I know this stat is true: alcohol use by minors, and the murder rate among minors both increased during Prohibition. The alcohol gangs were fond of using kids to do their dirty work, just as the drug gangs are today.

Let's face it, a huge, multi-trillion dollar government can probably produce whatever statistics they want. They fund much of the scientific research in the US.

What people need to remember, more than ever, is common sense. We don't need Karen Tandy to tell us how to raise our kids. We certainly don't need the American Academy of Pediatrics. People have been raising kids for thousands of years, quite successfully, without these "experts". The Roman and Greek empires ruled the civilized world for thousands of years without the American Academy of Pediatrics, or a Drug Czar, for that matter.

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By Amy Isackson

KBS SAN DIEGO (2006-07-07)

The American Civil Liberties Union is stepping in to defend California's medical marijuana law in the wake of Thursday's raids of medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego. The ACLU is asking the state court to force San Diego to comply with the state law. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has details.

California voters passed Proposition 215 a decade ago. It allows sick and dying patients to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes.

Earlier this year, San Diego's County Board of Supervisors sued the state to overturn the law. They say federal law that prohibits medical marijuana trumps California's law which permits it.

ACLU executive director Kevin Keenan says when officers raided medical marijuana dispensaries recently, they violated state law. He says that's ironic.

Keenan: "The county is spending time focusing on prosecuting abuses when it could prevent abuses by having a better run system."

Law enforcement officials in San Diego say they support medical marijuana laws and went after dispensaries that abuse them. Amy Isackson, KPBS news.

Words from her, she said it.

Ok. I’ll buy that.

That means it shouldn’t be a criminal issue.

THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...

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CHORUS

PANAMA RED, PANAMA RED

HE'LL STEAL YOUR WOMAN, THEN HE'LL ROB YOUR HEAD

PANAMA RED, PANAMA RED

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ON HIS WHITE HORSE, MESCALITO

HE COME BREEZIN' THROUGH TOWN

I'LL BET YOUR WOMAN'S UP IN BED WITH

PANAMA RED

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THE JUDGE DON'T KNOW WHEN RED'S IN TOWN

HE KEEPS WELL HIDDEN UNDERGROUND

BUT EVERYBODY'S ACTING LAZY

FALLING OUT AND HANGIN' 'ROUND

MY WOMAN SAID, "HEY PEDRO

YOU'RE ACTIN' CRAZY LIKE A CLOWN"

NOBODY FEELS LIKE WORKING

PANAMA RED IS BACK IN TOWN

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CHORUS

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EVERYBODY'S LOOKING OUT FOR HIM

'CAUSE THEY KNOW RED'S SATISFIES

LITTLE GIRLS LOVE TO LISTEN TO HIM

SING AND TELL SWEET LIES

BUT WHEN THINGS GET TOO CONFUSING, HONEY

YOU'RE BETTER OFF IN BED

AND I'LL BE SEARCHING ALL THE JOINTS IN TOWN FOR

PANAMA RED

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CHORUS

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Appears on The Adventures of Panama Red

http://www.nrpsmusic.com/music/lyrics/panamared.html

New Riders of the Purple Sage Website

I’m really confused here; I thought not long ago they were saying up to 30 times stronger than that of the 70’s. You know like Panama Red, Columbian Gold, Acapulco Gold.

Now it’s back to 8 times. Wonder what the figure will be next month? I wish they would make up their mind on which Hooey to throw at the wall. It seems they are having a hard time finding something that will stick.

Well I’m not too sure about this either.

Does anybody know how much the population has increased since then.

This is incredibly ignorant. Cannabis Legalization means: THE END OF THE BLACK MARKET FOR CANNABIS!!! Even if they sneak a joint from Mom or Dad, it's STILL better than being exposed to the Hard Drugs over the curiosity of Cannabis. WAKE UP, TANDY!! Cannabis will become so boring to kids. With all the arrest time gained from Cannabis Legalization, the LEOs will be able to control the Hard Drug Black Market better (Until you realize that what works for cannabis would work for ALL drugs), reducing even MORE the chances of children getting their hands on Dangerous Drugs. More time to catch the Alcohol Abusers and save even MORE children. More time to catch the Child Molesters and Murderers, saving even MORE children.

So, Tandy, save the children. Legalize Cannabis. Quit lieing for your paycheck.

marijuana dependency

Today's marijuana is at least eight times more potent than marijuana of the 1970s.

Look at her choice of words.

Notice the word used is, “might”.

I got a letter from Brother Jerry. He speaks of the Horrors of Prison. Humility. Disrespect. Predators. The only subject of discussion in there, TIME. Suffering through another day, and another day, and yet another. The time before prison, the time in prison, the time to come after prison. And the only light these men have is the light of our letters, and the contribution to their commissaries. There is no release in prison, only stress. Jerry needs every single one of us. He needs us now, and he'll need us until he gets home. He misses his Wife, he misses his Dogs, and he misses his Life. Please send this very good man a ray of hope. It's all they have to think about besides TIME.

NOTE THE CHANGES IN JERRY'S ADDRESS****

Letters:

Jerry Sisson #66424-065

FMC Devens

P.O.Box 879

Ayers, Ma. 01434-0879

Postal Money Orders:

Commissary

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Jerry Sisson #66424-065

P.O.Box 474701

Des moines, Iowa 50947-0001

Jerry says the most important thing to him is the compassion we are showing when we write to him. It is his only GOOD thing in there. Please pray and write.

Just like the thriving black market that supplies alcohol to teens, right?

[3] The American Academy of Pediatrics opposes the legalization of marijuana, cautioning that "any change in the legal status of marijuana, even if limited to adults, could affect the prevalence of use among adolescents."

[4] Marijuana is against the law because it's a dangerous, addictive drug .

[6] According to the American Lung Association, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more cancer-causing material than cigarette smoke .

[7] A June United Nations report refers to cannabis use as a "pandemic," noting an increase in cannabis- related health damage .

[8] This might explain why more teens now enter treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined, including alcohol .

[10] Accordingly, thousands of adolescents, whose brains are still developing, suffer from depression, memory impairment and diminished judgment because of marijuana .

[12] But nearly a third of current drug users are teens - so a black market would still exist to supply them .

[13] You only need to look at Prohibition to see that criminalizing an activity suppresses it, and legalization increases it .

[15] Today, alcohol consumption is more than three times greater than during Prohibition, and is estimated to cost our country at least $184 billion a year in lost productivity, crime, and health-care costs .

[17] I'm doing everything possible to keep drugs away from my own children and everyone else's - not making drugs easier to get .

[18] Note: Re: "One soccer mom's take on the drug war," June 28 Colorado Voices column .

Even the US DEA Administrator agrees with us now.

"You only need to look at Prohibition to see that criminalizing an activity suppresses it, and legalization increases it. During Prohibition, alcohol consumption fell almost 60 percent and related liver cirrhosis and deaths fell dramatically. Today, alcohol consumption is more than three times greater than during Prohibition, and is estimated to cost our country at least $184 billion a year in lost productivity, crime, and health-care costs."

Cancer? The most recent studies indicate no higher cncer rate than non-smokers. In fact, these recent studies indicate that cannabis is protective against cancer.

Eight times more potent? I don't think so, maybe they shouldn't be testing 30 year old cannabis evidence.

You argue against availability for adults because someone would still sell it to teens? I don't even know how to address this ridiculous attempt at logic.

Alcohol consumption is 3 times greater than during prohibition? So is the US population...duh. The difference is that we no longer have gang related violence related to the alcohol manufacturing and distribution industry as we had under prohibtion.

Excerpt: You only need to look at Prohibition to see that criminalizing an activity suppresses it, and legalization increases it. During Prohibition, alcohol consumption fell almost 60 percent and related liver cirrhosis and deaths fell dramatically. Today, alcohol consumption is more than three times greater than during Prohibition, and is estimated to cost our country at least $184 billion a year in lost productivity, crime, and health-care costs.