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• in Politics
  Pot Legalization; Just a Matter of When?
  Pot or Not?
  by christinevega / on Mar 3, 2011
• in Politics
  California's Proposition 19; Not Such A Dopey Idea
  Proposition 19 in California sounds like the only good thing that might happen in November, but not if the feds have anything to say about it.
  by shadowdoc1953 / on Oct 19, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “prohibition”

 

• Should we legalise drugs to win the war?

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Should we legalise drugs to win the war? Drug prohibition has been in place for over 100 years now – based on the simplistic concept that drugs are a threat therefore we must fight them. published date:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT
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• Sir Richard Branson – It’s time to end the failed war on drugs

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  Treating addicts as criminals has done absolutely nothing to address this crisis, writes Richard Branson. The war on drugs has been a costly failure, says Sir Richard Branson Photo: PAFrom Telegraph: Just as prohibition of alcohol failed in the United States in the 1920s, the war on drugs has failed globally. Over ...
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• The Lancet: Three papers worth a read Pt3: How well do international drug conventions protect public health?

  
  The UKCIA News Blog — Authority: 92
  As the Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into the drug laws gets underway we look at the third and final paper from the Lancet Trilogy which looks at the only aspect that really matters; how well has it all worked? How well do international drug conventions protect public health? There are many issues around ...
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• Prohibition of registration of certain trade marks India

  
  Trustman Law Blog — Authority: 104
  Prohibition of registration of certain marks . section 9(2) prohibits registration as a trade mark if the mark.  a) is of such nature as to deceive the public or cause confusion b) it contains or comprises any matter likely to hurt the religious susceptibilities of any class or section of the citizens of India. c) ...
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• Anonymous Cop Criticizes War On Drugs On L.E.A.P. Blog

  
  THE Weed Blog.com — Authority: 502
  Speaking out, but still silenced: Anonymous cop criticizes War on Drugs This post is the first in a new blog series by an anonymous police officer who wants to join LEAP in publicly speaking out against the “war on drugs” but is afraid to because he fears being punished by his department. As an active [Click Here ...
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• Secret supper prohibition-era restaurant pops up in Vancouver, Canada

  
  Gadling — Authority: 599
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , North America , Canada , Nightlife For three evenings only, Swallow Tail Canada will once again be hosting their Secret Supper Soiree in Vancouver , British Columbia , in Canada . While guests can expect a classy 1930s-inspired ...
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• Canada: Accused doctors name finally published

  
  Medical License Verification — Authority: 128
  durhamregion.com on January 17, 2012 reported that Publication bans imposed in the case of an Oshawa doctor accused of sexual assault do not include a prohibition on the doctors name. Concern over the parameters of the ban last week led Durham police to retract the name of the doctor, who was arrested Jan. 10. A media ...
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• 5% of Americans Made Up 50% of U.S. Healthcare Spending

  
  Bitter Harvest — Authority: 119
  5% of Americans Made Up 50% of U.S. Healthcare Spending – Yahoo! Finance   The problem with this kind of study is that it will provide for the conservatives to basically complaining that those who are terminally ill are costing us so much money that they should simply be left to die.  And how do I know that?  ...
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• Canada Reaches Resolution for Marijuana Legalization

  
  News and Current Events — Authority: 129
  Current and former law enforcement officers offer to meet with party officials Jesse Warren Image LEAP VANCOUVER, BC — An international organization of police officers, judges, prosecutors and drug enforcement agents welcomes the approval of Resolution 117 at the Liberal Biennial Convention. Resolution 117 ...
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• Let that be a warning to you about eating prohibiters

  
  Engrish Funny: Engrish Pictures That Is Your Funny Engrish — Authority: 123
  Submitted by: dankirsh [IMG: http://engrishfunny.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/engrish-funny-let-that-be-a-warning-to-you-about-eating-prohibiters.jpg]
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• Tortuous ruling may fuel demands for secret trials | Eric Metcalfe

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Tortuous ruling may fuel demands for secret trials | Eric Metcalfe Strasbourg has produced a ruling that both weakens the international prohibition against torture while doubtless provoking fresh outrage from the tabloidsWould you believe the promise of a torturer not to torture ...
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• A Day That Will Live in Infamy: “P” Day!

  
  Beer and Whiskey Brothers — Authority: 108
  January 16 1920.  The Puritans have run wild with power and have control of the Government of the United States, The Congress, the Judicial Branch, and the White House are all occupied by people who think they know what is best for everyone else. Today is the 92nd anniversary of Prohibition in the United States. ...
  2 weeks ago

• A 1926 Prohibition Prescription for Whiskey…1 pt...

  
  Criminal Wisdom — Authority: 120
  A 1926 Prohibition Prescription for Whiskey…1 pt (pint)…1 O.Z. TID (3 times daily) From the days of Al Capone, flappers and moonshine this was the only legal way to drink liquor in the US! This prescription has poppies on the top corners, fleur-de-lys on the bottom, and spider-webbed borders! It was ...
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• Was the Kennedy Family a Bunch of Racists?

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  I am not a supporter of congressman Ron Paul. But one of the accusations that has been made against him, is racism, because of articles he published in his newsletters in the 1980s criticizing Martin Luther King. But how come nobody called Jackie Kennedy a racist, when she made comments about Martin Luther King that ...
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• It’s Time to End the War on Drugs

  
  Big Government — Authority: 766
  As President I will stop one of the biggest wastes and frauds ever perpetrated on the American people – the trillion dollar war on drugs. While falsely promising us a safer, more sober society, the war on drugs is bankrupting our state and local coffers and costs the Federal government $15 billion dollars per year. ...
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• Prohibition!

  
  Driven Politics — Authority: 126
  It was 92 years ago today - January 16, 1920, that Prohibition became the law of the land with the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To celebrate, heres a glass of Sam Adams Oktoberfest.
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• Wine History: Jan 16, 1919: Prohibition takes effect

  
  50 States of Wine — Authority: 107
  Source:  http://amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/ A dark time in our nations history, when the lack of legal alcoholic consumption led to a dramatic increase in organized crimes power in the larger cities. It also set back many states winegrowing industries many decades, in some cases nearly decimating them. From ...
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• Driving home points about a cellphone ban

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  To improve safety, we need to give states incentives to reduce injuries and fatalities, allowing them to choose their own strategies but also allowing the federal government to measure and reward the result. if federal highway money were at stake, you would see better laws and enforcement, and lower fatality rates ...
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• The Lancet: Three papers worth a read Pt2: Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions

  
  The UKCIA News Blog — Authority: 92
  Last weeks blog looked at the first in a series of three papers in the Lancet regarding UK drugs policy ( here ) The second in the series looks at how effective various policies are: Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions Summary As with the first paper, the summary at the start ...
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• 7th Art: One Way Passage (1932)

  
  Incentives Matter — Authority: 396
  I love to watch classic movies among other reasons because of what they reveal about the historical context of the times during which they were made. " One Way Passage " is a great example: the movie is filled up with heavy drinking from the very first scene to the very last. Liquor consumption is so widespread that ...
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