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• How to get involved

  
  GreenPassion.org - Dedicated to Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Education. — Authority: 165
  Ive been checking out the NORML web site, both national and the closest local chapters to me. It seems that all they recommend that I, an individual, do to help is donate. While Im sure money is helpful I cant spare any. What I can offer is my time, and I have plenty of that. Im curious what I can do, actually do, ...
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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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• soupsoup:American Drug War : The Last White Hope (Full...

  
  poor taste — Authority: 602
  soupsoup : American Drug War : The Last White Hope (Full Movie) The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? watch on google
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• Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on the War on Drugs

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me to express your views on the War on Drugs. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue. I believe we cannot ignore the serious effects that drugs have on healthy families and communities, and I believe there should be serious consequences in place to discourage people from using ...
  3 days ago

• The International Reach of Organized Crime

  
  Latin American Thought — Authority: 107
  Earlier this year, LatAmThought wrote a commentary about the international reach or criminal organizations in the Americas. Last week, we published an article on the International Relations and Security Network about the indirect presence of Mexican Cartels in the Andes.The amount of drug seizures in Bolivia have ...
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• Florida deputies facing corruption charges for grow house shakedown

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  FORT LAUDERDALE ( CBS4 ) ? Deputies Manuel Silva, 34, and Fausto Tejero, 40, have been accused of taking money from a man they found growing marijuana in his home in exchange for not arresting him. According to sheriff’s investigators on September 29th Silva and Tejero went to the home of 38-year-old Orlando ...
  6 days ago

• And No One Was Ever Murdered Over a Michelob Deal Gone Bad

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 661
  The Washington Post reports that support for legalizing marijuana is gaining momentum. The article includes this fun quote from Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project: “…there is a reason you don’t have Mexican beer cartels planting fields of hops in the California forests.” Thanks to Bob Ewing for ...
  6 days ago

• Marijuana Conversation

  
  GreenPassion.org - Dedicated to Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Education. — Authority: 165
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• Morning Links

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 661
  New York court rules on defamatory merits of the word douche . Meanwhile, St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Ken Greenbaum makes a bid for putting his picture next to the definition of the word. Good article on asset forfeiture cases in Alabama. Nice to see the issue getting covering coverage in smaller ...
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• Podcast: ObamaCare news, "Saved & Created" Jobs, Cory Mayes New Trial, Guantanamo Bay Detainees, Guest: Mike Hassinger

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 562
  On November 16th, the national debt for our nation broke the $12 trillion dollar mark .   Jason ,  Brett and Doug had joked on Twitter about getting together to “celebrate” this accomplishment by having a few drinks.  Since geography prevented us from meeting together in a physical location, we took this ...
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• Support for legalizing marijuana grows rapidly around U.S.

  
  GreenPassion.org - Dedicated to Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Education. — Authority: 165
  Getting closer drums.gif Support for legalizing marijuana grows rapidly around U.S.
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• bird? plane? What the hell..

  
  BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt — Authority: 129
  http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/hes_barack_obama Posted in A Tiny Revolution, Blogs: Favorites, Blogs: Information, Politics and Humor, Chycho, Common Dreams, Crooks and Liars, Dandelion Salad, Drug War Rant, Earth2Obama, Glenn Greenwald, Global Research, Jonathon Turley, Mock Paper Scissors, oOjocelynOos Blog, ...
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• Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) on the Drug War

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me to express your views about the use of illegal drugs. We must provide our law enforcement community with adequate resources to combat the use and sale of illegal drugs. I have been a strong supporter of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program that fights crime through ...
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• Sunday Links/Open Thread

  
  The Agitator — Authority: 661
  Stupid drug story of the week , courtesy of Slate ’s Jack Shafer. Fairfax, Virginia police shoot, kill unarmed man suspected of stealing flowers. California town to photograph every car that enters/leaves. Deer antlers, porn, Christmas lights, and alleged police misconduct. What more could you want in a ...
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• … a Beer Celebration!

  
  BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt — Authority: 129
  Facts Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday ...
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• Shrouded Shroud…

  
  BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt — Authority: 129
  Over 30 years ago– I had read a small leather-bound book about the Shroud. I enjoyed the starting point that the researcher used . Art. It was amazing and thought provoking. Anyway– since then I have always found the research facinating. Of course I am lost when it comes to why no DNA research– but thats just ...
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• Anti Drug War Challenge to Chuck Schumer

  
  aid and comfort — Authority: 104
  Political satirist, social justice activist and Director of the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice , Randy Credico , is leaving the Fund to run for the United States Senate in the 2010 Democratic primary against long-time incumbent Chuck Schumer. Hurray! Chuck Schumer has been a pillar of the ...
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• Mexican towns suffer from drug war

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 590
  In Mexico, the bloody battle to defeat the country’s powerful drug cartels is reeking havoc on formerly tranquil towns located along popular smuggling routes. Daylight shootings, kidnappings and extorion are becoming increasingly common. This is the case in Camargo, Chihuahua a mostly agricultural town six hours ...
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• Ex-U.S. attorney: Time to change pot laws

  
  Marijuana & Cannabis Blog — Authority: 112
  Three years ago, former U.S. Attorney John McKay was somewhere near the front lines of the nation’s drug war. Directing federal prosecutions in Western Washington before he was fired in 2006 by the administration that appointed him, McKay’s office sent marijuana smugglers and farmers to prison on decade-long ...
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• Marijuana growers say, “Keep it illegal and profits high!”

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  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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