Ethan Nadelmann Speaks in Detroit

Ethan Nadelmann speaks about creating an exit strategy to end the "War On Drugs" and make a road to drug sense & prison reform.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• OCNORML
• Drug
• Reform
• Ethan
• Nadelmann
• cannabis
• pot
• marijuana
• drugs
• peace
• love
• ass

[OCNORML]

What is worse in the long run, a child making a childhood mistake and getting caught by mom/dad or being caught by the cops and all that it entails? I'm beginning to think we should focus on educating parents on how bad it will be for their child if he/she gets popped by the cops. It's one thing for a politician to be contacted by an activist. It's quite another for them to be contacted by a concerned parent.

[OCNORML]

As I understand it parents were convinced that a prohibition on marijuan would protect their kids from the dangers of the world so they pleaded for the school/government to protect their children from the demon weed. It seems that only recently large groups of parents now want to protect their kids from everything that goes along with the school/government protecting their children from marijuana.

[Picaro1]

Ethan Nedlemann for Drug Czar. Come on Obama don't be chicken.

[hibraisil]

When I tried to talk to my sister about the injustice of the war on drugs she broke down crying and said she was worried about the direction my life was headed. She said I couldn't possibly be this passionate about the subject without being addicted. This is the problem I face. Every time I try to have a rational debate with someone this kind of thing happens. They just assume that I want drugs legal cuz I want to get high. It never occurs to them that I can get high if I want anyway. sigh.

[tstark172]

me too, had the hitter going before the it even started

[bigdt87]

this gets me so fired up

[Lilaan]

I think the parents would have an easier time explaining why/why not the child should/shouldn't do drugs when (not if...) it becomes legal. As it is, kids can easily get marijuana, today, where it's illegal. If it were controlled and sold in drug stores like tobacco or alcohol, and have a minimum age to use, 18+, children would have a much harder time obtaining it, until they were old enough to understand what it does.

What it really boils down to is choice. You choose what to put in your body.

[passwordthisass]

Francis Crick discovered the double helix of DNA on an acid trip and later help map it ! This is perhaps the greatest discovery since the wheel and it was under the influence . It is time we change the perception of who uses . Known pot smokers - Thomas Jefferson ,Bill Clinton , Carl Sagan (physicist and astronomer ) Reggie Miller , George Bush , Sean Penn , Allen Ginsberg ,and Dave Matthews . Illegal drugs are used by virtually everyone . The law is wrong .

[thefakeyeti]

Hear about people whom die when big things (such as comets) happen, because they waited for all their lives for it to happen, then when it did.. they felt satisfied and died..

If drugs don't become legal any time SOON.. I think that would be my big event..

[thefakeyeti]

This is what I WANT to do.. but marijauan is so... enjoyable..

I WAN'T to STOP smoking it.. and NEVER do any drug..

Then when they pull this "You just want to do drugs dont you!" I would responde by pissing in a cup.. and giving it to them