SentLTE-Digest Wednesday, October 1 2014 Volume 14 : Number 047
001 LTE: Re: 'War on Drugs' (9-25-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
002 LTE: A Cop's Argument for Amendment 2
From: John Chase <>
003 LTE: Stephen Nohlgren and Kameel Stanley in Sunday's Page 1
From: John Chase <>
004 LTE: Re: 'Don't be fooled by pot measure' (9-25-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
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Subj: 001 LTE: Re: 'War on Drugs' (9-25-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:16:53 -0700
To the Editor of The Payson Roundup:
Thanks for publishing Donald Bratten's thoughtful letter: "War on Drugs"
(9-25-14).
I'd like to add that marijuana is the linchpin of our so-called war on
drugs. Remove marijuana from the equation and the whole drug war will
collapse.
The so-called war on drugs is a huge industry and huge bureaucracy.
Victory in the drug war is not possible, nor is it the goal. Victory in
the drug war would mean that the drug war industry and bureaucracy are
out of business.
There are basically two kinds of people who support the so-called war on
drugs: Those who make their livelihood from it. This includes
politicians and bureaucrats who are probably on the payroll of the drug
cartels. (Al Capone had hundreds of politicians and prohibition
officials on his payroll).
Fools -- taxpayers who have bought into the lies and propaganda of the
drug-war industry and bureaucracy.
Fools -- who are willing to deny liberty and freedom to others but think
that their own liberty and freedom will never be in jeopardy.
Fools -- who believe that criminalizing a substance will make it go away.
Fools -- who think that drug prohibition somehow protects children.
Fools -- who think that giving criminals control of dangerous drugs
somehow protects children and our society.
Fools -- who think that they live in a free country even though the
United States is the most incarcerated nation in the history of human
civilization.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 002 LTE: A Cop's Argument for Amendment 2
From: John Chase <>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:39:58 -0700
Editors, Palm Beach Post -
Kudos to Neill Franklin for his opinion piece 26 Sept "A Cop's Argument
for Amendment2". He points out that the benefits of Amendment 2 would
extend beyond simply ending the threat of arrest of patients and their
caregivers. It would also made a dent in the wealth -- and violence --
of the street market. We already see benefits to public safety in the
first 12 states to legalize marijuana as medicine. Those 12, as compared
to the other 38, are seeing decreases in traffic fatalities, opiate
overdose deaths, violent crime and property crime. These improvements
are documented in peer-reviewed research done at various academic
institutions by criminologists, economists and medical researchers. Drug
policy reformers knew that establishing a legal market, even a small one
like medical pot, would reduce the violence. But few believed we'd see
so much improvement, so fast. For example, while homicide rate has been
declining in all 50 states, it has declined more in the 12, and now is
40% lower than the other 38. Best of all, two separate papers confirmed
no increase in marijuana use by adolescents. Floridians should embrace
Amendment2 when they vote.
John Chase
727 787 3085
1620 E Dorchester Dr
Palm Harbor, 34684
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Subj: 003 LTE: Stephen Nohlgren and Kameel Stanley in Sunday's Page 1
From: John Chase <>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 06:24:24 -0700
Editors, Tampa Bay Times
Re: Stephen Nohlgren and Kameel Stanley in Sunday's Page 1
Racism has been buried deep in our collective psyche for hundreds of
years. It is being sustained by press releases about “drugs taken off
the street”, by neighborhoods upset by drug dealing and by perp walks on
the TV news.
What to do? First, take some wealth – and violence – off the street by
establishing a legal market for medical pot. It sounds far-fetched, but
it works. The first dozen states to enact medical marijuana laws are
seeing improvements in public safety. Drug arrests are way down, of
course. But more important is the decrease in violent crime, property
crime, traffic fatalities and opiate overdose deaths – all with no
increase in kids’ pot smoking. That’s from peer-reviewed research that
compares the 12 states to the other 38.
Depressing the illegal market would work best if home growing is
allowed, as it is in the dozen states mentioned above. Amendment2
doesn’t allow that, but it could be added later. By then we’ll have more
data from other states to help us decide.
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Subj: 004 LTE: Re: 'Don't be fooled by pot measure' (9-25-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 09:35:42 -0700
To the Editor of The Ledger:
I'm writing about Sam Killebrew's not-so-thoughtful oped: "Don't be
fooled by pot measure" (9-25-14).
Speaking of fools, marijuana is the foundation of our so-called war on
drugs. Remove marijuana from the equation and the whole drug war will
collapse.
The so-called war on drugs is a huge industry and huge bureaucracy.
Victory in the drug war is not possible, nor is it the goal. Victory in
the drug war would mean that the drug war industry and bureaucracy are
out of business.
There are basically two kinds of people who support the so-called war on
drugs:
Those who make their livelihood from it. This includes politicians and
bureaucrats who are probably on the payroll of the drug cartels. (Al
Capone had hundreds of politicians and prohibition officials on his
payroll).
Fools -- taxpayers who have bought into the lies and propaganda of the
drug-war industry and bureaucracy.
Fools -- who are willing to deny liberty and freedom to others but think
that their own liberty and freedom will never be in jeopardy.
Fools -- who believe that criminalizing a substance will make it go away.
Fools -- who think that drug prohibition somehow protects children.
Fools -- who think that giving criminals control of dangerous drugs
somehow protects children and our society.
Fools -- who think that they live in a free country even though the
United States is the most incarcerated nation in the history of human
civilization.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
Thank you for considering this letter for publication.
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