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To: shibumi; DiogenesLamp; Shout Bits; tacticalogic; AlmaKing
"Just a guess here, but I don’t think you’re going to find a highly receptive audience on this forum for your pro-drug agenda, no matter how you couch it Constitutional rhetoric."

It's 'pro-freedom' to be against the pointless War on [Some] Drugs. The anti-drug illusion is a scam to scare people into handing over their liberties.

You see, the only way to create an illusion of control over drug use in a somewhat free society was to severely punish the very few users that got caught. Also, it helped to automatically turn possession of multiple doses into "dealing".

We now have corrupt ‘magic object’ drug laws where a tiny palm-able package planted on a citizen with NO other evidence at all can lead to mandatory jail time and/or seizure of all the citizen's property for supposed "dealing". It happens ALL the time and I speak out about this because it happened to one of my best friends. It ruined his life and the corrupt cop was finally caught years later.

Here is just one example that was all but censored in the corrupt US media. This scum didn't do a single day in jail because he threatened to bring down the whole NYPD: “[Judge] Reichbach called [ex-NYPD Detective] Arbeeny’s behaviour ‘not only reprehensible abuse of trust and authority but the corruption of the entire criminal justice system.”

I agree that abuse of truly addictive and toxic substances can be very damaging to individuals and those close to them. However, we have to look at the big picture before giving our rights away for a fruitless corrupt war that only serves to funnel money into the 'right' pockets.

The War on [SOME] Drugs is yet another corrupt government money-funneling operation. After 40 years and constant increases in spending, drug abuse has not decreased at all. Just open your eyes:

-IF drug prohibition was about keeping toxic, addictive substances from people, why is alcohol sold as easily as candy to anyone over 21? It is 100% medical fact that it rots every organ of the body starting with the liver and brain. It is 100% medical fact that alcohol is so addictive that you can DIE from the withdrawal.

-The true drug cartels sit in beautiful corporate offices, bribe doctors with perks and pretty “sales reps” and they ship entire WAREHOUSES full of toxic/addictive drugs. All the top US pharmaceutical companies sell drugs that act identically and are just as dangerous as the street drugs they have replaced:

*Heroin – Sold pure as Diamorphine. Countless synthetic derivatives such as OxyContin, Percocet, Fentanyl (considered 5-10 times stronger than natural heroin!). Many can be crushed and injected, just like heroin.
*Cocaine – Procaine, some amphetamines affect the brain almost identically- Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta. Pure Cocaine is also manufactured as an anesthetic.
*Meth - Pure Methamphetamine is sold under the brand name Desoxyn and is even approved for children.
*Hallucinogens – Hypnotic/psychotropic drugs like Ambien, Seroquel and a countless array of various “anti-psychotics”.
*Entirely new classes of addictive toxic drugs that didn’t exist in nature - Most notably benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanax.

Since 2008, the number of addicts and injuries from Rx Opiates alone has exceeded that of every illegal drug combined! That is only the Rx opiates – not the amphetamines, not the muscle relaxants, not the psychotropics, not the hypnotics, not the benzos, etc. Don’t you see how most famous addicts now die from prescription drugs and not illegal ones? Big Pharma is now the top dealer and the WOD storm troopers are their enforcers.

If you want to see just some of the people big Pharma is destroying go to any shady pharmacy or ‘pain clinic’ about an hour before opening time. Ghost-white silent people sweating, shaking, standing in any weather while watching the seconds tick down until their fix. Then there are those that can't even leave their homes. They get their Rx dope delivered and often paid for by taxpayers. The Bob Marley listening stoners hanging out in front of pot shops are nothing in comparison.

The drug industry propaganda is quite good - Think about how many people out there would jail someone for growing a pot plant yet think nothing of the drug companies FORCIBLY DRUGGING OUR YOUNG CHILDREN in school with amphetamines and making them future addicts for LIFE...

79 posted on 07/30/2012 2:16:19 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: varyouga
It's 'pro-freedom' to be against the pointless War on [Some] Drugs. The anti-drug illusion is a scam to scare people into handing over their liberties.

I disagree that the War on Drugs is a scam. It has produced very beneficial and positive results. In 1900, the addiction rate was something like ~2%. Today, the addiction rate is still around just ~2%. The natural progression of drug addiction without interdiction is a an exponential function that looks like this:

Chests of Opium imported into China

China is an example of what happens when you allow drugs to be legalized in your country. America is an example of what happens when you don't. The Fact that we have held the addiction rate down to ~2% demonstrates that our efforts have been a great success. Had we not waged a war on drugs, our addiction rate would very likely be in the +30% range by now.


96 posted on 07/30/2012 2:51:30 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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