In a memo issued ''to the DEA, FBI, and US Attorneys around the country'' in charge of carrying out the War on Drugs-TM, the Obama administration basically said (if you read between the lines as I do) that there was nothing wrong with the act of smoking pot in and of itself, but when violence, pushing drugs on minors, money laundering, etc. are also part of the mix, THEN the adjoining act of doing drugs becomes intertwined also in the overall illegal activity... similar to how not using your seatbelt in and of itself is not really enforced, but if they stop you for speeding also, THEN the belt becomes an issue. See the parallel? I will quote from an article to substantiate my claim:
`` But the memo also said that federal prosecutors should continue to target marijuana production or sales operations that are illicit but hiding behind state medical marijuana laws. It explicitly singled out cases involving which involve violence, the illegal use of firearms, selling pot to minors, money laundering or involvement in other crimes''
the source for that quote is: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/special/justice_department_issues_federal_medical_marijuana_policy_memo
So you see. Only when 'REAL' crimes are being committed, THEN obviously the drug-use activity is also then contributing to the crime in some way. They would not need to list all the other crimes if they didn't matter. In fact, those are the 'only' crimes going on, and they do matter and they know it, and that's why they list them. So yes, it's true that crimes will sometimes involve drugs, but that does not mean that every time that a person uses drugs, that it will lead to crime. So go ahead Obama (yes, I'm talking to you)... Go ahead and prosecute the REAL crimes, but leave alone the people who ONLY use, but commit no adjacent (real) crime. Can't be clearer than that. I think we're making progress, finally.
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POT WARS AND MR.BILL
Submitted October 22, 2009 - 9:27 pm by BUZZ BATEMAN (not verified)Buzz Oldbud
As someone who has made a fortune selling pot since 1964, and has helped your kids stop being alcoholics and Republicans, I fear I will now have to retire with all my ill gotten gains, that I have not had to pay taxes on to support your illegal wars and the lazy cops who go after pot users instead of real criminals. There is so much misinformation going around on the issue that is really all about the culture war going on now on most major issues of the day. The right-wingers out there deserve to eat the crap they spill out their mouths as their kids now get high instead of drinking and smoking cig's. The people who really will hurt are the ones who have been making a killing off of the high prices they have been charging people for years for a plant that is so easy to grow that your grandma could grow it successfully in a flower box with alittle lite and water and fertilizer. Take the profit out of it and that will open the cops time to go out and find real bad guys who are molesting your children.
Stop feeding your face with fast foods and watching your waist grow like a pot plant, and read the facts available on the internet on the positive effects that common folks have reported with the use of cannabis and how it has changed their lives to the positive and how it just makes them just plain feel better. This issue won't ever go away no matter who you put in office as millions of common folk choose pot over pills now. How many times have you heard of a bar room brawl and when was the last time you heard of a pot room brawl? When was the last time you heard of someone who died from smoking to much pot? People wake up and smell the flowers, the voters won't stand by and let lazy cops bust us, and take our land, and make lazy lawyers take our hard earned money that supports the perverted legal system that makes money off the suffering of people who smoke or eat a flowers just to deal with lifes daily problems.