11-11-2008, 08:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2008, 08:34 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
Myra Bronstein Wrote:I've long tried to understand the government's determination to keep pot illegal. What is the strategy?
Is it so that private prisons will be kept full of poor victims of the archaic drug laws so there can be more free/cheap prison labor?
Is it because pot competes with the CIA's drug business?
Is it a form of mass mind control to force people in society to go along with immoral laws and make juries participate in the persecution of others?
WTF?
Drugs that are legal seem to make persons more likley to work harder [caffein, nicotine] - or just not question 'things' [alchohol]. Those drugs that are illegal are those that cause persons to see reality in new ways and often to question authority and the reality presented by that authority [grass, hallucinogens]. There is the additional issue of BIG money to be made off of drugs [cocaine, heroin]. In fact, the human brain produces opiates when one is pleased [they are called endorphins] - so anyone could be arrested when happy. The whole 'business' of 'drug control and regulation' is a joke and a device for control of society. Another factor are the big drug and even textile manufacturers. Hemp and other natural drugs are cheaper and better than many of their expensive patented drugs for nausea, cancer, pain, and many other ills. Many of the psychotropic drugs produced by big pharmaceuticals make one complaint to the society. Now the lawyers, judges, prosecutors, police and more so privitized prisons LOVE the tough drug laws - but then so do the big corporations and intelligence agencies.
Sickening. I luckily live in a land where all natural drugs are legal in small quantities for personal use. Sadly, America is one of the least civilized, logical and natural places on Earth. May it change.....I won't hold my breath with the 15% Neaderthal and 65% uninvolved.
"Endorphins are endogenous opioid polypeptide compounds. They are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during strenuous exercise,[1] excitement, and orgasm,[2][3] and they resemble the opiates in their abilities to produce analgesia and a sense of well-being."