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Marijuana Foes See Through Smoke Screen
Posted by CN Staff on April 11, 2008 at 05:20:46 PT
By Mark Melady, Telegram & Gazette
Source: Telegram & Gazette
Worcester, MA -- William T. Breault, head of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety, called efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana “a cynical dopey smoke screen” to cover “the real agenda, an attempt to derail current effective drug laws.” “We want to put a bright light on this,” said Mr. Breault, a longtime opponent of decriminalization as well as needle exchange, who helped to defeat a medical marijuana ballot question in 2000. “We think this is not about decriminalization, it’s about eventual legalization given who’s put up most of the money.”
He referred to George Soros, the billionaire who has contributed millions of dollars nationwide over the years to change marijuana laws. Mr. Soros contributed $400,000 of the $429,000 raised for the 2008 initiative in Massachusetts. “He’s got a right to push for his ideas, but we’re going to put the statistical data out there that we have,” Mr. Breault said. “We don’t want this thing decided by the Sugar Daddy of the legalization movement.” Mr. Breault said his group plans a statewide campaign modeled after the successful 2000 effort, to fight this year’s ballot question, which would make possession of less than an ounce of cannabis a civil offense. “We’ve sent letters to 250 police departments, all the district attorneys, the attorney general, the secretary of state, 48 mayors and we’re going to be in contact with individual councilors in cities all over the state,” he said. “We’ll be telling chambers of commerce that decriminalization is bad for business. We’ll be talking to Rotary Clubs, the Boy Scouts — everybody.” Proponents of decriminalization say recreational marijuana use is not connected to hard drug addiction, while conviction can trail a person for life and negatively affect job opportunities, the ability to borrow money and even to rent an apartment. Decriminalization would save the state more than $150 million in police, prosecution, court and incarceration costs, according to two studies done by Harvard professor Jeffrey A. Miron in 2002 and 2005. By Mr. Miron’s estimation, getting small possession arrests out of the criminal system would save $53.9 million in police costs, $68.4 million in court costs, $7.95 million in prison costs and $24.3 million on the administrative aspects of arrests, including booking. The ballot initiative would make possession of less than an ounce punishable by a $100 fine, require attendance in a drug awareness program and parental notification for offenders under 18. Mr. Breault dismissed Mr. Miron’s studies, saying “they were bought and paid for by the legalization movement.” He said today’s marijuana is four times more potent than the weed of 30 years ago and the Supreme Court has twice turned back efforts to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. “I don’t think we should be sending out messages that it’s OK to do it (smoke marijuana),” Mr. Breault said. “We don’t need this. We’re on solid ground opposing it.” Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)Author: Mark Melady, Telegram & GazettePublished: April 11, 2008Copyright: 2008 Worcester Telegram & GazetteContact: letters telegram.comWebsite: http://www.telegram.com/Related Articles:Common Sense on Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23790.shtmlTime To Legalize Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23778.shtml
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Comment #36 posted by afterburner on April 13, 2008 at 22:52:08 PT
OT: A Little Sarcastic Ditty
My Corporate Travesty
(sung to the tune of My Country 'Tis of Thee)My corporate travesty,
Homeland Security,
Let tasers zing.
Land where elections died,
Land where true patriots cried,
Blast every mountain side,
To coal us bring.Plus:Montana seems to be doing a rethink on the wisdom of punitive treatment of children (mandatory drug testing):US MT: OPED: Ask Why Kids Choose Drugs.
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n383/a04.html
(Thu, 10 Apr 2008)
Whitefish Pilot (MT)
{ 
Trust begets trust. Respect begets respect.
}US MT: OPED: Drug Policy Is Fear-Based, Punitive.
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n383/a05.html
(Thu, 10 Apr 2008)
Whitefish Pilot (MT)
{
Our threatened brain feverishly believes in control and punishment to intervene on "the enemy." When triggered, it is resistant to feedback. It can't be wrong, so the "war" gets repackaged while justifying, or not seeing the "collateral & unintentional damage." 
}
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Comment #35 posted by rchandar on April 13, 2008 at 16:44:33 PT:
Restatement
If you keep drugs illegal, you will lock up hundreds of thousands of men and women who could be contributors and the pride of our community.If you keep drugs illegal, you give users only one choice: be exploited, and pretend earnestly that you love being exploited. You will suffer, cry, scream, against a system that will never help you, never show you any true friendship or happiness. Then you will convince mainstream society that human lives are wasted because that is the "natural order of things." In the process, so many dreams wasted......and it will never, ever, ever make sense. Alcohol is BS; it is a poisonous drug that destroys your psyche and your health. But you can be as stupid and worthless as you want: after all, it's legal, right?
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Comment #34 posted by afterburner on April 13, 2008 at 08:34:49 PT
'Children of Esau' 
Good analogy, kap. If only more people would listen And act!
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Comment #33 posted by kaptinemo on April 13, 2008 at 04:35:11 PT:
Esau's lesson is rarely learned in time
Afterburner, it's been my experience that a great many people have an almost pathetically child-like trust in the benevolence of government, never realizing until too late how easily that trust can and will be abused. The Founders of the US, possessing a classical education regarding such matters as politics, knew that governments were essentially little more than machines with enormous destructive potential. If those machines are taken over by fanatics of any stripe, the result is usually tragedy for the governed. As is, arguably, presently happening in the US. The DrugWar is a perfect example of why it is dangerous to allow government too much power over the lives of the governed; it strives to shake off the yoke of servant and assume the mantle of master. And this usually happens with the complacency of those governed.In the Bible, Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of stew, and did so jokingly, not realizing how serious his brother was when he demanded Esau's birthright in payment. The American public have taken the protection of their rights just as lackadaisically; the DrugWar is symptomatic of that attitude. The end result has been violent home invasions of innocent people leading to their deaths...and little of any substance being done to the invaders, who commit their crimes with the blessings of The State. Which grows ever more overbearing and unresponsive to correction. Just as the Founders feared it would when they sought to install the checks and balances in government that have been eroded over time because the people allowed them to.The treatment of illicit drug users at the hands of The State serves as the 'canary in the mineshaft' as to the condition of civil liberties in America; that canary has been wavering between dead and dying for some time now. But no one wants to listen to the 'druggies' giving the alarm; because of the messenger, the message is ignored. And so the rest of society slowly succumbs. The 'Children of Esau' as I call them, sell their birthright for the thin gruel of 'security', and then wonder why they, as well as the hated 'druggies', get whacked by the very State that they unconditionally supported in the oppression of those 'druggies'. They never, ever learn...
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Comment #32 posted by afterburner on April 12, 2008 at 23:23:11 PT
OT: File Under 'I Don't Have Anything to Hide'... 
so I don't mind giving up all my rights (guaranteed by the Constitution, secured by our brave soldiers past and present):Widen DNA dragnet: Blair. 
Rick Westhead.  Apr. 12, 2008. About 1 in 250 Canadians have their genetic profiles in a database. Now, Toronto's police chief wants a DNA sample from everyone charged with a serious crime. But critics wonder: Where to draw the line?
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/413851Excerpt: { In the U.K., judges don't have to worry about post-conviction DNA orders.Established in 1995, its DNA database contains the genetic information of about 4.2 million people in England and Wales. That's about 1 in 15 of the U.K. population. Everyone arrested, even for the pettiest crime, must provide a sample, which remains in the data bank even if the person is acquitted.
}Toronto police asked 300 men to give voluntary DNA samples, only 2 said no.The answer is not to assume that everyone is guilty until proven innocent.
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Comment #31 posted by kaptinemo on April 12, 2008 at 22:44:29 PT:
"Sobriety freaks"
Ah, yes. The 'temperance society' types. The ones whose lives are generally so boring they feel the need to involve themselves in the intimate details of others...whether those others desire it or not. But as is often the case, those who do so are suffering from the psychological malady called 'projection': they project onto others their own moral failings, which they keep hidden from sight. Like anti-gay legislators caught soliciting gay sex. Or 'anti-drugs' crusaders who hypocritically swill the highly toxic drug alcohol in celebration of defeating drug law reform measures.The breed has been around for as long as humans have been human. And no doubt will bedevil future generations with their maddening interference...for their own good, of course.The last time such were seen, the political cartoonists of the day had pegged them properly: http://tinyurl.com/4c3aboAll we need do is dress the 'shotgun enforcer' in military uniforms, body armor, masks and helmets; the only thing that hasn't changed is their murder of innocents. Some things never change... 
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Comment #30 posted by OverwhelmSam on April 12, 2008 at 19:45:13 PT
Epiphany Observation
If the federal government shifted the massive resources that they now employ to fight marijuana in the enforcement and political arenas toward fighting terriorism, the money and time would be much better spent, and American citizens would be much safer.Alas, the sobriety freaks are constantly on watch and prepared to confuse and manipulate.
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Comment #29 posted by kaptinemo on April 12, 2008 at 12:38:35 PT:
I am reminded of something
He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not, He is ignorant - teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep - awaken him. He who knows and knows that he knows, he is wise - follow him. - Persian philosopher RumiThere's a reason why some people are referred to as 'reactionaries'. They don't engage in actual logical, rational thought...even though they believe themselves to. In reality, they are running off of a program, one supplied by others for their own purposes. (The ONDCP used to have a TeeVee ad that told parents, "We'll tell you what to say." It reminded me of the old Radio Free Europe commercial that showed some little kid with a chain and padlock around his head, as the kid was forced to repeat some Communist slogans by an unseen adult's voice.) Mr. Breault is one such 'reactionary'. He reacts to any drug law reform measure with blind passion, not reason. Because of this, I find such people to be no better than bipedal versions of Pavlov's dogs. Such are Rumi's 'fools'...yet they have the blessings of government. Any wonder why this country is in such bad shape?
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Comment #28 posted by kaptinemo on April 12, 2008 at 12:14:55 PT:
Sorry I hadn't returned earlier
Windoze was giving me some trouble last night. Another 'gift' from Micro$oft in their update packages screwed up the Generic Host Services. I'm going back to Linux as soon as I have the time.Friends, thanks for the comments, but as usual, it's just spleen-venting. But it was honest spleen-venting, as I am heartily sick of Ignorance, Stupidity and Venality - and their purveyors - being in the driver's seat of national policy. And nowhere is that more evident in this nation's drug laws regarding cannabis. 'Troglodytes', indeed. It's a wonder they don't go through several sets of gloves a year from their knuckle-dragging...
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Comment #27 posted by NikoKun on April 12, 2008 at 11:23:34 PT
legalization =/= encouraging use.
I hate how anti-pot people always make the claim that legalization is somehow sending the message that it's ok to use... That's not the point. Legalization doesn't send the wrong message, it says we're not gonna criminalize people for no reason, and we're not gonna force them to rely on illegal markets, to get products they want.Legalization doesn't allow commercials, or underage use... Legalization helps us to better regulate it, when we really can't regulate it as things currently are.
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Comment #26 posted by John Tyler on April 12, 2008 at 07:04:12 PT
comment
So Mr. Breault favors a continuation of the failed drug war. He favors an undeniable racist nationwide policy that mostly targets minorities for arrest and imprisonment and is designed to hold them back socially and economically.  He favors squandering billions of taxpayer dollars on a lost cause. He favors undermining the publics’ respect for government and law. He favors destroying the last vestiges of personal freedom with a continued campaign to seek out those clandestine cannabis product users. Further, he favors denying people the benefits of medical cannabis.  What a guy, so full of common sense and compassion. Not! 
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Comment #25 posted by runruff on April 11, 2008 at 17:50:29 PT:
Hey Kapt!
In this case kicking and screaming into the past!Re-legalize!-ha!
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Comment #24 posted by runruff on April 11, 2008 at 17:46:36 PT:
Sam
You are a good wacko too. We need more wackos like you! lol!
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Comment #23 posted by Sam Adams on April 11, 2008 at 17:06:31 PT
Woot
 Which non-binding referendum are you talking about? Every one that's run in this state has won by a large margin, including the medial MJ one in 2000, take a look, it's at the top of the list:http://www.masscann.org/PPQresults02.shtmlin summary, EVERY cannabis referendum in this state has won since 2000, both decrim and medical, by WIDE margins. What's Willie been drinking? 
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Comment #22 posted by w000t311 on April 11, 2008 at 16:37:17 PT:
Careful who you call a liar, Sam
I hate to give the guy credit, Sam, but he did defeat a MMJ referendum. The only reason it doesn't really count is because the referendum was nonbinding. It was simply being used either by PACs or politicians to test the public support for MMJ. Granted, this is a hollow victory for this giant douche, but it prolly set back the MMJ movement in Massachusetts many years. Since then they have several other nonbinding referendums, both on decrim. and MMJ. And this is one of the ways we are able to say that both issues have gained over 50% support in the Commonwealth. And if it's not decided by the boys and girls up on Beacon Hill, then they'll just look bad come November when the voters will most likely approve both MMJ. and decrim.anyway. Best of luck, Bay State, may your victory be one for us all.
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Comment #21 posted by Sam Adams on April 11, 2008 at 16:06:57 PT
One More Thing
This guy is a liar. He didn't work on defeating a medical MJ referendum in 2000. The only medical MJ referendum that ever lost in the USA was South Dakota in 2006. Looks like our Willy boy pulled that one out of his ass.So much for fact checking. Nice journalism. I wonder if the smear of the Harvard professor is accurate - I wonder if he actually took any MPP money to do the report.  It's quite possible he did not. If now I'd sue this guys pants off for libel.
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on April 11, 2008 at 14:33:50 PT
 afterburner 
About the article. Where in the world is common sense? 
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Comment #19 posted by afterburner on April 11, 2008 at 14:23:36 PT
Politicos Say 'Public Safety'
Can you believe this?:Dangerous Animal Virus on US Mainland?
By LARRY MARGASAK,AP.
Posted: 2008-04-11 09:56:15.
Filed Under: Nation News, Science News.
WASHINGTON (April 11) - The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak. more...
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dangerous-animal-virus-on-us-mainland/20080411063309990001
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Comment #18 posted by observer on April 11, 2008 at 13:53:16 PT
The Pro-Prison Lobby Strikes Back
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Breault, head of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety, called efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana "a cynical dopey smoke screen" to cover "the real agenda, an attempt to derail current effective drug laws."
(Sentence 2) re: "decriminalize" - Onward prohibitionist drug warriors, fighting the epidemic and scourge in the battles of the war against drugs! (Drugs declared evil by politicians, that is.) (Total Prohibition or Access (propaganda theme 7) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme7.htm#7 ) 
 
 
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He referred to George Soros, the billionaire who has contributed millions of dollars nationwide over the years to change marijuana laws . 
(Sentence 6) re: "George Soros", "billionaire" - Anyone who disagrees with prohibition is attacked as part of the problem. No dissent is permitted. (Dissent Attacked (propaganda theme 8) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme8.htm#8 ) 
 
 
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"We don't want this thing decided by the Sugar Daddy of the legalization movement."
(Sentence 11) re: "Sugar Daddy", "legalization movement" - We are in a drug "war", say prohibitionists, so those who dare question the war should be silenced. Like traitors, legalizers give aid and comfort to our enemy. (Dissent Attacked (propaganda theme 8) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme8.htm#8 ) 
 
 
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Proponents of decriminalization say recreational marijuana use is not connected to hard drug addiction, while conviction can trail a person for life and negatively affect job opportunities, the ability to borrow money and even to rent an apartment . 
(Sentence 17) re: "addiction" - Prohibitionist propaganda claims that horrible dangers are caused by "drugs." (Madness,Crime,Violence,Illness (propaganda theme 2) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme2.htm#2 ) re: "marijuana use" - The rhetoric of prohibition will assume that "use" and "abuse" are identical. (Use is Abuse (propaganda theme 4) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme4.htm#alluseisabuse ) 
 
 
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Miron's estimation, getting small possession arrests out of the criminal system would save $53.9 million in police costs, $68.4 million in court costs, $7.95 million in prison costs and $24.3 million on the administrative aspects of arrests, including booking . 
(Sentence 21) re: "criminal" - The rhetoric of prohibition asserts that insanity, crime, and violence are caused by drugs, or are controlled by prohibition. (Madness,Crime,Violence,Illness (propaganda theme 2) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme2.htm#2 ) 
 
 
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The ballot initiative would make possession of less than an ounce punishable by a $100 fine, require attendance in a drug awareness program and parental notification for offenders under 18 . 
(Sentence 22) re: "drug awareness program", "drug awareness", "awareness program" - Billions have been spent on catchy slogans and flashy branding to make the rejection of drugs as appealing as the consumption of candy. [Janelle Brown, "Saying No to Propaganda", http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2002/03/12/propaganda/] re: "drug awareness" - Drugs, scream prohibitionists, cause all bad things in life: crime, violence, insanity, etc. If not for prohibition (i.e., jailing drug users), then criminality, violence and psychotic behavior would explode upon the land, the prohibitionist assures us. (Madness,Crime,Violence,Illness (propaganda theme 2) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme2.htm#2 ) 
 
 
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Miron's studies, saying "they were bought and paid for by the legalization movement."
(Sentence 25) re: "legalization movement" - People who step forward in disagreement with prohibition are attacked and sometimes jailed. (Dissent Attacked (propaganda theme 8) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme8.htm#8 ) 
 
 
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He said today's marijuana is four times more potent than the weed of 30 years ago and the Supreme Court has twice turned back efforts to legalize marijuana for medical purposes . 
(Sentence 26) re: "legalize" - With God on Their Side (prohibitionists assure us), only the continued rooting out of the sinful drug users (total prohibition) will do. All else is portrayed as the slippery slope to total legalization of all drugs for toddlers. (Total Prohibition or Access (propaganda theme 7) http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/propaganda/theme7.htm#7 ) 
 
 summary: drugwar_propaganda = 100%
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on April 11, 2008 at 13:10:13 PT
mydnytmover 
Thank you for sharing your situation with us. I agree with what you said.
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Comment #16 posted by dongenero on April 11, 2008 at 13:09:01 PT
dongenero-the daily cheerleader
comment #12 - w000t311Big truth there with the Robpierre - French Revolution comment.How does the quote go? Those who fail to learn the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history.Go Team!
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Comment #15 posted by dongenero on April 11, 2008 at 13:02:55 PT
mydnytmover - comment # 8
Powerful testimonial and LTE mydnytmover. Best wishes to you. 
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Comment #14 posted by dongenero on April 11, 2008 at 12:58:45 PT
kaptinemo
Nice to see your recent couple posts for yesterday and today. Almost commented on the one yesterday, it was really good. This one, I can't resist. I love the last statement!"You have to wonder how far Humanity could have gotten if we didn't have to drag these troglodytes along, kicking and screaming, into the future with the rest of us..."Beautiful! 
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Comment #13 posted by tintala on April 11, 2008 at 11:04:33 PT:
Ever noticed we cater to tobacco and alcohol abuse
America and the rest of the world for that matter! Go to an airport whats there? A ROOM designated so that people can inhale tobacco and bars to drink , drink and drink some more, in hospitals , a room or designated area where people can do what? inhale smoke from cigarettes. Go to a mall and same thing designated areas where ppl can light up, even in front of children. doesnt this send the wrong message to our kids? Legalizing mmj or cannabis for recreation would not make the world crumble. We all know whats more harmful just have to educate the sentators and local police who are opposed to decrim. 
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Comment #12 posted by w000t311 on April 11, 2008 at 11:03:23 PT:
On Organizations of "Public Safety" 
I abhore any oganization which contains "Public Safety" in the title. It almost always certainly means that there is some self-righteous megalomaniac who wants to run people's lives for "their own good". I remember the most famous of these so called "Public Safety" groups was led by Robespierre during the French Revolution. And I sure hope that, when our movement wins out, that this Breault fellow will find his head similarly, though figuratively, on a chopping block.
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Comment #11 posted by sam adams on April 11, 2008 at 10:37:00 PT
runruff
you're a good wacko though!  This guy can't mind his business like most of us wackos up in the hills. He has to go meddling.at least he's providing a good chuckle to the Rotary groups. I"m sure they don't see this "dopey smoke screen" song and dance every day! A taste of 1935 Reefer Madness in living color.
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Comment #10 posted by user123 on April 11, 2008 at 10:17:36 PT:
Clues for the Clueless
“I don’t think we should be sending out messages that it’s OK to do it (smoke marijuana),” Mr. Breault said. “We don’t need this. We’re on solid ground opposing it.” 
Yep, about as solid as ground in earthquake country. Now, go pour yourself a double & pat yourself on the back. How wonderful that what ever you've made up in your mind, is magically the correct thing. kaptinemo's comment below sums it all up perfectly.
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Comment #9 posted by runruff on April 11, 2008 at 10:13:50 PT:
Hey Sam!
I happen to be a wacko in the hills!Opps, did I really mean to say that?
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Comment #8 posted by mydnytmover on April 11, 2008 at 10:04:52 PT
My reply to Telegram & Gazette
I have been paralized from the chest down for 26 years because of an accident when I was 17. The example adults set with alcohol with ads all over tv and a bar on every corner much like today I wanted to be adult and have fun to. I have met many others sitting in wheelchairs from alcohol also, NEVER Marijauana. The people using medical marijuana for many years are in alot better shape and have better lifes then the people that have used the dangerous expensive prescribed drugs. I have never met a doctor yet that has a problem with medical marijuana.
The American College of Physicians released in February what many of us have been arguing for years , our laws have gotten it wrong when it comes to medical marijuana, and it's time for public policy to get in step with science.The evidence is indeed overwhelming .
Please dont tell me it sets a bad example for kids when alcohol is legal,and please dont tell me marijuana is a gateway drug, thats like saying masterbation is a gateway to rape.
Marijuana has been proven to shrink cancer and slow Alzheimer's Disease. William T. Breault is a big discrace, so is this paper for printing this story, Some of you will get cancer someday, have fun.
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Comment #7 posted by Sam Adams on April 11, 2008 at 09:50:32 PT
worcester
your choice people, listen the Harvard economist or some wacko out in the hills.....
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Comment #6 posted by kaptinemo on April 11, 2008 at 09:42:52 PT:
When someone says, "I don't think..."
it usually doesn't take very long to learn that they have admitted something very basic about themselves: they really, truly don't think. If Mr. Breault could jettison his prejudices and biases - and bigotry - for a moment and actually did think about cannabis prohibition, he'd be embarrassed at how he's been 'had'. The history of cannabis prohibition in the US is best described by a single word, writ in large block letters 20 stories high: LIES. Nothing but whacking great lies. Lies easily proven as such. But such as Mr. Breault actually revel in their ignorance and refuse to examine all the evidence. As in "My mind's made up; don't confuse me with the facts!" And thus they damn themselves as bigots. No different than believers in Flat Earths, Hollow Earths, phlogiston chemistry and sundry other silliness. You have to wonder how far Humanity could have gotten if we didn't have to drag these troglodytes along, kicking and screaming, into the future with the rest of us...  
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Comment #5 posted by museman on April 11, 2008 at 09:25:34 PT
bought and paid for
“they were bought and paid for by the legalization movement.” At least it was human beings who did the buying and the paying. In fact, I'd say that the current exchange of pain, suffering, death and imprisonment has racked up a bit of credit, so it's time for the Piper to pay.We all know who else is bought and paid for, and the color of that money is red. Red like blood and, red like the fires of Hell, and red like Satan himself. But money is money, who cares where it came from right? -unless it comes from someone with a beating heart, then there is the possibility that actual good might come of it's existence. I would curse these fools, but they are doing a fine job of condemning themselves.Prohibition Idiots.
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Comment #4 posted by runruff on April 11, 2008 at 07:57:47 PT:
.............current effective drug laws.” ??????
And the Queen is my aunt!
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Comment #3 posted by dongenero on April 11, 2008 at 07:35:26 PT
Mr Breault
By all means bring out the bright lights and shine them all around.We need the bright lights shone on the roots of cannabis prohibition. We need to shine those lights on the financial conflict of interest your law enforcement supporters have in this issue.Yes Mr Breault, lets shine those bright lights on your position as well. Prohibition has far more to fear from the truth than does the reform movement.
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Comment #2 posted by OverwhelmSam on April 11, 2008 at 07:25:37 PT
"Vanity. My Favorite Sin" ... The Devil
“We’ve sent letters to 250 police departments, all the district attorneys, the attorney general, the secretary of state, 48 mayors and we’re going to be in contact with individual councilors in cities all over the state,” he said. “We’ll be telling chambers of commerce that decriminalization is bad for business. We’ll be talking to Rotary Clubs, the Boy Scouts — everybody.”What a colossal waste of time. Just think of the productivity lost by taking the time to campaign against legalization. No wonder the No Tolerance idiots are losing, they waste time on loser projects. Marijuana will be legalized as soon as those that grew up in the '50s pass. Shouldn't be long now! LOL
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Comment #1 posted by LaGuardia on April 11, 2008 at 05:37:46 PT
Booooooooo
And Mr. Breault's studies were bought and paid for by the prohibition movement. Perhaps he should read "Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics." I think that an objective analysis would show that Mr. Miron's studies are the ones with the sounder scientific and statistical basis.Shame on the Telegram & Gazette for giving the story lead to this nut Breault. I am familiar with Worcester and it needs a change in drug war policies more than just about anywhere. You can't even go to the bathroom in the bus station without having to wait for people to finish shooting up. If Mr. Breault wants to spend his energy fighting "drugs," why not focus on Worcester's heroin problem? Will Breault next claim that marijuana is heroin that has been spray painted green?
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