See: More news .Archive. News sources. Facebook: Global Marijuana March [33] [34] [35] . Hashtags: [36] [37] [38] . Twitter: [39] [40] [41] .
India issues its first-ever license to grow medicinal cannabis for research purposes. 2nd Most Populated Country. Utah Launches Medical Cannabis Signature Drive for November 2018 ballot issue. Federal judge blocks prosecution of Northern California pot growers. Jeff Sessions opposes restrictions . And: Federal Judge Rules Medical Marijuana Patient Can Sue For Being Denied Job Over Failed Drug Test . And: Justice Department (Jeff Sessions) Shuts Down Marijuana Research At DEA .
"They can move in and out of any software still hardwired to their system. That means that anyone we haven't unplugged is potentially an agent. Inside the matrix, they are everyone and they are no one." [42] .
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Lexington, Kentucky mayor announces all Confederate statues are coming down because of Charlottesville .Philippines newspaper. "Marijuana as Medicine" on front page . And: Heather Heyer, the woman killed in Virginia was destined to be face of change, mom says .[43] . And: Indiana lawmaker pushes for medical marijuana to curb opioid epidemic . His fellow Republicans are the ones likely to block him. Here are the Confederate memorials that will be removed after Charlottesville .[44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] .
Dear America, universal health care is what real freedom looks like .USA Today . And: IT COSTS LESS .[50] [51] . And: In Portugal, Drug Use Is Treated As A Medical Issue, Not A Crime .CBC . [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] . And: 90% of drug control money is spent on health care, just 10% on police enforcement .Will 2018 midterm elections remove Republicans? 2018 ballot issues: marijuana minimum wage.
Source [1] [2] . Bernie Sanders .
List of countries by total health expenditure per capita .
Illinois Is Officially The 21st State To Decriminalize Weed. India. The people of Mumbai (also known as Bombay) talk about marijuana. Youtube .
Since decriminalizing all drugs in 2001, Portugal's overdose rate has decreased by ~75% and now has one of the lowest overdose rates in all of Europe[57] [58] [59] . Overdose death rates by country .
Medicare for ALL. Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. And: Nearly a third of our health care dollars go to something other than health care . And: Universal healthcare and drug war .
Senator Cory Booker Debuts ‘Marijuana Justice Act’ to Legalize Cannabis, & support racial justice . [61] [62] .
Her mom said "Why don't you just smoke some weed?"
Cigarette box warnings in Australia . Tobacco causes one in ten deaths globally . [3]
June 22, 2017. Healthcare protest at office of Senator Mitch McConnell .
Big Pharma CEO pay . [4] .
Massachusetts governor signs bill to allow recreational pot. [63] .
Marijuana should be legalised in India for medical purposes: Maneka Gandhi And: Trump Said Sacks Of Drugs Are Falling On Peoples’ Heads. A Congressman’s Response Is Perfect . And: Landmark Study Shows Legal Marijuana Sales Reduce Crime . And: Why Are So Many People Dying from Opiate Overdoses? It's Our Broken Society. Absurdly low minimum wage too. .USA. National Public Radio parrots minimum wage lies. [64] . And: $750,000 settlement after woman dies after going through heroin withdrawal in Mason County, Kentucky jail . And: Washington state distracted driving law starts July 23 . And: Medicaid enrollees largely satisfied with the health care they receive . [65] . And: Marijuana was the secret to ending this woman's addiction to heroin. Video. [66] . And: Philip Morris: Tobacco giant ordered to compensate Australia . And: Trump-supporting sheriff [67] . And: Jeff Sessions: Anti-Weed Crusader Received Big Money From Big Tobacco . And: American Media Silent After UN Just Called for Decriminalizing Drug Use Worldwide .Greece legalises marijuana for medical purposes. That makes 6 EU countries. [68] . And: District of Cannabis. It’s summer, and Washington DC smells like weed. Everywhere, all the time. And: Missouri Republicans . And: Lobbyists Have Pushed for a Big Pharma Monopoly on CBD . And: United Nations and World Health Organisation call for drugs to be decriminalised . [69] .
20 million more uninsured = 20,000+ more deaths yearly. [70] . And: Politifact :Bernie Sanders' projection of 'thousands' of deaths from lost health coverage is well-supported . June 27, 2017. See article sidebar for many sources. [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] . And: Politifact :Paul Ryan wrong that most of the 22 million uninsured would be uninsured by choice . [77] . And: 17 Charts and Figures that show the US is not as developed as you’d think. America is not great. [78] . And: 93% of Patients Prefer Cannabis Over Opioids For Managing Pain, According to New Study . And: Medicaid Could Have Saved $1 Billion If Medical Marijuana Was Legalized nationwide . And: How Big Tobacco-style marketing propels U.S. opioid crisis — and powers $400 billion pharma industry . [79] [80] [81] [82] .Nevada becomes 5th state to legalise marijuana for recreational use. [83] . And: Catalonia region of Spain legalises marijuana consumption, cultivation, and distribution. 43 arrested. Blood on the floor. Protester: Mitch McConnell Thinks Disabled Americans Are ‘Better Off Dead’ . [84] [85] . And: Bernie Sanders Slams ‘Moral Outrage’ Of Trumpcare At Pittsburgh Rally. $500 billion in tax breaks to the top two percent . [86] . And: Marijuana legalization doesn't lead to more fatal car crashes. American Journal of Public Health . And: The GOP Health Care Bill Will Doom Millions Of People Struggling With Addiction . And: Healthcare groups issue scathing criticism of Senate bill. Trumpcare 4.0 . [87] . And: Do We Really Need A Middleman (private insurers) In Our Broken Health Care System? [88] [89] . And: Officer who shot Philando Castile said smell of marijuana made him fear for his life . [90] . And: Brockton, Massachusetts. Firefighters agree to a drug test policy that excludes pot . And: New Jersey Democrats . And: Oklahoma voters will decide fate of medical marijuana . And: Mexico Legalizes Medical Marijuana . And: How Swiss Marijuana Reform Will Lead To Full Legalization In Europe .
Jeff Sessions OK .
Artist Projects Image Of Jeff Sessions In KKK Hood Across Department Of Justice. Senate introduces bill to end federal medical marijuana prohibition . [91] [92] . And: Sessions asks Congress to let him prosecute medical pot shops, patients . [93] . And: Science Calls Out Jeff Sessions on Medical Marijuana and the "Historic Drug Epidemic" - Scientific American . [94] . And: This Arab country is among list of places that smoke most hash . And: Coffee, Cocoa, Cannabis: New Push to Legalize Marijuana Launched in Switzerland . And: Holy Smoke: Israel Begins Decriminalizing Cannabis . [95] [96] . And: France Just Ended Prison Terms For Marijuana Use . [97] [98] [99] [100] . And: Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like . And: "I Was Wrong": Former Judge Treated With Cannabis Oil Regrets Having Sent People to Jail for It . And: Duterte tells troops they can RAPE women in 'joke' as he rallies soldiers battling foreign fighters in ISIS 'invasion' of besieged Philippines city . [101] [102] [103] Will 2018 midterm elections remove Republicans? 2017-18 ballot issues: marijuana minimum wage. Democratic Party, following Bernie Sanders lead, proposes bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2024. Republicans oppose raising federal minimum wage. [104] [105] .Trumpcare 3.0 Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured, Budget Office Says . [106] . And: Vermont's Republican And: Democrats pick up two GOP-held legislative seats, the first flips of the Trump era . And: Trump Called Rodrigo Duterte to Congratulate Him on His Murderous Drug War: “You Are Doing an Amazing Job” . [107] [108] . And: California. Single-Payer Would Cost A Third of Current Health Care Costs Per Family .Conservative morons worldwide: British Prime Minister Just Claimed Cannabis Leads To Heroin And Suicide. American Legion to Trump: Allow marijuana research for vets . [109] . And: Marijuana convictions go up in smoke with California legalization . And: Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds . And: Trump thinks health insurance costs $15 a month . And: Doctors hate Trumpcare. And: Prison healthcare, deaths . And: At heated North Dakota town hall watch a man stuff money into shirt Of GOP Congressman Who Voted To Repeal Obamacare . [110] [111] .Jeff Sessions once wanted to execute pot dealers. Georgia Cop Decides A Sober Woman Is High On Marijuana, Jails Her . And: Criminal Charges For Georgia Police Officers punching and kicking handcuffed marijuana user in head . [112] [113] [114] . And: Jeff Sessions Rolls Back Obama-Era Drug Sentencing Reforms. Harsher punishments for low-level drug crimes . [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] . And: 'The Drug Whisperer': Drivers arrested while stone cold sober by dumbass Georgia cops . And: Willie Nelson to Jeff Sessions: Smoke Some Pot .
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 6, 2017 .
Gigantic rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Global Marijuana March. May 6, 2017. Videos [124] [125] Event . And: Cape Town, South Africa. Videos [126] [127] Event . And: Huge joint rolls through New York City . [128] [129] .
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Democrat Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii .
Time For Single-Payer Healthcare .
Life expectancy versus health expenditure . [5] .
2017 Global Marijuana March. [130] . And: Cannabis Festivals 2017-2018 | Man, I'm hungry. | Everfest . And: World Naked Gardening Day is May 6th. Your marijuana garden needs love too
Poll: Bernie Sanders is most popular U.S. politician [131] . And: Bernie Sanders And Democrats Introduce A New $15 Minimum Wage Bill . And: When Trump was an independent, like Bernie Sanders, Trump supported Single-Payer. And: Patrick Stewart Reveals He Uses Marijuana Daily To Help With Arthritis Symptoms . And: Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Calls For Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition .Much better healthcare in Canada, Britain, France. I had a health crisis in France. I’m here to tell you that ‘socialized medicine’ is terrific . [132] [133] [134] [135] [136] . And: Medical marijuana could save Medicaid $1 billion in prescription drug costs . [137] [138] . And: West Virginia becomes 29th state to legalize medical marijuana . [139] [140] . And: Republican
The 'unimaginable' premium hikes of Trumpcare 2.0 for people with pre-existing conditions. Republicans [141] [142] [143] . And: Poll: Trump, Democrats and Republicans all unpopular .
More Than Half of American Adults Have Tried Pot. [144] . Among current users: 14% Republican, 43% Democrats, 42% independents. And: USA. Marijuana legalization support at all-time high. [145] . And: Smoke pot in Oregon? Your name now protected from feds . And: New Mexico's Republican She also vetoed the 911 Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Bill. And: Idaho's Republican
Bernie Sanders To Introduce Single-Payer Health Care Bill In Senate. For The First Time Ever, The Federal Government Is Referring To Marijuana As Medicine . And: Bernie Sanders: Americans pay highest prices for pharmaceutical drugs in the world .Canada has universal health care, and higher minimum wage than USA . And: The disease killing white Americans goes way deeper than opioids . [146] [147] [148] . And: Trump's Health Care Plan Could Exacerbate Opioid Epidemic, But Medical Marijuana Could Help . [149] [150] . And: Former premiers and Australian police chiefs call for drug decriminalisation . [151] . And: NPR: Former Drug Czar Says GOP Health Bill Would Cut Access To Addiction Treatment .
17,000 more people annually could die in 2018 if Trumpcare becomes law. 14 million more people uninsured in 2018. 24 million in 2026. 29,000 more dead annually in 2026 . Single-Payer for California. Great healthcare for half the cost of Trumpcare. Canada: Show health card, get free care. The $0 Alternative To Trumpcare. Vancouver's top doctor to Trudeau: Decriminalize all illicit drugs, now. Using Portugal's model. [152] [153] . End drug war with universal healthcare. List of countries with universal health care .
Quinnipiac poll: 71% oppose enforcing federal marijuana laws in states where the drug is legal .Canada. Human rights board orders insurer to pay medical marijuana costs in precedent-setting case [154] .
Source . Bernie Sanders .
No deductibles on basic Canadian health care. Co-pays are extremely low or non-existent. Canada passes US in middle-class wealth. Median after-tax middle-class income in Canada is higher. [155] . One reason why: Canadians pay so much less for far better healthcare.
Repealing the Affordable Care Act will kill more than 43,000 people annually, and 30 million will lose their healthcare coverage. Physicians for a National Health Program . And: A Trump Fan Cheering Obamacare Repeal Just Found Out He’s On Obamacare. Hilarity Ensues . And: 15 charts that show how Obamacare works now — and how Republicans would overhaul it .See: More News. Cannabis is safer.
Uruguayans sign up for state cannabis in world first . And: Man wins historic medical marijuana trial. 46 plants . And: Congress Gives Jeff Sessions $0 To Go After Medical Marijuana Laws . [158] [159] . And: Montel Williams reveals how smoking marijuana every day for 17 years changed his life . And: Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced To Rein In Trump Support For Philippines Drug War .Trump invites drug-war mass murderer President Duterte (Philippines) to the White House. [160] [161] [162] [163] [164] [165] . And: Duterte slammed over discovery of abused prisoners in secret cell in Manila .
From CNN article .
Philippines' President Duterte’s ‘kill drug addicts’ job ‘plan’ is bizarre. [166] . And: 'Mass murder' complaint filed against him at International Criminal Court. Philippines Votes to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Middle of Brutal Drug War that has killed 7000. European Union Parliament to vote on call for probe into Duterte's drug war . [167] [168] . And: Philippine VP Robredo: She says bullets can't stop illegal drug use . [169] .'Democracy Demands Dissent': Philippine Vice President Condemns Duterte's Drug War in Q&A With TIME. [170] .
Denver's International Church of Cannabis.
Weed Nuns . [6]
Marijuana on Religious Grounds? A Cannabis Church Opens in Denver. [171] [172] . And: Denver-based International Church of Cannabis is now offering weed weddings . The 'Elevated Wedding'. And:
California's 'weed nuns' on a mission to heal with cannabis . And: Weed Nuns . And: 4/20 celebration leads to 7 arrests by US Capitol Police . [173] [174] [175] . And: 4/20 event lists . And: Canadian Veteran Walks 750 Miles Through Snowstorms To Protest Cuts To Medical Marijuana Treatments . And: USA. 2.3 million uninsured veterans. Universal healthcare would cover everybody . And: 10 best 4/20 sites: Where marijuana history was made . And: Weed around the world: what legal marijuana looks like in other countries . And: Uruguay in July will become the first modern nation to fully legalize the production, sale and consumption of cannabis .
Rachael Leigh Cook of "your brain on drugs" turns around and exposes the drug war with new video. Mexican Congress approves use of medical marijuana. Goes to President to be signed into law . [176] . And: The booming business of cannabis in Spain. Article and video. [177] . And: Republican [178] [179] . And: Epilepsy takes life of a young cannabis advocate .
Trump and Trudeau.Canada is great .
Canada is poised to approve a law legalizing marijuana nationwide. [180] [181] [182] [183] . And: French election: 4 of the 5 main presidential candidates support cannabis reform. Far-right Marine LePen opposes .
David Peel, Downtown Singer and Marijuana Evangelist, Dies at 74. New York Times . And: Kansas City, Missouri. Voters Approve $25 Fine In Easing Of Marijuana Law. [184] [185] . And: Argentina Approves Medical Use of CBD Cannabis Oil . [186] [187] Video .
South African court legalizes possession, cultivation, use of marijuana at home. Constitutional Court likely to confirm it. [188] [189] [190] [191] [192] . And: For the First Time Ever, UFC Fighters Allowed to Smoke Pot Before Fights .
Inmate in for cocaine. His 2-hour ‘Boiling’ Death Ruled An Accident. Documents Show They Omitted Key Details. [193] [194] [195] [196] . And: Philly420: The most arrested drug in Camden, N.J. is ... And: Pennsylvania. Auditor General: If it were legalized, taxing marijuana could yield $200 million annually for state . And: CTV News Channel: 'Quite traumatized': Jodie Emery. After her arrest in Canada [197] . And: Infamous "F*ck it, I Quit" Reporter (while in Alaska) Launches Her Online Weed Show in Los Angeles .
Middle class decline Wikipedia . Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world .Drug war, control, and Republican-led income inequality . Wikipedia: Trickle-down economics .
USA near bottom . [7] [8] [9] . Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world .
Israel decriminalizes. [198] . Houston decriminalizes. Severely Epileptic Child Granted Cannabis Oil in Ireland, Setting Precedent: Almost Homeless in LA . And: Medical marijuana given green light in South Africa: report . And: First Marijuana Testing for Vets with PTSD Underway in Phoenix; Volunteers Wanted . And: New Study: Cigarettes Tied To Increased Stroke Risk But Not Marijuana .
Canada grows closer to legalizing pot. [199] .
Republican America? The US federal minimum wage hit its peak purchasing power nearly 50 years ago . And: Feds refuse to stop taxing the canceled student debt of severely disabled people. Percentage of Young Americans Living With Parents Rises to 75-Year High. The Student Debt Crisis Is Driving Elderly People Into Poverty. And: Republican Working full time at state minimum wage is not enough for a one-bedroom apartment in any state . Click states
For the first time more Australians support legalizing pot than oppose. DEA Slapped in Face: American Epilepsy Society Accepts Marijuana Extract Obliterates Seizures in Epileptic Children . And: Big Pharma Shaking in Their Boots as 80% of Cannabis Users Give Up Prescription Pills for Pot . And: Branford, Connecticut. America’s oldest hospice to study medical marijuana .
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Women keep marching on: Marijuana and gender equity: Cannabis industry is a magnet for women executives . And: 'America Is Full Of Hypocrites': Marijuana Lifer John Knock Speaks Out . And: Hemp Industries Association Sues DEA Over Illegal Attempt to Regulate Hemp Foods as Schedule I Drugs . And: Will Trump Crush the Modest Progress in Fighting Mass Incarceration? Momentum at state level . [200] [201] [202] .
New UN chief António Guterres was Prime Minister of Portugal when it decriminalized drugs [203] [204] [205] . And: Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (Democrat) Pardons 192 for Marijuana Convictions . And: On average, states with medical marijuana laws see dips in fatal car crashes .
And: Marijuana, made in Italy: Inside the military police cannabis lab . And: Israel moves to decriminalize marijuana use [206] . And: Germany expands medical cannabis legalization. Insurance will pay for it . [207] [208] [209] [210] [211] . And: People in the US and Canada spent over $53 billion on marijuana in 2016 . And: Mass incarceration doesn't do much to fight crime. But it costs an absurd $182 billion a year . And: Imagine That! Police Solve Far More Murders After they Stop Arresting Cannabis Users .
Trump’s death panel: He already violated health care promises by appointing Tom Price .
First Marijuana Bill Already Introduced In New US Congress . And: Georgia (country). Constitutional Court decides prison is too harsh punishment for marijuana use . [212] . And: Mexico Begins Importing Medical Marijuana As Views on Therapeutic Cannabis Evolve. And: The Taboo of Marijuana in Mexico May Be Fading Away .
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is a Drug War Dinosaur. [213] . And: More than 1,100 law school professors nationwide oppose Sessions’s nomination as attorney general . And: MSNBC Guest: Upcoming Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is a ‘KKK Sympathizer’ . And: Sessions: KKK "was O.K. until I found out they smoked pot." [214] . And: Sessions Racism Accusations: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know . [215] . See: Race, ethnicity, and drug war . And: US News & World Report . Activists Roll Joint, Offer Free Pot at Jeff Sessions Office as Threats Swirl to Legalization Framework[216] . Viral video
Professor says Obama Trump could grant blanket “amnesty to all first time nonviolent drug offenders in prison who have good records and would not even be in prison now if they were convicted under current law.” [217] Federal prisoners only .
Republican [218] . And: Idaho teen football player walks free after sodomizing black disabled teammate with wire hanger. And: The Racial Achievement Gap is Directly Tied to Mass Incarceration of Black Parents According to New Study. Drug laws in particular . See: Alternatives to Republican-led mass incarceration .
Massachusetts legalizes on Dec. 15, 2016. What you can and can't do . And: Toddler back home after becoming first legal medical cannabis user in Ireland . And: Mexico’s Senate Passes Medical Cannabis Bill in Landslide Vote .
The Growing Movement for Marijuana Amnesty. James Taylor cancels Philippines concert over Rodrigo Duterte's drug war killings. 2016-18 ballot issues. Register to vote. Facebook GMM. 2. Congressional Scorecard. And: Presidents alone can not reschedule marijuana . And: Obama commuted sentences of 153 people, and handed out 78 pardons .
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Philippines: Trump's pal Duterte Threatens to Burn Down UN Building, Calls 3 Out of 5 Americans 'Idiots'. [219] [220] . Duterte confirms he personally killed three men. [221]
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte admits to killing people and abusing drugs. [222] .
Philippines. ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’. New York Times . Philippines president Duterte: Trump Endorsed Deadly War on Drugs as ‘The Right Way’ . And in the USA: He got life without parole for pot. And he was just denied clemency . [223] . See: Life for Pot .
DEA writes illegal rule banning interstate sales of non-psychoactive CBD . [224] [225] .
Jonathan Swift
Will Republicans
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The Official Denver 420 Rally 2017 [226] .
Quezon City, Philippines. Nov 13, 2016 . Medical cannabis march .
Quezon City, Philippines. Nov. 13, 2016 march for medical cannabis [227] . And: Insurers are beginning to cover medical cannabis . And: United Kingdom Could Be Forced to Consider Marijuana Legalization [228] . And: Alec Baldwin Responds to Donald Trump's 'SNL' Criticism . And: Donald Trump Prepares. Hilarious Cold Open. SNL - Saturday Night Live.
Republicans in Congress Won’t Let Veterans Access Medical Marijuana After All. [229] [230] .
Austin, Texas. Nov 11, 2016. Veterans Day. Medical marijuana .
Surprise! Voter turnout in 2016 likely higher than 2012 . And: Denver, Colorado legalizes cannabis in cafes and other venues . And: Texas activists call for expanding medical use law. And: Will Team Trump turn back cannabis reform? [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] [236] . And:
Michael Moore predicted the Trump win. "5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win."
Map shows states that legalized pot on Election Day . And: 4 States Raise Minimum Wage; 7 Loosen Marijuana Laws . And: 28 Legal Medical Pot States & DC . [237] . And: Clickable NORML map . [238] .
2016 election .
See clickable map . And: enter address .
2016 vote . Predictions .
Cannabis is safer.
Maine Passes Revolutionary Voting System That Helps Third Parties . And: Insane Early Voting Lines Were a Direct Result of Republican And: The Real Voter Fraud. Fewer polling places, long lines, millions of disenfranchised not allowed to vote, fewer early voting days, or none. [239] [240] [241] .
Only Bernie Sanders Can Save the Democratic Party Now . And: Clinton lost. Bernie could have won . And: Shades Of 2000? Clinton Surpasses Trump In Popular Vote . 2. And: PolitiFact: 70% of Trump's statements are false or mostly false . [242] .
Australia legalized medical marijuana cultivation as of October 30, 2016 . See: video . And: Obama releases 98 more drug-war prisoners. A single-year record . And: 72 more released after that .
Arkansas Poll Results Show Medical Marijuana A Tight Ballot Issue . And: Momentum Builds as More Artists Come Out in Support of Prop 64 Legalization in California . And: Bernie Sanders (Prop 64 supporter) Goes 'All In' for Hillary Clinton With an Eye Toward Post-Election Goals.
Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, and Pharrell Williams get out the vote for Hillary .
Running list . [10] .
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Arkansas may become the first Southern state to legalize medical marijuana . [243] . And: 2016 may be a watershed moment for legalization . [244] .
Wages, weed and wind divide Vermont candidates . And: Turkey legalizes cannabis production in 19 provinces . [245] .
Legalization Brings Massive Drop In Arrests, No Increase In Youth Use Or Traffic Fatalities . And: East Lansing, Michigan OKs pot smoking, possession of small quantities . And: Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes combined.
Marijuana on ballot in 2016 . And: Register and VOTE! And: Cannabis Festivals 2016-2017 help change public opinion for the better; even that of Republicans .
Minimum wage on the ballot - Ballotpedia . And: These states will vote on increasing the minimum wage . And: Supporters Hope Minimum-Wage Votes Will Push Democratic Turnout.
Great video. Lives are being destroyed by the war on drugs. Democrat Gavin Newsom . And: Gary Johnson Is a Moron (And If You Vote For Him, You Are Too) . And: Gary Johnson opposes the federal minimum wage. As governor he vetoed an increase . And: Colorado. Vote “yes": Opposition to minimum-wage increase is stuck in the past . And: Recreational Marijuana Polls Suggest Legalization in 5 States . And: Arizona Doctors And Nurses Say Vote ‘Yes’ On Prop. 205 . And: Actress Susan Sarandon Urges Voters To Support Arizona Legalization .
Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it’s on the ballot this November . [246] [247] . And: Spain. Like Barcelona, Bilbao is Regulating and Normalizing Cannabis Social Clubs .
1942. Babi Yar, Kiev, Ukraine. Nazi mass murder .
A first for USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency' . "been on so many sides of so many issues ... 124 shifts by Trump on 20 major issues."
Philippine President Duterte: Hitler killed millions of Jews, I will kill millions of drug addicts. 2. 3. And: 75 years ago: 33,771 Jews slaughtered at Babi Yar, Kiev, Ukraine. Early Nazi mass murder .
2016 Early Voting Underway! And: 34 states have no-excuse early voting programs . And: Maine voters may legalize marijuana in November. Social clubs too . See poll . And: Montana will vote to overturn severe Republican . And: Republicans
Dr. Bronner’s donates over $600,000 to marijuana legalization efforts in five states . [248] .
See charts
Mass incarceration could be costing the United States over $1 trillion a year. [249] . See Alternatives . See costs.
9 States Have Marijuana Initiatives On November Ballots .
Clueless Republican . And: Fentanyl Maker Donates Big to Campaign Opposing Arizona Pot Legalization . [250] . And: Prop 205 Poll: Half want to see marijuana legalized in Arizona. 50% for, 40% against .
New York Times article and video on epic fail of drug war[11] [12] [13] [14]
American Legion Calls for Marijuana Rescheduling . Vets want Republicans to return protection for VA doctors recommending cannabis. In VA funding bill. [252]
Alternatives to Republican mass incarceration. Denver votes on marijuana in cafes, etc.. Unprecedented number of states vote on marijuana.
44% of Black women (and 32% of Black men), but only 12% of White women (and 6% of White men), have a family member imprisoned [253] . Prisons and taxes keep the poor in line:
Trump’s tax plan penalizes single parents . And: House GOP’s ‘Better Way’ Tax Plan A Much Better Way For Richest 1 Percent .
Amendment 70. Colorado. Why small business owners support raising the minimum wage . And: Banning Canadians from U.S. for life for smoking pot 'ludicrous,' says Goodale . And:
Narcan Prices Are Skyrocketing, and Republican .
Philippines President calls Obama a "son of a whore" concerning 2,400 drug user killings 2. Duterte says he is no American puppet .
Income inequality is slowing the global economy . And: Want to Reduce Crime and Mass Incarceration? Raise Wages . And: Minimum wage splits candidates along party lines . And: Republican Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Minimum Wage HikeMinimum Wages by Country . And: Overzealous Prosecutors Are Losing Elections . And: Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies . And: Pennsylvania Poll Shows Why Democrats Are On The Verge Of Senate Takeover .
Oregon has first legal pot display in a state fair in the US . And: USDA approves organic hemp certification . [256] .
EpiPens cost just several dollars to make. Customers pay more than $600 . [257] . Canada's Single Payer healthcare helps remove some of the monopoly profit.
A Day in the New Life of an Injured, Marijuana-Smoking Army Veteran. Time . And: Republican governor Hutchinson of Arkansas opposes legalizing medical marijuana5 Olympians Who Smoke Weed & Win Gold. More THC allowed in blood tests .
Philippines President Duterte threatens to leave UN over criticism of his brutal drug war, and death squad killings of alleged drug users or dealers . [258] [259] .
Single Payer. Developed world paying half of what USA spends on healthcare Kentucky's Republican governor wants to eliminate health insurance for over 400,000. Like the rest of the Republican South . In contrast: Patients can grow their own medical pot in Canada under new rules [262] [263] . And: Marijuana Growers' Fair Opens in Oregon. First time at a state fair .
Sanders Says DOJ Ban on Private Prisons Doesn't Go Far Enough . And: DEA Stops Calling Marijuana One Of The 'Most Dangerous Drugs' .
Ronald Reagan campaign speech 1: marijuana, pot, grass ,the most dangerous drug in the United States ,
Nation’s first memorial to commemorate victims of lynching and mass incarceration . [264] . Republican state senator opposes "more race talk". And: Republican Chris Christie Vetoes Automatic Voter Registration Bill Again. But 5 other states have it . And: 86% of eligible Coloradans are registered to vote. Text voter registration, too.
Sanders Condemns Obscene Levels of Inequality Documented in New CBO Report . And: Judge rules in favor of minimum wage . And: Baltimore votes for $15 minimum wage by 2022 . And: Trumponomics: Off-The-Shelf, Warmed-Over Trickle-Down Policies. Newsweek . And: 5 States Voting on Recreational Marijuana This Election. 2. 3. 4. Register, VOTE!
Duterte’s Brutal Drug War Skyrockets Killings In The Philippines .
Richard Branson asks President Duterte to stop murderous Philippine drug war . [265] [266] . And: Washington Post editorial board: Death squads in the Philippines . And: PHOTOS. Dead bodies and hellish prisons on Philippines police graveyard shift . [267] . Duterte wants martial law.
Bodies pile up in Philippine drug war. AFP . See maps, charts, lists of dead . And: Jennelyn Olaires hugs murdered partner Michael Siaron, 30, killed by presidential Philippines death squad in July 2016. Hundreds of alleged drug users killed with approval of President Duterte [268] . See: Kill List . And: "Olaires insists that he was just a pedicab driver and had no ties to the drug trade." - CNN. Wikipedia: Philippine Drug War . And: Rodrigo Duterte .
Says President Duterte. CNN .
At least 704 people have been killed since May 10, when Duterte’s election win became clear. And: Choirgirl, 22, killed with a bullet to the head during Duterte's 'state-sponsored butchery' . And: Human Rights Watch: Duterte’s drug war packs jails to ‘breaking point’ . And: Philippines President Vows ‘No Mercy’ In Drug War; Estimates 100,000 Will Be Killed . And: Seeks even more Presidential power, though public opinion turning against giving it to him.
Time magazine. Can Medical Marijuana Help End the Opioid Epidemic?
Philadelphia during the Democrat Convention. 26 July 2016 . Part of "the 'Great Wall of Love' with our LGBTQ friends to keep out the hate spewing bigots from the Westboro Baptist Church ." [269] .
In a first, Oregon State Fair to feature marijuana plants . And: If You Are Succeeding in the Cannabis Industry, Thank an Activist .
Philadelphia. 25 July 2016 . [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] .
Medical marijuana has potential as Alzheimer's treatment, study says . And: Republicans block it ?: Senate Bill Would End Massive Tax Breaks for Private Prisons.[270] . And: Legal medical pot nationwide would save Medicare $468 million. [271] .
Pot activists meet with cops to prep for Democrat Convention Restorative justice. An alternative to mass incarceration . [272] . Versus $31,000 a year for prison. Florida: More high-THC medical marijuana available if 2016 ballot issue passes . And: Police head wants less limits on past marijuana use of police recruits
Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Will Win Presidential Election: Find Out Why! And: Italian Parliament To Consider Marijuana Legalization . [273] . And: Italian farmers are planting hemp to decontaminate polluted soil . And: Latin American Medical Cannabis Conference in Costa Rica – July 27-29 . And: MP to move bill in Indian Parliament to legalize common recreational drugs like pot .
Florida police shoot black man with his hands up as he tries to help autistic patient . And: Trump campaign channels Nixon "law-and-order" strategy (and war on drugs?) . And: Politifact agrees that Nixon's drug war led to a massive increase in incarceration . See Wikipedia: War on drugs . See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate . And: Lancet: Mass imprisonment of drug users driving global epidemics of HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis Pot Vs. Pills: Can Marijuana Help Cure The Opiate Crisis?
More current and former Canadian cops are using medical marijuana. Veterans too
After Democrats back marijuana rescheduling, Republicans vote against medical pot . [274] .
Incarceration gap widens between whites and blacks .
Mass incarceration
Above table: 2010 incarceration by race and ethnicity .
Kansas City Marijuana Reform Advocates Launch Decriminalization Ballot Initiative . [275] .
Democratic Party platform on marijuana Full text
Info: [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] .
The Netherlands has a strange problem: Empty prisons. 2nd lowest incarceration rate in Europe
GOP mass incarceration
Tony Blair, like Republican Bush in the past, blasted by UK Chilcot Report on the Iraq War . [276] [277] . And: House Republicans Buy the Navy a $400 Million Pork Ship the Secretary of Defense does not want . And: New Mexico (Republican governor) Defrauds The Poor Out Of Food Stamps, Whistleblowers Say
The Republican War on Voting Is Working . [278] . Part of the War on the Poor, drug users, and the 99%. Historic discontent related to more than a decade of declining bottom-quartile wages . And: Income Inequality Is At The Highest Level In American History . "Incomes for the 99 percent have only recovered about 60 percent of what they lost. But the rich are doing great. ... They captured more than half of all the income growth in the country." Republican leaders are ecstatic. Survivors are fed up .
Murder in Western nations. USA on top . See above 1950-2010 chart OECD "How Was Life?", page 147 .
More people killed by US domestic gunmen (1,516,863) since 1968 than in all wars fought by America (1,396,733) [279] . And: Mass Incarceration and high murder rate damage U.S. Global Peace Ranking . - U.S. News and World Report .693 per 100,000 . [280] .
Most firearm deaths in the USA are from handguns . [281] [282] . Canada has a much lower rate of handgun ownership than the USA. See chart much lower murder rate little mandatory sentencing See: NRA's high murder rate, and mandatory sentencing A ten-round magazine is sufficient for semi-auto rifles in the real world. And: What a semi-auto rifle can do to the human body . And: Congress Refuses, So California Funds Its Own Gun Violence Research Center .
Tipping point? Ohio is 25th state to legalize medical marijuana. [283] [284] .
Maryland repealed mandatory minimum drug sentencing despite initial Republican opposition .
“We have an under-incarceration problem.” Republican Senator Cotton. Trillions of dollars.
What are the chances Democrats will gladly change all states to open primaries? Then ask what are the chances independents will gladly vote for Clinton in November.
Democrats want independents to vote for them, but NOT in the primaries.
Bill Maher And Bernie Sanders Take Down ‘Chicken’ Donald Trump. [297] [298] . Presidents have too much power. Canada elects a prime minister who can be removed by a majority vote . In the USA Republicans and Democrats are often closed political cults. Wikipedia: Results of the Democratic presidential primaries, 2016 . Many Democrat primaries lock out independents.
Info: [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] .
Gallup poll: Majority in U.S. Support Single Payer Healthcare . As do doctors . [299] . And: Polling shows the majority of Americans agree with Bernie Sander's views: Single payer healthcare (which costs less per person ), income inequality, progressive taxation (it does not increase total taxes; it assigns higher and lower tax rates depending on income), minimum wage, cannabis reform [300] . See Wikipedia: List of countries by total health expenditure per capita .
Women who smoke weed are smarter than those who don’t.
Republicans block drug law reform unless their criminal friends allowed to thwart environmental and business regulation . And: E-cigarettes should be offered to smokers, say doctors - BBC News . [301] .
Happy 4/20! NORML Unveils Our 2016 Congressional Scorecard . And: A or F? How Congress scores on marijuana . Grading based upon members' 2015 voting records.
USA: "Of the 233 Democrats in Congress, 208 members (89.3 percent) received a passing grade of a 'C' or higher. Of the 302 Republicans in Congress, 102 members (33.8 percent) received a passing grade of a 'C' or higher."
Will 2018 midterm elections remove Republicans? 2016-18 ballot issues: marijuana minimum wage.
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