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Feds Take 1^st Step To Sane Policy on Cannabis

Steve DeAngelo Responds to DOJ Memo on Guidance for Marijuana Enforcement.

(OAKLAND) - The United States government finally took a historic step back from its long-running failed drug war on Thursday.

Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado that the Department of Justice would allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana for adults.

Operation Red Dragonfly Speaks to Paul Stanford

Tim King spoke with the fore running expert on the use of medical cannabis by Veterans, while out standing in the field of grass.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Paul Stanford from The THC Clinic in Portland, Oregon, is another supporter of Operation Red Dragonfly, our mission to educate Veterans and their families about the dangers of contaminated military bases, and also to gather elements for our upcoming documentary on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

Paul Stanford is one person who knows about the connection between PTSD and medical cannabis.

Jumping the Gun on Syria

We are now hearing from the government’s media serfs on a regular basis that Syria has not signed up to the Chemical Weapons Convention, as if that settles the matter.

(LONDON) - British people woke for a second morning to the chilling realisation that the US and UK were not waiting for the results of the UN's enquiries in Syria before launching military intervention.

There's also a suggestion that the UN inspection team’s remit does not include determining blame for the chemical attack (if that's what it was).

Haiti: Malya Villard Apollon`s Home Attacked by Group of Armed Men

The attack took place in the early hours of 23 August 2013, at 1.30 am. The armed men fired shots at the gate of Malya Villard Apollon's home, damaging the gate and the doorbell.

(YORK, UK) - On 23 August 2013, human rights defender Ms Malya Villard Apollon's home was attacked by a group of armed men, who fired gunshots at the gate.

Malya Villard Apollon is the co-director of the Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV), a grassroots women's organisation working in the poorest areas of Port-au-Prince to prevent and redress sexual assault, care for survivors and build a movement for human rights in Haiti.

Investigative Void: Sex Assault in the News

This writer is fascinated by TV shows like "Criminal Minds" and likes to connect those dots in a meaningful way. By propagating the notion that loose libidos are the norm, we do ourselves a very terrible disservice.

(SALEM) - Over the last 50 years, this one-time reporter has carefully followed current events. Reading the daily paper has been a staple. In recent years, the media has taken to focus on sexual assaults of both adults and children.

Maybe the media think that giving the bare-bones information and passing it along as an eveyday event is adequate for public consumption. I hasten to ardently disagree.

Statement by the Press Secretary on North Korea

Kenneth Bae is a 45-year old tour operator and Christian missionary, arrested last November.

(Washington, D.C.) - The State Department announced that the President’s Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, Ambassador Robert King, will add a stop in North Korea to his current travels in the region.

He says they remain deeply concerned about Kenneth Bae, the American citizen currently detained in North Korea.

Is Israel Serious About Peace?

A Carthaginian peace describes a deceptive agreement that over the centuries has emerged as synonymous with any plan enforced by a winning side in a conflict which leads to nothing less than the total submission of a defeated enemy.

(CHICAGO) - Is Israel serious about peace? Recent events say the answer is no.

A few weeks after a new round of U.S.-sponsored talks began between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel activated its plan to construct 1,500 apartments in East Jerusalem.

Rwanda, M23 and the UNSC

Thus far, Rwanda’s most notable contribution to the UNSC is to deny any reports published against it by the group of experts.

(Washington, D.C.) - The United Nations demonstrated hypocrisy in its decision to grant Rwanda a seat on its Security Council (UNSC).

This, despite the country’s well-documented history of destabilization in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Marijuana Dangers and the Oregonian Newspaper: Petty, Puerile, Pernicious Propaganda

Hoorah for the new marijuana laws!

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Oregonian has been bitching about marijuana as medicine from the word “GO”. Every step toward allowing patients to use medicine has been met with a barrage of falsities and half-truths which their staff purported as fact. There have been a few factual statements but then some negative aspect has been thrown in.

Apparently the words pot, pothead, pot doctors and pot patients is at the front of their dictionaries because they use them so much.

Don`t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Football Players

Dozens of former players — including 34 who played in the NFL — have been diagnosed with CTE, a neurodegenerative disease linked to dementia, memory loss and depression.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Another football season is upon us. It is time for the National Football League (NFL), college and university officials, and even high schools to seriously address the safety, or lack thereof, of playing football.

As the season progresses, the chance of injury increases.