A weeklong blaze that has charred more than 84,000 acres in southern California was started by a cooking fire in a drug trafficking operation, investigators said.

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It's Super Bowl Sunday and throughout the nation millions of Americans have stocked their shelves and refrigerators with alcohol for the big game.

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As California faced budget Armageddon, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for "a debate" on the potential of tapping marijuana as a source of tax revenues. That's all he can do, because federal law still criminalizes marijuana use.

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For millions of Americans, the housing crisis began well before last year's front-page collapse.

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Kristof brings to the big op ed page, a discussion of the futility of our current approach to what amounts to a big political boondoggle......The War on Drugs

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Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug.

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A world divided by the criminalization of homosexuality

A declaration signed by 66 Nations calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality has run into opposition on ideological grounds that are at best illogical but more likely point to deliberate repression.

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An open letter to Marijuana News

Here's the point. How does one move beyond discussing the present situation and take action which will actually impact the situation. We must move beyond the small section of people who feel it is an important issue and show people how it affects each and every one of us.

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Alexander Shulgin is the world's foremost "psychonaut." The 82-year-old chemist has not only created more of the 300 known consciousness-altering (or psychoactive) compounds than anyone living or dead, he has, by his own account, sampled somewhere between 200 and 250 of them hims …

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Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug.

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think about it. yeah, right: "Cannabis joint 'as harmful as smoking five cigarettes'" I READ Zammit's study: it is being POLITICIZED to say what it actually *does not*. Spread Love... ... but wear the Glove! BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian

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Buried among prairie dogs and amateur animation shorts on YouTube is a curious little mini-documentary shot in front of an abortion clinic in Libertyville, Ill.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against a woman who tried to use abortion as a way to cover up her husbands crime of incest against the couple's 13 year-old daughter.

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James got inspired. He got up at 5:30 the next morning, put on his Nikes, left the shelter and ran in the quiet of pre-dawn Hollywood.

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