Is the world really that cynical? Yes. Unfortunately it is. During the crack epidemic in the 1980s numerous government officials have come forward exposing the Us government (mainly the CIA) for funneling crack into the US in order to fund their proxy wars. Don’t take my word for it. See what the government officials say for themselves. The very same government which brought you the drug war was at the very same time smuggling bombers full of coke into the US.
Amazing debate on Fora.Tv about the real costs of Marijuana prohibition. Richard Lee absolutey PWNS the Police Chief concerning the the insanity of the current drug laws. Skip to 2:50 to get past the same old prohibitionist love song.
Bill Hicks deserves all of our admiration. This man was telling it like it was way before anyone else. I still remember the first time my roomate introduced me to him. I wasn’t really into stand up comedy, but for the first time, I felt like I had met someone who viewed the world exactly the same way I did.
This judge lays out the not so shocking truth about who is really benefiting from the war on drugs.
First of all think of who is winning in the war on drugs?
1.Drug Dealers. (They sucessfully take billions of dollars out of the economy tax free)
2.Government anti-drug bureaucrats (they all know it’s futile, but they want to keep their jobs)
3.Politicians (They get elected by talking tough, and they show how tough they are by funding number 2)
4.Private Sector people who benefit from an increase in crime. (Newspapers, News Channels, Private Prisons)
5.Terrorists (That’s where they get money to buy stuff)
Adding up the true costs of the continued prohibition.
One in seven drug prisoners is behind bars for marijuana-related offenses, newly released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics reveals.
“Jailing thousands of marijuana offenders is a tremendous waste of judicial resources and taxpayer dollars that would be better spent targeting violent crime,” NORML Foundation Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. He estimated that taxpayers spend approximately $900 million annually to incarcerate marijuana offenders.
Nearly 40,000 Americans are presently incarcerated in state and federal correctional facilities for marijuana violations. Of these, 28,650 marijuana offenders are state inmates, and 10,538 are federal prisoners. In all, marijuana prisoners compose 14 percent of all state and federal drug inmates.
The newly released figures appear in the January 1999 Department of Justice report: Substance Abuse and Treatment, State and Federal Prisoners, 1997. Previous DOJ reports omitted data regarding the number of marijuana offenders behind bars.
The report did not determine what percentage of the estimated 600,000 inmates in local jails are serving time for marijuana offenses.
A California lawmaker last week introduced a bill to “tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.” Later in the week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder indicated that the Obama administration may end raids on pot dispensaries in California. Is this the beginning of a sea change in drug policy both in California and the nation?
Note the douchebag John Lovell who compares marijuana use to Hitler and Stalin. Fucking worthless piece of shit is most likely a welfare recipient of government money. These sort of pigs are the scum of the earth and their backs will be up against the wall soon enough. Sucking the the holy cock of anti-drug government programs.
