cannabisnews.com: NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- January 13, 2005
NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- January 13, 2005
Posted by CN Staff on January 13, 2005 at 11:03:26 PT
Weekly Press Release
Source: NORML
Drug Czar's "News" Stories Violated Feds' Anti-Propaganda Laws, General Accounting Office FindsJanuary 13, 2005 - Washington, DC, USAWashington, DC: Taxpayer-funded video "news" stories prepared by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to simulate private newscasts constitute "covert propaganda" and are in violation of federal anti-propaganda laws, according to the findings of an investigation by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
The videos, which were distributed to approximately 770 news stations nationwide between the years 2002 and 2004, were designed "to be indistinguishable from news stories produced by private sector television news organizations," the GAO found. "ONDCP did this so they could be seamlessly incorporated into private sector television news broadcasts without alteration. ... ONDCP did not identify itself to the viewing audience ... [and] made it impossible for the targeted viewing audience to ascertain that these stories were produced by the government, and not by the news organization broadcasting them."Nearly 300 stations broadcasted the ONDCP's prepackaged reports, which were seen by some 22 million households. The agency spent more than $150,000 in taxpayer funds to produce and distribute the videos, which were paid for as part of the White House's National Drug Free Media Campaign. The Campaign, which began in 1998, spends approximately $150 million annually to produce and purchase public service announcements warning about the alleged dangers of marijuana, among other anti-drug themes. However, a series of federally funded reviews of the program found that teens who were most exposed to the Campaign's ads tended to "move more markedly in a 'pro-drug' direction as they aged than those who were exposed to less."Previously, the Federal Communications Commissioned (FCC) had sanctioned organizers of the Campaign for sponsoring advertisements and television content without identifying the ONDCP as the paid sponsor of the programming, in violation of federal anti-payola laws."When an entity, particularly the federal government, purchases on-air time to persuade the public audience, the public has a legal right under the law to know that they are hearing or viewing content which has been paid for, and they also have a legal right to know who has paid for it," NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "Just because that content is sponsored by the Drug Czar's office under the guise of fighting the 'war on drugs' does not give them permission to flout federal law."For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre or Paul Armentano of NORML at (202) 483-5500. The GAO's report is available online at: http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/303495.htmDL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6402Drug Control Office Faulted For Issuing Fake Tapeshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20100.shtmlBush's Drug Videos Broke Lawhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20098.shtmlUS Stands Alone In Hemp Ban, Congressional Research Service Report SaysJanuary 13, 2005 - Washington, DC, USAWashington, DC: The United States is the only developed nation that fails to cultivate industrial hemp as an economic crop, according to Congressional Resource Service (CRS) report published last week. Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that contains only minute (less than 1%) amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Farmers worldwide grow hemp commercially for fiber, seed, and oil for use in a variety of industrial and consumer products, including food."In all, more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America grow hemp," the report states, adding that the European Union instituted a subsidy program in the 1990s for hemp fiber production. "The United States is the only developed nation in which industrial hemp is not an established crop."Federal law makes no distinctions between cannabis and industrial hemp, and makes it illegal to grow hemp without a license from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). According to the CRS, "The DEA has been unwilling to grant licenses for growing small plots of hemp for research purposes," even when such research is authorized by state law, because the agency believes that doing so would "send the wrong message to the American public concerning the government's position on drugs." As an example, the report notes that the DEA "has still not ruled on an application submitted in 1999 by a North Dakota researcher" to grow a trial plot of hemp in compliance with state law. More than a dozen states have enacted laws authorizing the licensed cultivation of hemp for research purposes."The federal ban on hemp cultivation and production is a direct outgrowth of the government's absurd war on cannabis," NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "This report should help to galvanize support among US farmers, industrialists, and environmentalists for the legalization and regulation of hemp as an agricultural commodity."For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre or Paul Armentano of NORML at (202) 483-5500. The CRS report, "Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity," is available online: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32725.pdfDL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6403CannabisNews -- Hemp Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/hemp.shtmlBlack Lawmakers Condemn War On Drugs, Call For Non-Criminal AlternativesJanuary 13, 2005 - Philadelphia, PA, USAPhiladelphia, PA: Anti-drug policies that rely on criminal penalties and incarceration are ineffective and disproportionately impact African Americans, according to a resolution passed by the National Black Caucus of State Legislators at their annual Legislative Conference.The resolution states: "The war on drugs has failed. Every community in the US contends with the harmful effects of drug misuse and related problems, and while states have continually increased their expenditures to wage the war on drugs, policies which rely heavily on arrest and incarceration have proved costly and ineffective at addressing these issues." Lawmakers added, "The war on drugs is a major force driving the incarceration of over 2.1 million people in the United States, with African Americans disproportionately represented in our country's overflowing jails and prisons and the war on drugs perpetuates mandatory minimums, felony disfranchisement, disproportionate over-incarceration, poor access to health care, under funded public education, widespread unemployment, and the general criminalization of communities of color in the US."Lawmakers said that they intend to advance drug policies that prioritize public health rather than criminal penalties, and announced the creation of a task force "to research and report on the allocation of state expenditures for all public education and health services and the war on drugs so that states can understand the real cost of the war on drugs in the state budgets and in their communities."For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500.DL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6404Source: NORML Foundation (DC)Published: January 13, 2005Copyright: 2005 NORML Contact: norml norml.org Website: http://www.norml.org/CannabisNews NORML Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/NORML.shtml
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Comment #50 posted by FoM on January 15, 2005 at 21:22:06 PT
runruff
May I share this information with my sister? She goes to a big church and maybe they would be able to help your sister and her mission?http://childrenofthehour.com/about_children_hour.html
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on January 15, 2005 at 20:46:45 PT
ekim
I had to modify your post. The end was too long and made the page not center right. All I did was shorten it. I know you will understand.
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Comment #48 posted by Taylor121 on January 15, 2005 at 20:25:49 PT
Time of Big Government Needs to End
"It's the abuse of money that causes problems particularly in big government. "Which is why we need to work to shrink the government and turn our lives back over to ourselves instead of Washington D.C.
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Comment #47 posted by ekim on January 15, 2005 at 19:50:37 PT
good one on pebbles Kap.like the song says
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http://www.leap.cc/events
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Comment #46 posted by The GCW on January 15, 2005 at 04:01:25 PT
Do not waver.
1:15:5Romans 4:16, indicates, “…Abraham, who is the father of us all,…” But when You consider that, it is clear that Abraham has a father also and his father is Our Father… Abraham leads to Our Father and I lead to Abraham. Unless You stop there, Abraham leads Us to the beginning; so do I. And don’t stop there… (We were manifested using materials that were here; Our family includes plants. Our Fathers fathers father was a plant. And the Father of all plants is cannabis.)Abraham leads to the beginning / that 1st page of the Bible, to where among other things We are told something that We must not waver on; God created All the plants saying they are all good.Waver here, and Abraham wouldn’t have been Abraham, because He would have wavered, which would have caused separation…But because He did not waver, He received all the gifts that come from not wavering.What cannabis enables, to those who obey and do not waver, is different than what cannabis enables to those who waver.Show Me someone who supports caging one another for using cannabis, and I’ll show You someone who has wavered.4:20Romans 4:20, indicates why Abraham was noteworthy; “…he did not waver in unbelief…”4:20
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Comment #45 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 21:28:27 PT
afterburner
Another great song. Thanks!
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Comment #44 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 21:20:56 PT
Willie Nelson's New Project
Go Willie!http://www.wnbiodiesel.com/http://www.wnbiodiesel.com/services.html
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Comment #43 posted by afterburner on January 14, 2005 at 20:40:10 PT
resources are Not scarce
The fat cats, the lovers of money, only want you to believe in scarcity because scarce things are more valuable. We live in an abundant universe full of riches and wonder. The Christian/Jewish/Muslim God promised abundance to Abraham and we are his heirs if we choose to be. The quilting bees and barn-raisings of our ancestors showed us that by working together in love of God and mutual support we can be blessed with plenty. Oil is scarce so people fight wars over it. Hemp could be abundant except for artificial price controls caused by mis-guided or malicious government policies. "Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land"
--Share The Land by The Guess WhoShare The Land - The Guess WhoLyrics "Have you been around
Have you done your share o' comin' down
On different things that people do
Have you been aware
You got brothers and sisters who care
About what's gonna happen to you in a year from now "Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now "Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now ------ Lead Guitar ------ "Did you pay your dues
Did you read the news
This mornin' when the paper landed in your yard
Do you know their names
Can you play their games
Without losin' track and comin' down a bit too hard
Oh! "Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now "Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now ------ Lead Guitar Solo ------ "Mmm, maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now "Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
Together, together "(Shake your hand, share the land)
You know I'll be standin' by to help you if you're worried
(Shake your hand, share the land)
No more sadness, no more sorrow, and no more bad times
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Every day comin' sunshine, every day everybody laughin'
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Walkin' together by the river, walkin' together and laughin'
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Everybody singin' together, everybody singin' and laughin'
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Good times, good times, everybody walkin' by the river now
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Walkin', singin', talkin', smilin', laughin', diggin' each other
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Everybody happy together, I'll be there, don't worry, if you're needin' me
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Call on me, call on me, call my name, I'll be runnin' to help you
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Everybody walkin' by the river now, everybody, everybody laughin'
(Shake your hand, share the land)
Everybody singin' and talkin', smilin', laughin', diggin' each other
(Shake your hand, share the land)
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Share The Land - The Guess Who
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Comment #42 posted by siege on January 14, 2005 at 20:12:16 PT
Advances in Tesla ...
Amazon.com: Books: Angels Don't Play This haarp: Advances in Tesla ...Advances
in Tesla Technology by Nick Begich, Jeane Manning. List Price: $14.95. ...
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Comment #41 posted by runruff on January 14, 2005 at 19:22:08 PT:
Haarp.
There is a book, "Angels Don't Play This Harp", can't remember the name of the author. I heard about it on the old Art Bell Show.
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Comment #40 posted by The GCW on January 14, 2005 at 19:19:47 PT
Money? Weather? Cloud seeding? Lombar,
Ski areas do it in Colorado and elsewhere.Vail ski area has been cloud seeding for app. 20 years.420Lombar, thanks for the insight; it's not (just) the money, it's the interest...420There is some implication of intentional man made doings that caused the last earthquake that killd many people in Armenia.
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 18:44:31 PT
One More Comment
One more comment about money. I really mean that money is important so we can have nice things. You know the american dream. I've always felt that way and am happy that we've been able to achieve those dreams thru our lives. When money becomes the root of evil is when it is wasted by governments or non profit organizations. We all should be accountable for how we spend other's money. The government gets money from us and we contribute money to non profit organizations and they need to use it wisely and tell us where the money goes and for what. That's using money the right way. An example, we wanted to send money and we did but we just weren't sure if the money we sent would make it to help the victims of the tsunami or be sideracked into deep pockets that are in the organization. Michael Moore said once now that he has so much money he must really think hard where he should use it. He said we must be good stewards. He said whom much is given, much is required. We don't have accountability with organizations or government and all we have to do is look at the last election to see how money controls more then it should.
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Comment #38 posted by mayan on January 14, 2005 at 17:45:05 PT
Man Is Playing God
Aerosol and Electromagnetic Weapons in the Age of Nuclear War:
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/WOR406A.htmlBackground of the HAARP Project:
http://www.earthpulse.com/haarp/background.html
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 17:21:37 PT
Agog
I didn't know that happened in Vietnam but I believe you. I learned something new today. Thanks.
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Comment #36 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 17:16:03 PT
Taylor121
I agree we do need money or we would be in a fine state of having no homes, cars and and luxuries we enjoy. I use the term money and I should have tried to be more specific. Money can corrupt. Money can be used for good. It's the abuse of money that causes problems particularly in big government.
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Comment #35 posted by Agog on January 14, 2005 at 16:19:07 PT
FOM - Weather Modification and warfare
Hi FOM and the rest of the CNEWS family....Weather modification was not only studied, but practiced during the Vietnam era. The name of the actual program escapes me right now but we actively pursued cloud seeding in the attempt to increase rainfall in Vietnam as a means to slow down the supply chain along the Ho Chi Min trail. It has also been used small scale commercially to boost agricultural rainfall.... it actually can work given the right meteorological conditions. We still haven't learned better to work with, than attempt to control Mom Nature.Agog
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Comment #34 posted by Taylor121 on January 14, 2005 at 16:16:20 PT
money
When you really look at money, it is simply a tool as it was stated below. It is a non violent tool in and of itself, without it we would be reduced to grunts trading my the use of force instead of using a symbol. Without money, our society would crumble at its very foundation since resources are scarce.
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Comment #33 posted by siege on January 14, 2005 at 13:01:13 PT
This is the WMD
HAARP::when THE U.S. GOV'T. Move the IONOSPHERE
all this is is a Tisler CoilThe Tesler coil is a simple machine that works on resonance. Simply describe it is made up of 2 coils that resonate emit a low voltage hum, when they start to effect each other, sparks start to fly, feeding off the energy being created by the 2 resonating coils. The spiral (double Helix) of DNA could this relate to some sort of resonance.
HIGH FREQUENCY ACTIVE AURORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMhttp://www.haarp.alaska.edu/
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 12:45:35 PT
lombar
You're right. It's not money but the love of money.
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Comment #31 posted by lombar on January 14, 2005 at 12:40:03 PT
Money is not the root of all evil.
It is a tool. It becomes evil by it's use. Our 'debt' system of producing money (reserve banking in the US, private lenders here in Canada) is a far bigger scam than drug prohibition. The gist of the problem is how money is created. The governments do not issue it anymore. Instead it is produced by private interests and LOANED with interested to the state. The upshot is that to create $1000, a private bank 'loans' it and thus creates it out of thin air. Now they charge interest on that loan but NEVER EVER produce the actual dollars (currency) to cover that interest. So the bank loans out the $1000 but takes back $1100 (rough - not too accurate numbers). There is not enough actual currency (principle + interest) to ever repay the debt. By design, the banks will defacto own everything because we people will always be trying to pay more than we ever have. I have vastly oversimplified the problem, there is much complication in the monetary system, likely to obscure the fact that it is a big scam. The details differ from one country to another but all the 'developed' nations use a 'private debt system' to create the money supply - to the detriment of us all. Usury was forbidden in both the bible and the Quran (maybe the Hadith - I do not know much about Islam). Usury was defined as charging ANY interest. In effect, our current monetary system is based upon an action that is completly immoral...usury. How can an evil tree produce good fruit?1 Timothy 6:10 (New International Version)10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
The Ultimate Scam
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 12:35:26 PT
Oops
I removed my double post.
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 12:33:32 PT
How About This Article?
I hope this doesn't seem like I'm living in outspace with this article. I did see a program on the Discovery Channel about weather manipulation to be used in warfare.The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction:
"Owning the Weather" for Military Use:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO409F.html
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Comment #27 posted by kaptinemo on January 14, 2005 at 12:18:16 PT:
Unrelated. Also, whacked out and insanely funny
From the New Scientist comes: Pentagon reveals rejected chemical weapons.http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524823.800&print=true*Most bizarre among the plans was one for the development of an "aphrodisiac" chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale, the proposal says.Other ideas included chemical weapons that attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats to troop positions, making them uninhabitable. Another was to develop a chemical that caused "severe and lasting halitosis", making it easy to identify guerrillas trying to blend in with civilians. There was also the idea of making troops' skin unbearably sensitive to sunlight.*Our tax dollars at work...
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Comment #26 posted by siege on January 14, 2005 at 11:48:59 PT
Pharmaceuticals, Approvals & Disapprovals
San Francisco drug wholesaler McKesson Corp. said Wednesday that it will pay $960 million to settle a class-action shareholder suit over the company's 1999 earnings restatement stemming from the troubled acquisition of HBO & Co.The litigation follows the disclosure of what McKesson called "accounting improprieties" in April 1999 at HBO, which McKesson purchased in January 1999.http://www.mlive.com/business/ambizdaily/bizjournals/index.ssf?/base/abd-1/1105598402304851.xml
----Biovail drug a step closer to approvaltablet version of the analgesic tramadol hydrochloride, which is intended for moderate to moderately severe pain in patients who have difficulty swallowing tablets.http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1105570210751&call_pageid=970599119419----U.S. Food and Drug Admin.
Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alertshttp://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
----PharmacistLinx Approvals & Disapprovalshttp://www.mdlinx.com/PharmacistLinx/index.cfm?subspec_id=271&bt=tod
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 11:36:54 PT
Yes Follow The Money
Money is the root of all evil is true. The problem is we need money to live. We don't live in a barter system. How can we separate the need for money to live from money becoming the root of all evil in society? To me that is a big moral question that needs attention.I believe what I believe because it is part of my value structure. I am not influenced by money. That would not fit in my thinking and I would be going against my values if I allowed it to enter in.Why shouldn't our government stand for what is right even if our country might not benefit financially?A good country can only be good if it hasn't become corrupt by the root of all evil which is money?
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Comment #24 posted by kaptinemo on January 14, 2005 at 11:09:17 PT:
Runruff's onto something
Take a look at this:From George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography http://www.tarpley.net/bush19.htm - Chapter 19, The Leveraged Buy-out Gang*There were also reports of serious abuses by (George H. W)Bush, especially in the area of conflicts of interest. In one case, Bush intervened in March, 1981 in favor of Eli Lilly & Co., a company of which he had been a director in 1977-79. Bush had owned $145,000 of stock in Eli Lilly until January, 1981, after which it was placed in a blind trust, meaning that Bush allegedly had no way of knowing whether his trust still owned shares in the firm or not. The Treasury Department had wanted to make the terms of a tax break for US pharmaceutical firms operating in Puerto Rico more stringent, but Vice President Bush had contacted the Treasury to urge that "technical" changes be made in the planned restriction of the tax break. By April 14 Bush was feeling some heat, and he wrote a second letter to Treasury Secretary Don Regan asking that his first request be withdrawn because Bush was now "uncomfortable about the appearance of my active personal involvement in the details of a tax matter directly affecting a company with which I once had a close association." [fn 10] Bush's continuing interest in Eli Lilly is underlined by the fact that the Pulliam family of Indiana, the family clan of Bush's later running mate Dan Quayle, owned a very large portion of the Eli Lilly shares. Bush's choice of Quayle was but a re-affirmation of a pre-exisiting financial and political alliance with the Pulliam interests, which also include a newspaper chain.*Follow dat money, chillun, always follow dat money.
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Comment #23 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 10:17:15 PT
runruff
I didn't know that about Barbara Bush's family. I did know that about the Kennedys though. Like we always say, " Follow The Money "
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Comment #22 posted by runruff on January 14, 2005 at 10:05:00 PT:
Eli Lily [sp]?
I never hear much about the fact that Barbara Bush's Family owned a controling intrest in Eli Lily Drug Corp. when she married George Sr. He sits on the board of directors with Dan Quail's father. It was through his world wide perchasing forays that George Sr. became aquainted with the blackmarket as well as the phamaceutical drug trade. His tenure in the CIA gave him all the hubris and connections he needed to become the biggest drug dealer in the world. It's like I've heard, Sell a pound of coke, go to prision. Sell a ship load and they'll elect you president. Joseph Kennedy almost made it himself selling blackmarket booze. It took him another generation though.
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Comment #21 posted by siege on January 14, 2005 at 10:02:35 PT
Legislators
Newsbrief: South Dakota Legislators Ready to Reduce Administrative Penalties Against Students Caught With Drugs 1/14/05http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/370/dakota.shtml
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 08:30:42 PT
Just a Note
I've been looking for news and all there seems to be is lots of articles on the sentencing guidelines but no solutions just more articles. I haven't found one that mentions marijuana or drugs just the ruling. If you want me to post more articles I will.
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Comment #19 posted by FoM on January 14, 2005 at 07:59:30 PT
Jose
It's good to see you. When someone that is a regular doesn't post for a while I worry but I don't often say anything. I know that activists can get burned out or concerned for different reasons so I just keep quiet and hope all is well.I almost posted this article but it's really a bust story and news always slows down as the weekend approaches so here's the link.Pot-Using Politician Did Dopey Thing:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/14/BAG94APTG91.DTL
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Comment #18 posted by afterburner on January 14, 2005 at 06:48:16 PT
Two ''Off-Topic'' Articles: Popular Tangents
`Bumpy' new world foreseen by CIA group
Jan. 14, 2005. 01:00 AM{LANGLEY, Va.—And now, a look into the future: Al Qaeda, out; murky and scattered new terror cells, in. Hollywood, out; India's "Bollywood" in. America as sole superpower, out; China and India as world players, in.} [Full Story] http://tinyurl.com/62phn--------------------------------------------------Darwin beats God in Red America
Jan. 14, 2005. 09:35 AM{MARIETTA, Ga.—The increasingly powerful evangelical movement in the United States has been dealt a legal setback in its own backyard, in the heart of one of the most conservative counties in the American south.} [Full Story] http://tinyurl.com/6mrhy--------------------------------------------------Welcome back, Jose!
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Comment #17 posted by kaptinemo on January 14, 2005 at 06:02:38 PT:
Unrelated: what a REAL debate looks and sounds
like!Thanks to Baylen at D'Alliance ( http://blog.drugpolicy.org/ ) we have this link of a recent debate on the BBC regarding what would happen in a future in which presently illegal substances were legal once more.http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/04/drugs8dec.ramYou'll need RealPlayer to view it.The comments that were made at Baylen's site on this program may be berating of the reformer, Danny Kushlick, but the problem we have on this side of The Pond is that our prohibs don't debate AT ALL. They prefer instead to sit up in their ivory towers and throw intellectual blivets from the upper windows (FYI, a 'blivet' is ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag) onto the 'peasants'...tower, bag and all paid for by the taxpayer.
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Comment #16 posted by The GCW on January 14, 2005 at 05:12:46 PT
The Christian Right Is Neither.
The “Christian right” is neither.We do need to address the “Christian right” because they are walking in the spirit of error. They show signs of the “deluding influence” and the “self-condemned” and must receive Our attention, if We care about them. They are simply lost and may be waiting on Us to help bring them back…We are to not only see evil, but expose it. Romans 4:4, “Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.” We need to do Our part of Christ God Our Father’s will to reach out and help save these people from disappointing Our Father. That the “Christian right” supports caging humans for using what Christ God Our Father said He created and is good on the 1st page, does not please Him, who created and spoke of it, first thing.The “Christian right” is neither.(Remember the bumper sticker: The Moral Majority Is Neither)This also means reaching out to failed clergy, who allows flocks to support evil; flocks which are not taught to protect themselves, starting at the threshold of the Bible, ONE OF THE GATES to Christ God Our Father's spirit of truth.If We can reach out and connect with people and join minds on the very 1st page of the Bible We maybe could progress to not killing etc. which are topics that come later in the Bible.Many of the Christians that are tweaked are screwing up because they have no connection to this reality...being untaught by clergy... to connect them would be best done on the very 1st page of the Bible for effeciency for Christ God Our Father's will to gain success.Connecting lost people to the very 1st page of the Bible would do wonders for humankinds.Put people's fingers on the very 1st page (Even Gen. 1:11-12 & 29-30) and teach them to not let anyone take them away from that truth. Teach them to continue from there and hold on to that truth and their connection to truth will be solid, able to hold tight for the turbulence to come... and still have a grip that allows You to float and perhaps fly.Fly at the speed of trees.Fly the tree of life as a servant of Him who supplies the aircraft;With Love.Lots and lots of love.The Green Collar Worker
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Comment #15 posted by Hope on January 14, 2005 at 04:39:44 PT
Good morning, Jose!
Glad to know you are still standing and still resisting.
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Comment #14 posted by kaptinemo on January 14, 2005 at 04:21:32 PT:
Jose, it's good to see you!
Some of us were getting worried. Good to have you back.
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Comment #13 posted by Jose Melendez on January 14, 2005 at 03:48:46 PT
about Jose
I had to take a break from my activism, which had been financially breaking me. Still lurking and working a bit, check out this reply from Yale about the NIDA tobacco / marijuana harm study:From: jacqueline weaver jacqueline.weaver yale.eduDate: Thu Jan 13, 2005 08:53:29 US/EasternTo: Jose Melendez Subject: Re: may I read the study?Hello,They did not make that distinction in the study. They were interested in looking at the additive effect. Regards,>Hello Ms. Weaver,>Please, what were the rates of respiratory symptoms of marijuana only smokers?Re: Marijuana associated with same respiratory symptoms as tobacco New Haven, Conn.--Smoking marijuana is associated with increased risk of many of the same symptoms as smoking cigarettes--chronic bronchitis, coughing on most days, phlegm production, shortness of breath, and wheezing, according to a Yale study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.In addition, marijuana smoking may increase risk of respiratory exposure by infectious organisms, such as fungi and molds, since cannabis plants are contaminated with a range of fungal spores, said Brent Moore, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "Because more than two million adult Americans are heavy marijuana smokers, these risks represent a potentially large health burden," Moore said. "Marijuana smokers use more medical services for respiratory problems, and these demands are likely to increase as the population of heavy marijuana smokers ages." The findings were based on 6,728 questionnaires completed by adult men and women, 20 to 59 years old, in 1988 and 1994. The data was from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and was thought to provide the broadest snapshot to date of marijuana use and its effect on the lungs in a sample of U.S. citizens. Current marijuana use was defined as self-reported lifetime use and use at least one day in the prior month. Seventy seven percent of marijuana smokers also smoked tobacco. The analysis statistically controlled for the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Individuals who smoked both marijuana and tobacco had increased rates of respiratory symptoms compared to those who smoked tobacco only. "Our interest is in the additive effect of marijuana," Moore said.### The study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, January 2005 Issue-- Jacqueline E. WeaverAssistant Director for Science & MedicineYale Office of Public AffairsPhone: 203-432-8555FAX: 203-432-1323 - - -Make pot. Get fired. Be happy:http://pipepeace.com
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Comment #12 posted by tokenitallup4162 on January 13, 2005 at 22:40:48 PT:
off topic/on topic
(OFF TOPIC),It seems that when our government tries to look good, it is bad... it also seems that when we try to look good, others make us out bad...would our government goes as far as doing good in the eyes of others, while it is being very bad...while we are doing bad in others eyes, we are actually doing very good... the good/bad,right/wrong,love/hate, conditional/unconditional theory??? we could have one currency/many religions or one religion/with many currency; one day, for the world. (ON TOPIC), reaching out to republicans is working well in the public sector, working on the private in process now. I am a republican with a democratic,liberal,conservative ideals and thoughts. Is there such a thing??? must be... just like their is democrats with a republican,conservative,liberal thoughts and ideals??? you don't have to be involved in politics to get laws changed, just like you don't have to be involved in laws to get politicians to change!!! Toker
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 22:24:17 PT
ekim
Jose hasn't been around for many months. I figure he must be busy. He could be working on his project with LEAP.
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Comment #10 posted by ekim on January 13, 2005 at 20:42:01 PT
how is Jose
Jose is making a dvd.
BroadWay can do the Ways and Means chapter of Jacks Emperer
---when the head of the hearing tells the DR.Woodward that was representing the AMA to leave if the DR was not going to say anything against Cannabis. Now the AMA has done a one eighty. The play would bring down the house.http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=788Or perhaps they had read The Science of Marijuana, by Dr Leslie Iversen of Oxford University's department of pharmacology. As the Independent reported in 2000, Iverson found “many ‘myths’ surrounding marijuana use, such as extreme addictiveness, or links with mental illness or infertility are not supported by science. He also found cannabis is an inherently ‘safe drug’ which does not lead to cancer, infertility, brain damage or mental illness., because of the effective messages that participants have been exposed to on the health effects of cigarettes and second-hand smoke relative to those of marijuana.”
http://www.leap.cc/events
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 19:08:14 PT
Off Topic: Arianna Huffington - Salon Premium
I thought some here might like to read this article. Here it is.***Apocalypse LaterWith nearly religious fervor, the Bush administration is mortgaging America's future into oblivion.http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2005/01/13/future/index.html
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Comment #8 posted by mayan on January 13, 2005 at 18:01:15 PT
Airplane Drummer Dies...
Spencer Dryden has joined the great gig in the sky...
Jefferson Airplane drummer dies:
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/10637134.htmNow, regarding the second article on the bulletin..."The United States is the only developed nation in which industrial hemp is not an established crop."The U.S. is also the biggest polluter on earth. Coincidence?
I think not.SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA - The Real Reason the Government Won't Debate Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp
Re-legalization:
http://www.sumeria.net/politics/shadv3.htmlFrom the last article on the bulletin...Anti-drug policies that rely on criminal penalties and incarceration are ineffective and disproportionately impact African Americans, according to a resolution passed by the National Black Caucus of State Legislators at their annual Legislative Conference.Kaptinemo has been calling for this for years. Let's hope these leaders expose the fact that the drug laws were racist from their inception!THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...Chertoff Wrote Blueprint for Sept. 12 Crackdown:
http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=4379Mike Ruppert to Speak in Seattle - Saturday, January 15th:
http://www.septembereleventh.org/seattle/index.php9/11 Was an Inside Job - A Call to All True Patriots:
http://www.911sharethetruth.com/
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Comment #7 posted by siege on January 13, 2005 at 17:58:53 PT
sex Campaign's ads
Last night the 11 year old Granddaughter seen the Campaign's ads the one about sex and ask me about it, we talk about it a little and I sent her and grandmom the the bedroom to talk about sex and when she came she still ask about and we talked some more. when she and her sis. where 6 and 7 they where raped and there brother was mad to observe prno movies at 9 by there mothers boy frind and he got away with it. in Ny city. that is why they are with me and the wife. all I can do is tell it like it is.I just hope for the other young girls they are safe and don't jump into something that gets them in trouble.
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Comment #6 posted by kaptinemo on January 13, 2005 at 17:52:51 PT:
From little pebbles do mighty avalanches come
We've been saying here for years that when the minority leadership of this country wakes up and realize that the War on Drugs was intended literally from it's inception to be directed against their peoples, the DrugWar will begin to unravel. It remains to be seen if the minority leadership fully grasps the origin of the DrugWar. By now, at least a few of them *must* have come to places like this here, found the reference materials we have pointed them to, done their own research...and gotten royally p.o.'ed at what has been done to their communities in the name of 'helping' them. The NBCSL, by it's statement, has rolled the first handful of pebbles down the mountainside. If groups such as the NBCSL make any future references to those origins, then we will know for sure that the avalanche has begun. And there will be no stopping of reform, for those who try will have to answer to the charge of openly supporting a screamingly obvious policy of institutionalized bigotry. A charge levelled by those who have suffered the greatest from it. And one thing America *still* can't look itself in the mirror about is racism.
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Comment #5 posted by global_warming on January 13, 2005 at 16:24:36 PT
Time and Calendars
"Drug Czar's "News" Stories Violated Feds' Anti-Propaganda Laws, General Accounting Office Finds"How will these anti-americans be punished?
When you consider that most Americans, lack the required skills, to be good and learned citizens in the greatest social experiment this planet has ever given birth to, most of the blame can be placed on our lazy education system, our children go through all of the required studies, but these studies, easily ignore the knowledge that builds civic skills and intelligence. I suspect that this poverty of our civic mindfulness is largely a deliberate effort to destroy this country and the freedom that has been so bloodily fought for by our predecessors.What this means, is that "freedom", comes with a price, that price means that there will be drug addicts, there will be people that overdose, because there will always be weak and foolish souls, but freedom chooses that we prefer to not have our homes invaded by thugs in jackboots, we prefer to not have our farms searched by aerial troopers, our doors busted in by heavy handed cops. If this experiment is to succeed to the next level, we must swear and stand up for the tenets of this freedom, we must demand that any money spent on drug abuse prevention, must be used to spread the word, to educate the people.None of us americans like to see people suffering, here and out there, this world is growing and there are so many people that need genuine help, from these Americans that have such liberty, but I wish that some of these American people would stop trying to destroy social security."Black Lawmakers Condemn War On Drugs, Call For Non-Criminal Alternatives"Its about time..."US Stands Alone In Hemp Ban, Congressional Research Service Report Says..."The US is slowly being squeezed out by the rest of this planets population, at some point, the US will awaken and realize, that we are all on an island, and as US is more and more being isolated and exposed as a bully and greedy tyrant, like Babylon, it to shall fall.I wish the best to Allen St. Pierre , you sound like a good human being and you have my support.-gw
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 16:21:14 PT
Taylor121
You're right. I hope people will do that. For me since I really am not into politics it probably wouldn't help. When I see Republicans I see Bush invading Iraq and I get stuck there. I have a one track mind. I can be tolerant of many things but when I reach a point of no return there is no return for me. I really hope you can get people to see because what you are saying is a good way to deal with the problems we have with drug policy issues.
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Comment #3 posted by Taylor121 on January 13, 2005 at 16:09:13 PT
Reach out to Republicans
One strategy that we as an activist community need to consider is reaching out to what some would label our enemy. However, it's time to get realistic. These people represent the majority of our federal elected officials. They are not going anywhere anytime soon. I estimate that we need around 1/3 of Republicans along with some key leadership positions to support legalization for it to have a chance of happening (this is assuming 3/4 of Democrats are on board). How do we reach these people to sway them away from marijuana prohibition? My proposal: Put principle against principleWhat do I mean? Well, the very people that oppose marijuana legalization also seem to oppose wasteful spending. Republicans often look at a Federal program and want to see if it is doing what it is supposed to do. Marijuana prohibition is supposed to completely eliminate marijuana and create a drug free society with the ONDCP and DEA charged with heading the effort. Clearly this has not happened and a considerable amount of money and time has been invested thus far in the effort. To incarcerate all these offenders, it ranges 20-30 thousand dollars per year, all of these expenses on the back of the taxpayers. It's obvious that if you see Federal welfare as being ineffective, social security, and other program , that the war on marijuana obviously need "reform" as well. So first, mention the cost associated with prohibition and how ineffective it has been.Second principle that you can use is states' rights. Generally, well it used to be like this, conservatives prefer that the Feds butt out of the affairs of the states. This principle can be used to convince those opposed to marijuana legalization in their state to at least support "de federalizing" marijuana laws. The argument could go something like : Since marijuana's harmful effects are much less than that of all other illegal drugs and perhaps even alcohol, whereas some states are in more need of tax dollars than others, the states should have the right to approach marijuana as they see fit, either by prohibition or a system of regulation. We allow states to determine their own minimum wage. We also allow states leeway on handgun laws. Marijuana deserves the same consideration. Conservatives are always talking about family values, well what does a marijuana conviction along with imprisonment do for a family? Bring up how families are being destroyed in detail to conservatives. To christian conservatives, bring up that Jesus reserved the right to judgement to God, the specific case in the bible was a non violent offense. This applies to our society today. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. I encourage everyone to contribute to any arguments we can bring against Republicans to try to bring them to our side. The Drug Policy Alliance has done a great job in starting this effort by reaching out at the Republican Convention and writing an article for the National Review. Now let's get out there!
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Comment #2 posted by Telarus on January 13, 2005 at 15:58:57 PT:
Chao
However, a series of federally funded reviews of the program found that teens who were most exposed to the Campaign's ads tended to "move more markedly in a 'pro-drug' direction as they aged than those who were exposed to less." Any imposition of Order leads to an escallation of Disorder. Thus the wheels of chaos spin.
The Sacred Chao
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Comment #1 posted by The GCW on January 13, 2005 at 12:22:25 PT
Fed. law / the Supreme's ruling does distinquish..
I don't think this is true: "Federal law makes no distinctions between cannabis and industrial hemp,..." FALSENow, that the Federal Supreme Court ruled app. last Feb. 6th that the Fed. Gov. can not ban hemp food, there is a distinction made and the Supreme court ruling helps define it.If hemp food is now not banned and the Feds are prohibited from banning it, because it only has traces of THC, then it stands to reason that farmers can grow it; because THE FEDS CAN NOT BAN IT.The Feds. can not ban hemp foods...So the Feds. can not ban hemp.420The Federal Government should stop hating Us. There is no righteous reason for Our gov. to spend OUR resources to stop Us from surviving.420Any Federal servant that lifts a finger to prohibit hemp is guilty of harming America.
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