WAR ON MARIJUANA COSTLY FOR NO REASON

Excuse me for a moment while I vent about the mind-boggling stupidity of
the autocratic, bureaucratic, right-wing, neanderthal numbskulls who keep
pushing an insane, inane, and inhumane holy war against marijuana - which
is after all, a weed.

The most embarrassing thing for these holy warriors is that the weed is
winning! They've been at this war since 1937, spending billions and
billions of our tax dollars, militarizing our borders, and stomping on our
Bill of Rights. They've used phone taps, garbage searches, jack-booted
raids, and draconian prison terms to... well, to do what? To nab peaceful,
mellow tokers who aren't bothering anyone, that's what.

Despite 60 years of spending our money, they've failed: 85 percent of
Americans say marijuana is easy to obtain today, a third of our population
says they've tried it, nearly 15 million people partake of it at least
monthly - and more high school students now smoke marijuana than cigarettes!

Meanwhile, the holy warriors have become more fanatical and thuggish than
ever. A marijuana arrest is made every 41 seconds in America - nine out of
ten of them for mere possession. In 2004, 772,000 Americans were arrested
on marijuana charges - more than for all violent crimes combined. And
40,000 Americans are in prison today for this victimless crime - more than
the entire prison populations of eight European countries.

Even sicker, the sanctimonious weed warriors have made it a crime for
thousands of seriously sick people to get the medical benefits of using
small amounts of doctor-prescribed marijuana. Weirdly, our doctors can
prescribe cocaine for patients - but not marijuana. Worse, drug thugs from
the DEA and FBI bust down the doors of these patients, seize their
dosages... and haul them to jail.

For information and action to stop this absurd war, call the Marijuana
Policy Project: 202-462-5747.