Canada - End 'destructive' war on pot, panel urges Harper

[S.J.B.]

End 'destructive' war on pot, panel urges Harper
By The Canadian Press
CBC
February 29th, 2012

The Global Commission on Drug Policy says it's "very weird" that Canada is taking a tougher line on marijuana when governments across the globe are reconsidering the war on drugs.

In an open letter Wednesday to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Brazil-based commission calls on Canada to stop pursuing the "destructive, expensive and ineffective" prohibition of pot.

Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court of Canada judge, former Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso, former Swiss president Ruth Dreifuss and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson are among the signatories to the letter that warns Canada is repeating "the same grave mistakes as other countries."

"Building more prisons, tried for decades in the United States under its failed war on drugs, only deepens the drug problem and does not reduce cannabis supply or rates of use," says the letter. "Instead, North American youth now report easier access to cannabis than to alcohol or tobacco."

The commission includes an ideological cross-section of world leaders, among them George Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state in the Reagan Republican presidency, former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo and Paul Volker, the former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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[kaywholed]

harper is a dick and will not listen when it comes to the war on drugs.

 

[stevein7]

Former this, former that, what a bunch of dunces, they grovel to the status quo to get to power, do its dirty work and then try to pose some sort of democratic alternative.
Revolutions are always illegal. Destroying capitalism and its state is the task.

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

Former this, former that, what a bunch of dunces, they grovel to the status quo to get to power, do its dirty work and then try to pose some sort of democratic alternative.
Revolutions are always illegal. Destroying capitalism and its state is the task.

I couldn't have said it better myself. The US didn't gain freedom or existence by following orders and agreeing and putting up with bullshit. There was blood, sweat and tears but it was all worth it until the wrong people gained power and decided to keep it in a real bad way.