cannabisnews.com: DEA's Museum Exhibit Shows Dangers of Drugs DEA's Museum Exhibit Shows Dangers of Drugs Posted by CN Staff on August 12, 2006 at 10:50:19 PT By Shamus Toomey, Staff Reporter Source: Chicago Sun-Times Illinois -- After visiting the Museum of Science and Industry's famous coal mine and submarine, patrons might want to check out its new crack den and meth lab.The Hyde Park museum opens a new exhibit today that highlights the perils of drug abuse and the drug trade, including life-size re-creations of drug lairs and labs. "Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause" is a traveling exhibit created by the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum. It gives historical and modern-day look at drugs such as opium, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine.The exhibit, which comes with a warning about bringing young children, includes photos of cops and federal agents killed in the drug war, as well as pictures of teens, adults and even rock stars felled by drug abuse.'Facts Aren't On Their Side' "Think of this exhibit as one-stop shock therapy," said DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy, in town to open the exhibit. "The message of this exhibit is: If you think you're not affected or endangered by drugs, think again."The exhibit has already been shown in several cities, most recently Detroit. It has drawn criticism from some groups that say it's more DEA publicity than education and that it ignores the argument that criminalizing drugs creates the lucrative, underground trade that ends up financing terrorism.Tandy discounted the criticism. "I think it's hard for these groups because the facts aren't on their side. That's all they can say."The exhibit, in a two-level temporary hall on the west side of the museum, has a special section dedicated to drugs in Chicago over the years. That section will eventually wind up on display at Navy Pier.The exhibit also devotes a great deal of space to the foreign drug trade and ties to terror. There's a seized Taliban flag, a giant photo of Osama bin Laden, a re-created Afghan heroin processing lab and a South American cocaine lab complete with mosquito netting and assault rifles.Mayor Seems Jarred The crack den -- labeled a "tenement apartment" -- is a small room strewn with empty crack vials and cigarette butts. There's also a bassinet, a dirty diaper, a shotgun and piped-in sounds of sirens and barking dogs.As Mayor Daley toured the exhibit Thursday, he seemed jarred, including by the meth lab. It's in a simulated hotel room, and it shows how an unsuspecting hotel guest can be just inches away from an explosive meth lab. Chicago Police Supt. Phil Cline, who also took a tour, called it "a powerful exhibit that will enlighten and fascinate so many people."It will remain at the museum through Dec. 3. There is no extra fee to see it. Sidebar: No Ordinary SUV -- It's On Lookout for Dealers As you look at one part of the new drug exhibit, it will also be looking at you.At the Museum of Science and Industry, the Drug Enforcement Administration is displaying a special tricked-out Toyota Scion designed to be left on street corners to snoop on drug dealers.The boxy SUV has multiple hidden cameras, including a 360-degree lens secretly disguised as the rear stereo amplifier. It also has several microphones hidden in its body that, with a court order, can eavesdrop on bad guys. The display also includes a hidden camera that museum-goers can operate from across the building.Timothy J. Ogden, assistant special agent in charge of the DEA's Chicago office, said police and federal agents in Chicago don't use a Scion -- but they use other cars with the same technology."We made sure none of our local law enforcement partners have that particular type of model in service," Ogden said.Drug dealers know authorities have secret surveillance methods, he said, so showing them off was decided to be OK."Are the gang-bangers going to come here and look at our display? Probably not," he said. "And if we can save some lives and turn some kids to walk the straight and narrow, it's a risk we can live with."Shamus ToomeySource: Chicago Sun-Times (IL) Author: Shamus Toomey, Staff Reporter Published: August 11, 2006Copyright: 2006 The Sun-Times Co. Contact: letters suntimes.com Website: http://www.suntimes.com/ Related Articles & Web Site:DEA Museumhttp://www.deamuseum.org/ New Museum Exhibit Tackles Drugshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22060.shtmlDrug-Terror Connection Disputedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22058.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #63 posted by The GCW on August 15, 2006 at 04:40:53 PT INSIGHT: What they are and are not doing. This LTE in Chicago illustrates how people are being killed because of a lack of police protection which may be considered a problem because police are working as plant patrolers instead.http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_opinion_letters/Enforce laws to make Chicago streets safer 000You shouldn’t be taking your life in your hands when you cross the street, but lately that’s what’s been happening in Chicago. Reckless drivers are threatening our families’ safety and our quality of life.Unfortunately, for too long, leaders at City Hall have turned a blind eye to the facts and haven’t been willing to protect our citizens. But when children are dying in senseless hit-and-runs, we need to look for answers. That’s what a number of Chicago aldermen and community leaders decided to do on the issue of traffic enforcement. And we were surprised by what we found.The problem of road safety is downplayed too much. More people are killed every year in traffic crashes than are murdered. Someone is killed on our nation’s roads every 13 minutes. Chicago has some of the worst driving in America. According to a 2006 Allstate Insurance study, drivers in Chicago are 33 percent more likely to get in an accident than drivers across the country. Our city ranks 178 out of 200 for safe driving. So what are we doing to enforce our traffic laws and keep our streets safe? The sad answer is: Very little.Chicago has only 32 sworn police officers assigned full-time to traffic enforcement. By contrast, New York has 1,000 traffic officers.Chicago has a total of 10 radar-equipped squad cars-that means four cars per shift for the entire city.The issue of traffic safety and enforcement has been ignored for years in our city and senseless tragedies are occurring because of it. Traffic enforcement aides are trying to do a good job, but they’re civilians in neon vests-not trained and sworn police officers with the authority to fully enforce the law.To me, the answer on how to address this serious problem is very clear: Put more cops on the street to enforce our traffic laws and hold violators accountable. That’s why I wrote an ordinance to add 100 new police officers assigned to traffic duties across the city. That would more than triple the number of traffic police we currently have and put new traffic officers in every ward. These officers will be fully trained Chicago police and their work will help to reduce crime on our streets. Routine traffic stops by alert police officers often result in apprehending fugitives, taking drugs off the street and confiscating guns. Don’t forget that Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh got pulled over on a traffic stop.We would pay for the new officers with fines generated through the city’s successful new red-light camera program and use that technology to help put more police feet on the street. My ordinance passed the City Council a few weeks ago. Now it’s up to the mayor and the police superintendent to do what Chicago’s citizens demanded and what the City Council ordered: Enforce our traffic laws and make our streets safe again for families.Ald. Tom Allen(38th)City of Chicago(does Chicago have more police working on cannabis related issues than traffic issues??? one kills the other does not.)(SAFER: cannabis is safer than traffic.)(They don't need to ADD officers; they need to re-direct them.) [ Post Comment ] Comment #62 posted by afterburner on August 14, 2006 at 21:41:27 PT The Truth, the Whole Truth & Nothing But the Truth "The exhibit, which comes with a warning about bringing young children, includes photos of cops and federal agents killed in the drug war, as well as pictures of teens, adults and even rock stars felled by drug abuse."What about pictures of people and animals killed or hurt in no-knock wrong-address raids. What about pictures of missionaries shot down by CIA goons who assumed the airplane passengers were drug runners? What about pictures of people tortured or killed by neglect while in cages for the crime of self-medicating with a centuries-old herbal medicine? What about pictures of children shot or killed by over-zealous SWAT teams? How about telling the whole story for a change?"Rolling Stones -- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo lyrics" (m. jagger/k. richards) http://www.lyricstime.com/rolling-stones-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-lyrics.html{ The po-lice in New York City They chased a boy right through the park And in a case of mistaken identity The put a bullet through his heartHeart breakers with your forty four I wanna tear your world apart You heart breaker with your forty four I wanna tear your world a partA ten year old girl on a street corner Sticking needles in her arm She died in the dirt of an alleyway Her mother said she had no chance, no chance! Heart breaker, heart breaker She stuck the pins right in her heart Heart breaker, pain maker Stole the love right out of your heartHeart breaker, heart breaker You stole the love right out of my heart Heart breaker, heart breaker I wanna tear your world apartDoo, doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo.... } [ Post Comment ] Comment #61 posted by John Tyler on August 14, 2006 at 18:00:50 PT Museum of Science and Industry Here is something strange…the Museum of Science and Industry in this article was originally the Arts Palace at the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1896. Charles B. Atwood a noted architect of his day designed it. He influenced the development of the Chicago school of early skyscrapers. He was also known to be seriously addicted to various drugs. (but it wasn’t illegal then) How weird is that? [ Post Comment ] Comment #60 posted by observer on August 13, 2006 at 13:07:51 PT drug 'lairs', drug liars [2] The Hyde Park museum opens a new exhibit today that highlights the perils of drug abuse and the drug trade, including life-size re-creations of drug lairs and labs . (Sentence 2) re: "drug abuse" - Prohibition propaganda claims that all use of any "drug" is abuse. (Use is Abuse (propaganda theme 4) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme4.htm#alluseisabuse ) [3] "Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause" is a traveling exhibit created by the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum . (Sentence 3) re: "America" - The health of the "community" (read: government) is assured, prohibitionists explain, because drug users are punished. Jailing drug users is thus painted as upholding society. (Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme3.htm#3 ) [5] The exhibit, which comes with a warning about bringing young children, includes photos of cops and federal agents killed in the drug war, as well as pictures of teens, adults and even rock stars felled by drug abuse . (Sentence 5) re: "drug abuse" - "This strategy equates the use and abuse of drugs and implies that it is impossible to use the particular drug or drugs in question without physical, mental, and moral deterioration." [W.White,1979] (Use is Abuse (propaganda theme 4) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme4.htm#alluseisabuse ) re: "children", "teens" - Prohibitionists forever claim that children are corrupted by drugs, and this is why adult users must be punished harshly. (Children Corrupted (propaganda theme 5) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme5.htm#5 ) re: "drug war" - Drug users are evil fiends which, save for the noble drug "war", would multiply as the "epidemic" of drug use engulfs an innocent people. (Demonize, War (propaganda theme 6) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme6.htm#6 ) [10] It has drawn criticism from some groups that say it's more DEA publicity than education and that it ignores the argument that criminalizing drugs creates the lucrative, underground trade that ends up financing terrorism . (Sentence 10) re: "terrorism" - Prohibition propaganda often uses crude forms of name-calling to link a targeted drug with groups the majority dislikes. (Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme1.htm#1 ) re: "criminalizing" - Drugs, claim the prohibitionist, cause insanity, violence, and terrible sickness. (Madness,Crime,Violence,Illness (propaganda theme 2) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme2.htm#2 ) [16] The exhibit also devotes a great deal of space to the foreign drug trade and ties to terror . (Sentence 16) re: "terror" - Drugs are linked with groups of people who are already seen as deviant or shameful. (Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme1.htm#1 ) [17] There's a seized Taliban flag, a giant photo of Osama bin Laden, a re-created Afghan heroin processing lab and a South American cocaine lab complete with mosquito netting and assault rifles . (Sentence 17) re: "American" - The survival of society is assured, -- says the propaganda of prohibition -- as long as drug users are punished (jailed). (Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme3.htm#3 ) [26] Sidebar: No Ordinary SUV -- It's On Lookout for Dealers As you look at one part of the new drug exhibit, it will also be looking at you . (Sentence 26) re: "Dealers" - Drug war propaganda insinuates drugs are evil, because they are linked with hated groups. (Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme1.htm#1 ) [27] At the Museum of Science and Industry, the Drug Enforcement Administration is displaying a special tricked-out Toyota Scion designed to be left on street corners to snoop on drug dealers . (Sentence 27) re: "drug dealers", "dealers" - The rhetoric of prohibition will try to use labeling and guilt by association to link drugs and drug users with hated groups. (Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme1.htm#1 ) [34] Drug dealers know authorities have secret surveillance methods, he said, so showing them off was decided to be OK . (Sentence 34) re: "Drug dealers", "dealers" - Drug users are "those people" -- they are linked with groups that everyone agrees are bad. (Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme1.htm#1 ) [37] "And if we can save some lives and turn some kids to walk the straight and narrow, it's a risk we can live with." (Sentence 37) re: "kids" - "Since the Harrison Act of 1914, the user and the seller of illicit drugs have both been characterized as evil, criminal, insane, and always in search of new victims, the victims are characterized as young children." [W.White,1979] (Children Corrupted (propaganda theme 5) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme5.htm#5 ) Formulaic. A robot could analyze this stuff. summary: drugwar_propaganda = 100%asserted: $propaganda_theme1 at 100% ("terrorism" "terror" "drug dealers" "Dealers"), 9 hitsasserted: $propaganda_theme2 at 50% ("criminalizing" "Damage"), 2 hitsasserted: $propaganda_theme3 at 50% ("America" "American"), 2 hitsasserted: $use_is_abuse at 85% ("drug abuse"), 2 hitsasserted: $propaganda_theme4 at 85% ($use_is_abuse)asserted: $propaganda_theme5 at 70% ("children" "kids" "teens" "message"), 4 hitsasserted: $propaganda_theme6 at 90% ("drug war"), 1 hits http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #59 posted by global_warming on August 13, 2006 at 12:34:57 PT there is a better world that is filled with kindness and understandingwhere you can live, whitout fear or suspicion,in your heart and mindcan you comprehend your place [ Post Comment ] Comment #58 posted by global_warming on August 13, 2006 at 12:11:53 PT can you move your hand press that fucking buttoncmon gals and good guysit is the same old storyover and over againthis time is 'our time'we can bring down this madness [ Post Comment ] Comment #57 posted by global_warming on August 13, 2006 at 12:03:28 PT Ah, you do not believe in God you believe that Ceaser is Lord,you believe that your existence is some chemical construct,do you believe, you exist? [ Post Comment ] Comment #56 posted by global_warming on August 13, 2006 at 11:14:45 PT and then you can never know for sure,THC Blocks Alzheimer's Plaque FormationOld hippies who haven't toked for decades might come back to the stoner life. Marijuana active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol blocks the formation of beta amyloid plaques which are suspected as a cause of Alzheimer's disease. LA JOLLA, CA, August 9, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/gdhunYou cannot keep such a good thing from the people, the aged and sick, have some Grace and Honor it is over, finished, end of story.Cannabis is close to God. [ Post Comment ] Comment #55 posted by global_warming on August 13, 2006 at 10:46:36 PT There Solace For as sure as thesse misguided prohibitionists and the enforcement people scurry to find new ways to push their mental illness, with each new way they are insuring their own snare and entrapment, for their wicked ways shall consume them in the end. [ Post Comment ] Comment #54 posted by FoM on August 13, 2006 at 10:02:28 PT Toker00 I sure understand what you are saying. I remember someone asking me in an MSNBC news chat years ago if I was a Deadhead. I said I don't know what a Deadhead is. He said you must be a Libertarian. I said I don't know what that is either. I really still don't know what I am I suppose. LOL! [ Post Comment ] Comment #53 posted by Toker00 on August 13, 2006 at 09:58:33 PT Pinko Hippie Commie Sounds almost comical. lol. But I, too, remember the slurs and looks, the abrasive treatment, the physical threats and violent actions against all us Pinko Hippie Commies. Threats to cut our hair, things poured in our drinks if we went to the restroom in cafes. The wolf calls and whistles when entering a total "red" as in redneck establishment. THEY were more the Commies than we were. I didn't even understand the concept of communism, but I thought I understood the meaning of communing. Don't we seek communion with God? Don't we live in a community? And yet the term communism was attached to us Hippies. I just thought we were going to create a society much like Christ told us to. Helping one another, caring for everyone, communing with nature. But there was no shaking the communist label, once attached. The violence and the stigma became more than most of us were willing to accept. Then the War on Drugs. Now the War on Drugs. Thirty-six years later. Though most of us are, mostly, successfully socially and financially embedded in this rat race, we are now being labeled as terrorism supporters. The same generation labeled communists, thirty six years ago. Our grandchildren, who are now growing their hair long and being subjected to the same ridicule as we were, only they are terrorists where we were communists. Words. Can't live with them, can't live without them.Toke. [ Post Comment ] Comment #52 posted by FoM on August 13, 2006 at 09:06:52 PT Toker00 I guess I have had a few words that remind me of what we aren't. I know that the powers that be try very hard to make people who are more doves then anything seem like they believe in communism. I have always minded the term pinko hippie commie. There is power in words particularly when they want to use it against us. [ Post Comment ] Comment #51 posted by Toker00 on August 13, 2006 at 08:55:14 PT FoM Let me see...somewhere in the Bible it says we will be judged according to our Works, and also our "spiritual" Works. I am not nor have I ever been affiliated with communism. I do not endorse it, not any other existing "government". I simply use the word to describe those who are in contact with the machinery of Corporatism, the organism that is eating at the earth and our souls. John Tyler is exactly right. The word worker has been slandered and demonized by the association of communism, just like the cannabis plant, and the words marijuana, pot, cannabis, etc. have been slandered and demonized by DEA, and all their sub-contractors. Hard Work is suppose to pay off. Everyone who receives a paycheck is a Worker. I hadn't even associated the word with communism until you posted, FoM, but I understand your concern. Believe it or not, the government applauds every time the word "Worker" gets trashed. This New Society must be ISM free. No War, no Terror. Love, Peace, Wilful Participation and the Maintenance of the Earth and it's Inhabitants.Toke. [ Post Comment ] Comment #50 posted by FoM on August 13, 2006 at 08:41:29 PT Testing on Prisoners It doesn't shock me because it has been going on forever. [ Post Comment ] Comment #49 posted by John Tyler on August 13, 2006 at 08:34:58 PT testing on prisoners Sorry but, it’s not going to end. The poor also get it too. It has been going on for just about forever. The helpless are always subject to being victims of the strong. It is the way of the world. Try not to be helpless. [ Post Comment ] Comment #48 posted by FoM on August 13, 2006 at 08:30:16 PT John Tyler I never use the word comrade either. It's funny how words can change how we see something and they are just words. [ Post Comment ] Comment #47 posted by John Tyler on August 13, 2006 at 08:21:23 PT the word comrade The word comrade has the same communist connation. During WWII American and British soldiers were “comrades in arms”. This was good. After WWII, when the Cold War started up, only communist were comrades. The word comrade was now bad. I never use it. It sounds weird and antiquated. To say someone is a comrade today sounds like they are an elderly communist. Which is again weird. [ Post Comment ] Comment #46 posted by mai_bong_city on August 13, 2006 at 08:19:05 PT OT and scary! pharm testing of prisoners.... i thought this was something everyone might want to have a look at....i am thinking of all the cannabis users sitting in prisons....will this nightmare ever, ever end???????http://tinyurl.com/g6trl [ Post Comment ] Comment #45 posted by FoM on August 13, 2006 at 08:03:58 PT Thanks John Tyler I guess that's why I don't like the word worker. It must be deeply embedded in my mind. The word collaboration doesn't ring a bell with me though. I have seen people use the word comrades and I am no ones comrade. I am a friend though. I believe that we are individuals with talents and our talents can be shared to make a better world but I also believe if we don't want to work with others we should have that right to be independent. [ Post Comment ] Comment #44 posted by John Tyler on August 13, 2006 at 07:50:02 PT Worker That “worker” thing is from the old anti communist messages from your childhood. You know the old, “Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains.” It got tagged with communism and communism was bad, so worker was bad too. I have a thing about the word collaboration. For some reason this word makes me cringe. I guess it is from old WWII movies where Nazi collaborators were the enemy and were thus bad too. [ Post Comment ] Comment #43 posted by John Tyler on August 13, 2006 at 07:37:39 PT tax money at waste This article says to me that they have way too much money in their budget and are having a hard time thinking up ways to spend it all. It also shows the DEA’s own level of paranoia and their desire to try to influence the public with this same fear. It reminds me of a Halloween scary house. If the public is afraid they will turn to the government to protect them. Make the public afraid. It’s the oldest political trick in the book. It should have a sign on it saying, “Your tax money at waste.” [ Post Comment ] Comment #42 posted by FoM on August 13, 2006 at 07:09:37 PT Toker00 I have a small question. When I hear the word worker I think of communism but I don't know why for sure. I believe in self employment and making my own way in life. Who are workers? [ Post Comment ] Comment #41 posted by mayan on August 13, 2006 at 05:59:15 PT Huh? Panel Suggests Using Inmates in Drug Trials: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/us/13inmates.html?_r=1&oref=sloginOther cannabis-related news...THC Blocks Alzheimer's Plaque Formation: http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003641.htmlShowtime Begins Unusual 'Weeds' Campaign: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_21233708.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #40 posted by Toker00 on August 13, 2006 at 05:04:32 PT Mayan "One thing is certain, the neo-con's PNAC agenda is seriously threatened with Lieberman losing the primary but the agenda must advance, no matter what, as far as they are concerned."I listened to The Warning by Alex Jones. Chilling.It is pointless in celebrating these victories when what you say is true. No matter how many Repubs. we replace in Nov., it will not matter. Nothing will matter until we PHYSICALLY stop the PNAC group by stopping their tools of terror: Corporate Controlled Media, Propaganda, Secret Government, Brainwashed Public, Ball-less Politicians, Disobedient Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and last in this incomplete list, a maniacal PNAC appointed, SCOTUS approved, Selectident George WAR Bush! This man and his ilk MUST be EMPEACHED! I know they are about to silence the 9-11 Truth Movement with another, even bigger, Constitutional suspending, Police State LIE Movement, if we DON'T!ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, ALL WORKERS, ALL OF THOSE WHO LOVE YOUR GOD AND THIS WONDERFUL PLANET, UNITE AGAINST THIS WORLD WIDE TYRANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your alternative is Armageddon.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW! [ Post Comment ] Comment #39 posted by Wayne on August 12, 2006 at 22:14:07 PT counterpoint "'Think of this exhibit as one-stop shock therapy,' said DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy. 'I think it's hard for these groups because the facts aren't on their side.'"I certainly WILL look at this exhibit as shock therapy, Ms. Karen, because you sure as s*** don't have that facts on YOUR side. And worst of all, you're exploiting 9/11 to get your misguided message across. You're simply trading one human tragedy for another. You are SICK. And you, ma'am, along with your DEA minions, aren't worth the flesh that you're printed on. [ Post Comment ] Comment #38 posted by FoM on August 12, 2006 at 20:44:41 PT Hawks and Doves I was watching a show on penguins a little while tonight. It was really a good show. I fell in love with the little penguins then they showed the oil spill and showed them dieing. I saw people going out in that nasty, contaminated water to try to save the lives of as many of the penguins as they could. I stopped and thought about it. We have those and mostly Republicans that like going to war, having the best bombs etc, and itch to use them. There's plenty of money to be made supplying the army with the tools of the trade - 'Country Joe'. http://www.countryjoe.com/iraq_fixins.htmThen we have people who go out and help the displaced and try to help those who are hurt. We have hawks and doves. All I can say is thank goodness for the doves. [ Post Comment ] Comment #37 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 20:23:55 PT Right wing mental disease Their minds are at WAR. I mean it. They are so deeply brainwashed they cannot perceive the world except through the lenses of WAR.Peace, here. [ Post Comment ] Comment #36 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 19:58:10 PT EXAMPLE: This (below) is an example of crime that isn’t due to drugs but rather drug prohibition; The same way there was a crime factor not due to alcohol, but rather alcohol prohibition.As Al Capone’s history in Chicago exposes how the original prohibition was bad, the sequel is worse.(The DEA employees responsible for the museum exibit would be incapable of understanding that. Perhaps the reason they're focusing on kids 14 and under is because it is harder to convince / brainwash kids 15 and older to buy subs with screen windows)-0-US FL: Hit Man Testifies He Collected Drug Debts From Mario Valencia Aug. 9, 2006), Source: Tampa Tribune http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1060/a06.html?397 [ Post Comment ] Comment #35 posted by rchandar on August 12, 2006 at 19:21:24 PT: hi... i mean, she doesn't have to "have the facts on her side," nor does she have to elaborate. The government sides with her. I mean, we could rehearse and restate the real facts, built up by researchers and evidence over and over again, and still they would state that bulls #t. The best thing WE can do is spread the true information among people willing to listen. The DEA disgraces themselves over and over again; people will listen, not the DEA.--rchandar [ Post Comment ] Comment #34 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 19:20:12 PT US IL: New exhibit shows how drugs affect you Pubdate: Aug. 11, 2006Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)Viewed at: http://www.dailyherald.com/news/cookstory.asp?id=215844&cc=c&tc=gle&t=glencoeUS IL: New exhibit shows how drugs affect you [ Post Comment ] Comment #33 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 19:01:41 PT US IL: EDU: Daley helps open exhibit on drug abuse Pubdate: Aug. 10, 2006Source: Medill News Service (IL)Note: Medill is a school of Journalism Viewed at: http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2006/08/drugexbt_mayor.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #32 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 18:20:57 PT Chicago Sun Times has one also. DEA's museum exhibit shows dangers of drugs August 11, 2006http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-drug11.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #31 posted by mayan on August 12, 2006 at 17:45:35 PT Facts Tandy discounted the criticism. "I think it's hard for these groups because the facts aren't on their side. That's all they can say."Could one of you goons at the DEA (we know you're monitoring this site) please contact Karen Tandy and have her visit this forum? We would really like to hear why her "facts" are right and ours are wrong since she failed to elborate. We promise to have a respectful,civil discussion of only the facts. She can even send a representative or a whole slew of them if she wishes! Thanks!Max, I don't know how credible that transcript is but it's making it's rounds to some pretty credible sites. One thing is certain, the neo-con's PNAC agenda is seriously threatened with Lieberman losing the primary but the agenda must advance,no matter what, as far as they are concerned. http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=4957TBR News is running it also...Sroll 1/3 down to small black letters - "Voice of the White House": http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2464.htmTHE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...The Anglo-American empire’s “next 9/11” will set up final war; “foiled” UK terror plot a propaganda dry run: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1098.shtmlThey remain convinced: U.S. behind 9/11: http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_4173789?source=emailLargest US Church says Bush behind 9/11: http://wakeupfromyourslumber.blogspot.com/2006/08/largest-us-church-says-bush-behind-911.htmlOzaukee Board UW Funding Cuts Directed At Lecturer (Donate!): http://hometown.aol.com/truthout911/page3.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #30 posted by ekim on August 12, 2006 at 17:33:05 PT why not Vote Hemp and its farmers in Chicago Tuesday, August 1, 2006CONTACT: Patrick Goggin 415-312-0084 Adam Eidinger 202-744-2671 adam votehemp.com Passage of CA Hemp Bill Would Benefit California Economy and Environment AB 1147 Heads to Final Votes in AugustSACRAMENTO, CA — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots organization working to revitalize U.S. industrial hemp production, urges California editorial writers to support AB 1147, The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, as final Senate and Assembly votes are expected in August. This landmark bipartisan legislation would establish guidelines for farming the non-psychoactive plant used in a wide variety of everyday consumer products, including food, body care, clothing, paper, auto parts and bio-fuel. Since passing out of the Assembly in January, AB 1147 has gained momentum as more legislators learn that California businesses spend millions of dollars each year importing hemp from Canada, China and Europe. Demand for hemp products has been growing rapidly in recent years. The U.S. hemp market now exceeds $270 million in estimated annual retail sales. The new law would give farmers the ability to legally supply California manufacturers with hemp seed, oil and fiber.For the environment, the agricultural benefits are not limited to the versatility of uses. Industrial hemp is an excellent rotational crop because it naturally reduces nematode populations (microscopic worms that eat crops), while its dense growth smothers weeds. Hemp requires less water and agricultural chemicals than other crops and has deep roots that leave the soil in excellent condition for the next crop. These benefits save farmers money and reduce the amount of pesticides, defoliants and chemical fertilizer that runs into our waterways. The primary reason industrial hemp has not been grown in the U.S. since the 1950s is a perceived similarity to marijuana; however, the plants are very different. The industrial hemp plant's stalk is long and strong, has few branches, has been bred for maximum production of seed, and grows up to 16 feet in height. It is planted in densities of 100 to 300 plants per square yard. On the other hand, marijuana is a tropical variety of cannabis that grows up to 6 feet in height and has been bred to have many branches to maximize flowering sites and minimize seeds. It is planted with wide spaces between plants to enhance its bushiness. Marijuana growers kill male pollinating plants to promote flower growth, while industrial hemp farmers leave the male plants as they are crucial to seed production.The California Industrial Hemp Act was introduced in February of 2005 by Democratic Assemblyman Mark Leno. This year, the bill was amended, and Republican Assemblyman Chuck Devore joined as a co-author. AB 1147 has been carefully crafted to comply with federal law and minimize impact to law enforcement. It includes tough regulations without placing an undue burden on farmers. The bill only permits cultivation of industrial hemp when grown as an agricultural field crop or in a research setting. Backyard or horticultural cultivation is prohibited. Any clandestine grove of cannabis is considered marijuana regardless of THC content.Prior to harvest, a farmer must obtain a laboratory test report from a DEA-registered laboratory documenting the THC content of the crop. Farmers must retain a copy of the test report for two years from its date of sampling, make it available to law enforcement officials upon request, and provide a copy to each person purchasing, transporting or otherwise obtaining the oil, cake or seed of the plant. Crops that exceed the 0.3% THC limit must be destroyed.To eliminate the possibility that industrial hemp could be mistaken for marijuana, the bill does not include the leaves or flowering tops among the legal parts of the industrial hemp plant. Regardless of THC content, leaves and flowers that are removed from the field of cultivation are not considered industrial hemp. Hemp flowers have no psychoactive effects or current legal commercial application. Nevertheless, it is important to prevent marijuana defendants from making the specious claim that confiscated marijuana leaves and flowers are industrial hemp. The bright-line definitions and requirements in AB 1147 ensure that law enforcement will not be negatively impacted. Vote Hemp's goal is to relieve California farmers of the over-reaching prohibition on industrial hemp cultivation. California must assert its right to regulate industrial hemp as permitted by the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Congress and the 2004 9th U.S. Circuit Court decision in HIA v DEA. The legislation clarifies that the cultivation of industrial hemp is legal on the condition it contains no more than three tenths of one percent (0.3%) tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Final passage of AB 1147 could revitalize commercial industrial hemp farming, which occurred in the state until shortly after World War II. Farmers have high expectations for the crop, given the exceptionally large hemp yields that California farmers once achieved and the great strides made in agricultural irrigation and mechanization since hemp was last grown.From natural soaps to healthy foods, there are a variety of "Made in California" hemp products that could benefit from an in-state source of hemp seed, fiber and oil. According to the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), there are over 50 member businesses that make or sell hemp products in California. Support for state action on industrial hemp farming is growing among U.S. manufacturers whose appetite for hemp fiber, seed and oil is fueling the increased demand. For example, in the automotive industry, industrial hemp is used in the natural fiber composites that have rapidly replaced fiberglass as the material of choice for vehicle interiors. FlexForm, an Indiana manufacturer whose hemp-content materials are found in an estimated 2.5 million vehicles in North America today, uses approximately 250,000 pounds of hemp fiber per year. The company says industrial hemp could easily take a greater share of the 4 million pounds of natural fiber it uses yearly, as "hemp fiber possesses physical properties beneficial to our natural fiber-based composites." In addition, FlexForm says it would "gladly expand domestic purchases."Patagonia, an environmentally-conscious outdoor clothing manufacturer and retailer that sells hemp clothing at Whole Foods, has recently added its name to the list of businesses that support California's hemp bill. That list already includes Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps (North America's top-selling natural soap company), Alterna (a high-end salon hair products company) and Nutiva (a rising star among innovative health food companies) — all three of which are based in California. Sales of hemp foods in 2004/2005 grew by 50% over the previous 12-month period. U.S. retail sales of hemp products are estimated to now be $250 to $300 million per year. Currently seven states (Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia) have changed their laws to give farmers an affirmative right to grow industrial hemp commercially or for research purposes. California's AB 1147 already passed a series of committee votes and a floor vote in the Assembly. Final votes in the Senate and Assembly are expected before the end of August.More information about industrial hemp legislation and the crop's many uses may be found at www.VoteHemp.com and www.HempIndustries.org. BETA SP or DVD Video News Release featuring footage of hemp farming in other countries is available upon request by contacting Adam Eidinger at 202-744-2671.END http://www.thehia.org [ Post Comment ] Comment #29 posted by ekim on August 12, 2006 at 17:06:53 PT only one david standing against goliedeath Saturday, August 12, 2006 PicturesWindypundit stopped by yesterday while I was passing out flyers. He's got some excellent photos of the exhibit, plus a couple of me and the "line of death" that museum officials wouldn't allow me to cross. http://www.drugwarrant.com [ Post Comment ] Comment #28 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 15:54:52 PT welcome the sweet smell of CannabisWelcome [ Post Comment ] Comment #27 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 15:54:29 PT Hmmm. It could make a person wonder if in one of those UNTOUCHABLE episodes,there was one with the Palace of Fine Arts ( http://www.msichicago.org/info/vtm/about.html )in the backround getting hit with machine gun fire.-0-An UNTOUCHABLES video clip including that very building could be ammo to use against the Feds. insistant arguement to perpetuate the present day prohibiition's worthyness.Failure on the big screen.-0-How about a REWARD to any person who can dig up one of those episodes that includes "the Palace of Fine Arts" which is the present day Museum of Science and Industry? [ Post Comment ] Comment #26 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 15:51:11 PT the people of Chicago Have been dead for many years, like New York, the stink can be smelled throughout our planet, [ Post Comment ] Comment #25 posted by billos on August 12, 2006 at 15:48:30 PT Where are the exhibits showing innocent people getting a bullet in their face after the DEA breaks down the wrong door and starts shooting?? Or how about the exhibit of the twin engine plane shot down in (Panama?) killing an innocent mother and her 5 year old infant???? I gotta see the one where the 55 year old black guy gets jumped by 6 Narco Cops and gets the pee knocked out of him before the handcuffs are put on him...all for a $5 bag of pot....Or maybe the Ruby Ridge exhibit..... [ Post Comment ] Comment #24 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 15:44:02 PT About Capone, Chicago and prohibition... Chicago IS by the way, where Capone did His thing...Educating America to what prohibition evokes. Has John P(ee)Walters & Karen P(ee) Tandy missed too many Elliot Nest / Untouchables episodes?I wonder if the FEDS are familiar with the proof of failure of prohibitions connection to Capone and Chicago exists right out side of the museum...A building that existed during the time of Capone, which He may have even drove around...Makes a person wonder if there is a bullet hole in the building from the grand experiment known as prohibition. [ Post Comment ] Comment #23 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 15:40:28 PT hey whigger yes, 'we must move on,with ;good concience and support for deeper understandingthe holocaust of Jewish Annislstionwas some yrars in histiry,the holocaust of drug user prohibitionis in 'our current world, that filthy old world of dopers and niggers and jews, [ Post Comment ] Comment #22 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 15:33:09 PT Need a Declaration We the Cannabists and the Peace movement everywhere need to Declare Peace upon the world. We need to cry out that War is Over. [ Post Comment ] Comment #21 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 15:31:17 PT Wish there was an editing function I would rather have said, how we have had to labor to change it. Labor, rather than struggle, because this is work and it is not war. We are for peace. [ Post Comment ] Comment #20 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 15:28:55 PT gw You do not have to compare cannabis prohibition to the Holocaust to signify its importance. Both are important things to remember and both are going to have to be part of the historical record forever. We need to remind ourselves and our future generations what happened, and how we had to struggle to change it, and why it is important. [ Post Comment ] Comment #19 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 15:26:07 PT commennt How long can this unsustainable disgrace against people who use and abuse drugs chemicals and God Given Herbs, [ Post Comment ] Comment #18 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 15:16:01 PT not sure what u are saying fom [ Post Comment ] Comment #17 posted by FoM on August 12, 2006 at 15:11:00 PT global_warming I really don't want to compare one to the other. What has happened because of the war against Cannabis is why I do CNews. [ Post Comment ] Comment #16 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 15:04:22 PT apoligy accepted the foot of the crosssmarks the start passage into the mysteriesfinds your pleasent handMay, God comfort your mind and soul, [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 14:55:21 PT Jem - They Who made up all the rules We follow them like fools Believe them to be true Don't care to think them throughAnd I'm sorry so sorry I'm sorry it's like this I'm sorry so sorry I'm sorry we do thisAnd it's ironic too Coz what we tend to do Is act on what they say And then it is that wayAnd I'm sorry so sorry I'm sorry it's like this I'm sorry so sorry I'm sorry we do thisWho are they And where are they And how can they possibly know all this Who are they And where are they And how can they possibly know all thisDo you see what I see Why do we live like this Is it because it's true that ignorance is blissWho are they And where are they And how do they know all this And I'm sorry so sorry I'm sorry it's like thisDo you see what I see Why do we live like this Is it because it's true that ignorance is blissAnd who are they And where are they And how can they know all this And I'm sorry so sorry I'm sorry we do this [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 14:45:08 PT r:e: Capone and all those who feed on Cannabis Prohibition,your days are numbered,much like those reepublican taliban,There is so much new breathSo much new universe [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by The GCW on August 12, 2006 at 14:37:54 PT The Museum of Science and Industry As a kid, I used to visit My aunt in Chicago who used to lived on E 42nd Street and We used to walk to the Museum of Science and Industry. One of My favorite parts was the train set that was computerized.Perhaps, NEXT, the Hyde Park museum could open another new exhibit that highlights the perils of prohibition including life-size re-creations of Al Capone, DEA Administrators such as Karen P. Tandy & Johnny Walker along with other drug liars and government biased labs etc.Maybe show the ignorance of implicating hemp in the war as an enemy, claiming it would hamper drug testing.Hemp is still here and it hasn't limited their cannabis persecutions.In the museum is a part called OLD TOWN, with a setting like when Capone use to play the Thompson machine gun; it would be a perfect part of the museum to teach about the perils of prohibiiton. [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 14:26:36 PT fomme start to compare, the thousands of human beings who are arrested and placed into prisons, for what? Some simple action, for smoking some weed, this is bigger than the Jewish holocaust, this is Hell, and I want no part of this disgrace, [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by FoM on August 12, 2006 at 14:16:08 PT global_warming I'm not sure I know what you mean. I don't believe that I in good conscience can compare anything that has happened to Cannabis people to what happened to the Jewish people during the Holocaust. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by SystemGoneDown on August 12, 2006 at 14:15:41 PT Great Article So they have a museum on drugs? That's great. Maybe the FDA should come out with THEIR own museum showing the effects of their drugs. Better yet, why not have a McDonald's museum. The first half could show the wonderful Disney Land side of McDonalds, and then the other half have the museum show the intestinal effects of the $1 value meal items. Jack in the Box to. They all could do it.It seems like this country has raped the truth and people no longer see facts anymore. It's propoganda like this that makes facts undermined. It's almost a virtue to disregard facts in the name of skepticism. What this study tries to do is suck logic out of the viewer's mind so that these half-truth facts are ingested as true, when it's not. Anybody seen A Scanner Darkly? Same exact thing. Only this bullsh-t is in the form of a propoganda museum. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 14:10:06 PT stuck here in New Jersey Lodi Lyrics by Creedence Clearwater Revival(J. Fogerty) Just about a year ago, I set out on the road, Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold. Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune. Oh ! Lord, stuck in Lodi again. Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go. I was just passin' through, must be seven months or more. Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends. Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.The man from the magazine said I was on my way. Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play. I came into town, a one night stand, looks like my plans fell through Oh ! Lord, stuck in Lodi again.Mmmm... If I only had a dollar, for ev'ry song I've sung. And ev'ry time I've had to play while people sat there drunk. You know, I'd catch the next train back to where I live. Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again. Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by global_warming on August 12, 2006 at 13:49:20 PT hey fomme you can focus on the Jewish Holocaust, and forget the new Holocaust on Cannabis Users. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by FoM on August 12, 2006 at 12:02:59 PT Pictures The pictures of the Holocaust will always be truth to me. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 12:00:42 PT Max I think it's important to stick with things that we can rely on rather than documents of uncertain origin. There is a lot of disinformation intended to confuse us and make us behave irrationally. We should try to stick with asking the right questions and only pointing to a fact that is verifiable.I'm sensitive enough to want to protect us from people who deny the Holocaust. There is entirely too much harm done by that kind of deception. Yes as the historical record goes colder it becomes easier to pretend it never happened because the survivors die out and cannot give their first hand accounts any more. But it is important that we remember it and the people who did survive it and talked about it are proof. There is no survivor who ever denied it. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Max Flowers on August 12, 2006 at 11:52:40 PT whig I agree, but somehow I don't doubt that it took place. And even if it didn't, I don't doubt that there are non-intercepted conversations just like it taking place... [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 11:48:36 PT Max Suspicious transcript. I don't know how they would have gotten their hands on a real transcript and they don't disclose a source even on background, just here it is. It could be a fake, and it could be a fake that was fed to Rense as the real thing. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Max Flowers on August 12, 2006 at 11:34:46 PT (OT) Rense.com has a transcript from ...an intercepted Israeli Embassy phone call that shows beyond all doubt that they (with the US) are plotting these fake terror scares and other things. I don't understand why, if real, this isn't the latest, biggest news... it's earth-shattering. Oh yeah, I remember why, because the "news" is controlled by the plutocracy and serves corporate/Israeli interests, not the people of the US.Read it and weep (or throw up, maybe): http://rense.com/general73/red.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by whig on August 12, 2006 at 11:30:39 PT Facts Aren't On Their Side? Tandy discounted the criticism. "I think it's hard for these groups because the facts aren't on their side. That's all they can say."And then Shamus Toomey lets that quote stand unchallenged.Pure rhetoric. Pure nonsense. She isn't stating any facts. She isn't contradicting any particular argument. She's just making a blanket denial, that there are no facts on our side. Unsupported baloney, and a lie. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by ekim on August 12, 2006 at 11:23:40 PT hey dea defend your mr anslingers gore files Protecting Special Interests http://www.jackherer.com/chapter04.html As the AMA's Dr. Woodward had asserted, the government's testimony before Congress in 1937 had in fact consisted almost entirely of Hearst's and other sensational and racist newspaper articles read aloud by Harry J. Anslinger,* director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). (This agency has since evolved into the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA]). *Harry J. Anslinger was director of the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its inception in 1931 for the next 31 years, and was only forced into retirement in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy after Anslinger tried to censor the publications and publishers of Professor Alfred Lindsmith (The Addict and the Law, Washington Post, 1961) and to blackmail and harass his employer, Indiana University. Anslinger had come under attack for racist remarks as early as 1934 by a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, Joseph Guffey, for such things as referring to "ginger-colored niggers" in letters circulated to his department heads on FBN stationery. Prior to 1931, Anslinger was Assistant U.S. Commissioner for Prohibition. Anslinger, remember, was hand-picked to head the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics by his uncle-in-law, Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury under President Herbert Hoover. The same Andrew Mellon was also the owner and largest stockholder of the sixth largest bank (in 1937) in the United States, the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, one of only two bankers for DuPont* from 1928 to the present. * DuPont has borrowed money from banks only twice in its entire 190-year history, once to buy control of General Motors in the 1920s. Its banking business is the prestigious plum of the financial world. In 1937, Anslinger testified before Congress saying, "Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind."This, along with Anslinger's outrageous racist statements and beliefs, was made to the southern dominated congressional committee and is now an embarrassment to read in its entirety. For instance, Anslinger kept a "Gore File," culled almost entirely from Hearst and other sensational tabloids - e.g., stories of axe murders, where one of the participants reportedly smoked a joint four days before committing the crime. Anslinger pushed on Congress as a factual statement that about 50% of all violent crimes committed in the U.S. were committed by Spaniards, Mexican-Americans, Latin Americans, Filipinos, African-Americans and Greeks, and these crimes could be traced directly to marijuana. (From Anslinger's own records given to Pennsylvania State University, ref.; Li Cata Murders, etc.) Not one of Anslinger's marijuana "Gore Files" of the 1930s is believed to be true by scholars who have painstakingly checked the facts.4 http://www.jackherer.com/chapter04.html [ Post Comment ] Post Comment