Hemp Is the Far Bigger Economic Issue Hiding Behind Legal Marijuana
Prop 19 will open up California to hemp, a multi-billion-dollar crop that has been a staple of human agriculture for thousands of years. Harvey Wasserman…
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Legalize marijuana, says former US surgeon general
Jonathan Benson Natural News Next month, California voters will decide whether or not to legalize marijuana in the state for recreational use. And former U.S….
L.A. Sheriff: Pot Legalization ‘Not Going To Pass, Even If It Passes’
Steve Elliot News Junkie Post Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said on Friday that the voters don’t matter. His deputies’ enforcement of marijuana laws…
Feds to Prosecute Distribution, Possession if Prop 19 Passes
Marcus Wohlsen Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Attorney General Eric Holder is warning that the federal government will not look the other way, as it…
Progressive Dissent Is in the FBI’s Crosshairs
After the September 26 FBI raids on peace activists’ homes across the nation, it appears that free speech depends on who’s speaking and what they’re…
Could California’s Prop. 19 Lead to Pot Legalization Across the U.S.?
Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Adam Cohen Time The cult movie Reefer Madness, released in 1938, warned of the horrors of marijuana — or, as a…
Tea Party = Pot Party?
Seems the movement to legalize marijuana isn’t just for hippies anymore. Josh Harkinson Mother Jones Last month in the nation’s capital, Gary Johnson, a former…
Orwellian DoubleThink: Tyranny is Safety
Orwellian DoubleThink Series, Part 6 Activist Post One is never safe living under a tyrannical form of government. If we have learned anything from George…
EU asserts power over France, takes legal action over Gypsies
Raf Casert Associated Press BRUSSELS — The European Union decided Wednesday to launch legal action against France over its expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, to…
Alcohol Lobby Now Openly Spending Against CA’s Legal Pot Initiative in Alliance with Police Industrial Complex
Big Alcohol’s decision to squash marijuana law reform to protect its bottom line is simply politics as usual. Paul Armentano NORML Deputy Director Alternet It…
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home
Frank M. Carrio NACHI Thinking about selling your house – A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill) This is unbelievable! Only the beginning…
25 sue city, police over G-20 arrests
Bill Vidonic Pittsburgh Tribune Review Some of the more than 100 people arrested during Oakland demonstrations a year ago this week say police pepper-sprayed them…
Police Harassing Citizens Who Film Them
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Sheriffs want database of prescription drug users
Mike Adams Natural News Sheriffs in North Carolina are petitioning state legislators to be given access to the database of patients who are in possession…