This Just In!!! "War" on drugs losing ground....

[westybosm]

The Nation Magazine - August 18, 2003 issue

The Drug War Goes Up in Smoke

by Sasha Abramsky

The war on terror may be too new to declare victory or defeat. But this
nation has been fighting a war on drugs for more than a quarter-century,
ever since New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller mandated harsh drug
sentencing in 1973 -- and it may be time to announce that this is one war
we've lost. More than a million people are serving time in our prisons and
jails for nonviolent offenses, most drug-related, at a cost to the public of
some $9.4 billion a year. Many billions more are spent by the states and the
federal government on drug interdiction, drug-law enforcement and drug
prosecutions. Harsh laws that require lengthy minimum sentences for the
possession of even small amounts of drugs have created a boom in the
incarceration of women, tearing mothers away from their children. Much of
the country's costly foreign-policy commitments -- especially in Latin
America and the Caribbean -- are determined by drug-war priorities. And yet
drug use has actually soared, with twice as many teenagers reporting illegal
drug use in 2000 as in 1992.

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Tom Murlowski
The November Coalition
"It's not a war on drugs; it's a war on people!"

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[HONEY]

Whew, 10 minutes later.

Thank you for posting.

HONEY

[Djo]

I have read before about how the Rockefeller family for years has been one of the biggest owners and controllers of the pharmaceutical industry as a whole, so the statement is interesting that was printed in this article:

The war on terror may be too new to declare victory or defeat. But this
nation has been fighting a war on drugs for more than a quarter-century,
ever since New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller mandated harsh drug
sentencing in 1973 -- and it may be time to announce that this is one war
we've lost.

[AngieGurl]

its ashame and something needs to be done....seems to me most people in jail are in there for drug realated crimes.....shouldnt this raise a red flag ???

[diceswife]

Go to fedcure.org and sign the petition in support of the barber amendment.

[dave v]

the war on drugs very funny i did 3 small bits for drugs 2 for pot and 1 for 1 pain pill yes 1 its a complete joke and medical weed well i live in nevada were if you get a script and i cant because of my past and trust me i qualify medically but if your an 75 yr old person with cancer you must grow it yourself after kemo and radiation im sure you feel like working on that i myself cant change that but with help from others maybe we can change things also im into real estate and in southern nv we have tremendous deals so if anyone wants to invest or knows someone let me know (removed per policy; please contact member via pm system) but the most important thing here is the phoney war on drugs no one and i mean no one should be in jail for drugs there here not going nowhere we must deal with this differtly like maybe rehabs on every other corner like bars if anyone has ideas get in touch dave v