Mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. So far this year, eight reporters have been gunned down. Last week, five were reported kidnapped — four of them in Durango state and one in Zacatecas state.

Some 25,000 people have been killed over the last 3 1/2 years in drug-related violence.

Unbiased information has also been a casualty.

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The ad airing in the Bay Area and L.A. features a former L.A. County sheriff's deputy who says that the fight against the drug has led to drug cartels. An opponent calls the ad misleading.

The campaign to legalize marijuana in California kicked off this week, just days after the initiative made the ballot, with a radio ad saying many law enforcement professionals know marijuana laws have failed and calling the measure "a common sense solution."

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Cannabis sativa, besser bekannt als "Hanf", ist eine alte Kulturpflanze, die bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts in Europa große wirtschaftliche Bedeutung hatte: Aus ihren Fasern wurden extrem reißfeste Seile und Schiffstaue hergestellt, ohne die Columbus Amerika vermutlich nie erreicht hätte.

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