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Category: News Archive

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09.052011May 9, 2011

American Express cancels card acceptance for “medical” marijuana

By WFADIn News Archive

American Express has decided to not allow credit card acceptance for medical marijuana purchases. When will Master Card, Discover Card...

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09.052011May 9, 2011

Liabilities of ”medical” marijuana

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What are the federal, criminal and civil and other liabilities of ”medical” marijuana dispensaries and physicians, state government employees, landlords...

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09.052011May 9, 2011

Tolerance a recipe for drug misery

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In an article in The Sydney Morning Herald today Paul Sheehan tells the story about Stathi Katsidis who lived faster...

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08.052011May 8, 2011

Federal crackdown confounds States that allow medical marijuana

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In an article in The New York Times, New Federal Crackdown Confounds States That Allow Medical Marijuana, it is made...

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06.052011May 6, 2011

State House snuffs out medical marijuana bill

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A pilot program to legalize marijuana for medicinal use failed Thursday in the Illinois House amid worries it could lead...

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04.052011May 4, 2011

Several U.S. States reassess ”medical” marijuana laws

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USA Today reports that several U.S. states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after stern warnings from the federal...

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04.052011May 4, 2011

“Teaching” adolescents to drink alcohol is not a very good idea

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Teaching adolescents to drink alcohol under adult supervision does not appear to teach responsible drinking as teens get older. In...

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04.052011May 4, 2011

Drug trafficking and kidnapping fund al Qaeda

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CNN has published an interesting article by Rachel Ehrenfeld, who is a U.S. terror finance scholar and author of “Funding...

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04.052011May 4, 2011

Scientists working on vaccines to combat addiction

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The Wall Street Journal reports that scientists are working to develop new vaccines to fight drug addiction – vaccines that...

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04.052011May 4, 2011

Europol Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2011

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Organised crime is changing and becoming increasingly diverse in its methods, group structures, and impact on society, reveals Europol’s 2011...

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