News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: Letter from Debra Triplett, November Coalition to MAP |
| Title: | US CA: Letter from Debra Triplett, November Coalition to MAP |
| Published On: | 2003-03-23 |
| Source: | Letters to MAP (The Media Awareness Project of DrugSense) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 21:35:21 |
I've never smoked pot. I've never taken illegal drugs. The key word
is 'illegal'. I take prescription pain pills for the metal plate in
my neck...
I was raised to believe that we did all that we could to obey the law,
and to respect our elders. Now, I believe that the law needs to learn
to respect us - the people that make this country... While I've not
chosen to smoke pot does not make me any better than a person that
chooses to smoke it. People who chose alcohol and drive drunk, kill
someone while doing it, then confess to their AA meetings does not
make them saints, nor should they hoard it over a person that is
addicted to meth simply because their drug of choice is "legal."
Many, many years ago, while the Chinese labored toward making the
railroads, the government could not determine who to tax for the opium
houses. They formed a task-force to collect taxes, following their
decision to tax the opium houses, not the end-users. When it was
decided that these drugs were to be declared illegal, they kept this
task-force, and it grew into what we know today as the D.E.A.
It was ignorance then, and it is ignorance now that keeps the
government and their "war on drugs" in business. They manufacture
FEAR as a means of keeping the American people from educating
themselves as to the true issues in the world today, instead keeping
themselves in high-paying jobs where they are allowed to bully us and
deprive us of our rights.
I personally appreciate the website, www.mapinc.org, as well as
organizations such as the November Coalition, and many others, those
who, in a tireless effort, attempt to spread some sort of sense into
the American people.
As an advocate in California for people with disabilities, I fully
understand the hard work and long hours put in by these dedicated
advocates. I hope that some day people like my own brother will reap
some benefit from our efforts - he is spending 21 years in federal
prison for $240 worth of meth. If nothing else, perhaps we can at
least save some of our future generations from similar terrors.
Debra Triplett
Debra@november.org
P O Box 187, Carmichael, CA 95609
is 'illegal'. I take prescription pain pills for the metal plate in
my neck...
I was raised to believe that we did all that we could to obey the law,
and to respect our elders. Now, I believe that the law needs to learn
to respect us - the people that make this country... While I've not
chosen to smoke pot does not make me any better than a person that
chooses to smoke it. People who chose alcohol and drive drunk, kill
someone while doing it, then confess to their AA meetings does not
make them saints, nor should they hoard it over a person that is
addicted to meth simply because their drug of choice is "legal."
Many, many years ago, while the Chinese labored toward making the
railroads, the government could not determine who to tax for the opium
houses. They formed a task-force to collect taxes, following their
decision to tax the opium houses, not the end-users. When it was
decided that these drugs were to be declared illegal, they kept this
task-force, and it grew into what we know today as the D.E.A.
It was ignorance then, and it is ignorance now that keeps the
government and their "war on drugs" in business. They manufacture
FEAR as a means of keeping the American people from educating
themselves as to the true issues in the world today, instead keeping
themselves in high-paying jobs where they are allowed to bully us and
deprive us of our rights.
I personally appreciate the website, www.mapinc.org, as well as
organizations such as the November Coalition, and many others, those
who, in a tireless effort, attempt to spread some sort of sense into
the American people.
As an advocate in California for people with disabilities, I fully
understand the hard work and long hours put in by these dedicated
advocates. I hope that some day people like my own brother will reap
some benefit from our efforts - he is spending 21 years in federal
prison for $240 worth of meth. If nothing else, perhaps we can at
least save some of our future generations from similar terrors.
Debra Triplett
Debra@november.org
P O Box 187, Carmichael, CA 95609
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