As the federal government pressures the National Cancer Institute to change their too-approving language about cannabis on their website; as the DEA executes raids in state after state with legal medical marijuana; as federal prosecutors attempt to intimidate officials in Rhode Island, Maine, Arizona, Colorado, and Washington – the DEA admits that 55 pharmaceutical companies […]
Source: The Observer 29 May 2011 By Jamie Doward Kofi Annan, George Shultz and Richard Branson among those urging public health approach
Source: Aidsmeds.com May 27, 2011 To test whether chronic marijuana use could negatively affect HIV disease progression, Lynn LaMotte, PhD, and her colleagues from Louisiana State University in New Orleans turned to a monkey model of HIV. They studied how quickly SIV—the monkey version of HIV—progressed in a type of monkey known as rhesus macaques […]
Source: The Telegraph (UK) May 26th, 2011 By Julian Astle*
Source: Information Clearing House By James Petras* May 19, 2011
Source: The Guardian 22 March 2011 By Sue Blackmore Beyond the flowers that turn into cats, an acid trip forces users to face whatever comes up, and self-knowledge often follows
Hunderttausende von Menschen haben weltweit am vergangenen Samstag, dem 7.5.2011, für die Re-Legalisierung von Cannabis und für ein Ende des globalen „War on Drugs“ („Krieg gegen Drogen“) demonstriert. Die mit Abstand höchsten Teilnehmerzahlen erreichten die Demos auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent – was kein Wunder ist, denn dort wird die Bevölkerung von den Auswirkungen des Drogenkrieges […]
A short and concise look in the amazing history of cannabis (prohibition)
Source: Alternet.org 28 April 2011 By Michelle Alexander The Failed Drug War Has Created a Human Rights Nightmare — How Can This Happen in Our Country and Go Virtually Undiscussed? If we fail to commit ourselves to ending mass incarceration, future generations will judge us harshly.
Source: Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 13 April 2011 By Pascal Tanguay Kratom in Thailand Decriminalisation and Community Control?
