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Investigative Media Reports Expose Pill Mills; and the Nation`s Drug Czar Laments the `Dangers` of Marijuana

Gil Kerlikowske is a Dunce!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - ABC News aired stories about homeless people in Houston getting Oxycontin-like drugs in “pill mills” and giving them to drug dealers who apparently sell them on the street to anyone and this has caused 1200 or more deaths.

On the same day Gil Kerlikowske, National Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy, blathers about how dangerous Marijuana is with a litany of totally disproven dangers.

National Cannabis Industry Association Will Launch at the World`s Largest Cannabis Lifestyle Convention

NCIA specifically works with cannabis businesses

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The National Cannabis Industry Association, the first national organization dedicated to advancing the interests of cannabis-related businesses, will formally launch its operations this week in Denver. On December 16th, the leaders of association, hailing from states across the country, will gather for NCIA’s first board meeting and will set the organization’s agenda for the coming year.

“This is an historic time for the cannabis industry and we are excited to have the opportunity to help so many small businesses advance their interests,” said Aaron Smith, NCIA’s executive director.

Oregon Prosecutor Pleads Guilty to Official Misconduct

Rand E. Overton was prohibited from working as a government lawyer.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An Lincoln County prosecutor was sentenced Tuesday after admitting he attempted to use his position to obtain sexual favors.

"Prosecutors wield great power, and any abuse of that power cannot be tolerated,” said Attorney General Kroger.

Teen Marijuana Use Continues to Rise

Annual Report Consistently Shows Prohibition’s Failure to Curb Teen Access to Marijuana; More Teens Say Marijuana is Easy To Get

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Marijuana use by 8th, 10th and 12th grade students increased in 2010, with more American teenagers now using marijuana than cigarettes for the second year in a row.

The numbers were released today by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan as part of the annual Monitoring the Future survey.

No Shelter From the Rain for the Children of Gaza

Ken's video shows the raw side of life for the people of Gaza...

(SALEM / GAZA) - A recent email thread from Israel suggested that Gaza is the home of a fantastic new shopping mall and the scene of endless healthy fun activity.

Things the BBC Forgot to Ask Jody McIntyre

Brown’s tour de force would have been even more awe-inspiring had he not left out several important questions.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - BBC anchor Ben Brown has proven himself an ace investigative reporter, revealing during an interview with disabled victim of British police violence Jody McIntyre that the latter has not yet launched an official complaint with the police—despite the fact that the incident occurred several days ago!

Thus, McIntyre’s brutal treatment must be a fabrication, even though it is recorded in video footage shown on the BBC.

Tornado Touches Down in Oregon`s Willamette Valley

There were no serious injuries from what was probably an F-1 storm; officials say it might not be over.

(AUMSVILLE, Ore.) - Aumsville residents are shaken and their town is partly destroyed. A tornado touched down here and may continue to cause problems in western Oregon today.

Damage to buildings in Aumsville is extensive.

Ignoring the U.S. Child Abuse/Neglect Death Epidemic

Coalition: End the 'National Media Blackout' to Aid Needed Reforms

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Every death is tragic, but why does the national media in the U.S. ignore the nearly 2,500 deaths each year that result from child abuse and neglect?

Why do other issues involving far fewer deaths – such as the H1N1 virus, food-borne illnesses, Toyota accelerator malfunctions and coal mining – get far more attention from major news media outlets?

Civil rights for Palestinian refugees

During the spring-summer 1948 Nakba, 780,000 Palestinians were driven from their ancestral lands.

(BEIRUT) - The European Union can redeem its charter and alleviate widespread suffering in Lebanon’s refugee camps.

The Palestine Civil Rights Campaign—Lebanon (PCRC) was organized in Washington DC and Beirut, Lebanon in late 2009 with the goal of achieving, in concert with Lebanese based NGOs, the enactment in Lebanon’s parliament of two basic civil rights for more than 400,000 UNRWA registered Palestinians.

Obama`s Last Card - Will he Play It?

"...The EU position on settlements is clear - they are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace.”

(LONDON) - President Obama ought to have trouble sleeping at night knowing that by allowing Israel to continue its illegal settlement activity on the occupied West Bank he has made himself, and his country, openly complicit in the Zionist state’s defiance of international law. In a different America that ought to be enough to have any president removed from office.

My main point comes down to this. Now that he doesn’t have to honour any of the promises Secretary of State Clinton is said to have made to Prime Minister Netanyahu in a desperate (and predictably doomed) effort to persuade him to deliver a 90-day settlement freeze, Obama does have one last card that he could play.