Choose your setting and what you will wear.

Upload it to YouTube and tell us about it.

Go for it!

I’m looking forward to seeing what you create.

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I will be making it soon. Have not been sure of the right way to start as I think society is ready to hear this for marijuana, I don’t know how it would go over for an out right end to prohibition. What do you think the best first step would be?

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Over 15,000 scientific studies done show that marijuana is less addictive, less intoxicating, and less deadly than alcohol or tobacco.

Actually studies found that it was less intoxicating than alcohol, but more so than tobacco (which has almost no intoxication), and yes, that it is less addictive and deadly than either of them. Which is just obvious anyway.

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“Marijuana saps initiative, ambition and responsibility” demonstrates perfectly that “reefer madness” is more how people feel about marijuana, than how people feel using marijuana. Upset that a childhood friend started smoking pot, the author advocates keeping the same policies that made the drug so available. A friend of mine smoked pot daily while getting his masters degree. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin both smoked pot as teens, does their ambition seem sapped?

The truth is the author doesn’t like people who smoke marijuana, so she finds excuses to make her opinion fact. She says marijuana saps ambition and responsibility then admits that most users have jobs. She still calls pot a “gateway drug,” but the Institute of Medicine reports 98% of users never become heroine or cocaine addicts. Property and violent crime rates actually declined after Washington enacted its medical marijuana law. Over 15,000 scientific studies done show that marijuana is less addictive, less intoxicating, and less deadly than alcohol or tobacco. How can her feelings be so strong and her facts so wrong?

Today, more teens smoke pot then smoke cigarettes, despite tobacco being more addictive and more socially (and legally) acceptable. The same fact-based education campaign that has made cigarettes passé to teens can work for marijuana, but we have to stop irrationally demonizing pot smokers, because it glamorizes them to adolescents. When society accepts arguments based on anecdotes or takes innuendo as fact, we give up more responsibility, initiative, and ambition than any plant could ever take.

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Check this out.

A younger Barack Obama on the War on Drugs and marijuana

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You can see he is already becoming quite the consummate politician at this point in his career.

I heard him say something, enthusiastically, too, and quite a lot of something… but I’m left wondering, “What?”

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Make that video. See what you can do with it.

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What your saying is basically supporting my point and the reason for what I am saying.

In no way am suggesting not to do those things.
They are all outstanding, and part of the reason to support why the realization of the wrongs of the drug war are starting to permeate regular society. That and, the intrusion and destruction of peoples lives on an epidemic proportion.
This is not only in the US, the drug war is world wide and causes severe harm in every country. Though the US is one of the worst as we are the biggest market, spend the most against it, and unfortunately dictate world policy.

What I really am saying is what next?

The drug war has created all of these injustices around the world. It has effected all of us, weather it be us directly or through a family member or friend. Concerned people who have felt this suffering have written letters and gotten published and used the Internet, people are paying attention because this is such a costly war affecting so many lives around the world.

So how can we reach out to all of these individuals and have our collective voices heard in a positive and peaceful way? And it is not just the people, at this point even other governments are calling for change as our drug war has had a crippling affect on the people of there country and potentially there economies. The Internet allows us a peaceful way to reach out and connect all of these people, and show the rest of the world that It is possible for what is now so harmful and disastrous to individuals and societies to have a wholly beneficial and helpful aspect, and a positive outcome overall. Causing harm only to an individual of there own free will and provideing care to those individuals. Thus reversing the suffering.

I guess I will share with you my idea for how this could be done, some of this I’m just thinking on the fly and some I have been thinking about for a while and maybe this is the best way and the proper place to discuss it.

So what if, someone where to record themselves reading a declaration for peace?
This would have to be done in a respectful, sincere and genuine way but in the video read a statement to the US and to the world asking that we finally end The war on drugs and prohibition. End the suffering and injustice.
Support it with the facts of harms that the drug war is doing and has done, the cost financially and in human life and impact that it has on our society.

It could be followed by a proposal for what could be. I believe there is a way for our society to deal with these things in a positive manner one that reduces harm to individuals and society overall. It would also take advantage of the financial aspect of drugs that would benefit society, ours greatly and those of other counties.

Once the video is recorded up load it to youtube. Then use the Internet to reach out to our world community, use websites like this where like minded people congregate to get the word out and publicize the video. Main stream media will pay attention, the world will pay attention to this if it becomes the most viewed video on youtube.

At that point try and use one website as a rally point, add a counter with a simple statement, like “those in favor of ending prohibition” . Ask every one to respect the accuracy and take all proper steps from a technical point as well. For people that want to click away, click the video. I think that if we were to do that in an effective manner, then we could really make a change and do it in short order. Possibly to speed it up start with just marijuana as I think that main stream society is ready to hear that first, but I don’t know if that would help of hurt the overall goal.

The events of the past brought us to where we are, let us realize them reflect on them, become the good, wash away the bad if we could do this we would be far better, I guess individually and as a society. Maybe this could be a first step? Maybe this could be the first truly peaceful revolution? I guess we’ll see.

Revolution-starter

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The trouble with the drug war is that the cure is so much worse than the cold. Are drugs harmful? Yes, of course they are. But we have “saved” millions who have spent far more harmful time being run through the criminal justice system and prison, and nobody can get that time in their lives back. Many of them will never get over their prison time.

The drug war is racist and cruel, and it is SO wicked it makes my head spin just to think about it. As H.L. Mencken said, “All decent men are ashamed of their government.” If someone is unreservedly in favor of the drug war (I’m looking at YOU Sheriff Joe Arpaio), they either live under a rock or deep down inside don’t care about other people.

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