B]Charlie[/B]:
Jspun is correct to say the riots offer opportunity for dope fiends. But perhaps in the area of drug reform rather than addicts' public image. Put hard drugs back in the hands of doctors and remove the drug gangs, and all that comes with them, from our inner cities. Licence marijuana for sale in Amsterdam style coffee shops but with the lessons of Amsterdam learned. Create local employment and involvement in the overground economy. Everybody chill, everybody be happy.
I get the imprsession that alot of people are getting pissed off at being pushed around, in and out of the drug scene ( the UK drug scene has seem to have become. especially authoritarian). Mr. Clean, I agree with you about legalizing cannabis Dutch style. In CA, there are alot of dispensaries, the med MJ version of Coffee shops. We had an initiative, prop 19 to legalize and tax. The sad thing is of the counties voting, some of the counties were it lost by a wide margin was the "emerald triangle" our burdeaux/burgundy for cannabis. They didn't want to lose their tax free profits (the excuse was corporations would swoop in if it was regulated and taxed)- I belive that there would always be boutique growers, and large scale poorer quality producers and a market for both- at least you could obtain much needed tax revenue. My position is to legalize all drugs but the medicalization of hard drugs is way more prefereable and sensible from a health care standpoint, especially compared to the current state of affairs.
Thanks for the response. But since getting on this board since January I have heard of many gear enthusiasts civil rights being suspended and systematically targeted plus your excellent posted piece "life suspended."
Brimz, good luck man. Whatever you substitute, may you stay right. Guess it hasn't the football Hooligans, just normal middle class kids getting fucked with? Is the UK going fascist or am I dreaming- least people are doing something- but anyway, achieving the goals you mentioned, like blacks in the US civil rights movement already facing prejudice, the morale highground, non-violence is important- hard to undo 100 years of brainwashing. If a movement ever gets off the ground you need to be extra careful...people are getting pissed and sick of being shit on- thats my view from my perpective. The opportunity might not be today or next year but in a few years, grassroots, people comming together, crossing international boundaries (prohibition is enforced by international treaties and their enforcement arms UNODCP, International Drug Control Board, Interpole, and the various nation states.) We got alot of work and strife ahead if we are to make progress. Simply put, we need to come together globally.
Kat, in Oakland, CA when there talkin factory it usually involves 200 plants+. Good luck
hopefully things won't be as bad as you think. I have my fingers & toes crossed for you!! Bloody mobile phones & text messages, sometimes they are more trouble then they are worth! Maybe you can use the drought as an excuse? You could say that some of your friends were going through really bad W.D's coz of the drought, so you were helping them by getting them the odd bit of gear & thats why they were putting cash into your a/c, i know its still dealing but its not as if you where running a big business. I'm sure your brief will give you some good advice. XXX
