If anyone has an interest in the War On Drugs and the all too difficult time we have gathering accurate information, there is a report commissioned by the Canadian Senate entitled “CANNABIS: OUR POSITION FOR A CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY” that is an absolutely fascinating read. The entire document or just the summary report, which is more than enough in itself, can be found in a PDF at:
http://www.parl.gc.c...es=1&comm_id=85
It is absolutely amazing that a document like this can exist, while we still live amongst the most arcane legal process imaginable. At least Canada is a microstep closer to reasonable legislation. Take the time to peruse this document, it is a really informative read, and a good basis on which to spread the word.
Canadian Senate Report on Cannabis
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Posted 11 May 2005 - 08:48 PM
well....put me in the Excessive category..i'm a bad bad man....
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Posted 18 May 2005 - 09:14 AM
Kind of off topic, but maybe interesting nonetheless. I moved to USA four years ago. I left Canada because of it’s left wing politics, high taxes, government involvement in everything etc. It is hard to get ahead there, if you are the motivated sort. The harder you work, the more they tax you.
I thought the land of the free would bring new opportunities, so I came down here. It did. My salary went up by about 50%, and Capitalism delivered on it’s promise. Lots more disposable income, and much more potential for success. Problem is, it started getting hard not to notice the meth addicts prowling around in their tarp covered dwellings down on the riverbank below my living room windows, and all the poor Mexicans living in shithole tenements on the other side of town. Cops crawl the streets here like a virus, and the more I read about the supposed “freedom” guaranteed us by a government that is determined to clean up our streets by sending as many colored people as possible to prison, the less free I feel. Psychedelics, of course, have opened this window on reality more than I could ever have imagined.
So yeah, I have a new found love for Canada. There is a lot of government control there, and higher taxes, but it seems to be focused on the right things, like education, and social programs to help the poor and the minorities. This is not a slam against the US. I love this country, and am proud to be a part of it. It is just that living in both countries has given me a much better perspective, and I can see why so much of the rest of the world seems to hate the US. There is a lot of sickness here, and things need to change. There are a lot of people in this great country that can make it happen, but unfortunately, the US government, whether Democrat or Republican, is a corrupt dinosaur, with unstoppable proportions.
So here is the real irony: Living on the west coast, amongst the Burning Man/psychedelic culture, I have turned from a ravaging capitalist to a bleeding heart liberal, and find myself thinking about returning to my homeland. If it weren’t for all that snow …
I thought the land of the free would bring new opportunities, so I came down here. It did. My salary went up by about 50%, and Capitalism delivered on it’s promise. Lots more disposable income, and much more potential for success. Problem is, it started getting hard not to notice the meth addicts prowling around in their tarp covered dwellings down on the riverbank below my living room windows, and all the poor Mexicans living in shithole tenements on the other side of town. Cops crawl the streets here like a virus, and the more I read about the supposed “freedom” guaranteed us by a government that is determined to clean up our streets by sending as many colored people as possible to prison, the less free I feel. Psychedelics, of course, have opened this window on reality more than I could ever have imagined.
So yeah, I have a new found love for Canada. There is a lot of government control there, and higher taxes, but it seems to be focused on the right things, like education, and social programs to help the poor and the minorities. This is not a slam against the US. I love this country, and am proud to be a part of it. It is just that living in both countries has given me a much better perspective, and I can see why so much of the rest of the world seems to hate the US. There is a lot of sickness here, and things need to change. There are a lot of people in this great country that can make it happen, but unfortunately, the US government, whether Democrat or Republican, is a corrupt dinosaur, with unstoppable proportions.
So here is the real irony: Living on the west coast, amongst the Burning Man/psychedelic culture, I have turned from a ravaging capitalist to a bleeding heart liberal, and find myself thinking about returning to my homeland. If it weren’t for all that snow …
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Posted 18 May 2005 - 09:29 PM
yes the snow is a bit of a toughie but i still can't imagine many other places i'd rather be. it's a different state of mind and i find that even within the restrictions, you still feel free. things are changing in canada, hopefully for the better.
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Posted 04 June 2005 - 05:06 PM
There is no perfect country or government. The US isn't such a bad place to be. I can think of many worse places to be.There may be better countries and governments,I have never been to Switzerland or Holland so I wouldn't know. I traveled extensively around SA and they have some simple liberties there that we don't have...you can drink in a park and not get arrested, brothels are semi-legal and you won't get hasseled by the cops if you mind your business and don't get too fucked up. But there is a huge amount of poverty and a major gap between rich and poor(I never got to meet any of the rich people). I have seen dead beggars laying on the sidewalk and people pretended not to notice,but that probably happens in NYC or LA too). I don't know if the same goes for Mexico though. I have heard horror stories of corrupt cops and banditos there. My parents almost got stopped at a fake road block in Mexico before I was born (my mother was pregnant with me at the time) and my father didn't feel right about the road block in the middle of nowhere in the desert so he blasted around it in his new convertible '64 SS tri-power Impala:) . Later he stopped a Mexican cop and told him about going around the road block and the cop said they were banditos and if they would have stopped they would never have been heard from again. In SA I felt safe in the worst neighborhoods but I always had at least one friend that I knew would stand ground with me if it came to that. There are neighborhoods in my own town in the US that I wouldn't feel safe in if I was driving a tank LOL
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Posted 04 June 2005 - 05:12 PM
There is no perfect country or government. The US isn't such a bad place to be. I can think of many worse places to be.There may be better countries and governments,I have never been to Switzerland or Holland so I wouldn't know. I traveled extensively around SA and they have some simple liberties there that we don't have...you can drink in a park and not get arrested, brothels are semi-legal and you won't get hasseled by the cops if you mind your business and don't get too fucked up. But there is a huge amount of poverty and a major gap between rich and poor(I never got to meet any of the rich people). I have seen dead beggars laying on the sidewalk and people pretended not to notice,but that probably happens in NYC or LA too). I don't know if the same goes for Mexico though. I have heard horror stories of corrupt cops and banditos there. My parents almost got stopped at a fake road block in Mexico before I was born (my mother was pregnant with me at the time) and my father didn't feel right about it so he blasted around it in his new convertible '64 SS tri-power Impala. Later he stopped a Mexican cop and told him about going around the road block and the cop said they were banditos and if they would have stopped they would never have been heard from again. In SA I felt safe in the worst neighborhoods but I always had at least one friend that I knew would stand ground with me if it came to that. There are neighborhoods in my own town in the US that I wouldn't feel safe in if I was driving a tank LOL
