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Much of the corruption in both politics and in the U.S. in general is attributable to those who control the financial system and as well to the drug cartels. Much of the insanity here in the U.S. is due to the humongous amount of both illegal and pharmaceutical drugs used by a population consumed in order to stop the pain as poverty descends on us as those mentioned above take control of our economy and thus our lives.
I have been studying this along with the financial and economic problems in the U.S. for close to twenty years. And i am associated with people who have remedies for the situation. But it takes involvement. One of the things i have just done is to put up a website: "Taking America Off Of Drugs" so we can join together to address this challenge which underlies much of the corruption here in the U.S. The address for this website is: http://takingamericaoffdrugs.ning.com/. It is in draft form right now and i am going to approach some of the web designers i know with volunteering their effort to customize the site.
May I also refer readers to the "Shoveling UP II report: "Affects of Substance Abuse on Local, State, and Federal Budgets" published by Columbia University, 2009. www.casacolumbia.org/su2report/ This report shows that only four cents of every dollar spent by these agencies is directed toward prevention while ninety-six cents is spent on "Administrative Costs." Administrative costs means "War on Drugs" which over the past 20 years has been unsuccessful with the situation getting worse instead of better every day. To read more about the "War on Drugs" go here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/13/politics/main6480889.shtml and here: http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/rants/war.html
As well, we need to know that the drug cartels funnel an average of $500 billion or more into the U.S. economy through the states of Calif., Texas, Florida, and New York in order to influence politics and to ensure that the stock markets remain viable even in recessionary times. What is important to remember here is that the "war on drugs" frequently vents itself on the "little people" -- the users while the top dogs go free.
Legalizing marijuana and perhaps all drugs could be a good move as it would take the profit out of it for cartels and place the profits in the hands of those trying to balance state budgets. See here: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/tea-party-marijuana-legaliz...
Legalization of marijuana would also make way for the legalization of hemp growing. Approximately 20,000 to 50,000 products could be manufactured from hemp with all of them biodegradable. As a good example, Lexus now uses hemp to mfgr its dashboards. Hemp could also be used in the production of ethanol and be a product that reduces the stress on other food sources now being used for ethanol production, e.g., corn. Incidentally, hemp food products now on the market in the form of cereal, bread, and cheese are rich in protein. And, i cannot help but wonder why if we can buy so many hemp products here in the U.S., why we are not permitted to raise this crop that could also be beneficial in bring our soils back to normal. Due to things like mono-cropping and cutting down rain forests at unprecedented rates in order to pasture cattle, topsoil is now disappearing at 17% faster than it can be restored. And since civilization was built on topsoil, when it is gone then so is civilization.
Three, relatively minor offenses, for marijuana sale have filled California and other state prisons with inmates in for life under the "Three Strikes Law." Now, Calif. is being forced to release as many as 40,000 of these prisoners as they can no longer afford to house them. But, at a time when unemployment is approaching 20% in some counties, what will happen when these former inmates cannot find jobs and are unable to keep food in mouth and roof over head? Chances are they will return to dealing and using again in order to stay alive and in order to make far more money in 1 day than they can in 6 months at what many are calling "wage slave" jobs.
And their clientele will most probably be the new homeless who have lost their homes in the mortgage debacle and who want to maintain their former lifestyle and keep their kids in college. Many of these people will not become "users" but understand how lucrative the drug trade itself can be if one does not get caught up in the "habit." While planned for "entertainment" the "soap" "The Soprano's" has far more truth than fiction to it. And, you can bet your bottom dollar that those who are campaigning against legalization of drugs are the drug cartels. And, they have the bucks to sway votes.
As Ron notes here, we need to address the drug issue at the community level where studies show people have successfully "take back their communities" when they want to do so. We need to address the pain people are feeling from being marginalized and at the mercy of those who control the job markets. And we need to address this pain with love and compassion, not from command and control tactics dispensed heartlessly. Organizing for peace and creating sustainable living communities must start at the micro (community) level and work its way up. It is not a top-down activity. More on this later. But let's get wide distribution out on this and involve as many people as possible in "creating the solution."
In the first place, to start a war on anything is "counter-productive" we are dealing with a mental disorder that needs "love" as the healing modality. And we need to stop the problem with the user who is attempting to medicate away their pain.
Absolutely right about the whole marijuana debacle. It is not about preventing drug abuse but about preventing a threat to the pharmaceutical industry, the petrochemical industry, the timber industry. Hemp could realise the cheapest, fastest grown, most ecological and best quality paper, fibre and bio fuel. The seed is among the most nutritious foods and open free research into its medical properties could result in the most effective treatments in the management of MS and similar conditions to date. This is what worries Western governments, not a few kids getting high occasionally.
I think what is fundamentally needed is an alternative economy based on value resources rather that token units with fictitious value. People are our resources of real value and people are our true economy. But this would not be manipulated by banks (which would have no need to exist) and this would take the leverage of fear from those who want to control.
mary rose said:
Much of the corruption in both politics and in the U.S. in general is attributable to those who control the financial system and as well to the drug cartels. Much of the insanity here in the U.S. is due to the humongous amount of both illegal and pharmaceutical drugs used by a population consumed in order to stop the pain as poverty descends on us as those mentioned above take control of our economy and thus our lives.
I have been studying this along with the financial and economic problems in the U.S. for close to twenty years. And i am associated with people who have remedies for the situation. But it takes involvement. One of the things i have just done is to put up a website: "Taking America Off Of Drugs" so we can join together to address this challenge which underlies much of the corruption here in the U.S. The address for this website is: http://takingamericaoffdrugs.ning.com/. It is in draft form right now and i am going to approach some of the web designers i know with volunteering their effort to customize the site.
May I also refer readers to the "Shoveling UP II report: "Affects of Substance Abuse on Local, State, and Federal Budgets" published by Columbia University, 2009. www.casacolumbia.org/su2report/ This report shows that only four cents of every dollar spent by these agencies is directed toward prevention while ninety-six cents is spent on "Administrative Costs." Administrative costs means "War on Drugs" which over the past 20 years has been unsuccessful with the situation getting worse instead of better every day. To read more about the "War on Drugs" go here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/13/politics/main6480889.shtml and here: http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/rants/war.html
As well, we need to know that the drug cartels funnel an average of $500 billion or more into the U.S. economy through the states of Calif., Texas, Florida, and New York in order to influence politics and to ensure that the stock markets remain viable even in recessionary times. What is important to remember here is that the "war on drugs" frequently vents itself on the "little people" -- the users while the top dogs go free.
Legalizing marijuana and perhaps all drugs could be a good move as it would take the profit out of it for cartels and place the profits in the hands of those trying to balance state budgets. See here: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/tea-party-marijuana-legaliz...
Legalization of marijuana would also make way for the legalization of hemp growing. Approximately 20,000 to 50,000 products could be manufactured from hemp with all of them biodegradable. As a good example, Lexus now uses hemp to mfgr its dashboards. Hemp could also be used in the production of ethanol and be a product that reduces the stress on other food sources now being used for ethanol production, e.g., corn. Incidentally, hemp food products now on the market in the form of cereal, bread, and cheese are rich in protein. And, i cannot help but wonder why if we can buy so many hemp products here in the U.S., why we are not permitted to raise this crop that could also be beneficial in bring our soils back to normal. Due to things like mono-cropping and cutting down rain forests at unprecedented rates in order to pasture cattle, topsoil is now disappearing at 17% faster than it can be restored. And since civilization was built on topsoil, when it is gone then so is civilization.
Three, relatively minor offenses, for marijuana sale have filled California and other state prisons with inmates in for life under the "Three Strikes Law." Now, Calif. is being forced to release as many as 40,000 of these prisoners as they can no longer afford to house them. But, at a time when unemployment is approaching 20% in some counties, what will happen when these former inmates cannot find jobs and are unable to keep food in mouth and roof over head? Chances are they will return to dealing and using again in order to stay alive and in order to make far more money in 1 day than they can in 6 months at what many are calling "wage slave" jobs.
And their clientele will most probably be the new homeless who have lost their homes in the mortgage debacle and who want to maintain their former lifestyle and keep their kids in college. Many of these people will not become "users" but understand how lucrative the drug trade itself can be if one does not get caught up in the "habit." While planned for "entertainment" the "soap" "The Soprano's" has far more truth than fiction to it. And, you can bet your bottom dollar that those who are campaigning against legalization of drugs are the drug cartels. And, they have the bucks to sway votes.
As Ron notes here, we need to address the drug issue at the community level where studies show people have successfully "take back their communities" when they want to do so. We need to address the pain people are feeling from being marginalized and at the mercy of those who control the job markets. And we need to address this pain with love and compassion, not from command and control tactics dispensed heartlessly. Organizing for peace and creating sustainable living communities must start at the micro (community) level and work its way up. It is not a top-down activity. More on this later. But let's get wide distribution out on this and involve as many people as possible in "creating the solution."
In the first place, to start a war on anything is "counter-productive" we are dealing with a mental disorder that needs "love" as the healing modality. And we need to stop the problem with the user who is attempting to medicate away their pain.
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