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Nick Clegg frustrated by Tories' attitude to drug laws

Nick Clegg frustrated by Tories' attitude to drug laws | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Deputy prime minister says Lib Dems' coalition partners are blocking efforts at reform
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Aerosmith praises Uruguayan president’s marijuana legalization efforts, work with poor

Aerosmith praises Uruguayan president’s marijuana legalization efforts, work with poor | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
American hard-rock band, Aerosmith, which is in Uruguay for a concert at Montevideo’s main Centenario stadium Wednesday night, praised Uruguayan…
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Teen Dies After Taking 'Acid'

Teen Dies After Taking 'Acid' | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
They call it "acid" -- but it's not what you think. And that confusion may have cost a young Missouri student his life.
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October 11, 2013 11:13 AM
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English Lit Scholars: Poetry Acts Like Music In Their Brains

English Lit Scholars: Poetry Acts Like Music In Their Brains | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
A group at the University of Exeter used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology on the brains of 13 volunteers, all faculty members and graduate students in English at the school, to see how they respond to poetry and prose - and ...
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TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
TSA agents say they do not screen specifically for drugs, and may let you board your plane with small amounts of pot.
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Ludlow residents approve temporary moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries

Ludlow residents approve temporary moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Residents also approved an article to license pawnbrokers and buyers and sellers of gold.
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NEW YORK - Global Orphan Drugs Industry

NEW YORK - Global Orphan Drugs Industry | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
/PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
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Opinion: The war on drugs is a costly fiasco - Sir Richard Branson

Opinion: The war on drugs is a costly fiasco - Sir Richard Branson | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
As the eyes of the world watch the U.S. government shutdown, leaving as many as 800,000 of its employees without pay, I find myself dumbstruck that one of the agencies that is still showing up for work is the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Niles officials considering rules on medical marijuana

Niles officials considering rules on medical marijuana | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Despite what some called the "slim" chance of needing them, Niles officials soon may consider rules on where to allow the growth or distribution of medical marijuana in the village.
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Progress in Illinois...

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Milton Friedman - Why Drugs Should Be Legalized ( 8 mins VIDEO)

Milton Friedman puts forward a compelling case for the legalization of drugs More videos and information on issues of liberty is available at http://www.Libe...
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Joint venture: Medical marijuana entrepreneurs seek out unusual backers

Joint venture: Medical marijuana entrepreneurs seek out unusual backers | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Shut out of traditional bank loans, budding entrepreneurs who want to sell medical marijuana in Massachusetts have been forced to get seed money f
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Moratoriums in communities stymie medical marijuana shops in Massachusetts

Moratoriums in communities stymie medical marijuana shops in Massachusetts | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Local approval is critical for a medical marijuana applicant.
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The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Why the war on drugs can't overcome the economic incentives of the black market
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Mobile health services for 1000 Moscow drug users

Mobile health services for 1000 Moscow drug users | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Beckley Foundation's insight:

At Beckley we encourage states to implement harm reduction programmes, which prioritise health and human rights over criminalising drug use. 

In most countries, sufficient harm reduction programmes are unavailable for the majority of individuals that require them, resulting in preventable illness, suffering and death. 

Read more about harm reduction here: 

http://www.ihra.net/what-is-harm-reduction

The Andrey Rylkov Foundation has plans to bring harm reduction to the streets of Moscow, where it is desperately needed. As the only project of its kind in Moscow, they plan to do their bit to tackle Russia’s fast growing problem with the spread of HIV and hepatitis between injecting drug users. 

See what you can do to help bring “lifesaving health services to 1000 young disadvantaged drug users on the streets of Moscow” here: 

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/moscow-health-for-1000-drug-users/

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Human Rights and drug policy - Drug Law Reform in Latin America

Human Rights and drug policy - Drug Law Reform in Latin America | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Human Rights and drug policy - Drug Law Reform in Latin America
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Can we get our heads around consciousness? – Michael Hanlon – Aeon

Can we get our heads around consciousness? – Michael Hanlon – Aeon | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Consciousness is the greatest, most troubling mystery in science. Don’t believe the hype: the Hard Problem is here to stay
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Bedside scan can show embers of consciousness in comas

Bedside scan can show embers of consciousness in comas | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
A simple scan reveals when a brain is processing information consciously, telling minimally conscious people apart from those in a vegetative state
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Sir Richard Branson And Senator Sheldon Whitehouse To Discuss Drug Policy Reform

Sir Richard Branson And Senator Sheldon Whitehouse To Discuss Drug Policy Reform | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
The discussion will feature Virgin Founder Sir Richard Branson, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI], Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance and A.T. Wall, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections.
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NZ's bold drug experiment

NZ's bold drug experiment | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
NZ has undertaken first genuinely scientific approach to recreational drug use.
Julian Buchanan's comment, October 10, 2013 5:18 PM
Regulation is the way forward - but drug policy here in New Zealand is shifting towards abstinence and intolerance not harm reduction, so you need to take a closer look at this model of NZ Regulation. Once a legal high becomes 'unapproved' then it is subject to prohibition and punishment. More detail on the issue here: http://sco.lt/5PQdFZ
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GlaxoSmithKline India hit by drop in bulk orders - Business Today - Business News

GlaxoSmithKline India hit by drop in bulk orders - Business Today - Business News | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
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New minister clarifies drugs stance after cannabis comments resurface

New minister clarifies drugs stance after cannabis comments resurface | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Lib Dem drugs minister Norman Baker said in 2001 that cannabis was no more harmful than alcohol or tobacco
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Wyoming’s medical marijuana ban to be argued before Michigan Supreme Court this week

Wyoming’s medical marijuana ban to be argued before Michigan Supreme Court this week | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Ter Beek V. City of Wyoming is among the first cases that will be considered by the court in its new term and it has until July 31 to issue it decision.
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Noam Chomsky - On Social Cleansing, the 'war on drugs', Marijuana and prohibition

.. chemical warfare, and oppressing+imprisoning the "dangerous classes" - in the guise of the (so-called) "War On Drugs"; excerpt from "Hosting the Stranger:...
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Canadian pot growers eyeing medical marijuana free market

Canadian pot growers eyeing medical marijuana free market | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Now that the federal government has opened up the production of medical marijuana to the free market, scores of entrepreneurs have begun the race to vie for a piece of the billion-dollar pie in this new commercial industry.
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Medical Marijuana Applicants Get Green Light from State for Phase 2

Medical Marijuana Applicants Get Green Light from State for Phase 2 | Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana | Scoop.it
Thirteen of the original seventeen applicants to become medical marijuana providers in Plymouth County have been "invited" to Phase 2 of the state app
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