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Eric Holder Suggested As Speaker for DPA Conference

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for the Drug Policy Alliance Panel Proposal  for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference; November 18-21, 2015 : Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 Eric Holder Esq. Covington & Burling One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956                                                                                                                     ...

Eric Holder Returns to Covington & Burling

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the man who had the power to re-schedule drugs under the CSA returns to his law firm Covington & Burling https://www.cov.com/en/news/2015/07/former-us-attorney-general-eric-holder-returns-to-covington Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Returns to Covington 7/6/2015 WASHINGTON, DC, July 6, 2015 — Former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. , is returning to Covington as a partner after more than six years of service as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Mr. Holder will be resident in the firm’s Washington office and focus on complex investigations and litigation matters, including matters that are international in scope and raise significant regulatory enforcement issues and substantial reputational concerns. “It is a source of great pride to welcome Eric back to the firm after his distinguished service as attorney general,” said  Timothy Hester , chair of the firm’s management committee. “Eric’s entire private practice career has been as a Covington par...

Cannabis Oil Supressed via Pharma (cigarette) drug war

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Cannabis Oil shown to Cure Cancer Please see this link to see 'Run from the Cure' about the use of Cannabis Oil to cure Cancer http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/5169.html Father talking about his son's suffering alievated by Cannabis Oil Stephen DeAngelo talks about the Obama Adminstration's Eric Holder's criminal actions against Harborside Dispensary . PROTEST the OBAMA FUNDRAISER - JULY 23, 2012 http://www.harborsidehealthcenter.com/

July 4- Seize The Day!

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43rd annual July 4th Smoke In - A Movement  Stalled Since Summer 1971 EVENT WEBSITE: http://www.smoke-in.org/mj/ RALLY with SPEAKERS at NOON to 3 PM Lafayette Park north side of the White House MARCH 3 PM to 4:20 PM to Constitution and 23rd CONCERT with SPEAKERS at recreation field at Constitution and 23rd just to the north of the Lincoln Memorial from 4 PM to 9PM - I shall be at this entire event with other drug legalization activists This is the annual July 4th Smoke In to Legalize Marijuana , in Washington D.C.at Lafayette Park immediately north of the White House, held every year since 1971. Held annually on July 4th in Washington, D.C. for the past 43 years, this rally, march and concert is one of the oldest demonstrations advocating drug policy reform in the United States. The Smoke-In has undergone several changes since being created out of the BE-IN era of political movements. During it's history elected politicians in Washington DC have tended to view...

Newsweek - On Covington & Burling/ Eric Holder

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Why Can't OBAMA Bring WALL STREET To Justice? May 14, 2012 excerpt Obama delivered heated rhetoric, but his actions signaled different prioities.  Had Obama wanted to strike real fear in the hearts of bankers, he might have appointed former special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald or some other fire-breatheras his attorney general.  instead, he chose Eric Holder, a former Clinton Justice official who, after a career in government, joined the Washington, joined the Washington office of Covington & Burling , a top-tier law firm with an elite white collar defense unit.  The move to Covington, and back to Justice, is an example of Washington's revolving door ritual, which, for Holder, has been lucretive- he pulled in $2.1 million as a Covington partner in 2008, and $2.5 million (including deferred compensation when he left the firm in 2009.) Putting a Covington partner- he spent nearly a decade at the firm- in charge of Justice may have sent a signal to the financial communi...

ex-Covington & Burling Pharma Attorney With the Keys to the CSA

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With all of the bs criminal federal 'crack'down on medical marijuana, people are going to wonder about the connection With the Controlled Substances Act granting so much power to the USAG, we can say the CSA thus so empowers a recent former Covington & Burling attorney who has represented big pharma Yes, You Are Missing Something by Tony Aroma, April 03, 2012, 05:44pm It's called the Controlled Substances Act. It gives the power to schedule and reschedule controlled substances to the Attorney General (appointed, not elected), NOT Congress. The AG is part of the executive branch, meaning he (in theory) answers to the president. With a simple executive memo, the president could "encourage" the AG to reconsider marijuana as a schedule 1 substance. Really, that's all it should take. In reality, the AG has delegated the responsibility for scheduling controlled substances to the DEA. In other words, not only are non-elected DEA ...