Gene, you said the following about marijuana:

> it is a chemical which opens THOUGHT...and they don't > want that.  Automatons are easier to control. it is a chemical which opens THOUGHT...and they don't > want that.  Automatons are easier to control. it is a chemical which opens THOUGHT...and they don't > want that.  Automatons are easier to control. want that.  Automatons are easier to control. want that.  Automatons are easier to control.

Gene:

This is the REAL TRUTH about marijuana --- anything that creates independent thought is BAD, and must be eradicated AT ALL COSTS!

The fact that I am a completely independent thinker is the major reason why I was in CONSTANT TROUBLE all throughout my school years --- they simply could not buy me off and control me.

Now the stakes are considerably higher (no pun intended), and the cost of this nonsensical DRUG WAR has long ago far exceeded any benefit it may have had in getting the drugs off the streets.

Except, that was NOT the point behind the DRUG WAR at all. It was an excuse to rape the BILL OF RIGHTS and add to the list of laws that otherwise lawful citizens would eventually break.

And because it was all done in the name of THE CHILDREN, most people fell for it --- hook, line, and sinker.

Guess what?

Today, there are actually MORE DRUGS on the streets of AmeriKa, then there were there before this DRUG WAR started!

Who benefits?

The fastest growing industry in the USA --- which for the past several years has been the industry of INCARCERATION and PRISONS!

The USA now has the largest percentage of its' population involved in the PRISON SYSTEM than any other country on the face of the planet.

Yeah! We're NUMBER ONE!!!!!!

[insert jingoistic flag waving here]

Just something to think about, that's all . . .

Peace and Prayers,

Kent Daniel Bentkowski Buffalo, New Yorkk USA