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U.N.: Worldwide Marijuana Use 'Out of Control' 
Posted by CN Staff on June 26, 2006 at 15:53:56 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: Fox News Network
Washington, DC -- Marijuana use worldwide is out of control because the plant grows everywhere, is in high demand and erroneously is considered by many to be harmless, a U.N. agency said Monday. Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, highlighted the marijuana problem at a news conference in releasing his office's 2006 World Drug Report.
Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a danger because it contains THC, a banned substance, Costa said.While governments around the world generally have succeeded in containing use of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, marijuana is a different story, Costa said."It's out of control in supply because it's a weed; it grows everywhere. It's out of control in demand because it's erroneously considered a light drug," he said. "But, and indeed, it is extremely problematic because of much-increased THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, content."John Walters, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, agreed that marijuana is "a massive global problem.""It's not just a gateway, it is a dead end as well as an opening for many other people who go on and use other things, and are polydrug users. It has been for a long time," said Walters, who joined Costa at the news conference.The U.N. report released by Costa generally was upbeat, boasting gains including that opium poppy cultivation was down 22 percent in 2005.On the negative side, the report found that cocaine use is reaching alarming levels in Western Europe.It attributed the decline in opium poppy cultivation to cutbacks in the three main source countries of illicit opium in the world: Afghanistan, Myanmar and Laos. Opium is the main ingredient for heroin."In Afghanistan, in 2005, opium poppy cultivation decreased for the first time since 2001," the report said. Still, it said, that country accounted for 89 percent of opium production worldwide.The State Department's annual report on illicit drugs, issued in March, acknowledged that opium production is hampering democracy-building efforts in Afghanistan."Afghanistan's huge drug trade severely impacts efforts to rebuild the economy, develop a strong democratic government based on rule of law, and threatens regional stability," the report said.Despite the sharp decrease in the total area under cultivation in all opium-producing countries, the U.N. report said production was down only 5 percent due to more favorable weather conditions during the 2005 growing season in Afghanistan. Source: Fox News Network (US)Published: Monday, June 26, 2006Copyright: 2006 FOX News Network, LLC. Website: http://www.foxnews.com/Comments: foxnewsonline foxnews.comRelated Articles:CAGW Report Calls Drug Policies a Wastehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21943.shtml Report Sees Global Opium Production Drophttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21941.shtml
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Comment #53 posted by slydawggydawg on July 06, 2006 at 15:02:20 PT:
educate the public
that's the best we can do, short of another revolutionary war, which would be difficult, considering how well equipped our own government is to fight it.Spread the word, tell everyone you know.I also read that link someone posted "The Bush-Chaney Drug Empire," and it just sickens me, what they will do for control, while they sit in the white house blowing lines of coke and anything else they want, because laws don't apply to them.
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Comment #52 posted by FoM on June 28, 2006 at 13:34:14 PT
Thanks Afterburner
I have it posted now. I thought it was one I had to snip but it wasn't snipped at Mapinc. so I posted it too.http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21950.shtml
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Comment #51 posted by afterburner on June 28, 2006 at 12:33:55 PT
UN Report Unintentionally Argues Against Prohib...
CN BC: Editorial: UN Drug Report Unintentionally Argues Against Prohibition.
Wed, 28 Jun 2006. 
Vancouver Sun (CN BC) 
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n840/a07.html
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Comment #50 posted by Richard Zuckerman on June 28, 2006 at 07:20:23 PT:
JURY NULLIFICATION
It is "abused" because it is illegal. Most people want to evade juror duty. I WANT to be a juror! I would exercise jury veto power if the law is unfair, such as "Marijuana."Have any of you people ever looked at your State Constitution? Notice that among the first few provisions of your individuals freedoms there is one describing that the people are sovereign, the government is there to serve the people, and the people have the authority to alter or reform the government when the public good requires it. Jury nullification is the most practical and expeditious means of altering and reforming government, because of the difficulty getting legislation passed! This is the "power to the people" provision we need to keep. This is why the Bush/Kerry snakehead political parties are so dangerous to the American people!! They threaten to repeal the State Constitutions and U.S. Constitution, for the sake of a trilateral agreement to merge Canada-Mexico-United States into a one continent government! They have not told you this in major media, though! Remember: the United Nations "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" does not have a right to a jury trial, to keep and bear arms, prohibiton against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant, against self-incrimination. Check out www.jpfo.org for their movie entitled THE GANG?
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Comment #49 posted by afterburner on June 28, 2006 at 06:38:38 PT
Here's One
CN ON: PUB LTE: Prohibitionists Cause The Cannabis Problems by Kirk Muse, Windsor Star, (27 Jun 2006)
http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v06/n836/a05.html?176
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Comment #48 posted by Hope on June 27, 2006 at 21:40:55 PT
Lombar...you've got the ideas for what to say....
get to typing.
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Comment #47 posted by lombar on June 27, 2006 at 21:04:30 PT
I find it interesting...
That this UN story could be emblazoned on the headline of one of the big daily papers here(Vancouver Sun) yet none of the actual medical efficacy ever made it to such a lofty place.I think a lte is in order... something to the effect of why is an organization that was founded to make and keep peace pushing propaganda designed to keep a global war going?
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Comment #46 posted by Hope on June 27, 2006 at 18:51:16 PT
Comment 39 Lag
You're right...except we've been seeing his brazen nakedness for years and years quite clearly. They just don't want everyone else to see it. But, I think it's getting pretty clear to more and more people all the time.
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Comment #45 posted by Hope on June 27, 2006 at 18:45:09 PT
Comment 38 Lombar
Sadly, you have it so right. Exactly right.
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Comment #44 posted by Hope on June 27, 2006 at 18:40:53 PT
Comment 30 Darwin
That's horrible! How do they keep getting away with things like that. So Costa is basically a mass murderer. He starved the people to death by killing everything...including the poppies! Why werent' they helped? Oh...drugs. You don't help people when it comes to drugs. You just punish, and punish, and punish...even to death.That once would have been considered a crime...but not if it has anything to do with drugs. They can do anything without worry of conscience if drugs are a part of the mix."The goal was total poppy eradication. Regardless of the human cost."
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Comment #43 posted by rchandar on June 27, 2006 at 15:48:06 PT:
lombar
your point only proves that our politicians are gutless b $stards. Any time changes to drug laws are proposed they say "we can't. we've got 'international treaties'".
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Comment #42 posted by FoM on June 27, 2006 at 12:21:29 PT
whig 
Thanks. I didn't know that. I just assumed they were illegal everywhere in the United States. I have never read of a bust anywhere.
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Comment #41 posted by whig on June 27, 2006 at 11:56:55 PT
unkat27 #36
I actually consider cannabis to be the Christian sacrament so I don't have to try to figure out which Native American tribes might have used it in their practices. I think it was common to a lot of different traditions though and we often have different metaphors describing the same things.
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Comment #40 posted by whig on June 27, 2006 at 11:53:08 PT
FoM
They're one of the easier things for people to grow in their homes because you don't need expensive lighting or anything really but a dark corner. I've certainly eaten my share in the past.This is what Erowid says:Psilocybin mushrooms are not specifically named in the U.S. federal scheduling system, however their two primary active chemicals Psilocybin and Psilocin are both Schedule I in the United States. This means they are illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute (sell, trade or give) without a DEA license. Fresh and dried psilocybin mushrooms are considered containers of Psilocybin and Psilocin, making them illegal to possess as well.Because spores contain no psilocybin or psilocin, they are legal to sell and possess (in all states except California and Georgia). But in most states, it is illegal to cultivate or propogate spores into mycelium since mycelium generally contains both psilocybin and psilocin.Some states in the U.S. and some countries have ruled that growing psilocybe mushrooms does not qualify as 'manufacturing' a controlled substance (psilocybin).
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Comment #39 posted by lag on June 27, 2006 at 11:50:50 PT
man...not this junk again
I can understand why this has them running scared...it opens ones eyes up to all their bull...and since that's all they are they are worried about us seeing the emperor without his clothes on.
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Comment #38 posted by lombar on June 27, 2006 at 11:47:21 PT
UN founding principles
PREAMBLEWE 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 its the drug warto 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 you are a drug user.to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and- There is no 'international' law. Certainly 'war' is not against any 'international law' according to the us. War on drugs is mostly maintained by 1961 UN treaty on Pyschotropic drugsto promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,- Unless you are a drug userAND FOR THESE ENDSto practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and-Unless you use drugs.to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, andBlue ribbon panel for big countries. It is toothless and maintains nothing but the status quo, global elitism.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 - which apparently includes cannabis users, the UN itself has no standing army so cannot enforce ANYTHING.to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,
 except so-called illicit drug usersHAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMSAccordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations. 
The UN charter is not worth the paper it is written on. I used to believe in the UN but now I think its just another corrupt bureacracy, toothess, worthless. 
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on June 27, 2006 at 11:37:32 PT
whig
Are they legal anywhere in the states? I thought they were illegal everywhere but in Canada or maybe Amsterdam. I haven't heard of any around this area since the 70s.
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Comment #36 posted by unkat27 on June 27, 2006 at 11:30:17 PT
Whig: Re:#31
Yes, I wrote that one. I'm glad you liked it. I have a friend who is also a religious user of cannabis; she believes the struggle for and against cannabis legalization is also a "religious war". She is a pacifist and an activist committed to finding a peaceful solution. She inspired me to write this one:
Is the Struggle for Cannabis Freedom a Religious Struggle?
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Comment #35 posted by whig on June 27, 2006 at 11:28:18 PT
FoM
I think mushroom laws vary by state in the US.
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Comment #34 posted by FoM on June 27, 2006 at 11:19:03 PT
runderwo
Mushrooms are legal in Canada I think. Not here though.
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Comment #33 posted by runderwo on June 27, 2006 at 10:57:46 PT
I am a polydrug user
Marijuana and mushrooms. They grow in the ground, you see. What could be more fundamental to the human experience than to experience the challenges and the joys that nature has provided us with?
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Comment #32 posted by rchandar on June 27, 2006 at 10:23:06 PT:
knowhemp
remember the congo (zaire)? UN "peacekeepers" were busy looting villages and raping women. Kofi "reprimanded" their behavior.Scum, they are. And they act like everyone owes their peace and sanity to their "just" jurisdiction. Seriously, these guys are all jerks; in the name of "international law," they live licentious and shamefully decorated lives. International law. What a s#$t, man.--rchandar
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Comment #31 posted by whig on June 27, 2006 at 09:07:49 PT
Madkrow
Unkat27 if this is you, I'm blown away with admiration.I just read this one:http://indijo.freevision.org/Main-pages/Madkrow3.009.htmlOkay, and here I can make my point as clearly as I might for those who may understand it. I am engaged here in a religious mission for cannabis. This is a religious dispute. So I cannot, absolutely cannot, seek political power, use force, engage in the state in any way except as to interact when necessary.If I did that, I would be engaging in religious war.That's something that's against my religion. *wink*
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Comment #30 posted by darwin on June 27, 2006 at 08:35:03 PT
Interesting read on Costa
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2005/12/29/104416/69It's pretty clear that Costa is a part of the new World Order crowd. His job has a public face, that of fighting drugs, and a covert face, that of 3rd world destabilization, population dispersal/reduction, and the setup of new business oppurtunities for the globalists, which includes ALL of the Pharma industry and many other bigtime corporations.UNODC's Antonio Maria Costa: Architect of Death for the Akha of Laos 
By Akha Drug War 
12/29/2005 10:44:16 AM ESTThis is UNODC's Antonio Maria Costa. He is the Director of the UNODC Office of Drugs and Crime.He is the one who along with the US Govt. hatched the Drug War plans in Laos that resulted in the severe humanitarian disaster for the Akha of Laos. A "death plan" if you will. Architect of Death. He was helped by Amreicans like David J. Wise NAS. The goal was total poppy eradication. Regardless of the human cost.Anyone with experience could have looked into the region and been aware that a rapid poppy eradication plan was going to bring severe problems and death to the Akha people. As of 2006 you can still go there and witness the results in full swing."We know they are dying, we are helping to alleviate their poverty. We have started a new plan, called 'The Plan To Stop Eating'. The Akha should be grateful."
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Comment #29 posted by Hope on June 27, 2006 at 08:24:09 PT
Yesterday and today
I've noticed we have several new commenters. Welcome!
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Comment #28 posted by Hope on June 27, 2006 at 08:23:13 PT
Hey, Whig...
MadKrow is Unkat! He's pretty sharp, eh?About potency...I never hear anyone mention that cannabis, no matter how potent, is self limiting. After a couple of smokes you know what you've got. Cannabis, even the most potent, will only get you as high as it will...after that, smoking more is just a waste unless you just enjoy smoking it. I've even had some that would bring you down if you smoked more of it than necessary. Cannabis is so strange. Another thing that is seldom mentioned is that mixing varieties of pot that you might have left over can be a mistake. It's been well noticed over the years that if you put together what you have left of any two...that what you get will be no stronger than the weakest pot you added to it. It doesn't just bulk up the better pot. You can add tobacco to it without that happening...but two pots will inevitably turn out that way.I've smoked myself straight more than once.Weak pot means smoking more and that means more irritation. There's always been one and two hit pot...but in the olden days most of us never thought about trying to use just one or two hits because we just smoked it without giving thought to one hit or two hit. Although I noticed at the time that non-tobacco smokers only took one or two puffs to get well into the action. I've never gotten too skunked on just pot...good pot. But you throw alcohol...even a small amount...into the mix with some potent cannabises, and you might have to lay down till the alcohol eases up. I had that happen once. The key being don't drink when you use that "flavor" of cannabis.
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Comment #27 posted by Rchot on June 27, 2006 at 06:52:54 PT
Walters lies
Someone needs to confront John walters on his lie, comparing high potency marijuana to cocaine and heroin. It needs to be done soon, because too many prohibtionist are starting to use this lame argument. Anyone who smokes marijuana knows the higher the potency the less is required to get to a desired state. You could set this up in a simple experiment. Take two groups of marijuana smokers with varying levels of tolerance within in each group. Give one group low thc marijuana the other high thc and compare amount used. This way you could show that the higher the thc concentration the less adverse healt effects one would have due to the amount used. 
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Comment #26 posted by whig on June 27, 2006 at 00:10:29 PT
unkat27
That link you posted is amazingly good. Please everyone read it, he is making the same points as we are here but puts them into different terms.Words are just metaphors anyhow. The more metaphors to describe the same thing, the better we understand the underlying concept.Cannabis is unity. Or to say it another way, it brings us into awareness of one another as equal parts of a cosmic whole.
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Comment #25 posted by unkat27 on June 26, 2006 at 23:54:28 PT
Mary-Jane: The PTB's Favorite Scapegoat
This is just another BS way of blaming all the world's problems on marijuana and drugs, when in fact all the world's problems are due to poverty and the unequal distribution of wealth.The latter is the reality that the corporate whores of the mainstream and DC politics are doing their best to hide, ignore, and deny. They enjoy hording wealth and they don't like sharing it, so they deny that poverty is the real problem and blame drugs and marijuana. They lead the sheep to believe that marijuana and drug abuse are the cause of poverty rather than the other way around.Anyone that is born in poverty and works hard all their lives to escape it knows that drug abuse is just another easier "temporary" escape from it and if it were not for the awful conditions of poverty it would not be so compelling an escape. Marijuana, otoh, is wrongly misunderstood and mistaken, and intentionally blamed for all these problems. But it is just another scapegoat for the problems of the world. The PTB lies about it, not because they want to scare kids away from it, but because they fear it could change the world by making it a better place, a place where vampires and vultures cannot flourish.
Keeping the Working-Class Divided
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Comment #24 posted by afterburner on June 26, 2006 at 23:29:55 PT
Blah Blah Blah
The article is titled UN, but it's from Washington DC, not New York, where the UN is."Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a danger because it contains THC, a banned substance, Costa said."LOL!!!Oooh, THC, run and hide."It's not just a gateway, it is a dead end as well as an opening for many other people who go on and use other things, and are polydrug users. It has been for a long time," said Walters, who joined Costa at the news conference.bush_lies_pez.jpg [Someone should make one of these of J.P. too, The Gateway has been disproved and polydrug (nice little new demon, not!) use is a consequence of prohibition]
http://tinyurl.com/let98#10 Hope: "I second that emotion" As they say in Jamaica, "Soon, come!"LTE by Russell Barth,
Federal Medical Marijuana License Holder: MARIJUANA DEBATE SHOWS CONSERVATIVES' HYPOCRISY 
http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v06/n823/a08.html?176
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Comment #23 posted by Celaya on June 26, 2006 at 22:06:46 PT
FoM
Thanks a lot for the link! When Pot TV goes down, you never know if it's for good or not. Of course, these grand avenues of Emery's activism are the sole reason they want to extradite him so badly. He has been the main pillar and nurturer of Canadian marijuana reform, and it's likely that example of freedom is the prohibitionist's biggest threat!From this article:John Walters, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, agreed that marijuana is "a massive global problem."Lies characterize our current "leadership" and nowhere are they more essential than in the war on marijuana consumers. Marijuana is not a problem for consumers, and it's not a problem for the drug warriors. As a matter of fact, it is their bread and butter - their golden goose. They couldn't live without it. If marijuana disappeared overnight, the Cannabis Culture would suffer a loss, but these parasites would simply shrivel up and die. It would almost be worth it 8^)"It's not just a gateway, it is a dead end as well Another great Walters Whopper. Among other things, marijuana is the great antidote to the constant barrage of propaganda that convinces most people those who have siezed the reins of power have the interest of the people at heart. Just the opposite of being a "dead end," it is the key to the door that allows us to escape this fine-tuned madness - see reality, and build a real life and real communities - and attain real happiness!Thank Gaia for Cannabis!
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Comment #22 posted by FoM on June 26, 2006 at 21:30:59 PT
Mayan Thank You and Yes, Bring 'em Home!
VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band 'Bring 'em Home': http://bandcontact.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20
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Comment #21 posted by Hope on June 26, 2006 at 21:21:24 PT
Cocaine and Heroin aren't plants.
Cannabis IS a plant...not a "plant based drug".Aaarggh. I'm so sick of their lies, deceit, and trickery.
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Comment #20 posted by mayan on June 26, 2006 at 21:11:05 PT
Cannabis-Related Health Damage???
World is beating drug addiction, says UN:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d369ee4c-0546-11db-9b9e-0000779e2340.htmlFrom the above linked article...The report also shines a spotlight on cannabis, which it describes as the “world’s most abused illicit drug”. While government policies have waxed and waned, “traffickers have invested heavily in increasing the potency of cannabis. The result has been devastating: today the characteristics of cannabis are no longer that different from those of other plant-based drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. With cannabis-related health damage increasing, it is fundamentally wrong for countries to make cannabis control dependent on which party is in government.”What increase in cannabis-related health damage? If that was true it would be on the front page of every paper in the land!World Drug Report 2006:
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.htmlOn an unrelated note...VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band 'Bring 'em Home':
http://bandcontact.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20
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Comment #19 posted by whig on June 26, 2006 at 21:01:36 PT
Hope & FoM
I was thinking about what's going on now and how it started, and it really does go back to the '60s I think. We actually did get ourselves back to the garden, but only for an instant.Just long enough to plant the seeds.Some fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.Some fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil...And others fell on good soil and yielded a crop.Who has ears, hear.
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Comment #18 posted by ekim on June 26, 2006 at 20:54:26 PT
Today in Modern American History, Anniversaries:
gee johnypee sayen that more of us need treatment for cannabis -- now help me -- it was two reasons like dependence and well not addiction but close -- but to never tell the truth about being sent to treatment or jail is to leave out the rest of the story. seems that now the drug war is using the same ol boogyman fear tactic as the wmd when jpee said that cannabis is a big problem.
Remember that Cannabis has never caused a single death, kicked in a single door, shot dead a single person, but Prohibition has and is. oh ya happy 61 birthday UN.
----------------------------------------------------------
On June 26, 1945 in San Francisco at the Herbst Theater
the governments of the world signed the United Nations
Charter, the "conception" of the UN, agreeing not to use
weapons of mass destruction or kill civilians in warfare.http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/list.html
http://www.leap.cc/events
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Comment #17 posted by whig on June 26, 2006 at 20:51:33 PT
knowhemp
You're exactly right.2001 was while the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan. There was almost no opium produced that year in the country. After the US and Northern Alliance overthrew the Taliban, the production levels went to world record levels, and continued to increase in 2003 and 2004. A 5% drop in 2005 follows a nearly 300% rise the year before.
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on June 26, 2006 at 20:46:48 PT
Celaya
I can't remember how I found the CCC list but I have been getting their e-mails for a number of years now. The list has been slow just like we have been slow. They are good people. It has a wonderful moderator named Debra. I don't participate often because I am not a Canadian but I have learned a lot by reading in this list. You must say why you want to join the list when you find out how and then they vote. It is part of the Yahoo Groups. I hope this helps. http://cannabiscoalition.ca/html/index.php
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Comment #15 posted by whig on June 26, 2006 at 20:41:01 PT
Hope #10
We're waking up. Internet is connecting us to one another. We're talking. It won't be long.
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Comment #14 posted by Celaya on June 26, 2006 at 20:33:05 PT
FoM
Thanks. I didn't know they had a list like that. Can anyone get on it?  I know the Pot TV site must be under constant attack.  It's an amazing testament to the folks that keep it going!
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Comment #13 posted by knowhemp on June 26, 2006 at 20:22:08 PT
it grows everywhere
i love the way he makes it sound as though it's just growing everywhere, all over the place, no matter what!! like it's a ditch weed problem - 'because it's a weed' HAHA - and to say opium production is down for the first time in 2005 since 2001 means nothing - i'm not sure what the actual figures are but that could theoretically mean it went down in 2001 - then way way way up for 4 years and then down a real little tiny bit in 2005. he's trying to make it sound as though it went down to below what it was in 2001. and was this an article on cannabis, opium or drugs in general? the headline is pure propaganda - once again. everyone knows that the masses of ignorant sheeple read a good deal of headlines without reading the articles themselves.and so what if you smoke more or the same amount of cannabis with high amounts of thc versus low amounts? it's still not going to give you lung cancer - or a plethora of other ailments that you might get from legal drugs. duh. but on the other hand you just might not need as much, thereby saving you from some coughing. not to mention, this 'super, not your 60's pot' tastes a whole lot better and has a more pleasant aroma.this really discredits the U.N. - too many people are paying attention to buy this crap anymore.oh and i've not had any in months without a thought in my head about needing it or anything else to replace it. what a lovely gift from the earth!! it knows to let go when the time comes!! :)
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on June 26, 2006 at 20:21:13 PT
Mayan
Well oops again for Limbaugh. Don't worry it's ok all will be fine he's a republican. LOL! Sorry I couldn't resist.
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Comment #11 posted by mayan on June 26, 2006 at 20:10:05 PT
Pills Limp-baugh
Limbaugh's latest drug run-in: Viagra - Police say commentator had drug without a prescription:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/26/limbaugh.viagra.ap/index.html?section=cnn_us
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Comment #10 posted by Hope on June 26, 2006 at 20:08:09 PT
Costa and Walters 
are dishonest and their goal is to delude the nations for the profit of a few. They, and supporters of prohibition, are not our parents and we aren't children. They are no better than anyone else and to criminalize normal behavior will soon be seen for the travesty that it is.When they say "Out of control"...they mean, "Those people act like they're free people or equals or something! How dare they presume to choose for themselves what they consume? They have to obey us or they're out of control!"Notice I said this will happen "soon". I don't know why. But that came very clearly to my mind. I hesitated at the word "soon"...but felt reassured to go ahead and say it.Soon!
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Comment #9 posted by Hope on June 26, 2006 at 19:45:03 PT
Comment 3 Max
I second that opinion!
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on June 26, 2006 at 19:35:12 PT
Celaya
I am a member of the CCC List and it appears they haven't been able to catch up with the webmaster to fix something. That's all I heard and it was earlier today.
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Comment #7 posted by mayan on June 26, 2006 at 19:24:32 PT
OUT OF CONTROL
I see no harm from cannabis use. I don't see how it could be "out of control". I do see great harm resulting from cannabis laws. Those laws are OUT OF CONTROL!Just as the U.S. has used the drug war to hijack the civil liberties of it's citizens, the U.N. uses the drug war to hijack the sovereignty of nations. Both the U.S. and U.N have become totally corrupted by the miserable failure of of the war on drugs.Here is a link to an article I have posted many a time. It was written right before Bush was (s)elected. Only God and the corporate/government drug kingpins themselves know what has happened since....THE BUSH-CHENEY DRUG EMPIRE:
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/bush-cheney-drugs.htmlTHE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...L.A. 9/11 Truth Conference Gets Fair Media Play -
Conference a huge success, C-SPAN to air segments this week:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/260606truthconference.htm9/11 conspiracy theorists gather at LA conference:
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060625/3/2mcmh.htmlAmerican Scholars Symposium A Huge Success:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/260606hugesuccess.htmReligious Alliance Responds to Chronicle of Higher Education Article on Chicago Conference:
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Comment #6 posted by Celaya on June 26, 2006 at 19:12:04 PT
Some Day...
... the real story about why they have demonized this mild herb will come out. I hope I'm alive to hear it.  I think we all have a pretty good idea, but it will be nice to hear it from the horse's mouth.BTW, has everyone else been having a hard time getting into Pot TV and Cannabis Culture Mag. lately? I haven't been able to get through for a few days.
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Comment #5 posted by Bhicks on June 26, 2006 at 18:28:33 PT:
Uh.
U.N.: Worldwide Prohibition 'Out of Control'I wish.
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Comment #4 posted by Sam Adams on June 26, 2006 at 17:57:34 PT
danger Will Rogers danger!
I don't know about the rest of the world, but cannabis use is about to be TOTALLY out of control in my living room right now, I had a long day. Here's hoping the rest of you are getting "totally out of control" tonight too!
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Comment #3 posted by Max Flowers on June 26, 2006 at 16:55:48 PT
Walters and his deceitful honking
John Walters, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, agreed that marijuana is "a massive global problem."I'd say a much bigger global problem by far is the unchecked proliferation of corrupt, ignorant, bleating bureaucrats and shills like you, Mr. Walters. I can't see any damage from cannabis, indeed I see positive effects from it every day, but the damage to real peoples' lives that zealots like you do is all too apparent.
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Comment #2 posted by whig on June 26, 2006 at 16:44:57 PT
mrdevious
Right you are.Welcome to CNews.
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Comment #1 posted by mrdevious on June 26, 2006 at 16:40:25 PT:
extremely problematic due to increased THC levels
Once again we hear about the "dangerous marijuana" because of it's startling higher levels of THC. Perhapse somebody should inform the good folks at the UN that marijuana isn't a little pill with a preset dose. I would think government and united nations officials, would at least have enough brains to know that more potency merely means less smoking to get the same effect. ah but then, after all, critical thinking isn't exactly the driving force behind the drug war. 
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