http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=A02
http://www.opensecrets.org/industrie...ib.asp?Ind=A02

...and this, taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/459157.stm ...
"Tobacco money also generates a sizeable chunk of the cash that makes up the federal budget.

The US Treasury is estimated to have pocketed $118.6bn in tobacco taxes in the past 10 years.

The US government makes seven times more money from the sale of a pack of cigarettes than a cigarette maker does, R.J. Reynolds, the second biggest US tobacco company, is quick to point out."

...kinda explains why the government is reluctant to outlaw tobacco in the same ways as they would outlaw cannabis...!!!

You know, since investigating the ins-and-outs of government policies (not only on cannabis legilation, but the whole goddamn plot), and having watched "Farenheit 911" the other night, I have grow increasingly depressed at how this world is run and managed by the assholes in power.
Not just George W Bush, but Tony Blair, the EU states, and numerous other governing bodies...my question is:
If we know all these things about our governments, then why do we stand for it?
Surely, we have lost the defintion of "democracy", and have allowed ourselves to become a part of somekind of dictatorship.
We ALL said no to war in Iraq, and yet, there we are!!
We all know that the US elections, both in 2001 and the most recent one, were fixed, and yet everybody seems to be happy just to go along with things!!!

Cannabis legalisation is just one issue that winds us up - what about the countless other injustices that are exacted upon other 'pressure groups', all for the sake of lining the pockets of corrupt governments and 'regimes'?

I know that I'm in a dark place right now, and so I may see things from a slightly apathetic angle, but really, with each passing day, I become more and more dejected at the way of the world!

How long must this continue before the MAJORITY see the truth of things?

If anyone knows of a deserted island (with free transport to it), please please please, let me know where it is, 'cos my bags are packed, and to hell with the fucking assholes who seem hell-bent on global destruction and oppression - and guess what...it aint the ones who are wearing tea-towels on their heads, that will be the cause of it...

Bah@the world..FRO!!!


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RESiNATE Reviewed by RESiNATE on . UK Commons Inquiry Just caught a report on BBC News24, that the organisation "Rethink" is calling for a Commons inquiry into the links to mental illness caused by cannabis use. So, here's the link for your perusal... http://www.rethink.org/news+campaigns/press_releases/cannabis-Jan-05.htm Still, if what they say is correct, then surely we would be living in a society full of mentally deranged, schitzophrenics... ...pity they aren't as concerned about the health issues connected with cigarettes and Rating: 5