Seattle's Pot-Smokers Inhale a New Freedom

Published December 9, 2012

Seattle's pot-smokers inhale a new freedom

Filed under: Drug Use Seattle

It prompted midnight celebrations from pot activists who say the war on drugs has failed. But as the dawn of … How do you ensure adults the freedom to use pot responsibly, or not so responsibly, while keeping it away from teenagers? From the News …
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Interdiction of drugs “hasn't worked”: Clinton

Filed under: Drug Use Seattle

“Well, obviously if the expected result was that we would eliminate serious drug use in America and eliminate the narcotrafficking networks — it hasn't worked.” Carter said that his administration, in the late 1970?s, tried to shift away from a …
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Rory MacDonald: B.J. Penn is fighting for the wrong reasons and will get hurt

Filed under: Drug Use Seattle

B.J. Penn has made veiled accusations of drug use against Kelowna's Rory MacDonald ahead of their Dec. 8 bout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP – Isaac Brekken. SEATTLE — A grim-faced Rory (Ares) MacDonald delivered a blunt message Wednesday.
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City of Stoners as Seattle gets high

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While voters in Washington and Colorado passed initiatives last month to allow recreational cannabis use for the first time, Massachusetts became the latest of 18 states (plus Washington DC) to permit the drug for medicinal use. Pro-cannabis advocates …
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