CALIFORNIA -- The White House is so concerned about the connection
between drugs and terrorism that it spent a record $3.4 million for two
Super Bowl spots that will say buying illegal drugs could help
terrorists like Osama Bin Laden.
Now the American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is asking its
California members to join the fight against international terrorism by
growing 'Cannabis Victory Gardens.'
The Super Bowl ads are part of a campaign that President Bush launched
himself last month, when he told an anti-drug group: "Terrorists use
drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit
drugs, you join the fight against terror in America."
"If illegal drug dealing supports terrorism, then growing our own
medical marijuana is clearly the best way to fight terrorism," asserted
Steve Kubby, the founder and national spokesman for AMMA, the largest
organization of its kind in the country.
"Most medical cannabis patients do not have the option of quitting the
one medicine that works best for them, but they can still do their part
in the War on Terrorism by planting Cannabis Victory Gardens."
"We are telling our California patients that like the Victory Gardens
of WW II, patients and caregivers can contribute to the war effort by
exercising their legal right to grow their own safe and affordable
medicine and not supporting criminals or terrorists," said Kubby
In 1996, California became the first and only state that allows
patients and caregivers to legally cultivate unlimited amounts of
cannabis, so long as none is "diverted to non-medical use." Other
states all have strict limits and AMMA said it is not advocating
Victory Gardens outside of California.
"My own right to grow a cannabis garden of 256 plants was upheld by a
jury in one of the most conservative counties in California, so we
think that is a good standard for how large these Victory Gardens
should be," said Kubby.
Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Oakland CBC, a non-profit
patient coop, was distributing marijuana in violation of federal drug
laws. The high court ruled that the so-called "medical necessity
defense" was at odds with a 1970 federal law that marijuana, heroin and
LSD have no medical benefits and cannot be dispensed or prescribed by
doctors.
But Justice Clarence Thomas noted that important constitutional
questions remained, such as Congress' ability to interfere with
intrastate commerce, the right of states to experiment with their own
laws and whether Americans have a fundamental right to marijuana as a
way to be free of pain.
The Oakland CBC is currently back in federal district court, with new
arguments based upon intrastate commerce and state's rights, asserting
that Californians have every right to pass a medical marijuana law and
patients have every right not to be harassed by the federal government.
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 22:20:25 -0800
From: "D. Paul Stanford" {stanford@crrh.org}
Subject: Deliberate lie from media??
From: "JT Barrie" {rimchamp77@onebox.com}
The so called "study" that showed "marked increases in drug use" in
states with more liberal drug laws is in fact an outright lie. At best
it is a deliberate attempt to mislead. Even my harshest critics concede
me the fact that if we stopped jailing primarily low income people for
use and possession it would not encourage anyone presently not using
recreational drugs or not seriously considering use to begin to do so.
What would really happen would be "drug shifting" from alcohol and
pharmaceuticals to certain mostly safer street drugs. Since such
studies make no effort whatsoever to account for shifting, or to
account for amount of use and toxicity levels. Many would drink less
and toke more and all the study would show is an increase in one drug
use and no decrease in another.
A shift from hard liquor or cocaine to marijuana wouldn't be
registered. Another factor not even considered is the probability of
less lying with fewer sanctions; in other words, more people who used
would be likely to tell the truth with lesser penalties. The truth is
that the overall drug user population has never been affected by drug
laws. The truth is that prohibition always increases the total number
of drug abusers significantly and overall crime rates even more so. The
truth is widely known by all media outlets and nearly all elected
officials who affect drug policy and don't speak up.
These people merely
1] change the topic of discussion then
2] present us with false choices
3] associate our opposition with the "other choice"[which is either
irrelevant, or directly tied to the continuation of itself - like
international drug cartels which profit immensely from the misery of
others]. To quote Jack Nicholson from "A Few Good Men" : "you can't
handle the truth!" - so they put up the smokescreen and go into hiding.
The truth about War on Drugs and supporters
http://www.geocities.com/rimchamp77/800poundgorilla.html
We need to be asking all our leaders the following question: "Why do
you deliberately support a policy which you know is all bad?".
JT Barrie
rimchamp77@onebox.com - email
(925) 695-2022 x7394 - voicemail/fax
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