Father's Plea: End the War on Drugs

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/10/opinion/sicilia-cartel-killed-son/index.html?hpt=hp_c1(CNN) -- Why was my son murdered? He was 24, and he had never tried drugs. He didn't even smoke. He had paid half his university costs with a sports scholarship and was working as...

On marijuana and the Islamic religion

Nicholas Delpopolo, a U.S. judo athlete was kicked out of the Olympics for testing positive for marijuana. First of all, marijuana is not a performance enhancing drug. It's not like steroids. It does not give an advantage, other than at maybe a Doritos eating contest. Two, it...

Police assault woman with phone and 50 feet radius to film them

If you film the police in Austin, Texas, or anywhere else for that matter, should you have to be 50 feet away? Also, should everyone be 50, or even 60 feet away, or just those filming the police? Can other bystanders be closer? Also, if the filming is at a crowded event with...

Should the police break down your door for marijuana?

You're in your house, sound asleep, and a group of men kick down your front door in the middle of the night. They have guns drawn, pointing at you and they are shouting. You wake up from a sound sleep and you don't know who they might be. Your children are crying, they are...

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

How the marijuana war is killing people

New York City Police officer Richard Haste is about to go on trial for the shooting of Ramarley Graham. Haste had suspected Graham was a drug seller. Graham went back into his apartment. Haste had followed him to his bathroom. It seems Graham was about to dump the marijuana...

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

Why did the government lie to us about benefits of marijuana?

Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner stated that the frontrunner in Mexico's presidential election, "sounds like a reversion to PRI policies of old." The PRI being the dominant political party in Mexico over the last 100 years. The fact is, this candidate, Pena...

Holder Admits to Fast and Furious Foul-Up: ‘We Forgot the Drugs'

Washington DC — Under mounting pressure to disclose more details about the government’s Fast and Furious gun-running fiasco, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed today that the effort failed because a “drug...

Michele Leonhart Video: 'All Drugs are Bad'

DEA Chief Cannot Answer Simple Questions about Drugs Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) questioned DEA chief Michele Leonhart about the addiction risks posed by marijuana, heroin, and crack...

Medical marijuana patients denied because of being on probation

Medical marijuana has helped many individuals whose pain and suffering cannot be relieved through any other means. I am a big supporter of the right of someone to use marijuana while in great pain. It is the height of absurdity and injustice for the government to stop...

How the marijuana war is killing people and illegal arrests

New York City Police officer Richard Haste is about to go on trial for the shooting of Ramarley Graham. Haste had suspected Graham was a drug seller. Graham went back into his apartment. Haste had followed him to his bathroom. It seems Graham was about to dump the marijuana...

How police make money jailing people in the war on drugs

Your cousin might have been locked up for smoking marijuana. So, might have your brother. Have you wondered why we have kept up a failed war on marijuana when even a majority of Americans now oppose it? Well, if you live in California, the reason might be one John Lovell. He...

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money even

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

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