Obama's 2011 National Drug Policy Unveiled: Hype v. Reality

[DreamSmoker]

It is mind-boggling that Congress and our President are considering raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67 and cutting social security benefits, while continuing to authorize so many billions on the war on drugs. Most offensive to me economically is the amount being spent on the global efforts that have nothing to do with the U.S., like the millions spent on preventing drugs from being shipped from South America to Africa with a final destination of Europe, not the U.S. And the millions spent on training law enforcement in other countries to do it like we do it, wiretaps and all. Somebody needs to rein in this spending.


http://www.talkleft.com/story/2011/7/12/142224/279


UK Government's Official Drug Advisers Want to Decriminalize All Personal Drug Use

Roger Howard, chief executive of independent body the UK Drug Policy Commission, said the call for decriminalization recognized that prosecutions for what might be described as low-level offenses is not worth the time of the police, Crown Prosecution Service and courts.

"I think the Advisory Council is catching up and recognizing, de facto, what is already beginning to happen," he said. "They are calling for decriminalization of possession of drugs for personal use. Other countries have done this, most notably Portugal, and the roof has not fallen in."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/14/uk-governments-official-drug-advisers-want-to-decriminalize-all-personal-drug/

[msongs]

1. the Obama /Congress approved police state makes too much $$ nt

[RainDog]

2. from Drug War Rant

(via a link from your first link)

Only in government can you point to a massive financial black hole that you’ve caused and use it for justification for a budget to do more of the same.

http://www.drugwarrant.com/2011/07/2011-national-drug-control-strategy/

The lies of omission in the Nat'l Drug Report are sad to see. The greatest lie is to pretend that cannabis was not legally available prior to prohibition in 1937. Cannabis was legal for far longer than it has been illegal. Yet the drug warriors act as though history began with prohibition of cannabis.

One phase of history began then. A history of demonization based upon racism and lies that continues to this day.

[Upton]

3. Sign the petition..

make the WH at least address the issue..

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/legalize-and-regulate-marijuana-manner-similar-alcohol/y8l45gb1