The World Peace Conference
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH
World People’s Conference on Climate
Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 19 to 22, 2010
http://pwccc.wordpress.com/
Working Group 3: draft February 2010
Preamble
We, the peoples of Earth:
gratefully acknowledging...
April 30th, 2010 | Environment | Read More
CNN: Psychedelic Drugs for your Health
Even CNN are jumping on the psychedelic band-wagon these days. Momentum is building…
April 27th, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More
Was there a whiff of cannabis about Jesus?
Claims of drug use by biblical figures surprisingly have susbtance,
says Professor Carl Ruck
Was Jesus a Stoner? is the mischievous title of an article about the use of cannabis in ancient Judaism in next month’s High Times, a pro-cannabis magazine. Its author, Chris Bennett, likes to shock....
April 26th, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More
Can the Peace Drug Help Clean Up the War Mess?
At a conference last weekend, researchers reported positive results on the effectiveness of MDMA in relieving PTSD and talked about psilocybin in reducing stress in late-stage cancer patients
By Brian Vastag for Scientific America
SAN JOSE, California—Michael Bledsoe’s story begins like that...
April 26th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More
Not Feeling Well? Perhaps You’re ‘Marijuana Deficient’
Scientists have begun speculating that the root cause of disease conditions such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome may be endocannabinoid deficiency.
From AlterNet, by Paul Armentano
For several years I have postulated that marijuana is not, in the strict sense of the word, an intoxicant.
As...
April 19th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More
Putting the Pope on Trial
International law presents a radical challenge to the powerful: they could be judged by the same standards as the rest of us.
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 13th April 2010
Confession and repentence are not among the Christian virtues practised by the Pope. He has apologised for the rape...
April 14th, 2010 | Social Insight | Read More
Astounding Connection between US Marihuana Prohibition and Mexican Drug Cartel Violence
While I, like many others, have long deplored the senseless US drug prohibition, and have been appalled by the escalating violence of the drug cartel wars south of the border, a recent Alternet article by Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marihuana Laws),...
April 14th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More
Galileo 2010 – The New Inquisition
Today, a struggle is taking place in Great Britain between prejudice and science. The Conservatives have attacked a major scientist and are attempting to humiliate him through a trial-by-tabloid of dogma versus science.
Here is a brief backstory. Exactly four hundred years ago in 1610, Galileo Galilei...
April 12th, 2010 | Social Insight | Read More
Over the counter “paranormal” drug used by 3.1 million Americans to get high
According to a recent report from the US based on SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health, “…the cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM) is found in more than 140 over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medications. In 2006 about 3.1 million persons aged 12 to 25 (5.3%) had ever...
April 12th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More
The Science of Morality
Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.
April 8th, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More







