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Bankrupt California city facing legalizing marijuana for revenue

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“The bankrupt California city of San Bernardino has a new idea for raising revenue – legalize medical marijuana.  Ironically, the plan was spurred by concerns about not having enough resources to crack down on the illegal medical marijuana dealers springing up all over town.  So the city is now looking at legalizing the sellers, and using tax proceeds to enforce the regulations.  Police have reported as many as 20 illegal storefronts in town at any given time, said the city attorney. ‘We have in this city a proliferation – and a lot of cities in California are experiencing it – of illegal medical marijuana dispensaries. These people are defiant and they are opening up these things right and left.'”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/31/bankrupt-california-city-eyes-marijuana-for-revenue/

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Shock: Colombia to Legalize Marijuana

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“Colombia has a great climate for marijuana. The plant is indigenous and once it is cultivated and harvested, Colombia is in a good position via its free-trade agreements to supply top quality, naturally produced, low-cost cannabis around the world. From an investment standpoint, those seeking to participate in this powerful trend should be asking, ‘How does a company ideally position itself to capture significant market share in this timely and highly-profitable industry – and establish a sustainable leadership position?’ The answer will no doubt emerge as more countries with more natural advantages emerge to offer quality products to a growing market place.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35503/Shock-Colombia-to-Legalize-Marijuana/

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FedEx Facing Criminal Charges for Shipping Internet Pharmacy Drugs

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“A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted FedEx, the world’s largest cargo company, on criminal charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and distribution of misbranded drugs. Federal prosecutors are seeking to forfeit and seize at least $820 million in what they say are proceeds from such illegal shipments.  The move comes after FedEx rejected offers from federal prosecutors to cut a deal. FedEx’s chief competitor, UPS, settled a similar case last year by agreeing to pay $40 million after being linked to the shipment of prescription drugs by illegal online pharmacies. Both cases were brought by US Attorney for the Northern District of California Melinda Haag.”

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2014/jul/18/fedex_indicted_criminal_charges

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US Drug Policy and the Border Child Immigration Crisis

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“The majority of the child immigrants are coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Those Northern Triangle countries suffered not only devastating civil wars in the 1980s, with the US supporting conservative, often dictatorial governments (or, in the case of Honduras, serving as a platform against the government in Nicaragua), but also chronic poverty and income inequality.  They are also the countries feeling the brunt of the expansion of powerful Mexican drug trafficking organizations who, in response to increased pressure from the Mexican government (assisted by US aid under the Merida agreement) began pushing south into the region around 2008.”

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2014/jul/19/us_drug_policy_and_border_immigration

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Man Choked To Death By NYPD For Selling Cigarettes

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“The 350-pound man, about to be arrested on charges of illegally selling cigarettes, was arguing with the police. When an officer tried to handcuff him, the man pulled free. The officer immediately threw his arm around the man’s neck and pulled him to the ground, holding him in what appears, in a video, to be a chokehold. The man can be heard saying ‘I can’t breathe’ over and over again as other officers swarm about.  Now, the death of the man, Eric Garner, 43, soon after the confrontation on Staten Island, is being investigated by the police and prosecutors. At the center of the inquiry is the officer’s use of a chokehold — a maneuver that was banned by NYPD more than 20 years ago.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/nyregion/staten-island-man-dies-after-he-is-put-in-chokehold-during-arrest.html

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Philly Mayor Nutter’s Attempt To Tax Lap Dances Shot Down

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“Club Risqué and Cheerleaders, represented by Bochetto, faced tax bills totaling nearly $900,000.   A third club, Delilah’s, was assessed more than $630,000 in back taxes, interest, and penalties for lap dances.   The Tax Review Board in October ruled that the amusement tax law is so vague that it can only be reasonably applied to a club’s cover charge, not to other activities.  But the city has the right to continue the legal battle to Commonwealth Court.  City solicitor Shelley Smith told KYW Newsradio this afternoon that the administration has not yet made a decision on an appeal.”

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/07/16/judge-nixes-nutter-administration-attempt-to-tax-lap-dances-at-strip-clubs/

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Chain smoker’s widow wins $23 billion in punitive damages

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“A jury in Florida has awarded the widow of a chain smoker who died of lung cancer 18 years ago record punitive damages of more than $23bn against America’s second-biggest cigarette maker, RJ Reynolds.  The judgment, returned on Friday night, was the largest in Florida history in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a single plaintiff.  Cynthia Robinson, of Pensacola, sued the cigarette maker in 2008 over the death of her husband, claiming the company conspired to conceal the health dangers and addictive nature of its products.  Last month the US supreme court declined to hear a series of tobacco company appeals seeking to overturn judgments totaling more than $70m.”

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/20/chain-smokers-widow-awarded-23bn-in-punitive-damages-in-florida

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UN Calls for Decriminalization of All Drugs

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“The UN has now called for the decriminalization not just of marijuana but of other drugs as well, including so-called injectables. Our analyses are often correct, but in this case, we’re a little surprised at how fast confirmation has arrived.  Drugs will be legalized – at least in part – to allow the UN to create a more formalized regulatory regime around the world.  An editorial such as this would not be complete without noting the pitiless manipulation of laws and regulations for which elites are responsible. Millions, perhaps billions of lives have been negatively affected and even ruined by the merciless imposition of the so-called ‘war on drugs.'”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35491/Anthony-Wile-As-Predicted-UN-Calls-for-Decriminalization-of-All-Drugs/

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Politics leads to cancellation of only U.S. medical marijuana study

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“Medical cannabis use is recognized legally in almost half of the states, yet getting approval to study the health benefits of the drug is harder than getting a medical marijuana license.  So it was a big deal last spring when Dr. Sue Sisley at the University of Arizona won rare federal approval to test marijuana’s effects on veterans with PTSD.  Local government funding meant for the program was canceled after a state senator challenged using the money for Sisley’s research. After Sisley argued against the de-funding of her program, pressure from state government ultimately led to her dismissal from the University of Arizona, according to Sisley.”

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/decodedc/cancellation-of-only-active-medical-marijuana-study-a-blow-to-researchers

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Police Militarization: The New Search and Seizure

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“Supported by Minister of Defense Gustav Noske, right-wingers — including one Corporal Adolf Hitler — organized ex-soldiers into Freikorps, and armed them with surplus military weaponry. These militia brutally crushed Germany’s nascent post-war democratic movement. For the next 20 years, they provided the core of the feared Brownshirts, street thugs who helped Hitler and the Nazis into power.  Fast forward 100 years. Another faltering empire in domestic political crisis, the United States, brings its own frustrated warriors and their weapons back home.  Brownshirts in America — far-fetched? Not at all. They’re already here, this time dressed in black or camo.”

http://thesovereigninvestor.com/diversified-investments/police-militarization-new-search-seizure/

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