With Richard Cowan
By Richard Cowan, former NORML National Director and author of the Effects Of CBD On Mental Health with Dr. Igor Bussel. When former President George H. W. Bush died almost 2 years ago, he was praised for his decency, undoubtedly benefiting from the contrast with his successors. However, there was also a very dark side to his Administration, …
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It was a total coincidence, but in 1993 two books were published about the same time. One, Listening to Prozac by psychiatrist Peter D. Kramer, got national publicity and was widely reviewed. Kramer graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor of arts degree in 1970 and an MD in 1976. The other book, Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine, by …
Parents are understandably concerned about their children being “indoctrinated” as they are supposedly being “educated”, but the general public should also be concerned, especially when the government has been lying to everyone for decades about marijuana. Decades of “Reefer Madness” with absurd claims about marijuana endangered children by undermining effective education about really dangerous drugs… …
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I like to think that Trump’s failure to support marijuana legalization cost him the election. See: Did Marijuana Prohibition Cost Trump The Election? But now I have the same questions about the conservative movement going forward, and America always needs a healthy opposition, so it should be of concern for everyone, whatever their politics. See: Why Conservatives …
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Article by Richard Cowan, former NORML National Director and author of A Comparison Between Cannabidiol And Kava. The biggest news this week in the medical cannabis world has to be the acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals by JAZZ, the Irish pharmaceutical company at a significant premium. See Jazz Pharmaceuticals to acquire GW Pharma for $7.2 billion in cash and stock, GW …
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One of the most frustrating problems in the efforts to end marijuana prohibition has long been the distrust of freedom and the pretense that we are somehow “boldly going where no politicians have ever gone before.” Specifically, marijuana has been sold over-the-counter to anyone over 18 for decades in the Netherlands (not just in Amsterdam). …
Starting with the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report in 1893 ending with the US Drug Czar’s own Institute of Medicine report in 1999, no major study has found any basis for the criminalization of cannabis. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article solely belong to the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Fresh Toast. Gizmodo.com a …
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Article was written by Richard Cowan, former NORML National Director and the author of Is Blue Ribbon Hemp’s CBD Legit? Barry McCaffrey has the most distinguished career of any Drug Czar, but that is very, very faint praise indeed. In fact, McCaffrey was the youngest and most highly decorated four-star general in the army at the time …
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The great thing about voting machines is that you can vote with one hand and hold your nose with the other one. Believe me, I have had a lot of practice with that, and I will do it again this year. After Biden cinched the Democratic nomination, his campaign focused on getting the support of …
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The history “No medicine is smoked” in the 1990s. The U.S. drug czar, General Barry McCaffrey, became the drug czar… People really talk about from medical marijuana. Which was becoming a real problem for the establishment. The drug czar, his office has a big budget. I think around a million bucks, which they put into …
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One of the things I have said so often in speeches and written about is that the best two word explanation for marijuana prohibition is bad journalism. You’ll hear that again, and again. There are so many examples of that. Don’t get me started. I remember, for example, when I was at NORML, there was …
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One of the things I have said often in speeches and written about is that the best two-word explanation for marijuana prohibition is bad journalism. You’ll hear that again, and again. There are so many examples of that. Don’t get me started. I remember, for example, when I was at NORML, there was a really …
Continue reading “Why Is Marijuana Legalization Not Covered in Mainstream Media?”