When Bayer introduced aspirin in 1899, cannabis was America’s number one painkiller. Until marijuana prohibition began in 1937, the US Pharmacopoeia listed cannabis as the primary medicine for over 100 diseases. Cannabis was such an effective analgesic that the American Medical Association (AMA) argued against prohibition on behalf of medical progress. Since the herb is extremely potent and essentially non-toxic, the AMA considered it a potential wonder drug.

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Das ist jetzt fast ein Jahr her, es gab einfach kein Geld, um sowas selbst zu machen. Mittlerweile ist Geld für ein paar Busbanner da. Es soll also definitiv noch diesen Sommer mit einer kleinen Anzahl Traffic-Banner für Busse losgehen. Es gibt 3 Entwürfe, mich würde interessieren, welcher euch am besten gefällt bzw. welchen ihr auf einem Bus für besonders wirksam haltet (Größe: 175x50 cm):

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Die Europäische Union will der Drogenmafia den Geldhahn zudrehen. "Es muss Schluss gemacht werden mit den Profiten durch Kriminalität", sagte der spanische Innenminister Alfredo Rubalcaba, dessen Land derzeit den EU-Ratsvorsitz innehat, am Donnerstag nach einem Treffen der EU-Innenminister in Luxemburg.

Die Guthaben der Drogenbanden müssten beschlagnahmt werden, so dass die Kriminellen handlungsunfähig würden. Die Beschlagnahme von Geldern der Drogenbanden ist eine von drei Maßnahmen eines EU-Paktes gegen den internationalen Drogenhandel, dem die Minister bei ihrem Treffen zustimmten.

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More than 80 officers equipped with search warrants were deployed to a total of nine locations, five of them private homes of suspects involved in the retail outlets.

When it was all over, they had rounded up 35 suspects and seized 59 kilograms of pot, a small quantity of hashish and about $10,000 in cash.

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At the direction of the council, which imposed a temporary moratorium on med-pot businesses in March, city staff spent two months writing a zoning ordinance that would spell out where and under what circumstances medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations could be housed.

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Medical marijuana patients and dozens of dispensaries lost an eleventh-hour bid Friday to stop a city ordinance from going into effect next week, but a judge indicated that both groups may have a legitimate basis for an injunction at a later date.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant cleared the way for the ordinance to take effect Monday by denying more than a dozen requests for a temporary restraining order to bar the city from enforcing the law, which would force more than 400 shops to shutter their doors.

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