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Uruguay’s New Regs: Unreasonable on Purpose?

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“Uruguay is now in the business of fixing prices for an entire industry. In fact, this can only lead to a renewed black market. If Uruguay continues along this path it probably won’t much reduce black-market trafficking because the black market will supply a similar and even better product at a lower price without demanding that people sign some sort of public document attesting to their use of the drug. The whole point of this exercise supposedly was to remove the criminal influence from the production and ingestion of cannabis. After beginning splendidly, Uruguay officials have acted in a way that reverses most of the benefits that could have been expected from ‘legalization.'”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35290/Uruguays-New-Regs-Unreasonable-on-Purpose/

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Arson charges brought after accidental hash oil homebrew explosions

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“Colorado’s constitutional amendment that legalized marijuana allows adults 21 and older to ‘process’ the drug. But prosecutors in some cases, including Braithwaite’s, have charged alleged hash oil cookers with ‘processing or manufacturing marijuana and marijuana concentrate’ through a different law. Colorado lawmakers Tuesday gave final approval to bills that tackle two other marijuana issues that have raised concern in recent months. The second requires the state to limit the potency of store-sold edibles and hash oil (also known as dabs, shatter or wax).  Producing hash oil at home is about 50% cheaper than buying it in stores.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-legal-brewing-hash-oil-colorado-explosions-20140506-story.html

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Marijuana: What’s Driving This Highly Profitable Trend

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“The primary reason may have more to do in this case with the Internet itself. See, prior to the early 2000s support for decriminalization or legalization of marijuana was fairly stagnant. However, since that time, as the growth of Internet users has skyrocketed so too has the support to end marijuana’s prohibition. The process is something we refer to by the phrase we coined, the Internet Reformation. And it is affecting many areas of our lives. It is the reason why gold and silver – traditional money metals – have shot up. The same dynamics are at play here as well. Lies and deceit are much more difficult to spread and maintain in an era of transparency and an ever conversant society.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35287/Anthony-Wile-Marijuana-Whats-Driving-This-Highly-Profitable-Trend–Plus-a-Special-quotIslandquot-Invitation/

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We Finally Won One Against the Police State!

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“Drivers in Arizona can’t be prosecuted for drugged driving when they’re entirely sober.  Of course, Arizona legislators could follow the lead of at least one other state (Delaware) and criminalize the presence of even non-impairing metabolites in a driver’s blood.  In addition, the War on Drugs itself is alive and well. America’s federal, state, and local governments still spend billions of dollars annually to perpetuate it. Billions more are confiscated from actual or suspected drug dealers each year. The results? After 100 years, and hundreds of billions spent on interdiction, prosecution, and incarceration, the percentage of Americans addicted to drugs is about the same: around 3%.”

http://www.nestmann.com/we-finally-won-one-against-the-police-state

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DOJ’s ‘Operation Choke Point’ Closing Legal Websites’ Bank Accounts

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“Under ‘Operation Choke Point,’ the DOJ and its allies are going after legal but subjectively undesirable business ventures by pressuring banks to terminate their bank accounts or refuse their business. The very premise is clearly chilling—the DOJ is coercing private businesses in an attempt to centrally engineer the American marketplace based on it’s own politically biased moral judgements. Targeted business categories so far have included payday lenders, ammunition sales, dating services, purveyors of drug paraphernalia, and online gambling sites.”

http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/28/doj-operation-chokepoint-and-porn-stars

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The Latest Pot Myth, Smacked Down By Science

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“Will the publication of this latest study put to rest the false notion that medical cannabis legalization stimulates non-medical pot use? Probably not, but it is a start. Notably, government officials seem finally to be getting the message. Speaking to the Tampa Bay Times last month, the deputy director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse acknowledged, ‘We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates.’  He’s right and it’s high time for the likes of David Evans and Kevin Sabet to stop shamelessly claiming otherwise.”

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/latest-pot-myth-smacked-down-science?paging=off

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How Quickly The War On Drugs Changed America’s Prison Population

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“America’s prisons are extremely overcrowded, and tough-on-crime laws implemented in the 1980s and 1990s contributed heavily to growing the U.S. prison population. The U.S. accounts for only 5% of the world population, but holds 25% of the world’s prisoners.  Redditor Sen_Mendoza posted a GIF that shows how dramatically the U.S. prison population changed after President Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs in the 1970s.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-war-on-drugs-changed-americas-prison-population-2014-4

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Cannabis: History, Legalization, Regulation, & the Public Health Model

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“The first recorded mention of cannabis as therapy is 2000 years before the common era (BCE) in the pharmacopeia of Chinese medicine. In the ancient Near East, it was ground into a paste with honey and inserted vaginally to ease the pain of childbirth. Caesar’s physician used the oil from seeds to alleviate earaches. Queen Victoria’s physician prescribed it for menstrual cramps. It’s ironic to contemplate that 100 years ago cannabis tinctures were widely used and doctors knew all about it and how it worked for various conditions. One hundred years later, doctors know almost nothing.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/35265/Anthony-Wile-NORML-Canadas-Craig-Jones-on-Cannabis–History-Legalization-Regulation-and-the-Public-Health-Model/

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Congress Votes NO On VA Hospitals Prescribing Cannabis To Veterans

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City of Imagination: Kowloon Walled City 20 Years Later

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“The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once the densest place on earth, a virtually lawless labyrinth of crime, grime, commerce and hope. A Wall Street Journal documentary tracks its colorful legacy and brings the place alive 20 years later.”

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