The FDA says no to medical marijuana. Another case of policy overruling science? Mr. Bush, does God hate weed? Is weed really so nefarious that de-criminalization will always be a non-starter? How much longer will the need to give cover to the failed war on drugs be used to keep the jails full? As a first year lawyer at Proskauer Rose my office mate told me about his experiences with drugs and the law. In highschool he was arrested for possession. In college, he dealt, and was arrested holding a not so insignificant amount - I believe "intent to distribute" quantities. He also had a drunk driving during college. With the help of daddy, a partner at a Delaware law firm, he did some community service, paid some fines, and had his record sealed. Now a successful attorney he once told me - "it's tough being a white man in this climate." I think I expelled a giant snot through my nose before saying, yeah Jeff, unfortunately for you, you weren't a poor black kid during your youthful indiscretions, cause then you would have come through two drug arrests and a dwi unscathed - you'd probably be partner by now. Now pass the spliff and shut the fuck up. Or something like that.
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wow i can't believe he said that to you. i wish shotblock would have been there to bury that shot back down his throat with anger and hostility. a double nasty boricua/DR give me a fucking break never speak again dumbass rejection... the fucking nerve...
as for the article...thanks for posting it. i read about that decision too. it is just embarrasing and shameful.
I fear that HIV/Aids, narco-terroist (failed drug policy), and the instability in the Middle East will lead a true Global Depression. some countries in Africa and Latin America are just about to fall.
how much worse do things have to become before we wake up and recognize our mistaken policies?
Peace,
R
the US drug policy is screwed. it is unbeliveable for ill people to be hounded like criminals for aleviating whatever ails them, or Black and hisp kids to be carted off wholesale, when the true money driving this thing is with the people who will never feel repurcussions. i might debate harder drugs, but mary j? as one who does not partake, i must say that criminalizing marijuana is retarded. i do drink, and that sh*t screws you up ten times as worse.
yeah I can understand your apprehension to decriminalizing harder drugs...all drugs should be treated as social problem rather than criminal problems...but heck i will take just decriminalizing weed as a first step to sanity!
:-D
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