Society & Culture - 28 June 2007

Prohibition does not prevent cannabis use by children or the mentally ill, the vulnerable populations whom we supposedly want to protect. Instead, cannabis prohibition makes it more difficult for parents, patients, society, doctors and law enforcement to control cannabis use.

The Drug War makes honest education about cannabis impossible, and leaves cannabis users marginalized in ways that make their lives more stressful.
This stress is unhealthy for everyone, but it is certainly most damaging to people with schizophrenia.

Cannabis prohibition is not merely a failure; it is a counterproductive fraud that is harming those whom we claim we want to protect.
There are currently more teens in treatment centers for marijuana in comparison to those admitted for alcohol.
Only an idiot would have to ask why alcohol is not the no#1 problem
after all alcohol is perfectly legal ( If you are 21.)
That is due to responsible people handling alcohol by way of the carding and id system.


Contraband markets make no age disgression.
Since the crackdown on tobacco there are 75% fewer teens trying or using tobacco.
However when it comes to cannabis and other illicit substances it’s a whole
other ball game.
Control, regulation and better education work prohibition, dose not.
Or as John Walters of the ondcp (Office for national drug control policy) calls it “ a war on drugs” (Sorry John but it's true look at the Netherlands)

America loves a war even if it is on it’s own people.

One of several reason they don’t legalize drugs is not because of the harm of drugs,
But people would lose more money in the long run.
Some of the people behind the support of this irrational so called war are
The tobacco industry,
the alcohol and distilled spirit industry ( people simply don’t drink as much, or decide not to drink at all with cannabis meaning a decline in there sales.
The pharmaceutical corporations can not make money on whole or raw cannabis, but they can charge an arm and a leg for there synthetic Marinol (dronabinol) CIII.

The textile and paper industry would lose out from hemp production, sinse hemp dose not need to go through all the various processes that ordinary tree products would. Also it’s possible to get two harvest in one season.

However people don’t know the difference between industrial hemp and smokeable cannabis, yet they are able to distinguish between the two in other country’s like Germany, the UK , Netherlands and even Canada, but our `DEA agents are so dumb they cant tell the difference between a stalk and a bush.
Also people who have any knowledge of growing high quality cannabis will tell you that male plants should never be grown next to your high grade female plants,
(unless of course you want to pollinate for future seed production).
When it comes to farming hemp the males are left in tact to pollinate the females and produce as much seed as possible.

This would mean a seedy mess for the pot smoker to clean up and produce undesirable future generations of smokeable cannabis.

If anything, Hemp farming would be anti marijuana and would harm any outdoor pot farming within a one mile radius of any hemp farm.

The petroleum industry would also be affected, sinse almost everything that can be made from petroleum can be synthesized from hemp oil, everything from bio fuel to even plastics. If North America would use a third of it’s land for hemp production we could create enough bio fuel to supply an area the size of Canada.

Now also for a moment consider how many people are incarcerated over just cannabis who are currently in the prisons and jails.
If cannabis were legalized and all inmates serving time for cannabis were freed there would be an over abundance of empty cells, and millions of guards in this country would be no longer needed.
The prison building industry would almost be obsolete ( and if all drugs were legalized that would mean even more empty cells).

So the prison system must have some means of gaining more inmates.
Not to mention other areas such as treatment centers, probation.etc
or HIDTA high intensity drug traffic areas where money is fed in to law enforcement,
(they would miss there green $$$)

Drugs , not even alcohol are the cause of the fundamental ills of society, rather than checking people for the presence of drugs, they should first test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

Check out Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at

2007-06-28 03:19:21 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i know so many great people who get their accounts deleted, while others that should, don't.

what number of account are you on now?

this is actually my first and my only account and i hope it stays that way.

2007-06-28 03:18:23 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I can't find it in the dictionary. Is it the same as "um"?
They'll say
"and-ull"
"so-ull"
or "She-ull said she couldn't be here until-ull her ull mom came to pick up the children"

2007-06-28 03:15:10 · 6 answers · asked by topink 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I was just wondering, because when I was younger, I played with a Ouija board a few times, and nothing really happened. I didn't really get any clear messages. Not only that, but what little information I got turned out to be largely false.

2007-06-28 03:14:40 · 11 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Mythology & Folklore

You can talk about symbolism, superstition, anything that relates to the color black and white.

2007-06-28 03:13:40 · 6 answers · asked by Funnyguy 2 in Other - Society & Culture

ok well yesterday was the last day of schooland we got our report cards and i told my mom that theres school today but there isnt so i went to the park and now im at the libary and my brothers are coming here they might think that i i already got my report card so i dont neede what to do help

2007-06-28 03:13:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Valentine's Day

if u go to this website u will find the truth
http://www.answering-christianity.com/no_murder.htm

and islam has not been spread by the sword
there are many christians that have liven in saudi arabia for over 2 thousand years
if islam is tHEreligion of sword than y arent they muslim
AND AS IT SAYS IN SURAH BAKRA

"THERE IS NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION"
PLZ GIVE ME ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND OH YEAH I DONT WANT ANY RUDE ANSWERS THAT MAKE FUN OF ANY RELIGION BECAUSE I RESPECT ALL RELIGIONS AND I WOULD LIKE U TO AS WELL

2007-06-28 03:13:04 · 3 answers · asked by nYc g@L 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I was just "promoted" to level four, so this round's on me.

Cheers!

2007-06-28 03:10:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you take 30 years for a generation and take it back for 1000 years then at that time you had more living anscestors than there were people alive worldwide.It is just like putting a great many anscestors into a funnel and out comes us.

2007-06-28 03:09:38 · 3 answers · asked by Don Verto 7 in Other - Society & Culture

doesn't this prove reincarnation? same with atheists, shouldn't atheists just cease to exist when their account is deleted?

or maybe i spend too much time here and i'm beginning to think this is reality?

2007-06-28 03:09:27 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

And now for something compleatly different.

2007-06-28 03:07:25 · 14 answers · asked by Little One 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Perhaps, as Christ said "by their fruits ye shall know them."

Is the person kind? How do they treat others?

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html?cnn=yes Check out this about Presidential Cantidate Mitt Romney. If he treats the family pet like this, I can't wait to see what he'd do with the rest of us...

2007-06-28 03:06:13 · 18 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

for ESL, specifically for the TOEFL if possible.

(=English as a Second Language/Test of English as a Foreign Language)

Thanks in advance!

2007-06-28 03:06:07 · 5 answers · asked by Goddess of Grammar 7 in Languages

As an example of their psychopathic behavior this was in the news today,"20 beheaded bodies found in Iraq," Are they using their religious beliefs as an excuse for satisfying their own wrapped mind's need to inflict pain on others?

2007-06-28 03:05:55 · 6 answers · asked by sparks 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i was unable to find thr yahoo group " sri krishna deva rayulu " . if anyone found that group please sendd me the link. thanks and regards ......... Sankar

2007-06-28 03:05:14 · 2 answers · asked by sankar rao 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Does anyone know where that guy Peter Popoff's Miracle Spring Water come from or what the ingredients or contents of the water is? This guy has been proven as a fraud and he's back with some clever scam. He had an earpiece in his ear and his wife was telling him what to say.

Sidenote: I'm Christian and there's no where in the Bible mentioning about paying for miracles. Giving something in return for a miracle is not how Jesus works. Salvation is FREE. Since when do you have to pay for Miracles? If you give someone money and they don't deliver their money that's called FRAUD!

2007-06-28 03:04:28 · 19 answers · asked by Some Guy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

or are his daughters an exception???? I'm talking about in public like let then pass first... hold a bag, open the door.... etc...

My father does not do any of this... I'm his daughter but I'm a grown woman... I think It makes him look rude... or is he right to treat me like a boy in public???

2007-06-28 03:03:06 · 21 answers · asked by Fenix Girl 2 in Etiquette

I resently watched something on youtube about Rev.Popoff and how his wife feds him the infomationabout his followers. Are all of them that dishonest?

2007-06-28 03:02:38 · 21 answers · asked by Star B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

As far Blacks on TV. I noticed that most of the Black people in commercials (especially kids) are light skin and mixed looking. Do you view light skin Blacks as more attractive then their darker counterparts? Please be honest but respectful.

2007-06-28 03:01:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-06-28 03:00:58 · 21 answers · asked by the_antaean 1 in Etiquette

Theory: A theory is more like a scientific law than a hypothesis. A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers. One scientist cannot create a theory; he can only create a hypothesis.

In general, both a scientific theory and a scientific law are accepted to be true by the scientific community as a whole. Both are used to make predictions of events. Both are used to advance technology.

In fact, some laws, such as the law of gravity, can also be theories when taken more generally. The law of gravity is expressed as a single mathematical expression and is presumed to be true all over the universe and all through time.

2007-06-28 02:54:59 · 32 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-28 02:53:05 · 14 answers · asked by Holiday Magic 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-28 02:51:43 · 4 answers · asked by qmanzanita 1 in Religion & Spirituality

that the rest will agree?
I had to ask like this as there's not enough room up top
http://www.bilerico.com/2007/06/003512.php

2007-06-28 02:49:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

... if divorce is neither an option nor desired, there's nothing abusive going on, but somewhere along the way a marriage of many years has just become moribund? If you were a friend to both and one of them asked you this question, what would you say?

I can't provide any other details, other than both parties in the marriage in question are Catholic. Sincere thoughts from people of the Catholic faith, any other faith or no particular faith are equally welcome.

2007-06-28 02:45:38 · 33 answers · asked by Clare † 5 in Religion & Spirituality

recieved a light bulb yet for a best answer?? Yes, I am asking this in R&S because I know many of you will be honest and MANY of you have received best answers and well, cause I know I have gotten some best answers and I haven't yet seen a light bulb.... and I was just wondering.....

2007-06-28 02:45:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Im a christian and I have a very strong faith in my beliefs, however I will admit that I would like to get a better understanding of your beliefs and the history behind athiesm. Im not looking to convert, I just want to educate myself so Im not ignorant to it. I want to respect your beliefs by bettering my knowledge so please enlighten me.

2007-06-28 02:43:32 · 27 answers · asked by maggie s 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you think that they are the signs of global warming or just bad weather?

2007-06-28 02:41:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If he did, he wouldn't have to live in hell. He knows that he will lose the final battle against God.

2007-06-28 02:41:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

please try and pick a best answer instead of putting it to the vote ..
or if you go to vote please try and look for the best answer

the voting system is just wrong
I just got picked for best answer for not knowing the answer , when others obviously put a lot of thought into the answer
this isn't the first time it has happened , because people just click on the first answer they see to earn themself points

but this does two things
it encourages people to try and get that top spot because they know it has a better chance of being picked , even if it is wrong
so they point game for it
and it also isn't fair on people genuinly looking for an answer to their questions .... they get misleading/wrong answers in voting

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070622060140AAXeyt2&r=w&show_comments=true&pa=FZB6NWHjDG3N56z6v_2zVk2mpFenl0L_WLoeCKcLh_Y53cX9mR5lRQ--&paid=add_comment#openions

does this irritate anyone else ?
I feel bad for even having those points

2007-06-28 02:38:32 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality