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• Wall Street Journal suggests raising white flag on marijuana prohibition to de-fund Mexican cartels

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 540
  Its quite astonishing to see this subhed in todays Wall Street Journal story titled "Saving Mexico" : " To weaken the cartels, some argue the U.S. should legalize marijuana, let cocaine pass through the Caribbean and take the profit motive out of the drug trade." According to the WSJ: Growing numbers of Mexican ...
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• More dispensaries than Starbucks

  
  The Reality-Based Community — Authority: 134
  A first-hand account of a trip through Californias "medical marijuana" system.
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• Tales of waste and futility

  
  Tousaw Law — Authority: 103
  CBC News - British Columbia - Drug ingredients seized in B.C. bust The RCMP said the year-long investigation culminated in the seizure of about 20 barrels of the chemicals needed to make the drugs, as well as 14,000 ecstasy pills, more than $250,000 in cash and seven guns. Seven men and two women ranging in age from ...
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• Colombia: Caquetá Governor Abducted and Killed

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 657
  (Washington, DC) - The killing of a state governor points up the cruel tactics of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, who target and often kill civilians in Colombias internal armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.  read more
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• Hoping To Avoid Controversy, J.P. Morgan Creates It Instead

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 670
  Did you vote for your favorite charity via J.P. Morgan Chase & Company’s Facebook contest ? Us either, but if you know someone that did, it was a total fraud. At least three groups who were ranking “among the top 100 vote-getters” got disqualified by last minute changes in the rules reports the New York ...
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• Czech Republic Decriminalises Heroin, Cocaine, Meth etc. for Personal Use

  
  The Australian Heroin Diaries — Authority: 111
  First Portugal, then Mexico and now The Czech Republic have decriminalised personal amounts of all illicit drugs. Effective from January 1, 2010, anyone caught with less than a nominated amount of any drug will be issued with a fine instead of a possible jail term. Although an increasing number of countries are ...
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• Mexico’s Drug War -- Part of the Gunfight in Which Arturo Beltran Leyva (a Drug “Don”) Was Killed

  
  Religio-Political Talk — Authority: 150
  In that the Mexican authorities are calling one of their great victories against the drugs cartels they killed Arturo Beltran Leyva in a two hour gun battle yesterday.One of Mexico’s top drug lords was killed in a two-hour gun battle yesterday in one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderón’s war ...
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• Ammiano ready to advance pot legalization bill

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 477
  Marijuana legalization is picking up public-policy steam in California, Washington state, and across the nation, reform advocates said on a conference call this morning. Assembly Public Safety Committee Chairman Tom Ammiano , D-San Franicsco, said a re-vamped version of his AB 390 , to decriminalize, regulate and ...
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• Ammunition for McMahon foes after death of former WWE champ

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 440
  The death of Eki “Eddie” Fatu, a two-time Intercontinental Champion and cousin of Dwayne “ The Rock ” Johnson , has put Senate hopeful Linda McMahon fighting a different kind of bout. Eki was a wrestler with a history of substance abuse and died of an apparent heart attack at the young age of 36. ...
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• ACT Heroin Trial Revived?

  
  The Australian Heroin Diaries — Authority: 111
  The ACT and Federal governments are currently reviewing their drug policies for 2010 onwards. What’s most interesting is that the ACT is proposing once again, a trial of heroin assisted treatment (HAT) for long term drug addicts. The last attempt in 1997 had overwhelming bipartisan federal support and agreement from ...
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• Articles I’m Digesting 15/12/2009

  
  eaves.ca — Authority: 467
  Here are some pieces Ive been reading of late: You Cant Handle the Truth by Mark Pothier in the Boston Globe A great piece about how the classification of drugs used by most Western countries is completely divorced from how much harm those drugs cause. This isnt surprising, but as the evidence begins to mount ...
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• Democracy in Socratic Disrepute?

  
  Canvassing for Opinion - aka "Blairs Brain on Cannabis" — Authority: 119
  Image via Wikipedia During his 10 years on the advisory council he said he found talking with politicians very difficult and that fewer people were now voting in elections because the House of Commons is nothing more than a “pantomime”. He said: “I never realised how unintellectual politicians are.” - ...
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• Bill C-15: Stupid policy, shrewd strategy

  
  knitnut.net — Authority: 125
  The Conservatives are trying to take the war on drug users to another level with Bill C-15, which proposes mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. This Bill, if passed into law, will strip judges of their discretion in sentencing Canadians convicted of drug offenses. Rather than being allowed to take all ...
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• The Marijuana Majority Emerges: 53% Of Americans Now SUpport Legalization

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 142
  Today is a green letter day for drug policy reformers.According to an Angus Reid poll, 53 percent of Americans are now in favor of legalizing marijuana. A further 68 percent of respondents said that the war on drugs has been a "failure."
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• Silenced

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 512
  The news that the Wall government is planning to eliminate dozens of provincial boards and commissions doesnt really mean much on its own. But taking a closer look at exactly whats being axed, theres serious reason for concern that the Sask Party is entirely eager to cut off important lines of communication with ...
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• Druggies Have Rights Too!

  
  Canvassing for Opinion - aka "Blairs Brain on Cannabis" — Authority: 119
  International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy launched Human Rights Day 10.12.09 The MildGreens Initiative congratulates Professor Neil Boister of Canterbury University School of Law for his important role and contribution to [the launch of]  the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. ...
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• Harris DAs drug-policy change will improve equity, jail crowding

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 540
  Pretty big news out of Houston today on the drug-policy front. Harris County DA Pat Lykos announced a change in her offices charging policy on low-level drug offenses that will put Houston in line with other Texas jurisdictions, but has the police union seething (" DAs crack pipe policy stirs storm ," Dec. 9): ...
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• Los Zetas investing drug profits in legitimate businesses

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 540
  Ever since the original founders of Los Zetas were trained by US Special Forces personnel at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, GA, theyve been upping the ante and redefining the very model of a modern major drug cartel. Reports Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas News (" Mexicos Zetas gang buys businesses along ...
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• WHAT?!!! ... Another Dickhead Lib from WA

  
  The Australian Heroin Diaries — Authority: 111
  This is getting monotonous! As I was reading through the Kings Cross Times , I discovered yet another idiotic comment from a WA Liberal Party politician. The Hon. Nick Goiran MLC, member for the South Metropolitan Region has replied to a letter from a concerned citizen about the proposed legislation to repeal the ...
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• Dallas fake-drug informant shows how cooperation benefits can promote crime

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 540
  The main informant involved in the Dallas fake-drug scandal, Enrique Martinez Alonso , served five years for his role collaborating with Dallas narcotics officers to set up two-dozen innocent people, then was deported in 2007. Now, reports Kevin Krause the Dallas News (" Police informant in Dallas fake-drug scandal ...
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