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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) : 40 Years of Drug War Failure (Video Report)

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Published on Jan 13, 2013

Prominent rifle manufacturer killed in mysterious car crash days after posting psych drug link to school shooters

Thursday, January 10, 2013
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.coM

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NaturalNews) What you are about to read is astonishing. I’m not even sure what’s the right conclusion to draw from it. But here’s what we know so far:

John Noveske is one of the most celebrated battle rifle manufacturers in America. His rifles, found at www.NoveskeRifleworks.com are widely recognized as some of the finest pieces of American-made hardware ever created. (I own one of his rifles, and it’s a masterpiece of a machine that just keeps on running.) Sadly, John Noveske was killed in a mysterious car crash just a few days ago, on January 4, 2013. . . . Read Complete Report

 

Study: Cannabis Is A “Potential Exit Drug To Problematic Substance Use”

From Norml

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

12/20/2012

Three quarters of medical cannabis consumers report using it as a substitute for prescription drugs, alcohol, or some other illicit substance, according to survey data published in the journalAddiction Research and Theory.

An international team of investigators from Canada and the United States assessed the subjective impact of marijuana on the use of licit and illicit substances via self-report in a cohort of 404 medical cannabis patients recruited from four dispensaries in British Columbia, Canada.

Researchers reported that subjects frequently substituted cannabis for other substances, including conventional pharmaceuticals. Authors reported: . . . Read Complete Report

Faced with gun-toting drug smugglers, Arizona ranchers demand security at the border (Video Report)

From NBC News

1 Day Ago

By Mark Potter, NBC News correspondent

ARIVACA, Ariz. —  Just before nightfall, 73-year-old rancher Jim Chilton hikes quickly up and down the hills on his rugged cattle-grazing land south of Tucson, escorting two U.S. Border Patrol agents.

He wants to show them the disturbing discovery he made earlier in the day: a drug-smugglers’ camp on his private property.  Stacked together under a stand of trees are blankets, jackets, food, water, binoculars and bales of marijuana from Mexico wrapped in burlap. The smugglers, themselves, are nowhere in sight and are believed to have fled the area, which is about 10 miles north of the Mexican border. . . . Read Complete Report w/more videos

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Latest News in the War to Legalize Pot (W/Video)

from Rolling Stone

The Next Seven States To Legalize Pot
December 18, 2012 9:00 AM ET

The Berlin Wall of pot prohibition seems to be crumbling before our eyes.

By fully legalizing marijuana through direct democracy, Colorado and Washington have fundamentally changed the national conversation about cannabis. As many as 58 percent of Americans now believe marijuana should be legal. And our political establishment is catching on. Former president Jimmy Carter came out this month and endorsed taxed-and-regulated weed. “I’m in favor of it,” Carter said. “I think it’s OK.” In a December 5th letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) suggested it might be possible “to amend the Federal Controlled Substances Act to allow possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, at least in jurisdictions where it is legal under state law.” . . . Read Complete Report

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Weed Dispenser Combination of Public Domain photosWill cigarette makers jump into pot market?

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Published: Dec 19, 2012 at 10:58 AM PST Last Updated: Dec 19, 2012 at 11:27 AM PST

 

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Will the Marlboro Man light up a joint soon?

The states of Washington and Colorado legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in the November elections, but it is unclear if any cigarette makers plan to supply either market.

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. President Barack Obama indicated last week that going after individual users won’t be a priority, but there’s no firm indication yet what action the Justice Department might take against states or businesses that participate in the nascent pot market, which has the potential to be large. For example analysts have estimated that a legal pot market could bring Washington state hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new tax revenue for schools, health care and basic government functions.

Bill Phelps, a spokesman for Philip Morris USA, maker of Marlboro, based in Richmond, Va., was vague when asked about the future intentions of the nation’s largest tobacco company. . . . Read Complete Report

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from  King 5.com

Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies

by Associated Press

Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM Updated Friday, Dec 7 at 4:38 PM

DENVER — Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours.

Businesses in Washington state, where the drug is legal, and Colorado, where it will be by January, are trying to figure out how to deal with employees who use it on their own time and then fail a drug test. . . . Read Complete Report

 

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from Cannabis News

Strategy, Timing Key To States’ Pot Legalization

legalize-marijuana-leaf-red-white-blue-flagIn the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug “Just Say No” campaign, a man calling himself “Jerry” appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S. marijuana laws.

An esteemed businessman, he hid his identity because he didn’t want to offend customers who — like so many in those days — viewed marijuana as a villain in the ever-raging “war on drugs.”

Now, a quarter century later, “Jerry” is one of the main forces behind Washington state’s successful initiative to legalize pot for adults over 21. And he no longer fears putting his name to the cause: He’s Rick Steves, the travel guru known for his popular guidebooks. . . .Read Complete Report

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News Reporter high, reporting on burning weed

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Uploaded on Aug 8, 2008

This news reporter gets MESSED UP trying to do this report right beside burning opium and weed.

Weed in the News: FEDS Ignoring States Rights to legalize Marajuana

Photo: US Government Medical Marijuana field, University of Mississippi. SOURCE Public Domain.
Online petitions seek to free Montana medical marijuana grower
By JG Vibes & Bob Tuskin
theintelhub.com
November 26, 2012

Chris Williams operated a completely legal medical marijuana dispensary in Montana, where he has complied with all of the local and state regulations, as crazy and ridiculous as they are.

In the past law enforcement representatives have even been through the dispensary; during their encounters they been nothing but friendly and openly approved of what was going on.

Despite the local legalization measures, in March 2011 federal agents raided a whole list of medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state of Montana, including the one owned by Williams. . . . Read Complete Report

DEA Promises to Continue Drug War and Ignore Voter Decisions in Colorado and Washington

By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
November 7, 2012


Voters in Colorado and Washington have decided to legalize cannabis for recreational use, however the feds have promised to ignore states rights and lock people up anyway, regardless of local laws.

Bob Tuskin reported on the story for The Intel Hub this morning, saying that

“Both Colorado and Washington have passed referendums legalizing cannabis use. The plant is still made illegal according to federal law.

“Colorado’s Proposition 64 makes it legal for anyone over the age of 21 to possess marijuana and for businesses to sell it.  It will be interesting to see how the feds treat this.

“Barry Soetoro claimed he would not go after legal medical facilities and respect state laws. Fail!”” . . .Read Complete Report

Border Wars UPDATE: Mexico says drug lord taken down by accident (+) Mexican Military Captures Zetas Drug Lord (Video Report)

from Kentucky.com 

Published: October 10, 2012

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ — Associated Press

PROGRESO, MEXICO — Mexico’s navy said Wednesday that its personnel had no idea they had killed the leader of the country’s most-feared drug cartel until after his body was stolen from a funeral home in this border town.

The death of Zetas cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano, alias “El Lazca,” in a gunfight with marines Sunday left a wake of fear in the small mining and farming towns that dot the northern plains of Coahuila state. . . Read Complete Report with/photos

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Mexican Military Captures Zetas Drug Lord

Published on Sep 27, 2012 by 

Mexican authorities believe they have captured one of the world’s most wanted drug lord and Zetas leader Ivan Velazquez Caballero.

 

Now There’s A Drug Test For Synthetic Cannabinoids. – the first 21st Century KILLER WEED

Photo: Kronic a popular way for people to get past the drug laws and still have that “attitude Adjustment” when they need it. SOURCE: 109.com

Using poison chemicals that a person knows nothing about is ludicrous. It’s a crying shame that a “free” American has to stoop this low to keep a job or whatever just because he wants a joint to grab a quick attitude adjustment.

Problem is,when you put unknown chemicals in your body that were mixed by someone you don’t know that person might be only in it for the money. That’s ludicrous also. What’s to keep this “chemist” from putting anything in the phony weed to make more profit.

What we  need, is to have access  to the miracle drug that god gave us; not more chemicals to poison our bodies; all so the controllers and their pals can sell us their man made, money driven, poisoning goods without competition.

Young people. Don’t smoke this junk. Please.  It ain’t nothing “like weed” cause’ Weed don’t KILL!. . .  EDITOR

from Toke of the Town

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in NewsProducts

Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 5:57 pm

One of the chief attractions of synthetic cannabinoids — which are, make no mistake about it, NOT “synthetic marijuana” or anything near it — has been that these substances don’t show up on conventional drug screening tests, which after all, aren’t designed to detect them. God knows they don’t have many attractions, and no stoner in his or her right mind would ever smoke these blends if real weed is available.

This has made “herbal blends” (which are actually vegetable matter sprayed with chemicals) popular in such settings as the military and jobs which are subject to piss tests. But even that advantage will probably soon be gone, leaving synthetic cannabinoids the sole province of poor schlubs who can’t score any real weed. . . . Read Complete Report
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from 109.com

The Weird History of Synthetic Cannabis

Depending on where you live, scoring actual marijuana can be difficult and risky. But you can get synthetic Cannabinoids at your local gas station. You see them packed into small foil pouches, touting a legal reproduction of a natural high. Local and federal municipalities have taken lengths to remove many from sale, but more continue to pop up.

Why have some of these substances been deemed illegal? Are they as safe as marijuana? Also, is there an ingredient missing from these packages that would normally be a very active constituent of marijuana? Find out the truth about synthetic cannabis below. . . . Read Complete Report

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Dangers of Synthetic Drugs, K2, Spice – Dr. Barry Logan of NMS Labs on Fox 29
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Alcohol Not Marijuana Triggers Drug Abuse in Teenagers

Finally.

 I have been trying to explain this to certain members of my family for years. The problem of course is that they drink and they do not want to admit that their kids, who have drug problems, started with sneaking liquor from their home bar or beer from their refrigerators.  No amount of study and research will ever change their minds, because then they would have to take part of the blame.  Actually the only real gateway drug is mother’s milk. . . . EDITOR

from Cannabis News 

If you want your kids to stay away from drugs, then you might want to keep teenagers off alcohol because a new study says that long term drug abuse is likely to occur due to alcohol, not marijuana, use.

[If they are already into substance abuse, you would also do well to sign them up alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs the soonest possible time. – ad]

The present study included data on more than 14,500 high-school students from 120 schools across U.S. The data was obtained from Monitoring the Future study.

Researchers analyzed the data to find out what substances were being tried by students. They checked for use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, amphetamines, tranquilizers and other narcotics. Alcohol was the first substance to be tried by students, the results showed. . . . Read Complete Report

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Best marijuana legalization argument movie

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