War on the Drug Czar
December 21, 2002 10:54 AM Subscribe
The Marijuana Policy Project, after several set backs, is taking a shot back at the Drug Czar, John P. Walters, whom they see as the main opponent to their failed initiatives in november.
People in suits making reasonable arguments about marijuana policy are much more convincing than the standard grub trying to stuff a flyer into your hand in Cambridge. Still, I wonder why these people care enough to bother.
I think that current marijuana laws are assinine, but the energy of the people involved in this organization would be so much better spent on causes that boil down to more than "I should be allowed to get high."
posted by Mayor Curley at 7:11 PM on December 21, 2002
I think that current marijuana laws are assinine, but the energy of the people involved in this organization would be so much better spent on causes that boil down to more than "I should be allowed to get high."
posted by Mayor Curley at 7:11 PM on December 21, 2002
Yeah, but this is where government control gets a good test. Really, why so much effort on this from their end, eh?
posted by mblandi at 10:00 PM on December 21, 2002
posted by mblandi at 10:00 PM on December 21, 2002
What other right is more important than getting high?
Have you heard about what happened during prohibition? Why would prohibition of marijuana, about a third of the populations' drug of choice, be any less costly to society?
posted by chris0495 at 7:36 AM on December 22, 2002
Have you heard about what happened during prohibition? Why would prohibition of marijuana, about a third of the populations' drug of choice, be any less costly to society?
posted by chris0495 at 7:36 AM on December 22, 2002
You mean the guy tasked with enforcing drug laws is using his influence to affect legislation?
Dude... that's just wrong.
posted by cedar at 12:08 PM on December 22, 2002
Dude... that's just wrong.
posted by cedar at 12:08 PM on December 22, 2002
Well, dude, in that he's doing it illegally, yes, it is wrong. Separation of powers and all that.
posted by ook at 5:56 AM on December 23, 2002
posted by ook at 5:56 AM on December 23, 2002
the energy of the people involved in this organization would be so much better spent on causes that boil down to more than "I should be allowed to get high."
"First they came for the pot-smokers, and I did not speak out because I don't smoke pot". Any infringement of human rights is just that. Simply because you have no personal interest in the activities being prohibited, that does not make it less of a cause. People are being criminalised and jailed, because of a preference. This is an issue I can care about regardless of my personal preference, just as I was behind the abolition of anti-sodomy laws and yet am heterosexual.
posted by walrus at 5:35 AM on December 24, 2002
"First they came for the pot-smokers, and I did not speak out because I don't smoke pot". Any infringement of human rights is just that. Simply because you have no personal interest in the activities being prohibited, that does not make it less of a cause. People are being criminalised and jailed, because of a preference. This is an issue I can care about regardless of my personal preference, just as I was behind the abolition of anti-sodomy laws and yet am heterosexual.
posted by walrus at 5:35 AM on December 24, 2002
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