'Demon drug' propaganda doesn't cut it anymore

The Providence Journal ^ | May 10, 2006 | Froma Harrop

[rhombus]

Great! Another WOD thread. I'm getting bored with the immigration threads.

[bassmaner]

WOD bump

[Gay State Conservative]

A Google search of "Froma Harrop" makes clear that she's a proud member of the Fellow traveler's Club.

[mlc9852]

Well, there's always the evolution threads for real entertainment.

[William Terrell]

It's interesting that many of the same people that support the war of drugs support letting illegal aliens invade our country.

Go figure.

[rhombus]

Well, there's always the evolution threads for real entertainment.

Have you ever tried a neo-Confederate "I hate Lincoln" threads. Those are a real hoot.

[bassmaner]

The Bush administration isn't going to last forever, nor is the patience of Americans paying for and suffering under the ludicrous war on marijuana.

As did the Clinton, Bush-41, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, and (ta-da) Roosevelt administrations.

As ludicrous as the continued war on pot is, its 69-year history cannot be placed solely at the feet of the current presidential administration. IIRC, it was a Democrat (FDR) in the White House when Bureau of Narcotics chief Harry Anslinger testified before Congress about how cannibis (a long accepted part of the physicians' pharmacopia until 1937) made white women have sex with black jazz musicians.

[bassmaner]

It's interesting that many of the same people that support the war of drugs support letting illegal aliens invade our country.

Very interesting and timely observation. And very indicative of the Democrat party line.

The reverse needs to happen: weed - si, wetbacks, no!

[rhombus]

As did the Clinton, Bush-41, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, and (ta-da) Roosevelt administrations. As ludicrous as the continued war on pot is, its 69-year history cannot be placed solely at the feet of the current presidential administration. IIRC, it was a Democrat (FDR) in the White House when Bureau of Narcotics chief Harry Anslinger testified before Congress about how cannibis (a long accepted part of the physicians' pharmacopia until 1937) made white women have sex with black jazz musicians.

Agreed. Next they will be blaming Bush for the weather...oh...never mind.

[Fighting Irish]

[rhombus]

The reverse needs to happen: weed - si, wetbacks, no!

No way. We don't need their stinking weed. We can grow our own.

[ncountylee]

relief of nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.

When I was going through chemotherapy, my oncologist informed me of this use and was not judgmental..

[Hemingway's Ghost]

If everyone would just mail their pot to me, I'd keep it locked up in a safe location, and bang, our nation's drug problem would be over. We'd need no War on Drugs.

[dhs12345]

If we can't or won't control illegal immigration then how can we expect to control illegal drugs. Bet that illegal drugs are being carried by illegal immigrants crossing the borders.

[ccmay]

The taxpayers spend almost $8 billion a year enforcing the ban on marijuana... State and local governments consume about $5 billion of the total... The war on pot fills our jails.

Say no more, that's the key to the whole question. Marijuana would already be legal if not for the fact that hundreds of thousands of cops, prison guards, bureaucrats, judges and lawyers derive their livelihood from keeping it illegal. Jobs for the boys.

-ccm

[mlc9852]

LOL - have never seen one of those threads but I'll keep a lookout. Sounds like fun.

[Wolfie]

Wake and Bake!

[Hawthorn]

William Terrell wrote:

> It's interesting that many of the same people that support the war of drugs support letting illegal aliens invade our country. <

Yeah, sure.

For example, William F. Buckley and all those pro-illegal-immigration ideologues at the National Review. Not to mention the notorious left-wing economists Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams. Or the socialist former Secretary of State, George Schultz.

[rhombus]

If we can't or won't control illegal immigration then how can we expect to control illegal drugs. Bet that illegal drugs are being carried by illegal immigrants crossing the borders.

No doubt lots is carried across the border. I doubt these people would be considered "immigrants" though. More likely just import/export traders. Smoking domestic, could reduce that trade.