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DEA faces federal lawsuit for blocking marijuana research
Researchers hoping to study the medical benefits of marijuana are taking the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to federal court for blocking access to the plant. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has received free legal representation in a lawsuit against the DEA over a license to grow marijuana for…
DEA refuses to reclassify marijuana, claims it has no medicinal value
The Drug Enforcement Administration has ruled marijuana should remain classified as a dangerous drug like heroin because studies have not confirmed its medicinal value, but the agency may itself be to blame for the lack of evidence. The DEA denied a 9-year-old petition to initiate proceedings to reschedule marijuana in…
ACLU: DEA’s politics are keeping cannabis-based medicines off shelves
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) does not commonly take an active role in matters pertaining to the drug war, but in the case of Dr. Lyle E. Craker, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, outspoken is certainly one way to describe their position. Craker’s name might sound familiar…
DEA to legalize marijuana only for ‘Big Pharma,’ NORML claims
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposal to reclassify the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana as a Schedule III substance would allow pharmaceutical companies to market the drug while still penalizing common recreational use, according to marijuana law reform advocates. The main psychoactive chemical in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is currently a…
Senator moves to ban drug sold under bath salts guise
NEW YORK – Two drugs that produce a “meth-like” high and are being sold under the guise of “bath salts” would be banned as federally controlled substances under a bill unveiled on Sunday by Senator Charles Schumer. “These so-called bath salts contain ingredients that are nothing more than legally sanctioned…
Australian police compiled ‘hit lists’ of Afghan drug runners, cable reportedly shows
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are banned from contributing to military operations, yet they helped to compile “hit lists” of drug traffickers in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a leaked US diplomatic cable reportedly revealed. The document was provided exclusively to The Sydney Morning Herald by secrets outlet WikiLeaks. They…
FBI warned years in advance of Mumbai attacker’s terror ties
NBC news reports that US officials were warned not once but twice about a US businessman who was planning to launch terrorist attacks against targets in Mumbai. But unlike the first warning, the second was never passed on to the FBI. The second warning, which came from David Coleman Headley’s…
Holder: US will enforce marijuana laws despite how Californians may vote
Less than three weeks before California voters hit the polls, the Justice Department issued a preemptive message concerning a ballot measure making worldwide headlines. “Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government will enforce its marijuana laws in California even if the state’s voters approve a ballot measure to legalize…
DEA: Clean out your medicine cabinets Saturday
As prescription drug abuse climbs, DEA offers locations to dump unwanted medicine Saturday Tim Strain was a victim of prescription drugs, not an abuser. His girlfriend’s mother gave the 18-year-old additional pain medication for a serious burn, leading to a fatal overdose. Now his parents, Bernie and Beverly Strain, want…
‘Ebonics’ is back & the DEA needs nine linguists fluent in it
I thought this shite was dead and buried, and now here we have the resurrection of ‘Ebonics.’ You might recall that this was the nonsense perpetrated by “well-meaning people” in Oakland back in the 1990s to recognize the slang used in black neighborhoods as language or dialect. This has now…
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