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  Your Tax Dollars On Drugs

Posted by CN Staff on April 14, 2006 at 13:30:10 PT
By Rob Kampia, AlterNet 
Source: AlterNet 

USA -- The government's war on marijuana users has done real harm to our nation while chewing up billions of dollars every year.  Americans' annual day of reckoning with the IRS on April 15 is a good time to consider where our money is going -- and where it's being wasted. With the federal budget deficit ratcheting past $400 billion per year and the White House and Congress looking at cutting spending for Medicare, education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no excuse for squandering billions of dollars on programs that don't work.
No. 1 on the failure list is our government's war on marijuana users. This war has not only failed to curb marijuana use and availability, but it has done real harm to our nation while chewing up billions of dollars every year.How many billions? Last year, Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron estimated that the federal government spends about $2.4 billion annually on enforcing anti-marijuana laws, which is on top of about $5.3 billion that local and state governments spend annually. Under prohibition, we also forgo the roughly $6.2 billion in tax revenues that Prof. Miron says would be generated if marijuana were regulated and taxed like alcohol and tobacco.But that's only part of the cost of marijuana prohibition. The federal government has spent over $1 billion since 1998 on TV, radio and print anti-drug ads that have focused overwhelmingly on marijuana, often neglecting far more dangerous drugs like methamphetamine. And the government spends millions of additional dollars conducting and publicizing research that's designed to justify marijuana prohibition -- and an unknown amount campaigning against state and local efforts to reform marijuana laws.The goal of all this is to choke off the marijuana supply and put a stop to marijuana use. Are we getting our money's worth?In a word, no.According to the U.S. Justice Department's 2006 National Drug Threat Assessment report, "Marijuana availability is high and stable or increasing slightly." In another recent federal government survey, 86 percent of high school seniors said that marijuana was "easy to get" -- a figure that has remained virtually constant since 1975.All this, despite an all-time record marijuana "eradication" campaign in 2005, with over four million plants seized. Marijuana arrests have also set a record: 771,984 in one year. That's the equivalent of arresting every man, woman and child in the state of Wyoming plus St. Paul, Minnesota -- every year.By cherry-picking the most favorable statistics, the White House has tried to convince us that marijuana use has dropped in a big way, but this simply isn't so.Although changes in survey methodology make direct comparisons difficult, the latest edition of the federal government's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released last September, reports a higher percentage of 12- to 17-year-olds using marijuana at least monthly than when President Nixon first declared a "war on drugs" in 1971. The number of Americans who admit to having tried marijuana has reached an all-time record -- nearly 100 million.Nearly 15 million say they use marijuana at least monthly. That's more people than attend all college and professional football games in a typical month, more than three times as many as buy Apple's red-hot iPod in a month, and eight times as many as attend rock concerts in a month.The futile effort to "eradicate" marijuana has produced a harvest of misery. By forfeiting any chance to regulate the marijuana market -- you can't regulate what's illegal, after all -- we've given criminals and gangsters an exclusive franchise. We've guaranteed that marijuana will be grown in dangerous locations -- even hidden in wilderness areas or national parks -- instead of by regulated producers who are subject to environmental and labor standards. Unlike liquor merchants, who could lose their very lucrative liquor licenses if they sell to children, marijuana dealers have no incentive not to sell to kids.Marijuana prohibition may be the most spectacular policy failure since -- well, since the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s. It's time to stop wasting money on this boondoggle. It's time to tax and regulate marijuana similarly to alcohol. Rob Kampia is executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C.Source: AlterNet (US)Author: Rob Kampia, AlterNetPublished: April 14, 2006Copyright: 2006 Independent Media InstituteContact: letters alternet.org Website: http://www.alternet.org/DL: http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/34929/Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml

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Comment #54 posted by mayan on April 16, 2006 at 22:07:48 PT
FoM 
The Huffington Post link is rich! I can't tell if some of the comments are actually serious but those cats are getting deep! 
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Comment #53 posted by global_warming on April 16, 2006 at 10:33:11 PT
bet you
that most Christians are getting ready for that Holy Sunday Dinner just about now..and for the Jewish Faith..PASSOVER 2006, 5766
First Seder - Night of Wednesday, April 12
First Day - Thursday, April 13
Second Seder - Night of Thursday, April 13
Second Day - Friday, April 14
Seventh Day - Wednesday, April 19
Eighth Day - Thursday, April 20Not sure what the Muslims or Buddhists are doing about now..http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1806/a02.html?157If you have time between those potatoes and ham, the above link is an interesting read..
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Comment #52 posted by FoM on April 16, 2006 at 08:49:30 PT
Lawsuit File Over Marijuana Arrest Law 
April 16, 2006Controversial community activist Nate Livingston is challenging a new Cincinnati law places people in possession of small amounts of marijuana under arrest. Livingston filed a lawsuit Friday calling the year-old law unconstitutional. People found with 100 grams or less could be arrested. If convicted they could face up to 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/16/marijuana.html
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Comment #51 posted by FoM on April 16, 2006 at 08:38:39 PT
John Tyler 
I don't listen to Rap music so I am not really up on what it's message is. It sounds really angry. Anger doesn't solve anything in my mind. Neil will make us think but will do it with what I call grace. Does that make sense? Rap music seems to be more for cities then for people that are different ages from all over the states.
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Comment #50 posted by John Tyler on April 16, 2006 at 08:16:32 PT
Off topic II
Berlusconi the prime minister of Italy recently lost a big parliamentary election. He is refusing to admit that he was defeated and keeps hoping some type of recount will save him. He is starting to look like a fool. Readers might recall that right before the Olympics he jacked up the penalties in Italy for cannabis possession from something really minor to a felony or some sort. Hopefully when the new parliament is seated, and a new prime minister is chosen a sane policy regarding cannabis can be instituted.Re: On impeaching the president. Sounds like fun at first until you realize that Dick Cheney would then be the president. Not a happpy thought either. Ok, impeach him too. Then you get Dennis Haster. Oh please! How far down would you or could you have to go? It's a tough call. You know what is funny in a weird way is that rap music depicts all manner of vile, cruel, criminal behavior, but let an aging rocker from the love generation have a song about something political and it causes a stir. Why is creepy rap music OK, but music about peace, love and understanding somehow not OK?
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 20:33:18 PT
More Off Topic
It seems some people are really upset about this new album.New Neil Young Album Includes Song "Impeach The President"...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/04/14/new-neil-young-album-incl_n_19111.html
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Comment #48 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 17:47:51 PT
mayan
I like this part from the article.Excerpt: After listening to Young speak at SXSW, we're not surprised. During his keynote interview, the former Winnipegger confessed he had been hearing giant, noisy guitars in his head lately, and that his next album was likely to be a rock record. 
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Comment #47 posted by mayan on April 15, 2006 at 17:34:06 PT
Bush Bashin'
I already like it and I haven't even heard it! Sorry if this has already been posted...Young bashes Bush with new song:
http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Columnists/Sterdan_Darryl/2006/04/14/1534946.htmlGo Charlie... A Defiant Sheen Challenges Official 9/11 Fable on National TV: 
http://infowars.com/articles/sept11/sheen_defiant_sheen_challenges_official_fable.htm911podcasts.com presents Sheen Challenges Official Fable on Jimmy Kimmel: 
http://www.911podcasts.com/display.php?vid=60Bravo Charlie:
http://www.bravocharlie911.com/POPULARITY OF ONLINE VIDEO STUNS PUBLIC WITH EVIDENCE OMITTED FROM 9/11 REPORT : DID BUILDING 7 COMMIT SUICIDE?
http://www.betterbadnews.com/58Nine Eleven: A Response to Doubting Doug:
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=334
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Comment #46 posted by Dankhank on April 15, 2006 at 15:41:54 PT
playtime
ClearChannel here has at least four stations I receive here, two rock n roll, one oldies, and a country station.I have heard Green Day's "American Idiot" in the rotation of the rock station in town, which must really chap one of the DJ's hide because he regularly shares his vision of causing physical harm to Fred Durst. He supported the attacks on "System of a Down" for their bold comments after 9/11.A ted-nugent loving redneck goat-roper from SW OK. 
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Comment #45 posted by whig on April 15, 2006 at 15:39:20 PT
Music for Hope and All
http://tinyurl.com/m4ztj
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Comment #44 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 15:21:25 PT
Truth
You're right. That's the problem. I mostly listen to CDs because radio is more for entertainment then for social issues it seems. Sometimes I can find good music on XM Radio though.
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Comment #43 posted by Truth on April 15, 2006 at 15:12:35 PT
the problem..
the problem now is to get Clear Channel to play protest songs...
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Comment #42 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 12:50:59 PT
Truth
That was good. I want so much for Neil's new album to make a difference. They will just have to play it on the radio and if they don't maybe we will need to call radio stations and request the songs when they are available. Music can make such a difference if it can be heard. 
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Comment #41 posted by Truth on April 15, 2006 at 12:47:15 PT
yep
that's the one : )
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Comment #40 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 12:15:59 PT
Truth
I think I saw that picture. Is it with Neil and Jerry and Jerry says Impeach Bush?***Young Raps on Bush and The Damage Done***Nicholaas Van Rijn, Sttaff ReporterApril 15, 2006It's safe to say one certain song on Canadian rocker Neil Young's latest album isn't going to make George W. Bush's playlist anytime soon.In fact, the U.S. president may just blow off the entire album, which, word has it, will be called Living With War and is expected in stores soon.So far the album and its featured track — "Let's Impeach the President" — have been shrouded in secrecy. Except for one thing: The song includes a rap with Bush's voice set to a lush 100-voice choir, and words like "flip-flop" are heard frequently, according to Harp Magazine.Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, who made the award-winning documentary Neil Young: Heart of Gold, told a friend in a recent email that all the work is done."Neil just finished writing and recording — with no warning — a new album called Living With War," Demme said in the email, quoted online by Harp."It all happened in three days." Young, the son of the late Toronto journalist Scott Young, is no stranger to protest rock, and has long been active in Farm Aid, which seeks to publicize the plight of farmers.Copyright: 2006 Toronto Star 
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Comment #39 posted by Truth on April 15, 2006 at 12:06:40 PT
oops
guess that won't work, it's a photo of Neil and Jerry
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Comment #38 posted by Truth on April 15, 2006 at 12:05:15 PT
Neil
http://www.philzone.org/cgi-bin/discus/board-auth.cgi?file=/287273/295127.jpg&type=image/jpeg
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Comment #37 posted by global_warming on April 15, 2006 at 11:27:10 PT
not good enough
in this time of holy remembrancethe little childrenthe mothersthe fathers of cannabisrot in these USA prisonsas long as this world is so confusedI cry every NightFor the children"For those that have not yet glimpsed That everlasting way
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Comment #36 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 11:23:19 PT
Hope
How to live is how I see it too. If we try to live like He taught our lives will flow a little easier. It's not even a right or wrong way of thinking for me. It just is a little easier.
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Comment #35 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 11:21:53 PT
       gw
:0)You are a good heart.
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Comment #34 posted by global_warming on April 15, 2006 at 11:18:28 PT
how to live
you can stay with mein my humble residence
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Comment #33 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 11:14:08 PT
Adoring him is good.
His teachings are the gateway to a better life. People seem to ignore them, though, and carry the cross as their idea of religion. It's about how to live.
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Comment #32 posted by global_warming on April 15, 2006 at 11:12:56 PT
worship life
is it not usthat live in the' worldhas our breath and soul been sold and taken ?That part of my bargained soulsee's that everlasting soulthat cannot be bought or sold,in the endthe foolish money changer loses,for in this Infinity,or any other infinitythe measure of debtcannot pay the infinite debtthat is but an blink of your eyewe can rub shoulderscan we walk in peace?So close and so forgottenMy prayerIs that we, can joinIn the true warAgainst the NightThat Night that swallows all the children,
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Comment #31 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 11:09:37 PT
The horror of the cross
is a beginning place...not a dwelling place. The horror of the cross can keep a soul entralled, horrified and in constant pain. But it is what is beyond that horror that is the "dwelling" place.
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Comment #30 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 11:05:40 PT
One time was enough
and we need to move on to "maturity" from the cross.
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Comment #29 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 11:04:31 PT
Don't crucify him over and over again....
 1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,[a] and of faith in God, 2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3And God permitting, we will do so. 4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, becauseto their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. 
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 10:57:58 PT
museman
I also wish that people would worship His life not His death. Everyone dies. Some die more painful deaths then others but ultimately we all die and then what matters? What matters is what we leave behind for people to remember us by. Isn't that what the whole Easter story should be about? What have we learned from His teachings?
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Comment #27 posted by museman on April 15, 2006 at 10:53:47 PT
Easter
It's the only 'christian' holiday that is even close to real events-even though it is decided rather arbitrarily-like 'thanksgivng'. (based on Hebrew passover) I'd like to think that there are some who worship his life instead of his death, and it wouldn't hurt my emotional and human identification with Y'shua any if they took him down off the cross- it's been long enough.
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Comment #26 posted by global_warming on April 15, 2006 at 10:44:23 PT
smiling bee
that landed on the face of the crucifiedall that saltdid not not taste buzzed for some more sugarnever liked vinegarand all this war..
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 10:27:08 PT
Fuel Our Bodies
Hope if I fueled my own body I'd be running on something like Jet Fuel. That wouldn't work because I would self destruct and go poof! So I skip along like a bumbling bumble bee and just smile. LOL!
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Comment #24 posted by global_warming on April 15, 2006 at 10:22:25 PT
Diabetes
the western disease, white flours and refined sugars, do take some care, those isles of lanzabar,sometimes you just have to hit a mule smack on its headsuch ignorance and brutish stupiditycan it ever see the cross?and the Light that that is food?When you think Cannabis is bad for you,Consider some Vioxx..
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Comment #23 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 10:18:35 PT
We are chemicals...
We put chemicals in ourselves all the time and create them within, even. We all know the "chemicals" that make us feel better and the ones that make us feel worse. We should be free to fuel our bodies the way our bodies feel their best being fueled. 
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Comment #22 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 10:14:34 PT
Sleepy...
unless there is plenty of caffiene consumption to overcome it.
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Comment #21 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 10:13:50 PT
Sugar
tends to make me sleepy, too. 
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Comment #20 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 10:12:47 PT
Sugar
If I cross some invisible line it causes cravings....which are hard to deal with. Sugar drops and rises can make me feel sick when it drops so it's best for me not to use it much and then, carefully.Cannabis always made it easier for me to control my eating. I thrived on cannabis even more than without it.
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 10:04:00 PT
           gw
That's too true and too sad. Love. What a concept.
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 10:01:37 PT
Hope
Moderation seems to be the best way for me too. 
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Comment #17 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 09:58:12 PT
Sugar Buzz
I had to clean up a few Cadbury eggs and a Butterfinger egg before bedtime last night. :0)Sugar works me over...I've got to be careful with it.
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Comment #16 posted by global_warming on April 15, 2006 at 09:56:05 PT
news is slow
all I see is more and more "arrests" for Cannabis, on this Easter Holyday, I wonder how many Christians are participating in making these arrests?So much for crucifixions and happy easters...http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner04152006.html
Continuing Medical (Marijuana) Education
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 09:49:44 PT
Hope
I like the sound of furure botanists. Have a great day. It sounds like it will be good. If all goes well and the fencing is in stock we are hoping to put this fence railing on our porch. We might not get it done this weekend but we might.http://www.hooverfence.com/vinyl/railing/img/olympia-i.jpg
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 09:43:15 PT
Living for Christ
FoM, I think he'd want you to round up some clean jars with lids, if you lived next door to me! Many young future botanists and bug scientists being developed here.I hope everyone has a wonderful safe weekend.
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Comment #13 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 09:42:44 PT
Hope
Have a Happy Easter. We were going to go to my sister's but my husband has to go to work tomorrow so I will bake a ham and eat more chocolate. I have been on a sugar buzz for days now! LOL!
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Comment #12 posted by Hope on April 15, 2006 at 09:39:49 PT
Easter
Going to be ultra busy....family gathering already...as of yesterday.Reading though...every chance I get.I'm already having a definite shortage of glass grasshopper jars with lids to punch holes in. 
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 09:29:24 PT
Toker00
I hope you have a Happy Easter. Is that OK to say anymore? Easter is a holiday for me that makes me reflect on the life of Christ. I don't think about him dying or anything like that but what he taught while He was here. I don't allow the clutter of theology to warp my thinking anymore. I just want to learn how to be more like He would want me to be.
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Comment #10 posted by Toker00 on April 15, 2006 at 09:19:34 PT
 The government's war on marijuana users.
There it is. In all it's Unconstitutional Shame. The government declared war on it's own citizens. Treason. It's Time To Change The Government And The Laws.Remember. This is the weekend to Remember the Resurrection of Truth. The promise that we will get back on the right path if we embrace Truth. Stamp out the Lies of Prohibition at every chance on this Weekend of Weekends. Talk up cannabis at every gathering. Remind everyone that Easter is not about bunny rabbits that lay eggs, but about a man who told the Truth and WAS the Truth.FoM, that's great about Neil. I'm getting the new cd first chance. And some of his older stuff too. Peace and Love to you All. Won't Back Down!Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW! 
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Comment #9 posted by Richard Zuckerman on April 15, 2006 at 08:51:02 PT:
www.prohibitioncosts.org
The U.S. and State Governments would rather spend tax dollars on this Herb, supporting law enforcement and government supremacy, as the C.I.A. launders over $600 billion per year of drug money thru Wall Street, with impunity, See: www.copvcia.com; www.expertwitnessradio.org; instead of being progressive and recognizing the tremendous tax revenue potention for pot, See: www.prohibitioncosts.org. I wonder whether Congress is going to [1] legalize the millions of illegal immigrants who reproduce like rabbits and [2] eliminate the Internationl Borders between Mexico-U.S. and Canada-U.S., and [3] repeal the U.S. and State Constitutions so that we would fall under United Nations "Universal Declaration of Human Rights", which are not even close to the freedoms provided under our States and U.S. Constitution, as per the plan by the Council on Foreign Relations, according to the John Birch Society? I wonder whether these two events will constitute the dream of Congressman David Dreier (R-California) to "break the back of the Marijuana movement thru the use of Gestape tactics"? I suggest we continue our Cannabis movement, but make sure other movements do not swallow us, such as the possible effect illegal immigration can have on our economy, as hospitals have already closed down because of them and there are many of them on the welfare rolls. Those of you on Supplemental Social Security have reason to worry that these buddies of the Bushes, the illegal Mexicans, do not bust our economy! There are TOO MANY OF THEM!!!
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on April 15, 2006 at 07:27:30 PT

Just a Note
I hope everyone is having a nice holiday weekend. So far no news to post but maybe later something will pop up. This has been a hard week since it's tax time and we finally are done with our taxes. Have a great day!
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Comment #7 posted by mayan on April 15, 2006 at 05:08:43 PT

A Waste of a War
Kampia's piece should be in every damned newspaper in the land! We want our money and our freedom back, NOW!!!Regulate it and tax it so we can get this country out of debt or we'll be the "United States of China" before too long!THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...Corporate Media Willfully Ignores Charlie Sheen's Challenge:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/130406willfullyignores.htmReinforcing The Official Lie:
http://www.infowars.com/articles/terror/reinforcing_the_official_lie_flight93_tapes.htmThe 9/11 Truth Revolution: 
http://mujca.com/truthrevolution.htmDo Justice: 
http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2006/04/do-justice.htmlTo Doug Thompson, Capitol Hill Blue:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/bbs/message.php?showdate=4/14/06&messageid=221152911podcasts.com presents Robert Bowman and Michael Wolsey Interview:
http://www.911podcasts.com/display.php?vid=57Oprah 9/11:
http://www.oprah911.com/
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Comment #6 posted by Toker00 on April 15, 2006 at 04:21:55 PT

Your Tax Dollars on Truth.
Our Tax Dollars have been addicted to Drugs for a long time. Can you see the damage drugs have done to our tax dollars? I know some very fine dollars who used to educate our children. They would provide new textbooks and teaching tools so our Teachers could improve their teaching skills, and our children could learn more, easier. Some of those dollars even provided poor children with breakfast. Now those dollars are addicted to drugs. They pay for random searches, police shake-downs of entire high schools w/dogs and weapons. They pay for narcs in our schools to draw our children into drugs. Then they pay for piss tests to expel those children, and humiliate them. Tax dollars on Drugs. The poor, the needy, the hungry, all suffer because of our tax dollar Drug addiction. Even our spiritual foundations have become infected with our tax dollars on Drugs. Our Constitutional Rights have been damaged by our Drug addicted tax dollars. A Police State is the result.It's time to get our Tax Dollars Off Drugs. There is only one thing that will replace that addiction. TRUTH.It's not about the Drugs, it's about the Truth.It's time to end the WAR ON TRUTH.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!
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Comment #5 posted by afterburner on April 14, 2006 at 19:34:25 PT

Herer Herer 
Great article!Regulate and Prosper. The handwriting's on the wall.Jack Herer's The Emperor Wears No Clothes View Right Here OnlineJack Herer's Award Wining Book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, OnlinePot Your Complete Guide To Medical Marijuana,
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Comment #4 posted by museman on April 14, 2006 at 17:19:09 PT

Standard Operating Procedure
"By cherry-picking the most favorable statistics, the White House has tried to convince us..." of any damn thing they want to, and are succeeding at it. Still to this day, even though the darkness of ignorance is illuminated with the light of truth and hard-won fact, the 'emperor wears no clothes.' And those of us that have to look at that horrendous form of nakedness have a hard time saving our dinner. Thank God for Cannabis, it keeps the nausea down.
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Comment #3 posted by b4daylight on April 14, 2006 at 16:09:45 PT:

Change

All these studies, and stories, and failure. Thorns and HornsHow many viticms did my government make?
Did this government replace anything we wanted?
Why do they harm them, while not reducing their harm?
Are we the witness or the judge in courts of crimes? 
Is there a chance you stand correct in your posture?
Everyone felt the same and waited in a collective. 
Towns in crumble from the drug rumble rolling in black. 
Addicts paving the streets with boxes n kids kept neat. 
Propganda mills churning and the wayward hemp process urning
Currently we see all your glory. 
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Comment #2 posted by Genthirdday on April 14, 2006 at 15:44:27 PT

One joint=two years in jail
The 18 year old,Massachusetts young man, gets two years for 1.2 grams of Cannabis. If I am not wrong, 2 grams is about the weight of a penny. Have Americans ever heard of Jury Nullification? 
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 14, 2006 at 13:31:06 PT

AlterNet: Two Years in Jail for a Joint?
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/34814/
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