Op-Eds: HIV Travel Ban; Improving Sanitation; Counterfeit Drugs

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 146
  ‘Blot’ On U.S. HIV/AIDS Leadership Removed A “blot” on U.S. HIV/AIDS leadership “ended last month when President [Barack] Obama lifted the prohibition” that kept HIV-positive foreigners from visiting the U.S. or seeking residency, according to a Source: Op-Eds: HIV Travel Ban; Improving ...
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• Barristers, beer and a new book

  
  Beer-Stained Letter — Authority: 120
  A dd one more title to the bookshelf on New Jersey beer. Mike Pellegrino, a lawyer in Denville and appreciator of better beer, is the author of Jersey Brew, The Story of Beer in New Jersey . Dont think of the 160-page book as an examination of current beer trends and the states craft beer scene. Besides beer, ...
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• SomaCow 409: I Have A Prescription

  
  SomaCow — Authority: 124
  Originally toked at SomaCow.com In this episode, the motley crew talked about: Medical marijuana and the recent legislation Prohibition How did Florida end up the way it did? What should Obama be focusing on? How do you get your high? Black Friday Thanksgiving traditions Sports and their long seasons ...
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• Marijuana growers say, “Keep it illegal and profits high!”

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 533
  Of course, this is comedy from Reason.TV, but it does make a huge point.  The cost of our favorite herb is artificially high due to its prohibition.  When we make our local, state and federal governments re-legalize marijuana, the price we pay for it will come closer to the cost of production. Click here to ...
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