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21 CN ON: PUB LTE: War On Drugs Doesn't WorkTue, 20 Sep 2016
Source:Sentinel Review (CN ON) Author:Broschinski, Werner Area:Ontario Lines:64 Added:09/22/2016

I believe that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plan to decriminalize and regulate the production, sale and use of marijuana is correct and should be applied to other drugs as well, like cocaine, for example.

I feel this way not because I am in favour of drug use (I wouldn't dream of using these substances myself ), but because an iron-fisted "war on drugs" attempt to eradicate drug use doesn't work and is counterproductive, in the sense that greater problems are caused by making drugs illegal than by the effects of the drugs themselves.

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22 Philippines: Column: War on Drugs Not Just Digong's Fight AloneTue, 16 Aug 2016
Source:Cebu Daily News (Philippines) Author:Guanzon, Malou Area:Philippines Lines:123 Added:08/16/2016

We can rant all day about how dirty and bloody the current war on drugs has become, but we cannot deny the fact that only President Rodrigo Duterte has shown utmost resolve and political will to do battle with drug syndicates.

The illegal drug trade is just one of the tentacles of the underworld. According to law enforcement experts, revenues accrued from drug trafficking fund the criminal colony that is illegal gambling, human trafficking, white slavery, gunrunning, cybercrime and terrorism, not to mention sustaining the network of government officials who aid the illegal structure.

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23 Philippines: PUB LTE: Duterte's Pogrom; Rehabilitation MuchWed, 20 Jul 2016
Source:Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines) Author:Isles, Carlos Area:Philippines Lines:76 Added:07/20/2016

GOOGLE defines pogrom as an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, particularly the Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe in 1881-1884. The word is synonymous with massacre, slaughter, carnage, bloodbath without due process.

Although not exactly similar in reach, intensity and wickedness, there is little difference between the Russian pogrom and the Duterte administration's ongoing campaign against those engaged in illegal drugs in their disregard for the sacredness of human life and lack of due process.

Lately, various media outlets estimate that around 300 suspected drug addicts have already been killed by policemen and vigilante groups in various parts of the country since President Duterte's inauguration last June 30, 2016. The deaths have a familiar ring to it-the victims engaged the police in a shootout; they grabbed the gun of a cop or they tried to escape. One incredible aspect of this narrative is that hardly any cop has died in the process. Parati na lang ang drug addicts ang namamatay, hello?

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24 US CO: Psychedelic MiracleWed, 20 Jul 2016
Source:Colorado Springs Independent (CO) Author:Stanley, J. Adrian Area:Colorado Lines:439 Added:07/20/2016

Hallucinogenic African Bark Could Be the Answer to Heroin Addiction, and Addiction in General

Richard Dilley had tried everything by the time he traveled to Mexico and agreed to ingest a drug derived from a hallucinogenic African shrub bark that, he was told, would alter his brain. All for the bargain price of $10,000.

While terrifying in a way, the drug known as ibogaine (or Tabernanthe iboga in its natural state) was, at this point, less of a horror than the drug Dilley had been addicted to since his teen years.

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25 US CA: Pot Exhibit Is A Budding SuccessFri, 17 Jun 2016
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA) Author:Abcarian, Robin Area:California Lines:134 Added:06/17/2016

The marijuana expert was in.

Dale Gieringer, 70, a coauthor of California's 20-year-old medical marijuana law, was taking questions at a metal desk plopped down in the middle of an unusual new museum exhibit, "Altered State: Marijuana in California."

A neatly dressed 77-year-old woman from Walnut Creek took a seat next to him. She seemed hesitant, but determined. Her husband hovered behind her.

"I've never smoked anything," the woman told Gieringer, one of several pot experts invited to answer questions on the occasional Friday evening. "And I've been using Blackberry Kush for sleeping. Will it hurt my lungs? That's what I'm worried about."

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26 US CA: Lawsuit Seeking Protected Pot Use for Kenwood'sSat, 11 Jun 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Mason, Clark Area:California Lines:90 Added:06/12/2016

A Sonoma County-related lawsuit that attempted to establish the use of marijuana as a protected sacrament for use in religious ceremonies was tossed out in federal court this week.

The claim that Sonoma County sheriff's officers destroyed sacramental marijuana plants belonging to a Kenwood church was dismissed after the attorney for the church failed to show up in federal court.

Two members of the Oklevueha Native American Church, which has a branch off Lawndale Road, claimed that sheriff's deputies violated their civil rights by confiscating approximately 600 marijuana plants used in their religious ceremonies.

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27 CN ON: Baldasaro Dies, City Loses Its High Priest Of PotFri, 10 Jun 2016
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Moro, Teviah Area:Ontario Lines:185 Added:06/10/2016

'True champion of Hamilton': mayor

Hamilton's own prince of pot and effervescent candidate for political office is being remembered as a kind and colourful soul dedicated to making his city a better place.

Michael Baldasaro, a longtime advocate for marijuana legalization, died Thursday morning in hospice after a short battle with cancer. He was 67.

Baldasaro, a minister in the Hamilton-based Church of the Universe, made it his mission to help the downtrodden and disadvantaged, said congregant Rev. Juliet Boyd.

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28US CA: Column: The Subtle And Damaging Power Of PainkillersSun, 05 Jun 2016
Source:Orange County Register, The (CA) Author:Dunn, Sam Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:06/05/2016

Each spring when the jacarandas bloom and the breezes flutter their purple petals through the air, I always hum, "Purple rain, purple rain .." So it was all the more tragic - and coincidental that just as the jacaranda petals started to fall this year, Prince, the artist behind that song and dozens of other hits that form the soundtrack of my teens, was found unresponsive, alone in his suburban Minneapolis home.

That he was only 57 was shocking enough. That he was known as a clean-living, serious artist was all the more. Here was a superstar who had a reputation for being a teetotaling vegan. Always attracted to the spiritual, he became a Jehovah's Witness, forsaking - even swearing not to mention - the overt sexuality of his early music and stage persona.

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29 US CA: Column: California Is Poised to Become the Center ofSun, 22 May 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Abcarian, Robin Area:California Lines:137 Added:05/22/2016

SANTA CRUZ - The other day, in a seaside cafe here, veteran cannabis journalist David Bienenstock gamely fielded my attempts to catch up on a subject I have failed to appreciate for far too long: the coming end of marijuana prohibition.

Earlier this month, the backers of a California initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana (including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and tech kabillionaire Sean Parker) said they had gathered enough signatures to make the November ballot. In the same week, the federal government dropped its long-standing case against Oakland's Harborside Health Center, the largest medical pot dispensary in the country.

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30 US HI: Column: California To Become The Center Of CannabisWed, 18 May 2016
Source:Garden Island (Lihue, HI) Author:Abcarian, Robin Area:Hawaii Lines:126 Added:05/18/2016

The other day, in a seaside cafe here, veteran cannabis journalist David Bienenstock gamely fielded my attempts to catch up on a subject I have failed to appreciate for far too long: the coming end of marijuana prohibition.

Earlier this month, the backers of a California initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and tech kabillionaire Sean Parker, said they had gathered enough signatures to make the November ballot. In the same week, the federal government dropped its long-standing case against Oakland's Harborside Health Center, the largest medical pot dispensary in the country.

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31 US CA: Column: Marijuana Is Going MainstreamMon, 16 May 2016
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA) Author:Abcarian, Robin Area:California Lines:133 Added:05/16/2016

California Looks Poised to Emerge As the Center of the Cannabis Economy in November

SANTA CRUZ - The other day, in a seaside cafe here, veteran cannabis journalist David Bienenstock gamely fielded my attempts to catch up on a subject I have failed to appreciate for far too long: the coming end of marijuana prohibition.

Earlier this month, the backers of a California initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana (including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and tech kabillionaire Sean Parker) said they had gathered enough signatures to make the November ballot. In the same week, the federal government dropped its long-standing case against Oakland's Harborside Health Center, the largest medical pot dispensary in the country.

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32CN BC: Psychedelic Drugs May Curb Domestic Violence, UBC StudyWed, 27 Apr 2016
Source:Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Author:Crawford, Tiffany Area:British Columbia Lines:Excerpt Added:04/28/2016

Psychedelic drugs have made a resurgence as medications to treat illnesses from post-traumatic stress disorder to end-of-life anxiety, but researchers at the University of B.C. say the substances might also rein in domestic violence.

The UBC Okanagan study, published last week in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, found that 42 per cent of imprisoned men in the U.S. who did not take psychedelic drugs after their release were arrested within six years for domestic battery, compared to 27 per cent for those who had taken drugs such as LSD, psilocybin - also known as magic mushrooms - and MDMA, which is known by the street name ecstasy.

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33 US NY: U.N. Hears Major Differences on Approach to Drug UseFri, 22 Apr 2016
Source:Daily Star, The (Lebanon)          Area:New York Lines:95 Added:04/23/2016

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Jamaica defended its decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. Iran said it seized 620 tons of different types of drugs last year and is helping protect the world from "the evils of addiction." Cuba opposed the legalization of drugs or declaring them harmless.

The first U.N. General Assembly special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years heard major differences on the approach to drug use on its second day Wednesday.

On the liberalization side, Canada's Health Minister Jane Philpott announced that the government would introduce legislation to legalize marijuana next spring.

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34US CA: New Documentary 'Orange Sunshine' Explores theFri, 22 Apr 2016
Source:Orange County Register, The (CA) Author:Boessenkool, Antonie Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:04/22/2016

Before Laguna Beach became known for multimillion-dollar houses and high-end art galleries, the city was home to a group of hippies who called themselves the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. They used LSD as a path to enlightenment and claimed to be the world's biggest suppliers of psychedelics in the 1960s and '70s.

Documentary filmmaker William A. Kirkley grew up in Newport Beach and heard stories of the Brotherhood from his father-in-law, who had spent time in Laguna in the '60s. Kirkley's interest led him on a 10-year path to make "Orange Sunshine," a documentary that screens at the Newport Beach Film Festival this weekend and next week.

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35 US CA: Investors Pour Millions into Northern CaliforniaWed, 20 Apr 2016
Source:Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author:Kovner, Guy Area:California Lines:155 Added:04/20/2016

As millions of marijuana aficionados light up Wednesday at 4:20 p.m. in celebration of "Weed Day," many are blissfully unaware of the increasing interest that investors with deep pockets are showing in their favorite psychoactive herb.

A green rush is on in the marijuana industry, with legal sales of cannabis rising by a billion dollars or more each year nationwide, according to one report, and venture capitalists pouring millions into marijuana enterprises ranging from computer software and social networks to storage bags, vaporizers and insurance.

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36 US CO: Inside Vets' Fight for Medical Cannabis Amid ReeferWed, 20 Apr 2016
Source:Colorado Springs Independent (CO) Author:Stein, Nat Area:Colorado Lines:246 Added:04/20/2016

Steve DeFino is remarkably mellow for a guy with shrapnel still lodged in his body and memories of war on his mind.

At the Dab Lounge on Circle Drive near Palmer Park Boulevard, a light haze drifts above the booths, about half of which are occupied on this weekday afternoon. A few dogs roam around, as do some pool balls on the newish table. "A year ago I couldn't do this," DeFino says, sitting on a stool in the back of the place where the arcade machines' bleeps and bloops weave into a soundtrack of '90s R&B.

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37 US NY: OPED: How Getting High Made Me A Better CaregiverSun, 17 Apr 2016
Source:New York Times (NY) Author:Huth, Tom Area:New York Lines:111 Added:04/17/2016

Santa Barbara, Calif. - I'M 74 years old, and I have smoked marijuana almost every day since dinosaurs roamed the earth in the early '70s. When my awareness is heightened, I'm on my game - the best I can be at thinking creatively, making decisions, focusing on my work, seeing the big picture ... and caregiving.

For 20 years my wife, Anne, has struggled gallantly against the physical, cognitive, emotional and spiritual depredations of Parkinson's disease. For the first 15, I took care of her myself. Now I have lots of help. Either way, enjoying a hit or two on the pipe every couple of hours has granted me tens of thousands of sweet clemencies that keep me from burning out as a caregiver.

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38 US NJ: Column: Mr. Christie, 4/20 Is Here AgainSat, 16 Apr 2016
Source:Trentonian, The (NJ) Author:Forchion, Ed Area:New Jersey Lines:147 Added:04/16/2016

Dear Gov. Christie my old pal - we will be puffing outside your office on 4/20 at 4:20 p.m. Take this as a personal invitation from me: NJWeedman.

April 20 - The Stoner Holiday is next week and once again here in New Jersey there is a planned civil disobedience demonstration on the steps of the state capitol as a direct challenge to you Gov. Christie and your prohibitionist policies. http://tinyurl.com/CapitolSmokeout - - I personally plan on firing one up in your honor celebrating your demise at the Presidential level, don't stand to my left unless you want to see what you've erroneously and naively railed about. Try it i think youll like it.

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39 US WA: Editorial: It's Time to Start Talking About LegalizingWed, 30 Mar 2016
Source:Seattle Weekly (WA)          Area:Washington Lines:104 Added:03/30/2016

In August 1988, a middle-aged drug counselor named David Purchase started handing out needles to junkies in Tacoma. He thus began the first needle exchange program in the U.S.-and became a criminal, since distributing drug paraphernalia was a misdemeanor under state law.

As needle exchanges caught on, critics, including the first President Bush, objected that the program tacitly condoned illicit drug use. Purchase didn't care. AIDS deaths in the U.S. alone numbered in the tens of thousands. "We're going to keep doing what we do," he told The New York Times. "Our goal is to save lives," he said, even if that meant jail time.

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40 US IL: Hope DealerSun, 20 Mar 2016
Source:Chicago Tribune (IL) Author:Keilman, John Area:Illinois Lines:364 Added:03/20/2016

Tim Ryan, a Former Heroin Addict Who Lost His Son to the Drug, Aims to Bring Users into Rehab and Recovery, but Some Question His Methods

Two years after emerging from prison on drug-related charges, Tim Ryan has become a beacon for families scarred by Chicago's heroin crisis.

The brash and salty former corporate headhunter has launched a public crusade to take addicts "from dope to hope" by running recovery groups, performing interventions and handing out advice via Facebook. He claims he ushers hundreds of people a month into rehab, and that he does it with remarkable speed.

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