How Weed Won the West Part 7
How Weed Won The West part 7 – In the follow-up to his ground-breaking documentary ‘American Drug War,’ filmmaker Kevin Booth traces the fight against Federal drug regulation in the State of California. A public majority has spoken and said yes to states rights, allowing for the use of medicinal marijuana and opening up a new front in controversial medicinal ‘dispensaries.’ While users herald the freedom of legally-licensed “weed,” powerful forces at the DEA and law enforcement haven’t given up their federal enforcement power yet. Many dispensaries have been raided, targeting their distribution of marijuana and challenging their authority to rise into legitimate business. In the backdrop of this public dispute is the Dark Alliance– where governments handle the volume of drug trafficking and work with cartels and drug dealers to manage the drug flow. Just like the prohibition of alcohol, drugs have thrived on their illicit appeal, and doomed millions of non-violent offenders to incarceration and prosecution. Now, those swearing by the healing power of medicinal marijuana as well as those who simply refuse to be outlawed by a hypocritical rogue government are daring to stand up and declare that the violence, corruption and uncontrolled flow of drugs is due to the prohibition of the substance, not the substance itself. Big Pharma has put millions of non-“drug” users on hallucinogenic prescription drugs and instituted new forms of addiction and dependency, challenging our outdated notions that is only …
CSUSM recognized as California's safest University for two years in a row
Filed under: California Drug Use
The officers also regularly give talks to groups on and off campus regarding drinking and driving, drug use and sexual assault, as well as raising awareness about general issues surrounding college students. Though it may not be well publicized, the …
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Two groups at forefront of taking on teen drug abuse
Filed under: California Drug Use
Those numbers, from a 2009-11 California Healthy Kids Survey, get larger as teenagers get older. Two separate nonprofit organizations have partnered locally to combat underage drug and alcohol use, using a strategy built largely on a philosophy that …
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Chris Peck: The wrong battles over pot
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In Tennessee, it was a report by 65-year-old Bonnie Jonas-Boggioni that drug enforcement officers in two vehicles had stopped her Mustang convertible in Shelby County because they suspected she was a drug dealer. Why? The eagle-eyed … Essentially …
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