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Universal drug-testing on the way?
One segment in the excellent movie The Union: The Business Behind Getting High was on the business of drug testing: it’s extremely profitable, and if the industry can just get states to leg… more →
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Universal drug-testing on the way?
LeisureGuy wrote 1 day ago: One segment in the excellent movie The Union: The Business Behind Getting High was on the busin … more →
Ex-U.S. attorney: Time to change pot laws
marijuanacannabis wrote 2 days ago: Three years ago, former U.S. Attorney John McKay was somewhere near the front lines of the nation … more →
Renewed movie recommendation
LeisureGuy wrote 2 days ago: I earlier recommended The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007) based on the footage I had … more →
Medical marijuana success story
LeisureGuy wrote 5 days ago: John Hoeffel in the LA Times: A few miles from Los Angeles City Hall, a small experiment in marijuan … more →
Prohibition ebbing
LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: Interesting article in the Economist (click graph to enlarge): THE Green Relief “natural health clin … more →
Prohibition: Not a success
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LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: Prohibition of alcohol was a disaster, and drug prohibition is the same thing in spades. One person … more →
Some good movies on Watch Instantly
LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: The movie On the Edge, with Bruce Dern, gets better and better and ended up being a much better movi … more →
American Medical Association asks government to review marijuana policy
LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: Very interesting email from the Marijuana Policy Project: Yesterday, the American Medical Associatio … more →
Ending the drug war
LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: The Drug Policy Alliance is currently seeking signatures on a petition to ask the current Drug Czar, … more →
The Fall of Mexico
LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: Phil Caputo has a very interesting article in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly. The blurb: I … more →
Big Pharma Makes Billions By Promoting Their Drugs For Unapproved Uses
Bill wrote 1 week ago: Thanks to the aggressive (and illegal) marketing efforts of drug companies, American doctors write a … more →
Should Pot Be Legal?
Bill wrote 1 week ago: Should Pot Be Legal? – CBS News This is the first installment of a two-part debate CBS News.co … more →
Governments have a dangerous attitude toward drugs
LeisureGuy wrote 1 week ago: David Nutt was chairman of the UK government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs until h … more →
A new era for US drug policy?
LeisureGuy wrote 2 weeks ago: CBS News has a special report written by Ken Millstone that’s quite interesting: Ethan Nadelma … more →
Small Colorado town legalizes weed smoking
jimdelgado1958 wrote 2 weeks ago: DENVER – The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana. … more →
Penalties for drug use must reflect harm
LeisureGuy wrote 2 weeks ago: more about “Penalties for drug use must reflect harm“, posted with vodpod Big contretemp … more →
Prohibition Is Dead...
Caesar M. Schultz wrote 2 weeks ago: Jacob Weisberg believes it's only a matter of time before this... Not yet unfortunately, but Jac … more →
I Don't Like the Drug (Laws) But the Drug (Laws) Like Me...
Caesar M. Schultz wrote 2 weeks ago: “Drugs are less about getting high, and more about making huge pots of money. As for ri … more →
More on the Marijuana
Chris wrote 2 weeks ago: From the Times of London comes an article by Andrew Sullivan about legalizing marijuana and how, bas … more →
