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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will take a historic step toward easing federal restrictions on cannabis, with plans to announce an interim rule soon reclassifying the drug for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago, four sources with knowledge of the decision said. The Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to approve an opinion by the Department of Health and Human Services that marijuana should be reclassified from the strictest Schedule I to the less stringent Schedule III. It would be the first time that the U.S. government has acknowledged its potential medical...

Please do not underestimate the dramatic revolution laid upon America by the usurper Obama. He is a lawless liar trying to act as if he were god. Obama is engineering the overthrow of America against the wishes of most of its people. Obama fears no elections for he has been promised all the kingdoms of this world if he will only bow down and serve Satan. He will corrupt and betray any election he faces. His kingdom, his rules. Obama serves Satan with glee and many who serve Satan rally to Obama's side. Together they strive for the one world...

Smells like teen spirit Ottawa Citizen Editorial Published: Friday, June 22, 2007 Teenagers are good at seeing through lies and half-truths. That's why baseless propaganda, like the old movie Reefer Madness, doesn't work. Why would anyone take advice from someone who doesn't know what drugs actually do? The adults of Wawota Parkland School in Saskatchewan are acting like insecure children, because they feel threatened by the actions of one bright, principled, inquisitive teenager. This year, the school gave a presentation to students about the dangers of drugs. Kieran King, 15, didn't react as the teachers expected. He started questioning, out...

The Yampa Valley Medical Center will have provided more than $100,000 in medical care that probably won't be repaid. The Routt County Humane Society scrambled to vaccinate dozens of dogs after an outbreak of the deadly parvovirus, and officials fear there could be as many as 200 pets abandoned. And the Forest Service, which spent nearly $800,000 just for its incident-management team, will be left with the task of rehabilitating the land. Numerous Rainbows are staying behind to help with site recovery, but it could take years for Big Red Park to look normal again.

In Egyptian myth, Apophis was the ancient spirit of evil and destruction, a demon that was determined to plunge the world into eternal darkness. A fitting name, astronomers reasoned, for a menace now hurtling towards Earth from outerspace. Scientists are monitoring the progress of a 390-metre wide asteroid discovered last year that is potentially on a collision course with the planet, and are imploring governments to decide on a strategy for dealing with it.

NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin met last week with reporters and editors at The Post. Here are some of the questions and answers: What can humans learn in space that robots couldn't? The thing that you can learn with humans in scientific enterprises are all of the things that you didn't send the robot to find out. With a human you're doing the opportunistic plan, the uncorrelated observation. You know, you see this over here and that over there, and you put them together. When you know what question you want to ask and what measurement you want to make,...

Are you feeling screwed, blued and tattooed because the man slipped it to you? Like, stay loose, hit the pad and share a thumb with your pash. Huh? If that made no sense to you, check out "The Hippie Dictionary" by John McCleary. Using the new book to translate, readers come up with the more conventional: Are you feeling mistreated by the authorities? Relax, go home to bed and share a very large marijuana cigarette with your significant other." Those expecting the dictionary, published by Ten Speed Press, to be a stodgy reference work are in for a jolt. McCleary's...

Of Hippies and Hipsters Ashkenaz Center Has Gone From Activists’ Mecca to Hot Spot for Multicultural Music Groundation’s lead singer Harrison Stafford, wearing a turban, says the band has played at the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center six times By ARLET ABRAHAMIAN Contributing Writer Tuesday, February 10, 2004 A wall of smoke and relaxed faces greet you as you enter the West Berkeley theater. The band lounges around the back room with their friends, smoking joints while preparing to go on stage, and the smell of burning incense sticks protruding from the walls blends with the marijuana smoke....