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Medical Marijuana Goes High Class: Cannabis Featured in Fortune Magazine

Cannabis/Marijuana and Federal Lying Psychotics.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Fortune Magazine, certainly one of the most prominent high class magazines, came out with the article How marijuana became legal for Sept. 15, 2009.

The story is a far cry from muggles and potheads to this magazine article written by Roger Parloff, an admitted pot smoker of some thirty years ago (and today also).

Oregon Adoption Search and Reunion Services Company Abandons its Customers

Complainants Still Looking For Answers.

(LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.) - Adoptees, birth parents and other relatives in search of their biological kin are complaining against GivenRight Research Inc, a genealogy company that promises to reunite long-lost family members.

BBB serving Alaska, Oregon, and Western Washington has processed 14 complaints on the company in the last 12 months. Due to the seriousness of the complaints, and the 9 unanswered or unresolved complaints, GivenRight Research Inc has a BBB Rating of "F".

Tackling Piracy at Sea Conference Set for Early December

The Tackling Piracy at Sea Conference happens at the Westbury Hotel, London, UK, 2nd and 3rd December 2009.

(LONDON) - Following on the successful event that took place in March 2009, organizers will again host the conference, Tackling Piracy at Sea, in London.

The group Ecoterra says that since international naval forces have been patrolling the Gulf of Aden, it has been hoped that piracy in the region will be curbed or cease altogether. "However, the problem has not gone away and indeed there is evidence that piracy attacks are increasing in other global regions," Ecoterra said in a statement.

DEA vs. Cannabis: a Vexing Subject Says NORML`s Allen St Pierre (VIDEO)

NORML Executive Director sets the record straight about marijuana prohibition, addiction, and more.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - I spoke with Allen St Pierre, Executive Director of NORML (National Reform of Marijuana Laws) while he was appearing at Portland's HempStalk last weekend.

NORML has been a driving force of marijuana advocacy, medicinal marijuana, and law reformation on state and federal levels since its formation in 1970. In 1999 they adopted their current mission statement, "...to achieve the repeal of marijuana prohibition so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty."

Where are the Victim`s Headlines?

It is time to take a stand and begin to help all individuals that were affected at the hands of swindlers such as Madoff; and find alternative solutions to get their lives back on track to recovery.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - In the wake of so many indictments in the financial and corporate marketplace, where are the headlines covering the devastation of its victims; with cumulative losses in the billions of dollars.

Madoff alone caused individuals to lose everything, and the only option being presented to these individuals is the implied recourse on Madoff’s assets.

Marijuana Arrests Drop for First Time Since 2002

Five Years of Record Arrests Had No Effect on Rate of Marijuana Use.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - U.S. marijuana arrests declined in 2008 - the first such drop since 2002 -- according to figures released by the FBI today.

According to the just-released Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. law enforcement made 847,863 arrests on marijuana charges, 89 percent of which were for possession, not sale or manufacture -- more arrests for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined.

Medical Marijuana Gestapo: DEA & Police on Cerebral Orgasms

In a country where political operatives compare Obama to Hitler, meet America's real Stormtroopers.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Last month the California Senate approved a resolution calling for significant changes in the federal government's policy regarding medical marijuana.

The resolution urges federal lawmakers to halt federal interference in state laws about medical medical marijuana, while establishing a comprehensive national plan that will provide safe access for all patients.

Despite President Obama’s statement and those of his Attorney General Holder that there will be NO MORE DEA and police raids on legal state permitted grow sites, dispensaries and desperately sick legal patients, it still goes on.

Age Progression: an Aid in Locating Stolen American Babies

Experts believe that many infants abducted long ago can still be located.

(SALEM, Ore.) - You could call it "future forecasting". Photo progression technology has advanced the science of locating missing children in ways that investigators of yesterday only dreamed of.

A Salem-News.com contributor in Canada, Andrea Stroh, assembled a list of abducted babies from across America. The list is not complete, but it gives a reader an idea of the immensity of the problem. The list below is approximately 60 abducted infants aged birth to two years old, who have been missing over the last 50 years or so.

Experts believe it is possible that many of these infants may still be "recoverable", as statistically, children this age are usually abducted more often by people with psychological problems, who want to raise a child, as opposed to sexual predators who may harm them.

Efforts Underway to Free Two Pirate-Held Planes in Somalia

"Puntland 'seizes Kenya-bound planes that transported pirate suspects'" - garoweonline

(PUNTLAND, Somalia) - Authorities in Somalia's Puntland State government have seized two Kenya-bound airplanes that allegedly transported pirate suspects to Puntland without the local government's knowledge, government sources tell Garowe Online.

The two airplanes were seized by Puntland security forces on Sunday after landing at the airport in Galkayo, the provincial capital of Mudug region.

Salem Nonviolence Forum Seen as Means to Town Hall Tolerance

The event is free to the public.

(SALEM, Ore.) - With all the commotion in the air eminating from recent Healthcare Town Hall meetings, this Sunday morning will offer a counterpoint for a more peaceful public dialogue.

The restoral of civil conversation is a key component of those who seek nonviolence.