Should smoking marijuana get you fired as a teacher?

Should ex-teacher Roger Payne have lost his job? What happened to Mr. Payne is that he befriended a former student who is now an adult. That ex-student's brother broke into the ex-teacher's house and stole a sum of money and some marijuana. Mr Payne (a teacher in...

Officer dies to protect us from medical marijuana?

Here is a winner for the audacity award. A citizen named Matthew Stewart growing marijuana for personal medical reasons in Utah, has police break into his house after a knock, and a cop unfortunately is shot and killed by him. This is not the first time that someone has been...

DCF Mass., a corrupt child-drugging agency we'd be better without

If you follow the news, you have likely stumbled upon the recent national news about of the outrageous amount of psychiatric drugging of foster children. The US General Accounting Office did a two-year investigation of the drugging of foster children (those with no parents...

Would you rather believe in Mister Right or in Santa Claus?

No one has ever seen the real Santa Claus.  Of course, around Christmas, there are as many Santa Clauses as there are shopping malls in the country.  But they all are copies of the same myth.  Interestingly enough, that sounds very much like Mister Right,...

How the religious right tell former addicts to hate gay family me

There are many people in the religious right who had lived, before they supposedly found their deity, a screwed up life. They were alcoholics. They were on drugs. Cocaine, heroin etc. They were depressed and suicidal. Well, once they find religion they judge gays as...

Should you change for someone?

Have you ever had the desire or even felt the utter necessity to change parts of what you are to please someone?  Have you ever wondered whether he or she would love you more or finally see you, if you were to change your attitude, parts of your physical appearance, or...

Postal Service rescue to turn mail carriers into drug runners

Washington, DC - A Congressional panel that’s searching for ways to save the crumbling US Postal Service has recommended that the agency increase its profits by becoming the nation’s narcotics distribution...

Is depression a real illness or a moral weakness?

Every time I hear doctors affirm that depression is a brain disease that they can easily treat thanks to loads of anti-depressors, it truly frightens me.  Put yourself in the shoes of an individual who has been feeling down for a while, and who is being told that he or...

How to Solve America's Gang Problem Once and for All

There is a way to solve America's gang problem once and for all. This solution is twofold:(1) Legalize guns in America's cities;(2) Legalize drugs and prostitution.Because the laws in many cities forbid law-abiding citizens from having guns, the only people who...

Dopers at Boeing plant arrested

The Makers of Chinooks and Ospreys This isn’t good news. I hope that Boeing and the authorities purge their employment of these lawbreakers. Workers should lose their security clearances and be banned from...

80-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA ARRESTED FOR SELLING CRACK COCAINE... AGAIN!

A Prichard, Alabama woman was arrested on last Wednesday for reportedly selling crack cocaine- for the second time. Ola Mae Robinson was taken into custody after police executed a search warrant at her home and found an unspecified amount of crack cocaine and...

Here comes a break in drug prices

Pusher discounts “You don’t need Lipitor, you can just take a baby aspirin.” Have you heard that one? Lipitor is expensive, and statins are supposed to be effective, however not all of the clinical work is...

Upcoming heroes Varun and Abhishek in drug racket

Telugu film industry is once again in the news when police bust a drug racket. The police have arrested a Nigerian Fredrick James and doctor Siddhartha, working in the most reputed Narayana...

Ending the War on Drugs

As the value of the War on Drugs is being re-evaluated, it makes sense to finally tell the truth on this matter. And the truth on this matter is: Most problems associated with drugs are not due to drugs, but rather to drugs being illegal. With the substances being made...

Poor Man's Price, Rich Man's Price: Differential Pricing

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In April 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, and the US-based Global Health Council held a 3-days workshop about "Pricing and...

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