Marijuana Lies
Anyone who claims to be 'addicted' to marijuana has either: been misled, is too young to know better and therefore too young to smoke, is an alcoholic, is on medication yet still smokes pot, is lying, is in a court-ordered drug rehab (giving the Repub drug czar (Walters) false statistics/propaganda to spread about the increase of marijuana use and 'treatment'), is just an ass, has never heard the words "grass fast".
Any marijuana 'abuse' comes from lack of education about marijuana 'use'.
For alcohol there's, "don't drink everyday, don't drink too much, don't start too young, take a break, you can die, your liver can collapse, don't drink and drive, don't be an ass, drink responsibly, have fun".
For marijuana there's, "just say no, it can lead to harder drugs, you can get addicted or else driven insane, you can go to jail so be paranoid, be very paranoid...blah blah blah".
The drug war is a lie. Pharmaceuticals are the fourth leading cause of death in the US, killing over 100k each year. Alcohol related deaths in the US are over 300k, tobacco kills 400k--yet these drugs are not only legal, they're subsidized. Illegal drug deaths are around 3,000. Marijuana-----0.
Yet marijuana arrests make up 75% of the drug war's efforts.
Since the budget for the war on drugs is now over $13 billion and the drug-war industry is worth over $50 billion annually, and since 75% of the drug war's budget goes to what is, essentially, a harmless weed; how long do you think it'll take before marijuana is decriminalized and removed from prosecution?
How long will it take before the positive studies done on its use (suppressed during both the Nixon and Reagan Administrations) are released to the public?
And how long before we can expect hemp fiber to be grown in the US to replace the more toxic and dioxin-polluting paper products created by the timber and paper industries, or hemp seed oil used in place of polluting petrochemicals in the production of plastics and related products?
How soon before the $300 billion dollar pharmaceutical industry relinquishes 3% of its profits to allow for medical marijuana?
Don't hold your breath.
Pay attention. This is why marijuana is illegal; Republican and corporate greed--now there's the addiction.
Let's have a toast to all those greedy repubs who would rather clear-cut 500 year old trees to make their toilet paper while they light up their fatties with $100 bills. I hope they gag on it. If there were true justice in the world they would be jailed and their assets confiscated.
-- by greg thurwell
9:00:46 AM 
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