Prompted by “Pot Matters: Prohibition and Entrapment”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/pot-matters-prohibition-and-entrapment If you don’t care about law, then you can’t care about drug policy or liberty. The following is frankly not a fun read, but a fundamentally critical one. When I repeat my…
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Legal Brutality
Tagged with: addiction, Bernie Sanders, cannabis, Commerce Clause, Constitution, Controlled Substances Act, Declaration of Independence, Democrat Party, drug abuse, education, freedom, futurism, government, journalism, law, liberalism, Libertarian Party, liberty, morality, ninth amendment, politics, progressivism, prohibition, Republican Party, Supreme Court, War on Drugs
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Rigid Strangulation?
Prompted by “Is Wikipedia’s Popularity Causing Its Decline?”: http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/12/31/1547259/is-wikipedias-popularity-causing-its-decline Put down that New Year’s hangover (if possible) and let’s go on a brief journey here — and yes, this post leaves you well beyond Wikipedia. Open collaboration systems like Wikipedia…
Tagged with: British common law, business, Commerce Clause, common law, Constitution, economy, education, futurism, government, guns, health, journalism, law, liberty, mainstream media, ninth amendment, science, second amendment, small business, stress, Wikipedia
Posted in Liberty Shield
Posted in Liberty Shield
Inflammation Basics
Prompted by “How Inflammation Affects Every Aspect of Your Health”: http://reset.me/story/how-inflammation-affects-every-aspect-of-your-health/ Inflammation controls our lives. Have you or a loved one dealt with pain, obesity, ADD/ADHD, peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, migraines, thyroid issues, dental issues, or cancer? If…
Tagged with: cannabis, computers, futurism, health, healthcare, inflammation, marijuana, medicine, meditation, psychedelics, technology
Posted in Stress Health
Posted in Stress Health
Use Not Abuse
My proposed hard-line distinction between use and abuse is actually thankfully simple (and a great example of why scientific constitutionalism can work brilliantly well for us all). Use involves leveraging something as a tool to improve balance (so stability). Abuse…
Tagged with: addiction, cannabis, Controlled Substances Act, drug abuse, education, futurism, health, law, law enforcement, liberty, marijuana, prohibition, psychedelics, stress, War on Drugs
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Monitoring Your Future
Prompted by “OmniCISA Pits DHS Against the FCC and FTC on User Privacy”: https://www.justsecurity.org/28386/omnicisa-pits-government-against-self-privacy/ So this bill isn’t just about threat information sharing, it’s about enabling ISP monitoring in ways beyond current law that have not been clearly defined or…
Tagged with: Constitution, Democrat Party, futurism, government, Internet, law, liberty, privacy, progressivism, Republican Party, terrorism
Posted in Liberty Shield, TechYes
Posted in Liberty Shield, TechYes
Court Addicts
Prompted by “New Report Finds Most Cannabis Treatment Is Court Ordered”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/new-report-finds-most-cannabis-treatment-court-ordered It is not uncommon for the opposing forces of marijuana legalization to use rehabilitation rates as ammunition… A recent study from Uncle Sam’s Department of Health & Human…
Tagged with: addiction, cannabis, Constitution, Controlled Substances Act, Democrat Party, drug abuse, education, futurism, government, health, judicial branch, justice, law, law enforcement, Libertarian Party, liberty, marijuana, ninth amendment, politics, prohibition, psychedelics, Republican Party, science, stress, War on Drugs
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Thin Blue Nonsense
Prompted by “Policing for Profit: Cops Took More from Citizens Than Burglars Did Last Year”: http://www.thedailychronic.net/2015/50496/policing-for-profit-cops-took-more-from-citizens-than-burglars-did-last-year/ Law enforcement use of asset forfeiture laws to seize property—often without a criminal conviction or even an arrest—has gone through the roof in recent…
Tagged with: futurism, government, health, healthcare, journalism, journalism code of ethics, law, law enforcement, liberalism, liberty, mainstream media, police, politics, progressivism, stress, stress management
Posted in Liberty Shield
Posted in Liberty Shield
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