America's never-ending prohibition
06-August-2008, United States, Reuters
By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's alcohol prohibition lasted 13 years, filled the country's prisons, inspired contempt for the law among millions, bred corruption and produced Al Capone. What it did not do was keep Americans ...

Marc Emery and the Seedy War on Pot (and drugs in ...
06-March-2006, United States, The Liberty Paper
At first glance, if you’ve read my bio, you might wonder what the heck a gal like me could have to say about the war on drugs. If you really don’t know me, you might read to the first line of the fifth paragraph of my bio and immediately discount ...

Student group drums up opposition to drug war
05-March-2006, United States, Student group drums up opposition to drug war
Gary Davey smokes marijuana and credits the drug with relieving pain from injuries he received in a head-on collision that shattered most of his bones from the waist down and confined him to a wheelchair in 1989. Corley Koprowski, a University of ...

War on Drugs Hits New Low
07-December-2005, United States, San Francisco Independent Media Center
The federal war on medi-pot patients hit a new low last month when Royal Canadian Mounted Police nabbed 38-year-old Steven W. Tuck from his Vancouver, B.C., hospital bed, whisked him to the border, and relinquished him to the custody of U.S. ...

War on drugs hits new low
25-November-2005, United States, The Austin Chronicle
The federal war on medi-pot patients hit a new low last month when Royal Canadian Mounted Police nabbed 38-year-old Steven W. Tuck from his Vancouver, B.C., hospital bed, whisked him to the border, and relinquished him to the custody of U.S. ...

Marijuana Compound Spurs Brain Cell Growth
13-October-2005, United States, Forbes
When it comes to the controversy surrounding medical marijuana, an international team of researchers is busy stirring the pot by releasing findings that suggest the drug helps promote brain cell growth while treating mood disorders. According to ...

California Patrol Won't Seize Marijuana Used as ...
30-August-2005, United States, The New York Times
In a turnaround, one of the state's biggest law enforcement agencies says it is taking a hands-off approach to the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes. The new policy, by the California Highway Patrol, states that an "individual ...

U.S war on drugs takes no prisoners
29-August-2005, United States, The Republican
The federal government says it won't approve the use of marijuana as a prescription medicine because it hasn't seen any scientific evidence to prove that it has any health benefits. So what happened when Lyle Craker, a plant and soil sciences ...

Drug Czar Says Medical Marijuana 'Dying'
29-July-2005, United States, washingtonpost.com
The White House drug czar said Friday that medical marijuana is "dying out" after the Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe pot to ease pain. John Walters, the national ...

Bush's War on Pot
28-July-2005, United States, RollingStone.com
America's long-running war on drugs has, literally, gone to pot. More than two decades after it was launched in response to the spread of crack cocaine -- and in the midst of a brand-new wave of methamphetamine use sweeping the country -- the ...

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