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Iflyfish
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Having worked in both Corrections and Mental Health it is gratifying for me to again here clear discussion of this issue. The USofA was on the verge
of legalizing the use of Marijuana till Nixon and Agnew got together and decided that the best way to get re elected was to mobilize the "silent
majority" and marginalize the "hippies" by demonizing their drug of choice.
Thus started the multi billion dollar boondoggle called "The War on Drugs". It appears that the USofA likes a good war. There is ample profit in it
for those involved in promoting it, see the bottom line for Haliburton, Kellog Root and Brown, Becktel to name a few.
We all pay for this folly. We all need to assess in our own lives what role alcohol and other drugs are going to play. Are we going to worship at that
alter each day or spend what time we have in other pursuits.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Iflyfish
Thus started the multi billion dollar boondoggle called "The War on Drugs". It appears that the USofA likes a good war. There is ample profit in it
for those involved in promoting it, s
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Wars do NOT solve problems... they only promote more violence ............ And we all
know that the billions of dollars spent on this foolish enterprise is not the solution to the "problem" ..... This only enriches the drug cartels and
the police cartels ! CaboRon
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jerry
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what you been smoking??
jerry and judi
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CaboRon
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So far nothing has worked. Would it be that stay at home mom's might help? |
Ah, now you are
getting close to something here..... Families and their support.... Quite frankly too many role models are out "making a living" instead of
spending time with their kids. And , dads your sons need you as a role model, it you don't spend time with your kids.... OTHERS WILL .
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Cypress
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grover, Saw the same commercial and agree with you 100%. Pot puts folks in a
holding pattern, and the circle gets smaller and smaller.
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Lee
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Just have to throw this in....
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
grover, Saw the same commercial and agree with you 100%.Pot puts folks in a
holding pattern, and the circle gets smaller and smaller.
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It's not pot, it's the abuse of pot.
And, no, pot doesn't lead to hard drugs.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
It's not pot, it's the abuse of pot.
And, no, pot doesn't lead to hard drugs.
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amir
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Tobacco is a drug (well, at least the manufactured commercial cigarette). And more addictive than heroin. And it's legal. And the government makes
tons of money on special taxes on tobacco products. There is great profit in smuggling cigarettes all over the world.
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grover
Could this be what I was refering to as Mantra's all those months ago......
"And then there is almost as large a subgroup who expend enormous energy denying it."
OH! I see where the Romans have tested the air above Rome and figured that there is 20 tons of cocaine floating about...........When I kidded my
youngest daughter, who had just returned from Europe, about now I understood what she loved about Rome.................Her reply was a
killer...."Dad, the only thing I smelled in Europe was body odor."
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Unless you're Bill Clinton
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It's not pot, it's the abuse of pot.
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OK...Would we all agree that alcohol abuse is drinking to excess...as in getting drunk?
So tell me...Just how does one not abuse pot? 
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It Leads To The Man
I believe it was in 1975; I was doing sound for Sunny Terry & Brownie Magee at the Boarding House in San Francisco. Sunny turned 70 that week.
These two blues greats are no longer with us, however Sunny left me with something interesting to think about ..... and I believe he was right on
He said " Pot doesn't lead to hard drugs, but it does lead you to the man" .... Making this herb illegal has drawn to many young people into
the dark world of dealers who would exploit anyone with an addictive personality. CaboRon
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