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By: The destruction of balance - Drug WarRant

The destruction of balance - Drug WarRant — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:11:56 +0000

[...] A ‘balanced’ response [...]

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By: Revolution Starter

Revolution Starter — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:46:32 +0000

To the last 4 thank you! I agree completely. But i guess that’s sort of the point. Our government has failed its people by creating these laws and using our own money to fund a war against us and lying to us the entire time.

In theory the government is there to help and protect us and it is doing the exact opposite!

Again in theory our government was created for the people by the people, maybe someone remembers that? Well it has sure been a long time since this government has respected its people let alone helped us out or protected us. Our government is a monument to capitalistic bureaucracy and it needs a stern reminder of why it exists in the first place.

We the people, not just of this county but all the people of the world must unite against this common foe that seeks to conquer and subjectify us, we should no longer cower to the hand of our government masters, we need to correct the imbalance of power and teach those in power to truly cower at the hand that feeds them.

The government should be there for the people, not the other way around.

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By: brian bennett

brian bennett — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:01:08 +0000

unfortunately, most of our fellow citizens believe that reciting the pledge of allegiance makes them “real Americans” — somehow it escapes them that the key part of that particular prayer is this: “with liberty and justice for all”

as long as they can say “god” (usually in an exaggeratedly loud voice) while they say it, they believe everything is just fine.

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By: Just me.

Just me. — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:58:02 +0000

Aye Kaptin , Tis a sad day when nothing is worth as much as the gleam of gold and the rustling sound of counting the dollar.

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By: kaptinemo

kaptinemo — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:03:42 +0000

James, the sad fact of the matter is that the vast majority of people in this country mouth the word ‘freedom’ but would be astonished at just how much of that ‘freedom’ has been stolen from them as compared to what their grandparents enjoyed.

This is why you don’t hear much about lower-case libertarian impulses being the basis for drug law reform. The average citizens think that they still have rights that were in fact stolen under false pretenses by the prohibs, and they don’t learn otherwise until the reality bites deep. Worse, some know it, but are not willing to do anything about it.

But said average citizens will get incensed when they realize that they are being taken to the cleaners when it comes to money spent on the DrugWar. That gets them riled, when before they just yawn about lost rights.

It’s not that we are as dismissive of the loss of rights that the average person is; on the contrary. But since money, not freedom, is the god of far too many, we must speak the language to be understood.

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By: james

james — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:20:50 +0000

Define failure when referring to the war on drugs. I think the real failure here is people failing to remember that they own themselves. Bureaucrats can not give you any rights they can only take them away. I challenge you to show me any government that from it’s very inception wasn’t designed to impose unjust restrictions on individuals right to be left alone. It amazes me that the discussion never gets to the part about how one man has no right to impose his arbitrary will on another. If I impose my will on you I am declaring myself your master. There can be no half-way about that point. Remember though we are individuals and as long as we are not harming anyone’s property in their person or their justly acquired alienable property we should be free to go about our business unmolested by others. Politicians represent themselves and those who pay them the most money so the drug war is not a failure for them. There is money to be made in prohibition by all parties involved who gives a crap about mere individuals and there lives. Aiyana Jones death is the rule not the exception.

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By: Cannabis

Cannabis — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:44:54 +0000

What a bunch of whiners. R. Gil and the gang are essentially saying “All of the other drug czars and his staff got a pass, why can’t we?”

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By: Revolution Starter

Revolution Starter — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:56:02 +0000

The simple reality is that everything that has been done has failed in every conceivable way. These people are directly responsible for pain and suffering on an unimaginable scale and no one is holding them accountable.

I so am frustrated with every ones complacency with failure and mediocrity. This is all so simple to fix, and it can be done simply and quickly.

They spent 1 trillion over 40 years and made there problem worse, with 100K and one year the majority of these problems could be on the fast track to 100% resolution with harm to those involved reduced to next to nothing. These people are an f-ing joke!

Who wants to fund the revolution?

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By: claygooding

claygooding — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:33:04 +0000

I have emailed the following too the GAO:
Dear Sirs,
Could you please give me the total amount of monies spent by the National Institute of Drug Abuse since it’s inception used to procure studies of any kind for cannabis?
A referral too the NIDA budget is not what I am seeking. Somewhere in your records you must have a total for research authorized by NIDA for cannabis studies and it’s cost too tax payer’s and that is what I need,with a list of those studies and the dates they were authorized and completed. Please include any ongoing studies.

It took them 12 days to answer my last request for information about this subject and all they sent me was a link to the NIDA budget summary,which does not designate what the research budget was used for,just the totals spent.

If anyone has better wording or more effective wording for this request,feel free too try your request and please post their responses here.
contact@gao.gov

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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:33:51 +0000

It is amazing to see the difference when the mainstream media stops completely supporting these folks.

Better late than never, but that does not help the millions upon millions of people who suffered to varying degrees throughout the many decades that drug prohibition has existed.

Thankfully, I believe we are making strides to help prevent many more millions of people avoid a similar unconstitutional fate.

We must continue to pressure the mainstream media (to the extent possible) to keep them well-informed about the whole truth and nothing but the whole truth.

That truth is the real nail in the drug prohibitionist coffin.

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