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YouTube Hallucinogen May Be Banned, Despite Medical Properties

NY Times | Kevin Sack and Brent McDonald | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home


DALLAS -- With a friend videotaping, 27-year-old Christopher Lenzini of Dallas took a hit of Salvia divinorum, regarded as the world's most potent hal...

When It Comes To Medical Pot, Rats Are Smarter Than Our Politicians

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Paul Armentano

If rats can deduce that whole cannabis works better as a medicine than a single synthesized molecule, what's stopping our politicians from reaching this same conclusion?

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

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


Paul Armentano

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?

Don't Buy The 'Potent Pot' Hype

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


Paul Armentano

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.

Smartest Drug Story of the Year?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


Maia Szalavitz

America lost the drug war not by making tactical errors-- but by picking the wrong enemy. Rolling Stone deserves credit for making a strong case for just how wrong that went.