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56% Favor Legalizing, Regulating Marijuana

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters nationwide was conducted on May 12, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A solid majority of voters nationwide favor legalizing and regulating marijuana similar to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are currently regulated.

Most also don’t believe it should be a crime for people to smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own homes.

Statement of Transitional Justice Coordination Group on Chicago Conference

اعلامیه گروه هماهنگی عدالت انتقالی در پیوند با کنفرانس شیکاگو/ د شيکاګو د کنفرانس په تړاو د انتقالي عدالت د ډلې اعلاميه/

(KABUL, Afghanistan ) - The Transitional Justice Coordination Group appreciates the ten-year achievements in government-building, and other fields that have been reached with the participation of the people by the government and the international community for fulfillment of democracy.

However, those trends have not taken root in our country...

Never Forget That Bradley Manning, Not Gay Marriage, Is The Issue

Obama's historic achievement as president of the United States has been to silence the anti-war and social justice movement associated with the Democratic Party.

(SYDNEY ) - In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children.

When Obama recently announced he supported same-sex marriage, American planes had not long blown 14 Afghan civilians to bits.

Post Traumatic Psychic Injuries or PTSD?

As always, at the end of the discussion, cannabis therapy works best.

(MOLALLA, OR) - I just heard from somewhere that somebody wants to change PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to Post Traumatic Stress Injury or PTSI.

I don’t get it! We already have (Post) Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI.

Pot Foe Dwight Leans Right but he`s Not Right

Our medical expert, Dr. Phil Leveque, says Dwight Holton's position on marijuana is a disservice to PTSD Veterans.

(SALEM) - A new article in US News & World Report explores the Oregon Gubernatorial race and Dwight Holton's hardline position over medical marijuana.

Mr. Holton has stated that he supports the state's voter-endorsed program, but I think that might be a wee stretch of the truth from Dwight.

Sound Off! The Newsletter of VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, Inc.

“Veterans standing up for each other”

(WASHINGTON DC) - An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its decision in our case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

In its decision, the Ninth Circuit held that a federal statute closes the courthouse door to constitutional claims by veterans.

OWS Week - Police Tactics of Intimidation

Occupy Wall Street Week: new episode airs each week, now you can catch it here.

(SALEM / TEHRAN / EL PASO) - Since joining in solidarity with OCCUPY MARINES, we have been hearing and seeing amazing things.

One is a weekly TV show that is being produced from two points; El Paso and Tehran; yes you read that right. OWS Week is the professional weekly roundup of OCCUPY News and Marines and other Veterans and the graphics, the tempo, everything about it is interesting and highly informative.

Abandoning Afghanistan, Great Job America

It isn't truth making American Navy SEAL's celebrities.

(SALEM) - Does America do anything these days with a sincere purpose? Afghanistan's violence is our doing; it is a result of the contrast between stated intentions and reality.

It's strangely sad that the only time of peace that this country has known in modern time, was a result of Communism.

Homeland Security Documents Show Massive Nationwide Monitoring of Occupy Movement

This set of released materials reveals intense involvement by the DHS' National Operations Center (NOC) in these activities.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Documents just obtained by the PCJF show massive nationwide monitoring, surveillance and information sharing between the Department of Homeland Security and local authorities in response to Occupy.

The PCJF made a series of FOIA demands regarding law enforcement involvement in the Occupy Crackdown.

`The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis` - Bruce Gagnon speaks in Washington state

The Washington speaking engagements are part of Gagnon’s West Coast speaking tour that began in Los Angeles in April.

(POULSBO, WA) - “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis” is the subject of Bruce Gagnon's six-city tour of Washington State.

Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace.