This is my first post here and when it said exerpt I gave it the first paragraph. That being said, I thought this a very interesting piece because it shows again how rabid the United States is about dictating policy to the rest of the world. CEDRO also has several top quality articles on prohibition.
Alternet had a couple of articles about the DEA turning 30 and the article at
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16296 had the following one sentence paragraph- "So our anti-drug crusade can be expected to continue pretty much as usual – as perhaps the cruelest, most spectacular policy failure in the history of the republic."
I am interested mostly in the cannabis perspective because it is so revealing of what is happening in America and shows beyond any doubt that the government not only lies but depends on lies and also the power of the lies in gaining acceptance. Anyway, CEDRO also had a great article talking about prohibition as a church-
http://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/cohen.church.html I do not want to say Richard Cowan drew from this work, but one of the best pieces of the year concerning the WOSD was written by him at
http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=659 where he talks about cannabis prohibitionists as a cult. It is excellent.
So in addition to submitting an article I wanted to present the CEDRO website. The exciting events of Canada as seen through a cannabis perspective are electric right now as the July 9th deadline to produce a working MMJ program will not be met.The May 16th ruling that certainly struck down possession laws of 30 grams or less in Ontario and probably ended prohibition laws on cultivation as well, will certainly be dead on July 9th.
One thing is for sure, not everyone can agree on anything, much less everything. But the reason I am in the Smokey Back Room is the advance the idea of developing a cannabis perspective. And yes, I look at prohibitionists as some kind of fruitloop cult because of my cannabis perspective.
But the reason I am in the Smokey Back Room is the advance the idea of developing a cannabis perspective. IMHO, you should not post directly to the Backroom but to News/Activism, where you'll reach a wider audience.
when it said exerpt I gave it the first paragraph.Don't check the excerpt box, and post the whole thing. If the URL belongs to someone who has asked FR not to allow entire articles to be posted, the posting page will automatically let you know.