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Amazon Won’t Screen Employees for Marijuana Use, Will Back Federal Legalization Amazon CEO Dave Clark said Tuesday that the company will no longer screen most of its employees for marijuana use, and it will back federal legalization legislation. “We will no longer include marijuana in our comprehensive drug screening program for any positions not regulated […] Recent Comments Servetus on Anniversaries: “Critical race theory is a science. Evidence from 2015 to 2021: 28-DEC-2015 — “�...

Afghanistan (AKA Graveyard of Empires) has emerged stronger than ever after 19 years of US intervention in the US led war on terrorism. Still intent on protecting its $1 trillion in untouched metals resources from marauding foreign mining companies, Afghanistan and its farmers have adapted to utilizing 21st century technologies to grow opium poppies: …heroin […] Recent Comments Servetus on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “Once Amazon does this, I hope they don’t try to corner th...

Recent Comments NorCalNative on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: “Biden may be a career politician with his lips placed firmly on the anus of Christian Imperialism but at least…” Apr 11, 16:21 Graveyard shift on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: ““..the British pulled 400,000 of their troops out of Normandy in just ten days…” and that was under assault from…” Apr 11, 12:15 Servetus on Where is he getting his data?: “Medicinal treatments for opioid use disorder are less like...

Many people know how the drug war has affected them personally, or those close to them. Less attention is focused on the insidious impact of drug enforcement on society as a whole. A new initiative by the Drug Policy Alliance called ‘Uprooting the Drug War,’ seeks to expose the damage caused by drug wars beyond […] Recent Comments Servetus on Where is he getting his data?: “Shane Vaughn (AKA Professor Toto) proclaims right wingers are flush with cash because the left is full of “young...

Via Radley Balko: Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA On December 15, Mexico lawmakers passed a law reining in the asymmetrical, imperialist influence of the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration within the country. Supporters hailed the move as a reclamation of national sovereignty. […] This limits their activities in the country to information-gathering, eliminates their […] Recent Comments Servetus on Where is he getting his data?: “Feinstein, Grassley, Peters, and...