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Charting a New Course on Illegal Drugs

Charting a New Course on Illegal Drugs

Jess Hunter-Bowman, Guest
Waking Times

After 40 years of failing to stem the drug trade, there’s a global conversation about new approaches.

As Manuel, a Colombian farmer, showed me his peppercorn crops ravaged by the defoliant sprayed in a futile effort to kill his neighbor’s drug crops, he explained why … More

June 19, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Opposition Escalates Over Faulty Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline

Opposition Escalates Over Faulty Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline

Stefanie Spear, Guest
Waking Times

“Enough is enough,” said Michael Bishop during our phone conversation Saturday morning after he found out TransCanada and its vendor, Michels, are planning to dig up buried pipe, part of the 485-mile southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, on his property in the east … More

June 18, 2013 | By | Reply More
Adam Kokesh, Former US Marine Corps Veteran, and Activist Calls for Open Source March This July 4th

Adam Kokesh, Former US Marine Corps Veteran, and Activist Calls for Open Source March This July 4th

Christina Sarich, Staff Writer
Waking Times

When former service men that have battled in Iraq start to encourage people to organize against the very same government that they once fought far, it gets some attention. Adam Kokesh, a once US Marine and veteran who has been organizing against the … More

June 12, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Costa Rican Environmentalist Pays Ultimate Price for His Dedication to Sea Turtles

Costa Rican Environmentalist Pays Ultimate Price for His Dedication to Sea Turtles

Jeremy Hance, Mongabay
Waking Times

On the evening of May 30th, 26-year-old Jairo Mora Sandoval was murdered on Moin beach near Limón, Costa Rica, the very stretch of sand where he courageously monitored sea turtle nests for years even as risks from poachers rose, including threats at gunpoint. A … More

June 10, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Federal Law: Every Living American Can Be Arrested Right Now for Felony Possession of Drugs Made in Their Own Brains

Federal Law: Every Living American Can Be Arrested Right Now for Felony Possession of Drugs Made in Their Own Brains

Mike Adams, Natural News
Waking Times

If you are reading this, you are guilty of felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance.

This is not a joke.

You, like everyone else who is alive and breathing, can be arrested right now by the U.S. federal government, charged with felony … More

June 1, 2013 | By | 8 Replies More
North Carolina Law Would Make It Illegal to Expose Monsanto

North Carolina Law Would Make It Illegal to Expose Monsanto

Will Potter, Green Is The New Red
Waking Times

Two million people in 52 countriesmarched against Monsanto last week in protest of genetically-modified food and in support of consumer choice. There’s international pressure on this GMO giant like never before.

But proposed legislation in North Carolina would make it … More

May 31, 2013 | By | 18 Replies More
Is Outrage Over the Monsanto Protection Act a Turning Point for the Food Movement?

Is Outrage Over the Monsanto Protection Act a Turning Point for the Food Movement?

Michele Simon, Guest
Waking Times 

In March, when I first wrote about how the biotech rider—called the Monsanto Protection Act by its vocal opponents—undercut the constitutional concept of separation of powers, it seemed hardly anyone (other than the usual advocacy groups) was paying attention. But then a lot of people … More

May 28, 2013 | By | 6 Replies More
In Defense of (Raw) Milk

In Defense of (Raw) Milk

Eleni Roumeliotou, Green Med Info
Waking Times

There is plenty of clinical and nutritional evidence that milk, this hailed “natural” drink, is the source of numerous immunological, gastrointestinal and perhaps neurological disorders. While it is important to acknowledge these facts, it is equally necessary to remember that the milk we More

May 24, 2013 | By | 6 Replies More
5 Monumental Actions Critical to Averting Global Environmental Crisis and Protecting the Biosphere

5 Monumental Actions Critical to Averting Global Environmental Crisis and Protecting the Biosphere

David Olson, Mongabay
Waking Times

Human-caused changes to our biosphere—the global total of the world’s ecosystems—are now so great and alarmingly rapid that human lives and societies undoubtedly face epic challenges in the near future as our biosphere deteriorates, planetary boundaries are reached, and tipping points exceeded. We may survive, … More

May 22, 2013 | By | 11 Replies More
Inefficiency of Privatizing – Outsourcing Prisons, Public Services, Education and Justice

Inefficiency of Privatizing – Outsourcing Prisons, Public Services, Education and Justice

Michael Thomas, Guest
Waking Times

Many nations, including the US, have taken to the idea of “privatisation”, which really means giving the ownership or responsibility of a certain service to a privately owned institution -corporation- instead of opting for a transparent representative or democratic control.

The argument most often given … More

May 20, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
The Other IRS Scandal: Outright War Against Marijuana Dispensaries

The Other IRS Scandal: Outright War Against Marijuana Dispensaries

Clarence Walker, AlterNet
Waking Times

“Should the IRS campaign be successful, it will … eliminate tens of thousands of well paying jobs, [and] destroy hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue.”

Dispensaries providing marijuana to doctor-approved patients operate in a number of states, but they are under assault by … More

May 18, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Tommy Chong Beats Prostate Cancer with Hemp Oil and Proper Diet

Tommy Chong Beats Prostate Cancer with Hemp Oil and Proper Diet

Waking Times

Last June, the famous comedian, actor and pro-marijuana legalization advocate, Tommy Chong, reported to the world that he had been diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer and that he was seeking unconventional treatment using Cannabis Oil. Almost one year later, Tommy is feeling better than ever and … More

May 15, 2013 | By | 18 Replies More
Hemp Could Free Us From Oil, Prevent Deforestation, Cure Cancer and It’s Environmentally Friendly – So Why Is It Illegal?

Hemp Could Free Us From Oil, Prevent Deforestation, Cure Cancer and It’s Environmentally Friendly – So Why Is It Illegal?

Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

Hemp is a tall, beautiful and gracious looking annual plant that can reach heights over twelve feet. Although hemp (cannabis sativa) and marijuana (cannabis sativa var. indica) come from a similar species of plant, they are very different and confusion … More

May 14, 2013 | By | 27 Replies More
Brave Mad World: The Control of Mind and Body

Brave Mad World: The Control of Mind and Body

Douglas Chapman, Strange Mag
Waking Times

People who believe they have been targeted by mind control technologies have often been met with skepticism or outright disbelief. However, recent revelations concerning very real ongoing scientific research by the government, coupled with technologies under development in the private sector, make it harder … More

May 7, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
The More Vaccines An Infant Receives In Its First Year, The Higher The Mortality Rate

The More Vaccines An Infant Receives In Its First Year, The Higher The Mortality Rate

Dave Mihalovic, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

How many babies have to die for Doctors to get it? Synergistic toxicity is a well-known phenomenon where the combination of toxic substances can be greater than the sum of its parts. Therefore, mixing two non-lethal levels of chemicals inside a vaccine can lead … More

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Still Believe Nature Got It Wrong? Top 10 Health Benefits of Marijuana

Still Believe Nature Got It Wrong? Top 10 Health Benefits of Marijuana

Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

There is no plant on Earth more condemned than marijuana. We’re talking about a living organism which governments have taken upon themselves to designate as an illegal substance. Despite no existing evidence of anyone ever dying of a marijuana overdose, possession of this plant … More

May 1, 2013 | By | 16 Replies More
First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Filming a Slaughterhouse From the Street

First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Filming a Slaughterhouse From the Street

Will Potter, Green Is The New Red
Waking Times

Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking Company in Draper City, Utah, and from the side of the road she could … More

April 29, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Duke Professor Suggests Simple Solution to Counter “Ag-Gag” Laws

Duke Professor Suggests Simple Solution to Counter “Ag-Gag” Laws

Waking Times

The old maxim that if you knew how sausage was made you would never eat it has been highlighted by many undercover videos taken by employees of factory farming operations and activists alike.In response, the industry has increasingly lobbied for “Ag-Gag” laws that criminalize whistleblowing and undercover investigations, … More

April 17, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Vermont House Approves Marijuana Decriminalization

Vermont House Approves Marijuana Decriminalization

Waking Times

The Vermont House of Representatives approved a bill 98-44 Friday that would decriminalize possession of limited amounts of marijuana. The bill is scheduled for another House vote next week before moving forward to the Senate.

Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn testified in … More

April 14, 2013 | By | 4 Replies More
Crude Business – 13 Spills in 30 Days

Crude Business – 13 Spills in 30 Days

Waking Times

Nationwide, protests against the Keystone XL Pipeline project are erupting, and after Exxon’s Pegasus pipeline disaster last week dumped over 10,000 barrels of Tar Sands bitumen crude in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, ordinary Americans, some at least, are finally grasping the significance of the dangers presented by … More

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