Re: Drug War: The Real Public Threat

In article <7dd3l1103jjh9dqjdd8kmla8cacb0braqr@xxxxxxx>,
Kramer <nemesis7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 14 Oct 2005 10:56:14 -0700, "robin hood zoro"
> <robinhoodzoro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Drug War: The Real Public Threat
> >"In the 2005 growing season, CAMP [Campaign Against Marijuana Planting]
> >says it so far has destroyed more [of California's marijuana] plants
> >than ever -- 1.1 million worth $4.5 billion on the street, up from
> >621,000 plants last year. But agents still lost ground to growers," USA
> >Today reports. "No longer is marijuana cultivation the cottage industry
> >that flourished in the 1960s and '70s after waves of counterculture
> >migrants bought cheap land in the northern California mountains and
> >grew pot for their own use and extra income."
> >In "Forget the War on Drugs Already," Doug Bandow, a Cato senior
> >fellow, argues that America is "increasingly alone in prosecuting
> >marijuana users. The Netherlands has long tolerated personal possession
> >and allowed cannabis coffee shops. Pot is now available as a
> >prescription drug at pharmacies. Spain no longer arrests recreational
> >drug users; Portugal has decriminalized marijuana use. So has
> >Luxembourg."
> >Bandow warns: "[T]the drug laws are the real dangerous threats to
> >public health and safety. The only way to protect the public is to
> >guarantee the right of the sick to use marijuana and to stop jailing
> >pot smokers who just want to get high. Nothing would be served by
> >imprisoning Rush Limbaugh for his apparent legal transgressions, just
> >as we all are poorer for the millions of people jailed in the
> >government's misbegotten war on drugs over the years. We should treat
> >drug use as a medical, moral, and spiritual issue -- not a criminal
> >one."
> >Greg Garner, editor, ggarner@xxxxxxxx
> >
> >http://www.cato.org/dispatch/10-13-05d.html
> I believe our drug war began in 1917 with the Harrison Act. Are we
> winning yer?
>
> Bill
>
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Time to declare victory and withdraw the forces.

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