Posts Tagged war on drugs
Prohibition Supporters Aiding and Abetting Drug Cartels
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 18, 2009
Mexico now approaches civil war over our failed war on drugs. Our support of marijuana prohibition made this possible. It’s a case you can take to court and win.
The marijuana majority emerges
Posted by admin in Political News on December 11, 2009
Today is a green letter day for drug policy reformers. According to an Angus Reid poll, 53 percent of Americans are now in favor of legalizing marijuana. A further 68 percent of respondents said that the war on drugs has been a “failure.”
U.S. may take new look at `war on drugs’
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 10, 2009
BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER: If you had asked me 10 years ago whether the United States will ever change its interdiction-focused counternarcotics policies — and perhaps even decriminalize marijuana consumption at home — I would have told you, “never”. Today, I say, “perhaps”.
New Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on December 10, 2009
While people in the United States are worried about the country’s drug abuse problem, they are evidently disappointed with the “War on Drugs” and 53 percent support legalizing marijuana, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
Our Failed War on Drugs / Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 7, 2009
Legalizing the growing and use of medical marijuana is a watershed moment worth celebrating. It shows a new way of looking at pot and pot use. My hope is that reason and common sense will inform our judgment when it comes to decriminalizing marijuana use. The time has come to have an open, honest dialogue about the true cost of our war on drugs…
55 yr old Woman Marijuana Grower, a Dangerous Felon?
Posted by admin in World News on November 25, 2009
Patricia Smith, 55, charged with felony manufacturing of marijuana is another victim of the War on Drugs!
Police said they found 121 marijuana plants, digital scales, lights and $14,000 cash in a room with a secret entrance hidden by a bookcase at Smith’s home on Friday. Police spent tens of thousands of dollars investigating Smith for six months.
Banning the Weed to Criminalize the People
Posted by admin in Political News on November 15, 2009
Each year, the government spends $16 billion in the “war on drugs” to kick in doors, fill jails and build new ones.The commanders of the “war on drugs” straight up lie about the target of their attacks “It’s not true that people are going to prison for consuming marijuana.” Tell that to the 30 people doing life in prison for marijuana.
Legalized Marijuana: Closer Than Ever For The U.S.
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on November 5, 2009
The War on Drugs is increasingly perceived as a losing battle and a growing number of proponents for the legalization of marijuana believe that instead of outlawing the drug, regulating and taxing it would have beneficial economic, social and political outcomes that merit serious consideration.
Senate to Vote on Banning Legalization Talk By Drug Experts
Posted by admin in Political News on November 3, 2009
As soon as this week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee could vote on an amendment that will legally prevent some of the government’s top advisers from even discussing the idea of legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana or other drugs as a solution to the failed “war on drugs.” This is
If it’s on the shelves, it’s off the streets
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 24, 2009
The results are telling. In America, 37 percent of adults have tried marijuana; in the Netherlands the figure is 17 percent. Heroin usage rates are three times higher in the United States than in the Netherlands. Crystal meth, so destructive here, is almost nonexistent there. By any standard … America has lost the war on drugs.
America’s Failed “War on Drugs” Pollutes National Parks
Posted by admin in Political News on October 22, 2009
The new PBS series “National Parks: America’s Best Idea” reminded me of one of America’s worst ideas, the war on drugs. That bad idea now threatens the good one, as Mexican cartels swarm over large swaths of U.S. public land to grow marijuana. There, they dump toxic chemicals, dam streams, clear natural vegetation and scatter piles of trash.
U.S. should go further on marijuana
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 21, 2009
While the Justice Department has taken a very positive step, it is time to continue in this direction and re-think our overall drug policies and the failed war on drugs.
Sign of the high times
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 21, 2009
Sasha Abramsky: Obama’s decision not to prosecute medical marijuana users and sellers suggests an end to the war on drugs is coming
Are Women Leading Us to Marijuana Legalization?
Posted by admin in Political News on October 21, 2009
According to this Washington Post column, in 1929 the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform led the movement to end alcohol prohibition. Might women lead the next revolution to fight for personal autonomy in the “war on drugs”?
The Daily Show’s Best War on Drugs Moments
Posted by admin in Television on October 19, 2009
President Obama will not be arresting medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. With that in mind, here are some of the best War on Drugs-themed clips from The Daily Show.
Paul B Farrell: End the war on drugs, start the legalization
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 13, 2009
Review competition, market share, new profit opportunities when decriminalization of marijuana expands to other illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin, a megabuck market.
Ron Paul: America’s War on Drugs must end
Posted by admin in Political News on October 10, 2009
Congressman Ron Paul is the most conservative, grandfatherly man to ever be admired by America’s marijuana enthusiasts. On Friday night’s episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, he reminded those who may have been suffering an impaired short-term memory at that late hour why, exactly, they should like him.
This is how you win the war on drugs.
Posted by admin in World News on October 7, 2009
Local pot-growers in the U.S. are severely hurting the profits of the marijuana cartels.
More Latin American Countries Legalizing Drugs – ABC News
Posted by admin in Political News on September 27, 2009
“The ‘war on drugs’ has failed, some Latin American leaders say. But legalization of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, and other narcotics may not curb violence”. That’s what the ABC article states but I think that most Americans know that legalizing Weed would have a Tremendous impact on the cartels.
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