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Tools of the Early Narcs
From Dale Gieringer 9/23/20: This photo was e-mailed to me by the DEA Museum, which is currently closed for the flu. It shows the weaponry that was issued to the first federal narcotics enforcement agents in 1915: a Thompson...
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Nobody Wins a War Anymore
“The notion that somebody or some country wins a war is bogus. The U.S. hasn’t won a war in...
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Continuing the memo that awaited District Attorney Hallinan when he got back from a week’s vacation on August 12, 2000. TTH stands for Terence Tyrone Hallinan. He was named after the great Roman playwright who had been...
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Dependency and Cannabis by Tod Mikuriya, MD
This paper was written by Dr. Mikuriya in October ’99 with O’Shaughnessy’s in...
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Canvassing and Caucusing
Volunteers who have been canvassing door-to-door for Democratic presidential candidates might not...
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Opioid Deaths Rise When Auto Plants Close
“Deaths of despair” is an accurate characterization of most fatal opioid overdoses...
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The Humiliation of Clifford Robinson
The facts, as stated by the AP May 12, 2006: “New Jersey forward Clifford Robinson was...
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Generals Grant and Lee Agreed on ‘Hasheesh Candy’
And so did “Jews and Arabians!” Vancouver-based hemp historian Chris Bennett has...
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Feds can end Drug Patent Monopolies
Economist Dean Baker’s first impression of Elizabeth Warren’s transition plan for...
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Tom Voss on Moral Injury
A letter To the Editor of the New York Times November 10, 2019: In “Suicide Is Deadlier Than...
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Armed Forces’ suicide rate keeps rising
“Suicide Has Been Deadlier Than Combat for the Military,” a November 2 op-ed by Carol...
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Stopping Soda Sales led to Slimmer Staff at UCSF
Banning the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages at UCSF resulted in belt-tightening by employees...
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