Wait... Don't Marijuana Profits Go To Fund Al Qaeda?
In his dissent on a recent free-speech case, Justice John Paul Stevens wades into the war-on-drugs debate, comparing modern-day pot smokers with "otherwise law-abiding patrons of bootleggers and speakeasies," during the prohibition era.
Stevens, who the Washington Post notes turned 87 on April 20, said the current climate surrounding the war on drugs "is reminiscent of the opinion that supported the nationwide ban on alcohol consumption when I was a student."
The Supreme Court this week ruled against an Alaska student who displayed a "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" sign at an event outside his high school, ..
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Stevens_Smoking_pot_akin_to_drinking_0627....
And this story reminded me of this gem:
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i would take it a step
i would take it a step further and say that marijuani is nowhere near as damaging in the short or long term as alcohol. growing marijuana=relatively easy. making quality alcohol=kind of tough. follow the money. the Supreme Court is a criminal racket.
speaking of which.......
on PBS tonight:
In April 2000, Alex White Plume and his Lakota family planted industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota after other crops had failed. But when federal agents raided the White Plumes' fields, the Lakota Nation was swept into a Byzantine struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights and common sense.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/standing/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_3_povbrstandingsilentnation_2007-07-03