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Archive for August, 2005

“Prince of Pot” sparks drug debate

Monday, August 8th, 2005

Meanwhile, war on drugs becomes a war on pot
Marc Emery, the self-proclaimed Prince of Pot has been unlawfully seized by the U.S. Mr. Emery resides in Canada where it is legal to sell the seeds of the marijuana plant, and yet, the United States has forced Canada to expedite him to the U.S. [...]

War on Drugs, now targeting Indians

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

New York Times repoting:
“This is the first time I heard this - I don’t know how to pronounce - this meta-meta something,” said Hajira Ahmed, whose husband is in jail pending charges that he sold cold medicine and antifreeze at their convenience store on a winding road near the Tennessee border.”
Read the full NYT article.
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The War on Junk Food

Monday, August 1st, 2005

“Court mandates liposuction. Cops are busted for selling doughnuts. Protesters demand ban on Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. U.S. military forces eradicate Africa’s cocoa fields…”
Press release of humerous satire. Read for a laugh and check the book out if you want.
WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO APPREHEND THE AUTHOR, AS HE MAY BE ARMED [...]

Rolling Stone Article

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Rolling Stone Magazine recently published a major expose on the drug war and its follies. To summarize:
*Over half of all drug arrests are marijuana arrests, up from only a quarter 10 years ago.
*Federal raids on state-allowed medical marijuana facillities are fueling arrests.
*The Feds waste billions of dollars on arresting non-violent marijuana posessors (not even [...]