http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf#1aaa5c1c-6930-4823-ba50-e9b0de103082 US drug policy is to dumb as much agent orange (paraquat) on as many small villages as they can (illegally by international law) get away with and dump as much gasoline on every prohibition related fire on earth. Seriously, if it's US policy (over the last 10 years) you can guarantee it only made things worse. I'll bet my truck title on it if we crunch the data, usage statistics and disease reports. Anyone up for an equal bet? Pink slips? Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:47:11 GMT http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf#1aaa5c1c-6930-4823-ba50-e9b0de103082 At peace with death 2009-03-17T03:47:11Z http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf#ff1ead96-d729-4019-a0c3-30268d1b2a0a To quote Gomer Pyle, "Sur-PRISE! Sur-PRISE! Sur-PRISE!" Unfortunately, decriminalization will never take place in the UNited States. There are far too many people, on both sides of the law, whose livelihoods are dependent on keeping drugs illegal. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:57:52 GMT http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf#ff1ead96-d729-4019-a0c3-30268d1b2a0a David/Lizzie 2009-03-16T23:57:52Z http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf#a3205b9c-e1ac-48d5-b8f6-a0a8296b3667 see whole article: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/index.html?source=newsletter Glenn Greenwald Saturday March 14, 2009 06:19 EDT The success of drug decriminalization in Portugal In 2001, Portugal became the only EU-member state to decriminalize drugs, a distinction which continues through to the present. Last year, working with the Cato Institute, I went to that country in order to research the effects of the decriminalization law (which applies to all substances, including cocaine and heroin) and to interview both Portuguese and EU drug policy officials and analysts (the central EU drug policy monitoring agency is, by coincidence, based in Lisbon). Evaluating the policy strictly from an empirical perspective, decriminalization has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug consumption as a criminal offense. * * * Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:06:11 GMT http://cognitiveliberty.tribe.net/thread/2fa7b75b-31f4-4fac-bdd9-716c1bae86cf#a3205b9c-e1ac-48d5-b8f6-a0a8296b3667 libramoon 2009-03-16T23:06:11Z