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- CopsSayLegalize, on 05/15/2009, -9/+113We need more prominent commentators like Arianna Huffington - as well as folks who are respected on the right - to keep speaking up forcefully to push for big changes in drug "control" policy. Unless this conversation continues, our leaders probably won't act.
- Subduction, on 05/15/2009, -14/+73Another article on ending the drug war, when they're really just thinking about marijuana.
Even as a recovering drug addict myself, with eleven years clean, I completely agree with legalizing pot. Having that be against the law is incredibly stupid.
But publishing strident diatribes about legalizing "drugs," the definition of which includes incredibly dangerous drugs like PCP, or heroin, that can easily kill you the very first time you use it (treatment programs don't help then!), while still using very soft examples of people in jail for dime bags or raids on dispensaries is misleading.
Pot, yes. PCP, not so much. Let's not pretend they are the same. - woahwoahwoah, on 05/15/2009, -14/+68Digg this up if you want to end the Drug Wars now. Excessive social policies always backfire.
- NUMBER4940, on 05/15/2009, -3/+57That drug money doesn't get cleaned with soap and water. This drug war is about money. The banks love our drug problem. (see: Michael Ruppert)
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -9/+60SADLY, MY COUSIN DIED FROM SMOKING POT...
He was just a kid. 19 years old, and a senior in high school. He was always a favorite in our family, and everyone loved him. He was a football player, and an active member in our church and community.
Well, one day, during his senior year, he went to a party. Apparently some liberal parents had gone out of town, and left their child unattended (why am I not surprised by the irresponsible parents) so he decided to throw a party. Well when my cousin arrive the other kids were drinking, and smoking, and behaving pretty poorly.
Since most of these kids were passing around a marijuana cigarette, my cousin felt a little bit out of place. At first, he refused to smoke. But the kids kept putting peer pressure on him by saying things like, "just take a puff", "all the cool kids are doing it" and "nobody has ever died from smoking marijuana." Finally, my cousin succumbed to the pressure, and he took a puff.
Immediately he went for the Pringles. Then he started giggling at the ceiling fan. Finally, his cotton-mouth set in. By the time he found the bottle of Mr.Pibb it was too late. It was empty. He didn't die though. He found a faucet. Then someone put on Dark Side of the Moon. - Hetman, on 05/15/2009, -10/+52No one takes Arianna Huffington seriously. To end the war on drugs you are going to need someone with more credibility than her.
- dafragsta, on 05/15/2009, -0/+40No one wants to think about the human cost and financial cost, which actually makes some wars blush. It also doesn't make sense to split hairs over the legality either. Make it all legal. Put big ugly labels on it informing the purchaser of the liabilities of using that drug, and that's it. The government has no more responsibility over people after that. After that, it's still a far more humane natural selection in the modern age than what we had pre-society when drugs were also legal.
Having seen people first hand fall to drugs, namely a parent, don't give me any of that ***** about "I don't know what it's like to watch someone struggle with addiction." I've watched several family members and one parent that I never speak to anymore because of it. I've seen them handle a broad range of addictions and it isn't always like the after school specials. There is no such thing as total relapse or total recovery. There is always risk of relapse and success is really measured by how functioning an addict is. People want utopia, but you don't get there by taking things away from people, even if they are bad. That only makes them want it more. - randy80302, on 05/15/2009, -6/+42Did you write your congressman today about marijuana policy today?
http://www.causes.com/grassrootsmvp/ - ptraugott, on 05/15/2009, -4/+36Thank you for this. This is the way the tide will change.
- Frankyfan3, on 05/15/2009, -3/+34Drug abuse is bad.
The War on Drugs is only exacerbating that problem.
HARM REDUCTION not CRIMINALIZATION! - omgwtflawl, on 05/15/2009, -0/+28Milton Friedman and George Will both pushed for flat-out legalization.
- donthurtemhamme, on 05/15/2009, -1/+28I earnestly ask someone, anyone, to give us proof that prohibition of anything works. Cite just ONE example and I’ll back the “War on (fill in the blank)” . Here is what we do know:
Alcohol Prohibition = Failed
Not just in the US either. Every attempt in every country has failed. Hell, even in Saudi Arabia and Sudan, where alcohol consumption can get you jail time and/or lashes…you can still find a drink (I’ve known a few folks from those areas), and plenty do.
Sex Prohibition = Failed
Catholic Church says No. That has yet to stop a priest.
Teenage born-again Christians who have taken abstinence vows are ending up with an alarming rate of STDs (Many teens think that remaining "technical" virgins and engaging in oral or anal sex, but not intercourse, can protect them from STDs).
Prostitution laws don’t work. Two words…Eliot Spitzer.
Drug Prohibition = Failed
Proof? Simple the UN’s findings are that the global drug trade generates more than $320 billion a year in revenues, primarily from retail drug sales.
Shall I go on?
How about Speeding in your car? Do speed limits stop anyone from speeding? Murder? Theft? Hell, our country broke it’s own law by torturing.
PROHIBITION of anything DOES NOT work…ever…period. Tax, regulate, educate. That works. - inactive, on 05/15/2009, -1/+26If you actually think the parasite government accidentally set up this war on drugs, accidentally set up the prohibition, accidentally privatised all the prisons.. think again.
If you want to end the war on drugs, don't wait for Obama to announce it, because he won't. You have to take action yourself. - rmxz, on 05/15/2009, -1/+26But then how will the CIA and Pentagon fund their secret wars (remember the arms-for-drugs iran-contra stuff)?
- TheNyquilKid, on 05/15/2009, -1/+24The spin is starting, Anderson Cooper had 2 negative segments on marijuana last night, They had Bruce Mirken on as well as John Walters (The Dick Cheney of marijuana). Walters was given far more time, Cooper himself spread propaganda, then told viewers to go look at a blog on his AC360 site for "facts" which just refers you to government websites and hot lines.
I left a comment on the "fact" blog it said it was awaiting moderation about a half hour later I went to comment on another marijuana story on his site from the same day and it the comments were shut off, I went back to the "facts" and the comments there were shut off too. They are silencing the people on this topic! They don't want people hearing the truth.
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/14/fast-facts-m ...
O'reilly also did a piece, I'm sure I don't have to tell you what that was like.
The powers that be are striking back, and it's only going to get worse. We have to keep pushing and getting the truth out there. We can't let up, we have to push harder. - Frankyfan3, on 05/15/2009, -2/+23The argument for legalizing all drugs, as made by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
http://leap.cc/Publications/End_Prohibition_Now.pd ...
And, no, they're not advocating treating marijuana the same as meth, PCP & heroin, but they still want those to be legal so that they can be controlled.
In order for something to be regulated it needs to be legal. - whahaa, on 05/15/2009, -4/+24***** THE DEA!
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+18This is the American people vs. the self righteous!
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+18The real trick is that people are already running around high and wasted. Your support of the laws does nothing to prevent this.
After 40 years and a TRILLION dollars, drugs are more popular and available than EVER before. - inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+17Roughly 3000 Americans die each year taking Asprin. Why are we not locking up all the Asprin manufacturers?
Since the insurance companie's make every smoker take a piss test pot smokers are unfairly denied jobs, then called lazy, not to mention the fact that legal sanctions against marijuana fuel a worldwide black market and pour money into gangs and criminal organizations, however,you are a mockingbird for govt. anti marijuana propaganda and you recite it so well that I thought I would let you know your favorite movie, REEFER MADNESS is on google video.
...moron - inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+16So you are saying we should outlaw alcohol right? Or are you a hypocrite? Take your pick.
- NikoKun, on 05/15/2009, -1/+17Right on! And lets not forget, Use does not equal Abuse. Responsible Marijuana Users should never be thrown into the pile with abuse. Our policies need to reflect that they are a separate group, which is not a problem.
- Frankyfan3, on 05/15/2009, -0/+15it's funny that you don't think there are already.
- NikoKun, on 05/15/2009, -1/+16The solution is of course, to regulate drugs, instead of keeping them in an unregulated black market. If Marijuana were regulated like alcohol, we wouldn't have those gang problems.
- julian02392, on 05/15/2009, -2/+17Comparing the war on drugs to those other "wars" is insane.
Peoples lives aren't destroyed, or even lost, because we would like to help the homeless. - Frankyfan3, on 05/15/2009, -0/+14Interesting note... Norway recently voted against legalization of marijuana, but approved a measure to give FREE heroin to confirmed addicts. (blood test required) You know, so people with the serious medical condition of physical addiction don't steal for their fix.
And if there was a regulated business for ecstacy, then there would be standards for formula's and recommendations for safe dosage.
When's the last time you heard of someone going blind from a bad batch of whiskey, or going into a coma because their tylenol was mixed in a garage?
It's not about being pro-drug, it's about being against the prohibition policies which exacerbate the harm caused by drugs.
But whatever, just calling us "pro-drug" means you win the debate, what with all the facts and data backing up the success of the war on drugs. - Hetman, on 05/15/2009, -1/+15Chicago had? Every major city has a problem with drug distribution. Any location where you have little oppurtunities you are going to find drug traffickers. It is very profitable and that is why people do it.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 05/15/2009, -0/+13"With so many of our citizens in prison compared with the rest of the world," Webb wrote in a recent Parade cover story, "there are only two possibilities: Either we are home to the most evil people on earth or we are doing something different--and vastly counterproductive. Obviously, the answer is the latter."
- ProfessorRiffs, on 05/15/2009, -0/+13So......... smoking pot = being on welfare? I'm not sure how you arrive at this conclusion, because I smoke daily, and I don't recall ever getting a welfare check or anything of the like. Perhaps you should try learning about a thing before you speak of it.
- IHateRegisterin, on 05/15/2009, -0/+13Do you know a lot of people who are going to start shooting heroin just because it is not illegal? If so, you really do live in a world of idiots.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 05/15/2009, -0/+13jbtalley, tsk tsk, what a fallacious arguement. This is no different that Alcohol Prohibition. The use of the phrase "War on" is also fallacious.
- mattmeow, on 05/15/2009, -0/+12Prescription drugs kill over 10,000 people every year, way more than illegal drugs. The problem is drugs need to be talked about honestly. Marijuana is not the same as heroin or alcohol. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) alone kills hundreds every year due to acute liver failure.
- aletoledo, on 05/15/2009, -1/+13How about instead of voting up something on Digg, try electing a president that promises to legalize marijuana and end the drug war? There were several choices, which of them did you vote for?
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+12noboot - Sorry to tell you this, but you have your cause and effect clauses backwards. It's because drugs are illegal that they're only available through the black market, not the other way around. It's just the Prohibition all over again: legalize drugs, regulate them, and suddenly the black market demand plummets.
What no one seems to want to talk about is that legalizing only marijuana is a major step in the right direction (it's the top seller by far right now, according to the D.O.J. arrest rates anyway **), but will do nothing to alleviate the black market for other drugs. Not sure what the answer is - somehow legalizing cocaine, heroin, meth and so on seems pretty daft - but there's always a black market for whichever substances remain illegal.
**Drug arrest stats: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/enforce.htm (Gods help me, I'm using citations in a fraking Digg post....) - Hetman, on 05/15/2009, -0/+12I want drugs legalized because it will decrease violence on the whole continent of America. It has nothing to do with being addicted to them. If anything the one I am addicted to is legal. Alcohol.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -2/+14Lol wow you are a *****. But I guess only a ***** would call himself both unemployable and a dimwit.
- EndouOuto, on 05/15/2009, -0/+11We should outlaw alcohol and tobacco because
I can't stand being around drunk smelly smokers.
And if you don't agree you're stupid - oldhick, on 05/15/2009, -3/+14Next work on comprehension and research. Google is a decent utility for researching a person or topic. Keep working on it. Knowledge is power!
- hydrodev, on 05/15/2009, -2/+13Stupidity like yours is the reason the world sucks as much as it does.
You are the reason a ladder is covered with Don't Kill Yourself stickers isn't it? - jcastillo81, on 05/15/2009, -0/+11There has also been slavery, in some form, for thousands of years. Your point is not valid.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -7/+18Umm. Libertarianism has nothing to do with it. I'm a socialist, and I support Cannabis legalisation.
- mattmeow, on 05/15/2009, -0/+11Prescription drugs kill over 10,000 people every year, way more than illegal drugs. The problem is drugs need to be talked about honestly. Marijuana is not the same as heroin or alcohol. Ecstasy very rarely causes death or harm. "*****" like that wouldn't happen if people were educated. If ecstasy was legal I'm sure it would have some sort of warning on the label, just like all the other legal drugs out there. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) alone kills hundreds every year due to acute liver failure.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -3/+14It's good to see mainstream commentators talking about this. As for me, in my A Level German Exam that I had today, I spent an hour writing about why the Drug War is failure in German. It won't convince anyone, but it's a small step.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -1/+12Leah Betts died from water intoxication, NOT ecstasy. Read before you post.
- roddack, on 05/15/2009, -1/+12yeah because stoners are the violent type?
- ScottoGato, on 05/15/2009, -1/+11I voted for a president candidate that is for eliminating the War on Drugs.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+10hm, i give you 1 star for the effort-- a pity star.
- Subduction, on 05/15/2009, -1/+11That's even more evidence. If you can't make a war sound good in German...
- roddack, on 05/15/2009, -0/+10So your argument is that it has always been this way therefore it is good?
The laws exist for all of the wrong reason and a strong argument can be made that they are unconstitutional under the 10th amendment
The idea that the government should reduce personal liberty under the guise of protecting people from themselves is just ludicrous - SkaRude, on 05/15/2009, -0/+9So does the DEA and local law enforcement. It is big money to police departments all over the nation.
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