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“The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in the United States is closely connected with this.” – In “My First Impression of the U.S.A.” (1921) Albert Einstein

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It fits. What else would a WoD Junkie have?

Prohibitionist WoD Junkies 05/02/00
(War on Drugs)

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And while folks may not like Danny’s line of work, he has truly walked into the lion’s den without flinching. I believe that it behooves to us always take the higher road – and not devolve our long-in-developing arguments into a useless stream of insults.

The treatment industry won’t go away with RE-legalization, but it may become more effective if we can bump up the level of their understanding of our position, by having coherent discussions w/ folks like Danny.

Just as much as anybody here, I have very personal reasons to be pissed off at the drug war and drug warriors. The WO(s)D sucks and has irreparably f’ed up my life now twice and has harmed good friends and associates. And it has killed too too many folks who had nothing to do with drugs or drug policy. We all get that.

I guess some folks are stuck on expressing their anger in a manner insulting to any target that presents itself. I’ve vented over teh last decade by writing thousands of letters-to-the-editor and getting darn effective at it. I’ve assisted many people in getting their letters and Opeds published. But that’s the way I chose. I just happen to think it works better than flinging poop…

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My story is just one of millions, a story of physical pain due to a body that cannot tolerate pharmaceuticals. A story of suffering because the Danny Chapin’s of the world wish to look at me as a victim rather than a thinking being. A responsible, kind, loving human being, who would never do anyone any harm, who only wants to use the cannabis plant that would indeed comfort, soothe, and heal.

So no, there’s no room in this heart for the Danny Chapin’s of the world.

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If anything will clear Danny’s mind and open it up, it’s sitting on Pete’s Couch. And Dan doesn’t even have to participate, just read. We have a bad habit of embedding factual URLs with our comments so he can easily go to the source.

I, too, welcome Dan’s appearance here and thank him for contacting Pete. He may not have been aware of what he was walking into. LOL Yet, he came out the other side without a bruise and what seems, a better understanding.

We still have to remind some that debating is not about personalities. It’s about solid, foundational facts.

So, ball’s in Dan’s court now. We’ll see if he returns to the Couch.

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Whether or not Mr Chapin has honorable intentions doesn’t negate the fact that he does profit from his work.

As I read thru the comments, the guy seems very nice, but does precisely as you say, “Concern trolls”.

And yes, the percentages and numbers are extremely significant and to simply shrug them off is telling.

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In here – Pete’s couch – we sit around… some of us smoking herb, some of us vaporizing herb and prolly a few eating herb… maybe some wishing they were smoking herb and probably a fair repesentation of those who don’t smoke herb and prolly won’t ever smoke herb but sure don’t care that the rest of us do.

And while Danny’s here? Let’s use him. Let’s remove any doubts he has about Prohibition with the surgical precision we (as a group) are capable of. Let’s not be rude but pick his brain (and get out those darn Prohibition nits for him while he’s here) instead. He at least is polite (unlike the Calvinas and Linda Taylor types). C’mon, pass the poor guy the Doritos® and offer him a beer, at least just for being a sport.

At least that’s the way I was raised…

Of course I’m hoping Danny sticks around awhile, so the evil legalizer meme has a chance to embed. Once he’s a carrier it will spread, like a virus of common sense… bwhahaha!

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Follow the money. Those numbers above are the most significant for most people pushing the idea of forced cannabis re-education camps.

Half of our population has tried cannabis? 150 million or so? 45,187 “addicts”? Half a billion dollar$ makes that significant I guess.

Thank you to Danny Chapin for trying to communicate with us. We’re not a polite bunch.

The truth is Danny, we won’t know the full truth about cannabis “problems” until we legalize it, regulate it, study it, observe it etc.

Scientists use its scientific name, cannabis. Propagandists and opportunists use its negative racial slur name marijuana. The “Marijuana Addiction” industry is a joke that is not based on science because the science has been banned by our government? I’ll grant you there is an elephant in the room called Big Brother Government keeping scientists from studying cannabis to learn more about its potential “problems”. How anybody can advocate for treatment of “marijuana addiction” without also demanding the ban on cannabis science in the US be lifted is beyond me.

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