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Manipulating Highly-Educated Doctors
Pharmaceutical Payola — Drug Marketing to Doctorsby Robert Weissman / May 17, 2008 Last week, a Congressional committee properly raked Big Pharma over the coals for misleading advertising of pharmaceuticals. A hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight … Continue reading
The Mission in Afghanistan: Poppy Protection?
Marines Stuck Protecting Opium in HelmandBy Barnett Rubin / May 8, 2008 An AP story quoting me about the deployment of U.S. Marines to Garmser District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan is making the rounds on the Internets, and mostly being misinterpreted … Continue reading
J. Gilles : Medical Means Toxic
Public health and the pharmaceutical mythBy Janet Gilles / May 11, 2008 / The Rag Blog Onward with the lesson that medical means toxic, the FDA cannot approve a drug without establishing the level at which it will kill half … Continue reading
Ecuador: "We All Want National Sovereignty"
U.S. Base Is No Longer Welcome in Ecuadorby Jim Wyss / May 5, 2008 MANTA, Ecuador – Mayor Jorge Zambrano pulled up to the Manta City Hall in his black Ford Explorer, expecting to find a rally in support of … Continue reading
Hope This Makes You Breathe Easier
The Greatest Story Never Told: Study Says Smoking Pot Doesn’t Cause Cancer — It May Prevent It!By Fred Gardner / May 4, 2008 Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause CancerOf Lung or Upper Airways, Tashkin Finds;Data Suggest Possible Protective Effect The … Continue reading
Albert Hofman, Who Took Hundreds of Trips, 1906-2008
Dr. Hofmann, date unknown, with a chemical model of LSD.Photo by Novartis, Getty ImagesAlbert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102By Craig S. Smith / April 30, 2008 PARIS — Albert Hofmann, the mystical Swiss chemist who gave the … Continue reading
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10,000 Smoke Pot on Colorado Quad
Students pack Norlin Quad on the University of Colorado campus to smoke marijuana and celebrate “4-20” on April 20, 2008. Every year, students gather to smoke, despite past attempts by police to control the crowds. Photo By Kasia Broussalian.CU’s 4/20 … Continue reading
The Clinton-Colombia Connection : It Goes Back a Long Way
Bill Clinton and Columbian President Alvaro Uribe Valez at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Columbia : Coffee, Cocaine and ClintonBy Arianna Huffington A week ago, if you’d asked most people to say the first … Continue reading
Plan Colombia / Plan Uribe
From a foreign correspondent: “The memory of the American public is short or maybe they never pay any attention to begin with. I guess I paid attention because I was there, during the Plan Colombia to Plan Uribe transition. And … Continue reading
A Case of Great Respect for Privacy Rights
Notice the lawyer’s name — could he be related to our own Red-Headed Stranger?? Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog Search and Seizure: Vermont Supreme Court Throws Out Marijuana Conviction Based on Warrantless Aerial Surveillancefrom Drug War Chronicle, Issue #530 … Continue reading
Physician, Heal Thyself
Former Surgeon General: Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical MarijuanaBy Dr. Jocelyn Elders / AlterNet / March 26, 2008 A historic document from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians certifies the medical value of marijuana. One of America’s largest and most … Continue reading
Hot Shots and Classic Takes
Willie Nelson and John Belushi. Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski / The Rag Blog
