NEW YORK (AP) — A study of casual marijuana smokers has turned up evidence of changes in the brain, a possible sign of trouble ahead, researchers say. The young adults who volunteered for the study were not dependent on pot, nor did they show any marijuana-related problems. “What we think we are seeing here is […]
(CNSNews.com) – The D.C. City Council voted Tuesday to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, making possession an ounce or less of the drug a civil offense punishable by a fine of $25. Councilmember Tommy Wells, the bill’s lead sponsor, called the vote “a victory for social justice and a major step for the nation’s capital.” […]
Getty Images If a teenager spends a year in jail for dealing drugs, it is in nobody’s interest for that sentence to become a life sentence to poverty. Despite that, if you commit a crime your chances of rising up the economic ladder are slim. According to Pew, incarceration causes, “lifelong damage to the ability […]
Former DEA administrator Peter Bensinger is like a lonely voice crying out in the wilderness – an anti-drug crusader who served three American presidents, now battling the perils of pot at a time when legalization is all the rage. “I think it’s a disaster,” he told “Power Players” of the rapid growth in sales of […]
An ongoing federal investigation is raising questions about the Colorado marijuana industry’s ties to illegal drug operations and the open borders. Widespread raids on Nov. 21 targeted more than a dozen dispensaries, warehouses, homes and grow operations. Federal Agents are gathering evidence to prove violent Colombian drug cartels are coming to the state through the […]
In Vancouver, Canada, cigarette machines are banned, but crack pipe vending machines are okay. Portland Hotel Society’s Drug Users Resource Centre (DURC) is the nonprofit group backing these vending machines in Vancouver and its director Kailin See said, “For us, this was about increasing access to safer inhalation supplies in the Downtown Eastside.” The Downtown Eastside […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Credit: Sharkpixs/ZUMApress/Newscom) Hundreds of thousands of people will make their way to nation’s capital for the 41st annual March for Life this week. New Yorkers plan to use the occasion to criticize Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), whose controversial comments about pro-lifers have set off a firestorm. Last week, Cuomo attacked “extreme conservatives” […]
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor really knows how to ring in the New Year. Just hours before the countdown to 2014 in Times Square, she granted the Little Sisters of the Poor an eleventh-hour temporary halt to a coercive Obamacare mandate. The Obama Administration has until 10 a.m. Friday to respond to the stay. Without […]
After all manner of campaigns against smoking, it turns out that civil society has some sway in the matter. A recent Gallup poll found that regular church attendees are three times less likely to pick up a cigarette. While the group that has the highest concentration of smokers—young, single men—is also the least likely to […]
August 1, 2013 14:41 by Pesach Benson According to Arab media reports, Hezbollah has a series of Lebanese front companies dealing in counterfeit medicine. The Jerusalem Post picked up on the story: This international business in counterfeit medicine “facilitates the group’s terrorist operations,” the report stated, and includes Iranian citizens. The group exploits the free […]
