war on drugs

[ardavey]

Recently i undertook an assignment that intailed finding out who started the all out war on POT and how much it has cost the american tax payer.I got most of my info from the U.S. justice department web site. The proabition against pot began way back in the 20's. But it was not until the crooked Nixon adminastration that any one actualy done some research into the matter. Nixon put together a team of anti pot crusaders led by a conservitive fuck prosocuter from Pa named Schaffer. Pryor to their reseach this commission was versed on what Nixon wanted them to find. Stupid shit like pot is a powerfull holusinigenic that would lead to cocain and herion use as well as a bunch of bullshit about the health affects of the drug. At the conclusion of their research the Schaffer comission told Trick Dicky that not only should pot not be on the nacotics list of illegal drugs it probiably should not even be illegal. Nixon then told Schaffer to re-do the study and conclude what he was told to conclude, or he would be replaced. So in essence the Shaffer commission followed suit and fucking lied about their study so as not to piss off the lying fuck republican president.
This type of bullshit smacks of disshonesty much like our pressent situation.but thats another post. Lets get to the $$$$$.
Acording to the info provided to me via the Justice department the tab for pot convictions alone since Nixon exceeds 245,000,000,000 dollars.THats fucking billions that could have been used to combat real killers like cancer, aids, Altzhimers ,and the list goes on. We as a nation have got to strive toward better updated laws in order to stop the ongoing war on drugs. It just hassent worked.

[RIP ODB]

Weed will never be legalized. At least not in any of our lifetimes.

[crystal clear pepsi]

Prostistution isnt legal either but many men risk going to jail for it everyday ahahahahha

[del...]

weed has already been legalized in over 20% of the states for med use (most of those states have also decrimmed possession for everyone) and prostitution has been legal in at least one state for many decades...

[poorman3]

very true del... good point!

[robert42]

the worlds views on pot have changed in the last few years just look around!

WE NOW HAVE MAIL ORDER POT,

ANDDDD
MORE POTENT WEED!









FREEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM

[kuulbns]

William Randolph Hurst started the campaign against Mj. He was a huge publisher with vast lumber holdings. To do away with Hemp farming (that was used for paper and rope production) which cut into his profit margin (lumber harvested for paper production at his mills). There are songs from the 20's and before about Marijuana. To further demonize the use of MJ He and others created the "Reefer Madness" scare. Watch the old Reefer Madness movie,..it's a hoot.

[rhinoblanco]

nothin will be a legal ho and legal blunt in pennsylvania, nothin

[rhinoblanco]

but nevadas got us all beat it seems

[ermitonto]

And the Netherlands has got even them beat. Legal prostitution, gambling, weed, shrooms and peyote, and even legal gay marriage for those who wish to do so. It's almost...sane.

P.S. Dutch society has not collapsed.

[Gothen]

And the Netherlands has got even them beat. Legal prostitution, gambling, weed, shrooms and peyote, and even legal gay marriage for those who wish to do so. It's almost...sane.

P.S. Dutch society has not collapsed.


LOL

BTW, I thought the war on drugs was started on the Mexican/U.S. border when the Mexican immigrants brought it over and used it after a "...long day's work in the fields. They saw it as a way to relax."
One night in the city of El Paso, a bunch of white Texans were killed by a Mexican who was, supposedly, on the "killer weed." So, the El Paso City Council passed a low banning possession of marihuana, called the El Paso Ordinance of 1914.

[Edgar]

Dont forget Aslinger, he had a lot to do with its criminalization.

[4252]

Just want to say one thing about the laws and marijuana. If you say it'll never be legalized and do nothing about it, then you're right, it never will. Laws are made by people, and we, for the most part, are people, so laws are made by us.

Once slavery was legal in this country. Eventually enough people got together and said it shouldn't be so, and after a long struggle, it wasn't so any more. Once women weren't allowed to vote. Alcohol was illegal for a while, and you know how that turned out. Why should this be any different? Is it because people who like to get stoned are too weak, too stupid, too disorganized to stand up for themselves? Hell, I hope not.

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[dylan]

have you seen this website? it has been the best report on marijuana laws i have found.

click me!! (http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/whiteb1.htm)

[RIP ODB]

Just want to say one thing about the laws and marijuana. If you say it'll never be legalized and do nothing about it, then you're right, it never will. Laws are made by people, and we, for the most part, are people, so laws are made by us.

Once slavery was legal in this country. Eventually enough people got together and said it shouldn't be so, and after a long struggle, it wasn't so any more. Once women weren't allowed to vote. Alcohol was illegal for a while, and you know how that turned out. Why should this be any different? Is it because people who like to get stoned are too weak, too stupid, too disorganized to stand up for themselves? Hell, I hope not.

42

The reason I think weed will never be legalized is because the mafia will no longer be able to profit from it if it's legalized.

[4252]

You've got that right, RIP. I think one of the most formidible "vested interests" interfering with social advancement is organized crime, and crime in general. Though my Sicillian half cringes at the word mafia, I concede your point.

Is that a good enough reason to give up though?

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[RIP ODB]

Don't get me wrong man, I love the mafia. When the mafia ran South Boston, it was safe to walk through the streets.


I'm not giving up, it just seems like you can't fight city hall these days.