All the Young Dudes
October 21st, 2008 by Perry
In a recent speech, NORML activist Paul Armentano calls out for young people (especially) to enlist in the fight against the War on Drugs. Citing that 74 percent of all people arrested for marijuana are under 30, he called the W.O.D., “a war on you.”
If you want to become involved, the best way to “enlist” is to apply to for a medical marijuana prescription and let your city council members know you want a dispensary in your town.
Time For Mexico to Wave White Flag at Drug War
October 16th, 2008 by Perry
Citizens, cartel experts, and military personnel in Mexico have increased the demand for government to stop the crackdown of cartel activity. Staggering violence and statistics give an idea of how fierce the battle has become between President Felipe Calderon and his targets; local corruption, as well as regional and international drug cartels.
So far this year, roughly 3,500 murders have been directly attributed to the drug war including 500 politicians, judges and and other government employees. The violence and brutality was stepped up a notch recently, when Calderon sent 30,000 troops to the northern border where the corruption between local law enforcement is considered worst.
The most poignant part of the story comes towards the end in an interview with Terry Nelson, a 32-year military vet whose career included narco-traffic interdiction training and surveillance missions across Mexico, Central and South America.
During that time, he says, SSB East successfully seized of over 230,000 pounds of cocaine throughout Latin America. Nelson’s biggest, personal drug trafficking bust happened off the coast of Ecuador, resulting in the seizure of 30,000 pounds of cocaine.
Much to his dismay, even such a large-scale bust yielded absolutely nothing by way of a drop in street supply — or an increase in price. “If that big a bust doesn’t affect the street trade,” he muses, “what chances do you have doing it a gram or a kilo at a time?”
It really gives insight on just how ineffective those seizures we see on the news are.
Former AG, Bob Barr, Calls for Drug War to End
September 19th, 2008 by Perry
Okay, I salute this guy’s abillity to see where he was wrong.
Thanks to the Huffington Post, I guess the only really unfortunate thing about this story is that Bob Barr had a revelation only after putting away probably thousands of drug users for federal time. That’s federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison, not white-collar-resort prison for Office Space fans.
I’m sure they are less appreciative of his enlightenment. A lot of good ammunition here to argue with those who like to talk about the economic reliance the law enforcement industry has on the “War on Drugs.”
Grass – History of the War on Marijuana
December 7th, 2006 by AlexHere is a widely praised, full-length documentary on the history of marijuana prohibition.
Narrated by Woody Harrelson and directed by Ron Mann, this video takes an in-depth look into the amazinly political motivations that led to our current day marijuana laws. It also examines the non-stop propaganda campaign that allowed all these laws to be approved in the first place.
Although a lot of humor is used, if you think about it, this is a pretty sobering notice that even the smartest people can be tricked by an intelligently run propaganda campaign.
If you want to watch the whole movie but don’t like the small screen, check out the hi-res version.
