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Jonik | 07.07.2009
Until we see the war on tobacco as an extension of the war on drugs, and the corporate war on natural anything, some seriously unjust and harmful laws will continue to rain down on everyone. The public has until Sept. 29 to submit Public Comments on the FDA's "tobacco regulation" law. See: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/fda_seeks_comment_on_tobacco_l.html Also: Go here to comment...and to click on an icon to see the whole law: You have to see it for yourself to believe it.
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David A. Love | 04.09.2009
The time seems ripe to change America’s attitudes towards the criminalization of drugs, and the behemoth prison system which grows from current drug policy and feeds on society. The failed war on drugs has created a 1200% increase in drug incarceration rates since 1980 (from 41,000 people incarcerated to over 500,000), and has disproportionately hurt African Americans. Further, a significant percentage of those who are locked up have no history of violence or high-level drug activity. Our House is on Fire, Part 4: U.S. Drug Policy has Gone to Pot
By David A. Love, BlackCommentator.com
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Concerned citizens of irc.indymedia.org | 07.05.2008
In order to understand the "rescue operation" of Ingrid Betancourt and the Northrop Grumman Corporation mercenaries who were released with her, it is necessary to piece together articles published in the media, filter the content and out of this is formed a true understanding of the facts of what happened here. The Real Operation to "Rescue" Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries
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