Archive for 'Drug War'
Mexican Amsterdam Sounds Like Paradise to Me
Scott Morgan brings up an interesting point in the article below about Mexico’s recent flirtation with the idea of legalizing marijuana.
Full StoryOpen Letter to the President Concerning the Legalization of Marijuana
The report shows that marijuana legalization — replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation — would save $7.7 billion per year in state and federal expenditures on prohibition enforcement and produce tax revenues of at least $2.4 billion annually if marijuana were taxed like most consumer goods.
Full StoryMarijuana Quote Archive
These are my personal favorites and there are many many more that just haven’t come to mind yet. Readers, please leave me a message should you have your own quotes to add to the list.
Full StoryMarijuana Advocate Irv Rosenfeld: Preaching to the Choir
Irvin Rosenfeld is the longest surviving federal medical marijuana patient in the United States. He is also a stockbroker (all of his superiors, co-workers and clients are aware of this). He smokes 10-12 joints a day without any adverse affects.
Full Story871,721…What a Ridiculous Number
Luckily for me, I’ve never been “convicted” of possession of marijuana. However, nearly a million people were less fortunate than I in the year 2007. Imagine what that figure would look like if they caught all of us “users.” I’ve probably smoked 5 days a week since 2001. That’s a shitload of potential busts I’ve managed to avoid. I hope some of the readers are knocking on wood for me, but hopefully the US will have a complete overhaul to current drug policies sometime in the near future. Anyone else not holding their breath?
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