Richard Nixon's War on Drugs: Happy Anniversary! Candlelight Vigil Marks the Occasion

Um, what? How did Jill Stewart let this get through?

-A study by the RAND Corporation found that every additional dollar invested in substance abuse treatment saves taxpayers $7.46 in societal costs.-$1 spent on treatment will achieve the same reduction of flow of cocaine as $7.3spent on enforcement.-$1 spent on treatment will achieve the same reduction of flow of cocaine as $10.8spent on border control.-$1 spent on treatment will achieve the same reduction of flow of cocaine as $23 spent trying to persuade Colombian farmers to grow crops other than coca.1Source: Rydell, C. P., Caulkins, J. P., & Everingham, S. S. (1996). Enforcement or treatment? Modeling the relative efficacy of alternative for controlling cocaine. Operations Research (RAND), 44(5), 687-695.

A resent study, Mortality Within the First 2 Years in Infants Exposed to Cocaine, Opiate, or Cannabinoid During Gestation - pediatrics.aappublications.org A total of 2,964 infants were drug-tested at birth to see if they were positive for drugs - cocaine, opiates and cannabis were studied and compared to drug free infants. During the first two years of their lives, 44 babies from the original group died. The death rates were :

"No drugs at birth" deaths....... 15.7 deaths per 1000 live births

"Cocaine positive" deaths.......17.7 deaths per 1000 live births

"Opiate positive" deaths..........18.4 deaths per 1000 live births

"Cannabis positive" deaths....... 8.9 deaths per 1000 live births

The "cannabis positive" infants rate of death is almost half of what the "No drugs" infants death rate is! When it comes to failure to thrive, cannabis shows a significant improvement in the outcome.

If the body is low on cannabinoids, just as with any other defiency, the body does not function correctly since the endocannabinoid system regulates all other systems in the body. Misinformation has done much damage over the last 73 years as has the war on a plant and those who use it. Cannabis has continually been shown to be a remarkable anti-inflammatory which could be of great help to the 86 million people that suffer chronic pain. No one ever died from cannabis/marijuana though much suffering has taken place from the prohibition of it. It is time to end this travesty.

By law, the drug czar must oppose any attempt to legalize the use (in any form). Despite the science, medical studies and evidence of medical cannabis safety and effectiveness, despite the fact that the federal government supplies it to patients, despite the fact the Department of Health and Human Services holds patents on cannabinoids for the therapeutic benefits, US Patent 663057 titled "Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants" which is assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services) the drug czar is required by law to lie about it. This renders the Office unreliable and a fraud.

The petition, created May 11th, 2011, by http://ActivistCat.com aided the timing of 3 new Bills introduced in the House. Continued signature activity stands to prompt the passing of the Bills H.R.1983 - States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, H.R. 1984 - Small Business Banking Improvement Act of 2011 and H.R. 1985 - Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2011. http://ActivistCat.com aided the timing of 3 new Bills introduced in the House. Continued signature activity stands to prompt the passing of the Bills H.R.1983 - States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, H.R. 1984 - Small Business Banking Improvement Act of 2011 and H.R. 1985 - Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2011.

This noteworthy petition to the House and Senate, which uses current laws passed by Congress to show why the laws need to be changed according to the laws, calls for signatures of all those wanting to see laws changed. Each signature sends an email to the Senators and House Representative of the signer. Over 750 signatures have sent nearly 3000 emails to Congress.

The petition to "Change the Schedule of Cannabis, Cannabis Laws, and Drug Czar Laws", was launched on Change.Org, the most effective petition site. All interested can read, sign and recruit others by email, facebook, or twitter, or grab the pop-out widget to post the petition on a website for visitors to sign without leaving the site, on the petition's home page at  The petition to "Change the Schedule of Cannabis, Cannabis Laws, and Drug Czar Laws", was launched on Change.Org, the most effective petition site. All interested can read, sign and recruit others by email, facebook, or twitter, or grab the pop-out widget to post the petition on a website for visitors to sign without leaving the site, on the petition's home page at 

http://www.change.org/petition...

Polls show it is time to "Change the Schedule of Cannabis, Cannabis Laws, and Drug Czar Laws".

The War on Drugs failed $1 Trillion ago!  This money could have been used for outreachprograms to clean up the bad end of drug abuse by providing free HIV testing,free rehab, and clean needles.  Harmlessdrugs like marijuana could be legalized to help boost our damaged economy.  Cannabis can provide hemp for countlessnatural recourses and the tax revenue from sales alone would pull every statein our country out of the red!  VoteTeapot, PASS IT, and legalize it.  Voiceyou opinion with the movement and read more on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot...  

I don't find it surprising Dennis Romero doesn't write an article about the failure of the ongoing Drug War. Thank you Mr. Vogel for reporting it how it is, instead of spewing garbage like Mr. Romero.