I get very angry and offended by this sort of attack.

What would they say about this movie if it was about money grubbing jews or child molesting christians?

This white house has targeted my church for extermination based on our race and religion, this is just more of it.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Because the police,narcs DEA SWAT whomsoever do treat one like you're lower than whale shit when they attack your home,...thing is ..if the white house is hesitant to sign off on it ,the producers did a pretty good job of making the film un-believable...except for the violence on the laws part and how you're treated,now I faced the system while going through chemo/radiation,following the intense surgery months earlier,this was less than two years back,[ I'm mid 60's] good albeit exp.legal team made things a lot better, the judge [I never made it to a trial even though our head lawyer was pushing for it] was a decent sort ,the prosecuter a pure prick!,but the parole officers ,house arrest people and probation officers we're and are pretty decent people who I'd say 95% want it legalized because they know it's not dangerous,has medicinal qualities and the hemp portion is definately a plus factor,the pricks I found to be in our case state police narcotics etc. thing is LEAP is primarily made up ,and was started by State narcotic police...thing is people w/ a brain who watch these docudramas put out by the gov.or law know they are clap-trap! and those who really believe are upset Bush isn't running a third term...what can I say!'''our punishment was to take place over a 2 year period,june 15/2007--june 15/2009 we're both finished,good behavior,and not concidered criminals...MJ certainly does work!,gave up the chemo/rad. and am clear...knock on wood!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Think Progress had a story on Nadler so I looked him up regarding the drug war. I think all politicians can be divided between good and bad on the issue of the drug war. He is a good one, I am happy to report.

Medical Marijuana: DEA, ONDCP Take Flak on Dispensary Raids, Research Obstacles in House Committee Hearing7/20/07

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Damn thats some funny s#*t, wish I had something to smoke to fully enjoy it.

Honestly whats the point, this type of hugely biased rubbish actually does far more harm to the anti drugs message than any peer presure can.

Imagine young Jimmy has seen some of his friends smoke a little hash and maybe has partaken himself in the Clinton style, worried he goes and checks out this website.... What does he see, something that is completely at odds with his experiences... What is he going to believe the evidence of his own eyes or this fearmongering garbage.... I would suggest his own eyes.

Imagine a little further down the road Jimmy comes across crack or meth... What does he believe? The "offical" message from the same people who produced Stoners in the Mist? Or does he think the warnings are the same overblown garbage?

The most important thing any drugs awareness message needs is honesty and being truthfull.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Those of us who know the complete history of pot prohibition know that it was made illegal through the efforts of an industrial coalition comprised of the likes of the Hearsts and the DuPonts, etc. whose real objective was to eliminate the hemp plant from this country.

Their goal, which was successful was to eradicate the production of a multitude of competitive and superior hemp based products that could be grown by virtually anyone in virtually any climate and virtually any soil condition as a cash crop. Hemp is one of man's best friends and a true companion of the people. It is so useful that if you owned agricultural land in the time of our forefathers you were required by law to grow it for the state.

The result has been a complete disaster where wealth has been redistributed from the common man to the man of privilege and the corporate select who control pulp production, synthetics derived from petroleum and many other industrial and consumer product that are inferior in every way to hemp based fibers and oil based products.

But the trickle-down fallout has been worse than anyone could have imagined. The impact the this perverse scheme has had on the environment has been staggering indeed. But the real tragedy of the maligned pot plant is the incomprehensible toll that it's taken on average ordinary Americans by destroying their lives over the complete falsehood that smoking pot is somehow justifiably punishable by an exaggerated and unholy disproportionate set of decrees.

Thus the propaganda against pot is as strong today as it ever was. And after years and years of brainwashing most people believe it. It is after all another convenient truth. But not only have they lied about hemp they've also lied about pot. It too is a true plant of the people and not the evil gateway drug that it's made out to be. These facts are known in great detail by the medical research community who see it as a godsend if they could only get their hands on it. But the propaganda has been so strong and so pervasive that even pharma in this country is having trouble scientifically rebutting it.

The answer to all of this is simple. First research how all of this got started so that you're on firm footing. Then demand that this country be allowed to once again grow hemp. The rest will take care of itself.

Grow Hemp for Victory!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

While the White House-sponsored National Drug Control Policy (NDCP) is clearly obsessed with youthful marijuana usage, it does warn about the far more dangerous problem of teenaged drinking.

Assuming John McCain wins in November, imagine the irony and conflict of interest over his wife's ownership of Hensley & Company which is marketing a fruit-flavored beer nicknamed "Alcopop" aimed at young people.

For other reasons why McCain shouldn't be our 44th president, visit my new nonprofit Web site, www.UnfitMcCain.com, which shows how he distorted his "heroic" POW record and exploited it for political gain.

Hugh E. Scott, Vietnam veteran, lifelong registered Republican and former McCain supporter.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

And catch what looks to be a good old stoner comedy opening next weekend, Pineapple Express.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYg2EJLJids

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

The description of that video reminds me of nothing so much as the typical American educational and propaganda films of the first half of the 20th Century. I remember one about feminine hygiene that belaboured the most elementary of points for 15 minutes in a most stultifying manner, apparently intended for an audience with an average age 3 or an IQ of 60. The anti-Communist propaganda films are equally inane and based on falsehoods. This film is just more of the same lying drivel.

Nicnic - the Duponts and Hearsts didn't care about eradicating or fostering plant life - they were interested in promoting their biggest money-maker - the alcohol industry. You remember that pot use was also a response to prohibition - until, as you say, it was discovered to be the the people's drug. When alcohol was legalized again, pot use became the great evil to be eradicated - no money in stuff people can make themselves.

Also, cash crops do not save any environment anywhere. It's the nature of cash crops of whatever kind to be exploitative and ultimately destructive. The cultivation of pot or hemp on an industrial scale will not save the world any more than the industrial cultivation of soy or corn. That kind of agribiz is inherently anti-democratic and anti-environmental.

A couple of things - re: medical use (donl51) - there's a kind of Calvinist mind-set that believes that anyone who is fat, poor, or very ill has somehow displeased he Guy-in-the-Sky and deserves punishment. You recognize that even opiate painkillers are hard to get for the worst cases of terminal cancer. If you've found a way to make your illness or recovery more bearable, then good for you! Really.

Another thing I see is not so much an interest in eradicating the use of a dangerous drug (pfff!) but the deliberate scheme to criminalize the general population. A slave population housed in prisons at taxpayer expense is a thing of beauty to many corporate and official agencies - airlines use prisoners to take your reservations - apparently they're not so evil that they can't be trusted with your private personal financial information. Work gangs, construction crews for private corporations are taken from prisons - the sheriffs and governors get huge sums for this "service" (New Orleans, Arizona). You get to barter your wages down to compete with that. A win-win for the plantation owners.

Drug use ought to be decriminalized, but the US loves to make criminals of everyone. And diagnosed addicts ought to be considered ill, needing therapy, medical and emotional.

Finally, the black market drug market is a competing economy, where taxes are hard to extract. Drugs and weapons are two of the major currencies used in international undercover wheeling and dealing by goverment agencies on an enormous scale. The drug war in Colombia is not about cocaine per se, but about maintaining the power of that as a bargaining tool in other areas. (Ollie North) If you look at a map, you'll see Colombia's geographic location and you'll see the drug war as part of America's imperial ambitions. Besides, it's right next to that oil-rich state, Venezuela. We'll be hearing about communists or terrorists again real soon, as the Middle East oil runs low. SOSO.

To pot users or users of any mind-altering substance - enjoy it, but please - do not operate heavy machinery, the train or plane I'm on, the car, chainsaws, backhoes, cranes, etc. And do not make world-altering policy decisions while you're stoned. Please, if you're addicted to something serious, like cocaine, get help before you sell the house out from under your family to support an addiction out of control.

Other than that, enjoy the high, know how it affects you, make sure you and everyone around you is safe.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

yes they do, they're craazzzyyyy. from senator feinstein, california democrat, tho actually she's a moderate republican who came into power over the dead body of mayor moscone, a true democrat.

"Thank you for your letter expressing your opinion on the legalization of marijuana.



Please know that I do not support the legalization of any narcotic drugs, including marijuana. My convictions on this matter have been developed over many years of experience in criminal justice, including nine years as a mayor who worked very closely with the law enforcement community. I know the tragedy that drug abuse causes in the lives of the addicted and on victims of drug-related crimes and their families. I have seen the devastation drugs can inflict on a community.



I do recognize that marijuana may have medicinal properties that could alleviate conditions such as AIDS-related wasting and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. I do not oppose further research on the potential medical efficacy of marijuana and support compassionate use in medical situations when prescribed by a physician in writing for serious and/or catastrophic illnesses."

feinstein is compassionate but she doesn't want us to enjoy ourselves. she and her kind don't smoke pot so why should anyone else.
so we have to wait. wait for pie in the sky. never gonna happen here in the land of christian slaves, slaves to authority. they won't change, so the laws won't change. so what does that mean? hundreds of thousand of people every year will get busted. booze will still be the dominate escape route from a dreary work life. no end in sight. but that said "never give up, never surrender." maybe all those busted people will add up to a constituancy that will change the laws, anything is possible.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

When I was in my twenties, smoking lots and lots of pot, I thought that by this point in my life marijuana would be legal.

I'm still waiting.

So naturally the question arises, "Who profits from keeping marijuana illegal?" and of course the usual suspects come to mind: politicians of both parties, drug cops and the prison-industrial complex, organized crime and the rehab industry. And, for the most part, all the organizations listed above--maybe with the possible exception of organized crime but sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between "legitimate" businessmen, conservative politicians and Mafia dons--are all funded by your tax dollar. After all, filling prisons is a growth industry in this country.

In fact it seems that our whole political system is fueled by harsh, repressive drug laws, designed more to disproportionately disenfranchise the poor and the working-middle class, to remove them from the political process once and for all, than to "take drugs off the street."

Perhaps the brightest aspect of the "drug wars" is that it is an issue which divides the Ayn Rand-cultist/Ted Nugent-fan right from the Christian fundamentalist and NeoNazi crowds. At least the libertarian right, the "leave-us-alone" folks, want the freedom to smoke a little boo in the privacy of their own homes. I do too.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

And let's BULLDOZE the rest of Washington and rebuild government for the people by the people and not the corporate, religious, and militaristic interests !

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

This looks hilarious, and much more enjoyable than the knee-jerk outrage represented in this humorless article. Ooh, it's so offensive! Now all the poor stoners can sit in the corner and cry about their newfound victimhood, instead of just continuing to be contributing members of our society, who even bathe at decent intervals, as the vast majority of pot-smokers are.

This is not about race, color, creed, sex or sexual choice. It reminds of those non-racist skinheads, who having freely chosen to adopt an arbitrary esthetic for the sole purpose of identifying with a particular subculture, proceed to whine about people assuming they are violent racists -- merely because the subculture of violent racist skinheads is better known and has the same style. Then they present themselves as victims of bias and discrimination. Not exactly the Holocaust, my skinhead friends. Or even the glass ceiling.

Poor babies.

Hey stoners, and everybody else, get outraged at the actual violations of our rights that are going on (and I would include marijuana possession arrests among them).

Then watch the movie and have a good laugh at the expense of the clowns in the White House who had this made. Let's at least get our money's worth out of this boondoggle.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

To intelligent, open-minded, and tolerant individuals, this sort of propoganda can be dismissed as just that. But to a good number of citizens, who tend to believe everything they hear, this is poison.

For example, my sister-in-law was telling the family about how she now has to worry about educating her kids about drug dealers disguising coke and meth in cookies and handing them out to elementary school children to get them hooked. To most people, this is pure BS, simply because no drug dealer I've ever known or heard of makes a habit of giving away their sole means of revenue! My boyfriend and I tried to point this out to her, but the conversation ended up with her screaming about how we'll never spend time with her kids alone, because we're just druggies who don't know responsibility, etc...

When the children whose parents, like my sister-in-law, grow up and realize they've been lied to about the little things, (ie pot), how are they going to know the difference in the real dangers (ie meth)? They'll think, "Well, they said pot was bad, and it isn't, so none of the other stuff must be either."

More people should rely on the truth, no matter how "scary" it may seem, to educate their children, not hyperbole and ridiculous exaggerations.

Its Just a Plant: A Children's Story of Marijuana

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

an in-depth investigation of the producers & financial backing of that egregiously dehumanizing film might prove highly informative.

nothing like dehumanization to justify the most horrific of abuses for amusement, profit or sheer aggression outlet.

I'm surprised the ÜberKhristians haven't produced a Whack-a-Mole knock off for their favourite Liberal sub-humans...

they could hand out coupons with the KorporateKhristian Domino's deliveries...

but I wonder... about those pizza folks...

Everyone Involved In Pizza's Preparation, Delivery, Purchase Extremely High - The Onion | OCTOBER 7, 1998 | ISSUE 34•10


┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄
BlueBerry Pick'n
can be found @
ThisCanadian
┄┄
"We, two, form a Multitude" ~ Ovid.
┄┄
"Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced"
┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

In 1936 Henry Anslinger become the first ninny to become our drug overload; appointed to the job by Edgar Hoover, FBI chief and allegedly Anslingers lover (yes-Our man Hoover was in drag) The point being Anslinger had to be confirmed by the Senate. Anslinger could not spell marijuana; was asked one question and was confirmed. It all took less than a minute!! Thus we have the DEA. Crazy carlos

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

DUde, that is insane. A little pot never hurt anyone.

JT
Ultimate Anonymity

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Hey I work in propaganda. Corporate to be exact.

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think the point of this kind of media is actually to encourage drug use. If it's not the point, it's a side effect that our government enjoys. There are plenty of studies that show anti-drug media actually encourages kids to experiment. We all know what a windfall drugs are...the money is used for all sorts of things. Drugs are a cash cow, so let's make efforts to eradicate them seem pointless and silly!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

"But we are an elite race of our own,
the stoners, junkies and freaks."
- Alice In Chains, "Junkhead"

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I work full time in felony defense. 90% of my clients are addicts. 90% of these addicts got their start at age 12 to 15 smoking pot. Pot soon led to worse, namely crystal meth. Now they have permanent brain damage, felony records, and will eventually die early from dilated cardiomyopathy. Please take your feeble defense of pot and fly it to the moon.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

First let me thank you for the difficult but important job you do.

I guess you're making the assumption that smoking pot somehow led your clients to use other drugs. Do you think it's possible hard drug users are destined to take the path into heavy drugs, regardless of what drug they take first? Hardcore addicts are hell-bent on getting high, and I bet there are other drugs like alcohol or prescription drugs that could flip the switch for them. Maybe some of them were drinkers first but dont mention it as its not illegal? Are you aware that many pot smokers only smoke pot and don't do anything else?

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

...their description of "pot heads" fits a large part of how I've spent my adult life.

Lazy? Check.

Unmotivated? Check.

Bad hygiene? Check.

Sit inside all day? Check.

Sounds like a gamer/hacker/nerd that doesn't feel like earning money to me.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

This is a five-part series on the history of the drug laws: http://scottpearce.com/2008/07/marijuana-prohibition/

You can find it on You Tube as well here: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20& sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=6F8308C0D80C39CB

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

... how much you bet its another Graft payment to BushCo cronies and friends!

this administration has been so polarizing from the start... and has been waging all out "WAR" on our freedoms since 2000!

why is the government paying for & involving itself in propaganda that promotes hatred?

I tell you all... enough is enough, time to legislate an end to Hate!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Sure sounds like it.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Not so long ago many small towns and villages in Belgium and Germany had their own brewery.
Nowadays some big companies promote their soleless alcoholoc water.

I fear the same in the USA by legalising weed. The McWeeds will control your brain.

Why not be happy with;
- medical weed
- cultivate some plants
- permission to consume???

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Hey folks!

I am shocked that some people are shocked with this sort of propaganda from the white house. We bitch and complain about it but nothing is actually done about it. We read the lies and the deciet printed by our government and we still bitch and complain but nothing changes. Both parties, democrats or republicans, will spew that same lies for the next four years and we will continue to bitch and complain. Yet they will continue to erode our freedoms and liberties and still we will bitch and complain.

We need to act and act fast before the door closes on our ability to change our future. Right now, the way I see it, slavery for all of us is dangerously close.

Fight the good fight guys...if not for ourselves, for out childrens future.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I remember seeing that thing last year... It was so offensive, I felt sick to my stomach... I wanted to punch whoever thought that was a good idea to make... How dare they.

As a satirical silly joke, I wouldn't have cared. The concept of it all, might even had made me laugh... But they did not intend this as a joke... No, they portray this bullshit as true, making tons of unsupportable bullshit claims, and then feed it to our youth as truth. They lie like this, to children... Ignoring the fact that those lies will only make things worse, for the issue, and for those children they lie too.

The stereotypes they force upon us responsible cannabis users, are just beyond offensive... They are HARMFUL... And will only lead to further persecution and oppression of our rights. -_-

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

("The creatures are docile and unresponsive," the host observes.)

I think he was observing the American voting public at large.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

whatever it was,thing is they ask a question 'multiple choice' with no real choice at all!I figured at least like reefer madness it would have been at least amusing...it wasn't at all,if anything it was droll,demeaning at times,I really never got the opportunity to tell them that I prefer to get blasted on Gin,or one of those drive home,beat the living shit out of my wife for no particular reason....sarcasm aside the docudrama stunk,and if anyone is so stupid to believe it....well,what more can I say?!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]