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Top Colombia rebel leader seized
Colombia has announced the capture of a top commander of the main left-wing rebel group, the FARC....
Posted: Sat, Jan 3, 2004 9:49am PST
Medical Racism, Bush Bans Chinese Herb
With the banning of Ma Huang (Ephedra) a Traditional Chinese Medicinal herb without any real medical evidence of harm to the public and against the recommendations of an independent medical and scientific body, the Bush administration is committing an act of medical racism against the Chinese American community that relies on Ma Huang as a part of highly effective medical patent herbal remedies....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2003 2:05pm PST
Armed Robbers Hit Marijuana Clinic During SF Blackout
12/20/2003 Armed robbers took advantage of San Francisco's blackout to knock off a medical marijuana clinic....
Posted: Mon, Dec 22, 2003 4:11pm PST
Court Allows Calif. Women to Use Medical Marijuana
"We find that the appellants' class of activities -- the intrastate noncommercial cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana for personal medical purposes on the advice of a physician -- is, in fact, different in kind from drug trafficking. Further, the limited medical use of marijuana as recommended by a physician arguably does not raise the same policy concerns regarding the spread of drug abuse."...
Posted: Sat, Dec 20, 2003 8:41am PST
The Psychedelic Secrets of Santa Claus
Although most people see Christmas as a Christian holiday, most of the symbols and icons we associate with Christmas celebrations are actually derived from the shamanistic traditions of the tribal peoples of pre-Christian Northern Europe....
Posted: Fri, Dec 19, 2003 11:34pm PST
“Because they killed Kennedy with a telescopic rifle...”
• Dead before facing Panamanian justice alongside Posada Carriles for the failed assassination attempt on President Fidel Castro what else did Cuban-American José Valladares know?...
Posted: Fri, Dec 19, 2003 8:08pm PST
Patients Win BIG In Ninth Circuit Decision!
This ninth circuit decision is the beginning of the end of the Federal assault on medical marijuana!...
Posted: Tue, Dec 16, 2003 6:42pm PST
Kucinich on Pot
Dennis Kucinich, who's running for President... as a Democrat, is willing to treat Pot like Alcohol!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 11, 2003 1:23am PST
Groups Ask DoJ to Investigate GOP Medicare Vote Bribes
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it would review a request to investigate claims by a Republican congressman that bribes were offered to win congressional passage last month of the sweeping Medicare prescription drug bill....
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2003 9:45pm PST
Macabre collection (by Latuff)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff....
Posted: Sun, Nov 23, 2003 7:11pm PST
Anti-Overdose Drug Given to S.F. Addicts
For the first time in the state, a public agency is providing naloxone. Critics say treatment programs are a better approach....
Posted: Sat, Nov 22, 2003 4:50pm PST
Prankster Bus Rolls Thru Hipsteria
In the Haight-Ashbury, hippies & hipsters celebrate the Merry Pranksters & the late Ken Kesey....
Posted: Wed, Nov 19, 2003 11:07pm PST
SAN FRANCISCO PROTEST OF DRUG CZAR WALTERS!
CALL TO ACTION!!
SAN FRANCISCO PROTEST OF DRUG CZAR WALTERS!
WALTERS CHALLENGED TO ATTEND TOWN HALL MEETING ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA TUESDAY!...
Posted: Fri, Nov 14, 2003 1:49pm PST
Playing the Rush Drug Addict Game
Rush must realize the implications for what he espouses, so every time you hear the phrase "drug addict" use "Rush Limbaugh" instead: "When drugs come into our neighborhoods, violence follows and thugs and criminals like Rush Limbaugh dominate our streets"...
Posted: Wed, Nov 12, 2003 12:45pm PST
Children Terrorized In S.C. School Drug Raid
Fascism Amerikan Style Terrorizes Children Over Alleged Drug Activity!...
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2003 3:08am PST
Study: Marijuana promising for Multiple Sclerosis
A marijuana pill appeared to relieve some of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis in the first scientifically rigorous study of the strongly debated drug....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2003 3:42am PST
The Royal Thai Massacres
In Thailand this year there was a massacre that took over 3000 thousand lives in the name of the drug war. That massacre was funded and praised by Bush. This article tells the story....
Posted: Mon, Nov 3, 2003 11:52am PST
The Award on Drugs
It's unclear how recognizing Limbaugh fits into the Claremont Institute's mission "to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life."...
Posted: Thu, Oct 30, 2003 7:29pm PST
Prep and Presenter: Education Not Incarceration Teach-ins and Day of Action
The Education Not Incarceration Coalition (www.may8.org) is kicking off
the 2003-2004 school year with NATIONWIDE TEACH-INS in schools, building toward a NATIONWIDE DAY OF ACTION to demand funding for schools not more
prisons. Please e-mail Jonah at jzern1@yahoo.com to add your name to our
growing list of participants and be included in our media work!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 28, 2003 1:03pm PST
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Govt. Medical Marijuana Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Tuesday a ruling that the government cannot revoke the federal prescription licenses of doctors who recommend medical marijuana to sick patients....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2003 4:10pm PDT