Why does President Obama hate wars so much? He takes office and suddenly the “war on terror” basically disappears, and now our beloved “war on drugs” has also ended, thanks to his new drug czar. Well, at least our thriving democracy still has czars!
In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation’s drug issues.
“Regardless of how you try to explain to people it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a war as a war on them,” he said. “We’re not at war with people in this country.”
There you go, liberals, always coddling the drug-terrorists with your therapies and treatments instead of sending pot users to Guantanamo, where they belong.
The Fraternal Order of Police is not real thrilled with this new change in attitude, because now police will have to fill their quotas by arresting people who commit “actual crimes.”
White House Czar Calls for End to ‘War on Drugs’ [Wall Street Journal]
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If we end the war on drugs, and bring back some of Nancy Reagan’s Just Say No infomercials, all will be held back in delicate balance.
More importantly, when will drug price deflation hit the streets near me?
I’ve just had two great spliffs and it’s only 10 AM. I’m thinking about another. There’s lots of Afghan hash here in Canada City, and it’s good and cheap.
War on what?
Did he say anything about mushrooms?
That Reefer Madness poster features some of the best dressed pot smokers I’ve ever seen.
Even with the Depression raging, the hopheads back then dressed better than most people do today.
Only a Hitler would deny us our precious wars.
“Can’t we just all get a bong?”
–M. Phelps
There’s always the war on Keith Olbermann.
No, we cannot accept anything less than victory against drugs! If we give up now, then all the soldiers who died in order to liberate the hippies will have died in vain; and we cannot abandon the good people of drugland to fight alone. And if we stop treating drug use as an imminent, existential threat, then what excuse will the Supreme Court be able to use to gut the Fourth Amendment now?
Besides, in the 80s Nancy Reagan nearly won the drug war by appearing on Diff’rent Strokes. Maybe Michelle Obama can go on Hannah Montana or something; that’ll stop the kids from taking drugs.
We have to fight them over there, so we don’t… we can’t get fooled again!
My stomach is currently having a war on the chicken fingers and beer I inhaled last night.
What? Common sense coming from DC? We’ll see how long this lasts.
La hoja de coca no es droga.
They’ve clearly launched a War on Wars.
War on drugs? What did my grammie’s heart pills ever do to you?
“Me send a letter to the residence of the president
with a stamp on the front saying very urgent.
The message inside went something like: Legalize it! Sensimelia!”
Also.
(In Harry Caray voice)
Drugs win! Drugs win!
[re=317524]magic titty[/re]: Dude, inhale the coke, eat the chicken, drink the beer. I know, I sometimes mess up the order too, but you just have to concentrate.
Today, I am the Czar of Collie
There’s an eight-ball of coke, five joints and a tab of acid attacking from our right flank. That’s war!
[re=317509]Bruno[/re]: Gram of coke/meth $60-$110 in 1979
still the same price range in 2009. Is it much different by you?
I am at war with Dick Cheney so I am at war with people in this country.
How about a War On Shitty Weed?
[re=317522]JMP[/re]: If we give up now, Drugs win.
It’s now the Ongoing Dope Skirmishes.
[re=317521]Mr Blifil[/re]: Leave Olbermann and his hurt feelings alone. Haven’t there been enough strongly worded Daily Kos diaries from him already? Pick on somebody like Rick Sanchez. We could name a new sexual position after that guy. “Salami on top, in a pan of sauerkraut… then rotate.”
If only Hunter S. Thompson were alive to see this day; he’d also make a great choice for new drug czar now. Maybe Keith Richards or Lindsay Lohan can take the post…
On the other hand, can we just convert the War on Drugs to War on the Messicans and attack Canada, because that’s the way G.W. Bush would do it?
Drugs already won. They are setting up the OccuPOTional government now in DC=Drug City.
But there’s still time for Repubs to get refugee status in Malaysia or Turkey.
I wonder if this is the way the French rationalized their too-numerous-to-count military defeats.
“They weren’t wars. We just chose to think about stuff over a croissant while the enemy was marching down our streets/taking our colonies/plowing our sexy but smelly mothers/daughters/sisters/wives.”
I’m not an addict
It’s cool
I feel alive
What if they gave a war, and nobody came?
I’m feeling good, feeling so fine
Until tomorrow but that’s just another time
I’m waiting for the man.
[re=317547]WIDTAP[/re]: I just got a ticket for not being high in public.
We need a War on Drugs! And a War on Terror! And a War on Oceania! We’ve always had these wars, and we’ve always been winning, but will we always be winning? This is doubleplusgood versus evil, and Orwell that ends well, if it ends at all. But I love my country too much to ever agree to not see it at war. We must fight our enemies! I don’t know what their names are, but we need to fight them!
I remember when they chose treatment (forced, in psychiatric institutions) over incarceration (in labor camps) in USSR, for free-thinkers & artists and the like. Twenty years later, boom – herpes.
[re=317566]AxmxZ[/re]: [sigh...]If only intelligence were as tenacious and communicable as herpes.
Has Kerlikowske found the gun that was stolen from his car in Seattle yet?
Can we declare a War On Pollen instead? Trees are fucking in my eyes today and it’s making me miserable.
Bong hits for Jesus-and Barack!
I love the smell of pot in the morning, it smells like … victory
[re=317558]proudgrampa[/re]: Haliburton would still bill us for it.
Can we still haves the war on Christmas, right?
[re=317570]thejesusandmarycheney[/re]: I feel your pain bro.
So is smoking weed legal? I keep forgetting.
[re=317555]rambone[/re]: When’s the last time the U.S. lost 1.5 million people in a war? And maybe the art of killing others isn’t high on their to do list?
I’m ready to start my drug crazed abandon. Throw my hands in the air like i just don’t care!
[re=317558]proudgrampa[/re]: What if they stopped a war and everybody came?
I can haz spliffs?
[re=317581]MarieDeGournay[/re]: I kind of admire the French in that respect.
The US must not negotiate with druggists.
Oh seriously, how much fun will it be to get baked on legal drugs? And how will we know who the cool kids are at school? Think before you act people!
That means we’re at war with stupidity!
The Fraternal Order of Police is not real thrilled with this new change in attitude, because now police will have to fill their quotas by arresting people who commit “actual crimes.”
True dat. When I was a stoner, I was a lot easier to catch than someone who was actually, y’know, causing trouble.
Hardly comforting to those that had property seized for smoking a fatty.
[re=317509]Bruno[/re]:
I remember lsd that had Nancy’s picture on it.
godfreakingdammit now i’m gonna have to find another way to rebel. This is, yet again, the man trying to keep us down.
Hail Czar!
Common sense from DC? What the fuck are they smoking over there?
Praise the Lord and pass the bong, we’re winnin’ the war on drugs! /Spankers
I, for one, welcome our new drug overlords!
This gives a whole new meaning to the term “Victory Garden”.
Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em!
…Also.
[re=317604]bitchincamaro[/re]: Double posting dick. What are you smoking?
Now that we’ve ended the War on Drugs, can we name Tommy Chong our new ambassador to Drugs? Or he could just be the “Ambassador with POTfolio”.
I think Kerlikowski’s decision was influenced by this chick he’s been seeing lately.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/weed.jpg
All we are saaaaaaa-ying
Is give weed a chaaaa-aaa-aaance.
Whew, they used to play “Reefer Madness” on a double bill with “Martian Space Party” at the Howard theater in Chicago in the late Sixties/early seventies. According to the DEA, the air in that theater had a street value of $400,000.
Gov. Arnold RINO mentioned legalization of pot the other day, which prompted me to blog about it at: http://www.lawrenceofthedesert.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/5/11_Arnold%3A_Let%E2%80%99s_Talk_.html
There’s a nice graphic of George and Sharon Runner (small town California wingnut pol’s) as Cheech & Chong. I like the concept of decriminalization, even though my party hearty days are long over, but the DUI end of things worries me. Driving stoned is such a bad idea.
[re=317642]lawrenceofthedesert[/re]: “Driving stoned is such a bad idea.” That was my concern as well, but maybe if they increased the penalty for driving under the influence it would help?
drug-terrorists There was some bozo on BBC radio this morning claiming that gays in Russia were ‘spiritual terrorists’. So, everybody’s a terrorist from a certain point of view.
[re=317570]thejesusandmarycheney[/re]: For reals. I’m trying to figure out how to get hold of these allergy reducing worms because I’m getting pretty sick of my Nasalcrom.
[re=317650]Custerwolf[/re]: Look at what happened in Sweden when they got strict about DUI — and NOTHING gets between a Swede and his aquavit. Every night at closing time they have the Totally Wobbly Tour de Stockholm, because everybody’s riding a bicycle. The key to success, imo, would be really consistent and fair enforcement, instead of the joke DUI system we have now.
Are thumb wars still ok? 13-year old boys everywhere want to know!
[re=317660]CorkPopper[/re]: Link broken! Try this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3306974/Parasitic-worms-reduce-hay-fever-symptoms.html
So we won the Cold War but the Rooskies are still making us smoke shitty weed? What? Also?
As soon as my shift at the Jiffy Lube ends, I’m going to wage a quick Battle Against Not Being Stoned.
[re=317642]lawrenceofthedesert[/re]: Unless they actually see you smoking and driving or witness you toke up then jump in the car and drive away, there is no way for them to test you for being “DUI”. Although they can test to “see” how strong a level of THC is in your system, THC will show up in your system for over 30 days, and the joint you smoked last night or 10 min ago will show up as roughly the same strength.
So either, you can’t drive ever if you toke, or there is no reliable way to test for DUI inebriation levels. They do have a mouth swab test for drugs but again these have a roughly 12-14 hour window of effectiveness, but cannot show how long ago you blazed.
And as for stoners being a driving hazard, just be prepared for an endless stream of slow drivers with their blinkers on and watch out for crazy Ivan maneuvers into the drive through lanes at fast food joints.
[re=317546]Wet Work[/re]: We’ll stand down when the drugs stand up.
[re=317650]Custerwolf[/re]: Not sure legalizing drugs is the same as legalizing DUI. Likewise not sure the only reason people stay sober is because being stoned might not be legal. Some time sobriety is just about getting older. Shite, its gotten to the point that even Harold and Kumar have gotten legitimate jobs in the gov’ment and Star Fleet.
[re=317679]WadISay[/re]: Already done. Please consult your physician or Bob Dole if your drugs make you stand up for more than four hours.
If drugs are legalized, then only uh, legalizes will have uh, drugs…
I need another toke…
[re=317668]CorkPopper[/re]: Here’s how I get my prescription filled. http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/nellie.jpg
[re=317701]Custerwolf[/re]: Nellie’s a cutie!
[re=317546]Wet Work[/re]: Actually, according to Michael Pollan, the War on Drugs actually helped create new, stronger and smoother weed blends, because it all went underground and the brightest scientific minds had to figure out how to grow small quantities with high potency. So, thanks Reagan! We can now end your war, and thank you for it’s failure to do anything other than embolden Mexican drug cartels and create a better home-grown blend. Cheers!
[re=317708]CivicHoliday[/re]: Actually, I think marijuana cultivation is the perfect government industry. Instead of bailing out banks, we should get behind growing, selling and taxing the stuff.
The deficit would be gone in a year.
[re=317720]proudgrampa[/re]: I doubt it could put *that* big of a dent in the deficit (thanks, NPR, for your war-of-the-worlds style “when pot got legalized” special!) but yes, indeed, like Tobacco and Beer it could become a cornerstone of US agriculture and manufacturing.
[re=317566]AxmxZ[/re]: In Soviet Russa, Drugs smoke you!
[re=317703]proudgrampa[/re]: Short story – Nellie once ate the pocket of my jacket (it had a dog bisquit in it) and until I could get it fixed, it looked as though a wallet or pocketbook was about to fall out of my coat. Now just to let you know how considerate New Yorkers can be, I can’t tell you how many people would stop me on the street (even if they were driving by) to tell me that my wallet was falling out of my pocket. My own unintended little social experiment.
[re=317740]Custerwolf[/re]: They eat ANYTHING. My late Sasha (Wire hair terrier / dachshund) once ate a tampon (used). The surgery to remove the thing cost me over $2000.
Still miss her, though.
[re=317764]proudgrampa[/re]: OUCH! I remember a retriever coming into the vet emergency clinic where I worked.The doofy goober had eaten an entire bag of bird seed and had become blocked, costing her owner two large, as well. I’ll bet your baby was adorable – short legs?
Once had a samoyed (I know – can’t trust those Rooskies) that ate half a pound of weed followed by a pound of M&M’s – at least I assume that was the order of consumption. I was away.
[re=317774]Custerwolf[/re]: In fact, Sasha’s legs were shorter in the front than in the back. She looked like a TR7 when she ran.
[re=317780]FlownOver[/re]: Yep, those munchies are really POWERFUL…
[re=317780]FlownOver[/re]: One other thing, was it YOUR weed?
[re=317796]proudgrampa[/re]: Aw….too cute.
[re=317780]FlownOver[/re]: I hope that story ends happily.
[re=317546]Wet Work[/re]: Shitty Weed? No such thing. The worst dope I ever had was great.
[re=317708]CivicHoliday[/re]: I can believe it. I stopped smoking dope in about 1985 or so, except for one night in 1996 when my hippie cousin came over for a fun weekend.
The difference of 11 years in improvement of the breed, so to speak, was mind blowing. I think I’d be afraid to smoke any now, assuming 13 more years of improvement has occurred.
[re=317642]lawrenceofthedesert[/re]: i’ll take a stoned driver over a drunk driver any day of the week. and in my mind it’s a non-existent argument. i got no studies or anything to point to but in my mind decrinilization of marijuana wouldn’t increase consumption. at least round these parts (bay area) the shit is everywhere, it couldn’t get more prevalent.
[re=317581]MarieDeGournay[/re]: Well then, there you have it. I demand that we refuse to surrender this war on drugs until such time as we have lost 1.5 million of our own troops fighting it and we have come up with some better contribution to world cuisine than the corn dog.
Who amongst us wants to admit that we can’t at least equal the fightingness of the French?
Does this mean we are no longer a war blog?
[re=318011]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: No sir, we must double our warring efforts to compensate for our nations lack of official wars.
[re=317953]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: I’m not a MJ smoker, I just picked up that interesting little tidbit while reading Pollan’s “Botany of Desire” this past weekend.
[re=317551]JMP[/re]: or Tommy Chong?
[re=317591]hobospacejunkie[/re]: I’ve taken it easy with teh debbil-weed since I went to a party (ok, fine, an orgy…) back in ’06 where the theme was the movie Shortbus… anyway, our gracious host made a big pile of warm chewy delicious chocolate-chip oatmeal cookies, which I noticed where a tad bit *green* but perfectly yummy. Being the Bearbloke I am, I grabbed a cookie every time I passed by, and by 3am I was more baked than I had ever been before! I had arrived on a bus, but was too baked to figgur out how to get back on a bus, so I took a cab but forgot the hotel-name until we’d circled the block a time or two. I thought I’d sleep it off, but I was still high as fuck all the next day and just hung out waiting for my evening flight back home… when evening came, I was still high, and and couldn’t even figgur out the subway to the airport, so I was compelled to take a $75 taxi there. When I got home, I asked my Senior-Bear to pick me from the airport. I decided to work from home the next day, since I was still too high to trust myself to drive or be in the company of my staff in the office…
So, kiddies, the lesson here is: ‘Drugs r bad, when you’re an idiot who ignores moderation’…
[re=317642]lawrenceofthedesert[/re]: ‘Martian Space Party’, for your pot-smoking pleasure…
Reality is for people who can’t handle drugs.
All the news guys are spinning that maryjane is stronger, oh noes! That just means you smoke less. Less gack in your lungs, more happy. How is this a bad thing?
“Teenagers might get into it!” Well, shit, you better start illegalizing pretty much all pain killers, Adderall, your mom’s crusted over bottle of peach schnapps and shitty beer while you’re at it.
War on Drugs = War on Poor People
–Gonzo
http://gonzodemocracy.com/
[re=318415]Gonzo Democracy[/re]: How about= just plain stupid.
[re=318421]Custerwolf[/re]: Great blog post.
[re=318240]Bearbloke[/re]: Late late responder here but that is an awesome story. Thanks for sharing. Last time something like that happened to me I was too scared to move (I was at home) and couldn’t stop thinking ‘what if my wife never returns?’ (she’d gone out to run an errand) and basically I just laid there, paralyzed by fear. A few hours later I spent an hour or so barfing as my wife tried to keep me cooled off, then I finally fell asleep. I didn’t imbibe enough to be high for another day, but the intensity of the high I had (it was fudge) was waaaaayyyyy too much for me to handle.
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