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Voters have been losing their taste for the war on drugs lately; in the past few years, states from Arizona and Alaska to California and Hawaii have moved toward making marijuana, in particular, a low priority for law enforcement, with first-offense possession cases often dismissed with small-time fines and medical-marijuana measures on the books in several states. But the initiative voters in Nevada will be considering this fall goes much further: The “tax and regulate” measure, whose supporters got it on the ballot by collecting 86,000 signatures, would allow anyone over 21 to possess up to one ounce for personal...

SACRAMENTO - Almost two years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger made one of his most detailed policy speeches of the tumultuous 2003 recall election. Standing inside the California State Railroad Museum -- a visual emblem of the special-interest politics that can dominate state politics -- the gubernatorial candidate laid out what he called a "sweeping political reform" agenda to restore public trust in Sacramento. It included a fund-raising blackout during budget season, redrawing political boundaries and a vow to veto bills that hadn't been fully vetted in the Legislature. Now, as Schwarzenegger campaigns for a special election and a second term, most...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Agents have seized more than $2.6 billion worth of marijuana plants this year, already surpassing last year's season total by 20 percent, authorities said. The state Department of Justice's annual Campaign Against Marijuana Planting, or CAMP, is still a month away from wrapping up operations after the season peak at the end of September. The raids, many in remote, forested terrain, pit agents against often heavily armed guards protecting their marijuana plots. About three weeks ago, a grower was shot dead and a state Fish and Game warden was wounded during a raid on a 22,000-plant pot farm...

John Kerry is not only uncertain about where he stands; he's politically bipolar. Hiring Bill Clinton's old staff to shore up his campaign won't work. Anyone who follows the news can tell you what's wrong with his campaign. It isn't the campaign staff -- it's the uncertainty of the candidate. Thus, we have the Kerry who says Iraq is the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time while having voted for it and still defends both propositions. Kerry claims heroism in Vietnam, after which he repented for a war filled with atrocities, some of which he himself...

Windsurfing Kerry Zig-Zags, Flip-Flops, Declares 'Fishin' Accomplished' 09/01/04 MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Massachusetts At a private beach near Martha's Vineyard today, Democrat presidential nominee John Kerry wrestled with strong and turbulent winds that threatened to sink his vessel. Kerry first got into trouble when he launched his fragile, wind-driven craft without carefully checking the speed and direction of the prevailing middle-easterlies. This oversight was compounded when the senator began zig-zagging erratically across the dappled waters of Nantucket Sound, unable, apparently, to sail in a straight line. Then, as Kerry leaned precipitously to the right, a savage rush of hot air flipped his...

I have seen Zell's Marx Cleland for senate ad to the point of repulsion. Zell had my vote, now he has lost it. What the heck is he? He supports conservative bills, now he comes out supporting a lying socialist that could keep Tom Daschell as the Senate Majority leader!!! What is Zell? A man or mouse? Please write him, and beg him to stop supporting Max Cleland, and for him to support a Conservative candidate.Here is his email. http://miller.senate.gov/email.htm Here is the rest of his contact information; Washington D.C. Office 257 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 Phone:...