I had to go back to page one and check the title of the thread. Yep, there it is 'The drug war is a failure'.
Gentle Men, Ladies, Please, lets be reason able.....ok?
Some where in the middle, an article I found of interest, pointed out that the advocate for the legalization was actually intelligent and this seemed to suprize him.
My wife has been to Ireland although I don't know if it was Norther Ireland. She said they were nice people. And we have been on airplanes with layovers in Great Britian, we thought they were nice people. We have hosted foreign exchange students from all over the world and most of them are nice people. We have been to a few other countries and everywhere we have been there have been nice people.
To'Win the War', which is when the war on drugs is truly a failure, we have to be nice people. To grow Marijuana successfully you have to do a fair amount of research. To 'Win the war' we must also do a fair amount of research.
Come on Stay With Me Now Im Getting 'wound up'.
Do you have a Lottery in your country? How did 'they' get it passed? What were the arguments for it? And against? Now I don't usually use Mr. Clinton
as a source but...Its THe Economy Stupid. Sorry but I have to agree with skunk, paying 50 euros for any amount less than 1/4 oz. is hell. Still with me?Good! But I'm about to change horses.
What reasonable person given all the facts about Marijuana would not want it to be legal? Or maybe more to the point, what industries could possibly suffer economic damage if Marijauna use, Possesion, and Manufacturing became legal.
Well, there is a liqour industry, and a Prescription Drug industry and there is a Health industry. Can anyone thing of any reasons any of them may not want to see Marijuana Legalized. And lets not forget the most powerful industry of all "The Government" industry. Is this getting too long?
Lets see if we can take them 0ne at a time.
First the liqour industry, and I do know that in some countries you smoke in pubs. Do you think there could possible be a drop in Liqour sales if Marijuana were legal. You know, where you just walk in to your local liqour store and buy, oh say 7 grams of quality skunk for 25 euros. Kinda boogles the mind, Doesn't it? Are you, through the government industry, paying for any type of program to get drunk drivers off the road. Are you ever exposed to any form of advertisment that show how cool, hip, with it, you are if you go somewhere loud and get 'Shit faced'. Any sporting events sponsord by Guiness? My wife and I once went bar hopping in Spain on March the Seventeenth, boy, people in Spain sure can celebrate a St. Paddy's Day. We still have the Guiness jesters hat to prove it.
How can your government make you pay to stop people from drinking and driving? Its the economy!! I mean really, look at all the good 'They' do. Tim Magraws concert tour was sponsered by Bud Light.
'They' pay a lot of the upfront cost, through advertising dollars of course, they are not bribes, so politicians can come out and get thier faces in front of you, and tell you all the wonderful things that our sponsor has done to make this great family day possible. Sound familiour? Wow, someone with a vested interest in making sure Marijuana is not legalized.
I forget who has it but someone has the joke about the stop sign at the bottom of thier posts, I know you have all seen it and laughed. As a matter of fact I just stopped at a green light, waiting for the traffic to clear, just a few weeks ago. I got some really wierd looks, but I didn't care. It was funny to me, so I laughed and got the hell out of there when the light turned green again. I know you have been there.
That shit ain't funny man. Studies have been conducted, and comedians have written entire sketches, that show drivers that are high are safer drivers than drunk drivers. Remeber that scene in Tommy Boy, when they got stopped by the police. For going 5 miles per hour. Now thats funny.
What seems to happen is this. When you are high, ya know, you know you are high. Deja vu all over again.Seems obvious. But you don't know when you are drunk?
Could it be you are just more aggressive than normal? Just give me a cup of coffee, I be fine. Sonabitch think he can pass me like that, I'll show him a thing or two....
Second, no more valium? And did you see the Bob Dole ED ad? The drug industry is so powerful in the US, they are trying to stop our senior citizens from driving across the border to Cananda so they can purchase the same drug the could buy here. Why? Could it be because there isn't as much profit?
Third, the health industry. No one has ever died from a Marijuana overdose. As a matter of fact, it would be physically impossible to do so. Are we beginning to see a thread here?
Well, I have to go get some 'real work' done now. More later if I gt=et response.