Free Talk Live - drug prohibition

Pot users at risk for DUI even when below legal limit for THC

onederbred — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:28:43 +0000

"You go from zero legality to full legality, people are going to make some bad judgments. Regrettably they're gonna put themselves behind the wheel and regrettably we've got to arrest them," Crandall said.

NH Jury Nullifies Drug War, Acquits Pot-Growing Rastafarian

d_goddard — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:06:28 +0000

Rastafarian was growing pot "his own religious and medicinal use."
The judge made himself a hero and stated his intent to be the first judge in New Hampshire to grant the instruction on Nullification to the jury.
Thanks to the Free-Staters in the legsilature, starting on January 1, 2013, *ALL* defendants in NH will have the *RIGHT* to insist their jury hear these instructions.
Want to see fully-informed juries stop the drug war, the way they stopped alcohol prohibition? Come to New Hampshire!

Top 10 Cannabis Studies the Government Wished it Had Never Funded

JoelG — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:50:53 +0000

10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY:
A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 87 No. 4, April 1997. p. 585-590. Sept. 2002.

The War on Drugs is a War on Us

rmyofme — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:49:27 +0000

Libertarians are often marginalized, typically by the right, for wanting to legalize drugs. ”Whaddya wanna have HEROIN in vending machines!?!”, as some have ridiculously asked.
And while it’s true that Libertarians don’t support government action for dealing with a drug problem, it isn’t usually true that we think that people should use HARD drugs.