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A page of interest. Link to a web page about VOLSTEADISM. A short controversial, informative page LINK ---> http://www.hometown.aol.com/mrthinkit/Mrthinkit8.html
Karen Tandy Retaliates Against DEA Whistle-blower
This ugly story provides a frightening example of the sordid relationships our government maintains when conducting international narcotics investigations.
Can't say they didn't warn us
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates Necessary and Proper, Opposition to the Constitution, September 7,10, 15, 1787 (begining on page 171..175) Mr Randolph took this opportunity to state his objection to the System... on the general clauses concerning necessary and proper laws... Colonel Mason seconded and followed Mr. Randolph.. the laws will therfore be generally made by men little concerned in, and unaquanted with their effects and consequences. ...Under their own construction of the general clause, at the end end of the enumerated powers, the Congress may grant monopolies in trade and commerce, constitute new crimes, inflict unusual and severe punishments, and extend their powers as far as they shall think proper, so that the state legislatures have no security for the powers now presumed to remain to them, or the people for their rights.
It Can't be Stopped
As police departments around the country struggle to eradicate outdoor marijuana crops before the fall harvest, rogue cannabis plants are fighting back.
Lobbyes and paranóia.
Somehow, We managed to scare them heavely... troughout the entire world, the lobbys of Prohibition, as them action shows lately, are in a unspeakable state of sheer panic. We have being winning some big battles, and theyr forming ranks to overthrow us back "down the hatch". Yes, is a magnific picture to look at, as we know that the new generations wont be so easely subdued and kept ignorant, or accept the idea of "one" imposed on many...nor they will be misleded as our parentes wore (and still are), of the dangers of this or the goodness of that. Today, people start to see things clearly, and thats why our beloved fascist industrial entrepeneur friends are so scared about, so scared that they re-started or are triyng to bring back to life the more than dead ideas about how to deal with the drug ishue, an ishue that is only an ISHUE due to PROHIBITION, and nothing else. The "flagelation" is not the drugs, wich have been used since we were in caves and clearly took us out of them, but the PROHIBITION started 60 years ago by the lobbyes of fabric, farmacie and oils, just to name a few, to erradicate cannabis in all forms, industrial or recreational...those same people are now battling desasperately, and with tons of reason. We wont stand back, we are not afraid of you, and you and your ideas and politics and state and mass manipulation are dying and putrifying as fast as an rotten apple on august. As you "attack" "harm redution" affairs as if it was some kind of crime, and as if the drugs didn´t existed the same, and as if it wasn´t so, so, so much more worse, for ALL, as you do that, you are not beying heard as you once were, or believed in a single word you spell...PROHIBITION is bad, prohibition is deadly, unhumanly distorced on any "truths", it does´nt adresses the ishue in any way what so ever and as YOU KNOW BY NOW, PROHIBITION IS DEAD!
Looking at Louisiana's Heroin Lifers
During the research I did for Friday's feature article on the prisoners doing "Katrina time", two of the of the people I talked to implored to look into the plight of another set of victims of the Louisiana criminal justice system: the "heroin lifers."
An Utter Fantasy
I wrote this for the foks in my church, about what it could be like if our religion was permitted to evangelize like other religions through the RFRA. I thought you might like it too. Our church has a web site: http://zzco.org
Introducing Myself
My name is Pamela Watson. I am an Australian anthropologist and pharmacist. I am interested in drugs through time and space, not just specific contemporary issues. Some of my publications include:
Trackback?
I tried this both ways. I put in the URL of my blog entry where I did the textual critique of the article sent by Dana, and I tracked back from a new post at my blog to the entry I just posted here.
Schizophrenia and Cannabis
I got an email from Dana Beal recently that asked us to review an article published in the UK Guardian/Observer that stated that scientists had 'proved' that pot causes schizophrenia. I did a textual critique of the article, which is available at my personal blog. If you are on the WMM list, I hope you will see it in your next email update. http://writch.com/blog/?postid=151 But that isn't the point of this post. The point is that there is another undercurrent in the big question of the cause of schizophrenia which appears to be a valid approach.
The Potradictions of Life in Amsterdam...
The Potradictions of Life in Amsterdam Not many people realize that marijuana was never legalized in Holland, it is just permitted, and even then only in certain places... Here I am in lovely Vondel Park in Amsterdam. Its a sun-shiny, blue sky day. I get nervous around a lot of people sometimes. There are a lot of people here today.
Baking and Entering
Delightfully smug sex columnist Dan Savage got stoned and walked into Seattleâs City Hall with a fake gun and bag full of pot cookies. For all the right reasons. It all started when Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels proposed a wildly impractical ordinance which would hold nightclub owners responsible for any drug possession on their premises:
Jacob Sullum on the Hurwitz Case
Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine has opined once again on the Hurwitz pain case in The Accidental Drug Trafficker: A repudiation of prosecutions that treat doctorsâ errors in judgment as felonies. If you haven't already, check out our news feature on this story .
Dammit Bobby, You're a Prosecutor Not a Scientist!
For a quick laugh check out âReport Shows Marijuana Users Growing Olderâ from the Salem News in Ohio. (Update:Â now removed, hopefully for the reasons listed below. Full article appears in the comments section of this post).
In Brazil.
Here I am. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We need to change our drug forbition law. Too. That DRY LAW produces violence and deaths. If you come to Rio de Janeiro, call me: Phone : 55-21-9255-3145
Hello Everyone!
First time at this. I hope I did it all right. Glad to see the Drug Reform movement getting empowered and organized. I will be checking this site regularly. I am an HIV Positive man in Oregon who is registered with the state for Medical use. With minimal state "coverage" I feel blessed to be able to have what I need to help me have a quality of life that has allowed me to be relatively healthy for almost 18 years!! If we continue organizing and educating people, I am confident we will prevail in ending prohibition of all kinds.
Doing "Katrina Time"
It has been a scandal festering for a year now. Thousands of people being held in the Orleans Parish Prison and other facilities when Hurricana Katrina hit a year ago today are still behind bars. They have never seen a judge or had a hearing. They just sit. While the rest of the local criminal justice apparatus is up and running, the courts remain a mess and most of the public defenders are gone.