http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/22227/ - Decriminalization arguement. Sounds pretty good to me...
On 8/25/05, Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Freed up space in prisons better suited to real criminals. > > >From: Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thu Aug 25 09:31:48 CDT 2005 > >To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [H] Gas prices > > >What happened in China when they legalized drugs? What about Needle > >park in Zurich? Can you cite one example where the legalization of > >drugs solved any social ills? > > > >-Gary > > > > > > > >Stan Zaske said the following on 8/25/2005 3:04 AM: > > > >> BC Bud! Didn't you see the prime time report? They sell it in shops on > >> the streets using the best seeds from around the globe! Gotta love > >> British Columbia! <g> > >> > >> What hypocrisy that we still haven't learned "Prohibition" doesn't > >> work even after all the organized crime that came as a result of > >> "criminalization"! Try to do the same with tobacco and see what > >> happens! So what if you smoke a bowl in the evening to relax? Who's > >> business is it anyway? Our money would be better spent on public > >> education and rehab rather than interdiction and criminalization! > >> Addictive behavior is associated with "self-esteem" and that's where > >> our focus should be! So much for wisdom in government! > >> > >> warpmedia wrote: > >> > >>> Well there sure is some dynamite hemp floating around somewhere these > >>> days! LOL > >>> > >>> Was just in Vancouver for 8 days and never got over to the little > >>> Amsterdam area to see what all the fuss was about. Of course there > >>> was the fear of the transaction in the back of my mind since that > >>> seems to be the law the get you on rather than possession or use. > >>> > >>> FORC5 wrote: > >>> > >>>> "Over 25,000 products can be manufactured from hemp, from cellophane > >>>> to dynamite." > >>>> Popular Mechanics, 1938 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> At 02:27 AM 8/24/2005, Stan Zaske Poked the stick with: > >>>> > >>>>> Better yet, grow female hemp to ferment into methane and sell the > >>>>> buds to Canada. <g> > >>>>> > >>>>> gibney wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Industrial hemp, digested to methane and powering fuel cells. > >>>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > -- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
