News (Media Awareness Project) - New Zealand: PUB LTE: Marijuana Laws Lunacy |
Title: | New Zealand: PUB LTE: Marijuana Laws Lunacy |
Published On: | 1997-04-23 |
Source: | Wellington Evening Post (NZ) |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-08 16:38:23 |
Marijuana laws lunacy
ANTI-MARlJUANA laws are nothing less than Iunacy.
The original reason that marijuana was outlawed was because:"All
Mexicans
are crazy and marijuana is 'what makes them crazy.'"
The laws were first passed in the United States because of racism they
were
legal tool to punish racial minorities.
Throughout the history of these 1aws, the reasons have never made any
more
sense than that.
The marijuana laws ought to be repealed for the simplest of reasons -
they
aere complete lunacy and an outright fraud from the very beginning.
They destroyed a valuable hemp industry, criminalised millions of people
to
no good purpose, and created a host of problems where none had existed
before. These laws are a waste of tax dollars every time they are
enforced.
I challenge anyone to read the history of these laws and draw any othcr
conclusion.
[Abridged]
CLIFFORD SCHAFFER
Canyon Country, California
ANTI-MARlJUANA laws are nothing less than Iunacy.
The original reason that marijuana was outlawed was because:"All
Mexicans
are crazy and marijuana is 'what makes them crazy.'"
The laws were first passed in the United States because of racism they
were
legal tool to punish racial minorities.
Throughout the history of these 1aws, the reasons have never made any
more
sense than that.
The marijuana laws ought to be repealed for the simplest of reasons -
they
aere complete lunacy and an outright fraud from the very beginning.
They destroyed a valuable hemp industry, criminalised millions of people
to
no good purpose, and created a host of problems where none had existed
before. These laws are a waste of tax dollars every time they are
enforced.
I challenge anyone to read the history of these laws and draw any othcr
conclusion.
[Abridged]
CLIFFORD SCHAFFER
Canyon Country, California
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