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Hundreds of Medical Marijuana Supporters Protest Obama in Oakland as Feds Escalate Their War on Pot
Hundreds of supporters of President Obama turned out to see him at Oakland’s Fox Theater on Monday afternoon.
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In Significant Expansion, US Drug War Heads to Africa
In a significant expansion of the war on drugs, the United States has begun training an elite unit of counternarcotics police in Ghana and planning similar units in Nigeria and Kenya as part of an effort to combat the Latin American cartels that are increasingly using Africa to smuggle cocaine into Europe.
Prison Blog: DEA Admits All My Seed Money Went To Activism
It's July 15th, and I have 724 days to go if I serve every day in the US federal system up to my early release date of July 9th, 2014.
Respected Study Finds DEA Should Re-Classify Marijuana
The present classification of cannabis and its organic compounds as schedule I prohibited substances under federal law is scientifically indefensible, according to a just published review in The Open Neurology Journal.
Belief That the US Government Actively Supports Brutal Cartels Widespread in Mexico
The botched Fast and Furious gun-running operation is big news in Washington today, with Attorney General Eric Holder waiting to find out whether he will be held in contempt of Congress.
DEA Continues California Crackdown As It Faces $20 Million Lawsuit Over Prisoner Mistreatment
CANNABIS CULTURE - In what's been a daily battleground in Caiifornia, the DEA spread more of its nastygrams to medical marijuana collectives and landlords across the state, even as the news hits that the agency mistakenly left a UCSD student in a holding cell for five days without food and water following a bust at a 4/20 party.
Forgotten In Cell For 5 Days, Student Drank Urine To Survive
A college student who was forgotten by federal drug agents and left in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet says that he drank his own urine to survive.
How the Drug War Hurts Everyone
From Wall Street to Oakland, recent events prove the campaign isn't just futile. It's a deadly waste of resources
Ed Lee On Medical Marijuana: San Francisco Mayor Finally Breaks His Silence
"If you get Ed Lee on record about medical marijuana," more than one well-connected San Francisco politico has told us, "you deserve a medal."
Medical Marijuana Pits States Versus Feds
The sun has now warmed the rich soil of California's Central Valley. It's time to plant. But for one of the valley's most profitable crops, this year's forecast is decidedly chilly.
