Glenn Beck’s horrifying hospital experience

Conservative television personality Glenn Beck is absolutely outraged because he went to a hospital emergency room in an upscale area (where the President of GE is treated, no less), and was made to wait in the ER for 40 minutes. Even after he got into a bed, for two horrifying hours he was given no [...]

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A $200 per gram tax on cocaine proposed in New York

From The New York Times

January 23, 2008,  12:21 pm
A $200-a-Gram Tax on Cocaine
By Sewell Chan

Among the hundreds of proposals contained in Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s second executive budget, which he unveiled on Tuesday in Albany, is a provision that would impose a $3.50-a-gram tax on marijuana and a $200-a-gram tax on other illegal drugs, [...]

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Legal or not, medical marijuana patients can still be fired

From CNN:WASHINGTON (CNN) — Workers who are legally prescribed marijuana to treat illness can still be fired from their jobs, following a ruling Thursday from the California Supreme Court.

Medical marijuana user Angel Raich, 41, had her pot confiscated while her case was appealed.

The 5-2 decision upheld the job termination of Gary Ross, who flunked [...]

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LIBERTARIAN STEVE KUBBY BEATS BUSH TO “STATE OF THE UNION” PUNCH

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01/25/08
POC Thomas L. Knapp
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LIBERTARIAN BEATS BUSH TO “STATE OF THE UNION” PUNCH
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 25, 2008 — “Next week, President George W. Bush will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress,” says Libertarian presidential candidate Steve Kubby in a speech released [...]

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