It's Time to Legalize Drugs


"Public drug dealing creates an environment where disputes about money or respect are settled with guns."

"Legalization would not create a drug free-for-all. In fact, regulation reins in the mess we already have."

washingtonpost.com

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U.S. Seeds New Crops to Supplant Afghan Poppies


The Obama administration is overhauling its strategy for eliminating Afghanistan's flourishing drug trade, a key source of funds for the Taliban. Its plan hinges on persuading farmers like Mohammed Walid to grow something other than poppies.

wsj.com

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When a Mexican drug lord gets busted, this is what you'll find


What happens when a rich Mexican drug lord gets busted? Massive confiscation of golden pistols, machine guns, mansions and even wild animals of their private home zoo. That's exactly what happened to these people, and this time...everything was taken away.

When a Mexican drug lord gets busted, this is what you'll find

thisblogrules.com

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Österreichischer Gefängnisdirektor für Legalisierung


Klar lässt sich eine Gesellschaft mit mehr Polizei kontrollieren. Aber will ich das? Man könnte ja die Spardiskussion ernst nehmen und sich die Frage stellen, ob nicht bestimmte Varianten der Entkriminalisierung und Legalisierung von Drogen deutlich weniger kosten als der derzeitige Kontrollaufwand und noch dazu ein sinnvollerer Ansatz sind.

derstandard.at

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Dokumantation - Marihuana AT


Sehr Interessanter Film über die Nutzpflanze Hanf. Sogar die Nationalfahne der USA war aus Hanf gefertigt wie auch die ersten Levis u.v.m. aber schaut es euch selber an sind interessante 50 min.

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Urteile aus dem Land der entkriminalisierten Konsumenten


Unsere Drogenbeauftragte Bätzing glaubt, Cannabiskonsumenten seien in Deutschland entkriminalisiert. Dass das nicht so ist, zeigen Urteile fast täglich aufs Neue.

500 Euro Strafe für 1,7 Gramm Cannabis (Wiederholungstäter) - beim nächsten mal Knast

"empfindlichen Geldstrafe" für 1,15 Gramm Gras

1,4 Gramm Gras - 6 Monate Jugendarrest auf Bewährung, stationäre Therapie, bis dahin 40 Stunden gemeinnützige Arbeit pro Monat, monatliches Drogenscreening

usw....

hanfverband.de

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Mission in Marihuana


In Woodstock wurde die alternative Bewegung geboren. Alles wurde besser. Doch dieser Glauben daran, bessere Menschen zu sein, konnte einem auch auf die Nerven gehen

taz.de

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History of Weed Part 1 & 2


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Lords of the Revolution Ep. 104 "Timothy Leary"


From the moment Harvard professor Timothy Leary ate magic mushrooms in 1960, his life would never be the same. Advocating the use of LSD and other mind altering drugs to expand consciousness, Leary transformed himself from an eccentric Harvard professor into the leader of the 1960s psychedelic counter-culture movement. Leary's influence helped shape the music, fashion and politics of a new generation. He defied authority and fought the government at every turn, earning the title, in President Nixon's words, as "the most dangerous man in America."

vh1.com Lords of the Revolution Trailer

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Talking Heads with Jack Herer


Celebrities are lining up in their droves to pay homage to the grandfather of hemp Jack Herer, and his book The Emperor Wears No Clothes.

A short presentation of the celebrity footage demystifying hemp’s uses, is being shown theatrically at the Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles August 25-31 to qualify for Academy Award Consideration for Best Short Documentary Subject as part of the campaign to help raise awareness and voter support for the feature length documentary of the same title, scheduled for release in 2010.

cannazine.co.uk

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Police seize 250 kilograms of cocaine as yacht intercepted in high seas


THE Spanish organised crime police have seized 250 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of between 7.5 and 9 million euros that was being transported hidden in a UK-bound yacht called ‘Dolphin Dance’ that was intercepted in Atlantic 500 miles from the north western Spanish coast.

euroweeklynews.com typicallyspanish.com

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U.S. targets Afghan drug lords tied to Taliban


The United States has placed 50 suspected Afghan drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban on a Pentagon target list to be captured or killed, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing a Congressional report to be released this week.

Major drugs traffickers with proven links to the Taliban have been given the same target status as insurgent leaders, and can be captured or killed at any time, two U.S. generals serving in Afghanistan said in interviews with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is releasing the report.

reuters.com bbc.co.uk

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