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2,772 People Could Be Eligible for 'Crack Tax' Refunds in TN

Tennesseans, in a slow trickle, have requested and gotten refunds from the state since the Tennessee Supreme Court struck down the so-called crack tax law in 2009. The state Department of Revenue has refunded $3.7 million to 161 people, but 2,772 people who paid the tax have not gotten any money back. "Most of them just don't know, and the state doesn't have any intention of letting them know, that they're eligible for a full refund," said Columbia attorney John Colley, who is leading a class-action lawsuit that would allow attorneys to identify and notify all people who paid the tax while it was still on the books.

Fifth Mayor Killed in Six Weeks in Mexico’s Drug Prohibition War

A mayor who took the job when every other official in his town quit out of fear of drug traffickers was reported slain, the fifth Mexican mayor killed in six weeks. Authorities said Gustavo Sanchez, mayor of the town of Tancitaro in Michoacan state, had apparently been beaten to death with rocks.

Medical Marijuana: An intimate Look Inside One Dispensary



One of the best kept secrets in New Mexico has to do with the medical marijuana program. Who are the growers and what do they have inside their facilities? See how one nonprofit group takes medical marijuana from a seedling and grows the medicine that many New Mexicans depend on.

Mexican Drug War: Mayors Forced to Live in US

Mexican mayors have been forced to move to the US for safety in the face of threats from drug traffickers. Five mayors have been murdered in the past six weeks, with a total of 10 killed this year. About 15 mayors have been killed since President Felipe Calderon declared war on Mexico's drug traffickers shortly after taking office in December 2006.

Drug Truth 09/26/10

Cultural Baggage * Century of Lies * 4:20 Drug War NEWS  *  Time 4 Hemp

Cultural Baggage for  09/26/10 29:00 Melissa Del Bosque writer for Texas Observer re "Postcards From a Cartel City" + Philippe Lucas re cannabis salve, oils and tinctures

LINK:   http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3088

TRANSCRIPT:  Tue

Century of Lies for  09/26/10  29:00  Alice Huffman, Pres Calif NAACP re bigotry of the drug war + Tony Newman of Drug Policy Alliance re tsunami of drug war info

LINK:   http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3080

TRANSCRIPT: Mon

4:20 Drug War NEWS, 09/27 to 10/03/10  Link at www.drugtruth.net on the right margin -

Sun - Howard Wooldridge riding horse Misty in California in support of legal weed garners mass TV coverage Sat - Tony Newman of Drug Policy Alliance re support of legal pot from NAACP and police unions Fri - Philippe Lucas from Victoria Canada provides recipe to produce cannabis salve and other non-psychoactive weed products Thu - Alice Huffman Pres of Calif NAACP re racial bigotry in the drug war Wed - MJ Borden "how many arrests for possession of weed?"

Tue - Tribute to Dr. Joel Hochman, Dir of National Foundation for Treatment of Pain, 1941-2010 Mon - Corrupt Cop Stories with Phil Smith of Stop the Drug War

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Attempts to Ban Fake Marijuana Are Further Proof of Prohibition's Failure (Opinion)

Mike Meno, director of communications at the Marijuana Policy Project, opines that K2 bans are misguided because they don't address the core issue: millions of Americans want to use marijuana, or something that will mimic its effects, and if they're afraid about illegal means of doing so, they will continue to seek out legal alternatives.
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