There was a time when you could pass ridiculously harsh laws and nobody would do anything about it as long as it was for “drugs.”
That seems to be changing.
Italy court strikes down drug law blamed for prison crowding
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s constitutional court on Wednesday struck down a drug law that tripled sentences for selling, cultivating or possessing cannabis and which has been blamed for causing prison overcrowding.
The constitutional court said the law, which was passed in 2006 by Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative government, was “illegitimate”, without giving further details. Some estimates suggest 10,000 people may be released from jail as a result. […]
After the court’s ruling, the drug law previously in place will automatically take effect
Err, some drugs are less dangerous than others.
Silly prohibidiot.
devastating to italy or giovanardi’s ego? allowing fools to rule is a global affliction, seemingly.
Indeed, the first rule of government should be that anyone who wants the job is disqualified and excluded.
(The bad)
Yes, the United States and Canada need a fall-guy. North America will get the blame for the drug war, unless someone blames it on the Vatican (hint, hint).
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(The good)
A letter to President Obama, dated February 12, 2014, recommending the rescheduling of marijuana, has been signed and sent by 18 U.S. Congress-members:
http://tinyurl.com/q2u44wa
Jail for cannabis is a cruel and unusual punishment.
Too bad none of the Democrat and Republican judges in this country believe that statement to be true.
More marijuana action plans: Congressman Steve Cohen wants to rid the world of the Drug Czar’s License to Lie.
Can’t help but admire Cohen.
A politician who truly understands the ramifications of the drug war.
gosh, it’s only mid-February. The truth smells like spring!
Poor prohibs… 🙁 not!
Maybe the 10,000 getting out of jail can meet Berlosconi going into jail.
Senator Carlo Giovanardi, one of the original architects of the stricter law
April
19452014, with total defeat looming,MussoliniGiovanardi and Berlusconi attempted to escape north, only to be quickly captured and summarily executed near Lake Como by Italian partisans. Then taken to Milan where they were hung upside down at a service station for public viewing and to provide confirmation of the demise.The Popes hate dope
By Dana Larsen – Sunday, April 17 2005
Since its foundation, the Catholic Church and its Pope have been the sworn enemy of global marijuana culture.
The Pope Condemns Marijuana Legalization, But the People Have Smoken
Archeology: Ancient Temple Hashish Incense! Did Jesus Inhale?
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US drug policy fuels push for legal pot worldwide http://shar.es/Q982Y via @wews
Has anyone seen ads for more DEA agents,,they are going to have to increase the agency by at least 10 times the manpower and budget to fight more than 20 countries that will be producing huge crops of marijuana coming in from 20 legal countries that won’t let them spray and reduce their output,,there goes Medicare and Social Security but at least Congress didn’t raise the taxes on the rich.
Czar Jobs 1 urine taster
Going Out of Business Sale
Exporting DEAmocracy
Freak Trade * Free Raids
We need proof! If any uncertainty exists, it must be banned:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/opinion/we-need-proof-on-marijuana.html?src=rechp&_r=0
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Isn’t the word “illegitimate” synonymous with the phrase “bastard progeny” or progenie bastarda in Italian? I like the latter better. Of course I’m known to enjoy hyperbolization. Especially the ones which in particular satisfy the Thurston conjecture of course.
One form of Thurston’s geometrization theorem states: “If M is an compact irreducible atoroidal Haken manifold whose boundary has zero Euler characteristic, then the interior of M has a complete hyperbolic structure of finite volume.” I haven’t got a clue what any of that means but it sounds really, really smart!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolization_theorem
geez,,tone it down,,I can’t look that many words up,,,here,,hit his Hookah and cross your eyes and read that.
“The Popes hate dope”
Must have been a surprise to the creator of Vin Mariani:
Vin Mariani (French: Mariani’s wine) was a tonic and patent medicine created circa 1863 by Angelo Mariani, a French chemist who became intrigued with coca and its economic potential after reading Paolo Mantegazza’s paper on coca’s effects. In 1863,[1][2] Mariani started marketing a wine called Vin Tonique Mariani (à la Coca du Pérou)[1] which was made from Bordeaux wine treated with coca leaves.[3]
The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and extracted the cocaine from the coca leaves, altering the drink’s effect. It originally contained 6 mg of cocaine per fluid ounce of wine, but Vin Mariani that was to be exported contained 7.2 mg per ounce, in order to compete with the higher cocaine content of similar drinks in the United States. Advertisements for Vin Mariani claimed that it would restore health, strength, energy, and vitality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani
Coca, Bolivia, and Law 1008