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#441 Legalized Pot? Like Getting Bonged In The Head

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 Subject: #441 Legalized Pot? Like Getting Bonged In The Head LEGALIZED POT? LIKE GETTING BONGED IN THE HEAD ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #441 – Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 The column below illustrates that a columnist may cover a topic well. An anonymous donor has challenged […]

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#440 The American Civil Liberties Union Sued Wal-Mart

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 Subject: #440 The American Civil Liberties Union Sued Wal-Mart THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION SUED WAL-MART ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #440 – Friday, 2 July 2010 The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act protects employees from being disciplined for their use of medical marihuana in accordance with […]

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#439 ‘Prince Of Pot’ Is At A Low

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 Subject: #439 ‘Prince Of Pot’ Is At A Low ‘PRINCE OF POT’ IS AT A LOW ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #439 – Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 Former DEA administrator Karen Tandy in a press release on the day of Marc Emery’s arrest, July 29th, 2005, […]

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#438 Little Consensus On Initiative To Legalize Cannabis?

Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 Subject: #438 Little Consensus On Initiative To Legalize Cannabis? LITTLE CONSENSUS ON INITIATIVE TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS? ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #438 – Monday, 3 May 2010 Today the San Francisco Chronicle printed a front page article about The Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act. The […]

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#437 Whiffs Of Change

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 Subject: #437 Whiffs Of Change WHIFFS OF CHANGE ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #437 – Monday, 12 April 2010 Dick Polman is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. His column, below, has appeared in five newspapers that we know of. Others include California’s Merced Sun-Star http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n270/a06.html […]

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#436 California Will Vote On Legalizing Marijuana

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 Subject: #436 California Will Vote On Legalizing Marijuana CALIFORNIA WILL VOTE ON LEGALIZING MARIJUANA ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #436 – Wednesday, 24 March 2010 Today the Los Angeles Times announced that L.A. County petition signatures are expected to tilt the balance for putting The Regulate, […]

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#435 This Whole Medical-Marijuana Thing Is A Charade

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 Subject: #435 This Whole Medical-Marijuana Thing Is A Charade THIS WHOLE MEDICAL-MARIJUANA THING IS A CHARADE ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #435 – Sunday, 21 March 2010 Our headline comes from a column by the managing editor of The Pueblo Chieftain which is at http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n192.a07.html It […]

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#434 The International Narcotics Control Board On Cannabis

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 Subject: #434 The International Narcotics Control Board On Cannabis THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ON CANNABIS ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #434 – Thursday, 25 February 2010 Today major newspapers across Canada printed articles with headlines like ‘Strengthen Medical Marijuana Laws, UN Drug Watchdog Warns’ which […]

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#433 Black Tar Heroin

Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 Subject: #433 Black Tar Heroin BLACK TAR HEROIN ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #433 – Tuesday, 16 February 2010 For newspapers to print a series of articles about heroin is rare. The Los Angeles Times printed, starting on the newspaper’s front page each day, an in […]