Bit late for that, probably. I certainly hope so.

U.S. Muslim Group Irked by `Fascist' Term

I remember thinking at the time, when I grasped what "Propaganda" meant, that what I was watching was "Propaganda". I did learn to watch out for "Government Propaganda" because of those films and literature.

Ooooh...we "The People" have become as dangerous as some elite predicted to other elite.

We have the Bible. We have the right to arms. We are educated. We think.

How much more dangerous can the little people be than that?

We have everything they warned us against only it's all dressed up in Red, White, and Blue and it came rolling in under guise of the War on Drugs.

We got, in the War on Drugs, exactly what The Red Threat was supposed to be.

Exactly!

Mine were public schools.

The only thing I can remember of them is something about somebody hiding behind a tree in a park and popping out to do the heinous deed of giving me some Communist literature.

"We need to have sit-ins, smoke-ins, love-ins, peace-ins, walk-outs, shut-downs, state stopping gatherings..."

Add to that "flash" gatherings by instant messaging, email and cell phone.

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I wonder how useful it would be to emulate the organization called "Act Up?"

They were instrumental in making people hear about AIDS/HIV when no one wanted to hear ...

http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/CDindex.html

For What Its Worth

in some respects, though, you're right. Today's teens are, by and large, happy with American society. But the differences could promote action--yours was a generation at the beginning of Pax Americana, at the opening moment of American involvement with the world. Theirs is a generation of decline and eventually something will click beyond traditional or popular "liberal" avenues. And I'm real encouraged by the number of young adults at antiwar protests--I think it's something that may not expand much, yet remains constant and tenacious.

FoM, I am going to e-mail you a very important message. It may not be there until later tonight, but it will be in your mail tonight. I look forward to meeting you just as much.

Absolutely, afterburner. I will talk to my organizers and see how we can incorporate "flash" gatherings in our area. Cool.

Toke.

I'm sorry I guess I wasn't spcefic enough. Yes I was talking about demonstrations when Political Royalty visits your fair city. Pres, VP, Pres Candidates, etc, thats when the Feds pull out all the stops.

I don't think the felony law for leaving the area has been passed yet, but is in the process. They can and will arrest if you leave a free speech zone without their permission. I don't have any recent experience with protesting, but gathered this info from the web and newspapers.

What needs to happen is, people need to lose the fear which these authoritarians have instilled in most of our society. We need to have massive SPONTANEOUS protests which really DO tie up traffic and get media attention. We need to have sit-ins, smoke-ins, love-ins, peace-ins, walk-outs, shut-downs, state stopping gatherings of, guess who? The American Workers. We have to come up with ingenious ways of stopping the operation of the state peacefully, but firmly. Do you think the people back in the seventies were not afraid when they saw the pigs coming with their billy clubs and tear gas? Those people were brave. That is what we are all going to have to do to stop the state. And I mean the STATE OF FASCISM in America.

I'll let you know if we run across any Free Speech Zones during our coming protests.

Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!

Nor should you be.

That's what the problem is in the first place...all the people getting ground up in "the machine".

Wow.

That's amazing.

I think I heard a Chihuahua barking in there.

If you got arrested in in Veitnam ere you simply paid a fine ( a few hundred dollars) and you were on your way to the next demonstration.In todays orwellian justice system, you are put on probation, attending another demonstration or any encounter with police is a violation of probation. That violation is a new crime, with enhanced penalties, etc, etc.

During Vietnam protesters could demonstrate on the public sidewalk where the politician had to see and hear them. The demonstraters were also on the evening news, so all of America saw and heard their demonstration. Today the Feds have created "FREE SPEECH ZONES". They are chain link enclosures located blocks away from the person or event you wish to protest. Protesters will not be seen or heard by anyone but themselves and the thugs guarding them.

The Feds are working on legislation to make it a felony to leave a "Free Speech Zone" without permission.

Later, in the 1950s, Harry supplied morphine--a good, fat "prescription" to Senator Joseph McCarthy. I hate him much more for the Singel Convention, though. Until then, lots of countries had not outlawed cannabis, you could go there and immerse yourself in a traditional culture and outlook.

JFK fired Anslinger the next year. Apparently he had decided to "legalize" marijuana in his second term. We never got that far. JFK may have had the right intentions, but then he didn't stop Anslinger from getting the UN to produce and endorse such a ridiculous document.

In terms of playing in a band, one has to know the conditions of the gig; the relative size of the playing area, what eqipment is necessary to haul the distance, and what is not. If we actually manage to get a/the band all the way down there, it would be real disappointing to not get to play, I'd never hear the end of it.

Without committing the total energies of a band, it's fairly easy to be more open to whatever, but when I am managing (and that's what it would be) the equilibrium of multi- sensitive people (musicians) information saves a lot of grief.

I prefer the band. I have a lot more fun, and feel a lot more 'empowered' as an artist, but as I prefer live musicians over digital substitutes, the equipment it takes to stage a performance takes up more space. I've gotten my own stage down to what I can carry in my minivan, but I still can't carry all of the band members in the same vehicle as the equipment.

On the other hand, an acoustc setup fits in the trunk of my sons Honda.

2 stages of music, herbal consultants, medical consultants, forums & speakers, comedians, massage, cannabis culture, demonstrations, contests, glass gallery, history and human rights.

Probation, urine testing. Court costs. Social stigma.

They can't make money off you when you're dead. If they think they can't make money off you at all, or it costs to much to allow you to continue to exist - accidents happen quite often.

The question is whether we are being policed by 'people' or by 'professionals.'

During VietNam they used the military as buffers to the protests, and a lot of those military were guys like me, who listened to the same music, in a lot of cases smoked pot together with the long hairs, and were of the same generation. VietNam was all about our generation. The military was as likely to switch sides as not.

Times have changed. Our domestic police force is better armed, better armored, and better trained, than the Armed Forces combat units currently in Iraq.

In such a confrontation, any violence could easily be later justified as 'provocation.'

Near the end of my stay, a group of local sheriffs patrolled the gathering. As they were walking by, amidst the warning cries of "six-up" (which was our code this year for preparing folks for their presence) a group of folks called out, "We LO-OVE you!"

Amazingly, the small group of cops called back. "We love you too!"

This is our future unless we stand up in peace and firmness.

They had a small army capable (by their own reckoning) of subduing a population of up to 50,000 basicly un-armed citizens.

It's about reality, and deciding when enough is enough.

No one was shot because only one side had guns - and it was being videotaped. This was happening while I was debating even going or not. I believe that when those horses had to backup, along with the rest of the cops, a victory for the rainbow was won. Unfortunately that kind of solidarity of faith and belief (not ritual or religion) does not happen often in other places.

There naturally would be an iffy lineage. An American Mustang could carry Arabian blood. Anything that escaped or wound up abandoned for one reason or another and left to breed in the wild with other horses in the same situation.

Obviously some good, hearty, fast...want to win blood.

...let's hope it doesn't turn out that way.

Videos on YouTube.com

That is a toxic substance which his UN gives me to breathe.

Those cars they support kill 42,00 people a year USA..

get a clu and get my life back./

someone wrote a book but i dont know anymore than that.

for a body of world leaders to sign a peice of paper saying that no human can have Cannabis anywhere on this earth is a disgrace to the human race. it is to go against every society that has been helped by this great plant.

oil is at 77 bucks------- here on Sept 20and 21 in Lansing a big Bio-fuel show will take place. These shows are being held all over the country. Cannabis will help in making ethanol now.

in this troubled world

like you and me

who enjoy this creation, or world as some say,

gather and proclaim your place, your politics,

your food and water

your religion, do you have a soul?

The One who has given his life

Liberty and Understanding

Died on that merciless hot day, on that disgusting cross,

To give light to our frightened souls

do you feel trapped

has big government become in your peaceful soul?

We all will pass into the unknown

those portals of unforgiving

have ' W e those people an understanding?

terms and complex and so complete

you gettin there

he is a child like you and me,

who try to find that path,

towards a good understanding,

There is so much more

In our green filled world,

My problem with this: sovereign governments are responsible to the values and the wishes of the people who elected or entrusted them with the governance of the country. The UN should have no right to tell ANY government what they can and cannot do: it's absurd. Basically Anslinger got this Singel treaty document to the floor of the UN, and it was his personal mission to legislate marijuana as illegal forever, for everyone. That's his contribution, and none of the "representatives" at that august 1961 meeting dared to challenge him. It can never come up for a vote again since the "permanent" members on the UN Security Council--the US, Russia, China--are all strongly prohibitionist and maintain veto power.

So in some form or other, all advocates and constituencies favoring legalization fight against men like Mr. Costa. the countries of the EU have come a long way, but I know they would go a lot further if the UN wasn't cracking it's whip in anger against them. But the issue isn't Mr. Costa, it's this standard of "world government" which is meaningless except in upholding prohibition. In the US, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America, this treaty prevents, time after time, meaningful and just social policy changes. If the US Government isn't willing to legalize pot, it isn't just the building of the police state. It's that men such as our Presidents feel they have to take this treaty seriously.

But it's ridiculous. Where, indeed, does the UN represent the concerns of ordinary citizens in "free" countries? What voice do we have in the legislations they pass? Who are the people that "represent" us at this body? I can tell you, they are not people who have even had to campaign for our votes, who even superficially profess interest and concern for our daily lives. They are all appointees, divorced forever from public society.

It must end. And all indications are that a lot of Europeans feel this way; they may, at some point, withdraw from the Singel Convention. We should, too. Yet it is more than that. The issue is accountability; nothing in the UN is accountable, yet this issue is referred indefinitely to the UN's "international treaties". More importantly, there is no basis for retaining prohibition; Mr. Costa knows it. Marijuana was outlawed forty-five years ago at this convention mostly because almost nothing was known about it by Americans, that knowledge about properties and effects were explained at that time by "beatniks" such as William Burroughs.

A few years ago, a UNODC representative was asked why cannabis remained illegal. He replied, "we already have alcohol and tobacco legal, and cannot add to the list of legal drugs." Unbelievable as it sounds, it is true. For many peoples of the world--not minorities, whole societies--cannabis has been a traditional sacrament. Basically the rep's dictum was, it's ok for Muslims for whom scripture has forbidden alcohol to drink alcohol, and governments may comply, but it's not ok for cannabis, which has been in the Islamic tradition for millennia, to be allowed. These are absurd distortions of the idea of covenant.

Quit Singel Convention. End the War on Cannabis.

"They should all go hunting with Dick Cheney."

If Lieberman loses this primary it could signal the beginning of the end of the PNAC agenda, on which the neo-cons have bet all of their marbles. It seems that the only thing that can salvage their sinister stranglehold is another "terror attack".

Conn. Race Could Be Democratic Watershed: Loss by Lieberman May Embolden Critics of War: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/05/AR2006080500963.html

It isn't cowardice that keeps us from striking back violently. It is committment to what we believe in. We believe in the good things in life. We resist the bad.

How long do you think it would take the Feds to round up enough of us "Jews" to convince the others to give up? We barely have a voice now, with millions on millions of us fighting.

Violence would end even that small voice. Which, by the way, is much louder than it was ten years ago.

We must love our enemies to forgive them. We must listen to encourage them on their own journeys of self-discovery and merging with others into oneness. The planet Earth, or "Spaceship Earth," has a shell too, according to Buckminster Fuller. Inside the shell is the petroleum and other fossil fuels that have been used to develop our technology. As enlightened seekers peck through the shell of industrial society, they discover the future realities of renewable energy, ecology, co-operation, spiritual growth and outer/inner space exploration.

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Rosetta stone (legend), courtesy of Dr. Leary:

sHe = he or she

Why? Is there some moral right in locking first-timers up with murderers and rapists? Is it natural for human beings in desperately poor countries to give full allegiance and trust to obviously corrupt heads of state rather than to family, to tradition, to friends? What irks me most is that Mr.Costa, unlike even Mr. Bush, doesn't appear to have thought out what he is trying to say: he has no accountability for world social policy, and the document is an unmistakable fakehood. People today are so stupid--they ignore the very clear and obvious fact that for Third World countries, much more so than for us (though it is an issue for us)--this is a cornerstone issue of human rights and justice. And apparently the UN is bent on giving the blank check for injustices in countries where people do not have all the things we have.

But then, the UN's record on human rights was always dismal, their punitive ability to stop injustices always incredibly pale and weak. Yet we in the most prosperous countries still have to bow our heads to this stupid man's "international treaties," when in reality we--and they--could do just fine without his paternalizing help.

Quit UN. Simple.

With the price of cannabis at 250 dollars per ounce, the market is booming.. Sixteen times two hundred fifty equals 4000 dollars per pound.

Ten billion divided by four thousand equals 2.5 million pounds of cannabis bought and sold each year in the US.

That's 1.25 thousand tons of cannabis each year that is available for smoking on a daily basis.

That's 100 hundred semi-truck trailer loads with 25,000 pounds of cannabis in each one.

The cannabis market is doing fine.

Mr. Costa worries too much. He should smoke a joint, get some sleep, and find something else to think about.

Like legalizing cannabis. That would be a good start.

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I think Doctor Copper and I'm proud

I'm part of a fundamental crowd

And if you look around these days

There seems to be a Dr. Copper craze

I'm a Copper, he's a Copper, she's a Copper

Wouldn't you like to be a Doctor, too?

Be a Doctor, think like a Copper

Be a Copper, think like a Doctor

That's all I needed to read to know that Antonio Maria Costa has zero credibility.

The United Nations isn't uniting anything, it is dividing this world! The U.N. is a criminal organization which seeks to destroy the sovereignty of all nations.

http://www.ramdasstapes.org/article%20the%20issue%20by%20alan%20davidson.htm

....(Dr. Timothy) Leary began conducting experiments with psilocybin in 1960 on himself and a number of Harvard graduate students after trying hallucinogenic mushrooms used in Native American religious rituals while visiting Mexico. His group began conducting experiments on state prisoners, where they claimed a 90% success rate preventing repeat offenses....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD

....The use of peyote in a structured religious setting, with the guidance of a socially sanctioned healer, has been reported by some authors to be a powerful treatment for alcoholism among Native Americans and a way of bringing balance back into the lives of its participants.

Unfortunately, to date there have not been any controlled studies of the use of peyote in this setting to treat alcoholism or other addiction disorders. Most of the literature has consisted of anecdotal accounts of its effectiveness (Albaugh & Anderson,1974; Bergman, 1971; Pascarosa, & Futterman, 1976; Pascarosa, Futterman & Halsweig, 1976). The closest research that has been done in this area is with LSD back in the 50s and 60s. Virtually all double-blind controlled studies that have been done with LSD in the treatment of alcoholism have met mixed reviews by the scientific community. There has been short term or "afterglow" improvement in patients which diminishes with time (Halpern, 1996). It is important to note that most of these studies only measured drug effect with no appropriate clinical direction and support. (Smart & Strom, 1964; Hollister et al., 1969; Ludwig et al., 1969; Mottin, 1973).

The Native American Church, on the other hand, offers a combination of elements that used in conjunction with one another, form the basis of a holistic treatment model that takes the entire individual into account. Peyote is seen as a medicine by the native peoples who use it. They believe that the controlled religious use of this medicine will allow them to see the truth about their lives and that the peyote spirit is able to give them guidance and direction....

Could be?

Would be?

Prison would be a last resort?

I'm not sure what kind of dream-world Costa lives in, but here on planet earth where the prohibitionist USA is world-hegemon, jailing cannabis users is a growth industry for government at all levels.

Prison would be a last resort? Here in reality, the sole the purpose of government is to railroad pot smokers into jail, fining them, enslaving them, and brainwashing them. At one time, government was for other things, but these days, every part of government is preverted to the end of jailing the marijuana smoker and punishing him in every way possible for his disobedience.

I don't know if Cannabis could eliminate all those negative things but it might help. As far as the other substances I really don't know.

But I wonder if pot could cut through the powerful, heavy duty, real drugs our World Dictators are already on.

Alcohol, Pills, Money, Power, Perks, and Ego.

Sounds like a job for Mushrooms. Or Peyote.

Mr. Costa was born on 16 June 1941 in Italy. He holds a degree in political science from the University of Turin (1963), a Degree in mathematical economics from the Moscow State University (1967), and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley (1971).

From 1969 to 1983, Mr. Costa served as senior economist in the United Nations Department of International Economics and Social Affairs in New York. He was subsequently appointed Under-Secretary-General at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris where he served until 1987. He was a member of the OECD Working Group for financial transactions (later called FATF), a Member of IMF/World Bank Interim Committee and of the G-10 Group for the coordination of economic policy.

Between 1987 and 1992, Mr. Costa served at the Commission of the European Union as Director-General for Economics and Finance. In that capacity he served as EU Sherpa for the G8 meetings. He then joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD, in London) as Secretary-General where he oversaw political issues, institutional affairs, corporate governance and questions relating to shareholders.

Mr. Costa easily speaks a number of languages, including Russian.

Mr. Costa is married with three children, adopted from Italy, Colombia and Ethiopia.

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/leadership.html

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We all watched in dread and anticipation as we wondered if the Y2K bug would meltdown civilization. My brother commented, "I didn't know that the earth had so many cultures," as 1.January.2000 "dawned" around the world.

"kissy kissy lovey dovey Republican" --FoM #21.

Costa will soon enough find his Eternal Justice,

[1] Vienna -- Supporters of the legalization of cannabis would have us believe that it is a gentle, harmless substance that gives you little more than a sense of mellow euphoria .

[11] Evidence of the damage to mental health caused by cannabis use -- from loss of concentration to paranoia, aggressiveness and outright psychosis -- is mounting and cannot be ignored .

[13] These health problems are increasingly being seen in young people .

[14] North America is the world's largest cannabis market and most of its cannabis is homegrown .

[16] As Canadians are starting to discover, a market that size inevitably attracts organized crime .

[17] So cannabis is a security threat as well as a health risk .

[18] Amid all the libertarian talk about the right of the individual to engage in dangerous practices, provided no one else gets hurt, certain key facts are easily forgotten .

[19] Firstly, cannabis is a dangerous drug, not just to the individuals who use it .

[23] More than a century of universally accepted restrictions on heroin and cocaine have prevented what would otherwise have been a pandemic .

[24] Global levels of drug addiction -- think of the opium dens of the 19th century -- have dropped dramatically in the past 100 years .

[33] Young people caught in possession of cannabis could be treated in much the same way as those arrested for drunk driving: fined, required to attend classes on the dangers of drug use and threatened with loss of their driving licence for repeat offences .

[35] Schools and universities should apply zero tolerance .

[37] The experience of countries that were more tolerant of cannabis use is ambiguous and not persuasive .

[42] Similar policies are needed to prevent cannabis use getting completely out of control .

[48] Antonio Maria Costa is executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime .

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say? Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today? If the button is pushed, there's no running away, There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave, take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy, but you tell me over and over and over again my friend, ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin', I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin', I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation, handful of Senators don't pass legislation, and marches alone can't bring integration, when human respect is disintegratin', this whole crazy world is just too frustratin', and you tell me over and over and over again my friend, ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China! Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama! Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's the same old place, the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace, you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace, hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace, and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend, ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Recorded by "Barry McGuire" Written by "P.F. Sloan" Album: "Eve of Destruction"

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/lyrics/eve_of_dest.html

http://tinyurl.com/l3tdr

Checkout the pdf below the quote

Source: Herald Democrat (TX) Copyright: 2006 Herald Democrat Contact: mail@herald-democrat.com Website: http://www.herald-democrat.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2710

Author: Jim Hightower

Note: Jim Hightower, a native of Dension, is a radio talk show host, former agriculture commissioner of Texas, and author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back." (Viking Press)

WAR ON MARIJUANA COSTLY FOR NO REASON

"Excuse me for a moment while I vent about the mind-boggling stupidity of the autocratic, bureaucratic, right-wing, neanderthal numbskulls who keep pushing an insane, inane, and inhumane holy war against marijuana - which is after all, a weed.

The most embarrassing thing for these holy warriors is that the weed is winning!"

Mr. Hightower, I agree.

Even though I provide technical support to the 'business suit' culture, I own only one suit, and all too often it's only worn at funerals. I don't subscribe to business culture doctrines because I know first hand how destructive corporations can be to the environment, and to indivdual rights and liberties. Were I able to earn my daily bread in an environment more akin to my beliefs, I'd quit this job in a heartbeat and do so. Unfortunately, right now, such conditions don't exist.

In my posts here I'm railing against the idea that most laws (the drug laws in particular) are based upon prejudices, not facts and reasoned debate. Most prejudices are excused as "That's the way we've always done it." and some people like the True Believer DrugWarriors get incensed when you ask the simple question of "Why?".

For over 50 years this lie was told; then, when it became just too absurd, a new approach was taken.

Now, apparently "Cannabis Classic", the kind enjoyed by home-owning and voting boomers isn't so bad, but "New Cannabis" is on the scene, so we can recycle 1940s era propoganda against it.

Of course, the prohibitionist doesn't realize his hidden admission. "Cannabis Classic" is really OK.

Therefore, let's legalize "Cannabis Classic".

Because of his double disability (English was his second language after his native Amharic), he has difficulty communicating his technical problems, and I have spent a lot of time, at his office and sometimes at his home, to assist him. I do the latter voluntarily, as I believe it is only right to help the less fortunate when able. Call it my code of spiritual ethics if you want to, as I subscribe to no religion.

My point is to illustrate that we all come from somewhere, but here in the US, we are working towards what amounts to common purpose. The methods might differ and we might argue as to their usefulness, but we are all Americans. You know part of my past and where I've been; I cannot be called a bigot because of my extensive travels have caused my face to be rubbed in the reality of how much of a 'minority' Americans are in this world.

My concern is with not so much about diversity, but in how laws are, all too often, not arrived at reasonably but through the basest of human emotions.

The sad fact is, most laws come about, not because of reasoned debate, but because at one point or another a cultural predilection for a certain behavior, that was widely accepted before being socially challenged, is then enshrined into law to prevent further challenges. The drug laws of this country are perfect examples.

For over a century, it was no concern of the Federal Government what you put into your body. It was just hunkey-dorey that White folks could 'handle' their drugs, as well as their 'likker'.

But when the social converntions regarding minorites (that it was just fine to discriminate against them) were being challenged, a new means had to be found to "keep the ___________________ (fill in the blank with the favorite racial or ethnic slur of the time) in their places". Along comes hysterical nonsense like "Cocaine makes Negroes bulletproof!" or ""Give one of these Mexican beet field workers a couple of puffs on a marijuana cigarette and he thinks he is in the bullring at Barcelona!" And so, cultural prejudices become enshrined into law...with, as the lawyers say, 'malice, aforethought'.

When you look at how diverse Humanity is regarding what's accepted cultural practices in some places (like female circumcision, forever removing any pleasure involved in the act of lovemaking and turning a woman into a breeding machine) and then consider that, using the democratic power of blocs of nations voting on such things can force signatories to such a world government into canonizing such cultural practices into national law, the danger is clear.

That is what the UN is meant to be, people, the Biblical 'old wine' of the League of Nations in a 'new wineskin' which was rightly rejected by the US Senate so long ago when it was first proposed for daring to dissolve the sovereignty of the US into a mess of internationalist pottage.

Supporters of prohibition would have you believe that prohibition and enforcement of said prohibition is a "gentle and harmless" act of government.

2."This is much closer to the truth."

(Describing colorful evocations of cannabis strength...i.e....a sales pitch.) (Marc Emery came up with the idea of "B.C. Bud"...as a sales pitch. A darn good one, too...obviously.)

3. "...the cannabis now in circulation (like Canada's BC Bud) is many times more powerful than the weed that today's aging baby boomers smoked in college. The characteristics of cannabis are no longer that different from those of other plant-based drugs, such as cocaine and heroin."

The author has no knowledge of the truth and swallows whole the lies of prohibition.

4."Emergency room admissions involving cannabis are rising, as is demand for rehabilitation treatment. These health problems are increasingly being seen in young people."

They "involve" cannabis if it's mentioned in the interview. The demand for "treatment" (also known as "re-education" or "brainwashing") is driven by prohibitionists and the courts and provoked hysteria.

Prohibitionists make a fine penny treating you with the drugs they "push" for the pharmeceuticals and everyone the pharmaceutical industry owns (i.e. just about everyone in our government) are pushing.

4."...a market that size inevitably attracts organized crime. So cannabis is a security threat as well as a health risk."

Is the soft drink industry run by organized crime? How about the automobile industry? The oil industry? The pharmaceutical industry? The prison industry? They're BIG. They are.

Prohibition attracts and breeds and enables organized crime.

5."...cannabis is a dangerous drug,..."

Obviously Antonio Maria has never seen a "dangerous" reaction to a "drug".

Cannabis doesn't come even close to what many drugs can do to the human body and mind. Leviquin can reduce some people to a sack of snot and make their skin fall off as though burned.

6."Secondly, drug control works. More than a century of universally accepted restrictions on heroin and cocaine have prevented what would otherwise have been a pandemic."

You could say "it works"... for some people....especially those who profit from it.

7."Cannabis is the weakest link in the international effort to contain the global drugs problem."

Prohibitionists are the "weakest link" in dealing with anything.

8. "Prison would be a last resort."

When? Yeah, it should be...but that's just not the way it is.

9. "Schools and universities should apply zero tolerance."

Goose Creek comes to mind.

10. "The experience of countries that were more tolerant of cannabis use is ambiguous and not persuasive. The distinction between "soft" and "hard" drugs is, at best, artificial, especially with such a damaging psycho-active substance as modern-day cannabis. Even some advocates of cannabis as a "soft" drug are now reconsidering as they observe the devastating health consequences of abuse."

Obviously, lying about the Netherlands, in this paragraph. A change in government brought out the unfulfilled and neglected prohibitionists there, a couple of years ago...but the facts, that the Netherlands plan of "control" is truly better are completely ignored...to suit the prohibitionist. Of course.

11. "Similar policies are needed to prevent cannabis use getting completely out of control."

We need policies to keep the prohibitionists from "getting completely out of control".

12. "Let's draw the right conclusions. Cannabis is dangerous. We ignore it at our peril."

http://tinyurl.com/e7j6f

You heard it here first folks..

August 8 2006, will see this entrenched bushlicker fall, bye bye Lieberman.

is a social engineer. He has done it all his life….

From gw’s link

It makes me wonder how this guy got this job. His only credentials seem to be based on economics. Oh I forgot, cannabis prohibition is biG Business..

That depends. Pilots have been arrested lately who use alcohol just before flying. Now, these are just the ones CAUGHT using alcohol. I'm sure many others make the flight, undetected. Since several studies suggest that people who DRIVE after smoking cannabis are safer drivers, then I would assume they would be safer fliers, or pilots, as well. So, we have all probably been on flights with cannabis using and alcohol using pilots. If I had to choose, I would pick the canna-pilot over the alco-pilot, any day. I know some uptight straight pilots who I would choose a slightly canna-buzzed pilot over, too.

"Even some advocates of cannabis as a "soft" drug are now reconsidering as they observe the devastating health consequences of abuse."

Where is the devastation of health among those of us who have toked incessantly for over 35 years? During this time frame, we have smoked every strain, from every geographical location, in every potency that cannabis achieves. To this day, I have never had a life-threatening, health changing, or injury causing situation involving cannabis. Now let's talk about alcohol and tobacco. Alcohol robbed me of my young adulthood just as sure as if it had put a gun to my head and demanded my livelihood. For twenty-five years I suffered under this excruciating addiction, racking up a DWI offense and losing too many good relationships, until cannabis set me free. Tobacco robbed me of my life absorbing lung capacity just as sure as if it had surgically removed portions of my lungs. For twenty-five years I suffered under this excruciating addiction, coughing up blood and wasting thousands of dollars, until cannabis set me free.

"Global levels of drug addiction -- think of the opium dens of the 19th century -- have dropped dramatically in the past 100 years. In the past 10 years or so, they have remained stable."

Well, you would think this author would be appreciative of a SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO BOOZE AND HARD DRUGS. Perhaps hard drug use is down and cannabis use is up, because many people have realized the rehabilitative powers of cannabis.

"Emergency room admissions involving cannabis are rising, as is demand for rehabilitation treatment. These health problems are increasingly being seen in young people."

The increased potency may have something to do with this, but my take would be that most of these cases are forced by outside influence, or the newby toker experiencing "paranoia". We all know the increase in rehabilitation is from STATE FORCED treatment.

"Canada was a pioneer in introducing systematic anti-smoking policies, which are now being copied around the world. Their success demonstrates that preventive measures can help to change attitudes. Similar policies are needed to prevent cannabis use getting completely out of control."

Preventive measures? Surely you mean Oppressive measures? As far as out of control goes, you're too late. You've already said: " In theory, it's a controlled substance. In practice, it's running rampant." In other words, you are telling us out of one side of your mouth drug control works, and saying cannabis is running rampant out of the other side. Why do you think similar policies (Like those for tobacco) would work for cannabis (In your opinion)? Or even other drugs? We already have oppressive controlled substance laws which include beatings, torture, terror, jail and even death, yet you yourself admit cannabis is "running rampant". How can you believe similar policies to Canada's "Smoking" policies would work any better than torture, etc.? People are stopping smoking because of the awareness of the DANGERS of the chemicals artificially inserted into tobacco. Remove the chemical fillers and sorcery from tobacco, and I'll fight for the use of it just like I do cannabis.

Another Fascist attempt to protect Pharmaceutica while demonizing Mother Nature. Give it up.

Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!

No, Mr. Costa, I fail to see it. Where's the evidence? Is it simply that pot today gives a stronger kick? Why don't you turn squarely on drinkers who drink "hard" alcohol, may we make the comparison there?

No, Mr. Costa, I forgot. You're a pencil-pushing idiot paid and honored to spawn this unresearched and useless lie. But, we can sell hard liquor in the Islamic countries; it's "cool" with the UN.

that's my freestyle on the matter. What a dips@#$t who deserves to be ignored. Honey, I'm breaking the law again.

--rchandar

I was reading this story "Lack of nursing instructors worsens nurse shortage" in Summit County's, Summit Daily newspaper, http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20060804/NEWS/108040058

about how there is a shortage of nurses and it is growing. The article speaks of a reason that causes the shortage but I think there could be another reason.

Most nurses are women and while the prison industry is growing, the largest percentage of prison growth is incarcerating (caging) women. And many of the women caged are due to drug or cannabis related issues.

If society cages more and more women and there is a shortage of nurses, could some of that shortage be due to more women being caged and taken out of the job market?

???

Could other job markets that have shortages be due to the same scinario?

What is the loss to society when productive and innovative citizens are placed in cages so one group (the prison industry) profits?

Organisations that are founded upon the premise of ending war should not be spewing out propaganda to support a war that only the police and politicians actually want. Or to support any war... Until the UN recognises that the global 'war' on drugs is actually a 'war' which is actually against its own principles, they too are just hypocrites.

PREAMBLE

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and

Unless it's to insure nobody dare use mother natures herb

to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and

Unless they use some illicit drug

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and

Unless it involves some illicit drug

to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Freedom to be defined in committee date 2010...and unless you use some illicit drug

AND FOR THESE ENDS

to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and

unless you use some illicit drug in which case you are condemned...SINNER!

to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and

by propping up a global war on some drugs, allowing vast sums to be accumulated in the black market that can then be invested in further mayhem by all kinds of unsavory types

to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and

ahem... unless you are a cannabis user, then force may be used against you. what common interest does that serve again? prison building, guards, and police?

to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,

except for the cannabis users, the witches.

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CN QU: Extradition Refused In Bedford Pot Case

Pubdate: Fri, 04 Aug 2006

Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1030/a03.html?397

EXTRADITION REFUSED IN BEDFORD POT CASE

11 Residents Wanted in U.S. After Bust

A Quebec judge has shut the door on a U.S. request to extradite 11 residents of the Bedford area of the Eastern Townships to face charges after a massive marijuana bust there last year.

"We're evaluating the decision, still, and are going to explore our options once we fully do that," Tristram Coffin, assistant U.S. attorney for the district of Vermont, said yesterday from his Burlington office. "I can't comment beyond that."

Why no mention of the Millions of Lives destroyed by such as this author.

Why no mention of the loss of Tax Revenew of this insane Drug War."The U.S. market alone has been valued at more than $10-billion"

yes by all means treat it like beer and regulate Cannabis, but that is not what you mean is it." Zero tolerance."

Canada listen up loud and clear -----"Similar policies are needed to prevent cannabis use getting completely out of control." A Prison Building Budget that will strip you of your man and woman hood.