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  Richard Lake 7:58 am on May 29, 2010 Permalink  

  Step Close To Subjugation 

  LETTER OF THE WEEK

  STEP CLOSE TO SUBJUGATION

  I am appalled at the decision to extradite Marc Emery on May 10 for clearly political reasons, despite the move directly violating Canada’s extradition treaty with the United States which states that no citizen may be extradited for a political crime.

  On the day of Emery’s arrest, the U.S.  Drug Enforcement Agency released a statement that confirmed that the extradition was politically motivated.

  It’s clearly targeted at the rapidly growing marijuana legalization movement in both Canada and the U.S.

  Since Emery has tirelessly crusaded for years to legalize this harmless substance, he’s an obvious target for the wasteful and futile American “war on drugs.”

  He is only one of thousands of people out there selling seeds in the U.S., Holland and Britain, yet those parties are not being prosecuted.

  Emery was chosen because he is an extremely influential leader in the legalization movement.

  Never have I been more ashamed of the Canadian government, which bowed down and gave away one of our citizens for a five-year sentence for what would merit a $500-fine in our own country.

  We truly have given away our sovereignty in giving away Emery, and are that much closer to becoming politically subjugated to the U.S.

  Tony C. Quick

  Saskatoon

  Pubdate: Thu, 20 May 2010

  Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN)

   
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  Matt 10:32 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink  

  Reining in SWAT — Towards Effective Oversight of Paramilitary 

  Feature: Reining in SWAT — Towards Effective Oversight of Paramilitary

  from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #634, 5/28/10

  As is periodically the case, law enforcement SWAT teams have once again
  come under the harsh gaze of a public outraged and puzzled by their
  excesses. First, it was the February SWAT raid on a Columbia, Missouri,
  home where police shot two dogs, killing one, as the suspect, his wife,
  and young son cowered. Police said they were looking for a dealer-sized
  stash of marijuana, but found only a pipe with residues. When police
  video of that raid hit the Internet and went viral this month, the
  public anger was palpable, especially in Columbia.

  • URL: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/634/reining_in_SWAT
   
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  Matt 9:47 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink  

  Teachers Suspended for Screening MPP-Funded Film on Constitutional 

  Two high-school teachers in Norfolk, Virginia have been placed on paid
  administrative leave because a parent objected to them handing out a
  one-page flier and showing a film, both about constitutional rights, to
  a 12th grade government class.

  • URL: http://mapinc.org/url/7aDh6OTi
   
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  Matt 9:43 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink  

  Latest Research On Pot and Schizophrenia Runs Contrary to Mainstream Media Hype

  The mainstream media loves to spill ink hyping the allegation that marijuana causes mental illness, particularly schizophrenia. In fact, it was in March when international media outlets declared that cannabis use ‘doubled’ one’s risk of developing the disease. Yet when research appears in scientific journals rebuking just this sort of ‘reefer
  madness,’ it generally goes [...]

  • URL: http://mapinc.org/url/QdmeuuJU
   
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  Matt 9:39 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink  

  All of Us Use Drugs, But Only Some of Us Go to Jail 

  By Tony Newman, AlterNet

  Despite a $40 billion a year “war on drugs” that is premised on the goal of creating a “drug-free society,” our country is swimming in drugs.

  • URL: http://www.alternet.org/story/146971/
   
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  Matt 9:38 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink  

  How LSD Destroyed God’s (and Dad’s) Rigid Authority and Ended the Dull 1950s

  By John Perry Barlow, Brain Waving

  The following is adapted from the Foreword to Birth of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties, by Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner with Gary Bravo, from Synergetic Press.

  • URL: http://www.alternet.org/story/146942/
   
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  Matt 9:36 am on May 28, 2010 Permalink  

  With Majorities Supporting CA’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative … 

  Less than six months from election day, the CA initiative to legalize marijuana has the support of half the voters, according to two polls

  By Phillip S. Smith

  • URL: http://mapinc.org/url/PUsPxXzQ
   
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  Stephen Young 1:18 pm on May 27, 2010 Permalink  

  Former Boy Scouts killed in border drug war 

  There’s so many gruesome and tragic stories about violence along the U.S.-Mexico border related to the drug war lately that it’s hard not to become desensitized.

  However, this story from the El Paso Times about a young U.S. citizen and his friend being gunned down in Juarez, Mexico regardless of their apparent clean living, is a reminder of how bad it is.

  Family members, who held his funeral Tuesday, said they did not know the reason behind the attack.  News reports said the two men were coming from a boy scout camp before they were gunned down.

   
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  Richard Lake 6:51 am on May 22, 2010 Permalink  

  War on Drugs Deadly 

  LETTER OF THE WEEK

  WAR ON DRUGS DEADLY

  Re: Just another casualty in the criminal war on drugs, May 12.

  I appreciate that there are some who will actually write articles like Dan Gardner’s column stating the sad truth.  The war on drugs is offensively expensive, deadly, and extremely misdirected.

  The horrible truth is that the criminals who control much of our societies today have all the power on the creation, sale and terror related to the use of illegal drugs.  Giving government the ability to legally control the creation and safe distribution of drugs would take an enormous amount of power away from gangs and huge organizations that regularly terrorize people of all ages and walks of life.  Yes, drugs are dangerous, but they create much more danger in the hands of gangs and drug cartels.  They cannot be all jailed and will always create more drugs because it is an incredibly lucrative business and they, essentially, control the world!

  Your children and mine will always be in danger of those who will take advantage of and exploit the fact that drugs are illegal and happily enjoy the profits.  When will government wake up, take the power back and change this world?

  Jessie Gogan, Ottawa

  Pubdate: Sat, 15 May 2010

  Source: Ottawa Citizen ( CN ON )

  Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n358/a03.html

   
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  Richard Lake 6:26 am on May 21, 2010 Permalink  

  Petitioners Seek Medical Marijuana Outlets 

  Pubdate: Fri, 21 May 2010
  Source: Statesman Journal (Salem, OR)
  Copyright: 2010 Statesman Journal
  Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/QEzJupzz
  Authors: Stacey Barchenger and Peter Wong, Statesman Journal
  Cited: Voter Power http://voterpower.org/
  Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.)

  PETITIONERS SEEK MEDICAL MARIJUANA OUTLETS

  Ballot Measure Would Let the State License Dispensaries for the Drug

  Advocates of medical marijuana on Thursday submitted 110,000 signatures, more than the amount required, for a ballot measure to allow state-licensed pot dispensaries in Oregon.

  The proposed measure would not change the medical conditions under the law for which medical marijuana may be used.

  If such a measure ever becomes law, Oregon would join California and a few other states that allow dispensaries.  But supporters of the measure argue that reported problems with dispensaries in California are precisely what the Oregon measure is trying to avoid.  And one marijuana reform-minded group says it will remain neutral on the issue.

  Continues: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n374.a15.html