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Opioids will kill over 100 Americans on National Weed Day, while the cannabis that could save them remains illegal

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:01 UTC
opioids cannabis
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Every day, more than 100 Americans die in the United States from opioid overdoses, and while this epidemic has become increasingly devastating in recent years, a natural plant that has been shown to combat opioid addiction is still deemed "illegal" by the federal government.

According to research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as of March 2018, "more than 115 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids." These overdoses can be attributed to prescription pain medications, which are prescribed like candy with little warning about how dangerously addictive they are; heroin, which many addicts turn to when they lose access to prescription opioids; and fentanyl, which has become increasingly popular despite its deadly track record.

The rise of the opioid epidemic at home has coincided with the United States' control of poppy production worldwide. Before the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, there were around 189,000 heroin users in the United States. By 2016, that number had increased dramatically to 4.5 million users. The longest war in the nation's history has resulted in the U.S. controlling 90 percent of the world's opium supply.

Comment: See also:

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Smoking

Bill banning smoking in cars fails in Tennessee Senate


WKRN
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 03:53 UTC
Tenessee car smoking ban
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A bill that would have barred adults in Tennessee from smoking in a vehicle with children appears dead for the year after lawmakers voiced concerns that it gave the government too much power over citizen freedoms.

The measure failed to clear the Senate Wednesday.

The bill was sponsored by Knoxville Republican Sen. Richard Briggs. It would have made it an offense to smoke in a vehicle with children under the age of 14, regardless of whether the windows in the car were rolled down.

Briggs cited the dangers of smoke to children in a confined space as small as a vehicle. But some lawmakers questioned whether it was too much of an overreach. Sparta Republican Sen. Paul Bailey said lawmakers couldn't legislate the morality of Tennesseans.
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Water

China no longer accepting the world's trash


RT
Sat, 21 Apr 2018 13:00 UTC
garbage dump site in Jinan, Shandong province, China
© Stringer Shanghai / Reuters
A garbage collector looks for recyclable waste at a garbage dump site in Jinan, Shandong province, China.
China, the world's largest importer of waste, has extended the ban on imports of unsorted paper, some plastics, and dozens of other types of recyclable materials.

The blacklist, containing 24 varieties of solid waste, was introduced by the Chinese government in 2017. Beijing said at the time that it no longer wanted to take in other countries' garbage, so it could focus on its own pollution problems.

It's now adding 32 more types of waste to the blacklist, such as steel waste, used auto parts, and old ships.

"The new restrictions, just like the old restrictions, are poorly considered measures that will worsen the global environment and China's competitiveness," Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, told CNN Money.
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Attention

Illegal immigrant Uber driver raped passenger then fled to native Ghana while out on bail

Lucia I. Suarez Sang
Fox News
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:48 UTC
uber rapist
© Weymouth Police Department
Frederick Amdo, an Uber driver from Ghana, was arrested in connection with a rape in Weymouth, Mass. He was released on $10,00 bail and has since fled the county.
An Uber driver charged with raping a passenger earlier this month was able to walk free because officials failed to notify immigration agents about his arrest, authorities said.

Frederick Amfo, 30, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, was arrested after a female passenger said that on April 8 he forced her into the backseat of his car and raped her, police said. Hours after he was released from police custody, he fled to his native Ghana. He was supposed to surrender his passport but did not.

"A loss for words," Emily Murray, the victim who insisted on being identified by the press, told Boston 25. "I was angry, I'm still angry. I'm confused."

Comment: This is outrageous! It's no wonder the victim is livid. The logic behind sanctuary cities and defending illegal immigrant criminals is so skewed it makes one's head spin.

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Megaphone

UK: Teen found guilty of 'sending grossly offensive message by a public communication' for posting rap lyrics to her Instagram account


BBC
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:01 UTC
Chelsea Russell
© Reuters
Image caption Russell's profile was updated with the lyrics in 2017
A teenager who posted rap lyrics which included racist language on Instagram has been found guilty of sending a grossly offensive message.

Chelsea Russell, 19, from Liverpool posted the lyric from Snap Dogg's 'I'm Trippin'' to pay tribute to a boy who died in a road crash, a court heard.

Russell argued it was not offensive, but was handed a community order.

Prosecutors said her sentence was increased from a fine to a community order "as it was a hate crime".

Comment: Give us a break! You're going to punish a teen for posting song lyrics on her social media? Is there no better use of the court's time? It is quite likely, given how common the use of the 'grossly offensive' word is in today's popular music, that the girl didn't even think about it as being a racist term (note that it doesn't seem to be considered racist when the rapper himself says it).

For those interested in reading the lyrics themselves, they can be found here (WARNING: Explicit). In all honesty, the gratuitous detailing of wanton violence is much more offensive in the lyrics than a couple of 'N-bombs'. Jordan Peterson was right: Hate speech will be policed by 'last people in the world you would want'. Because they're idiots.

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Bad Guys

Idiot, heartless Chinese tourists kill kangaroo in zoo by throwing bricks and concrete at it to make it hop

Edmund DeMarche
Fox News
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:25 UTC
dead kangaroo China
© Sina.cn
The kangaroo lies injured after bricks and concrete were thrown at it
Tourists at a zoo in South China pelted a kangaroo with bricks in an attempt to see the animal hop, but the animal was fatally injured, The AFP reported Thursday, citing state television.

The marsupial died after a few days after suffering a ruptured kidney, the report said. A few weeks later, another kangaroo in the enclosure was slightly injured in a similar incident, the report said.

The report said that visitors at the Fuzhou Zoo in Fujian province are known to try and get kangaroos to hop. The zoo reportedly said it will install cameras and stuff the 12-year-old female.

The report showed the kangaroo, with a nearly severed foot, being treated for its injuries.

It is unclear if anyone was charged after the Feb. 28 incident.

NDTV reported that China has few regulations for its zoos and wildlife park, and pointed to a June incident where a donkey was dropped into a tiger pit due to unhappy business investors.

Comment: Previously, a man had been caught throwing rocks at the kangaroos - but notice that this seems to be a regular practice from visitors!



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Propaganda

Syrian Army continues to liberate country in face of virulent Western propaganda campaign


Moon of Alabama
Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:29 UTC
Syrian army defense missile
© PressTV/File
After the Syrian army liberated Douma, the next Takfiri held areas near the capital Damascus fell in short order. The Jaish al-Islam militants in Dumayr, north-east of Damascus, gave up without a fight. As usual by now the Takfiris were transferred to the north-western Idleb governorate held by al-Qaeda and other Turkish supported forces. The town of Dumayr controls the Damascus Baghdad highway. Capitulation negotiations in the nearby Eastern Qalamoun are ongoing.

The former Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk is an upbuild suburb south of Damascus. One part is in the hands of al-Qaeda and another was controlled by an Islamic State group. Offers to evacuate the groups were made but rejected. Yesterday the Syrian army launched a massive artillery barrage and the Russian and Syrian air force dropped bombs onto the quarter. Today, just twenty-four hours later, the Takfiris gave up. The al-Qaeda aligned militants will be evacuated to Idleb, the Islamic State aligned group to the eastern Syrian desert.

With each elimination of a 'rebel' pockets Syrian army is gaining strength. Ten-thousands of soldiers who were needed to hold the Takfiri held areas around Damascus surrounded and under control are now free to attack elsewhere. Some of the militants who did not evacuate also joined the government forces.

Comment: Further reading: Syrian Crisis Shows US Empire Losing Hegemony as Western Mainstream Media Losing Grip Over Narrative

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Brick Wall

Caravan of 1,500 refugees arrives at US-Mexico border - some asking for asylum

Joseph Curl
The Daily Wire
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:46 UTC
Caravan immigrants refugees US Mexico border
© VICTORIA RAZO / Contributor / Getty Images
Remember that caravan that the mainstream media - and Mexican officials - said was no longer heading to the U.S.-Mexico border?

Yeah, they arrived at the border.

The story of the marching caravan - 1,500 refugees strong - was all over the news for a week, with the MSM breathlessly covering the plight of the poor refugees who surely deserved free entry into the United States. But the story disappeared as outlets reported that the caravan was no longer heading to the border.

Comment: Previously:

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Megaphone

ISIS propaganda threatens 'satanic' CNN, Universal Studios Hollywood, NASA

Bridget Johnson
PJ Media
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:01 UTC
ISIS recruitment video

A 2014 ISIS recruitment video featuring Indonesian jihadists.
Indonesian ISIS supporters circulated posters online warning that Satan is behind the American financial system as well as media and entertainment, threatening to attack a handful of entities.

The first poster, telling adherents to "think smart," shows a devilish figure looming over several icons in flames: the United Nations, the Federal Reserve, Universal Studios Hollywood, CNN, NATO Allied Command Transformation and NASA, along with the reverse of the Great Seal on the U.S. dollar bill.

An ISIS jihadist fires a gun up at the seals, with the words "Allahu Akbar!" above his head.

Comment: It seems odd that ISIS would be so anti-American, considering how much the US has supported them in the past. It seems their coordination is a tight-lipped secret on both sides.

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Popcorn

War on Syria vs gun control: The power of mainstream narratives

Daniel Carter
Investment Watch Blog
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:56 UTC
Propaganda
Most of us would like to think that we're individuals, that we are above the influence of group pressure and that we view the world objectively. In reality, we are often under the influence of powerful people that we do not know for reasons that we do not understand. As long as civilization has stratified us into this hierarchal system, the people at the top have used information warfare to keep us under their control. Sometimes they are unable to control us, but often they are successful.

Lately, we've seen the media throw around terms like "fake news" and government do investigations into whether or not Russia influenced our election. This seems like a desperate attempt by the elites to maintain control of their narrative that has been damaged by the internet. The internet has decentralized the flow of information for the very first time in media history. In other words, news has always been fake to a large extent, and controlled by the elites.

Comment: Indeed. However, the information coming out regarding the recent crisis in Syria is making the mainstream media react clumsily, which speaks of their desperation. See:

Syrian Crisis Shows US Empire Losing Hegemony as Western Mainstream Media Losing Grip Over Narrative

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