That is more than 5 times the number of people who perished in the 9/11/01 incident. (Would you believe that one book I have read placed this event in 2002?) Just that these deaths happened over a period of 3 years, according to reports from CNBC. It would take more than 5 World Trade Centers to kill that many people.
What from? Marijuana. Yep, the US said it's deadly. That's why people are being killed over something which in it and of it's own self is a non-lethal substance. So what's the problem? Same as usual. Sturkopfigkeit.
The persons in charge of drug control in the USA have this cockamamy opinion that Marijuana leads to the use of hard drugs. As a student of The Humanities, I had occasion to observe, especially after someone stumbled into the men's room at RU where I was doing my work-study and died of an overdose of heroin. I asked a lot of questions. Of course, the ususal "are you a cop?, etc. " questions came at first. But they watched me too. After a time, they were glad to have someone "righteous". "straight" , "sane", "level" around just in case their purveyor had laced his goods or someone "went off kilter". I was like their stabilizer, or something. But if they lit up again, I had to excuse myself to take care of my cat.
I've never been they type of personality to sit around accomplishing nothing. Which is all I'm able to do on disability. Not only because I'm disbaled, but God forbid I should try to undertake something. Obviously, then I can't possibly be disabled. Never mind that at this hour $8.30 per does not even cover the rent. My last job 25 years ago paid me $10.50 per hour plus any overtime plus what my second job brought. And that just covered car payments, insurance, rent and food back then. Rent and car insurance are nearly doubled now.Payscale isn't.
As long as it's like that some peole are going to establish themselves as urban entrpeneurs with a good cover for selling drugs.
People using heroin had little use for marijuana. They did not go marijuana, hash, opium, heroin. They went pills, more pills, pills and alcohol, cocaine mixed with, and very quickly to heroin.
People who smoked pot would have been just as content with a trip to the corner store to buy a couple of joints and a jar of wine to go with that. When and if they went to hashish, it was because the dealer (or entrepeneur) had persuaded them that marijuana laced with hash was more potent, or that he had none, but he did have hashish and he'd gladly stop by to give a taste. Maybe at parties or if said "entrepeneur" had opium, of course he presented that. It was too "heavy" for most pot smokers-it pu them to sleep, gave them headaches, too expensive (then the "free" offer came again). Then when told the consumer had to "lay off for a while" because things were getting behind, he had other things to do, he was feeling too droopy, said entrepeneur would offer a pick-me-up. Sometimes maybe cocaine, sometimes maybe amphetamine of sorts or "speed". There were pot smokers who upon entering a clean apartment would say "Oh, looks like someone's been doing some speed." Very insulting to me, I like a clean place. But couldn't resist when walking into the user's places, "Oh, been "blobbing" again, have we?" Meaning "You guys were smoking pot and didn't clean up." It was a joke of sorts. "Blobbing" was what I called it, because that's mostly what they did on pot, "listening to music, watching lights change color, getting into "the babbles'(couldn't shut up) or thinking they were into some really deep theories and discourse about the meaning of Jerry Garcia to the Grateful Dead or some obscure musicians no one ever heard of or will, to differences between Bob Dylan and why Phil Ochs killed himself, to Tim Hardin and other who have passed unnoticed into history. And the occassional new album from Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Neil Young, CSNY and of course, the wanta-be guitarists whose major wasn't anywhere near artistsic endeavors. Who were they hurting?
The big drug companies who lost an entire market place where they would otherwise ply their XanaX, their Klonopin, their Valium, their sleeping pills. And since they can't get a patent on marijuana-if any exotic strains exist, the Government has the patents on them-so they decided to make sure that marijuana never raised it's innocuous little head, they would make sure to ban cigarettes because marijuana is a smoke-producing item. And the government let them get away with it because they know from which side their pockets are lined.
3 years. 16.000 people dead. Opponents, proponents, and uninteresteds. Like me. Any hint that "street stuff" is coming out, I'm outta there. And they respect that. Sometimes even ask to talk. Some even "get it", that what they're doing, like drinking hard alcohol when depressed, only makes it feel much worse. But obviously, they all want some respite from what they're enduring. Some are fine with beer and wine; some can't live without obliterating on Scotches and Jack. Some kind abide life at all. They go to heroin. Some feel overwhelmed. They go to cocaine, it makes them feel they can handle anything. To the extent that they'll spend megabucks on something that wears off in no time at all. Crack? I have no clue as to what that even is; it wasn't around when I was in college.
But break the dealer connection by ruling pot in. It will rule a lot of the harder stuff out. And from what I've seen, alcohol is far more ravaging and destructive. Oh, but all the powers that be use it. Even the ones who don't know squat about pot but they're against it no matter what. I really doubt that 16,000 people died from smoking the stuff. Unless its laced with something like once was formaldehyde(instant death) or angel dust or who knows what. Protect from that: Legalize it, sell it in the liquor store. Stop kissing ass of the big drug companies because their money is in your pockets whether you know how it got there or not. (Hint:Look for megabucks in "special interests" anti-drug ops, I mean, "charities")And a word about rehabs:Substance abuse is a symptom. Take away the symptom, the cause remains. It's like a revolving door. They need to treat both.Most psych clinics only treat mental/emotional health with no substance abuse history. It gets very complex and no 3 week 12 step program is going to solve it for very long. That is the reason the recidivism rate is so high. It's a business. Without the revolving door, where are the customers? Time to get real about the marijuana thing. Is it worth 16,000 corpses every 3 years to stop what's not ending?(Yeah. To my surprise too. I had thought America had gone thru it's "rites of passage" and moved on. Only to wake up after moving 3 towns previous to find out it was all around.) Pass the peace pipe, please. Oh. I forgot. It's not acceptable to want peace. Everybody has to be angry prejudiced aggressive and hate everybody who isn't American. Good God.
And now the real kick in the face? There is a 7 year "moratorium" against any manufacturer manufacturing a drug another has discovered. Which means the sky's the limit on prices. Prices the Government refuses to pay (info from Medicare D Formulary). After the 7 years are up, people can make a "generic" drug-often not as effective, but they figure 80% is o.k.. Not only, but now they give a 3 year moratorium to the first company to register a generic drug-so no one ele can make it for 3 years and again we get sky high prices which the government itself refuses to pay. If the Government isn't willing to pay the price, why allow that in the first place. As the serpent swallows it's own tail and the health of it's people go down the drain---is there anybody with any sense left anywhere in this government where they can make a real and lasting difference?
And a country that's so broke shouldn't be squandering money bombing other people. Does anybody know how much food a $50,000,000.00 ransom could bring in to a country in need? It's not even sane.
RMH Regine Hohenzoller
What from? Marijuana. Yep, the US said it's deadly. That's why people are being killed over something which in it and of it's own self is a non-lethal substance. So what's the problem? Same as usual. Sturkopfigkeit.
The persons in charge of drug control in the USA have this cockamamy opinion that Marijuana leads to the use of hard drugs. As a student of The Humanities, I had occasion to observe, especially after someone stumbled into the men's room at RU where I was doing my work-study and died of an overdose of heroin. I asked a lot of questions. Of course, the ususal "are you a cop?, etc. " questions came at first. But they watched me too. After a time, they were glad to have someone "righteous". "straight" , "sane", "level" around just in case their purveyor had laced his goods or someone "went off kilter". I was like their stabilizer, or something. But if they lit up again, I had to excuse myself to take care of my cat.
I've never been they type of personality to sit around accomplishing nothing. Which is all I'm able to do on disability. Not only because I'm disbaled, but God forbid I should try to undertake something. Obviously, then I can't possibly be disabled. Never mind that at this hour $8.30 per does not even cover the rent. My last job 25 years ago paid me $10.50 per hour plus any overtime plus what my second job brought. And that just covered car payments, insurance, rent and food back then. Rent and car insurance are nearly doubled now.Payscale isn't.
As long as it's like that some peole are going to establish themselves as urban entrpeneurs with a good cover for selling drugs.
People using heroin had little use for marijuana. They did not go marijuana, hash, opium, heroin. They went pills, more pills, pills and alcohol, cocaine mixed with, and very quickly to heroin.
People who smoked pot would have been just as content with a trip to the corner store to buy a couple of joints and a jar of wine to go with that. When and if they went to hashish, it was because the dealer (or entrepeneur) had persuaded them that marijuana laced with hash was more potent, or that he had none, but he did have hashish and he'd gladly stop by to give a taste. Maybe at parties or if said "entrepeneur" had opium, of course he presented that. It was too "heavy" for most pot smokers-it pu them to sleep, gave them headaches, too expensive (then the "free" offer came again). Then when told the consumer had to "lay off for a while" because things were getting behind, he had other things to do, he was feeling too droopy, said entrepeneur would offer a pick-me-up. Sometimes maybe cocaine, sometimes maybe amphetamine of sorts or "speed". There were pot smokers who upon entering a clean apartment would say "Oh, looks like someone's been doing some speed." Very insulting to me, I like a clean place. But couldn't resist when walking into the user's places, "Oh, been "blobbing" again, have we?" Meaning "You guys were smoking pot and didn't clean up." It was a joke of sorts. "Blobbing" was what I called it, because that's mostly what they did on pot, "listening to music, watching lights change color, getting into "the babbles'(couldn't shut up) or thinking they were into some really deep theories and discourse about the meaning of Jerry Garcia to the Grateful Dead or some obscure musicians no one ever heard of or will, to differences between Bob Dylan and why Phil Ochs killed himself, to Tim Hardin and other who have passed unnoticed into history. And the occassional new album from Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Neil Young, CSNY and of course, the wanta-be guitarists whose major wasn't anywhere near artistsic endeavors. Who were they hurting?
The big drug companies who lost an entire market place where they would otherwise ply their XanaX, their Klonopin, their Valium, their sleeping pills. And since they can't get a patent on marijuana-if any exotic strains exist, the Government has the patents on them-so they decided to make sure that marijuana never raised it's innocuous little head, they would make sure to ban cigarettes because marijuana is a smoke-producing item. And the government let them get away with it because they know from which side their pockets are lined.
3 years. 16.000 people dead. Opponents, proponents, and uninteresteds. Like me. Any hint that "street stuff" is coming out, I'm outta there. And they respect that. Sometimes even ask to talk. Some even "get it", that what they're doing, like drinking hard alcohol when depressed, only makes it feel much worse. But obviously, they all want some respite from what they're enduring. Some are fine with beer and wine; some can't live without obliterating on Scotches and Jack. Some kind abide life at all. They go to heroin. Some feel overwhelmed. They go to cocaine, it makes them feel they can handle anything. To the extent that they'll spend megabucks on something that wears off in no time at all. Crack? I have no clue as to what that even is; it wasn't around when I was in college.
But break the dealer connection by ruling pot in. It will rule a lot of the harder stuff out. And from what I've seen, alcohol is far more ravaging and destructive. Oh, but all the powers that be use it. Even the ones who don't know squat about pot but they're against it no matter what. I really doubt that 16,000 people died from smoking the stuff. Unless its laced with something like once was formaldehyde(instant death) or angel dust or who knows what. Protect from that: Legalize it, sell it in the liquor store. Stop kissing ass of the big drug companies because their money is in your pockets whether you know how it got there or not. (Hint:Look for megabucks in "special interests" anti-drug ops, I mean, "charities")And a word about rehabs:Substance abuse is a symptom. Take away the symptom, the cause remains. It's like a revolving door. They need to treat both.Most psych clinics only treat mental/emotional health with no substance abuse history. It gets very complex and no 3 week 12 step program is going to solve it for very long. That is the reason the recidivism rate is so high. It's a business. Without the revolving door, where are the customers? Time to get real about the marijuana thing. Is it worth 16,000 corpses every 3 years to stop what's not ending?(Yeah. To my surprise too. I had thought America had gone thru it's "rites of passage" and moved on. Only to wake up after moving 3 towns previous to find out it was all around.) Pass the peace pipe, please. Oh. I forgot. It's not acceptable to want peace. Everybody has to be angry prejudiced aggressive and hate everybody who isn't American. Good God.
And now the real kick in the face? There is a 7 year "moratorium" against any manufacturer manufacturing a drug another has discovered. Which means the sky's the limit on prices. Prices the Government refuses to pay (info from Medicare D Formulary). After the 7 years are up, people can make a "generic" drug-often not as effective, but they figure 80% is o.k.. Not only, but now they give a 3 year moratorium to the first company to register a generic drug-so no one ele can make it for 3 years and again we get sky high prices which the government itself refuses to pay. If the Government isn't willing to pay the price, why allow that in the first place. As the serpent swallows it's own tail and the health of it's people go down the drain---is there anybody with any sense left anywhere in this government where they can make a real and lasting difference?
And a country that's so broke shouldn't be squandering money bombing other people. Does anybody know how much food a $50,000,000.00 ransom could bring in to a country in need? It's not even sane.
RMH Regine Hohenzoller
