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Missing from the DPA Conference

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http://www.reformconference.org/program NO Panels on Coca, Opium nor Ibogaine nor any plants other than Marijuana NO Panels on how the drug war encourage more dangerous drug forms and how that was done to protect the most dangerous drug of all NO Panels on History- even at this final conference before next year's 100 anniversary of the infamous 1914 Co n gress Harrison Narcotics Act Nor anything regarding the Drug Policy Foundation-Alliance connection with Covington & Burling - perhaps the largest Washington D.C. law firm representative of big Tobacco and Pharma. Nor any indication yet of any scheduled appearance by their pharmaceutical industry attorney 'assigned primary responsibility for advising the [DP] foundation' - Marialuisa S. Gallozzi , nor any other such persons, regarding the Covington Tobacco-pharma influence over the direction of groups as the Drug Policy Foundation/now Alliance . Suggested blog labels "Covington & Burling", "Drug Polic

Jesuit Gov to Keep Simple Drug Possession as "Felony"

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The Continual Abuse of the Term "Felon" Jerry Brown Vetoes California "Defelonization" Bill by Phillip Smith , October 15, 2013, 07:10pm Posted in: Alternatives to Incarceration Defelonization Law Enforcement News Feature Public Opinion Spending Priorities State & Local Executive Branches State & Local Legislatures California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) Saturday vetoed a bill that would have allowed prosecutors or judges to charge simple drug possession as a misdemeanor instead of a felony. The bill would have made drug possession a "wobbler," meaning it could be charged either way, based on judicial or prosecutorial discretion. overcrowded California prison (supremecourtus.gov)   Some 10,000 people are convicted of drug possession felonies each year in California, and experts estimated that, under the bill, 15% to 30% of them would have been charged instead with misdemeanors. The exact number

Make Cannabis Oil Available to Cancer Patients

A Petition: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Make_cannabis_oil_available_to_all_cancer_patients_as_a_treatment_option/?fbdm We ask you to help explore a genuine and proven medicine and it's potential as a cancer treatment and potential cure. Cannabis has more than enough clinical evidence supporting both it's safety and efficacy as a cancer treatment, and while the full extent of it's cancer killing potential has yet to be fully explored, this petition could be help to change that shameful situation and save a lot of lives in the process. Why this is important Despite government and UN stance regarding cannabis as an illegal narcotic; it is now an established fact that cannabis is a safe and effective medicine, supported by a very large body of evidence and further supported by patent filed by the US government, 6630507, and while an outright cancer curing ability for all t