Many people get caught up in whether one should use drugs or not (some even include alcohol and nicotine) and in the process they lose sight of the question of access and control. One can argue logically that one should not use drugs of any kind recreationally
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I would like 3-5 minutes of your time: The past 5 months I have been making my second round of meetings with House staffers. Usually we met for the first time 1-2 years ago. Since they do not need a whole presentation, I just ask for a few minutes to
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Failed public policy.. Controlled substances harder to get The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 08/14/08 Teenagers say they can now get their hands on prescription drugs more easily than beer, and many say that marijuana is more popular than
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How do we get out of here?: Ending my Thursday in the Rayburn House Office Building, I saw a family of four obviously lost. “Where would you like to go?” I asked. “We want to go to the Capitol South Metro station” the wife responded. “You are in luck.
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What is a DRUG? I have thought for quite some time that semantics and definitions are problematic in many discussions about drugs. Many of the people with whom I’ve spoken refer to drugs as medicine and recreational drugs as dope, and many do not readily
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I've followed this story loosely so when it popped up while surfing I went to the Agitator and several news sites to read the details. Here's the short version - SWAT raid in Lima, Ohio. Officer upstairs hears shots (officers downstairs shooting pit bulls)
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Monday reports from Austin and Dallas, Texas revealed that the previous Thursday three men had been kidnapped at gunpoint in Austin. The kidnappers were driving expensive new cars. One of the victims managed to escape and notify police. The other two
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I’m just a city slicker with a cowboy hat: In the fall of 2003 Joan Covici of Dallas invited me to lunch, wanting to hear stories of riding Misty across North America. She then asked about my future plans. I told her of one day, going to Washington, DC
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According to an article in the Orange County Register… Nature's Wellness Collective owner Bob Adams said the dispensary was raided by approximately 14 DEA agents armed with assault rifles and accompanied by members of the Orange Police Department. Adams
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That is a good question. (but I am not going to answer it), said Mr. Will: On Thursday at the CATO institute I arrived early and grabbed a front row seat. George Will, whom I have read and appreciated for 3 decades spoke eloquently for 30 minutes, then
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As the world gets more and more complex, it also demands that we interact with more people to keep up with the changes. Sometimes I cannot cure my DSL problems, so into my home comes a computer repairman. TV out? Same thing - someone in my house to fix
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It’s been another rough last while for me but here goes… In Canada, the latest in the News department out of Vancouver, British Columbia is that the Country is considering as usual handing the Order of Canada to a person worthy of the title and they immediately
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ATLANTA, July 25 -- More than 1,000 people died over a two-year period from a street-drug version of the painkiller fentanyl, the CDC reported. A single gram of pure fentanyl can be cut into about 7,000 doses of street fentanyl and instructions or recipes
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I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but legal drug abuse (prescription stuff) is as bad as – or worse than – the use of illicit drugs. The problem exists all around the country, but particularly - according to writer Damien Cave of the New York Times -
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Soirée in the Land of Enchantment:* Karen and I flew to Santa Fe, New Mexico on the 9th at the invitation of Sallie Bingham. Good food and conversation flowed for 3 hours as like-minded citizens met to share stories and support the Drug Policy Alliance.
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