tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56843828125694445632024-03-13T12:09:00.089-07:00DRUG LAWZPhilosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-75416126297484317732015-02-25T06:40:00.000-08:002015-02-25T06:48:06.139-08:00Vermont's Heroin ProblemHeroin Maintenance is the only answer! The FDA needs to give doctors access to the Poppy plant to make safe therapeutically designed drugs to be prescribed at a reasonable legal price...Problem solved. We never had a problem with drugs until we banned them and/or began enforcing the ban in the 50s. Poppy and Coca and Pot and derivatives have been with the human race since the dawn of our history. And while it is true that certain individuals have always over used these drugs to their own detriment, it is also true that society as a whole has never been harmed by these drugs/plants until society attempts to ban them. The drug war is exactly like the tragedy of the Prohibition of alcohol. Wake up America, we're killing ourselves with bad cures to non-problems!Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-32145208067259218462014-11-19T17:13:00.003-08:002014-11-19T17:13:52.663-08:00GO BACK ON DRUGS AMERICA!<div>
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TO GO BACK TO THE TIME WHEN ALL THESE SUBSTANCES AND PLANTS WE CALL
'ILLEGAL DRUGS' WERE AVAILABLE BY PRESCRIPTION OR WERE LEGAL TO GROW. 1900 AD.</div>
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<br />WILL MORE PEOPLE DIE NO FEWER WILL<br /></div>
REHAB HELPS BUT MAINTENANCE IS NECESSARY.<br /></div>
THIS DRUG PROBLEM HAS RIPPED THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY</div>
AND IT DID NOT EXIST UNTIL WE ENACTED LAWS TO PREVENT IT<br /></div>
STOP TORTURING DRUG DEPENDENT PEOPLE WHILE SAYING YOU'RE SAVING THEM!<br />
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GO BACK ON DRUGS AMERICA! <br />
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http://DrugLawZ.blogspot.com/Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-31621778775578821132014-04-22T08:29:00.001-07:002014-04-22T10:20:31.987-07:00The Drug War is Ending! WSJ<h1 itemprop="headline">
Colombian President Santos Seeks New Path on Drug War</h1>
As the Colombian president states, [President Obama's] actions on the federal level (allowing Colorado to bypass federal law) has influenced Colombian policies. Thank God for president Obama.<br />
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Wall St. Journal-"How do I explain to a peasant in Colombia that I have to put him in
prison for growing marijuana when in Colorado or in Washington state,
it's legal to buy the same marijuana?" he said. "The world needs a more
effective, fresher, more creative focus to win this war, because until
now we haven't won, and the cost has been enormous."-<br />
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-Mr. Santos said an Organization of American States report published last
year, which said that it was time to seriously discuss legalizing
marijuana as a way of reducing drug violence, should be widely discussed
so when the United Nations holds a special general assembly meeting on
drugs in 2016, "there is a critical mass to really reopen the
discussion."-Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-13199659104979653842014-03-16T10:01:00.003-07:002014-03-16T10:01:47.676-07:00For the good of the General PublicIt is crazy to set the standard for legalizing any drug for medical use without consideration of the consequences of NOT legalizing it.<br /><br />If Dr.s could use Marijuana, Coca and Poppy to treat drug addicts it would eliminate most criminal activity in the US. It would save countless innocent lives of people caught in the crossfire of the senseless Drug War.<br />These drugs do have other medical uses too, but the best thing about legalizing them (as is the case with tobacco and alcohol) is that it stops the cancer of the black market in drugs from destroying society in countless ways.<br />http://DrugLawZ.blogspot.com/ Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-17568896042618310862014-02-28T12:52:00.005-08:002014-02-28T13:32:36.796-08:00Heroin Answers-It is completely illogical that Dr.s can't treat drug addicts with pure and professionally monitored versions of the drugs (heroin/poppy) that people are addicted to.<br /><br />
We already give people many drugs that are not 'good for you' so to speak, but are the 'best option' for a person with a certain serious illness. A cancer patient takes drugs that harm, but fend off a worse challenge to their health. Likewise a heroin addict is far better off being treated by a Dr. with a safe dosage than getting poorly measured poison off the street.<br />
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Most overdose deaths are simply a matter of the user mistaking the purity and strength of the drug they are taking. Most drug crime is committed by addicts stealing to get money for a drug that costs virtually nothing to produce. Both these problems could be easily avoided if doctors were able to prescribe pharmaceutically pure versions of the drugs used in a controlled manner.<br />
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The DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) must allow the AMA (American Medical Association) to be in charge of the 'drug issue' by giving doctors access to these drugs for treatment purposes.<br />
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If the FDA reschedules coca, poppy and pot and derivatives, so that doctors have access to these drugs for treatment to addicts, then we will save many innocent lives and be able to make quick progress towards deflating the South American and Afghanistan drug empires.<br />
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Also, with the present prohibition we are dooming our civilization by empowering Drug Lords like Arab Kings. The Drug War funnels money to the underworld and is the funding mechanism for major terrorism and rogue government leaders.<br />
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Our confused policies have been a cancer on all of the Americas for decades. We must change, Philip Seymour Hoffman could be alive today.<br />
http://DrugLawZ.blogspot.com/ Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-22379774314498048872014-02-18T16:56:00.001-08:002014-02-18T16:56:23.682-08:00Marijuana ObamaSay what you will, but he smoked it, he wrote about it and he legalized it! And the Right says he has no firm principles :)<br />
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And too, this issue resonates with Liberals and Rednecks, it's a populist issue with the new Libertarian wing of the Republican Party.<br />
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If this man, President Obama had done nothing but this he would be a great president in the eyes of history. And he will undoubtedly do more (after the mid-terms ;)).<br />
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Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-79509050931174739572014-02-05T07:03:00.001-08:002014-02-05T07:03:12.376-08:00Philip Seymour Hoffman Could Have Been Saved It is far more likely that Mr. Hoffman died of an accidental overdose than suicide. If it was suicide then the drugs are a moot point, there are many ways to commit suicide without drugs. But assuming it was an accidental overdose, then our society and the Drug Enforcement Agency are far more to blame for blocking Hoffman and countless others from getting the safe legal drug treatment they need. Most overdose deaths are simply a matter of the user mistaking the purity and strength of the drug they are taking. This could be easily avoided if Doctors were able to prescribe pharmaceutically pure versions of the drugs used in a controlled manner.<br />
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The DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) must allow the AMA
(American Medical Association) to be in charge of the 'drug issue' by
giving doctors access to these drugs for treatment purposes.<br />
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If
the FDA reschedules coca, poppy and pot and derivatives, so that
doctors have access to these drugs for treatment to addicts, then we
will save many innocent lives and be able to make quick progress towards deflating the South
American and Afghanistan drug empires.<br />
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Also, with the present prohibition we are
dooming our civilization by empowering Drug Lords like Arab Kings. The
Drug War funnels money to the underworld and is the
funding mechanism for major terrorism and rogue government leaders.<br />
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Our confused policies have been a cancer on all of the Americas
for decades. We must change, Philip Seymour Hoffman could be alive today.<br />
<a href="http://druglawz.blogspot.com/">http://DrugLawZ.blogspot.com/ </a>Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-81579262060558948422014-01-20T09:19:00.002-08:002014-01-20T09:19:59.650-08:00Obama nudges the ball forward on marijuana<div class="cf entry-content" id="post-content">
WASHINGTON POST-George Zornick<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/20/obama-nudges-the-ball-forward-on-marijuana/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/20/obama-nudges-the-ball-forward-on-marijuana/ </a><br />
In an <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/27/140127fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all">interview</a> with the <i>New Yorker </i>released
on Sunday, President Obama made perhaps the strongest endorsement by
any sitting president on relaxed marijuana laws. Pushed by interviewer
David Remnick, Obama acknowledged that marijuana is less dangerous than
alcohol in its effect on consumers. He also noted the obvious racial and
economic disparities in enforcement of marijuana laws. “Middle-class
kids don’t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do,” he said.
“And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor
and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly
harsh penalties.”<br />
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<img alt="A fully budded marijuana plant ready for trimming is seen at the Botanacare marijuana store ahead of their grand opening on New Year's day in Northglenn, Colorado, in this December 31, 2013 file photo. The District of Columbia will take a step closer toward decriminalizing marijuana on January 15, 2014 with a move that will make smoking a joint in the U.S. capital a violation comparable to a parking ticket. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY)" class="size-medium" height="190" src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_300w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/01/15/Local-Politics/Images/2014-01-15T170627Z_01_WAS103_RTRIDSP_3_USA-MARIJUANA-DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA.jpg" width="300" /><div class="wp-caption-text">
A fully budded marijuana plant. (Reuters)</div>
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In fact, the president backhandedly came close to endorsing outright
legalization of the drug for recreational purposes, by offering a
modified endorsement of new laws in Colorado and Washington that do
exactly that:<br />
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Accordingly, he said of the legalization of marijuana in
Colorado and Washington that “it’s important for it to go forward
because it’s important for society not to have a situation in which a
large portion of people have at one time or another broken the law and
only a select few get punished.”</blockquote>
Obama circled back around and noted the new laws in both states could
be “a challenge” because of the potential for legalization of other,
harder types of drugs. He also noted he has advised his daughters not to
smoke marijuana. So it wasn’t an outright endorsement.<br />
But the moment was still significant in several ways. In context of
the United States’ long-running and highly problematic war on drugs, it
is quite notable to have a president come out and say that marijuana
isn’t nearly as harmful as it is often made out to be and to back
serious changes in the legal regime governing the drug.<br />
Obama is correct about the racial disparities at work here: The American Civil Liberties Union <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/15/3167731/washington-poised-remove-criminal-penalties-marijuana/">issued a report</a>
last year finding that African Americans are four times as likely as
whites to be arrested for marijuana, despite similar rates of use.<br />
The White House’s record is somewhat checkered on this issue. On the
one hand, early in Obama’s time in office, his administration <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/obama-marijuana-raids-rolling-stone_n_1451744.html">stepped up federal crackdowns</a>
on marijuana producers sanctioned by state law, a move that was highly
criticized by reformers. However, Attorney General Eric Holder recently <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/12/19/3090681/obama-uses-pardon-power-release-prisoners-sentenced-draconian-drug-laws/">took steps</a>
to relax federal prosecution of marijuana offenses and said the Justice
Department won’t challenge new state laws on marijuana. Obama’s
comments may reflect a real evolution in his approach to drug policy,
and one that may have long-lasting effects.<br />
But there is, of course, also a political angle here. Whether he
meant to or not, Obama was positioning himself and his party on the
correct side of an issue that many Democrats feel could reap serious
political rewards in the coming months and years.<br />
For example, in Florida, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-14/florida-pot-vote-turnout-seen-helping-democrat-win-governor-race">strategists on both sides</a>
of the gubernatorial race there believe a statewide referendum to
legalize some marijuana use could tilt the contest to Democrats.
Republicans have filed a legal challenge to keep it off the ballot,
because they <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-14/florida-pot-vote-turnout-seen-helping-democrat-win-governor-race">openly admit</a>
it may bring young people and minorities — traditional Democratic
voters — to the polls in unusually high numbers. “It’s an issue that the
Democrats can use to pump up the youth vote,” Alex Patton, a Republican
political consultant told Bloomberg Businessweek. “The politics of it
are dangerous for the GOP.”<br />
And Florida isn’t the only place marijuana will be on the ballot this year. At least <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/10/marijuana-heating-up-as-midterm-election-issue.html">four other states</a> will put the issue before voters, and people outside those areas are no doubt following the evolving debate closely.<br />
Polls have shown <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/07/poll-majority-want-marijuana-legalized/">recent spikes</a> in support for legalized marijuana. Gallup <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/07/poll-majority-want-marijuana-legalized/">found</a> 58 percent of Americans favor legalization, and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/07/poll-majority-want-marijuana-legalized/">other surveys</a>
show majorities also share Obama’s view that the drug is not physically
or mentally harmful. I have no idea if Obama’s remarks were a
calculated move, but his party’s prospects this fall seem likely to
improve as a result.<br />
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Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-29223533279896914802014-01-12T07:20:00.001-08:002014-01-12T07:28:49.588-08:00Colorado Rocky Mountain High<h3 class="post-title entry-title">
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In a recent NYT* column David Brooks tries to pour bong-water all over the happy
people in Colorado and nationwide who are celebrating the melting of
the Drug War iceberg that has, not just kept people away from the fun of
marijuana use, but has in fact decimated lives and corrupted and
practically bankrupted our criminal justice system for almost fifty
years!<br />
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Brooks really phoned this one in. Legalization is not 'encouragement'
Mr. Brooks. Society is not encouraging people to smoke cigarettes are
we? Of course not. We keep them legal to avoid a criminal underground
from prospering and we use tax revenue to promote 'not smoking
cigarettes' and help pay for the sickness caused by their use.<br />
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The entire war on drugs and especially marijuana represent the most
tragic self-inflicted wound in American history. It has torn the fabric
of US society (and all of the Americas for that fact) more than did the
13 years of prohibition and even more than the Civil War, since it has
gone on for decades longer (and unlike that cause, the 'bad guys' here
were our own government, not to mention that it has re-ignited racial
tensions that had begun to be smoothed out.<br />
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Worst of all, Brooks doesn't even attempt to justify his pot use as a
young adult accompanied by his never fighting to at least stop
imprisonment for something he looks back on having done as merely
childish. Brooks is one spoiled white writer!<br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://ChipShirley.Com/</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/opinion/brooks-weed-been-there-done-that.html?_r=0">*http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/opinion/brooks-weed-been-there-done-that.html?_r=0</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marijuana is and has been for decades LEGAL in Alaska, yes, the state that elected Palin Governor legalizes Pot. You can even grow it for personal consumption! Read it!<br /><a href="http://norml.org/laws/item/alaska-penalties">http://norml.org/laws/item/alaska-penalties</a></span>Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-35045301395974405982013-09-17T16:33:00.000-07:002013-09-17T16:33:14.715-07:00How to stop violence and to stop people from wanting to be violent.That is the question.<br />
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There is a motive behind every crime, even suicide, or homicidal suicide and too there is a solution to even the most complex security dilemma,<br />
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We can do infinitely more to help people who are so depressed that they want to die and they want the whole world to die. Money can do a lot of good things, but we need more of it.<br />
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It is also the case that every tragedy has a price-tag solution on its head. There are doable security measures that would have stopped every one of these mass killings, including 9-11.<br />
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The fact is We Can Do it, but Will We?Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-59573580716004965062013-09-17T06:59:00.000-07:002013-09-17T06:59:22.703-07:00Legalize Pot Stop the KillingIt's
not that the Navy Yard Shooter would not have committed this terrible
crime if he were smoking pot (although that is HIGHLY likely) but he
would have lived in a far more peaceful non-violent society which would
have comforted him in his personal agony.<br />
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<a href="http://druglawz.blogspot.com/">http://DrugLawZ.blogspot.com/ </a> Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-84130137829161567952013-09-16T16:28:00.002-07:002013-09-16T16:58:22.347-07:00A Bazooka and an Ounce of WeedGIVE GUN LOBBYISTS WHAT THEY WANT AND TAKE WEED OUT OF THE PICTURE AND YOU SOLVE CRIME IN THE USA.<br />
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GUN OWNERS MAY OWN A BAZOOKA (BUT NOT CARRY) AND POT USERS CAN HAVE AN OUNCE OF WEED (BUT NOT CARRY).<br />
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PROBLEM SOLVED. AMERICA (THE CONTINENT) GETS BACK TO NORMAL.<br />
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THE GUNS ARE AVAILABLE, THE POT IS AVAILABLE. LET'S PUT THE GUN LAWS ON POT.<br />
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A BAZOOKA AND AN OUNCE OF WEED. THAT'S THE LAW IN ALASKA NOW! CHECK IT OUT! <b><a href="http://norml.org/laws/item/alaska-penalties">http://norml.org/laws/item/alaska-penalties</a></b><br />
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<a href="http://druglawz.blogspot.com/">http://DrugLawZ.blogspot.com/ </a>Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684382812569444563.post-21140031225607758752013-08-01T14:52:00.000-07:002013-08-01T14:53:38.485-07:001967 2013NO COMPARISON
SO MUCH LESS
VIOLENCE THEN THAN NOW
ALL AROUND
BRUTAL...
WE CAN FIX THIS!Philosopher Chiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700185488169552880noreply@blogger.com0