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    In today's anti-drug climate, people don't want to hear about the commercial potential of marijuana. The reason is that the flowering top of a female hemp plant contains a drug. But from 1842 through the 1890s a powerful concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug in the United States. In all that time the medical literature didn't list any of the ill effects claimed by today's drug warriors.

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    Columbian Endorses Carrier, Probst and Wallace

    David Carrier

    Tim Probst

    Deb Wallace

    The Columbian has an accurate and strong endorsement for all three Democrats running for the State Legislature in the 17th Legislative District in Clark County.  As a former Chair of the 17th District Democrats and someone who knows all three endorsees, it is quite surprising to see a newspaper that endorsed George Bush in 2004 [...]



    Carrier – Benton Race About More Than Taxes

    Kayaker Carrier in action

    David Carrier ended last night’s election tally with a very respectable 47% of the vote against Benton.  Benton is an incumbent with gobs of special interest money.  Carrier is a newcomer to politics with limited resources and lots of energy.

    Why is Carrier giving Benton a run for his money (pun intended)?  It seems the tired old Republican talking [...]



    The Benton Apple Falls Not Far From the Money Tree

    The race for State Senate in the 17th legislative district will be heating up soon after the general election officially ‘starts’ after the August 19th primary.  The primary, designed to produce a candidate to take on incumbent senator/serial fund raiser Don Benton, was rendered moot when software developer Martin Hash dropped out in favor of David Carrier, economics instructor and political activist.  Hash worried [...]



    Kudos to Martin Hash and dissent for the Nominating Convention

    As the Columbian wrote yesterday, Martin Hash removed himself from the Democratic primary race for the 17th Legislative District State Senator position currently held by Don Benton.

    It is unfortunate that the “top two” primary system sidetracked his candidacy and thereby diminished the democratic process. This is certainly not how democracy is supposed to work. Were it not for that system, the voters in [...]



    Confessions of a Precinct Committee Officer (part 1)

    I don’t believe we are practicing any recognizable form of democracy in this country and here is just another example.

    Let me say at the outset that I don’t blame anyone for this mess besides perhaps a justice system that is more concerned about promoting a “dog eat dog” world than administering wise jurisprudence.

    I am a Democratic Party Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) [...]