January 2009
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By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 23, 2009
Call President Obama and urge that he issue an immediate suspension to all federal funds used to investigate, intimidate, arrest, and prosecute individuals who use or provide medical cannabis in accordance with their state laws. Call the White House at (202) 456-1111 and say: “Hi, my name is _____________. On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Agency raided a medical cannabis [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged California, DEA, DEA Raids, President Obama, white house
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 23, 2009
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1010175323 Good job by Aaron Houston, pointing out the $14 billion in revenue, more 10th graders smoke pot than tobacco, and that DEA’s way hasn’t worked. I think it would be better if those points were shorter and tied together with something a talk radio pro taught me called the “Why do I give a [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM | Tagged Aaron Houston, CNBC, DEA, gateway theory, hutchinson, milton friedman, MPP, The Netherlands
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
Download the NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2009-01-22 Kris Hermes from Americans for Safe Access is here to update us on the breaking news of the first DEA raid on medical marijuana dispensaries in the Obama era. Tere Joyce reports from Southern California on the Patients Advocacy Network. And I’m going to turn on CNBC [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Americans for Safe Access, California, DEA, dispensaries, Tere Joyce
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
Today’s musical break is going to take us to the country side of the tracks, y’all. Well, maybe that’s not quite accurate. While at first glance Jason Boland and the Stragglers’ music may seem easy to stereotype as Texas or Country, intent listening makes it harder to categorize their music easily, revealing the influence of [...]
Posted in DAILY TOKER TUNES | Tagged country, Jason Boland, jason boland and the stragglers, Texas
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
Oakland, CA — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided a medical marijuana dispensary today in South Lake Tahoe, California, in the first days of the new Obama Administration. Even though President Barack Obama had made repeated promises during his election campaign to end federal raids in medical marijuana states, many high-ranking Bush Administration officials have [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged Administrator Michele Leonhart, Americans for Safe Access, Barack Obama, California, DEA, drug enforcement administration, Karen Tandy, lake tahoe california, President Obama, raids, south lake tahoe
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
On Thursday, January 22, CNBC will be presenting a program called Marijuana Inc., which goes into depth about the big business of marijuana. But besides the illegal uses of marijuana, there are many medical uses. For example, the Journal of Neuroscience reported that the active ingredient in marijuana can be used in the treatment of [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM | Tagged Bob Barr, CNBC, journal of neuroscience, Marijuana Inc, marijuana policy project
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
The libertarian magazine Reason will be featuring an excellent piece on drug paraphernalia laws in its February issue. I had never stopped to consider it, but laws against drug paraphernalia are like laws against pornography. A few weeks before Barack Obama was elected president, Mary Beth Buchanan, the U.S. attorney for western Pennsylvania, filed criminal charges [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOCIETY | Tagged alberto gonzales, bongs, Bush Administration, drug paraphernalia, john ashcroft, Libertarian, Mary Beth Buchanan, moral values, obscenity prosecutions, Pennsylvania, recreational sex, social conservatives, Whizzinator
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
(CNN) — Forests in the Pacific Northwest are dying twice as fast as they were 17 years ago, and scientists blame warming temperatures for the trend, according to a new study. The study, to be released Friday in the journal Science, is the first large-scale analysis of environmental changes as contributing factors in the mortality [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ECONOMICS | Tagged British Columbia, California, CNN, environment, forest, Hemp, Oregon, Washington
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
This just in from our friends at the Arizona ACLU chapter: The ACLU is researching the viability of bringing a state constitutional challenge to random student drug testing in Arizona. One aspect of our research is the recruitment of potential plaintiffs. Do you know if NORML has contacts with students or parents in Arizona? We’re [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, FAMILIES, SCIENCE | Tagged ACLU, Arizona, Drug Testing, students
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 22, 2009
JUAREZ — The newly-formed vigilante group “El Comando Ciudadano Por Juarez” proclaimed its manifesto Tuesday in a news release to Juarez media. It vowed to take over the streets in a matter of months if city, state and federal leaders fail to restore order. In the manifesto, the group identified Commandante Abraham as its leader and [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged El Paso, Juarez, Kidnappings, Mexico, patricia gonzalez-rodriguez, ransom, terrorism, vigilante, vigilantism
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