Recent Posts Tagged With 'cannabis'

• OBAMA HYPOCRITICAL ON DRUG POLICY

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 09:25 in drugs, California, cannabis, war on drugs, governator, your govt at work, government hypocracy

  Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC)VIA: Drug NewsAuthor: Froma HarropThe popular TV series "Weeds" is about a widowed suburban mother whodeals pot to preserve her family's cushy California dream. Not a fewCalifornians would like to see the theme writ l...

• Marijuana Ingredient Blocks Opiate Dependence, Study Says

  Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 06:26 in cannabis, medical marijuana, media lies, media manipulation, opiates, ongoing drug war

  Paris, France: The administration of oral THC in rats suppresses sensitivity to opiate dependence, according to preclinical findings published in the June 24 issue of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. An international team of researchers from...

• Lawmakers Call For An End To Federal Marijuana Prosecutions

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 09:30 in Marijuana, cannabis, war on drugs, police state, prison nation

  NORML NEWS Washington, DC: Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank, along with co-sponsor Texas Republican Ron Paul, reintroduced legislation today to limit the federal government's authority to arrest and prosecute minor marijuana offenders.The measure,...

• Help Save the Earth, Time to Subsitute Hemp for Oil

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 05:41 in oil, green, hemp, cannabis, organic products, ongoing drug war, the two us economies, the price of ethanol

  By Dara Colwell, AlterNet.Every man-made fiber we wear, sit on, cook with, drive in, are by-products of the petroleum industry -- all of which could be replaced by hemp.As the recession renews interest in the growing hemp marketplace as a potent...

• Don't Blame Pot -- There's No Such Thing as a "Gateway Drug"

  Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 in Marijuana, cannabis, war on drugs, medical marijuana

  By Scott Morgan, DRCNet.Anti-drug zealots created the "gateway" theory from thin air. And it's easily refuted: most marijuana users just don't use other drugs.The surging debate surrounding the legalization of marijuana has brought with it the r...

• Carlos Santana wishes Obama would legalize pot

  Posted on Sunday April 19th, 2009 at 09:46 in Marijuana, music, medicine, musicians, cannabis, war on drugs, medical marijuana

  By MARCELA ISAZAWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama brushed off a question about legalizing marijuana in his online town hall last month, but guitar god Carlos Santana says he wishes he would seriously consider it."Legalize marijua...

• This is the truth on drugs ... any questions?

  Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 08:34 in Marijuana, cannabis, ongoing drug war

  By David Sirota Finally, a little honesty.Finally, after America has frittered away billions of taxpayer dollars arming Latin American death squads, airdropping toxic herbicide on equatorial farmland, and incarcerating more of its own citizens on ...

• U.S. Attorney General Reaffirms Administration's New Pot Policy Stance

  Posted on Friday March 20th, 2009 at 05:46 in medicine, cannabis, medical marijuana, ongoing drug war, norml news

  Washington, DC: United States Attorney General Eric Holder reaffirmed yesterday that he will not authorize federal justice resources to target or prosecute medical cannabis users or providers that are compliant with state law. Holder's statement...

• Bill Richardson: "My God, let's be reasonable."

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 09:32 in cannabis, war on drugs, medical marijuana

  Could Obama's Pro-Marijuana Commerce Secretary Spell a Golden Era for Pot Reform? By Scott Thill, AlterNet.December has been an interesting month for marijuana, or cannabis as it is known to scientists and all too few others. To kick ...