Chavez, believing that the DEA is spying on him, has kicked them out of Venezuela:
Chavez, who regularly accuses the U.S. government of plotting against him, said ”the DEA isn’t absolutely necessary for the fight against drug trafficking.”
To bad he didn’t do it because he was ending Venezuela’s involvement in the broken drug prohibition. There are a lot of other countries that would be better off if they also kicked the DEA out.
Via Talkleft.
Apparently governor carcieri vetoed overwhelmingly approved legislation to legalize medical marijuana. Hopefully the leg critters hold their ground!
Talkleft has details.
I’m not sure why this is being reported as something new as these vaporizors (R) have been available for quite a few years:
The biggest hit on the medical marijuana scene could soon be a high-tech gizmo that lets people inhale the drug but skip the smoke.
The device is a marijuana vaporizer. One version looks like a metallic volcano and sells for more than $500. Its creator calls it “the Mercedes-Benz of vaporizers.”
By heating marijuana to a point where vapors are formed but before combustion, a vaporizer is free of many of the toxins found in marijuana smoke, advocates say.
“You don’t have the harshness you get from smoking, no next-morning cough, no shortness of breath,” said Kathy Gagne, a 56-year-old Oakland resident who began vaporizing marijuana five years ago to treat her depression.
These are probably pretty popular with the non-cigarette smoking ganja users and as you can see at this California Norml information page there are a wide variety of vaporizers available.
The drug terrorists in action again:
Lawndale residents were on edge and Chicago police on alert Tuesday afternoon after a police officer shot a 17-year-old youth in what authorities described as an undercover drug bust gone awry.
As dozens of uniformed officers and detectives combed the crime scene in the 1800 block of South Harding Avenue, more than 75 people gathered around, many angrily protesting the shooting and shouting obscenities.
The shooting unfolded around 11:40 a.m., when an undercover officer, a member of the narcotics and gang division, attempted to make a drug buy from an unidentified 17-year-old male, Chicago police spokesman Pat Camden said.
The teen and another male signaled to the police officer that a deal would be made, Camden said. The pair led the officer to a narrow vacant lot between two houses on South Harding.
Before the transaction could be made, the youth allegedly displayed a handgun and told the officer to turn over his money, Camden said. The officer obliged, Camden said, and handed over a series of bills that had been marked by police.
Sure, the kid may have deserved being taken down for the alleged attempted theft. However, the undercover officer terrorist was attempting to entrap the victim in order to enforce unjust and immoral legislation. When those who are charged with protecting us interfer in the non-fraudulant exchange of goods and services amongst free people it time to hire someone else.
Barry Campbell has opened up Compassionate Use:
Tracking the effort to create legal, medical and social justice for sick folks and their caregivers in the United States.
Link up, check in regularly and petition your congress critters, state legislators, county and city politicians to support medical marijuana use now and to work toward ending state terrorism and the war on drugs.
Via The Oubliette.