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• • 14 Apr 09
  • 1:16 pm

  Anyone who has studied the issue knows there was NEVER a good reason for marijuana prohibition. It was a fraud from the beginnin in 1937. See: http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/History/whiteb1.htm The only thing that keeps this monstrously destructive, counter-productive fraud going is the power of the marijuana prohibition industrial complex. - John Thomas

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• • 14 Mar 09
  • 3:31 pm

  Great article, Ms. Talvi. Let's hope Kerlikowske's apparent insensitivity toward racial disparity is now well-tempered by his new boss. 8^)

  Posted to De-escalating the Drug War

• • 18 May 06
  • 11:42 am

  -- wolf While many find it logical to assume marijuana smoke causes cancer, the fact is, it does not. Out of the 25 million people who smoke pot on the planet, NO ONE has developed cancer from it. The worst effect is a mild throat and lung irritation, and for heavy smokers, perhaps bronchitis. As you pointed out, even these minor irritations can be avoided by consuming it in other ways, the best probably being vaporization. While marijuana does alter consciousness, it may have some effect on driving, but the big difference from alcohol is that marijuana consumers are AWARE of …

  Posted to Science: The Drug Wars Latest Victim