U.S. Will ...IN....for.......years.

[ScarlettCrush]

I'd, actually, register if there was a pro-marijuana candidate on the ballot.

There is every time you vote, so register already. The more of us with a voice to scream with the more likely they will eventually hear us.
http://www.lp.org/
I bet most of us on this site are actually libertarian, click the link, take the quiz. (I vote libertarian whenever I can)

[beachguy in thongs]

Ok, I proved myself right, Stoker.

It's your turn to prove me wrong.

[beachguy in thongs]

A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system,

[ermitonto]

Since when was the war over? Less people died in the first year of the war than in the last. People are still dying every day. How is it in any way over?

The war will never be over. At least not as long as the Pentagon gets its way. When Bush declared the "War on Terrorism", he was essentially stating Washington's intentions on pursuing perpetual war with constantly shifting enemies, not unlike the kind Orwell described. Everybody knows that victory will never be declared in the "War on Terrorism", since terrorism is a military tactic and not an objective target for defeating, especially when terrorism itself (remember, war is just a form of mass terrorism) is the main means of defeating it. All the government has to do is accuse his enemies of being terrorists or associating with terrorists or looking like terrorists (remember the accusations of Saddam being in cahoots with Al-Qaeda?) and a new enemy in the war is instantly created. When they see some potential advantage in taking over another country, they will accuse that one of terrorism and declare war on it. This process will continue indefinitely until it is forced to end.

[Ousted]

The war will never be over. At least not as long as the Pentagon gets its way. When Bush declared the "War on Terrorism", he was essentially stating Washington's intentions on pursuing perpetual war with constantly shifting enemies, not unlike the kind Orwell described. Everybody knows that victory will never be declared in the "War on Terrorism", since terrorism is a military tactic and not an objective target for defeating, especially when terrorism itself (remember, war is just a form of mass terrorism) is the main means of defeating it. All the government has to do is accuse his enemies of being terrorists or associating with terrorists or looking like terrorists (remember the accusations of Saddam being in cahoots with Al-Qaeda?) and a new enemy in the war is instantly created. When they see some potential advantage in taking over another country, they will accuse that one of terrorism and declare war on it. This process will continue indefinitely until it is forced to end.

Beautifully manipulative and vague, like the joke that is War on Drugs. No specific target, so any target you want to take down you can always mark the fight in the name of fighting the War on Drugs or the War on Terror. And get lots of money in the process without having to worry about pesky annoyances from the people like information on specifics and deadlines.


I could not have said it better, Ermitonto.

Glad to see you back, btw. Is your comp fixed?

[robert42]

Marijuan is still a drug, no matter what you say. It alters your state of mind, can relieves symptons of all sorts of things, and some would agree that in enhances certain abilities. It is a drug. Get over it.

Yup.

I think the word drug has a bad name, if you drink Dr Pepper that has a drug init

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Sugar, caffeinne, chocolate, nicotine, alcohol, asperine...all drugs. All consumed daily by Americans. Most feel guilt-free in their consumption. And it all has to do with overall attitude towards said drug.

Attitudes have changed a lot in the past 15 years just over smoking. People used to have a lot different of an association with smoking than the nasty images and terms like cancer, emphysema, premature aging, Selma and Patty Bouvier smokers voice, phlegm, and overall public newfound agreed upon distaste for smoking and smokers. Sure as fuck didnt used to be that way. Smoking used to be hip, man.

Its alot more difficult for people to accept something, or rather change their attitude about something from negative perception to a positive one, than it is to reject something that was once considered positive (or "cool" rather), and make it something negative.

Once the majority of attitudes change (only through time and constant constant education can this be accomplished) marijuana will be legalized and not thought of as "bad." Attitudes have changed a lot already by many who are in the media and such (which is awesome advertisement for our cause) so its really only a matter of time before people will realize that their D.A.R.E. education from the 80's was highly flawed propaganda and served a purpose (fueling the fear-machine) other than caring if people are drug-free.

[beachguy in thongs]

Yup.

I think the word drug has a bad name, if you drink Dr Pepper that has a drug init

Yes, Robert, Caffeine is a drug.

[beachguy in thongs]

caf·feine also caf·fein (k-fn, kfn, kf-n)
n.
A bitter white alkaloid, C8-H10-N4-O2, often derived from tea or coffee and used in medicine chiefly as a mild stimulant and to treat certain kinds of headache.

mar·i·jua·na also mar·i·hua·na (mr-wän)
n.
1. The cannabis plant.
2. A preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria.

eu·pho·ri·a (y-fôr-, -fr-)
n.
A feeling of great happiness or well-being
How many times do I have to prove myself?

[beachguy in thongs]

However, the first state law outlawing marijuana did so not because of Mexicans using the drug. Oddly enough, it was because of Mormons using it. Mormons who traveled to Mexico in 1910 came back to Salt Lake City with marijuana. The church was not pleased and ruled against use of the drug. Since the state of Utah automatically enshrined church doctrine into law, the first state marijuana prohibition was established in 1915. (Today, Senator Orrin Hatch serves as the prohibition arm of this heavily church-influenced state.)


Earlier (1914), the Harrison Act was passed, which provided federal tax penalties for opiates and cocaine.


http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stori...naIllegal.html