Salem-News.com Legal articles Page 44

Oxycontin and Self Destructing Emails: Welcome to Purdue Pharma`s World

Right out of 'Mission Impossible' -- This email will self-destruct in Five Seconds in Purdue Pharma World.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Right out of "Mission Impossible" -- This email will self-destruct in five seconds in Purdue Pharma World
There is a recent article in an Internet business journal called BNET.

For those who don't know, BNET provides working professionals with the tools, advice, and insight they need to succeed in today's workplace and who believe in the meaning of work, and who know that a fulfilling career is an excellent way to make personal ambitions come true.

New Jersey Passes Medical Marijuana Law

New Jersey becomes the 14th state to allow medicinal cannabis for patients.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The New Jersey state legislature passed a law yesterday allowing seriously ill patients with certain qualifying conditions to use medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation.

Gov. Corzine has said he will sign the bill. This historic vote will make New Jersey the 14th state in the nation to protect from arrest sick and dying patients who are trying to relieve their symptoms with marijuana.

Israeli Military Demolitions Further Threaten al-Bweireh Neighborhood

Israeli settlers often attack this Palestinian neighborhood while the men of are away during the day, and women are heard screaming.

(HEBRON, West Bank) - On the morning of 31 December 2009, the Israeli military, using a small Bobcat bulldozer, destroyed buildings belonging to the Sultan and al-Za'atari families in the Hebron neighborhood of al-Bweireh.

At the al-Za'atari house, the military destroyed a dovecote and the stables where the family kept their goats and horse.

Mossad Tied to `Underwear Bomber`

The American public is being misled again into believing that this “lone nut” terrorist sneaked through the system due to mere incompetence, similar to what occurred on 9-11.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - “His explosives couldn’t have blown up his own seat. Even if full power, it wouldn’t have worked.”

These were the words relayed to me during a Jan. 2 interview with military analyst and counterinsurgency specialist Gordon Duff in regard to the attempt of Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to ignite 80 grams of the explosive PETN on a flight destined for America.

Medford Chief Uses Public Funds to Fight Oregon`s Medical Marijuana Law

Ignorance is a powerful weapon.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Medford Police Chief Randy Schoen has some explaining to do. The chief used the city's Neighborhood Watch Bulletin to go on a rant against medical cannabis and Oregon's OMMP (Oregon Medical Marijuana Program).

The chief is of course welcome to his opinion. He is not welcome, of course, to use his city's resources to go on a rant based on opinion (and not fact) about an issue regarding citizens' health care.

The Fragging of American Officers: Historic Problems and Future Planning

An American Vietnam War officer describes the day a soldier tried to kill him with a hand grenade.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This is the story of a man who survived an attempt on his life, by chance... and he is traumatized by it to this very day. Why do soldiers kill their leaders?

It is a historic problem, what matters is how it is recognized and dealt with.

Defending Pill Mill Doctors -- Give me a Break

"It is fun to kick the government around" - Purdue Pharma

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - I have written previous articles about the Pain Societies funded by Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, who spew the words "undertreatment of pain" in the United States.

Purdue Pharma and these "Pain Societies" get chills when they hear the words "pill mill doctors" -- the doctors who use Kinko to print off copious copies of prescription pads to write scripts for OxyContin to patients.

Maine Medical Marijuana Program Activists Seek Clarification Over Laws

From Maine Vocals + Maine Citizens for Medical Marijuana

(BANGOR, Maine) - Maine citizens recently voted on the issue of medical marijuana and by over 100,000 ballots cast, approved a medical marijuana initiative. Now the groups Maine Citizens for Medical Marijuana and Maine Vocals, are trying to help bring clarity to existing laws.

"The people obviously wanted to improve our current law for medical marijuana, but not many really read or understood the language in the ballot initiative."

Are White Racists a Threat to U.S. Security?

"Timothy McVeigh could happen any day, any week" - Bart McEntire, former ATF Special Agent

(SALEM, Ore.) - Are racist white Americans a threat to the country's security? Experts say the answer is yes. Last spring a federal report cautioned that Rightwing extremists are now, "The most dangerous domestic terrorism threat in the United States.

A pair of filmmakers took their camera inside the white nationalist movement to investigate. The results are chilling.

Isn`t Hit and Run at Sea Illegal?

The area where this incident occurred was still in Australian controlled waters. That whaler ship "apparently" was whaling illegally there anyway.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In the recent case of the Japanese whaler ramming an activist boat near Antarctica, you can clearly see that the Japanese ship was heading straight for the Sea Shepherd stealth ship.

Their full intentions by doing that, via constantly aiming and shooting off water cannons at the boat, were quite obvious.