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Marijuana in America: More Mainstream Than Ever, More Arrests Than Ever!

Tony Newman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

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Tony Newman

Need more evidence that marijuana has gone mainstream in America? This morning on The Today Show, Matt Lauer chatted up a piece on so-called "Stiletto Stoners:" educated, professional women who favor marijuana as their intoxicant of choice -- and are increasingly comfortable admitting it.

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The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

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Pot Wars: A Bipartisan Failure

Jessica Corry | Posted 09.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tom Tancredo, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Regulation, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Drug Policy, Hillary Clinton, Colorado, Prohibition, Denver News
Jessica Corry

Democrats calculate they will have nothing to gain by legalizing. Republicans fear angering a socially conservative base of voters all too eager to forget its beer-bonging college days.

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Andrew Sullivan's "Special" Treatment Should Be Standard

Mason Tvert | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Mason Tvert

Sullivan may have received special treatment, but he received the appropriate treatment. Now, we need to change our marijuana laws so that this appropriate treatment is the rule, not the exception.

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Paul Armentano

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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Ending Drunkenness in America

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

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Stanton Peele

Hopefully, teens will never drink. Instead, they can consume tons of corn starch in soft drinks and snack foods.

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Who Are the Drug Lords?

Dean Becker | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Dean Becker

The real kingpins are bankers, pharmaceutical house CEOs, weapons manufacturers and a thousand other corporate interests whose gross profits depend on violence, hatred, distrust and deception.

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420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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Norm Stamper

If one of these two drugs is implicated in dire health effects, high mortality rates, and physical violence -- and the other is not -- what are we to make of our nation's marijuana laws?

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4/20: National Pot Smokers Day

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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Anthony Papa

April 20th is "National Pot Smoking Day," a counterculture holiday where people across the world celebrate the conspicuous consumption of marijuana.

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Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal

David Henry Sterry | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

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David Henry Sterry

As an epidemic of murderous violence rages on the Mexican-US border, El Chapo is laughing all the way to the bank.

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Drinking Good for Depression? The Possible Repeal of Religious Repression

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Comedy

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Warren Holstein

Following in the footsteps of Franklin Roosevelt, many states are now advocating an end to what many boozers and businessmen alike deem antiquated puritanical pap. The Christian Right is not amused.

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Obama's New Drug Czar Couldn't Be Any Worse Than Bush's. Will He Be Any Better?

Norm Stamper | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Norm Stamper

Current Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske will no doubt do a better job as the nation's "drug czar" than his predecessor, John Walters, who was a fanatic enemy of science and reason.

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The End of Prohibition?

Mary-Charlotte Domandi | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Mary-Charlotte Domandi

What are the advantages and disadvantages to legalizing drugs? What would happen to international drug cartels? How would it affect the work of law enforcement?

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Drinking to the Progressive Constitution

Doug Kendall | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Doug Kendall

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment, or the repeal of Prohibition. Tonight, throughout the land, patriots shal...

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How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.

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The Coming Hyde Park Bar Mitzvah Ban

David Hoyt | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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David Hoyt

If voters of the 39th Precinct of Hyde Park's 5th Ward decide to exercise their "local option" to ban the sale of alcohol on November 4, they will effectively be banning the celebration of bar mitzvahs in their corner of the neighborhood.

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It's New Beer's Eve: How Do Clinton, McCain, Obama Relate to Beer?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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John Tepper Marlin

The problem with a beer survey on presidential candidates is that Clinton doesn't drink much beer and the other two principal presidential candidates drink hardly any alcohol at all.

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Costco Starts A Barroom Brawl

BusinessWeek | Nanette Burns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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One of the perceived social ills inspiring Prohibition was the owning of bars by brewers. To the Anti-Saloon League and like-minded groups, this arran...

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Kucinich 'Admires' Paul, Says Drug Problem Requires 'Compassion and Wisdom'

Matt Simon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Marijuana, Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, 2008 Election, Prohibition, Offthebus, Home News
Matt Simon

In an OffTheBus exclusive interview last week, Democratic hopeful Dennis Kucinich said of Congressman Ron Paul, "He's been a fearless defender of the Constitution . . . I admire him."

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