Should drug abuse be treated as a criminal issue at all? This post from The Independent highlights how far away are we from an informed debate on drug abuse. In prisons, on our poorest housing schemes, even in the archetypal leafy suburbs of Britain, the war on drugs has long been lost. According to the Office for National Statistics, there were 3,744 record deaths from drug ... Continue Reading
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Congressman Inadvertently Exposes the Drug War
During a meeting with the ONDCP, a Republican Congressman accidentally set off exposing the tyrannical nature of the drug war. Watch in this post from TheFreeThoughtProject.com the question that set the ball rolling! The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) met with members of Congress this week to discuss multiple issues when a Republican congressman asked a ... Continue Reading
Big Pharma Wants a CBD Monopoly: Why Is It Bad News
One major pharmaceutical company is trying to seize a monopoly on the medicinal market for CBD. This post from Green Rush Daily highlights all that is wrong with this. You know the story of how Big Pharma companies have aggressively pushed federal lawmakers to uphold the prohibition of marijuana. Well, it got another twist this week, as we found out that one drug firm is ... Continue Reading
Bill Defies Sessions’ Renewed War on Drugs
Senators on both sides of the aisle have banded together to protect state MJ laws from Jeff Sessions' renewed war on drugs. This post from The Fix highlights how the bill bolsters defenses and would allow the States to decide on medical marijuana. A group of senators from both sides of the aisle have banded together to create a bill that would allow individual states’ ... Continue Reading
Cannabis Industry: A Place for Every Color?
What does it take for a black entrepreneur to succeed in the cannabis industry, a sector largely dominated by white men? This post from The Guardian examines the billion-dollar industry, its racist legacy, and the reality of being black & growing pot in America! Three years ago, Jesce Horton, a former engineer in his early 30s, quit his corporate job to set up his own ... Continue Reading