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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Percocet, Prescription Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Drugs, Banning, Painkillers, Prescription Pills, Vicodin, Pills, Prescription Medication, Fda, Health, Living News

We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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AP source: DEA joins Jackson death investigation

AP | MICHELE SALCEDO | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackon, Michael Jackson Autopsy, Dea, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Death, Entertainment News

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is joining the investigation into Michael Jackson's death, a law enforcement official said late...

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Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Legislation

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dangerous Controlled Substance, White House, President Obama, Marijuana, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Drug, President, Drug Enforcement Agency, John Stuart Mill, Schedule I, Schedule, Schedule II, Medical Use, Bill Maher, Committee, House, Frank, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Paul, Democrats, Barack Obama, Marijuana Patient Protection Act, Dana Rohrabacher, Chris Weigant, Controlled Substance Act, Drug Policy, Personal Use, Rohrabacher, Politics News

How many Democrats do we need to elect to Congress before such commonsense laws are passed to rein in some of the excesses of past eras?

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DEA Forcing Agents To Illegally Work In Afghanistan, Claim Pilots

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Drug War, Dea Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration, War Wire, Dea Forcing Agents to Work, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration Afghanistan, World News

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration's presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend th...

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DEA Agents: Administration Forcing Us To Afghanistan

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dea Agents Afghanistan, Dea Agents Forced to Afghanistan, Dea Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dea, Dea Agents Sent to Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration Afghanistan, Politics News

As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration's presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend that they're bei...

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25 Years In Prison For Pot? Congressman's Proposal Is Just Plain Dumb

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Mark Kirk, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Obama, Pot, War on Drugs, HR 2835, Legalization, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, Weed, Potency, Health, Politics News

Facts play virtually no role in political drug policy debate, and ignorance hardly disqualifies someone from holding elected office.

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"That's What Real Policemen Do; They Stand Up for Each Other"

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Police Corruption, Narcs, Drug War, Dea, Drug Busts, Cleveland, War on Drugs, Narcotics Officers, Politics News

Cops lie for reasons embedded in the history, structure, and culture of the institution itself. Too many drug cops wind up lying to their bosses.

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Who Protected Allen Stanford?

Aram Roston | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: R. Allen Stanford, Banking Crisis, Allen Stanford Sec Investigation, Wall Street Crisis, Allen Stanford, Dea, George W. Bush, Business News

Why wasn't R. Allen Stanford aggressively investigated until this year, in spite of years of red flags? There's been some speculation that he was a protected government informer.

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What Do You Know, the Ex-Drug Czar Is Still Full of Sh*t!

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, John Walters, Mexico Drug Cartels, Dea, Drug Czar, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News

Walters demonstrated that he remains an unrepentant liar -- even though he's no longer paid by the federal government to be one.

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Venezuela Applauds US For Drug Seizure In Rare Gesture

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, United States, U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Drugs, War on Drugs, Coast Guard Drug Seizure, Tareck El Aissami, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration, World News

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela gave the U.S. Coast Guard credit on Thursday for cooperation in a large drug seizure _ a break in bitter squabbli...

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Question For Obama: How About A Science-Based Drug Policy?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dangerous Controlled Substance, White House, President Obama, Marijuana, Dea, Attorney General, Medical Marijuana, Science, Obama, Plan B, Drug, Barack Obama, President, Drug Enforcement Agency, Government, Morning After, Nasa, Schedule I, Chris Weigant, Fda, Space, Controlled Substance Act, Schedule, Prescription, Morning After Pill, Schedule II, Medical Use, Over the Counter, Food and Drug Administration, Drug Policy, Open for Questions, Politics News

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Don't Shoot Mexicans

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Marijuana, Mexico, Gun Control, Dea, Mexico Drug Wars, Nra, Eric Holder, Politics News

US guns are being used to allow some very bad Mexicans to shoot a lot of their countrymen. This isn't just a tragedy for Mexico: it's also a national security for the US -- one that we are causing.

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Holder Vows To End Raids On Medical Marijuana Clubs

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.26.2009 | Politics

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Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference Wednesday that the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana clubs that are est...

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Group Pressures Obama To Halt Medical Marijuana Raids

ContraCostaTimes | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Medical Marijuana, Drug Policy Alliance, Obama Policy on Medical Marijuana, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Americans for Safe Access, Obama Marijuana, Politics News

Drug reform advocates are challenging the Obama Administration to deliver on a campaign promise to halt federal interference with California and other...

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Why Are We Condemning Michael Phelps' Pot Use?

Paul Armentano | Posted 02.03.2009 | Living

Add decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to the growing list of successful Americans who happens to indulge in marijuana during his down time.

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Obama Sends Drug Warriors to UN, DEA to CA: Stop Fighting Bush's Wars

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Addiction, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Drug Policy, Dea, Needle Exchage, Obama Drug Policy, Politics News

Obama must take advantage of this rare opportunity to expose the tired rhetoric of the drug war and do the right thing. Support harm reduction like the rest of the developed world does.

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Sound Science and The War on Drugs

Robbie Gennet | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Epa, Czar, Hemp, Fda, Marijuana, Dea, War, Science, Mexico, Drugs, Obama, Constitution, California, Politics News

The War on Drugs focuses so much of its efforts on marijuana that it has allowed other more serious threats -- such as crystal meth and prescription drug abuse -- to spiral out of control.

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Election 2008 Odds and Ends -- Waiting for Missouri and Alaska, Pro-Marijuana Initiatives and More...

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.

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Side Effects of Medical Marijuana

Paul Krassner | Posted 10.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Dea, Health, Living News

Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine is an important and accessible book -- not heavy on academic jargon, but rather lively and engaging, like a true detective novel.

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Drug Czar John Walters: The Irony And The Idiocy

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.17.2008 | Style

Read More: Arrests, Cannabis, Marijuana, Health, John Walters, Dea, Drug Czar, Thc, Drugs, Pot, War on Drugs, Style News

Deep down, even the Drug Czar knows that the use of cannabis does not pose anywhere near the health and safety threat as does the use of other intoxicants, including alcohol.

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Pot Versus 'The Superbug'

Paul Armentano | Posted 08.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Cannabinoids, Mrsa, Cannabis, Staph Infection, Marijuana, Health, Dea, Thc, Msm, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Aids, Living News

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, colloquially known as MRSA or 'the s...

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How Three Americans Ended Up Hostages in Colombia

John McQuaid | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Government Contracting, Cia, Dea, Thomas Howes, Ingrid Betancourt, Marc Gonsalves, Defense Department, Colombia Hostages, Keith Stansell, Politics News

The alarming backstory leading up to the captivity of the three hostages reveals a lot about the failings of government contracting, and government in general.

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What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cannabinoids, Politics, Medical Cannabis, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Norml, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dea, Glioma, Thc, Pot, Cancer, Drug Policy, Ted Kennedy, Marijuana, Nida, Politics News

What possible advances in the treatment of cancer could have been achieved had U.S. government officials chosen to advance, not suppress, research into the anti-cancer effects of cannabis?

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Don't Buy The 'Potent Pot' Hype

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medical Cannabis, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, Thc, Propaganda, Pot, Dea, Drug Policy, Politics News

While the feds' latest "reefer rhetoric" may sound alarming, there's little substance behind the hype. The average THC in domestically grown marijuana has remained unchanged for nearly a decade.

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Inside The Real Drug War

Mary Irene Cooper | Posted 03.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Drug Trade, Drugs, Spike TV DEA, Dea, Entertainment News

We believe that we are the only line of defense standing between law-abiding citizens who deserve to live in drug-free neighborhoods and bad guys driven by greed to line their pockets with the blood-soaked riches of a destructive trade.

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