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Posts: 2062 Mar 15 10 2:36 AM	Tags : None Remove this ad The Obama Admin's Anti-Marijuana Manifesto CANNABIS CULTURE - In an attempt to clear up the Obama White House's seemingly vague position on marijuana prohibition, US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske has given a lengthy speech outlining why cannabis is Bad For America. How Gil Kerlikowske lies - drugged driving ONDCP director Kerlikowske and UNODC director Costa stinking up Vienna Petition for Correction under the ONDCP Information Quality Guidelines. drug use versus driving mayhem claims. “Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit.” — White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, 7/09 Fresno, Calif. press conference MJ Legalization? A White House Rebuttal, Finally CN Source: Christian Science Monitor 3.12.10 D.C. The Obama White House has finally laid out its most thorough, reasoned rebuttal to arguments for marijuana legalization – countering a campaign that is gaining alarming momentum at the state level. "The president’s tough position was delivered in early March by his “drug czar,” Gil Kerlikowske, in a private talk before police chiefs in California" – which is ground zero for this debate. Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? The Corporate Muzzle And Kurly keeps lying, as per his job's mandate Rahm Emanuel on Drugs Rated -20 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. Rahm Emanuel: Obama's Chief Of Sabotage Then its RAVE' Joe Biden, HHSebelius still sitting on the IOM, Vilsack Ag sec & Hemp? Holder obey's, Hillary still a retard on pot, Iran Contra Gates, Napolitanorehashed Janet Edgar.
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DdC	Multiple DEA Raids Target Marijuana in Hawaii	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2062 Mar 15 10 2:38 AM	Multiple DEA Raids Target Marijuana in Hawaii CANNABIS CULTURE - Hawaii's THC Ministry and the homes of several medical cannabis growers were raided Wednesday by federal agents from the United States DEA and IRS. Feds raid Hawaii cannabis ministry Christie is a director of the Peaceful Sky Alliance, a marijuana advocacy group that wrote a ballot initiative passed into law by 53 percent of Big Island voters in November, making adult personal use of marijuana on private property the "lowest law-enforcement priority." Home, Office Of Marijuana Advocate Raided On Big Isle Feds Also Raided Isle Residences At least six and perhaps as many as a dozen homes were raided Wednesday during a federal drug sweep on the Big Island. Christie: 'Utmost Respect' Showed In Search "I know of about six others who were raided," said Roger Christie, founder and director of The Hawaii Cannabis Ministry, whose downtown Hilo sanctuary and Wainaku residence were searched by federal agents, assisted by local police. thc-ministry.net The THC Ministry began in September of 2000 on Hawai'i, founded by Reverend Roger Christie and has provided cannabis Sanctuary paperwork to thousands of people to help protect the practice of cannabis spirituality everywhere. CNSearch: Court Hears Case of Pot Use for Religion CNSearch: Hawaii Decriminalizes Marijuana for Medical Use “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical”. “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Cannabis Holy War CANNABIS CULTURE - Chris Bennett is preparing for battle in his quest to become the first Canadian legally permitted to use marijuana for religious purposes. Blasphemy "Neither the trappings of robes, nor temples of stone, nor a fixed liturgy, nor an extensive literature or history is required to meet the test of beliefs cognizable under the Constitution as religious. So far as our law is concerned, one person's religious beliefs held for one day are presumptively entitled to the same protection as the beliefs of millions which have been shared for thousands of years." -- Judge Jack Weinstein, New York State, 1977
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DdC	Obama: Drug Legalization is "An Entirely Legitimate Topic for Debate"	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2062 Jan 28 11 4:21 AM	Question and Answer (DWR Updated) It now seems likely that President Obama will be asked to answer the most popular questions as voted on by users of the online video hub were about the legalization of marijuana. “Well, I think this is an entirely legitimate topic for debate.” ~ President Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw0ghmUS05o CBS News: Obama: Drugs Should be Treated as a Public Health Problem Joseph McNamara The Joseph McNamara Collection Gil Puder, R. I. P. Cop Asks Obama to Consider Legalizing Drugs U2b The Obama Admin's Anti-Marijuana Manifesto (thread) Irrelevant by Pete Guither DWR The President gave a speech tonight... I did a quick search of key words in the prepared text: Drug Czar-speak Well, one the administration’s stance is opposing legalization. When the president was a candidate, he opposed legalization. We don’t see any evidence that legalizing drugs and making them more widely available would be a help to anyone in this country. ~ Czar Kashkowske I think the RAND Corporation study not only says that legalizing drugs would not reduce the violence in Mexico but the chaos could actually increase the violence in Mexico. ~ Czar Kashkowske Rand Corp is not named for or associated with Ayn Rand; the name is an acronym for Research And Development. Kashkowske should listen more to Ayn Rand... and less to Researching and Developing ways to perpetuate wars.... $$$ "A right is a moral principle defining and sanctioning a man's freedom of action in a social context." The only proper function of government is to protect man's absolute rights against violation by other men. No government, no state, no collective has any "interest" apart from the individuals of which it is composed. Thus, it can have no "interest" which conflicts with any individual's rights, such as a paternalistic interest in "maternal health." Our Constitution was drafted in recognition of these principles. It was designed, not as a charter for government power, but as a protection against government power, i.e., against invasion of individual rights by the government. For this reason, the Constitution enumerates the limited powers of the government but not (as made clear in the Ninth Amendment) every individual right. The officers of The Association for Objective Law The Ayn Rand Center
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DdC	Hil and Gil on the Drug War	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2062 Feb 1 11 6:52 PM	Gil Kerlikowske on the Drug War DWR from the Drug Czar’s “blog” These consultations, across the country and across government, helped highlight an important truth — that public safety isn’t the only thing threatened by drug use; drugs also pose an extremely complex and dynamic challenge to public health. And the public safety community cannot bear the full weight of addressing drug use and its consequences. The result of our engagement with the American people is the Obama Administration’s National Drug Control Strategy — a shift in how we address drug control, by restoring balance in our efforts and treating drug addiction as a brain disease rather than a moral failing. continued... SOS… This is your brain on drugwar… A shift in how we address drug control, by restoring balance in our efforts and treating drug addiction as a brain disease rather than a moral failing? ~ Gil Kerlikowske US: McCaffrey's Brain On Drugs 05/04/00 The so-called harm-reduction approach to drugs confuses people with terminology. All drug policies claim to reduce harm. No reasonable person advocates a position consciously designed to be harmful. The real question is which policies actually decrease harm and increase good. The approach advocated by people who say they favor harm reduction would in fact harm Americans Mr. Barry R. McCaffrey. "We've got a national campaign by drug legalizers, in my view, to try and use medicinal uses of drugs and legalization of hemp as a stalking horse to get in under the radar screen." ~ Gen. Barry McCaffrey - Former Drug Czar (Clinton) McCaffrey Advocates Prevention, Treatment The longtime rallying cry of a ``war on drugs'' to describe the effort to curtail illegal drug use in the United States has become ``misleading'' the White House drug policy director says. A more accurate comparison is to the fight against cancer -- ``Prevention coupled with treatment accompanied by research,'' Barry McCaffrey said in his final report on America's drug problem. McCaffrey Blasts Medicinal Marijuana! "The result of our engagement with the American people is the Obama Administration’s National Drug Control Strategy" ~ Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar Czech Police Want to Use Seized Marijuana for Treatment Czech policemen have proposed that the seized marijuana be used for medical purposes, for instance for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, the daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes Friday. Washington State Politician Proposes Selling Pot in Liquor Stores A Washington State Democrat has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana and sell it in liquor stores. Oakland Plan Permits 5 New Pot Dispensaries, Farms Oakland's dream of licensing some of the largest marijuana farms in the world was crushed by both a failed November ballot measure to legalize recreational pot and the threat of prosecution. Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Introduced in California Legislature Jan 31 2011 State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduced legislation Thursday that would prevent California employers from discriminating against medical marijuana patients. Senate Bill 129 would not change current law, which prohibits employees from using medical marijuana at the workplace. According to Senator Leno, his bill "simply establishes a medical cannabis patient's right to work." SB 129 would reverse a 2008 California Supreme Court ruling that granted employers the right to fire or refuse to hire workers with a physician's recommendation for medical marijuana. Well, it’s a start… Hillary Clinton on the Drug War DWR "Well, we are making some progress." ~ Hillary Clinton on the Drug War Teen pot smokers? Don't blame medical marijuana laws Feb 1 2011 You can argue all you like that medical marijuana laws are somehow behind the recent rise in teen marijuana use, but you won't find any support in the statistics. Worth Repeating: Marijuana Halves Lung Cancer Tumor Growth Feb 1 2011 A 2007 study, performed at Harvard University by Anju Preet, PhD and the Division of Experimental Medicine, is further evidence that supports the study performed by Donald Tashkin, M.D. originally published in 2005, indicating that THC appears not to start or promote lung cancer, and if anything, appears to slow or stop lung cancer. Chemo or Cannabis: How Would You Like to Treat Your Cancer? CANNABIS CULTURE - What if Cannabis Cured Cancer? CC presents an interview with Len Richmond, director of a new documentary film about how science is showing that compounds in cannabis attack cancer while protecting healthier cells. Moving Forward, in spite of the governments “Help”. Clinton Quiet About Own Radical Ties When Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned rival Barack Obama’s ties to 1960s radicals, her comments baffled two retired Bay Area lawyers who knew Clinton in the summer of 1971 when she worked as an intern at a left-wing law firm in Oakland, Calif., that defended communists and Black Panthers. Bill and Hillary’s Hippie Daze December 13, 2007 The other thing you can bet the stash on about the Clintons in that summer of 1971 in Berkeley is that they were stoned, loaded, blasted, wasted, high as a kite, and just plain baked. At the very least. The Clinton’s Berkeley Summer of Love by Josh Gerstein The New York Sun Hillary was clerking for the radical Treuhaft law firm in nearby Oakland. "Our opposition to legalization is not born out of a culture-war or drug-war mentality." ~ Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar The Eternal Drug War US CA: OPED Agent Fired for Legalization Views Sues Border Patrol The US Border Patrol is being sued by a former agent who was fired in 2009 after expressing opinions in support of drug legalization and of sympathy for illegal immigrants to a coworker. East Lansing Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Nearing End US MI Fruitport Township Imposes Moratorium on Medical Marijuana US MI Obama: Drug Legalization is "An Entirely Legitimate Topic for Debate" Gil Kashkowske is Drug War Mentality Retarded… Al Capone and Watergate were red herrings to divert the countries attention from the Fascist acts of eliminating competition. Booze or Ganja//Hemp. While GOP and DNC continue to bicker over nonsense. Farmers still can't grow Ethanol or Hemp Ganja or RxGanja.
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DdC	Obombo's Sublingual Attack on Ganja	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2062 May 11 11 1:32 AM	Remove this ad Feds on New Medical Marijuana Offensive Despite Obama's promise not to interfere with State laws, DEA raids continue to arrest medicinal marijuana users and suppliers full story Montana Marijuana Wars Are Just Beginning, Advocates Vow Despite Federal raids and recent threats, medical marijuana activists are prepared to continue fighting for their freedoms full story What's Up With Obama's Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana? The previous ten presidents were staunch prohibitionists. Meanwhile, Obama has taken the federal hand off the scale quite a bit. full story Obama's Sudden, Senseless Assault on Medical Marijuana Despite the rhetoric, the Obama Administration continues to fight against States' right to medicinal cannabis. full story States Reassess Marijuana Laws After Fed Warnings Several states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after stern warnings from the federal government that everyone from licensed growers to regulators could be subjected to prosecution. full story Medical-Pot Dispensaries Fear Raids In partially vetoing a landmark medical marijuana bill last week, Gov. Chris Gregoire gutted the legal theory under which at least 100 storefront dispensaries opened in the past year and a half, leaving the dispensaries at much greater risk of prosecution or civil action when the new law takes effect in July. full story America’s Shameful Prohibition: Life Sentences For Marijuana Maryland Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Defense and Study Bill Is The DEA Legalizing THC? * Con Flicts of Interest Bush Barthwell & Bayer So, in other words, if a pharmaceutical product contains THC extracted from the marijuana plant, that would be a legal commodity. But if you or I possessed THC extracted from the marijuana plant, that would remain an illegal commodity. ObamaCare's Medical Marijuana - 08/14/09 13:40:06 First Obama DEAth raid in California - 03/27/09 01:46:01 Net to Obama - 03/27/09 01:46:01 Obama Tilts Toward Iran Contra Gates - 11/21/08 12:03:26 The Obama Admin's Anti-Marijuana Manifesto - 02/01/11 18:52:20 Multiple DEA Raids Target Marijuana in Hawaii - 03/15/10 02:38:44 Obama: Drug Legalization is "An Entirely Legitimate Topic for Debate" - 01/28/11 04:21:10 Hil and Gil on the Drug War - 02/01/11 18:52:19 Last Edited By: DdC May 11 11 2:44 AM. Edited 1 time.
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DdC	One Drug Arrest Every 19 Seconds Oh Gilligan!	#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2062 Sep 21 11 12:46 AM	One Drug Arrest Every 19 Seconds in the U.S. New FBI Numbers Reveal Failure of the "War on Drugs" Pot Smokers Are The Most Officially Oppressed Minority In America Sep 14 2011 Old Hippie: "Would the American public put up with this treatment if it was happening to gay and lesbian people? To Jews? To Muslims? Certainly not!" Trying to arrest our way to victory pg/dwr Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. [...] Overall, law enforcement agents nationwide arrested 1,638,846 people last year for drug abuse violations, surpassing arrests for all other crimes. Since 2000, law enforcement have reported making an estimated 7.9 million arrests for marijuana violations. Here is the full report. Of course, this puts the lie to the Drug Czar’s claims that the war on drugs is over, and his insistence that: “As someone who has spent their entire career in law enforcement, I know we cannot arrest our way out of the drug problem.” NSDUH, September 8, 2011 “History has taught both of our nations that we must support robust and comprehensive drug policies which recognize we cannot arrest our way out of the drug problem” Meeting with Sweden, March 21, 2011 “We can’t arrest our way out of this situation,” Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske told a crowd at the University of Charleston West Virginia on Friday., February 25, 2011 “I will tell you what it should be. And they talked about it often. And that is, we are not going to arrest our way out of this situation, that we need to be, not soft on drugs or soft on crime, but we need to be smart on drugs.” PBS, December, 2010 “Director Ivanov recognizes that a balanced strategy within Russia is as important as we recognize here within the United States, that just as I’ve heard quoted in the Russian press that we are not going to arrest our way out of the problem in that country, we are not going to arrest our way out of the problem in the United States.” May 12, 2010 “We can’t arrest our way out of the situation,” Kerlikowske said. “What we’re doing now just isn’t sustainable.” Pasadena, March 1, 2010 … You get the idea. He even said it before he got the job! “Chief Kerlikowske has readily acknowledged that we can’t ‘arrest our way out’ of these challenges and that new responses are needed.” February 11, 2009 You can say it all you want, Gil (in fact, google results for “kerlikowse” and “arrest our way” yields thousands of results), and you can claim that you’ve ended the war on drugs, and you can claim that you’re pursuing a balanced approach, but the truth is that you are part of a system that is arresting 1.6 million people a year for drug offenses. One of the truly bizarre arguments that prohibitionists often use is that not that many people are in prison for drug possession (or marijuana possession) and so therefore I guess we shouldn’t be so upset or something (I’ve never really understood the argument). Of course, it’s a lie. There are many people in prison for possession. But it’s also a lie because it pretends that federal prison is the only significant penalty for our enforcement-heavy drug policy. A “mere” drug arrest (as over 1.6 million people experience each year) for many can mean the loss of their job, their career, their pension, their savings, or their family. 2010 @ 52.1% US Marijuana Arrests Percentage Share of Total Drug Arrests $10,400 per arrest x 853,838 arrests = $8,879,915,200.00 NORML Releases Most Comprehensive Analysis Of US Marijuana Arrest Data To Date “Chief Kerlikowske has readily acknowledged that we can’t ‘arrest our way out’ of these challenges and that new responses are needed.” February 11, 2009 Analysis of the benefits of marijuana legalization are as follows: * An excise tax of $1 per half-gram joint of marijuana would raise about $1 billion per year, as much as the current excise tax on cigarettes. * Retail sales on the legal market would range from $3 – $5 billion, generating another $250 – 400 million in sales taxes. * Legalization would save over $156 million in law enforcement costs for arrest, prosecution, trial and imprisonment of marijuana offenders. Intrusive CAMP helicopter surveillance would also be eliminated. * Based on experience with the cigarette tax, total revenues of $1.5 – $2.5 billion might be realized. * Based on experience with the wine industry, the total economic activity generated by legal marijuana could be nearly three times as great as retail sales, around $8 – $13 billion. Amsterdam-style coffeehouses would generate jobs and tourism. If the marijuana industry were just one-third the size of the wine industry, it would generate 50,000 jobs and $1.4 billion in wages, along with additional income and business tax revenues for the state. * Industrial hemp could also become a major business, comparable to the $3.4 billion cotton industry in California. ~ CA NORML Indoor drug lab discovered at White House pg/dwr The desire for recreational drugs is an ongoing part of human nature, and people will go to great lengths to obtain them, including manufacturing these drugs themselves in their homes. Of course, governments go all out in their zeal to crush these attempts, from summarily cutting off the power of homes even suspected of using too much electricity, to taking away their children or seizing their home. Now, in rather startling news, it’s been discovered that the occupants of the White House in Washington, DC have been secretly manufacturing recreational drugs, and even have a staff of specialists to work on it. Apparently, this has been going on since last January, but they’ve managed to escape discovery so long by sharing with only a select few. Only special guests have sampled White House homebrew. As the lights are still on, it appears that the power has not yet been cut to the White House, and no word has been forthcoming from law enforcement and social agencies as to whether Malia Anne and Natasha will be placed in foster homes or whether forfeiture proceedings have begun on the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue property. We the people Happy Constitution Day. pg/dwr The Obama Admin's Anti-Marijuana Manifesto
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DdC	President Obama takes a dump on California	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2062 May 5 12 1:20 AM	With the Obama administration continuing an all-out war against medical marijuana in California, despite overwhelming support for it amongst the voters, it seems clear that the Obama campaign has done the electoral math and figured that there’s no possible way that California goes to Santorum or Romney, so Obama has already banked the 55 electoral votes. President Obama could recall his drones from Pakistan and start strafing homeless shelters in San Francisco and the California liberals would dutifully line up and vote Democratic (how else do you explain Feinstein?) Californians should feel, at the very least, a bit betrayed. No, they should be royally pissed off. And yet, the President of the United States is standing there, swaggering, pointing his finger at them and taunting: “Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it? Vote Santorum?” If Californians can’t find the cojones to make a protest vote with Ron Paul or Gary Johnson, then they should have the decency to stay home on election day, because while President Obama may not care much about a low turnout, the Democratic Party eventually will. President Obama takes a dump on California by Pete Guither DWR 4.3.12 Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense nytimes 4.2.12 As Part of Agreement with Prosecutors, Capitol Hemp to Close Stores dcist.com 4.2.12 Oaksterdam University Raided by Feds nbcbayarea 4.2.12 Dogs and other Fourth Amendment abuses drugwarrant "Medicines often produce side effects. Sometimes they are physically unpleasant. Cannabis too has discomforting side effects, but these are not physical they are political" ~ The Economist March 28th 1992 ------------related------------ "All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those towards whom it is directed will understand it. Therefore, the intellectual level of the propaganda must be lower the larger the number of people who are to be influenced by it." ~ Bennito Mussolini and every drug czar since... 27 Apr 2000 US: Web: Speed Limit Watch it. The article you're reading could soon be illegal. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., joined with her conservative sometimes-rival, Sen. Orrin Hatch, The Hatch/Feinstein Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 1999 Sen. Feinstein emphasized her intent to censor communications about drugs on the Internet. Whether Hatch and Feinstein know it or not, S.486 neatly fulfills the wishes of UN drug czar Pino Arlacchi, whose global drug-war organization recommended, in a 1997 publication, that governments should curtail civil liberties in their pursuit of strict drug-abstinence enforcement. Other implications: books about criminalized drugs could be withdrawn from Barnes-and-Noble's shelves; certain magazines would be shut down (no more High Times). Information about industrial hemp cultivation would be outlawed. Drug treatment and intervention programs that deviate from strict abstinence doctrine or help non-abstainers (concerning harm reduction, needle exchange, methadone maintenance, or medical marijuana) could be prosecuted - because their communications, like my opening statements, pertain to activities that are federal crimes. Calvina Fay Prohibition Inc. - 07/19/09 "Marijuana is taken by ... musicians. And I'm not speaking about good musicians, but the jazz type." - Harry J. Anslinger, FBN Aging? Got Ganja? Ice: The new menace and horror to society Meth is called "ICE" and it's a menace and horror to society. "Meth ensnares our children, endangers us all, and causes users to commit other crimes," Senator John Ashcroft ( R-Missouri ) said when introducing the Senate bill last year. "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Philipino's and Entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." ~ Harry Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics testifying to Congress on why marijuana should be made illegal, 1937. (Marijuana Tax Act, signed August 2 1937; effective Oct.1, 1937) Ice: The new menace and horror to society. DEA calls for your help. And I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonopah Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made Driven the backroads so I wouldn't get weighed And if you give me weed, whites and wine And you show me a sign And I'll be willin' to be movin' ~ Willin', Lowell George Like your fresh veggies? What about the all night truckers staying alert with coast to coast turnarounds, black beauties and dexies. Doctors doing 36 hour shifts, and cops on stake outs. Then the money made in the fashion industry, keeping those models pencil thin on diet pills of "meth". Mothers lil pick me ups and ADD and prozak and bennies and amphetimines. The capitalist way of life forces blue collar workers to work 2 shifts, smoking a boat, killing his organs, teeth and brain cells, its the American dream. Eek, college students since its invention have been cramming for midterms popping white crosses. ~DdC yankee bombers bombed Speed and downers are commonly issued to American forces, according to the Toronto Star (Sept 14th, 2002). An investigation report into an incident earlier this year when a US Air Force pilot in Afghanistan attacked friendly forces, revealed that Major Harry Schmidt had been issued "go pills" shortly before dropping a laser guided bomb on a company of Canadian Light Infantry, killing four soldiers and wounding another eight. 31 May 2000 Basic Freedoms The Next Victim Of The Drugwar IF the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, now is no time for Americans to flinch. One supporter of the bill in the House has justified these expanded powers for law enforcement by saying that "anything we can do to win the war on drugs is worth doing." Anything? Those Americans who value their freedoms might suggest otherwise. "They that start by burning books will end by burning men." (German) "Dort, wo man BŸcher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." --Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), from his play Almansor (1821) Internet Free Speech Goes on Trial 07/14/01 Hippies condemned speed in 1967 and no one listened. Any time over zealous or profiteers get all hysterical I find its time for a closer look at their motives. "Meth" is a dangerous substance to be sure, but according to the US DEA it is not as dangerous as Hemp clothing. A schedule #1 narcotic while "meth " is #2. ~ DdC A Few Buzzwords "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." ~ Malcolm X Bong Hits 4 Jesus Former Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Alaska’s “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case, a dispute involving a high school student, a banner and a tough school policy. *Freak Trade Free Raids** Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow, Why man, this is war au-go-go. There's plenty good money to be made By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade, Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb, They drop it on Colombia. Country Joe & the Fish ... At DEA, our mission is to fight drug trafficking in order to make drug abuse the most expensive, unpleasant, risky, and disreputable form of recreation a person could have. -- Donnie Marshall, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Exporting DEAmocracy - 08/29/08 This is part of our global contribution. The drug war has become the preferred foreign policy approach toward controlling much of the world. We export our drug war, our tactics, and, most of all, our DEA. (Now with offices in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, Haiti, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Thailand, Mongolia, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caldeonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, Western Samoa, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Kiribati, Nauru, Philippines, Burma, South Korea, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Laos, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Bahrain, Chad, Dijibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Russia, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Western Sahara, Channel Islands, Ireland, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gibraltar, Portugal, Principality of Andorra, Spain, Spanish Enclaves (Ceuta & Melilla), Algeria, France, Monaco, Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Slovak Republic, Ukraine.) Drug labelling error forces retraction...After RAVE Ax Passes A prestigious scientific journal is retracting a study about the effects of the drug Ecstasy on the brain because the animals used in the research were given a different drug. The researchers blamed the error on a labelling mix-up. SECOND ECSTASY STUDY RETRACTED Mon, 15 Sep 2003 Scientists at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have retracted a second study linking the drug Ecstasy to a certain type of brain damage because once again the wrong drug was given to lab animals The Rave Act stops NORML benefit concert The reason being of course that due to the RAVE Act anyone caught on the premisis with marijuana would automatically subjects our generous venue to a fine of $250,000. What the WHO doesn't want you to know about cannabis Health officials in Geneva have suppressed the publication of a politically sensitive analysis that confirms what ageing hippies have known for decades: cannabis is safer than alcohol or tobacco. Cover-Ups, Prevarications, Subversions & Sabotage "Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise." --Benito Mussolini contributing to the "London Sunday Express," December 8, 1935 U.S. GOVT. COVERS UP MARIJUANA CANCER CURE! Last year, Spanish scientists found evidence that marijuana can (destroy) tumors in rats. But that came as (no surprise) to US. health (officials), (who quickly (deep sixed) the report). (Drug-war-obsessed federal officials) (have known) about the (cancer-beating) properties of (pot) for (more than 25 years) and have kept it a (secret) from (the public)! Cannabis Shrinks Tumors: Government Knew in 74 Investigator found abandoned in fields in Iowa and Minnesota between 12,000 and 15,000 pounds of harvested hemp -- enough to make thirty billion [Marihuana] cigarettes and to drug the whole population of the United States. ~ THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY - June 29, 1938* Drug Czar Manipulating Data in a Report to Congress Marijuana Drug Czar Distorts Report “In the past we have had officers of this department shot and killed by marihuana addicts and we have traced the act of murder directly to the influence of marihuana, with no other motive.* We have found from long experience and dealing with this type of criminal that marihuana is probably the most dangerous of all our narcotic drugs.” J.F. Taylor, Chief of Detectives L.A.P.D* -* [Fraternal Order of Police Journal - Jan. 1933] Slave Labor Means Big Bucks For U.S. Corporations Koch Roaches A.L.E.C. Drug Detention Centers NRA's Mandatory Minimums "...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it." - David Rockefeller - Newsweek International, Feb 1 1999. -------additional ref's------- Money Spent on the War On Drugs so far this Year Tue Apr 3 2012/ $10,532,357,000.00 Meth Bill/Free Speech by Richard Lake US: Editorial: The Anti-Meth Bill 22 May 2000 US CA: Column: Bill Is A Sneak Attack On Our Digital Liberties 15 May 2000US CA: Editorial: Free Speech And Meth US FL: Editorial: Drug Bill Threatens Right To Free Speech 10 May 2000 US: Web: House Bill Would Ban Drug Instructions "The legislation seeks to shut down a vital source of information about topics like medical marijuana and hemp production by threatening Web sites and book publishers with jail time," said Marv Johnson, a legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ). 08 Jun 2000 US: Column: Knowledge Control It turned out that Wilson was talking about expanding the use of drug testing in the criminal justice system, something Al Gore endorsed last month. Under Gore's plan, The New York Times reported, "inmates in state prisons...would not be released until they could pass drug tests." 05 Jun 2000 US: OPED: Drug-war Casualties Congress may be the court of public opinion, and the public's wishes are clear on this matter. But the Constitution acts as a higher court, and we can hope that, when the time comes, at least the third branch of government will fulfill its duty. 01 Jul 2000 US: What Are They Smoking? The War on Drugs may soon become a war on words. No longer content simply to abuse the rights of drug users and dealers, Congress has set its sights on anyone offering information that might lead to drug use. Why Do You Think They Call it DOPE? * Cannabis Hemp: The Invisible Prohibition Revealed * The Elkhorn Manifesto * Marijuana and Hemp: The Untold Story * Maintaining Dysfunction * The Nation of Apathetic Puppets By John Pilger Long before the Soviet Union broke up, a group of Russian writers touring the United States were astonished to find, after reading the newspapers and watching television, that almost all the opinions on all the vital issues were the same. "In our country," said one of them, "to get that result we have a dictatorship. We imprison people. We tear out their fingernails. Here you have none of that. How do you do it? What's the secret?" The secret is a form of censorship more insidious than a totalitarian state could ever hope to achieve. The myth is the opposite. Constitutional freedoms unmatched anywhere else guard against censorship; the press is a "fourth estate", a watchdog on democracy. The journalism schools boast this reputation, the influential East Coast press is especially proud of it, epitomised by the liberal paper of record, the New York Times, with its masthead slogan: "All the news that's fit to print." continued...
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Posts: 2062 Dec 27 12 4:06 AM	Remove this ad Obama Doesn’t Need Congress  to Change Federal Law Regarding Marijuana  By: Jon Walker Friday December 14, 2012 When it comes to how he has handled the federal/state conflict regarding medical marijuana and he will handle now that two states have adopted full legalization, President Obama has a habit of lying to try to shift responsibility on to Congress. Once again, in an interview with Barbara Walters that will air this evening, Obama heavily implied that he would need Congress to change marijuana’s legal status. From ABC News: Obama told Walters he does not – “at this point” – support widespread legalization of marijuana. But he cited shifting public opinion and limited government resources as reasons to find a middle ground on punishing use of the drug. “This is a tough problem, because Congress has not yet changed the law,” Obama said. “I head up the executive branch; we’re supposed to be carrying out laws. And so what we’re going to need to have is a conversation about, How do you reconcile a federal law that still says marijuana is a federal offense and state laws that say that it’s legal?” With 99 percent of federal laws this would be the case, but the Controlled Substance Act is fairly unique. The law explicitly gives the executive branch the right to change the legal status of any drug without Congressional involvement. If the administration, after examining the latest scientific research, determines that cannabis shouldn’t be Schedule I it has the power to move it to a lower schedule, which would make medical marijuana legal under federal law, or even unschedule it all together, which would effectively legalize it. Several sitting governors in states with medical marijuana have petitioned Obama asking him to reschedule marijuana, and currently the Obama administration is actually fighting an effort in federal court to get the executive branch to provide a legitimate review of marijuana. There is no reason Obama can’t simply stop fighting the case and reschedule marijuana without needing to involve Congress. Of course there are many political and regulator reasons why it would be better for Congress to adopted a new law tailored to address the issue, but the point is Obama isn’t helplessly constrained by federal law on this matter like he pretends to be. The federal law currently gives Obama incredibly wide latitude on this issue, including the ability to unilaterally change marijuana’s legal status. The DEA Position on Marijuana.pdf Section 814. Removal of Exemption of Certain Drugs Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act Part B -- Authority to Control; Standards and Schedules (Section 811. Authority and Criteria for Classification of Substances 2) remove any drug or other substance from the schedules if he finds that the drug or other substance does not meet the requirements for inclusion in any schedule. Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of such rules may be initiated by the Attorney General (1) on his own motion, (2) at the request of the Secretary, or (3) on the petition of any interested party. (b) Evaluation of drugs and other substances The recommendations of the Secretary shall include recommendations with respect to the appropriate schedule, if any, under which such drug or other substance should be listed. The evaluation and the recommendations of the Secretary shall be made in writing and submitted to the Attorney General within a reasonable time. The recommendations of the Secretary to the Attorney General shall be binding on the Attorney General as to such scientific and medical matters, and if the Secretary recommends that a drug or other substance not be controlled, the Attorney General shall not control the drug or other substance. If the Attorney General determines that these facts and all other relevant data constitute substantial evidence of potential for abuse such as to warrant control or substantial evidence that the drug or other substance should be removed entirely from the schedules, he shall initiate proceedings for control or removal, as the case may be, under subsection (a) of this section. (c) Factors determinative of control or removal from schedules In making any finding under subsection (a) of this section or under subsection (b) of section 812 of this title, the Attorney General shall consider the following factors with respect to each drug or other substance proposed to be controlled or removed from the schedules: (1) Its actual or relative potential for abuse. (2) Scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known. (3) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the drug or other substance. (4) Its history and current pattern of abuse. (5) The scope, duration, and significance of abuse. (6) What, if any, risk there is to the public health. (7) Its psychic or physiological dependence liability. (8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this subchapter. (d) International treaties, conventions, and protocols requiring control; procedures respecting changes in drug schedules of Convention on Psychotropic Substances MMJ Rescheduling To Be Heard In Federal Court Section 841. Prohibited Acts A (a) Unlawful acts Except as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally-- (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or (2) to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance (b) Penalties Except as otherwise provided in section 849, 859, 860, or 861 of this title, any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced as follows: (1)(A) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving-- (vii) 1000 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana, or 1,000 or more marihuana plants regardless of weight; or (B) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving-- (vii) 100 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana, or 100 or more marihuana plants regardless of weight; (A) This subsection does not apply to - (ii) the placement on the Internet of material that merely advocates the use of a controlled substance or includes pricing information without attempting to propose or facilitate an actual transaction involving a controlled substance; (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) of this subsection, any person who violates subsection (a) of this section by distributing a small amount of marihuana for no remuneration shall be treated as provided in section 844 of this title and section 3607 of title 18. Guiding Principles The President is committed to nurturing a society that values the contributions of all of our citizens and residents, including the approximately 50 million people in this country living with disabilities. While people with disabilities are integrated into society as never before, we must do more. President Obama and his Administration have achieved real results, motivated by the following guiding principles:' Extension of Temporary Placement of Five Synthetic Cannabinoids Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs U.N. told to find alternatives to war on drugs Kochroach & Aleech... Koch Roaches Drug Detention Centers Slavery: Another Fine Product Still Made in the USA Why the Federal Government Will Not Reschedule Marijuana 11 Enemies of Marijuana Legalization Using the drug war to keep blacks from voting STOP the Fossil Fools Pipedream, Again! Got Hemp? The Obama Admin's Anti-Marijuana Manifesto Multiple DEA Raids Target Marijuana in Hawaii Obama: Drug Legalization is "An Entirely Legitimate Topic for Debate" Hil and Gil on the Drug War Obombo's Sublingual Attack on Ganja One Drug Arrest Every 19 Seconds Oh Gilligan! President Obama takes a dump on California The vast majority of remaining prohibitionists profit on the drug war, ... and that is their only motive. As sir Hilary said... QUESTION: In Mexico, there are those who propose not keeping going with this battle and legalize drug trafficking and consumption. What is your opinion? SECRETARY CLINTON: I don’t think that will work. I mean, I hear the same debate. I hear it in my country. It is not likely to work. There is just too much money in it, Shame on the Drug Worrier Profiteers Trillion spent is a Trillion earned. POLICING FOR PROFIT GOP Mogul Behind Drug Rehab 'Torture' Centers Money Grubbing Dung Worriers Forfeiture $quads High on Hemp Since there is no logical reason to prohibit Hemp or Ganja. Since diabolical and unscrupulous means are employed to keep prohibition perpetuating profits. For what it seems is some last ditch effort to maintain the dysfunction. I must therefore conclude we have all entered into a real life "Airplane" movie. Elaine : The gear is down and we're ready to land. Kramer : Alright, he's on final now, put out all runway lights except 9er. Towerguy: Captain, maybe we ought to turn on the search lights now. MCrosky : No, thats just what they'll be expecting us to do.
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