By S.M. Gibson Hundreds of kilos of cocaine were found in a Coca-Cola plant in France last Friday, making the seizure of the drug one of the largest ever on French soil. French officials say the cocaine was discovered in backpacks among a shipment of orange…
By Brandon Turbeville The Drug Enforcement Agency has long targeted Americans with the most non-sensical and ridiculous type of propaganda in order to convince them that the agency itself is actually useful and not the scourge of a civilized nation that it truly is. After…
By Cassius Kamarampi, Era of Wisdom What gives a government the right to use force against people for consuming an herb or substance? In my humble opinion, nothing gives the state or anyone that right. After decades of the drug war in the United States and all…
By Brandon Turbeville As kratom, a natural pain reliever that has also been known to assist in breaking addiction becomes more and more popular, the Police State and the Nanny State are doing their best to tag-team yet another plant and the concept of individual…
By Matt Agorist Edgartown, MA — In a gross display of wasted taxpayer dollars, dozens of Massachusetts National Guard personnel, operating under a grant from the DEA, alongside Massachusetts State Police, descended into the backyard of an 81-year-old cancer patient in a raid [late July] —…
By Brandon Turbeville Illinois is now the most recent state to show signs that it is beginning to move in the direction of more sensible and responsible drug laws, particularly when it comes to marijuana. This is because Governor Bruce Rauner signed legislation last week…
By Brandon Turbeville New research coming from the Salk Institute in California and published in the Aging and Mechanisms of the Disease journal is suggesting that cannabis compounds may hold the key to a cure for Alzheimer’s. The research is being presented as work that…
By Brandon Turbeville The police state has struck again – this time in the state of Arkansas. In what has become an increasing trend across the country, the natural pain killer, stress reliever and recovery assistant known as Kratom has been added to the list…
By Ellen Brown In April, Pennsylvania became the 24th state to legalize medical cannabis, a form of the plant popularly known as marijuana. That makes nearly half of US states. A major barrier to broader legalization has been the federal law under which all cannabis…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) Police and DEA agents raided a Northern California dispensary that specialized in medicinal CBD oil on June 15th, detaining 9 and arresting 1 on “suspicion of felony drug manufacture for his role in cannabis oil production,” according to Alternet….
By Josh Mur Bremerton, WA — The last decade has seen a significantly vast shift in the public’s narrative on cannabis. In the last ten years, eleven states have legalized medicinal cannabis, and four states ─ as well as Washington D.C. ─ have legalized recreational…
By number23 Despite its extremely controversial past, it seems like people’s perceptions of marijuana have changed. According to a new national Quinnipiac poll, a majority of U.S. voters support marijuana legalization. The poll also revealed that nearly nine in 10 voters say VA doctors should…
By Brandon Turbeville As the fight for an end to the ridiculous drug war continues, legislation has been advanced by a New Jersey assembly committee that would allow those suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to participate in the state’s medical marijuana program. Essentially, the…
By Paul Fassa His actual name is Andrew Katelaris, and he was trained as an MD in Austrialia. But he was “deregistered” from mainstream medical practice because of his incessant inquiry into the medical properties of cannabis. Now he provides quality CBD to families with…
By Brandon Turbeville According to reports, a new study has confirmed what millions of marijuana smokers have known all along – that the worst side effect from marijuana is getting arrested. Well, that and periodontal disease. According to researchers at Duke University, and senior author…
By Brandon Turbeville Wherever there is a good thing, the police state is never far behind. Generally, that police state is made up of uniformed agents throwing peaceful people into cages but also of bureaucrats and parasites working together with corporate hawks to ensure profit,…
By Claire Bernish Recently, scientists scanned the brains of volunteers who’d taken LSD — and the results were nothing less than amazing. Instead of taking doses of the drug orally as is ordinarily done, the volunteers agreed to have 75 micrograms of LSD injected. The…
By Brandon Turbeville It is one of the most tragically comedic aspects of the War on Drugs that marijuana is classed in the same category as heroin and LSD by the U.S. Federal Government. Such a ridiculous classification would truly be worth laughing at if…
By Brandon Turbeville In an interview conducted by Harper’s Dan Baum nearly 22 years ago, former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman admitted what many have known ever since the beginning – that the Nixon administrations’ War On Drugs was a giant lie. To clarify,…
By Brandon Turbeville While cluster headaches may be one of the rarest types of headaches, they are also one of the most severe. Contrary to popular belief, cluster headaches are not migraines, but they have a number of similarities. In fact, cluster headaches can be…
