The drug war propaganda is crumbling..
Cannabis has been shown to kill cancer cells, save the lives of countless epileptic children, treat PTSD, heal bones, treat brain trauma,
and a slew of other uses science is only beginning to understand. And
yet, the only thing dangerous about this seemingly miraculous plant is
that police will kidnap, cage, or kill you for possessing it.
In spite of some form of
cannabis being legal in some fashion in 23 states, the government still
violently and with extreme prejudice continues to seek out those who
dare possess it.
If the CDC calculated the
number of deaths inflicted by police while enforcing marijuana laws,
that number would certainly be shocking and could even be deemed a risk
to public health. Marijuana is, indeed, dangerous, but only because of
what can happen to you if the police catch you with it.
Nothing highlights the
hypocrisy, immorality, and sheer lunacy of the drug war quite like
marijuana prohibition and the only ones who continue to enforce the
immoral and tyrannical act of marijuana prohibition are those who profit
from it.
Below is a list of the top
five industries who need you locked in a cage for possessing a plant in
order to ensure their job security.
- Police Unions: Coming in as the number one contributor to politicians for their votes to lock you in a cage for a plant are the police themselves. They risk taking massive pay cuts and losing all their expensive militarized toys without the war on drugs.
- Private Prison Corporations: No surprise here. The corporatist prison lobby is constantly pushing for stricter laws to keep their stream of tax dollars flowing.
- Alcohol and Beer Companies: These giant corporations hate competition, so why not pay millions to keep a cheaper and far safer alcohol alternative off the market?
- Pharmaceutical Corporations: The hypocrisy of marijuana remaining a Schedule 1 drug, “No Medical Use Whatsoever,” seems criminal when considering that pharmaceutical companies reproduce a chemical version of THC and can market and sell it as such. Ever hear of Marinol? Big pharma simply uses the force of the state to legislate out their competition; that happens to be nature.
- Prison Guard Unions: The prison guard unions are another group, so scared of losing their jobs, that they would rather see thousands of non-violent and morally innocent people thrown into cages than look for another job.
The good news, however, is that people are rapidly waking up to the war on weed. Even idiot politicians who still think it’s dangerous are being enticed by the lure of tax revenue generated by ending prohibition to dig them out of budget shortfalls.
Perhaps one of the most
telling signs of change is the fact that the anti-drug propaganda group
known as D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) has not only removed
cannabis from its list of gateway drugs but they have stopped lying to
children about its dangers.
For more three decades,
cops would fear monger about the dangers of marijuana to children who
had never even heard of it before. “One hit and your life is over,” they
would say, instilling this false fear in America’s youth — luckily,
most kids never bought it.
However, DARE no longer mentions marijuana in their fear propaganda, and kids are better for it.
Studies on drug use show
that almost every single person, 99% of all illicit drug users have
tried marijuana before they did any other drugs. This insubstantial fact
is still used by reefer madness folks across the globe to bolster their
claims that “marijuana is a gateway drug.”
But when one looks past the
surface of this claim, it becomes downright silly. It just so happens
that 99% of these so-called illicit drug users could have also tried
coffee, soft drinks, candy, or milk before moving on to harsher
substances.
DARE has conceded their loss and moved on. Of course, they didn’t make a press release saying so, but they only quietly removed marijuana from their list of gateway drugs. This is a victory for freedom and another step forward in the fight to end the failed and violent drug war.
The propaganda wall is
crumbling in the war on drugs, and this cannot happen fast enough.
Depriving tens of thousands of people of their freedom is not only poor
judgement but it’s a crime against humanity — and should be treated as
such.
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By Matt Agorist via Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an
honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence
operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him
unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American
police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a
decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world.
