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Forced Human Experimentation Arranged by Bush`s Pandemic Laws

The laws remove the most fundamental of rights to life and liberty.

(CHICAGO) - The Bill of Rights Defense Committee is circulating a petition to attorney general today to demand accountability for human experimentation programs based on revelations by Physicians for Human Rights.

Since the dawn of medical practice, no maxim has attained greater consensus than the commitment to “do no harm.”

Medical Marijuana Patient`s Worst Enemy: Gil Kerlikozoske (G.K.), the Drug Czar

His stepson has been arrested and jailed for Cannabis use and sales; oh the irony!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I wrote a weird story about this dude a couple of weeks ago. I was so intrigued by his ignorant arrogance regarding the benefits of Marijuana as medicine that I “hit the computer” to see what he was about.

I was astonished at how bigoted he was about the whole subject. My reference is a copy of his speech to the California Police Chiefs Association on March 4, 2010. The title of the article in celebstoner.com is Gil Kerlikowske’s Reefer Madness which seems singularly appropriate. I will pass on some of his words of “wisdom” transmitted to the Chiefs of Police...

Searchers and Law Enforcement Still Working Hard to Find Mark Bosworth

There is a $10,000 reward for information that leads us to Mark.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Volunteer search and rescue members continued spot checks in Douglas County today, in the search for Mark Bosworth.

A team checked out a couple of areas on Cow Creek Road following a hunch Mark could have wandered that direction. Cow Creek Road stretches to the southwest awa from Riddle and runs along its namesake creek. No sign of Mark was found.

The Cannabis Papers a Citizen`s Guide to Cannabinoids

Any student of history can tell you we are not the first Americans to confront untruths.

(CHICAGO) - This is a book project called The Cannabis Papers: a citizen's guide to cannabinoids. It is written by "Publius" - a pen name once used by the founders and redrafted by the folks at Illinois NORML.

The book's essays will be released first online and then published together later this year. The latest
release is essay #15 The Birth of the ECS.

Exposed: Tracking Phones Implanted in Your Brain Coming Soon

Maybe someday the timeworn saying, A chip off the old block will become A chip in the old blockhead.

(CHICAGO) - While there are organizations out there that want to get under your skin--by implanting RFID devices the size of a grain of rice in the back of your hand--others plan on getting into your head. Literally.

If computer chip giant Intel has its way, in the future most people who hear voices chattering away in their heads won't need to seek a psychiatrist, they'll just need to talk back.

The Source of the Economic Crisis: A Chicago State of Mind

Worried about the global economic crisis? It's all in your head, says a leading financial expert.

(OSAKA, Japan) - The events of September 2008 on Wall Street may have come as a shock to many, but they were "perfectly predictable" to a close-knit group of "financial sophisticates," Jeff Gates maintains.

Gates, a former counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, identifies the source of the current economic crisis as a "shared mindset" where we have put our faith to the grave detriment of the majority – but to the immense benefit of a very few.

Help a Sick Relative, Lose Your Job

Scoring three marijuana cigarettes for an aunt with breast cancer costs a police dispatcher her job.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - When medical use of marijuana is illegal, it’s not just the patients themselves who get hurt.

Today’s Chicago Tribune reports the story of police dispatcher Laura Llanes, whose aunt is battling breast cancer and suffering the side effects of chemotherapy.