Drug War Project

[razer7echo]

There are already 400 members of the free state project in NH right now. You are super activists that have more motivation and passion than a normal activist or citizen.

Together you have the power to focus your energy into projects in order to attain a goal. There are many possible projects, but one of the most glaring infractions of liberties is the Drug War. This war is mostly supported by and revolves around marijuana prohibition. This prohibition causes so much damage to society and is an injustice and illegal war.

11 states that do not have 400 members of the free state project have been able to decriminalize marijuana as a first step in reducing the harms of marijuana prohibition. I put forward that the 400 of us should be able to lobby for this goal and attain this goal in the near future. I also believe the drug war is probably the most hated and harmful illegal policy the free staters would enjoy working against.

Are we 400 all in contact by email? What do you think?
There should at least be a way to be in contact just to informally work together and think of focusing and creating projects.
This way we can attain our goals in a much more timely fashion. Do all 400 members know of this website forum?

Thank You, please speak your thoughts on the Drug War Project.

[Dreepa]

There are already 400 members of the free state project in NH right now. You are super activists that have more motivation and passion than a normal activist or citizen.

Together you have the power to focus your energy into projects in order to attain a goal. There are many possible projects, but one of the most glaring infractions of liberties is the Drug War. This war is mostly supported by and revolves around marijuana prohibition. This prohibition causes so much damage to society and is an injustice and illegal war.

11 states that do not have 400 members of the free state project have been able to decriminalize marijuana as a first step in reducing the harms of marijuana prohibition. I put forward that the 400 of us should be able to lobby for this goal and attain this goal in the near future. I also believe the drug war is probably the most hated and harmful illegal policy the free staters would enjoy working against.

Are we 400 all in contact by email? What do you think?
There should at least be a way to be in contact just to informally work together and think of focusing and creating projects.
This way we can attain our goals in a much more timely fashion. Do all 400 members know of this website forum?

Thank You, please speak your thoughts on the Drug War Project.

Most know the site exists. Not all post here.

[FTL_Ian]

Unfortunately, while many of the 400 may agree that the Drug War is a bad idea, they may not all be motivated to take action on this issue, as each individual has different issues of importance.

That said, ending the Drug War is a key issue of mine, and I should be instate this fall.  Look forward to working with you.

[Kat Kanning]

It's not a project I'd lead, but I'd help if someone else was doing it.  I print articles against the drug war whenever I can.

[Dave Ridley]

Razer my experience has been that it is most effective to take quick simple action on your own without waiting around for the group.   But inform us of the action that you are taking, beat on your chest, and a few of us will probably act on our initiative to support you if needed.

There are a hundred things you can do even without our help....write an LTE to the Union Leader in response to their latest drug war article. Call Free Talk Live and tell them what's going on in relation to that issue in New Hampshire.  Show up at a busy intersection with a sign that articulates your viewpoint - and maybe an NHfree.com URL       I've done all these things...but the best thing is when you do something we would never have thought of.

Can you think of some things *I* can do for you this month that would assist you in attaining your goal of a drug-war-free new hampshire?

Here's what I did last month:


LTE for Keene Sentinel

Dear folks at the Sentinel:

With regard to your June 26 article "Drug deaths spike in N.H.," I have questions.

The state bureaucrats you quote seem very eager to express to us the extent to which drug deaths are up since 1995. But aren't they (and other government officials) the ones to whom we have expensively delegated the task of "stopping drugs?" How good a job have they done with the millions they have taken from taxpayers?

How does the per capita drug death rate today compare with that of 1900, when there were *no* drug-fighting bureaucracies, when heroin was a widely prescribed pain medication and soft drinks contained cocaine? How many drug-related shootouts were there on our streets back then? How many gang executions and baseball bat murders?

Is it possible that the war on drugs has increased our nation's drug woes and those of our state? Is it possible that curtailing the former may curtail the latter, as it has in Holland? Is it likely that any of the reigning drug bureaucrats will admit this, when their jobs depend on continuing their war against our freedom to decide what does and doesn't go into our own bodies?

[Rodinia]

I happen to feel that stopping educational indoctrination and reclamation of parental rights is more important than a joint at the moment.

[Dreepa]

I happen to feel that stopping educational indoctrination and reclamation of parental rights is more important than a joint at the moment.

I agree that people have their different fights.... although the 'drug war' is a major source of power and huge cost for us 'people'.

[razer7echo]

I happen to feel that stopping educational indoctrination and reclamation of parental rights is more important than a joint at the moment.

Ending the Drug War is not about fighting for the right so smoke a joint. That is not the great harm that is caused by the drug war. The harms are the peaceful people's lives that are being atacked by the government and ruined. These people aren't hurting anyone and they are being pursicuted. 1.5 million people are arrested in the drug war EACH year and 69 Billion dollars are spent EACH year. These lives are being lost.

[Rodinia]

Children don't typically  hurt anyone either yet they are held capitive in a tax payer funded classroom 5 days a week 10 months per year to the federal tune of over 100 billion dollars, not counting state expenditures. These are innocent lives that are being ruined.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Kat wins.

[Braddogg]

Wait, am I allowed to hate both compulsory schooling and the drug war, or do I have to choose?

[Dreepa]

Wait, am I allowed to hate both compulsory schooling and the drug war, or do I have to choose?

Pick one Brad quick!! and no you can't switch!
You also cannot hate taxes or illegal foreign invasions.

[FTL_Ian]

I don't have kids, but even if I did, I'd still consider the Drug War a prime issue.  Drug illegality puts kids in danger.

Anyway, people will focus on what they want, so if you are working on educational freedom, perhaps you should be posting in a education-related thread, Rodinia.

By the way, I want to end government schooling too, it's a tangent from another big issue of mine, Property Taxes.

[Rodinia]

Sorry about that. I let my frustration for dopers get the better of me. Points all well taken.

[FTL_Ian]

I'm curious, why are you frustrated for dopers?