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Prop 19: Amsterdam Psychiatrist Blasts US Drug Czars for Distortions, Fear-Mongering
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| Friday, September 3, 2010
| Dr. Frederik Polak
Posted on 10/25/2010 4:09:48 AM PDT by KDD
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Editors note: On 25 August 2010, the Los Angeles Times published an open editorial written by 6 former US drug czars referring to cannabis policies in the Netherlands. On 2 September 2010, ENCOD president Fredrick Polak sent the following open letter to the LA Times.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:09:51 AM PDT
by
KDD
To: KDD
Most outrageously, the drug czars ignore the well known and undisputed statistics that show that Dutch use of cannabis remains about half that of the US and is comparable to or less than use in our neighboring countries with more repressive policies. Moreover, Dutch heroin use rates are also less than half of US rates. We attribute that fact to what we call the separation of the markets for hard and soft drugs.
Hahaha
Is that why the usage of marijuana and Heroin are different in the Netherlands compared to the United States?
Can you think of any other difference between America and the Netherlands?
As always, the elephant in the room remains unmentioned
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:28:50 AM PDT
by
DontTreadOnMe2009
(So stop treading on me already!)
To: KDD
Ha. I suppose if there’s a silver lining to the American collapse it’s that other nations no longer do the Drug War dance when the U.S. calls the tune.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:44:11 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: DontTreadOnMe2009
the elephant in the room remains unmentioned
Yup.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:52:15 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: DontTreadOnMe2009
Can you think of any other difference between America and the Netherlands?Hot chicks.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:52:55 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
To: DontTreadOnMe2009
Can you think of any other difference between America and the Netherlands?Hot chicks.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:53:01 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
To: samtheman
the elephant in the room remains unmentioned
Yup.The hot chicks are not elephants.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:53:45 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
To: Wolfie
A silver lining in the American collapse?
Nice.
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posted on
10/25/2010 4:54:14 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: DontTreadOnMe2009
Is the “elephant in the room” the fact that US drug policy is bought and paid for by billionaire criminals?
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:03:03 AM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
To: headsonpikes
Kinda like George Soros owns the pro legalization groups.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:15:15 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: KDD
There is a tradition of lies being told by US officials...
"Reefer Madness" is still alive and well in the US.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:16:22 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: DontTreadOnMe2009
As always, the elephant in the room remains unmentioned
Do you mean the fact that lawyers are the biggest lobby for keeping pot on the black markets?
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:17:25 AM PDT
by
Lysander
(Don't stand where I told you to stand. Stand where I told you to stand.)
To: KDD
Prop 19 is nothing more than a get-out-the-vote scam for Boxer and Jerry Brown.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:22:12 AM PDT
by
Future Useless Eater
(Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
To: KDD
. . .because we should all want to emulate the Dutch.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:25:44 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Future Useless Eater
And lets not forget the growth of unions.
My idiot neice went to California to pick “needed medicinal herbs for the poor oppressed suffering people”. Inside of two weeks she was repeating the pro union mantra about protection from prosecution, job creation and, benefits. Now I see that she’s posting on Facebook that we need to subsidize marijuana for the poor whether they call it medicinal of not.
The admitted funding sources of the drug policy alliance.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/jobsfunding/grants/otheropps/
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:37:09 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: headsonpikes
Is the elephant in the room the fact that US drug policy is bought and paid for by billionaire criminals? More appropriately: Is the elephant in the room the fact that US drug policy is bought and paid for by billionaire criminal trial lawyers fully supported by laws made by Congress and upheld by a corrupt Judiciary, both of whom are supported by massive political donations by trial lawyer lobbyists? That elephant?
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:40:37 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
To: Future Useless Eater
Though remember, voters here passed Prop 8 (NO gay marriage) until it was snatched up by the courts.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:44:21 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: cripplecreek
Kinda like George Soros owns the pro legalization groups.And knowing that these groups/financiers want to own and run Medical Marijuana Dispensaries means nothing to you?
They're not in the movement for the rights of the individual or the unconstitutional manner of prohibition, they're in it for the potential profit.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:49:41 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: KDD
IMO, for the USA, legalize it. Control manufacturing, growth, sale and distribution and tax it.
The WOD is an abysmal failure. I spent a number of years on the 'front lines' of it and speak from 1st hand observation.
And no, I am not a user of illegal drugs.
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posted on
10/25/2010 5:59:02 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus - Domari Nolo)
To: Tainan
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posted on
10/25/2010 6:03:01 AM PDT
by
KDD
(When the government boot is on your neck, it matters not whether it is the right boot or the left.)
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