Lets say you heard someone screaming in pain or gasping urgently to catch their breath as they were drowning. What would you do? Would you turn the screw a little tighter on the person who is screaming? Would you push the drowning person’s head under the water one more time? Probably not – or so I would hope.
The war on drugs has been a failure and nations should take a softer approach in dealing with addicts by providing them with access to treatment and respecting their human rights, a top U.N. rights official said Tuesday.
I've been happy to see a lot of very positive coverage of the 4/20 rallies this year. Rather than depicting the crowds as 'just a bunch of pot-smoking slackers looking for a good time', the media actually presented us as activists with a political message.