From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On 3/28/21 9:51 PM, 6+Cola wrote:   
   > Cities, states, just like the probibitions on gay marriage,   
   > we now see the de-criminization of marijuana - in some   
   > cases ALL kinds of dope. Complete legalization is sure   
   > to follow.   
   >   
      
   	No the Drug War is not over.  Lots of busts   
   for rec drugs still happening.  Lots of states where   
   even cannabis has not been decriminalized.  And it   
   is still illegal at the Federal Level which keep my   
   physician from prescribing and the Walgreen's from   
   carrying it.   
      
   > (Except in Bidens White House for some reason)   
   >   
   > The Drug War has been going on since the 30's. All it   
   > has really done is spawn crime and deep corruption,   
   > not to mention an excuse to put the lower-class and   
   > "minorities" under the boot. The EXPENSE - fiscal,   
   > ethical and practical, has greately exceeded the   
   > proclaimed benifits.   
      
   	That is true. As a matter of fact this is   
   what was said at the time.   
   >   
   >       "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the U.S., and   
   >   most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their   
   >   Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana use. This   
   >   marijuana can cause white women to seek sexual relations with   
   >   Negroes, entertainers and any others... The primary reason to   
   >   outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."   
   >   -Excerpt from the testimony of Harry J. Anslinger, director at   
   >   the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, before the U.S. Senate in   
   >   1937.   
      
   	Notice that he is calling white women a "degenerate   
   race".   
      
   >   
   > Now LOTS of cops and politicans get their secret cut   
   > of the drug trade. The money is irresitable. Lawyers   
   > and judges and prisons also make vast profits from   
   > oppressing or defending druggies. It's an INDUSTRY.   
      
   	Money is completely resistible as long as you   
   have a regular income.  Drug Cartels in Central and South   
   America are still fighting over customers and profits.   
   Still lots of police and judicial corruption and maintaining   
   politicians in power takes some money and some of it   
   laundered is from Purity fronts for the profiteers.   
      
   >   
   > But now it seems that's yesterdays industry, like the   
   > village blacksmith.   
      
   	Premature and the village Blacksmith can do   
   very well these days.  Villages are a bit scarce   
   though in the USA.   
      
   >   
   > Frankly, so long as it's No Big Deal, dope-heads can   
   > serve perfectly useful and honest roles in society.   
   > Addicted to whatever ? WHO CARES ? If you can get   
   > it cheap and legal then it's NOT usually an issue   
   > unless maybe you're an airline pilot or army general.   
   	   
   	Or a private with a real duty and a weapon.   
   Or a private citizen driving an automobile. The   
   Citizen can be as deadly as the Army Private using   
   their car as weapon of mass destruction of human   
   life.   
   	Lots of occasions where the value of   
   being Sober as in Un-intoxicated  is undervalued   
   by young folks who may like to take risks   
      
   	I am no longer young but 83 and my   
   Pfizer vaccine #2 is due today in an hour and   
   a half so will stop with the writing now.   
      
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   here I am...   
      
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