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Narco News Investigation: Cocaine Planes Cross Paths with Corporate America's Green Movement Monday, February 25, 2008 The web of U.S. government connections to the Gulfstream II jet that crashed in Mexico in late September last year with some four tons of cocaine onboard has taken on an eco-friendly green hue. The jet, which had a tail number (N987SA) linked by European investigators to past CIA rendition operations, was owned, just prior to its crash landing, by a gringo duo, one of whom was Greg Smith — whom a CIA asset named Baruch Vega claims served as a pilot for past CIA, DEA ...
Posted: Mon, Feb 25, 2008 7:13am PST
Historical Achievement- First Psychedelic Research at Harvard since 1966! On Saturday, February 23, 2008, after more than a decade of hard work, Dr. John Halpern conducted the first experimental session in his study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in twelve subjects with treatment-resistant anxiety associated with advanced-stage cancer......
Posted: Sun, Feb 24, 2008 6:38pm PST
(US Drug Czar) John Walters' Lies Although it would be nearly impossible to list all of the
misinformation disseminated by the U.S. federal government in regards
to the War on Drugs, we believe that it's useful to occasionally point
out major mistruths....
Posted: Sun, Feb 24, 2008 6:06pm PST
US/NATO military shipping heroin out of Afghanistan The global proceeds of the Afghan drug trade is in excess of 150 billion dollars a year. There is mounting evidence that this illicit trade is protected by the US/NATO military....
Posted: Sun, Feb 24, 2008 8:52am PST
Wingnuts Liberation Project ~ Harm Reduction-Do It YourSelf-Help-Moderation-Abstinence A Wingnuts guide to Autonomous Self-Managing and Liberation.
The purpose for starting this Project is to meet others that suffer from substance abuse or have been ‘cast out’ psychologically by the 12 step program in the surrounding area's of the (Northern) Central Valley of California. The WLP recognizes addictions and what it's like to struggle with substance abuse issues. WLP believes that DIY-self help will liberate us through behavioral addictions. WLP believes that addiction is a beha...
Posted: Sat, Feb 23, 2008 6:09pm PST
Norm Kent: Pushing 60 with Pot Friday, February 22, 2008 :I am close to being a senior citizen. Though I will always think of myself as a student at Hofstra who was the 19 year old President of the Sophomore class, I am turning 58 this year. Damn, 60 is around the corner! You know what that means? When I open a newspaper in the town I have lived in for the last thirty years, I know the people in the obituaries....
Posted: Sat, Feb 23, 2008 9:50am PST
Maryland Campaign Seeks to Change Flawed Medical Marijuana Law Thursday, February 21, 2008 : An upcoming series of events in Maryland will raise awareness about major flaws in the state's medical marijuana law, and mobilize people affected by the law to advocate for change. Maryland passed a medical marijuana law in 2003, but it does little to protect patients....
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 7:20am PST
Newark Begins Syringe Access Program Tuesday, February 19th, Newark became the fourth city in New Jersey to implement a legal syringe access program. Newark follows Atlantic City, Camden and Paterson in implementing this life-saving program. The program is run by the Northern Jersey Community Research Institute and will operate five days a week for three hours each day....
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 7:15am PST
Soap Store Dispensary Operators Will Come Out Clean Michael O'Leary stands outside the Stanislaus County CourthouseThe two brothers have been prosecuted in Stanislaus County Superior Court ever since the June 2006 raid of their medical marijuana dispensary, The Healthy Choice. Nevertheless, both O’Learys will be walking away from the case with no jail time....
Posted: Wed, Feb 20, 2008 7:11pm PST
Different lipstick, same old pig That was the title of a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial on Monday, referring to a
quote by MPP's Neal Levine, who was artfully characterizing the unconstitutional
ballot initiative law in Nevada that we're going to overturn....
Posted: Wed, Feb 20, 2008 1:02pm PST
Celebrating a Resounding Victory for Syringe Access in Washington! Tuesday, February 19, 2008 : Over one hundred people stood on Wednesday evening in a well appointed banquet room of a congressional office building on Capitol Hill to honor those lawmakers, public health officials and community advocates who played a major role in lifting the local funding ban on syringe exchange programs in the Nation's Capitol....
Posted: Wed, Feb 20, 2008 7:23am PST
Prestigious medical organization endorses medical marijuana access One of the country's most elite and prestigious physician organizations -- with a
membership of 124,000 internists, the second largest physician group and the largest
medical specialty organization in the U.S. -- just threw its support behind medical
marijuana access....
Posted: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 6:32pm PST
ASA CA Weekly Alert 2-15-08 *Weekly Round Up
* 1. Showing Schwarzenegger the Way
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*Take Action
*2. Take Action for Medical Marijuana Awareness Week if you Haven't Yet**
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Chapter and Affiliate Meetings*
3. Saturday, February 16, Los Angeles ASA Meeting
4. Tuesday, February 19, Sacramento: ASA Affiliate Compassionate
Coalition Meeting
5. Thursday, February 21, Arcata: Humboldt County ASA Meeting
6. Tuesday, February 26, San Francisco: San Francisco ASA Meeting
7. Wednesday, February 27, Oakland: Ea...
Posted: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 6:29pm PST
Higher Standards: New Yorker Commentary on Obama and Drugs http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/02/25/080225taco_talk_hertzberg
An interesting piece from the February 25, 2008 New Yorker magazine. Key quote:
None of this ought to matter, of course. Voters, rightly, don’t much
seem to care. But there is a glaring discontinuity between the lived
experience of Americans and the drug policies of their governments.
Nearly a hundred million of us—forty per cent of the adult
population, including pillars of the nation’s political, ...
Posted: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 5:46pm PST
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine Bulletin of 17 February 2008 * Finland: Health ministry plans to publish guidelines for the
medical use of cannabis
* USA: The largest American association of physicians calls for
reclassification of cannabis and protection of patients who use
the drug according to state laws...
Posted: Mon, Feb 18, 2008 5:27pm PST
Betty Yee & Carol Migden Stand Up for Safe Access in the Chronicle! Below is an op-ed co-authored by Betty Yee, Chariwoman of the Board of Equalization,
and state Senator Carol Migden condemning the DEA for its attack against safe access
and applauding Congressman Conyers for his leadership....
Posted: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 11:45am PST
Saturday-Sunday: Walk Your Talk On Saturday and Sunday,
http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekSunday mobilize your community
for medical marijuana research....
Posted: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 10:04am PST
Thai AIDS Treatment Group Press Release Within days of his appointment earlier this month, Thailand's Interior
Minister, Chalerm Yubamrung, reinstated a war on drugs....
Posted: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 9:56am PST
All Alabamians Deserve the Right to Vote Thursday, February 14, 2008 : Wednesday, February 13, 2008An attack on democracy is taking place in Alabama as hundreds of thousands of people are denied the ability to vote. Not only does Alabama take away the right to vote for people with felony convictions, it is one of just a handful of states where people's voting rights are not restored once their sentences are complete....
Posted: Thu, Feb 14, 2008 7:00am PST
San Francisco postpones resolution supporting pot club landlords After much dedicated effort, SF activists were disappointed--but not daunted!--to
learn that their sanctuary resolution was postponed by the request of one of their
Supervisors....
Posted: Wed, Feb 13, 2008 7:51pm PST
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