cannabisnews.com: Legalising Cannabis 'Would Break Terrorist Link' Legalising Cannabis 'Would Break Terrorist Link' Posted by CN Staff on October 04, 2002 at 14:09:46 PT By Owen Bowcott Source: Guardian Unlimited The government could afford to take the political risk of legalising cannabis as a first step to breaking the link between drugs and terrorism, Mo Mowlam said yesterday. Speaking at a London conference on the Colombia drug problem, Ms Mowlam, who as Cabinet Office minister was responsible for drugs policy between 1999 and 2001, dismissed the government's reclassification of cannabis, announced earlier this summer, as unworkable. "It is the young person's drug of choice. It's ridiculous that it's illegal. It's making young people break the law, and not helping anybody. You can buy it, smoke it, but not sell it. It doesn't make sense." Last month Ms Mowlam used an article in the Guardian to explain her conversion to legalising the drugs trade on the grounds that illicit profits fund paramilitaries in Colombia, and perpetuate conflicts and civil wars around the world. After it appeared, she said, she received nearly 700 emails - all but half a dozen supportive. "Most governments have failed in trying to deal with the problem," she told the conference. "We have to take radical action. There are people who support it in both main parties but there's not enough to get a change. There's a great electoral fear that legalisation is not going to be a vote winner. "I believe you can go for legalisation of cannabis first of all. If you legalise, you won't do away with the market immediately, but you dent it severely. It has the advantage that you can regulate and control it through tax." The outgoing Colombian ambassador, Victor Ricardo, said: "Colombia cannot carry on this fight on its own. This problem is not only the responsibility of producing countries."Special Report: Drugs in Britain: http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/0,2759,178206,00.htmlSource: Guardian Unlimited, The (UK)Author: Owen BowcottPublished: Friday, October 4, 2002Copyright: 2002 Guardian Newspapers LimitedContact: letters guardian.co.ukWebsite: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Related Articles:Britain is Right To Ease Law on Pot Possessionhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13391.shtmlBlunkett 'To Legalise Cannabis'http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13267.shtmlEx-Minister Calls for All Drugs To Be Legalised http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12666.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #13 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on October 05, 2002 at 06:07:44 PT LTE Sirs, Any link between the sale of cannabis and the funding of terrorists is in place because of its prohibition. During the years 1919 to 1933, any American who bought alcohol for recreational purposes also gave money to violent criminals. They had to - the government would allow no other option. Despite countless raids, the only permanent solution to the speakeasy problem was to change the laws. The same process would work for any other intoxicant. [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by DdC on October 04, 2002 at 22:01:49 PT I just emailed the last post to the Sherrruff ruff Total Voters: 5987 Yes 2790 (46.6%)No 3256 (54.4%) [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by DdC on October 04, 2002 at 21:57:16 PT The assassins of youth...DARE the FRCn PDFA M.A.M.A. says Dare has stranglehold on Drug education! Communities should have alternatives to using the DARE program, becuause of it's ineffectiveness. There are other programs out there infinitely more effective, but DARE has a stranglehold on drug education. DARE has, you stated contributed to increased drug use, and should be replaced with a more effective program. DARE gets some of it's funding from Pharmaceutical companies, so there lies a dubious fact right there. http://www.mamas.orgSoon after Turner left office, Nancy Reagan recommended that no corporation be permitted to do business with the Federal government without having a urine purity policy in place to show their loyalty. This kind of business denies the basic rights of privacy, self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment) rights, unreasonable search and seizure, and the presumption of innocence (until proven guilty). Submission to the humiliation of having your most private body parts and functions observed by a hired voyeur is now the test of eligibility for private employment, or to contract for a living wage. http://www.jackherer.com/book/ch05.htmlACS - Division of Analytical Chemistry - DAC Awards - Drugczar John P. Walters 1980 http://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/dac_awards.html Analysis of DARE http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=149.topicDARE to be Honest http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=150.topicDARE doesn't work, study finds "Kids in the suburbs who were exposed to the D.A.R.E. program, who participated in D.A.R.E., actually had significantly higher levels of drug use than suburban kids who did not get the D.A.R.E. program, said Rosenbaum. This was very disturbing to us." http://www.tfy.drugsense.org/uicstud.htmDARE is ineffective http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=152.topicCannabisNews DARE Articles & Archives: http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/list/DARE.shtmlThe DARE Program and a Parent's Concerns http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4393.shtmlStudy Questions Effectiveness Of DARE http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2684.shtmlDARE Impaired http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=237.topicJust Say No to DARE http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=238.topicStossel: Drug Program Doesn't Work http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread9870.shtmlThe assassins of youth...DARE the FRCn PDFA http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=105.topicNO Brainwashing! http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/politics/binaries/30/30232.gifThe Elkhorn Manifesto http://www.sumeria.net/politics/shadv3.html Cannabis Hemp: The Invisible Prohibition Revealed http://www.sumeria.net/politics/invpro.html Assassins of Youth Poster [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by John Tyler on October 04, 2002 at 18:18:32 PT Keep voting Keep voting the NOs have slipped to 52%. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by mayan on October 04, 2002 at 17:30:47 PT D.A.R.E. Poll! Shishaldin posted this poll link a day or two ago...Here are the current results:Should the DARE program continue?Total Voters: 5418 Yes 2604 (48.1%) No 2869 (53.0%) Here's the poll link: http://sheriffwalsh.com/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by DdC on October 04, 2002 at 17:10:15 PT Vile Urine $uckers... Biblical Piss Tasters. http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/politics/binaries/29/29559.gifAfter his resignation, Turner joined with Robert DuPont and former head of NIDA, Peter Bensinger, to corner the market on urine testing. They contracted as advisors to 250 of the largest corporations to develop drug diversion, detection, and urine testing programs. After his resignation, Turner joined with Robert L. DuPont and former head of NIDA, Peter Bensinger to corner the market on urine testing. Soon after Turner left office, Nancy Reagan recommended that no corporation be permitted to do business with the Federal government without having a urine purity policy in place to show their loyalty. Just as G. Gordon Liddy went into high-tech corporate security after his disgrace, Carlton Turner became a rich man in what has now become a huge growth industry: urine-testing. Dr. Heath/Tulane Study, 1974 The Hype: Brain Damage and Dead Monkeys http://www.jackherer.com/book/ch15.htmlACS - Division of Analytical Chemistry - DAC Awards - John P. Walters 1980 http://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/dac_awards.html Pissing away the 5th http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/politics/binaries/29/29561.gifA couple years ago someone came up with the idea of a Million Man Pisstest...??? http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/politics/binaries/29/29553.gifWod Junkies http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionprohibitionistwodjunkies The Elkhorn Manifesto [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by FoM on October 04, 2002 at 16:59:33 PT Patrick I think I'll pass. I just ate my dinner! My poor stomach! LOL! Freedom To Exhale [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by Patrick on October 04, 2002 at 16:44:10 PT I agree with The GCW! and 2nd the motion that...."Prohibitionists are vile urine suckers!"All those in favor say AYE. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by afterburner on October 04, 2002 at 16:20:06 PT: News from NORML about the internal treaty I have some information from NORML regarding the leeway for countries temporarily to opt-out of the international treaty and to renegotiate their status. I have been unable to access my email for about 3 days, but I'll give you more details when I get them. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by DdC on October 04, 2002 at 15:05:59 PT What the WHO? What the WHO doesn't want you to know about cannabis... New Scientist vol 157 issue 2122, 21 February 1998 Page 4........ by David ConcarHEALTH 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.According to a document leaked to New Scientist, the analysis concludes not only that the amount of dope smoked worldwide does less harm to public health than drink and cigarettes, but that the same is likely to hold true even if people consumed dope on the same scale as these legal substances. The comparison was due to appear in a report on the harmful effects of cannabis published last December by the World Health Organization-WHO. But it was ditched at the last minute following a long and intense dispute between WHO officials, the cannabis experts who drafted the report and a group of external advisers. Continued...What the WHO doesn't want you to know about cannabis http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=261.topicRayguns/Bush Monkey Test http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=50.topicPoison Pot http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=262.topicKorpses Khemical Klans http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionstuff.showMessage?topicID=24.topicWhy do you think they call it D.E.A.th? Koffi to Bushit... [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by The GCW on October 04, 2002 at 14:57:20 PT Only alien ignoids would be oblivious! Legalising Cannabis 'Would Break Terrorist Link' If the ignoids realy want an effective war on drugs, even then, they must Re-legalize cannabis, for at present any war on drugs, that includes cannabis, will never garner enough support for such assault.It cantilevers the issue.Is it a war on drugs, or a war on drugs and a plant? Se don't say I'm doing drugs when We drink coffee, and We don't consider coffee drugs when We buy it at the store. Coffee is coffee, plant bean.The schools are presently spending some time teaching kids to stop bullying other kids.We need to start by teaching prohibitionists to stop bullying citizens that choose a safer vice than nicotine or Booze. It may well be safer than even caffeine. This chart shows how coffee is twice as addictive as cannabis, and how nicotine is the planets most addictive substance.Addictive Qualities of Popular Drugs at: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/addictiv.htm Prohibitionists are vile urine suckers! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by eco-man on October 04, 2002 at 14:52:15 PT International networking to end drug war. CORAFax. [International Antiprohibitionist Meeting at European Parliament, Oct 15-16. Fwd]. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/459MPP. Tomorrow is early bird conference registration deadline. [Fwd]. "Are you excited about the possibility that the voters of Nevada just might pass the Marijuana Policy Project's ballot initiative on November 5? Well, please join us two days later for what will hopefully be a victory celebration in Anaheim, California. Our first-ever national conference -- which is being co-hosted by Students for Sensible Drug Policy -- is on November 8-10, with an opening reception on November 7." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/458 [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Dave in Florida on October 04, 2002 at 14:43:54 PT I will if you will.. is what England needs to say to Canada, and forget the US and the treaties they are all afraid of breaking. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment