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Stoned rabbits are the anti-marijuana movement's weakest ploy yet | Ngaio Bealum

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OpinionCannabis This article is more than 8 years oldStoned rabbits are the anti-marijuana movement's weakest ploy yetThis article is more than 8 years oldNgaio BealumWith mounting research debunking weed myths and extensive public support for medical marijuana, prohibitionists have officially run out of ideas There have been many half-baked arguments made in favor of cannabis prohibition, but the one made by a Utah DEA agent in a recent hearing on medical marijuana has to be one of the strangest (and most Steinbeckian): what about the rabbits? Read More...

We are working-class women of color: the long-shot socialist run for the White House | US elec

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US elections 2024Interview‘We are working-class women of color’: the long-shot socialist run for the White HouseAdam Gabbatt in New YorkClaudia de la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation plans to seize control of the top 100 US corporations and disband the CIA – but recognises it will take a movement to overthrow capitalism It’s 20 January 2025, the day of the presidential inauguration. After taking the oath of office the new president, a 44-year-old woman, born in the Bronx to Dominican parents, takes her seat in the office and gets to work. Read More...

We live on 7 October: Hamas victim Maya Puder remembered by her family

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Israel-Gaza warPuder, an aspiring actor and film-maker, was found dead four days after the Hamas attack in Israel Israel-Gaza war – live updates When Maya Puder went missing from the Supernova music festival in Israel on 7 October, her family prayed she was in hiding somewhere or had been kidnapped. The 25-year-old aspiring actor and film-maker last messaged her parents at 8.01am to say she was sheltering from Hamas rockets. Read More...