Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
Time Magazine Cover Story Highlights Strong and Growing Public Support for Marijuana Law Reform
80% of Americans Support Medical Marijuana, 72% Want Fines, Not Jail for Marijuana Possession
800,000 Annual Marijuana Arrests, Loss of Public Housing, Loss of Financial Aid Persist Despite Public Call for Less Punishment
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 29, 2002. Contact: Shayna Samuels 646-523-6961 or Tony Newman 510-208-7711
Seventy-two percent of Americans think people arrested for marijuana possession should face fines and not jail time, according to a new TIME/CNN poll that also shows eighty percent of Americans supporting the medical use of marijuana. TIME Magazine??s new cover story, ??Is America Going to Pot?,? highlights the popular support for marijuana policies based on science and public health rather than policies grounded in the criminal justice system.
??This is one area where the public has led, and continues to lead, the politicians,? said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. ??Voters around the country are just saying no to the federal war on medical marijuana and to the massive number of marijuana-related arrests that clog our courts and prisons.?
While the Time cover article highlights individuals who have helped fund organizations that support access to medical marijuana, sentencing reform, and other key drug law reforms, it fails to mention the $7.5 billion that taxpayers spend annually arresting individuals for marijuana violations or the $10 billion spent prosecuting those individuals. According to Nadelmann, "The drug czar's office spends on a day's worth of ads what the entire drug policy reform movement spends in a year. And clearly, when seven in ten Americans say locking people up for smoking pot is wrong, they don't want their tax money financing the government's failed $40 billion a year war on drugs."
Although 33 states and Washington, D.C., home to 70% of the U.S. population, have laws on their books that allow or are otherwise favorable to medical marijuana, the government??s expensive war on marijuana continues:
800,000 people are arrested on marijuana charges each year. These arrests make up half of all drug arrests in the U.S. Nearly 90% of these arrests are for marijuana possession.
60,000 individuals are incarcerated for marijuana charges, costing taxpayers $1.2 billion annually.
Punishments for marijuana-related convictions include eviction from public housing, loss of federal financial aid for college, and loss of welfare benefits
Federal agents continue to raid medical marijuana hospices, arresting AIDS, cancer and other terminally individuals in states where voters have overwhelmingly supported the medical use of marijuana
Police arrest more Americans per year on marijuana charges than for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
ATTENTION JOURNALISTS: Drug Policy Alliance spokespeople are available for interviews or for further information. Please contact Shayna Samuels at 212-547-6916 or Tony Newman at 510-208-7711.
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
You are so cool. no way I was going to do it. Was just going to let them sit in their ignorance.
Did you look at the Libya stuff at the end of the post on the beginning of this thread. Think that is anything worth looking at. Feeling lazy today, but, may see what I can find on it. According to the post, seems like alot of the gov scam is falling through.
Anyway, peace my brother and as always,
My Best to You and Yours,
Ed
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
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Originally Posted by Ed Ward MD
You are so cool. no way I was going to do it. Was just going to let them sit in their ignorance.
Ignorance?? LOL, nothing in Pissy's post states that there are 750k people in prison for MJ. In fact, it states that only 60k per year are incarcerated for weed.
Take your own advice Ed
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Try a little investigation prior to posting ignorant BS
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
World Drug War Charts. Compilation. Tables, rates. For incarceration, jail, prison, cannabis, drugs, mandatory minimums, drug related crime, etc.. The MAJORITY of the well over 2.2 million inmates in the USA are incarcerated because of the insane, racist, U.S. Drug War! The USA has less than 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 9 million prisoners. The USA surpassed Russia again in the year 2000, and so the USA again has the world's highest incarceration rate! It is now around 5 to 20 times higher than all other Western (long democratic traditions) nations! The US incarceration rate is over 5 times higher than it was in 1971 when President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs." At yearend 2004 there were 7.0 million adults, or 1 in 32 adults in the USA, or 3.2% of adults, under correctional supervision (in jail, in prison, on probation, or on parole).
Took me a whole minute. Whew. Im tired of stupid ass lasy dirtballs.
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
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Originally Posted by Ed Ward MD
World Drug War Charts. Compilation. Tables, rates. For incarceration, jail, prison, cannabis, drugs, mandatory minimums, drug related crime, etc.. The MAJORITY of the well over 2.2 million inmates in the USA are incarcerated because of the insane, racist, U.S. Drug War! The USA has less than 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 9 million prisoners. The USA surpassed Russia again in the year 2000, and so the USA again has the world's highest incarceration rate! It is now around 5 to 20 times higher than all other Western (long democratic traditions) nations! The US incarceration rate is over 5 times higher than it was in 1971 when President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs." At yearend 2004 there were 7.0 million adults, or 1 in 32 adults in the USA, or 3.2% of adults, under correctional supervision (in jail, in prison, on probation, or on parole).
Took me a whole minute. Whew. Im tired of stupid ass lasy dirtballs.
Oh fuck! You're right Ed. I am ignorant. I forgot that heroin, meth, coke,etc were all legal. Thanks for the proof that the majority of the 2.2 million inmates are there soley due to weed. I won't question your intellect again. :thumbsup:
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
[QUOTE=Fengzi]Oh fuck! You're right Ed. I am ignorant.
Ed Ward, MD
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
took a look at the fuiz or libyan deal. Doesn't seem like much from what I saw. Looks like everything has been locked down.
L8r Bro,
Ed
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
Loss of public Housing?? Oh thats where the majority are young,healthy adults that refuse to work but insist on dealing out of Government Housing? Lazy dirt balls? What is that exactly?? How long did it take you to come up with that? You are wrong ED..no need for name calling but whatever makes you feel like your somebody.
Russian technique of psych eval prison used on whistleblower
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Originally Posted by Ed Ward MD
You have made the first step. First you have to id the problem.
Well, I am trying. Daddy always said a real man admits when he's wrong ;)
