My own experiences with cannabis sativa, black market entrepreneurs, and prohibition "treatment" programs.
- first exposure to herb (junior high - high school)
- growing my own stuff (illegal gardening?)
- "working out got me in trouble" - paraphernalia citation
- no lawyer, no problem -> 18 months supervised probation w/ drug group
- meeting with probation officer - accused of crushing ADD medication
- drug group -> $20 a week, random piss tests, 17 stoners, 2 cocaine users, 1 poor looking Meth addict
-everyone goes out to smoke cigarettes at break - next to Los Favoritos
- contributing to wasteful government spending and bureaucracy of prohibition
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Prohibition then and now
Comparing alcohol prohibition to marijuana prohibition
Law enforcement
- Breaking alcohol bottles
- DEA flying helicopters with weed plants in tow
Powerful criminals
-Al Capone
- Billionaire mexican drug lord (listed on forbes richest people on earth)
American public stuck in the middle
unsure about the product
-Moonshine (blindness)
-laced weed (PCP) - weighted down with glass (dangerous to inhale)
No criminal free form of treatment
- Alcoholics are criminals
- Marijuana smokers are criminals
Trafficing of substance
-Running canadian whiskey over frozen great lakes
-driving weed over border with faulty container trucks
Bogging down the courts
- People charged with alcohol possession/consumption under alcohol prohibition
- People charged with marijuana possession/consumption, paraphernalia
Jury Nullification
- When a jury finds that a law is outdated and the penalties that go with the law are far too draconian for the public good. (alcohol prohibition)
Law enforcement
- Breaking alcohol bottles
- DEA flying helicopters with weed plants in tow
Powerful criminals
-Al Capone
- Billionaire mexican drug lord (listed on forbes richest people on earth)
American public stuck in the middle
unsure about the product
-Moonshine (blindness)
-laced weed (PCP) - weighted down with glass (dangerous to inhale)
No criminal free form of treatment
- Alcoholics are criminals
- Marijuana smokers are criminals
Trafficing of substance
-Running canadian whiskey over frozen great lakes
-driving weed over border with faulty container trucks
Bogging down the courts
- People charged with alcohol possession/consumption under alcohol prohibition
- People charged with marijuana possession/consumption, paraphernalia
Jury Nullification
- When a jury finds that a law is outdated and the penalties that go with the law are far too draconian for the public good. (alcohol prohibition)
The obama situation
Thinking of having "Eye of the tiger" playing in back ground
-George W. Bushes policies
-2008 election - obama talking about decriminalization of weed
- Obama FTW
- Open for questions online poll (#1 question was legalizing weed)
- Online town meeting (#1 question again was legalizing weed) - Obamas laughing response - notice the audience - no major coverage by major news outlets (kill music)
- Drug czar - Gil Kilacouski - legalization not in his or presidents vocabulary (video)
- 2009 - Federal government will not go over state law for medical marijuana
- October 2009 - Federal government will not go after medical marijuana patients and dispensaries (as long as they have no illegal ties)
what am I missing?
-George W. Bushes policies
-2008 election - obama talking about decriminalization of weed
- Obama FTW
- Open for questions online poll (#1 question was legalizing weed)
- Online town meeting (#1 question again was legalizing weed) - Obamas laughing response - notice the audience - no major coverage by major news outlets (kill music)
- Drug czar - Gil Kilacouski - legalization not in his or presidents vocabulary (video)
- 2009 - Federal government will not go over state law for medical marijuana
- October 2009 - Federal government will not go after medical marijuana patients and dispensaries (as long as they have no illegal ties)
what am I missing?
Aerial Map of ASU (locations around campus)
Feel free to comment or add to this section.
This section will have an aerial map of Arizona State and the surrounding main streets. It will show the audience how close in the vicinity to the university various stores and establishments are. Probably a google earth map and the stores will pop up on with a graphic flying to their location. The campus will be labeled and a border will surround the Tempe campus.
To be highlighted on top of the map
-liquor stores around campus (especially Jerry's)
- Headshops around campus - waterpiper (bongs) -> drug paraphernalia
- bars - as many as possible (all card ID's for 21 and up)
- bar tending schools
This section will have an aerial map of Arizona State and the surrounding main streets. It will show the audience how close in the vicinity to the university various stores and establishments are. Probably a google earth map and the stores will pop up on with a graphic flying to their location. The campus will be labeled and a border will surround the Tempe campus.
To be highlighted on top of the map
-liquor stores around campus (especially Jerry's)
- Headshops around campus - waterpiper (bongs) -> drug paraphernalia
- bars - as many as possible (all card ID's for 21 and up)
- bar tending schools
ASU experience - pot at America's largest university
Feel free to add to this section or leave a comment. Especially those who go to ASU.
-Mill Avenue - bar district, alcohol consumption at its greatest and most legal venues. (Video of Mill and interview peoples, legal drinking age crowd)
-Party school (ranking in Playboy Magazine) - underage binge drinking - tailgating at football games
-penalties for underage alcohol consumption by ASU students, on campus - off campus
-obtaining alcohol - Jerry's drive-thru, CVS pharmacy, Safeway (having beer pong supplies at the entrance)
-Beer pong (beirut to the northeast US crowd) - drinking game - threat of swine flu
-drinking in the dorms - residence hall advisor (RA's) - citation for drinking
- smoking in the dorms - ASU police - class 6 felony - expulsion from the dorms, possible
-Mill Avenue - bar district, alcohol consumption at its greatest and most legal venues. (Video of Mill and interview peoples, legal drinking age crowd)
-Party school (ranking in Playboy Magazine) - underage binge drinking - tailgating at football games
-penalties for underage alcohol consumption by ASU students, on campus - off campus
-obtaining alcohol - Jerry's drive-thru, CVS pharmacy, Safeway (having beer pong supplies at the entrance)
-Beer pong (beirut to the northeast US crowd) - drinking game - threat of swine flu
-drinking in the dorms - residence hall advisor (RA's) - citation for drinking
- smoking in the dorms - ASU police - class 6 felony - expulsion from the dorms, possible
War on (Some) Drugs
Section detailing the war on drugs, mainly focuses on marijuana. feel free to post a comment or add to the section.
- Millions arrested since first implementation in the 1970's
- Billions spent on law enforcement and prohibition policies
- D.A.R.E. program, "just say no"
- Anti-pot commercials -> dogs doesn't like pot
- Above the influence campaign -> Above the ignorance counter-campaign (commonsense)
- DEA website about the "dangers" of weed - pot safari online video
- Millions arrested since first implementation in the 1970's
- Billions spent on law enforcement and prohibition policies
- D.A.R.E. program, "just say no"
- Anti-pot commercials -> dogs doesn't like pot
- Above the influence campaign -> Above the ignorance counter-campaign (commonsense)
- DEA website about the "dangers" of weed - pot safari online video
History slides
Start of history slides, feel free to add comments, or additions to section
Cannabis Sativa
- Origins - China/ India
- In the US - founding fathers, usage by settlers, laws forces ppl to grow, USS constitution (over 60 tons of hemp)
- First billion dollar crop (popular mechanics article about hemp)
-Hearst, Anslinger, Dupont and the demonizing of cannabis (start of marijuana prohibition and ignorance)
-Benjamin Franklin
- first paper press, printed hemp paper.
- the guy flew a kite during a thunderstorm (use pic)
- theorized day light savings, bifocals, and electricity
- beer quote
Cannabis Sativa
- Origins - China/ India
- In the US - founding fathers, usage by settlers, laws forces ppl to grow, USS constitution (over 60 tons of hemp)
- First billion dollar crop (popular mechanics article about hemp)
-Hearst, Anslinger, Dupont and the demonizing of cannabis (start of marijuana prohibition and ignorance)
-Benjamin Franklin
- first paper press, printed hemp paper.
- the guy flew a kite during a thunderstorm (use pic)
- theorized day light savings, bifocals, and electricity
- beer quote
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