Pubdate: Wed, 09 Oct 2002
Source: Boston Weekly Dig (MA)
Copyright: 2002 Boston Weekly Dig
Contact:  http://www.weeklydig.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1515
Author: Matt Helm
Note: Headline by newshawk, parenthetical remark by Weekly Dig editor

MARIJUANA USE SUPPORTS TERROR

Dig,

Ah, this paper baffles me. Are you guys aware of the contradicting nature 
of a couple of your favorite political stances? You're against a war with 
Iraq, fearing that innocent lives will be jeopardized. Yet you advocate the 
use and legalization of marijuana. Now, I've never met anyone who advocates 
this that hasn't used the stuff before and very few that do not use it 
regularly.

Those who do use the drug routinely, or have used it, support the domino 
effect of violent crimes involved with its trafficking. From the tips of 
your roach clips, to the schoolyard dealers, to the killing fields of the 
South and Central American farmlands (usurped from innocent farmers by 
cartels), you're just as guilty of the violence and deaths along the way. 
You've funded them. You may argue that the above is one reason why you want 
to legalize the stuff, but that doesn't excuse the violent crimes supported 
and perpetuated by its users from the beginning of its popularity to today.

Why is it ok to shit on one Third World country, in your eyes, but not 
another? Especially when one country, led by a maniacal tyrant, is a threat 
to our safety. Last time I checked, safety is a necessity -- marijuana is 
not. Even if Bush does want to kick Iraqi ass for oil, how is that 
different from those who buy marijuana and thus are just as responsible for 
the lives they jeopardize in doing so? Either way, you're both defecating 
on the Third World of your choice. Why be a hypocrite about it?

Your views on war and marijuana issues actually cancel each other out.

Matt Helm

(Malarkey. You've been duped by the (recently cancelled) multi-billion 
dollar PR campaign that the federal government has been waging as part of 
its failed war on drugs. We haven't. Peace, Joe Bonni)
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