thedeserttortoise
Well-Known Member
Here's a quote by one of the DEA's own judge's..... now you tell me where the hypocrisy lies..,
When measured by therapeutic index, most "illegal" drugs (and here he say's most illegal drugs) are technically safer than alcohol and cannabis is the safest of all with a therapeutic index that's practically immeasurable. Cannabis is so non-toxic that it's ratio is estimated to be 1:20,000 to 1:40,000. The DEA's Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young concluded it would take a man smoking 1,500 lbs. of cannabis in 15 minutes to die of an overdose.
(yes, yes, yes... we've heard it over and over again... expert after expert...cannabis is probably the most non-toxic drug that exists....not to mention the numerous medical benefits as well as industrial use's of hemp itself).
And as to the costs of health care versus drug enforcement cost...an excerpt from a Canadian study..
A Canadian study on the annual health costs of one tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis user were $800, $165, and $20, respectively, while the enforcement costs on tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis per user were $0, $153, and $328, respectively. In essence, Canada is spending $328 per toker to save $20 in health care costs! Those numbers must be worse in America.
(Again....money, money, money....get rid of pot laws and the huge industry that has grown out of it being illegal disappears....along with the thousands of deaths on the Mexican border). Vicente Fox, the past president of Mexico once rallied for it's legalization to curb the current drug wars at the border..... (but again, the DEA has multiple field office's in Mexico, numerous personal, as well as contracts with corporations for logistical support both in manpower as well as mechanical infrastructure.....
And then... check out what the former Seattle police chief says about drugs.... then join LEAP...
here he is....enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWcGjf1i0qg&feature=relmfu
When measured by therapeutic index, most "illegal" drugs (and here he say's most illegal drugs) are technically safer than alcohol and cannabis is the safest of all with a therapeutic index that's practically immeasurable. Cannabis is so non-toxic that it's ratio is estimated to be 1:20,000 to 1:40,000. The DEA's Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young concluded it would take a man smoking 1,500 lbs. of cannabis in 15 minutes to die of an overdose.
(yes, yes, yes... we've heard it over and over again... expert after expert...cannabis is probably the most non-toxic drug that exists....not to mention the numerous medical benefits as well as industrial use's of hemp itself).
And as to the costs of health care versus drug enforcement cost...an excerpt from a Canadian study..
A Canadian study on the annual health costs of one tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis user were $800, $165, and $20, respectively, while the enforcement costs on tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis per user were $0, $153, and $328, respectively. In essence, Canada is spending $328 per toker to save $20 in health care costs! Those numbers must be worse in America.
(Again....money, money, money....get rid of pot laws and the huge industry that has grown out of it being illegal disappears....along with the thousands of deaths on the Mexican border). Vicente Fox, the past president of Mexico once rallied for it's legalization to curb the current drug wars at the border..... (but again, the DEA has multiple field office's in Mexico, numerous personal, as well as contracts with corporations for logistical support both in manpower as well as mechanical infrastructure.....
And then... check out what the former Seattle police chief says about drugs.... then join LEAP...
here he is....enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWcGjf1i0qg&feature=relmfu