The ad is the first that the Yes on 19 campaign has put on television. Dan Newman, a spokesman, said the campaign will spend $170,000 to run it on cable channels through election day and hopes to raise money to air it more frequently and in other markets.

"We started with a modest buy and are increasing every moment as the supporters chip in to make sure people get the message," he said.
In the 30-second spot, McNamara, wearing a suit jacket and tie, speaks directly to the camera and says his 35 years in law enforcement have convinced him that the war on marijuana has failed.

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Money bolsters both sides of Prop. 19 debate
Weed Wars: New Proposition 19 ad declares 'war on marijuana has failed'

Legalized Pot's Unlikely Supporters: Moms And Cops

The debate over the California initiative to legalize marijuana has formed some unlikely alliances. On one side, some stoners and marijuana growers oppose Proposition 19, while some cops and mothers support legalization.

Californians will vote whether to make recreational marijuana legal on Nov. 2. Currently in the state, anyone with a doctor's recommendation can use pot as medicine, but this initiative would allow local and state government to tax and regulate all marijuana.

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A sophisticated marijuana grow-op in the Village of Spring Lake operating under the pretext of medicinal purposes, has been squashed by the local police.

The RCMP Tri Municipal Drug Section, with the assistance of the EPS and RCMP Green Team, executed a search warrant on 12th October at a residence on Willowview Boulevard in the village, 15 km west of Stony Plain.

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Two men have appeared in court in Belfast in connection with the seizure of cannabis with an estimated street value of £1m.

Aidan MacPartland, 29, of Derramore Gardens, Belfast, and 36-year-old Warren Arthur Martin of Ballyconey Road West, Moneymore, Derry were charged before Belfast Magistrates Court this morning with a series of drug-related offences.

rte.ie

The irony of the occasion would surely not have been lost on John Lennon.

The site of the Beatle's infamous 1968 drugs bust, 34 Montagu Place in Marylebone, London, is now marked as a site of cultural importance, another important stopping-off point for any Beatles fan who wants to see all the places in Liverpool, London and elsewhere in the UK where the famous four truly became fab.

The building, whose basement flat has a rather remarkable amount of history attached, now sports a shiny blue plaque from English Heritage, proclaiming Lennon's residency there in 1968 with his partner Yoko Ono.

bbc.co.uk

The head of Russia's federal drug control agency says the U.S. has failed to dismantle heroin-processing laboratories in Afghanistan despite specific information he has given American officials about the facilities.

"For some reason they are unable to carry out any operations to destroy these laboratories, because there is a delay from the military side," Victor Ivanov told The Associated Press through an interpreter in an interview this past week.

realclearpolitics.com

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DMT The Spirit Molecule ist der Titel einer kommenden Dokumentation über die meiner Meinung nach mit Abstand besten Droge der Welt. Die Dokumentation featured unter anderem Ralph Abraham, Erik Davis, Alex Grey, Dennis McKenna, Douglas Rushkoff und natürlich Rick Strassman selbst, den Autor des bekannten gleichnamigen Buches, der diese Dokumentation mitproduziert hat.

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