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Tag Archives: War on Drugs
What Country Is This? Forced Blood Draws, Cavity Searches and Colonoscopies
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to the whim … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Drug War, Militarization, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Alex Wubbels, Angel Dobbs, Biometrics, Charnesia Corley, civil liberties, David Eckert, drug war, Dystopia, Gerald Dickson, Leila Tarantino, Mary Clayton, police state, Rape By Cop, social control, State Crime, Strip Searches, US government, War on Drugs
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Profit Maximization is Easy: Invest in Violence
By Robert J. Burrowes For those of us committed to systematically reducing and, one day, ending human violence, it is vital to understand what is causing and driving it so that effective strategies can be developed for dealing with violence … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Drug War, Economics, Environment, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged Big Banks, Corporate Crime, culture, drug war, Economics, environment, Militarization, military-industrial complex, Morality, Non-Violence, Peace, Philosophy, police state, Police Violence, psychology, social control, society, State Crime, US Foreign Policy, Violence, war, War on Drugs, war profiteers
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Dear America: If You Want to Stop Racism, Tear Down the Drug War—Not Statues
We cannot change the future by trying to erase the past. Tearing down a statue is not a solution to racism — ending the drug war is. By Matt Agorist Source: The Free Thought Project On Monday, protesters — reacting … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil liberties, culture, divide and conquer, Drug War, History, Law, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged American History, civil rights, decriminalization, drug war, Government, Jim Crow Laws, legalization, Prohibition, racism, social control, State Crime, War on Drugs
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Policing for Profit: Jeff Sessions & Co.’s Thinly Veiled Plot to Rob Us Blind
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner. The typical … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Drug War, Dystopia, Law, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, Civil Asset Forfeiture, drug war, Dystopia, Forfeiture Laws, Jeff Sessions, Justice Department, Nonviolent Resistance, police state, policing for profit, State Crime, State Theft, Taxes, theft by cop, War on Drugs
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Saturday Matinee: Bringing Out the Dead
“Bringing Out the Dead” (1999) is the fourth collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader (and their most underrated). Based on a novel by Joe Connelly, the plot follows New York paramedic Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage), who’s on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Drug War, Film, Humor, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Bringing Out the Dead, Dark Comedy, drug war, Joe Connelly, Martin Scorsese, Nicolas Cage, Paul Schrader, War on Drugs
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New Study Reveals Why Cannabis is Still Illegal, Legal Pot DESTROYS Big Pharma Profits
As more and more people drop prescription drugs for medical cannabis, reports like this explain why Big Pharma is scrambling to keep prohibition in place. It also explains why the DEA has such close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. By … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Drug War, Economics, Health, Law, society, State Crime
Tagged Big Pharma, Cannabis, Corporate Crime, DEA, decriminalization, drug war, Harm Reduction, legalization, marijuana, Medical Cannabis, Medicinal Marijuana, Pharmaceuticals, Prohibition, Public Health, War on Drugs
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The War On Consciousness
By Graham Hancock Source: Body Mind Soul Spirit We are told that the “War on Drugs” is being waged, on our behalf, by our governments and their armed bureaucracies and police forces, to save us from ourselves. “Potential for abuse … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Drug War, History, police state, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Alcohol, Cannabis, Consciousness, decriminalization, drug war, drugs, Entheogens, Harm Reduction, legalization, neurodiveristy, Prohibition, Psychedelics, Public Health, Tobacco, Victimless Crimes, War on Drugs
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