The US federal government has owned a patent on medical marijuana for over a decade. Despite the existence of patent 6630507, nationwide cannabis arrests continue to climb.
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From anti-pot crusader to drug war whistleblower—a former DEA mouthpiece speaks out against prohibition.
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Rules of the experiment: No credit or debit card, just the cash remaining in my wallet, which was $40. I left my cell phone, billfold, and keys with our editorial administrator, who had sworn to honor a strange request: Under no circumstances was he to relinquish my wares, no matter how much I complained or what kind of bizarre, hunger-induced threats I spat in his direction should he run into me on the street.
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In many ways, the MoA is a distillation of America itself. Many of our nation's idiosyncrasies—both good and bad—can be observed the moment you step inside its hallowed halls: our preoccupation with jaw-gaping enormity, our irrepressible capitalist spirit, our cultural diversity, our insistence on wearing jorts even in mid-November.
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The FBI sought informants to show up at "vegan potlucks" throughout the Twin Cities and collect intelligence on anti-war activists.
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As has been the case with other mind-expanding substances, the inability and unwillingness to differentiate between "psychedelically potent" and "socially dangerous" has spawned quixotic efforts to dispose of a natural plant via government prohibition.
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