Mungo
11-08-2011, 06:07 PM
Until mainstream voters start talking about the pro's and cons of legalising drugs, the war on drugs will be between the government and a small handfull of pott-heads.
That may well seem like a harsh statement, but sadly its true, as people who do not take drugs, probably won't care either way, until they realise how the global drug culture affects everybody... including the non drug takers.
Governments around the world have a duty of care to watch over all of their citizens, and ensure that little or no harm comes to them. Thing is, when it comes to drugs, more often than not they bury their heads in the sand and pretend that it's not happening... which is a huge fail in their responsabilities to the people they are charged with caring for... namely you and me.
Dangerous drugs like heroin and crack have to be controlled by governments, as that way, the purchasing prices can be lowered and the market can be flooded, so that smack heads and crack heads could get their welfare checks and buy half an ounce for a dollar... cos if that scenario were to happen, what crime would there be?
Would your car stereo be in someone else's car? no! would your DVD or blu-ray player be in someone else's front room? no! would your wife's handbag be in the gutter at the end of a trail of contents? no! and why? The highly addictive drugs that currently cost a lot of money are suddenly worthless under government control.
By the same token, coke heads could get a gram of pure cocaine for 25 bucks, 15 of which could go straight into funding rehab projects for example.
As for tokers and stoners, there would be no more of this dangerous super skunk that's got who knows what chemicals burried deep within, chemicals that could end up killing us.
Government controlled, government taxed, and government labelled.... No more turf wars over who sells what on which street corner, as its all sold through government shops, just like the intro to the film layer cake.
Then of course, there's the collossal savings the governments would make by not needing to finance their costly wars on drugs, which they can and will never win.
Thing is, for this to happen, mainstream voters need to start talking about this in the open... websites like this are good, but it's a speciality site that doesn't really get visited and patroned by non toker's, and without mainstream backing, the efforts of smokers alone makes for a small underground movement.
I'm making this film, or rather, i've made this film called Amsterdam, during which there's a really big scene which debates the above topic, but i'm stuck at the post production stage and need help moving forwards.
As a community, i'd like to ask my peers to spare a few minutes to check out Amsterdam's campaign for more funds, at;
Amsterdam -- IndieGoGo (http://www.indiegogo.com/Amsterdam?c...=260098&i=addr)
Or to take a look at Amsterdam - The Movie (http://www.amsterdamthemovie.com)
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I can't honestly say that i've ever heard of anyone laughing themselves to death, death by munchies, or death by thinking... yet weed is outlawed, and that needs to change.
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Millions of people every year die from smoking cigarettes. Millions more die from alcohol abuse... then there are the millions more who are negatively affected by the use of fags and booze.
So how come cigarettes and alcohol ain't illegal?
I'll leave you with the comments from a character called Danny, from a cult movie called Withnail & I... "why turst one drug and not the other?"
Drugs are drugs... so prohibition should apply to all of them, or none of them... enough with the cherry picking.
That may well seem like a harsh statement, but sadly its true, as people who do not take drugs, probably won't care either way, until they realise how the global drug culture affects everybody... including the non drug takers.
Governments around the world have a duty of care to watch over all of their citizens, and ensure that little or no harm comes to them. Thing is, when it comes to drugs, more often than not they bury their heads in the sand and pretend that it's not happening... which is a huge fail in their responsabilities to the people they are charged with caring for... namely you and me.
Dangerous drugs like heroin and crack have to be controlled by governments, as that way, the purchasing prices can be lowered and the market can be flooded, so that smack heads and crack heads could get their welfare checks and buy half an ounce for a dollar... cos if that scenario were to happen, what crime would there be?
Would your car stereo be in someone else's car? no! would your DVD or blu-ray player be in someone else's front room? no! would your wife's handbag be in the gutter at the end of a trail of contents? no! and why? The highly addictive drugs that currently cost a lot of money are suddenly worthless under government control.
By the same token, coke heads could get a gram of pure cocaine for 25 bucks, 15 of which could go straight into funding rehab projects for example.
As for tokers and stoners, there would be no more of this dangerous super skunk that's got who knows what chemicals burried deep within, chemicals that could end up killing us.
Government controlled, government taxed, and government labelled.... No more turf wars over who sells what on which street corner, as its all sold through government shops, just like the intro to the film layer cake.
Then of course, there's the collossal savings the governments would make by not needing to finance their costly wars on drugs, which they can and will never win.
Thing is, for this to happen, mainstream voters need to start talking about this in the open... websites like this are good, but it's a speciality site that doesn't really get visited and patroned by non toker's, and without mainstream backing, the efforts of smokers alone makes for a small underground movement.
I'm making this film, or rather, i've made this film called Amsterdam, during which there's a really big scene which debates the above topic, but i'm stuck at the post production stage and need help moving forwards.
As a community, i'd like to ask my peers to spare a few minutes to check out Amsterdam's campaign for more funds, at;
Amsterdam -- IndieGoGo (http://www.indiegogo.com/Amsterdam?c...=260098&i=addr)
Or to take a look at Amsterdam - The Movie (http://www.amsterdamthemovie.com)
.
.
I can't honestly say that i've ever heard of anyone laughing themselves to death, death by munchies, or death by thinking... yet weed is outlawed, and that needs to change.
.
.
.
Millions of people every year die from smoking cigarettes. Millions more die from alcohol abuse... then there are the millions more who are negatively affected by the use of fags and booze.
So how come cigarettes and alcohol ain't illegal?
I'll leave you with the comments from a character called Danny, from a cult movie called Withnail & I... "why turst one drug and not the other?"
Drugs are drugs... so prohibition should apply to all of them, or none of them... enough with the cherry picking.