
Posted on November 10, 2018 by guest-post

BY BEN SWANN, TRUTH IN MEDIA | The FDA has failed to convince the DEA to schedule Kratom as a Schedule 1 drugs so instead, they are employing a strategy to ban it state by state and the State of Ohio is leading the charge. But once again, the claims being made as justification for ...
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Posted on January 1, 2017 by guest-post

By: Ron Nixon, New York Times | WASHINGTON — In 2012, Joohoon David Lee, a federal Homeland Security agent in Los Angeles, was assigned to investigate the case of a Korean businessman accused of sex trafficking. Instead of carrying out a thorough inquiry, Lee solicited and received about $13,000 in bribes and other gifts from ...
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Posted on December 21, 2016 by mfreeman

A CBD ban appears to have been put in place by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), an agency of the US Government. A few days ago on their website, they posted a notice that they had made a “new rule“, effective Dec. 14th 2016, to classify “marihuana” (their antiquated spelling, not mine) as a schedule 1 ...
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Posted on December 10, 2016 by daisy-luther

EDITOR’S NOTE: Did you know that there is a safe, effective, non-addictive natural remedy for chronic pain? No? There’s a reason you didn’t know. The DEA is busy trying to ban it. Kratom is an herbal remedy that is already illegal in several states, and if the DEA has its way, will be considered a ...
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Posted on July 13, 2015 by the-sleuth-journal

By: Carey Wedler | AntiMedia – Leaked emails from an Italian-based hacking company reveal that government agencies engage in surveillance more invasive than previously thought, spending millions of dollars on spyware and malware software to accomplish their questionable goals. Tellingly, their use of the product places them squarely in the same category as other repressive ...
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Posted on August 15, 2013 by the-sleuth-journal

The existence of an IRS manual that detailed a program used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been revealed. The manual funneled tips to federal agents and then instructed them on how to scrub the investigative trail clean. Reuters reports: A 350-word entry in the Internal Revenue Manual instructed agents of the U.S. tax ...
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Posted on April 11, 2013 by wblanks

Merle Temple was interviewed this week about his debut novel, A Ghostly Shade of Pale, which is currently being pitched as a movie in Hollywood. A crime story and mystery as literature set in the South, it explores the America of the 1970s— the cultural mores, cynicism, and excesses of a bygone era, framed against ...
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Posted on March 19, 2013 by wblanks

The global drug war is arguably America’s longest armed conflict, declared 42 years ago and still raging at a pace that would startle many citizens. It is waged daily, on farmland and streets from Colombia to Mexico to Detroit. It has put millions of people behind bars, and has dramatically influenced our culture and worldview. ...
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Posted on February 18, 2013 by wblanks

The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to access private prescription records of patients in Oregon without a warrant, despite a state law forbidding it from doing so. The ACLU and its Oregon affiliate are challenging this practice in a new case that raises the question of whether the Fourth Amendment allows federal law enforcement agents ...
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Posted on January 24, 2013 by wblanks

The war on drugs is America’s longest war. It has been 40-plus years since Nixon launched our modern “war on drugs” and yet drugs are as plentiful as ever. While the idea we can have a “drug free society” is laughable, the disastrous consequences of our drug war are dead serious. While it might not ...
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Posted on January 17, 2013 by wblanks

Most people can’t resist getting the details on the latest conspiracy theories, no matter how far-fetched they may seem. At the same time, many people quickly denounce any conspiracy theory as untrue … and sometimes as unpatriotic or just plain ridiculous. Lets not forget all of the thousands of conspiracies out of Wall Street like ...
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Posted on December 17, 2012 by wblanks

The Feds are at it again. Their relentless attempt to shut down the largest medical marijuana shop in the world, Harborside Health Center, continues. After losing a recent court judgement that said they couldn’t evict Harborside under federal forfeiture, the Feds are now making the argument that the state and city cannot stand in their ...
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Posted on December 16, 2012 by wblanks

Colorado and Washington pot smokers are lighting up in celebration after having achieved a stunning decriminalization victory at the ballot box. Inhale while you can, my brothers and sisters, because Obama is already plotting how to re-criminalize your swag and nullify states’ rights. Marijuana decriminalization, you see, was a states’ rights victory that more or ...
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Posted on December 16, 2012 by wblanks

Narrated by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman, “Breaking the Taboo” is produced by Sam Branson’s indie Sundog Pictures and Brazilian co-production partner Spray Filmes and was directed by Cosmo Feilding Mellen and Fernando Grostein Andrade. Featuring interviews with several current or former presidents from around the world, such as Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, the ...
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Posted on November 27, 2012 by wblanks

Twenty days ago, voters in Colorado and Washington legalized the sale and use of recreational marijuana. Since then, prosecutors in both states have dropped misdeamonor pot charges against hundreds of offenders; legislators in Maine, Rhode Island, and Mexico have said they’ll introduce marijuana legalization bills in the coming months. Dozens of members of Congress have ...
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