I Have A Dream...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1732754907698549493

I don't know if you've ever actually watched this all the way through, but if such a demonstration for cannabis occured, I think it would free it of it's inclusion in the war on drugs. The public wouldn't be able to ignore it. The tobacco, alcohol, textile, pharmaceutical and even petroleum industries would finally be split apart from their shared interest in keeping marijuana off the streets. These are the industries that make our country. I wish we could stir the shit and force them to take sides, finally turning some of their big guns into our own (not literally). We're their power, we buy their products, some we absolutely need (gas, medicine, paper for our children to learn from and write on (among many products from textiles), and in some cases alcohol (for those suffering from alcoholism, I'm not judging you, my sister can't stop either, it is a disease), and others we don't need (such as tobacco, though it is suggested that it's as addictive as heroin). Either way, it was hard for Dr. King to get racism (which no one needed by any means) out of our country, and even then, his work and speach were precedented by a presidential action from President Abe Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclomation. A lot of work and a lot of risk went into it, and both Dr. King and President Abe Lincoln were murdered. I think the difference between commitment to cannabis's freedom and commitment to smoking cannabis while being free are two totally different things, while the commitment to smoking cannabis while being free is winning hands down.. and those who finally learn enough from being incarcerated for it (and switch to a commitment for cannabis's freedom), are in jail, hushed up and kept quiet. The least we can do is vote for a president who has our agenda in mind, the most we can do is die for it.

hey pk, this is an area that needs much more discussion. The 'War on Drugs' that Nixon started was racially motivated, and that hasn't changed. No one can view Anslingers remarks as anything except racism. That one wasn't motivated by race, that is just the tool they had to use to outlaw Marijuana, and get rid of Hemp.
Now the race card is 'Asian', 'Vietnamese', 'Terrorist' etc. 'Those people' or 'you people'. If you read "Hawaii", the progression of 'cheap labor' for the anglo-saxons and then damn them workers, they start feeling like they are as good as we are. Next will probably be Cuban Gangs, oh thats right thats old news in Floriduh.
I wonder when 'we' and I mean all of us, will see this for what it is.
Jessie and the Reverend should be all over the drug war. Its tearing our communities apart. VV

Vdub (my way of double V), haha. I'm glad you brought that up. I know that you likely know, but I'll throw this out there for everyone. The tactic used to illegalize marijuana was that Dupont had developed a billion dollar manufacturing proccess to make paper. It was then proved that hemp was cheaper for this purpose and more versatile in that it could be used for much more. They didn't want to abandon their investment, so the owner of Dupont had his own son appointed as the first drug czar of the United States.. publically announced that "marihuana" (spelled incorrectly, signed into law spelled incorrectly aswell, but was for "marijuana", the spanish word of pot.. they did this to confuse the public into thinking marijuana was something else, not pot) was responsible for white women having sex with black men and the uprise of "jazz" (the "devil's music). The most important thing to remember is that at that time women and blacks could not vote... This public statement was designed to provoke jealousy and racism in an undefeatable cocktail to urge "voters" (white men) to get "marijuana" illegalized, as to derail any possible competition for Dupont that would cleary be more successful with Hemp as it was more economical. The alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries also would have benefited from this a LOT (since marijuana was easily available for cheap prices and was taking away tobacco and alcohol business)... so to suggest that these industries may have sided with Dupont in a sly effort to illegize marijuana would not only be practical, but factual. To this day, those industries have noticed the better business and continued to promote it's illegalization. You really think that the President of the United States and the Attorney General are bound to an international contract with the U.N. to do "the most" possible to "control psychoactive substances" for no reason? Ya.. well.. The "most" America can do contractually obligates us to place it in the drug classification "Schedule 1"... providing worse punishment than the possession of cocaine or heroin.. alongside drugs I've never heard of. Fucked up.

im seriously really upset with the government, after doing some research on why its illegal, man , how could we live in a country that is this retarded? can we get some common sense in washington please