I just finished George Carlin's book, Last Words. It's different

There are some subjects that have fascinated me since I was a little kid. I like science. I like history. I like to know the history of how we became the nation that we are today. The founding of our nation from the time of the Jamestown Colony to the time of the Revolution...

Bodies dumped in Drug War in Mexico and hypocrisy

In the city of Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, 35 dead bodies were dumped on a street. Some had their hands tied and some were tortured to death. Do I have to even ask if the first thing that came to your mind, this was because of drug violence? How many nanoseconds after...

Why did 90% of Republicans vote against state medical marijuana?

The vast majority of Americans support medical marijuana. The numbers are staggering, in how supportative they are in fact. Indeed, a bare majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, and not just for medical purposes. With that in mind, why is the Republican...

Pro-drug reformer prosecuted for activism?

In New Hampshire in January of 2008, a police officer tried to get talk show host Ian Bernard charged with a criminal offense for the host's promotion of a protest against anti-marijuana laws. A pro-marijuana reformer, James Carroll, held a quanity of marijuana out in the...

PETITION: Obert Madondo’s Canada crime Bill C10 hunger strike

Friends of Obert are pleased to announce the petition for Obert Madondo’s ongoing crime Bill C10 hunger strike. Hosted on Change.org, the petition is titled: PM Harper, Parliament of Canada: Fulfill Obert’s Bill C10 hunger strike demands NOW!   Your support is...

Anti-drug folks deny marijuana to patients and silence critics

"His marijuana trade and propagandist marijuana magazine have generated nearly $5 million a year in profits that bolstered his trafficking efforts, but those have gone up in smoke today. … Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on." Those were...

Help the cause of legalizing marijuana today in Colorado today

In the state of Colorado there is an initiative that would make limited amounts of marijuana legal for adults. Well, adults 21 or older, at least. This would be a historic vote, come November. Never before has a state legalized marijuana. Well, you can help the cause,...

How drug sniffing by police dogs is bogus and not probable cause

Dogs are considered by the courts, as proof of probable cause, in drug cases. But, why? The fact is, it is often hit or miss with dogs sniffing for drugs. Their police handlers, intentional or not, can affect how often a dog gives a false positive for drugs in a car, or other...

Barbers in Florida, be ready to have police point guns at you

In most states there are licensing requirements for barbers. Well, in Florida, the police take advantage of those licensing requirements to check for drugs in barber shops. Sometimes, with guns drawn. I wish I was kidding. Would police take advantage of licensing of doctors...

Canadian Hunger Striker Questions Parliament's Silent Treatment

PRESS RELEASE OTTAWA, April 13, 2012 - Today is Day 31 of my  indefinite hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new draconian crime law, deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, formerly crime Bill C10. I’m an Occupy...

Illegal strip search and concussion for minor with baggie of pot

In Beloit, WI, local police got a call of suspected drug use. An officer found a 16 year old boy in a parked car, with two others. He told the teenager to get out. After patting him down for weapons and drugs, the officer, Kerry Daugherty, saw a bulge in the boy's pants....

Obert Madondo's Indefinite Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike

Today is Day 28 of my ongoing indefinite hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's universally-condemned and cruel new crime law, deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”.  I’m an Ottawa-based Occupy activist and progressive...

Connections between Trayvon Martin shooting and the War on Drugs

I have chosen, on purpose, not to write any articles on the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman case. I might be the only political based Examiner, who hasn't written on it. It's too emotional at this point, and I am still not sure what happened that day. I reserve though to...

Republican tells women that being battered isn't that bad

Republicans and non-libertarian conservatives often don't like the fact that people can divorce. Some on the far religious rightwing, want to restrict the ability to divorce as much as possible, even ban it. If women are abused and battered, well, to them that is not as...

How the state can make your life a nightmare, for having marijuan

If you are a medical marijuana patient with a legal prescription, should you have to suffer harassment and intimidation that other valid prescription holders for other prescribed drugs, never do? Unfortunately, this happens all too often. The federal government interferes in...

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