Here's something to think about: How many police officers and sheriff's deputies are involved in investigating and solving crimes involving illegal drugs? And arresting and transporting and interrogating and jailing the suspects?

They were known as Zeppelins and “blimps”, they were used as bombers in the first World War and for several decades later, they provided first-class air travel until the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Now the application of the airship design to monitor offshore drug-smuggling and for remote sensing is being discussed at a European conference in Galway.

Venezuelan filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz has pulled the plug on his latest project after being driven out of town by Mexican drug gangs. Jakubowicz was forced to abandon production of, Queen of the South, starring Eva Mendes, Sir Ben Kingsley and Josh Hartnett, after receiving death threats while attempting to film on location in Sinaloa.

CANNABIS CULTURE - Bill Maher criticized President Barack Obama over his policies on marijuana legalization this week on HBO's Real Time. Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens and Mos Def discuss the President's recent comments poking fun at Americans who favor legalization.

Smoking pot doesn’t cause schizophrenia, but marijuana as an issue sure gives our political system the symptoms. We have just elected our third president in a row who at least tried marijuana in early adulthood, yet it remains illegal.
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