Posted on 05/11/2014 8:29:01 PM PDT by mgist
How The One Percent Will Legalize Marijuana BY MIKE ADAMS · FRI FEB 21, 2014
The federal government, along with anti-drug groups, would like to paint a portrait for the American public that stoned supporters of the legalized marijuana movement are all saggy-pant thugs and unemployed hippies -- nothing could be further from the truth.
The fact is there are some very wealthy and influential people out there are working the system in an effort to legalize the leaf. People with LOTS of money have swooped in like stoner superheroes and written fat checks so that America can finally be rid of this pesky prohibition business.
One of the largest financial supporters of the marijuana legalization movement is George Soros, the billionaire pro-pot advocate who has donated millions of dollars to ensure weed enthusiast can chief the reefer without being harassed by the police.
“Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good… Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually. It also would reduce the crime, violence and corruption associated with drug markets, and the violations of civil liberties and human rights that occur when large numbers of otherwise law-abiding citizens are subject to arrest. Police could focus on serious crime instead,” Soros wrote in a 2010 opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal.
Google billionaire Paul Buchheit has supported some of the same campaigns as Soros, donating more than $100,000 to California’s failed Proposition 19 back in 2010. Facebook forefathers Sean Parker and Dustin Moskovitz, along with Men’s Wearhouse founder George Zimmer also contributed green to legalize weed in California, donating $170,000 and $2 million, respectively.
The Marijuana Policy Project, whose board consists of a laundry list of celebrities like comedian Bill Maher, punk rock legend Jello Biafra, actor Jack Black, and comedian Tommy Chong, were responsible for funding 36 percent of the organization’s funding in 2012, according to the MMP’s financial report. Those donations accounted for 1,312,500 of the foundation’s total 2012 revenue of $3,569,899.
Another organization proving the influence behind the strength of marijuana reform is NORML, a 40-year-old outfit dedicated to changing public opinions of marijuana and legalizing it across the nation. Recently, the group organized a boycott against Kellogg’s when the company decided to sever their endorsement with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps after photos of the swimmer smoking marijuana came into the public eye. NORML was able to twist the arm of the billion-dollar company and get them to reinstate sponsorships.
Recent reports show that many political candidates are receiving support from weed-friendly contributors. In fact, an article published on OpenSecrets notes that the Marijuana Policy Project “is also the top organization lobbying on the issue, with more than 72 marijuana mentions in filings since 2006,” supporting four senatorial campaigns in 2010 and several Democratic House races.
Your turn! It takes a lot of money to finance a successful campaign, and small donations made to your local pot-friendly political candidates are very important. In fact, just this week, I donated a whopping $4.20 to Bill Levin for Indiana State Representative District 96 in 2014. The figure seemed appropriate.
We must protect our country from us.
Wrong. Governments are not instituted among men to protect us from ourselves. If we aren’t worthy then the State cannot make us worthy.
That’s all we need more soma laden slugs
I don’t think anyone is arguing that drugs are good, The question is is giving the state more power the solution? When has the state fixed anything? The history is they make everything worse.
“As long as pot makes one high the Public won’t want their surgeons, bus drivers and baby sitters smoking pot before & during their job. Legalizing it won’t make it normal.”
I have a mysterious pain in my abdomen. Tests are in progress. The doctor gave me oxycodone. I’m pretty loopy from it.
Good thing I’m not a surgeon, bus driver, or baby sitter.
The thing that pills and pot have in common is that you don’t reek, as you do from bourbon. Personal responsibility is the only thing that’s going to have an effect on surgeons’ cutting while under the influence.
The problem with Drug Legalization is that in this current state it is infeasible as the druggies never have to pay for their consequences.
You can have legalized Drugs as long as you don;t have a welfare state.
A welfare state only encourages drug usage since the nanny state will always be there to pick the druggie up before they ever reach rock bottom. So they will never reach rock bottom and always be addicts...
And legalizing pot won’t make it normal. Some businesses will still test for pot.
So you destroy lives through legislation and state power to save them? Nixon would be proud. Freedom must only apply to what the state allows. Guns, booze, prescription drugs, and junk food. I hope you are proud of the America you and your fellow prison pimps have created. America, number one jailer world wide amongst industrialized nations. Are you proud of what your ideas and policies have created because you have failed this nation, destroyed lives, eroded freedom, and enabled the federal police state. Responsibility lies at your foot. Will you do the honorable thing and take ownership or will you howl continue to put your head in the dirt, hiding from reality worse than any dope fiend. Your drug is denial. Maybe we should criminalize that, lock you up, and strip your rights so you can understand the depth of your own moral failure. When the law becomes more destructive than the behavior you have outlawed, surely then you will admit failure.
“And legalizing pot won’t make it normal. Some businesses will still test for pot.”
That’s their prerogative. However, the way they do it now is rather like firing somebody for having two beers once a month.
When Americans go to War we do not Cut & Run.
That goes for the war against the Imperial Japanese and the Nazis as well as the Cold War against the Soviet Communists.
But, none of those enemies ever invaded America, but we cannot not say that we have not been invaded by the drug lords of Colombia, Mexico, or Afghanistan. In fact, they have be invading our nation for years and they are attacking our children.
One day some of the rougher kids in your neighborhood may try some pot and even offer it to our very own children and before you know it, these kids are slaves to the addiction of marijuana and search for a bigger high and may even try cocaine or heroin.
At that point, the War on Drugs has failed and if we give up on the War on Drugs, we lose.
Our only answer is stricter legal penalties against the drug user and maybe that will prevent your child from experimenting with drugs smuggled in by the Drug Lords.
“So, you have absolutely no problem with home-grown marijuana? Well, that’s a relief!”
The home-grown marijuana is akin to the homemade socialist who fester in out public universities and entice our young minds to turn to socialism and advocate the destruction of our nations’ wealth by instituting more and more social programs.
For pot use? From what I hear the pot high lingers in the body. I could be wrong about that.
With the litigation happy society, I don’t blame businesses for being cautious about keeping an employee failing a drug test.
Nah. Fifty years of spectator sports and the worship of jock faggots killed our civilization.
The drugging is just the final stage of hospice care to numb the pain of passing into the New Dark Age.
Addiction, to pot? Surely you jest.
Like making it legal will all of a sudden make everyone smoke it. Give me a break.
Alcohol’s legal, everyone doesn’t drink.
High Powered LSD
If you had ever taken any...you’d know how silly that sounded
The current laws on pot do serve to reduce the number of people who smoke pot.
Those like George Soros and the liberals who want to legalize pot also advocate increased taxes on the American people.
“With the litigation happy society, I don’t blame businesses for being cautious about keeping an employee failing a drug test.”
I agree. The thing is, many businesses don’t want to hire someone who is the kind of person who smokes pot at all. Again, their right. They don’t care if the employee is impaired on the job; they don’t want him if he *ever* smokes.
The only problem I have with this is the duplicity of claiming that it’s a matter of safety, when it is really a combination of exposure to lawsuits and a moral judgment.
And yet again, that is the employer’s right.
“With the litigation happy society, I don’t blame businesses for being cautious about keeping an employee failing a drug test.”
I agree. The thing is, many businesses don’t want to hire someone who is the kind of person who smokes pot at all. Again, their right. They don’t care if the employee is impaired on the job; they don’t want him if he *ever* smokes.
The only problem I have with this is the duplicity of claiming that it’s a matter of safety, when it is really a combination of exposure to lawsuits and a moral judgment.
And yet again, that is the employer’s right.
“So even the governments which think they will benefit from additional revenue will find the downside potential is far greater than the upside.”
Sure. Why would a person go into a retail store and pay taxes when he can go black market and avoid them? It is my understanding that when you go buy pot at a retail store in Colorado, they take down your name and personal information.
Who would want to get into that system?
Legalization would only impact the black market if they had better product at lower prices, and that is *never* going to happen.
“But not alcohol or tobacco... What justification is there for differentiating?”
Between booze and heroin? Booze and meth?
You must be joking.
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