Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2008 at 10:34:00 AM CEST
Hippies [2007]
This TV documentary on the History Channel has many flaws, the greatest of which is allowing overarching, borderline ridiculous right-wing condemnations of hippie culture to remain unchallenged, but still it fascinates as a glimpse at the drug-fueled, youth-driven counterculture of the late 1960s. Too much time, unfortunately, is wasted on sensationalist, irrelevant side-stories and not enough is spent on the substantive contributions of the hippie aesthetic to the culture at large. There are also a few glaring historical accuracies; for example, one could easily conclude from the film that the Vietnam War ended after 1969 -- which would certainly come as a surprise to the soldiers who served there from 1970-1973. But at least the film, at its end, correctly, if only briefly, touches upon some of the many lasting contributions of the hippie ethos to the culture at large; these include the consciousness movement, the environmental movement, and the computer/technological revolution which led to the democratization of information by the Internet.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2008 at 10:29:00 AM CEST
I Was There and You Weren't
Now in its 17th year, the annual Seattle Hempfest has become the world's most popular protest against the drug war.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2008 at 10:27:00 AM CEST
California greed weed
We may have taken a foot forward, but greed has ripped us back into the arenas with the pharmaceutical companies. Do we take it back to the underground? It is well known the streets are cheaper. Again the problem arises, along with many others, such as; finding medical grade “Medi-juana” in a clean, safe, comfortable environment with kind and knowledgeable people there to assist, and not intimidate a patient with hard sell, high priced, rush in, rush out mentality. They are selling “Greed Weed” in the name of compassion!
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2008 at 10:26:00 AM CEST
Mexicans protest crime at soccer match
Tens of thousands of Mexican soccer fans dressed in white at an international game in the Azteca Stadium on Saturday to protest rising crime and a brutal drug war that has killed more than 2,700 people this year.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 6, 2008 at 10:37:00 AM CEST
Bear chases pot growers away
Investigators in Utah say that a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away.
Deputies found food containers ripped apart and strewn everywhere, cans with bear teeth marks, claw marks and bear prints across the camp in Garfield County, Utah, on Tuesday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 6, 2008 at 10:36:00 AM CEST
Spain seizes Colombia 'drug lord'
An alleged Colombian drugs lord, Edgar Guillermo Vallejo-Guarin, has been arrested in Spain.
Mr Vallejo-Guarin, known as Beto the Gypsy, is wanted for drugs-trafficking, money-laundering and murder.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 6, 2008 at 10:35:00 AM CEST
Spanische Polizei schnappt Drogenbaron in Luxushotel
Er narrte die Fahnder mit einem Versteckspiel quer durch Europa - jetzt ist er gefasst: "Beto der Zigeuner", einer der meistgesuchten Drogenbosse der Welt, ging der Polizei in einem Madrider Luxushotel ins Netz. Der Kolumbianer soll tonnenweise Kokain geschmuggelt und mehrere Menschen ermordet haben.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 5, 2008 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Wichtiger Drogen-Richter ermordet
Die tödliche Kugel traf ihn ins Herz: Auf Alim Hanif, einer der wichtigsten Anti-Drogen-Richter Afghanistans, wurde auf dem Weg zum Arbeitsplatz geschossen. Er sei beim Transport ins Krankenhaus gestorben, teilte die afghanische Einheit zur Drogenbekämpfung (CJTF) mit. Die Mörder konnten unerkannt entkommen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 5, 2008 at 11:50:00 AM CEST
7 Ways To Tell Your Elephant Is A Drug Addict
An Asian elephant has just completed a DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM after his captors got him hooked on heroin spiked bananas. Feel free to roll that last sentence around in your brain a couple times before reading on. Absorbed? Great. Police discovered the elephant was hooked after seeing strange withdrawal symptoms: “The elephant’s eyes kept streaming and he made continuous trumpeting noises.” So celebratory, and yet so heart-breaking.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 4, 2008 at 5:11:00 PM CEST
Heroinsüchtiger Elefant schafft Drogenentzug
Er ist clean: Ein heroinsüchtiger Elefant hat in China einen Drogenentzug erfolgreich beendet. Das Tier war von Drogenhändlern gehalten worden, die ihm das Rauschgift in Bananen versetzt zugeführt hatten.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 4, 2008 at 10:27:00 AM CEST
Terence McKenna on mushrooms, DMT and UFO's
I have recently become a little re-enchanted about the idea of alien life while listening to some of our community's dialog about episode #150 of the Psychedelic Salon [DIRECT Mp3 Download], specifically on the C-Realm and the Cleaver.
I'm also thinking of the recent comments made by NASA moon walkers Dr Edgar Mitchell and even Buzz Aldrin. Top all of this off with the Vatican's chief astronomer publicly stating that "...the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones and that this belief doesn't contradict the Catholic faith because aliens would still be God's creatures!"
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 4, 2008 at 10:25:00 AM CEST
Der Krieg gegen Drogen ist verloren
Die Organisierte Kriminalität ist die flexibelste Macht der Welt, warnt Mafia-Experte Misha Glenny. Im Interview mit SPIEGEL ONLINE erklärt der Autor und Journalist, wie Verbrecherbanden in Osteuropa den Kapitalismus aufgebaut haben - und warum die Mafia zum Franchise-Unternehmen geworden ist.
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