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July 2008
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Deputy Drug Czar visits “America’s Grow House Capitol”
Arcata Eye :: The mildly objectionable weekly newspaper for Arcata, California (pagesetter) On Tuesday, July 15, Arcata hosted Scott Burns, deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, who is the Bush Administration’s second-in-command for drug regulation. After participating in marijuana raids in Eureka and points south and meeting with county officials, Burns [...]
Reefer Madness: Public faces medical marijuana scam
[UPDATE: Respond to Kevin Sabet's reefer madness here: http://www.dailybulletin.com/search/ci_9976769] Public faces medical marijuana scam – DailyBulletin.com A recent article in the Daily Bulletin regarding medical marijuana failed to mention the fallacies and problems associated with what has become a personal mission and profession for a limited few to blatantly distort the truth in an attempt [...]
Stash for Wed, Jul 23, 2008
Download the NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2008-07-23 Hempday Humpday! Git yerself some hempy food and chow down! I’m starting to pick up more hemp foods lately and they really are tasty and good for you. Ever try raw hempseed? Tastes kinda like cashews. Today for our dose of Cannabis Science we’re visiting with Dr. [...]
Nevada Highway Patrol Sergeant may face grand jury for fatal marijuana DUI charge
ReviewJournal.com – News – NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL: Sergeant may face grand jury Prosecutors claim Lattin, a 22-year highway patrol veteran who supervised a team that investigates fatal crashes, had enough marijuana in his system to impair his driving during the crash, which happened when he was off-duty. They said he smoked at most four hours [...]
New Orleans flooded… with felony marijuana cases
New Orleans CityBusiness — The Business Newspaper of Metropolitan New Orleans Shortly after Keva Landrum-Johnson took over as district attorney following Eddie Jordan’s resignation Oct. 30, hundreds of new felony cases flooded the public defenders office, overwhelming the 29 defense attorneys. After New Orleans regained its title as the nation’s murder capital, the public demanded [...]
Music: Michael Gaither – “High and Lonesome”
Welcome to hempday/ humpday, Stashers! I hope that you get to go to a festival or two this summer. Today’s musical break comes from an artist that knows a thing or two about festivals. MICHAEL GAITHER brings us his take on the festival experience with his song, “High and Lonesome”. A bit of bluegrass, some [...]
NIDA’s latest idea: paying mentally ill substance abusers for clean pee
NIDA – Publications – NIDA Notes – Vol. 21, No. 6 – Research Findings A new intervention enhances prospects for substance abusers whose mental illness complicates the path to recovery. In a recent clinical trial, a 6-month course of Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (BTSAS) reduced drug abuse, boosted [...]
More Kids Dying – New York Times Editorial
Editorial – More Kids Dying – Editorial – NYTimes.com Despite a decline in overall drug use, the rate at which young Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 have been dying from drug overdoses has jumped dramatically — more than doubling between 1999 and 2005. In the same period, according to the Centers for [...]
A Conversation With Barack Obama : Rolling Stone
A Conversation With Barack Obama : Rolling Stone ROLLING STONE: The War on Drugs has cost taxpayers $500 billion since 1973. Nearly 500,000 people are behind bars on drug charges today, yet drugs are as available as ever. Do you plan to continue the War on Drugs, or will you make some significant change in [...]
Correction on the EMCDDA
In my latest Reefer Madness post I made this assertion… Reefer Madness: Legalizing pot in no way makes us safer | NORML’s Daily Audio Stash Agent Capra, when Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, you might remind him that according to the European Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA, the EU’s ONDCP) latest report [...]