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*11-98. 1998 USA drug war legislation. [A summary. In 1998 Republicans (GOP) sponsored nearly all the bad bills].| Click
HERE for GOP links section below.
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MESSAGE FORUMS with cannabis, drug-war, entheogen, drug-reform, and drug-related threads. Web-based bulletin boards. Direct Links. Only your browser is needed.

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LAST UPDATED FEBRUARY 6, 1999. This article is:
http://www.usperspectives.org/glasnost/forums.htm
*Message forums with cannabis, drug-war, entheogen, drug-reform, and drug-related threads. Web-based bulletin boards. Many Direct Links.|

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (works on- or offline).
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  1. Introduction. And ideal forum.

  2. Sources for more forums.

  3. Forums with frequent threads of interest.

  4. Forums with occasional threads of interest.

  5. Forums with possibilities for threads.

  6. Notes.

  7. Clickable Links html formula.

  8. Pasting html into forums.

  9. Related Links.

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1. INTRODUCTION.

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The cure for democracy is MORE free speech, not less. Please explore the web to find more forums that could accept drug-war-related messages and discussions. This is what the web does better than anything else. "Many-to-many." Versus the "One-to-many" format of the mass media propaganda machine.

My favorite board would have a fixed-width font, so that charts would show up correctly. It would have threads. All message titles would show up on the first page without having to open page after page in order to see titles of replies, and replies to replies, etc.. Any message title clicked would open that message and several replies in a chain, so that one wouldn't have to keep clicking on each individual message. One would be able to see several messages at a time. Text would start loading immediately upon clicking a message title, without having to wait for graphics to load first. Text would come onscreen immediately and continuously so that one could start reading, or could start skimming down the message to parts of interest. One wouldn't have to wait for the graphics or the whole page to download into one's computer first before any of it showed up on the monitor. One would not have to log-in. A blank message form would always be open at the bottom of all pages. One would have an option to register one's "handle," name, or pseudonym if one chose to. So that other's wouldn't be able to impersonate you. There would be various options such as html, autoconversion of URLs, formatted text, smart text, word processor, etc.. There would be an email option to receive notice of replies.
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2. SOURCES for more forums that may be useful for seeding the truth. Just Say Know! Please send web address URLs to eco@mailcity.com of  more boards that can be listed here. Please explore the many forum sites at the links in this box, and find message boards with relevant topics for this webpage.
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http://www.mapinc.org/media.htm
*MAP Press Links. [Media links, and many forum links too].|
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http://www.msnbc.com/bbs/local/default.asp
*MSNBC Bulletin Boards. [long list of MSNBC message boards for many cities. MSNBC boards use fixed-width font, and they autoconvert URLs. They do not accept html. When posting at MSNBC boards, after clicking to send in your message, you have to wait till the end of the URL changes from "post" to "submit" before you know your message has been accepted. No registration or login].|
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http://www.healthboards.com/
*Welcome to HealthBoards.com [many, many message boards, and links].|
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http://www.ForumOne.com/
*Forum One: The Web's Search Engine / Guide to Online Discussion Forums / Message Boards.|
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http://www.bc.sympatico.ca/forums/
*Sympatico Forum Directory.|
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http://www.artbell.com/bbs.html
*Art Bell -Message Boards.|
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3. Message boards with fairly frequent cannabis and/or drug-related threads, etc.. With a variety of posters. In no particular order.
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http://eshare.foxnews.com/
*eShare Expressions - The Ultimate Chat and BBS Tool. [FOX News Bulletin Boards. Do not accept html. Do not autoconvert URLs. Does not display email address unless you want to. Accepts web-based email address].|
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http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/local-king/index.asp
*KING Bulletin Board. [MSNBC message board for Seattle, Washington].|
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http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/msnbc-social/index.asp
*MSNBC Social Issues Message Board.
There have been many cannabis and Drug-War-related threads there. MSNBC's many boards all auto-convert web address URLs to clickable links. They do not accept html. Also, since MSNBC boards always use a fixed-width/monospace/monotype font such as Courier, all charts based on this type of font will show up correctly. No registration.|
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http://www.cannabis.com/boards/
*cannabis.com: Message Boards. [Many boards. They all auto-convert URLs into clickable links. They do not accept html. No signup required. No login. Can register one's handle to keep others from impersonating you].|
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http://tabletalk.salon1999.com/webx/webx.dll?13@^266482@.ee8d621
*Table Talk - The Return Of the Contra-Cocaine Story. [Salon Politics BOARD].|
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http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?13@@.eeb88c7
*Drug Policy. [New York Times message board. Active. Does accept html. This type of  board is very active because once registered one time, there is no need to ever register again. Cookies option allows this. Blank message form ALWAYS at bottom of page].|
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http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@102.xwlRxaEJ^6@.ee749c4
*CNN Message Board on Medical Marijuana. [CNN boards accept html].|
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http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@^87409@.ee70d85
*CNN Message Board. "War on drugs".|
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http://krwebx.infi.net/webxmulti/cgi-bin/WebX?abeacon-13@17.xYpCIn9G^5@.ee6d462
*Ohio.com Forums - Politics and Current Events. [MARIJUANA- legalize it, Regulate it, Tax it. What are the advantages? ... This forum accepts html. You can edit messages for half an hour. URL above may change, but topic remains. Click "Let me in" button for quick quest access. Message blank form is always available. Accepts web-based email address such as from
www.mailcity.com   .Haven't yet tried a fake email, or none].|
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http://www.libertyjournal.com/forums.cfm
*The Green Dragon Tavern, a clandestine meeting place for the Sons of Liberty. [also hosts forums for F.E.A.R. and November Coalition].|
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4. Other message boards with occasional threads.
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http://forums.oregonlive.com/forums/get/townsquare.html
*Town Square. [Oregon Live forums. Various options available including html, autoconversion of URLs, etc. No registration. Most message titles visible].|
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http://forums.al.com/forums/get/politics.html
*Politics. [Welcome To Alabama Live, Alabama's Home On The Net! Many posting choices: Accepts html. Autoconverts URLs to clickable links. Threads, with most message titles visible. No registration].|
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http://www.insightweb.com/drugwarnotes/
*Drug War Notes TOC. [forum at Jim Rosenfield site "Think for Yourself." Autoconverts web address URLs to clickable links. Does not accept html. No signup.].|
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http://www.marijuanamagazine.com/forums/index.cfm?cfapp=5
*The Marijuana Magazine Forum. [Can continually edit messages there. Also, can click "options" button to see threads older than 14 days, and to choose frames on or off, etc.. With frames, icons, and messages turned off, download time of index is almost instant. Only need frames back on if you want to edit old messages. This board accepts html code or plain text, at any time - even when editing later].| ---BOARD DOWN SINCE EARLY NOVEMBER, 1998---
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http://tabletalk.salon1999.com/webx/webx.dll?13@^266400@.ee7f4ff
*Table Talk - Legalize Marijuana. [Salon Social Issues BOARD. Salon boards accept html. Salon boards require an email address initially to register, but one is not required to display it with messages. You also don't have to display your real name with messages].|
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http://tabletalk.salon1999.com/webx/webx.dll?13@^266666@.ee7ab8e
*Table Talk - Medical Cannabis. [Salon Science and Health BOARD].
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http://www.vcsun.org/HyperNews/battias/get/cia.html
*The Big White Lies. ["frank discussion of the CIA's involvement in international drug trafficking." Forum for site with HUGE list of links on these issues. Forum allows many options such as html, link autoconversion, fixed-width fonts, etc.].|
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http://www.seed-bank.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html
*POT NEWZ [message board. Also gets many Canadian posters. Accepts html].|
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http://www.usperspectives.org:8080/~legalize
*WebBoard. [Legalize! U.S.A. message board. Autoconverts URLs into clickable links].|
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http://www.nzdf.org.nz/forum3/index.htm
*NZ Drug Foundation: Forum 3 [Forum 3: Cannabis Discussion Forum. New Zealand. Boards accept html. But html charts may be posted after some blank space.|
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http://www.ilovethisplace.com/wwwboard/politics/
*Politics. [EcoChoices Community Message Boards. They accept html].|
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http://tvtalkshows.com/dear/
*Talk show host message board. [Many boards. All accept html].|
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http://www.pissedoff.com/cgi-pissedoff/hn/get/forums/drugs.html
*pissedOff about drugs?|
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http://www.dpf.org/html/forums.html
*DPF forums [Drug Policy Foundation. Entry to several forums. They do not accept html. Also, my narrowest charts will wrap too soon. The wider charts work OK. MS Internet Explorer 4.x browsers may have problems seeing left side of messages].|
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5. Other message boards with possibilities for debate and discussion. Start something!
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http://www.independent.co.uk/net/forum/index.htm
*The Independent Online Forum. [UK newspapers based out of London, I believe. They have been at forefront of coverage of cannabis and drug policy issues. Accepts html. Does not autoconvert URLs].|
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http://interact.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/speakeasy/message/6
*INTER@CT on CANOE. [Calgary Sun (Canadian newspaper). Forum:  Crime & Punishment].|
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http://www.marijuanamagazine.com/forums/index.cfm?cfapp=5
*The Marijuana Magazine Forum. [Can continually edit messages there. Also, can click "options" button to see threads older than 14 days, and to choose frames on or off, etc.. With frames, icons, and messages turned off, download time of index is almost instant. Only need frames back on if you want to edit old messages. This board accepts html code or plain text, at any time - even when editing later].| ---BOARD DOWN SINCE EARLY NOVEMBER, 1998---
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6. NOTES.

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Most boards accept html. Some auto-convert web address URLs to clickable links. All individual messages in all these boards can be linked to from elsewhere. Lead your friends directly to good threads, messages, and boards. In MS Internet Explorer click the right button of the mouse on the individual message, its link, or its number. Then click on "copy shortcut" from the menu. Paste that link anywhere you want.
____ Many boards are accessible via Lynx. "Lynx" refers to a text-only browser often used by free, text-only, library gateways to the web. These text-only gateways are often very fast for message board access, even when using 14.4 kbs modems. This is because the graphics of ad banners, and so on, often really slow down graphic-access to the web. Also, many libraries have very high-speed access to the web for their internal computers. So, they can download graphic websites almost instantly, and then translate them to text instantly with their Lynx browser. Any 14.4 kbs gateway is then more than adequate for the final text transfer to one's home computer almost instantly. Call your library to get the gateway phone number and password (if needed). You'll thank me! You don't need any additional software. System software, such as HyperTerminal in Windows 95, will work just by entering the phone number one time only. Then just click a desktop icon to connect at anytime, usually 24 hours a day. Once online go to this webpage and click on the message board links. Use the back button, back command, or back arrow to come back to this webpage. Then click on another message board. You can create your own link lists of webpages, message boards, etc.. Paste them into any free webpage. Then use it as your base, too.
____ When asked for an email address to register, many boards accept a web-based email address such as from
http://www.hotmail.com or http://www.mailcity.com . You can sign up in only a couple minutes at either one. Mailcity allows aliases. Even if a message board requires an email address from an ISP, they usually don't display it unless you want it displayed. Read the fine print, and help files, at their sites to find out. Usernames can usually be any alias you want. Your real name is not displayed unless you want it to be.
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7. CLICKABLE LINKS HTML FORMULA:
{a href=URL}linkname{/a}
URL is the web address that starts with http. Paste URL and linkname into the two spots. The URL can be used in both spots, too. Substitute left and right arrowheads (chevrons) for the left and right fancy brackets { }. Arrowhead: >
____ Try it! The formula is the way to enter clickable links into the CNN, Time-Pathfinder, Sympatico, talk shows, and other message-bulletin board-forums that accept html code. Paste these instructions there to help others add clickable links. I used fancy brackets here because arrowheads do strange things in some message boards. They have to be used correctly as described. Some message boards are easier to use since they autoconvert URLs into clickable links.
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8. PASTING HTML CODE INTO SOME BOARDS. Many message boards accept html code. This allows an easy way to paste in stuff you like from parts of webpages. Pasting in a color chart is fun! To get the html code, open the webpage you like. Then (for MSIE browser) click "source" in the view menu of MS Internet Explorer browser. Then copy and paste whatever html code you want into the message board. Message boards allow varying lengths of material to be posted into a message. That is why I eliminated many row lines in the tables. This allows much more to be pasted in messages, because row lines require much html code.
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http://www.usperspectives.org/tom/links.htm
*Related links. Including links that may not be added to the bottom of some webpages. Especially the latest links.|

9. RELATED LINKS ( some may be repeated from articles above ). Linkname is BELOW web address URL. All the webpages starting with those in the colored box are full of many more links.

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Click these comprehensive U.S. Republican Drug War links:
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http://www.usperspectives.org/gop/links.htm
*The U.S. Republican (GOP) Drug War. HUGE list of links. GOP responsible for vast majority of bad U.S. drug-war legislation.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/tom/charts.htm
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Tables and Charts against Drug War, and Petro-Pharm-Inc.. [Exposing the U.S. Republican (GOP) drug-war feudalism, and Republican Fundamentalist Drug War Jihad. Many online reference URLs. Clickable Links and clickable article Table of Contents. Please use eco@mailcity.com to send updated data, URLs, table ideas, feedback, etc.. All is read. Can't promise to reply].|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/tom/charts.htm#healthcare
*Universal Healthcare, Total Taxes, Harm Reduction, U.S. Republican drug war, Bubba BOB BARR. Page down to it if sent to the top.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/power_links.htm
*Power Links [Saner Cannabis and Drug Policies Worldwide. Versus U.S. Republican (GOP) drug war].|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/power_links.htm#flipside
*The Flip Side. The U.S. Republican (mostly) drug war. Page down to it if sent to the top.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/gop/bob_barr.htm
*Big Bubba BOB BARR Busted! Republican (GOP) Moralistic Tyranny. GOP Drug-war Jihad, Sexual McCarthyism, Fundamentalist Fanaticism.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/legislation/1998dpf-review.htm
*11-98. 1998 USA drug war legislation. [A summary. In 1998 Republican (GOP) sponsored nearly all the bad bills].|
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Click these assorted, related links.
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/power_links.htm
*Power Links [Saner Cannabis and Drug Policies Worldwide. Versus U.S. Republican (GOP) Drug War. (GOP sponsors nearly all the bad U.S. Drug War   legislation).]|
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http://www.cannabis.com/linkscgi/links.shtml#research
*Nations where cannabis is legal, decriminalized, tolerated. Also, saner drug policies worldwide. Research (Cannabis.com: Cannabis Related Links. Research section). Many nations' links. One-of-a-kind source. Page down to "research" section if sent to top of list.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/ideology.htm
*Ideology, Idiot-ology, Political Parties, & the U.S. Drug War. All sides of the political spectrum covered. And healthcare.|
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http://www.gnv.fdt.net/~jrdawson/drugwar102.htm
*Drug War 101 [1980-97 U.S.] Incarceration rates [& In 2nd half - Progressive nations' cannabis and drug policies. Many links!]|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/report.htm
*Shocking Statistics [GOP-Reagan-Bush tripling of incarceration rate through drug war and mandatory minimum drug sentences, etc.].|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/dream.htm
*The Drug War and the American Dream [History of Republican (GOP) drug war starting with Nixon].|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/racism.htm
*Racism, U.S. Drug War, Young Black Men, & American Revolution!|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/violence.htm
*Violence, Drugs, Politics, Drug-War prison-industrial complex.|
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http://www.cannabis.com/linkscgi/links.shtml#political
*Linkname: Political [Cannabis.com: Cannabis Related Links]. Political section. Page down to "political" section if sent to top of list. Here you will find many Drug-War, Death-Squad links exposing the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc. here and abroad, in Colombia, Latin America, etc..|
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http://www.cannabis.com/linkscgi/links.shtml#medical
*Medical Marijuana links galore! Uses, safety, myths, facts, groups, activism, etc.. Linkname: Medical [cannabis.com: Cannabis Related Links]. Medical section. Page down to "medical" section if sent to top of list.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/med_mj/links.htm
*Medical Cannabis links. HUGE list! All health aspects. Uses, safety, groups, activism, etc.. Many links are also lists of even more links.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/documents/HTML/healthcare.htm
*Eco-Harm Reduction versus Drug War and PETRO-PHARM, INC.. Cannabis, US Healthcare,
Universal Healthcare, Total Taxes, Quality of Life, Mother Earth.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/hemp/nicaragua/hemp-agro.htm
*1-99. USA-DEA. Canadian hemp farmers in Nicaragua face 20 years prison. [for growing Nicaraguan government-approved hemp crop. DEA control of Nicaragua].|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/death-squad/links.htm
*HUGE list of Drug-War, Death-Squad links exposing the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc. here and abroad, in Colombia, Latin America, etc.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/glasnost/forums.htm
*Message forums with cannabis, drug-war, entheogen, drug-reform, and drug-related threads. Web-based bulletin boards. Many Direct Links.|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/glasnost/email-lists.htm
*EMAIL LISTS. Cannabis, drug war, entheogen, drug reform, drug policy, etc..|
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http://www.usperspectives.org/gulags/links.htm
*Horrors of the U.S. prison-industrial-complex gulags. Especially as they relate to the drug war.|
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