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50% of Americans Want Marijuana Legal, 70% Want Medicinal Pot -- Are International Treaties Standing in the Way of Legalization?
Missing from US-conducted analyses is a discussion about the international legal system – as embodied in the three international drug control treaties.
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5 Questions for Eliot Spitzer on the Biggest Healthcare Fraud Settlement in History
Big Pharma gets a Big Fine. Will it be enough to prevent future criminal behavior?
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We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More Stressed and Depressed Than Ever?
More of us than ever are discontented and not experiencing optimum emotional well-being. Why is the vast enterprise of professional mental health unable to help us feel better?
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Government-Sponsored Study Destroys DEA's Classification of Marijuana as 'Medically Useless'
The DEA classifies marijuana as having no medical uses, but a government-sponsored study concludes that the miracle drug is much needed for many patients.
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The Funniest Comic Bits That Skewer the Drug War by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart et al
While the drug war is not a laughing matter, comedians are often able to capture the absurdity and insanity better than policy papers and traditional journalism.
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Job Insecurity: It's the Disease of the 21st Century -- And It's Killing Us
A massive, Xanax-fueled public health crisis driven by chronic employment worry is headed our way.
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Why Smoking Pot Makes Me a Better Mom
Anybody who thinks that weed makes parents ignore their children has clearly never been high around one.
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It's a Safe Health-Food Wonder, Agricultural Dream and Economic Jackpot: It's Time to End our Government's Insane Hemp Prohibition
If it's legal to use in soaps – and even to eat – then why is it illegal to grow here?
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Forget Politics, Here Are 10 Things That Really Divide Americans
Americans aren't as divided over politics as the pundits say. But they disagree on everything else.
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Why There Has Been an Explosion in Bipolar Diagnoses
When patents ran out on the big-selling tricyclic antidepressants in the mid-90s, bipolar became the recipient of Big Pharma marketing budgets.
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Our Failed Drug Policy Will Wreak Disaster by 2050 -- Why We Need Reform Now
The burden of the global drug problem will shift from developed to developing countries, where urban populations and women may be the most vulnerable.
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How the Drug War Exacerbates the Global HIV Pandemic
The Global Commission on Drugs has released a report explaining how drug war enforcement raises barriers to HIV treatment -- and what we can do to stop it.
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Life Without Parole for Pot? 10 Worst Cases of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Our government spends more than $7 billion annually to enforce marijuana prohibition in shockingly cruel ways, but the efforts have not deterred marijuana use.
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How Can We Stop the Mexican Drug Insanity When Banks and Much of the Establishment Profit Big Time from Illegal Drugs?
Corruption in the drug war extends far beyond the hands of drug cartels - our own banks, businesses, and government profit from illegalization of drugs.
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Uruguayan Government May Legalize -- And Sell -- Weed
By selling marijuana to registered users, the Uruguayan government hopes to take profits away from drug dealers and weaken crime in the country.
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Why the DEA Chief's Embarassing Refusal to Admit Heroin is More Harmful Than Pot Went Viral
DEA chief Michele Leonhart's feigned ignorance about her own area of expertise is a sign that something has gone askew in our nation's drug policy.
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The Truth Behind the Bath Salts "Epidemic"
After the explosion in use comes the demonization. Then the press, despite a total lack of causal evidence, parrots the outlandish accusations.
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10 Great Reasons to Kill Our Absurd Ban on Growing Hemp
The only people who oppose the cultivation of industrial hemp are anti-cannabis bureaucracies, politicians, drug-testing companies and U.S. law enforcement.
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Ramarley Graham's Mother Speaks Out: NYPD Cop Who Killed My Son Should Be Charged With Murder
We hear from Ramarley's family, a former NYPD detective, and the family attorney about why the NYPD officer should be charged for murder.
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U.S. and Mexico's "Caravan of Peace" Gearing Up to End the Drug War
Groups concerned with the border, immigrant rights, human rights, racial justice, and labor are all coming on board to end the war on drugs.
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