This Is Why So Many Reasonable People Think Anti-Marijuana Crusaders Look Ridiculous

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Earlier this week, the official Twitter account of the Drug Free America Foundation posed this question: "What happens if marijuana is legalized?"

A perfectly reasonable question to ask. But the graphic that accompanied the question was far less so. For starters, it included zombies:

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Without citing any studies or data, DFAF's graphic claimed that marijuana legalization would not only lead to an increase the number of teenage and adult users of cannabis -- doubling or tripling the total number of users -- but perhaps trigger one of the Internet's favorite fantasies: the zombie apocalypse.

Immediately, people on Twitter reacted by questioning the science behind this "Marijuana Fact."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/07/drug-free-america-foundation-marijuana_n_4745691.html
 
This was the best part of the article for me:

DFAF's tweet and others like it from anti-marijuana groups highlight a point that Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) made earlier this week during a House Oversight Committee hearing about the federal government's inconsistent marijuana policy. Although 20 states in the U.S. have legalized marijuana in some form, be it medical or recreational, the federal government continues to ban the plant.

Blumenauer asked Michael Botticelli, deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, if marijuana was more dangerous than cocaine or methamphetamines.

Botticelli reluctantly admitted that marijuana was less dangerous than alcohol, but wouldn't give a clear answer on its danger compared to harder drugs.

"Being unable to answer something clearly and definitively when there is unquestioned evidence to the contrary is why young people don't believe the propaganda, why they think it's benign," Blumenauer said. "If a professional like you can't answer clearly that meth is more dangerous than marijuana -- which every kid on the street knows, which every parent knows -- if you can't answer that, maybe that's why we're failing to educate people about the dangers. If the deputy director of the office of drug policy can't answer that question, how do you expect high school kids to take you seriously?"
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^ yeah this
im a lazy zombie, weed would probably get me up off my ass and doing things. I don't understand how/why so many people are still against it like it's the worst thing that you can take. I'd get started on the problems alcohol causes here predominantly in teenagers but it's obvious and everybody already knows.
 
Thank you for sharing this article - it brought a huge smile to my drugged out-zombie face.

The tweets were very inspirational to see.

Less than a decade ago, I was convinced that I wouldn't live to see any form of drug policy reform anywhere in the world. And I'm so glad I was wrong.

2004 - I remember it well. Easily one of best years of my life.

The first documentary of its kind had been aired on ABC. It was called "Ecstasy Rising" and was hosted/narrated by the great Peter Jennings, may he rest in peace.

At a time when the majority of America was against the legalization of marijuana, this very well done, controversial documentary felt to me like it was attempting to downplay the dangers of MDMA use by pointing out some glaring errors in the official, accepted medical research literature in America, and possibly abroad. It succeeded - at least IMO.

Among these mistakes was a crucial research paper which was published by a certain quack of a doctor in the academic journal "Science Magazine." The subsequent retraction of the article is the reason why Dr. George A. Ricaurte will probably forever be remembered by drug reformists as a man not to be trusted. I'll spare you the details.

"Ecstasy Rising" is probably available on YouTube, should anyone interested wish to watch an unbiased (IIRC) documentary about MDMA. Admittedly, it's been at least a few years since I've last seen it, therefore, I am having trouble recalling much of the documentary's topics in relation to MDMA.

Cheers
 
Weed is a sedative, so it can certainly decrease motivation in some people... but, as usual, this is a rather large exaggeration. Thanks, DFAF. What would we do without you?
 
poledriver said:
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Thanks for the link poledriver. Still a fantastic documentary IMO.

The amount of discussion that this documentary generated on BL back in 2004 was impressive. It's actually why, after roaming BL as a guest since early 2002, I finally found a good reason to register back in November 2004. Initially, I had wanted the nickname "roll4ever" but thought it sounded even more stupid than the one I decided to go with.

Can't believe how quickly time has gone by this past decade.

I used to complain all the time back when I was still finishing up my last year of school about how slow time would go by. Well... I really need to be more careful about what I wish for, because ever since the start of the new millennium, time has been going by way too damn quick 8(
 
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