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Robert Downey, Jr: Iron Man Thrilled to be Back from the Dark Side

This piece describes Robert Downey Jr's journey through his darker years, to his... more

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The EXTREME danger of Benzodiazepines. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Illinois Ranked Last In Personal Freedoms

Even though Illinois has done more for freedom than any state -- one of our presidents freed the slaves, and one of our generals made that stick -- we’re ranked #45 overall for freedom, and dead last for personal freedoms. We’ve been at the bottom of that list since 2007. The reasons? It’s hard to get high and/or carry a gun around here. Illinois also has harsh asset forfeiture laws, which put the burden of proof on property owners and grant 90 percent of proceeds from seized property to law enforcement.

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In the personal freedom dimension, Illinois has the sixth harshest gun control laws in the country, though these were improved by the McDonald v. Chicago decision striking down local gun bans. The state’s victimless crimes arrest rates are very high. In 2010, arrests for victimless crimes (excluding minors) made up over 1.5 percent of the state’s population; the vast majority of these were for drugs.

However, that figure is actually an improvement on 2008. Illinois’s marijuana laws are more restrictive than Georgia’s, which is surprising for a left-leaning state. Its asset forfeiture laws are also among the worst in the nation. On the plus side, Illinois’s home school regulations were effectively as minimal as Idaho’s—a case of benign neglect, it seems. The state’s marriage freedom score will improve in the next version of the index since civil unions were legalized in 2011.

The freest state, according to the study, is North Dakota, which has low taxes and loose gun laws. The state whose residents enjoy the most personal freedom is Alaska, which allows possession of small amounts of marijuana and concealed carrying of firearms, and has few restrictions on home schooling.

New Hampshire’s motto is “Live Free or Die” (and indeed, New Hampshire ranked #4 in the survey). Illinois’s could be “The State Knows Best.”

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Ranked-Last-In-Personal-Freedoms-201065781.html#ixzz2PeBbidGMEven though Illinois has done more for freedom than any state -- one of our presidents... more

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My Brother the Devil will shock and excite the hell out of you! (2013 Video Interview)

ALL NEW!!! Writer-director Sally El Hosaini's new movie, 'My Brother The... more

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Drugs that cause the most harm

A new study suggests alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack MOST people would... more

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America's Longest War: The Trailer

America's Longest War is a Reason Foundation film about the extraordinary costs of the US government's 40-year war on drugs. AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR will be released in 2013.

Drug prohibition has failed. Drug usage rates have not declined, and illegal drugs are more available—and cheaper—than ever before. At the same time, the costs of the drug war are staggering. More than $1 trillion taxpayer dollars have been spent. More than 50,000 SWAT raids occur each year. Hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders are wasting their lives away in prison at our expense. And more than 60,000 people have been murdered in Mexico over the past six years.

AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR provides a brief history of drug prohibition, beginning with Nixon's declaration of war in 1971 and ending with Obama's broken promise to allow states to determine their own medical marijuana policies. AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR chronicles how, over the past 40 years, the drug war has escalated from a small domestic program mostly focused on treatment to the multi-billion dollar international war it is today.

There are many victims of the drug war, and AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR tells some of their stories.

In 2001, Cory Maye, a black man in Mississippi, shot and killed an intruder while protecting his 18-month old daughter. The intruder turned out to be a white police officer conducting a raid, and Maye was sent to prison for murder. Maye was ultimately released in the Summer of 2011.

Jose Guerena is a retired Marine who served two tours in Iraq. In the Spring of 2011, Guerena heard people breaking into his Arizona home, told his wife and son to hide in the closet, and grabbed his military weapon. Police broke in the door and fired 71 bullets, hitting Guerena 22 times. Guerena bled to death alone, inside his home. The police found nothing incriminating inside the house.

In 1991, Robert Moss and his wife had a one-year old and a baby on the way when Moss was convicted of conspiracy to violate marijuana laws. Because of federal sentencing guidelines passed in the mid-80s, Moss was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison. Moss returned to his family in Seattle in the Fall of 2011.

Sandra Rodriguez is a reporter at El Diario, a newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Over the past few years, Rodriguez has been a first-hand witness to an astounding escalation in drug war related violence and the executions of two of her colleagues. Neither case has been solved, but that's no surprise. Fewer than 3% of the murders in Juarez are investigated.

In 2012, Aaron Sandusky, a medical marijuana dispensary owner in California, was found guilty of conspiracy to violate federal marijuana laws. Sandusky is now serving 10 years in federal prison.

AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR features interviews with foamier New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, Huffington Post investigative reporter Radley Balko, Alice Huffman of the NAACP, Alison Holcomb of the ACLU, Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance, author John Gibler, El Diario de Juarez reporter Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, UTEP professor Tony Payan, El Paso city representative Suzie Byrd, federal public defender Guy Iversen, former cop Neill Franklin, Judge James P. Gray and former DEA Administrator Robert Bonner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok48ebjgOPMAmerica's Longest War is a Reason Foundation film about the extraordinary costs... more

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El Paso men busted with marijuana in ice cream truck

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Charges dropped against man claiming officers planted drugs on him

DECATUR, Ga. — A man who claims a police officer planted drugs on him will have... more

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Psychiatric meds are a prescription for murder

"Psychiatric meds are a prescription for murder" Read more at... more

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Afghan Police 'Sell Weapons to Taliban, Are addicted to Drugs & Kidnap & Rape Young Boys'

BBC documentary reveals harrowing corruption among Afghan officers Throws doubt on... more

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Meet Molly the new 'it' Girl

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FBI Agents Caught Sexting & Dating Drug Dealers

Dating drug dealers, harassing ex-boyfriends with naked pictures, and pointing guns at... more

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How One Woman Went from Homeless to Millionaire in Less Than Two Years

Forbes | February 14, 2013 at 11:34 AM By Maseena Ziegler, Forbes Dani Johnson... more

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Snapshot Series — PGA Tour Targets Golf Legend Vijay Singh For Using The Banned Substance Deer Antler Spray.

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Thieves chop down 100-year-old trees in Washington state to support drug habit

Thieves in Washington state have found a new way to support their drug habit.... more

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The Violence of Mexican Drug Cartels

A bitterly violent war against Mexican Drug Cartels wages on across the U.S. border.... more

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Fluoridation is Nothing to Celebrate

On January 25, 1945, the first human fluoridation experiment experiment was conducted... more

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Chiquita Cocaine; Zionist Death Squads

In 1954 CIA Director Allen Dulles rescued BP by launching Operation Ajax against... more

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California school shooting: Two injured, suspect in custody

TAFT, Calif.— Gunfire erupted on Thursday at a California high school in inland... more

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Marijuana Legalization Advocate Howard Wooldridge

This video I made a few months ago and needs to reach more people who are on the fence... more

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