"The report describes the total failure of the present global antidrug effort, and in particular America’s “war on drugs,” which was declared 40 years ago today."
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President Jimmy Carter: Call Off the Global Drug War
Read President Jimmy Carter's New York Times Op Ed, Call Off the Global Drug War.
Legalizing Pot: Will It End the Mexican DrugCartels?
"People on that dang weed aren't as senseless as on whiskey, I can tell you that much." -Texas Prosecutor
Willie Nelson's Texas prosecutor —a 78-year-old fan, who plans to let the country singer off on a marijuana charge as long as he performs a song in court (and pays a fine) —wants to decriminalize pot. Hudspeth County Attorney C.R. "Kit" Bramblett favors a bill before the Texas Legislature that would end jail sentences for minor marijuana possession. "That makes sense to me," he told the Raw Story website last week. Bramblett is otherwise a fairly conservative guy who wouldn't want to legalize heroin or cocaine. But his experience as a prosecutor has convinced him not to seek jail time on small possessions charges, and the very fact that the Texas Legislature is considering a bill to decriminalize pot suggests a way forward in the failed American war on drugs. "I may not like it," Hudspeth told Raw Story, "but can't no one can stop people from smoking it no matter how hard you try. Besides, people on that dang weed aren't as senseless as on whiskey, I can tell you that much."
SOURCE: http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/legalizing-pot-will-it-end-the-mexican-drug-cartels-29836/
Just as the hemp plant has changed, so must we, in our relationship to it
Washington Post:
Many Americans of a certain age will remember that in the 1970s, seedy homegrown pot was reviled for its raw, throat-burning quality. Now dope-smoking locavores steer clear of cheap, low- and mid-grade weed in favor of organically grown boutique strains. They speak of "presentation" and varieties so agreeably complex that "you inhale one flavor and exhale another." Just as in the vineyards of the Napa Valley a few miles to the north, complexities come from the soil, from the fruits of labor, from careful breeding. Suddenly, pot has terroir.
It's surreal, even for California, but it may be our future.
Rosenthal sees a day when cannabis will be grown like another popular and ubiquitous crop. "I like the tomato model," he said, rattling off a possible hierarchy of breeders and growers: giant industrial companies; regional companies; farmers; individuals raising marijuana for cash from their own big back yards, then home growers. "There's room for everybody in that model," he said. "But with all the commercial ways tomatoes are grown, home growers still grow the most tomatoes in the U.S."
DeAngelo argues that just as the plant has changed, so must we, in our relationship to it. Marijuana, he says, can teach us how to be kinder to the earth and our fellow travelers on it. "We are at a different time in the history of this plant," he said.
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It's not enough to "believe" in Prop 19 or "believe" that marijuana should be legalized.
We Must Take Collective Action on November 2nd, 2010 to put the disastrous nightmare behind us.
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We Must Take Collective Action on November 2nd, 2010 to put the disastrous nightmare behind us.
By signing the YesOn19.com petition today, you can make the pledge to:
- ACTUALLY break the daily routine.
- ACTUALLY go outside, go somewhere new, do something different on November 2.
- ACTUALLY take action to make the actual real world a better place by going to where all those stupid people usually go out and fuck everything up for everyone else.
- ACTUALLY Vote YES on Prop 19 on November 2.
We're ACTUALLY completely dependent upon YOU to ACTUALLY get this done. If you don't, then it won't. It's as simple as that.
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U.S. Surgeon General: Legalize Marijuana, Stop Criminalizing Youth
Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders told CNN Sunday she supports legalizing marijuana.
"What I think is horrible about all of this, is that we criminalize young people. And we use so many of our excellent resources ... for things that aren't really causing any problems," said Elders. "It's not a toxic substance."Oh, OH, OOOOHHHHH! Now what, biatches? NOW WHAT???
How Legalized Pot Factories Work
Via Gizmodo:
This proposed pot factory would produce $50 million of weed annually in an super-sterile, eco-friendly environment.
Guv signs marijuana decriminalization bill
Today, California Guv signed marijuana decriminalization bill.
Effective immediately, driving in the car pool lane is nearly 4x more costly to your wallet and criminal record than possessing an ounce or less of weed.
We're getting there.
Effective immediately, driving in the car pool lane is nearly 4x more costly to your wallet and criminal record than possessing an ounce or less of weed.
We're getting there.
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Reason Magazine: SEIU Endorses Pot Legalization
Reason Mag:
Former San Jose Police Chief Joseph McNamara, who lists three reasons to support Prop. 19 in the November issue of Reason, elaborates in the San Jose Mercury-News. In a recent Washington Post op-ed piece, historian Héctor Aguilar Camín and former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge G. Castañeda argue that legalizing pot in California could help end the prohibition-related violence that has killed more than 28,000 people in Mexico since 2006.
Nightline Twittercast: Marijuana on Four Ballots Energizes Political Debate
"The California government projected that the new law would bring in about $1.4 billion in revenues for the state. Several members of Congress, such as Reps. Pete Stark, Barbara Lee and George Miller have spoken candidly in favor of it." -- ABC News
Gary Johnson, former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, supports legalization of marijuana and argues that it will lead to a more effective fight against drugs. He blames the stalemate on the federal government and on both Republicans and Democrats.
"For the most part, politics is about following the herd as opposed to providing leadership," Johnson, who is speculated to be considering a run for the White House in 2012, told ABC News. "For me, it was a cost-benefit analysis, period. It's the fact that half of what we spend in law enforcement and the courts and the prisons is drug related, to what end?"
Johnson disagrees with the idea that dabbling in the politics of drugs would be harmful -- he cites his own approval rating as governor, saying it was steady even after he made his position known.
"It's a really good political issue because it's the truth. It's the emperor wears no clothes," he said. -- ABC News
False Fears v Real Facts: Cal. Prop. 19 Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010
Smart comments in San Jose Mercury News forums:
Posted on Wednesday, 8/04/2010 - 6:01 a.m. PDT — by Conservative Christian
Allowing American citizens to grow a little marijuana in their own backyards will carve the guts out of the drug gangs, get the drug cartels out of our communities, put an end to most of the border violence, and reduce illegal immigration. As the discussion goes forward, let’s remember to ask ourselves, “If my child or grandchild got a little off track and got caught with a little marijuana, would I want him or her to go to jail, lose their college financial aid, spend a few days locked up with the sexual predators...?” Proposition 19 will put an end to this huge injustice being done to our own children and grandchildren.
Californians: register to vote at https://www.sos.ca.gov/nvrc/fedform/ Just fill out the form and mail it in! (Please go for it RIGHT NOW while ur thinking about it!)
Citizens of other states can Google your state name and “voter registration” to find out how to register; a lot of states allow instant on-line registration. Do it now so you can vote in November!
Posted on Wednesday, 8/04/2010 - 6:01 a.m. PDT — by Conservative Christian 
Allowing American citizens to grow a little marijuana in their own backyards will carve the guts out of the drug gangs, get the drug cartels out of our communities, put an end to most of the border violence, and reduce illegal immigration. As the discussion goes forward, let’s remember to ask ourselves, “If my child or grandchild got a little off track and got caught with a little marijuana, would I want him or her to go to jail, lose their college financial aid, spend a few days locked up with the sexual predators...?” Proposition 19 will put an end to this huge injustice being done to our own children and grandchildren.
Californians: register to vote at https://www.sos.ca.gov/nvrc/fedform/ Just fill out the form and mail it in! (Please go for it RIGHT NOW while ur thinking about it!)
Citizens of other states can Google your state name and “voter registration” to find out how to register; a lot of states allow instant on-line registration. Do it now so you can vote in November!
- Read the original article:
Opinion: Critics of Prop. 19 on marijuana rely on fear, not facts
By Paul Armentano
- Research all the details for yourself at Ballotpedia:
Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, is a California ballot proposition which is on the November 2, 2010 California statewide ballot as an initiated state statute.
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