House members are back home to begin their month-long recess. The far right has indicated that they plan to welcome many of their representatives with large, angry throngs, demonstrating about healthcare.

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More fun than a bag full of kittens!

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To address Portugal's drug problem, jail time was replaced with the offer of therapy.

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Can you imagine how unhealthy we'd be if we didn't have large organizations spending millions on public health campaigns? If we didn't have them to herd us around with their slogans and posters, our lives would be a nightmare of illicit drugs and bad choices.

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As drug violence spirals out of control in Mexico, a commission led by three former Latin American heads of state blasted the U.S.-led drug war as a failure that is pushing Latin American societies to the breaking point.

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Just Say No

More and more we are deluged with the reporting of imminent world collapse due to a bunch of fatcats who are left holding the bag on some bad mortgage loans. Paper that they bought. Its time to really consider our options.

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Modesto police say a local man who tried to cut off his own arm at a Denny's restaurant thought he had injected air into one of his veins while shooting cocaine and would die unless he took drastic action.

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That's what I call parenting! Dad catches his son smoking reefer in the back with some friends after busting his @$$ getting the ultimate Christmas gift. How best to teach his son than to "give him the present of watching it get auctioned off on E-bay?"

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A video that's gotta be seen (and heard) to be believed: it's New Mexico Congressional candidate Darren White, presently a county sheriff, in an early '90s anti-drug rocker entitled "Just Say No." Wonderfully cheesy local production values are in full swing. Enjoy...

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The Pentagon has launched a preventive strike against a target that military chiefs presumably regard as one of the most active current threats to U.S. and world security—namely, the office of the vice president of the United States.

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Sometimes the Kindest Word is 'No'

I think we associate 'No' with negative as in negative feelings and negative consequences. I know I used to. As a child, being told 'No" was usually accompanied by a look or a tone.

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McCain told me there was no similarity between Alcohol Prohibition and the War on Drugs. And like Romney, he thinks we need to institute another "Just Say No" campaign, as if that actually worked the first time around.

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'Just Say No' - How To Stop The War Tomorrow

There is an easy way to end the debate about Iraq and stop the war immediately.

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Please scroll down briefly at the link to find the article "Addiction or Self Medication?" By M. Simon. I quote from the article:

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We're used to hearing a lot of very big numbers when it comes to talking about government spending. Billions here, billions there.

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Remember how we won the War on Drugs with those fried egg ads? Well, now we're going to win the War on Terror with some new ads filled with cool special effects! Awesome!

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