Every now and then my sons play "Opposite World,"-- a place where everything they say and do is the opposite of reality.
It appears the DEA has fallen into this world and can't get out. Here’s the chief of DEA operations,
claiming they are "scared" of states legalizing marijuana.
The chief of
operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday called the
legalization of marijuana at the state level “reckless and irresponsible,”
warning that the movement to decriminalize the sale of pot in the United States
will have severe consequences.
“It scares us,” James
L. Capra said, responding to a question from a senator during a hearing focused
on drug cultivation in Afghanistan. “Every part of the world where this has
been tried, it has failed time and time again.”
Let’s view this statement from the Real World, instead of Opposite World.
Have you seen the DEA in action? I have, during raids
on dispensaries--which is pretty much all they do since legalized medical marijuana has spread to 20 US states and the District of Columbia--and I've also interviewed hundreds of Michigan families raided by
local drug task forces and the DEA. Trust me, those guys aren't afraid of
anything.
DEA agents are actually soldiers carrying out the strategies of a real war- the failed drug war- and it's a war enacted on us. American citizens. Agents are covered from face to feet in black military
garb. They wear bullet proof vests and carry high powered guns. They also practice safety in numbers and travel in packs when
fighting the evil marijuana. They sometimes they arrive at work in TANKS, thanks to the Pentagon's generous grant program.
Here in Michigan, drug task forces benefit greatly from this program. Below is a picture of the tank owned by the Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team, who have (with the help of these frightened DEA agents) raided, arrested, prosecuted and tortured one after another medical marijuana patients and caregivers since day one of the enactment of our medical marijuana program. Very brave souls.
Here in Michigan, drug task forces benefit greatly from this program. Below is a picture of the tank owned by the Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team, who have (with the help of these frightened DEA agents) raided, arrested, prosecuted and tortured one after another medical marijuana patients and caregivers since day one of the enactment of our medical marijuana program. Very brave souls.
On September 5th, 2012, while raiding a legal
medical marijuana grow in St. Clair County, the DEA forced a nursing mother of
a 4 month old child stand in the 95 degree heat outside of her home while they
conducted a searched of her home for four hours.
They gave her no chair, wouldn't let her nurse her baby. No
Sir, they weren’t going to give that nursing mother of a newborn a chance to
pull a fast one.
Here’s another Opposite World item: Every part of the world
that has tried prohibition, not legalization, has failed. Remember alcohol prohibition? The failed experiment that women like myself ended to Save Our Children? The experiment that sky-rocked the careers of lowly thugs like Al Capone, fueled all out war on the streets of our cities, killed our kids and family members with unregulated products? Yeah, that one. Failed experiment.
It is the failed experiment of marijuana prohibition that fuels gang violence, rampant police corruption and has filled our prisons with our men and mothers to the point where we are privatizing them for profit. Oh, and it decreases public safety all day long too. So there’s that.
It is the failed experiment of marijuana prohibition that fuels gang violence, rampant police corruption and has filled our prisons with our men and mothers to the point where we are privatizing them for profit. Oh, and it decreases public safety all day long too. So there’s that.
NORML ED Paul Armentano reports
DEA
seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops declined dramatically from 2011
to 2012 and are now at their lowest reported levels in nearly a decade,
according to statistics released online by the federal anti-drug agency.
I’m guessing that’s really what these tough guys who shoot
retreating dogs, point guns at children and laugh at terrified, crying women during raids are really afraid of.
The annual budget for the DEA is $3 Million. I don’t know how much of that is
devoted to marijuana, but I’ve watched the DEA put away medical marijuana
providers who were so compliant with our state law it was ridiculous. They loved it. Gloated.
The only thing that makes sense in the Real World that would cause the DEA to be afraid of states legalizing marijuana is that it
threatens their cushy, well paid job of playing soldier in the longest running civil war our country has ever seen.
I assure you, the rest of us in Real World are ready for it to be ended.
We know it's incredibly difficult to admit you're on the wrong track when you've dedicated your life to something, but it's not impossible. The men and women who speak for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition have had their glitch in the Matrix moment, worked past it and began speaking out to educate the rest of the world about the failure of drug prohibition. They work every day to stop all drug war madness, which is why I urge you to join and support these former drug warriors here.
I assure you, the rest of us in Real World are ready for it to be ended.
We know it's incredibly difficult to admit you're on the wrong track when you've dedicated your life to something, but it's not impossible. The men and women who speak for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition have had their glitch in the Matrix moment, worked past it and began speaking out to educate the rest of the world about the failure of drug prohibition. They work every day to stop all drug war madness, which is why I urge you to join and support these former drug warriors here.
