Archive for the 'Prohibitionists' Category
Monday, November 5th, 2007
The US Federal Government has been waging war against us for over seventy years. Since the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act in 1937, marijuana has been considered an enemy of society. In 1969, President Nixon declared war on this enemy. Like all wars, the enemy has been demonized with such success […]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
Scientists at Melbourne University have released a disturbing finding about marijuana. According to an article in The Age, scientists have determined that marijuana is “the drug for life’s future losers”.
The way “scientists” arrived at this conclusion is outrageous.
Almost 2000 students aged 14 and 15 were studied since 1992 to determine what effect alcohol and […]
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Friday, April 13th, 2007
When two incompetent professionals get together to talk about marijuana, the propaganda they excrete can be amusing. From the mouths of the fully functional, this type of talk can be frustrating. But when reporters like Jayme West (KTAR.com) and Phoenix Drug Detective Matthew Shay take a stab at marijuana, it feels like […]
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Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Some politicians are so excited to take advantage of the drug war that they never slow down long enough to really understand that war. The drug war is all about a means to an end (power and control), and not about an implementation of any real philosophy.
That is why being a drug warrior can […]
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Einstein once stated that insanity was the act of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By his definition, the entire drug war is one giant act of insanity.
One of the legacies of the drug war is the irrational attitude towards drugs among elected police officials. It is always considered safe […]
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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
As you travel south down the coast of Southern California, you pass through beach city after beach city, each just about as marijuana-friendly as the last. From Venice, to Long Beach, through Huntington Beach, and down to Mission and Pacific Beaches, coastal Californians love to smoke marijuana.But as you move further south, a curious […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
theFreshScent picked up this odd story from Vermont.
Mayor wants death penalty for drug dealers
Barre, Vermont Mayor Thomas Lauzon is proposing a radical new solution to his state’s drug problem. He wants to legalize marijuana and begin executing crack and heroin dealers.
Mayor Lauzon explains, “What social value do they have? They are dealing crack and […]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
One year ago, Gina Pane was detained by a police officer in Greenburgh, NY. She was driven into the woods and forced to defecate in front of the officer while he masturbated. Ordinarily this would seem heinous, but Ms. Pane had a nugget of marijuana in her purse. So the media presented […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
According to an analysis of national surveys released this week, the number of teenagers abusing prescription drugs has risen to 2.1 million. This includes the abuse of OxyContin, Vicodin, Adderall, and Xanax.
One reason kids experiment with so many different kinds of drugs is because they don’t believe a damn thing society tells them about […]
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Our leaders don’t need to be members of Mensa to govern well, but they shouldn’t require special education either. In many state Legislatures (as in Congress), we find a disturbing number who do. That we trust them to ponder society’s biggest decisions is evidence that we are either just as dense or way […]
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