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Seeing stimulus in the push to legalize pot »
Posted by: greenmac 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In 1933, in the midst of the last Great Depression, one of the first acts of incoming Democratic president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was to set ...
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Can Reason Win the Drug War? »
Posted by: ameliog 5 days, 5 hours ago in Political Opinion
In these times of economic strife and fervent debate over health care, our great national culture war has been pushed to the side. But once ...
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With Holder Sworn in, Marijuana Advocates Seek to End DEA Raids »
Posted by: ameliog 9 months, 1 week ago in News
On the day Eric Holder was sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney General, the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted raids on at least one ...
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Bootleggers’ Delights »
Posted by: populist 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Banning Sunday liquor sales pleases Baptists—and also pleases bootleggers by increasing demand for their services.
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The Drug War's Collateral Damage »
Posted by: populist 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Drug prohibition militarizes our police, enriches our enemies, undermines our laws, and condemns our sick to suffering.
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Drug Prohibition: Law Enforcement Is The Problem »
Posted by: populist 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The problem is not the War on Drugs, that is merely the symptom. The problem is that the government has the means to enforce laws ...
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Drug War Hogwash »
Posted by: populist 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
The fiasco some people call the "war on drugs" is proof positive that most people learn nothing from history. What happened when the government outlawed ...
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End Prohibition (LEAP) »
Posted by: rimbaud 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Change will not come from the top on this issue. There's too much money to be stolen through asset forfeiture and too many politicians ...
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Subverting Democracy »
Posted by: RTHTGakaRoland 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political News
It is extraordinary to see the Obama Administration -- backed by establishment liberal papers like the Washington Post and New York Times -- urging democratic Honduras to ...
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Happy Repeal Day! - Thanks FDR! - CHEERS! »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 11 months, 1 week ago in Political News
In the 1916 presidential election, both Democratic incumbent Woodrow Wilson and Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes ignored the Prohibition issue, as was the case with ...
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Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs »
Posted by: UpholdOurConsitution 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Published back in 1972 (nearly four decades ago... talk about a delayed reaction), this comprehensive look at Licit and Illicit Drug Use, managed to slip ...
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Ron Paul: Moving Towards Tobacco Prohibition »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Hemp and tobacco were staple crops for our founding fathers when our country was new. It is baffling to see how far removed from real ...
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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (Must See Documentary !) »
Posted by: Dreamerr 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
A very well built documentary about cannabis and drug prohibition. Does the drug prohibition work? Have a look and think for yourself.
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Academic Study Shows Marijuana Arrests Have No Impact On Usage Rates »
Posted by: alapoet 2 days, 19 hours ago in News
The most extensive study yet undertaken on U.S. marijuana arrests and penalties, released today, finds no relationship between marijuana arrest and use rates. The ...
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We Tried A War Like This Once Before »
Posted by: berkeley 7 months ago in Political News
In 1932, Alphonse Capone, an influential businessman then living in Chicago, used to drive through the city in a caravan of armor-plated limos built to ...
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