Tell me something I don't know:
Yes. Yes! Did I just hear a drug czar basically admit that the drug war completely sucks? Well then, what are you going to do about it?
Really? Why? This isn't hard, dude. You just stop paying everybody to f@#king destroy everything. I mean, it's interesting that he admits their rhetoric is nonsense, but that was already super obvious. We're in the middle of an economic crisis, and here's the drug czar telling us we can't stop funding programs that even he himself admits are a complete waste. What the hell is going on here?
It's easy to call the Obama Administration out on their hypocrisy, and we should. But it's also worth contemplating why they're doing such a miserable job of defending their own drug strategy. I think the difference between Kerlikowske and his predecessor is that John Walters actually bought into his own hype. His ego won't let him understand the destruction he oversaw. I don't believe Kerlikowske is even loyal to the war in the first place. I think he's just trying to do his job while pissing off as few people as possible. He aims to placate the public by acknowledging the obvious, while simultaneously ensuring that the drug war industrial complex is still able to pay its bills.
So which is worse, a drug czar who won't learn from his mistakes, or one who continues to support policies he knows are wrong?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.
Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked.
"In the grand scheme, it has not been successful," Kerlikowske told The Associated Press. "Forty years later, the concern about drugs and drug problems is, if anything, magnified, intensified."
Yes. Yes! Did I just hear a drug czar basically admit that the drug war completely sucks? Well then, what are you going to do about it?
Nevertheless, his administration has increased spending on interdiction and law enforcement to record levels both in dollars and in percentage terms; this year, they account for $10 billion of his $15.5 billion drug-control budget.
Kerlikowske, who coordinates all federal anti-drug policies, says it will take time for the spending to match the rhetoric.
Really? Why? This isn't hard, dude. You just stop paying everybody to f@#king destroy everything. I mean, it's interesting that he admits their rhetoric is nonsense, but that was already super obvious. We're in the middle of an economic crisis, and here's the drug czar telling us we can't stop funding programs that even he himself admits are a complete waste. What the hell is going on here?
It's easy to call the Obama Administration out on their hypocrisy, and we should. But it's also worth contemplating why they're doing such a miserable job of defending their own drug strategy. I think the difference between Kerlikowske and his predecessor is that John Walters actually bought into his own hype. His ego won't let him understand the destruction he oversaw. I don't believe Kerlikowske is even loyal to the war in the first place. I think he's just trying to do his job while pissing off as few people as possible. He aims to placate the public by acknowledging the obvious, while simultaneously ensuring that the drug war industrial complex is still able to pay its bills.
So which is worse, a drug czar who won't learn from his mistakes, or one who continues to support policies he knows are wrong?
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I think the Obama
I think the Obama administration is often dealt a rough hand. From my own observation, Obama really does want to tackle this issue, but politics holds him back.
Does that mean we should back off? Hell no! This guy is actually listening to us! For God's sake, bitch! Bitch till your throat is sore! Bitch so loudly that our voice is heard from the highest mountains!
Now is the time to scream louder than we've ever have before!
my ass he's listening to
my ass he's listening to us... we presented the legalization issue to him about 5 times now and we have been ignored all 5 times.
but the entire government is to blame, not just him. the ONDCP has made it clear that they will suppress positive evidence regarding marijuana, yet they let research happen on ecstasy and cocaine...
Obama is just a product of a bad system, he does what he is told, end of story. we need to vote EVERYONE out of office. too much corruption, too much power, it is VERY hard to take away power once you give it to them.
no way
obama will not legalize pot he cant neiteh will any other politican they know they woould be murdered by police you will never put these crimnals out of a job
At the next oversight committee heaaring
If DPA gets a chance to be involved in the continued hearing process on the ONDCP budget
I would hope that somewhere in their questions for Kerli,while he is sworn in and testifying,would be on the congressional mandate that requires him to lie to the American public,skew statistics and do anything necessary to keep schedule 1 drugs from being legalized or even removed from schedule 1,even if it has medical applications recognized and being prescribed by Doctors. There is something unconstitutional about that mandate and I am not a lawyer but it would seem that attacking the policy of the ONDCP and the mandate of congress to do anything necessary is beyond the reasonable actions by a federal agency. Ask him if he has ever followed the mandate and also lied to congress,to keep schedule 1 drugs where they are. We know that congress is probably aware of their mandate but most of America is not and bringing this issue to the forefront and having all Americans aware of the mandate would only help any drug reform,
I am sure that proof of the ONDCP following that mandate and buying scientific studies or the skewing of statistics would not be too hard to prove.
The ONDCP has removed any reference of funding too NIDA from their budget summary posted at their website. I have quoted the amount given too NIDA in several posts,so I know it used too be under the NIH funding from ONDCP but it is not there now.
If DPA has printed summaries from 2009,it should show up on those,but it is not in the website summary any longer.
Good idea!
Why don't you take that argument to every news organization for which you have an email addy or phone number and request they do an investigative report on it?
For that matter, why don't we all do that?
In fact, I just did.
I'm pro-choice on EVERYTHING!
Lies
The prohibition of marijuana was started with lies and the lies are what will end it.
Continue to expose the lies and prohibition will fall.
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