Tag: medical marijuana
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5/20 Newspurge: Fall Hard
From cover-up to shakedown, 9/11 continues to haunt Americans // Detroit cop kills 7yr-old child while executing ‘no-knock’ search warrant for A&E TV show ‘the 1st 48’ // Dan Rather: Pornland, Oregon; Child prostitution in Portland // US death toll in Afghanistan passes 1,000; rate rising rapidly
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5/6 Newspurge: Swim (to Reach the End)
Dramatic rise in prescribing psychiatric drugs to children younger than 5 // Fox news makes excuse for CIA’s Afghan opium cultivation // Kent state killings triggered by FBI agent provocateur // Obama jokes about killing people via drones // Christian leader caught with male escort says he needed help with his luggage
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Climate Fix, Crackdown & Wal-Mart Drugwar
Climate ‘fix’ could poison sea life // Vitamin D better than vaccines at preventing flu, report claims // Ex-Pfizer worker cites genetically engineered virus in lawsuit // Wal-Mart fires man w/cancer for using medical marijuana
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2/25 Newspurge: Drugwar, Geopolitiks, History/Mystery & Media/Memes
Medical marijuana patients suffering police harassment // Dutch govt falls over Afghanistan mission // FBI closes anthrax case // The transhumanist & police state agenda in pop music
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drugwar persists despite mixed messages & propaganda
despite obama promise, dea still raids medical pot growers from raw story: On Thursday, a Denver news station interviewed Chris Bartkowicz about his medical-marijuana operation in the basement of his home. Bartkowicz, confident of his compliance with state laws, boasted of its size and profitability. “I’m definitely living the dream now,” he told 9News. The…
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‘how weed won the west’: new doc exposes the drugwar
from infowars: In the follow-up to his ground-breaking documentary ‘American Drug War,’ filmmaker Kevin Booth traces the fight against Federal drug regulation in the State of California. A public majority has spoken and said yes to states rights, allowing for the use of medicinal marijuana and opening up a new front in controversial medicinal ‘dispensaries.’…
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first US marijuana cafe opens in portland, oregon
from reuters: The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it…
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drugwar: hayfork harvest, oregon pot school & more
marijuana growers upend hard-luck hayfork, californiafrom latimes: This hardscrabble Northern California town has become a hotbed for medical marijuana farming… Some students talk openly of farming pot after graduation, about the only opportunity in this depressed timber town. “It’s not a subculture here,” said [Supt. Tom] Barnett, who heads the Mountain Valley Unified School District.…
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10/22 newspurge
drugwar:5 dead & helicopter downed as rio drug gangs go to war*revealed: 2 california airports allow passengers to fly with pot*plant hemp seeds, go to jail* envirohealth:gordon brown warns of climate ‘catastrophe’ in 50 days*prosecution for nais opposition begins*geo-engineering the atmosphere: moscow mayor promises a winter without snow*1 in 7 girls at robeson high school…
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feds to issue new medical marijuana policy
from ap: Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department. Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosecutors are being told it is not a good…
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10/15 newspurge
drugwar: los angeles district atty says ‘about 100%’ of medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal*fake bus part of $1.7m pot bust* envirohealth:pacific ocean ‘dead zone’ in northwest may be irreversible*children exposed to harmful radiation from unnecessary ct scans*haarp: scientists create ‘artificial ionosphere’ using radio waves*feds: ‘giant invading snakes’ will soon rule US*video: an inconvenient question: al…
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6/18 newspurge
drugwar: ‘school of americas’ generals charged in colombia*youth anti-drug counselor busted selling phony meth, ecstasy*pot foes, proponents eye michigan’s marijuana law*video: melissa etheridge says pot restored her health* flight 447 updates: photos: latest clues in the flight 447 crash*air france jet sent message on rudder problem*autopsies suggest air france jet broke up in sky*aviation experts…
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6/11 newspurge
9/11 updates: obama may toss ‘full trials’ for alleged 9/11 plotters*flashback: feb20, 1981: boeing 707 nearly hits tv mast atop world trade center*mos def on 9/11: “it just doesn’t feel right”* drugwar: US to ramp up intel efforts in drug war*drones vs drugs*psychiatric drugs eyed for adolescents*uk government ‘to ban legal highs’*video: rhode island senate…
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scotus says ashcroft & mueller can’t be sued for post-9/11 torture
from reuters: The Supreme Court rejected on Monday a lawsuit by a Pakistani man against a former U.S. attorney general and the FBI director claiming abuse while he was imprisoned in New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. high court overturned a ruling that Javaid Iqbal, who was…
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ron paul debates ‘war on drugs’ supporter
from raw replay: Rep. Ron Paul debates the failure of the war on drugs with Heritage Foundation’s Ernest Istook. This video is from CNN’s Campbell Brown, broadcast Mar. 26, 2009. update1: media getting high on pot legalizationfrom nbc washington: It may be too soon to call it a movement. But when two of the nation’s…