Are They High?

Look, I'm not a huge druggie or anything, but can't we just agree that the Drug War is stupid, costs way too much money and feeds into coffers of both government and the private prison industry in some states? Yeaaaaah... first, Congress is at it again- a bill is being proposed that would enforce our effed up drug policy worldwide. As someone in the article explained it:

"Under this bill, if a young couple plans a wedding in Amsterdam, and as part of the wedding, they plan to buy the bridal party some marijuana, they would be subject to prosecution," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for reforming the country's drug laws. "The strange thing is that the purchase of and smoking the marijuana while you're there wouldn't be illegal. But this law would make planning the wedding from the U.S. a federal crime."

Uncool, Congress... totally uncool. If, as a free citizen of the United States of America choose to travel to a country with more sane drug laws and avail myself of some grade A Cheeba, it's none of your damn business.

It's time for States to get all 10th Amendment about this shit. State budgets are just as strained as the Federal Budget and legalizing weed and taxing the crap out of it would not only kickstart a whole new industry, but it would keep it out of the hands of our children and bring in a shitload of revenue for states and the federal government. Probably more than the Homeland Security/Prison Industrial currently puts into the pockets of our corrupt Establishment.

Second, the President has changed things up on the medical pot community in California again- the Federales are launching a crackdown and pot advocates are pissed off- as well they should be. I hope someone in the White House is taking notes, because this is the exact problem the President is having with the economy. Pot dispensary owners felt OK about things because the Feds said they were going to layoff- but now they've done a bait and switch and are going after them. Sudden and random shifts in policy/regulations for no good reason at all act as a deterrant to people want to get into that line of work-- and it also explains why businesses large and small across the nation have a ton of profits yet aren't hiring anyone. They don't want the Feds to run a bait and switch on them.

The President should back off this- fast. He should be consistent with his policies and in fact, start moving money away from weed and towards more harmful drugs like crack, meth and heroin.

So, to review:

War On Drgs = bad.

Why? It's a titanic waste of money, kids smoke pot anyway and we're 14 trillion dollars in debt. We gots to make some dinero.

The bait and switch on the medical pot industry in California underlines a huge problem we've got nationwide- nobody wants to hire because they don't want to get doinked in the butt by regulations that the current administration hasn't thought of yet. People don't want to get screwed over- until this administration can persuade them that they won't get the fuzzy end of the lollipop, nobody is gonna hire.

I don't understand how people don't get it- are they high or something?