Saturday, June 10, 2006
Party Like It's 1914
Canada has a new political party. Actually, it's the province of Saskatchewan that has a new player in the mix: The Marijuana Party:
The article also notes how things are in a nation where political parties have to be "registered" with the government. After official approval a political party is allowed to raise and spend money. But, they are also able to receive government funds. This is what "reformers" mean by "fair and open" elections. All the choices the state sees fit to allow.
In related news, James Hudnall has posted a link to pre-prohibition product advertisments that makes for interesting reading.
This old Coca-Cola ad mentions that "cocaine removed." But, they are still advertising their product for medicinal uses.
In 1914 the Harrison Narcotics Act was passed. This loathsome and destructive measure was a gift to the American people by the villians of American history, the so-called Progressives. The results were predictable and immediate. On May 15, 1915 the New York Medical Journal noted:
Three years after the Harrison Act's passage a Congressional investigating committee came to these conculsions:
The committee's recommendation, tougher law enforcement. This was in 1918. The "drug war" another social engineering success story.
Voters could have another party to choose from in the next general provincial election now that the Saskatchewan Marijuana Party has become a registered provincial party.
Federal Marijuana Party leader Blair Longley said the federal and provincial wings of the party agree that marijuana, also known as cannabis, should be decriminalized.
"If cannabis was not criminal, then it would no longer be under federal jurisdiction. It would be under provincial jurisdiction," he said.
"The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party would want the Saskatchewan government to legalize the cultivation and possession of cannabis for all of its possible uses … food, fuel, fibre, medicine, recreation," he said.
The article also notes how things are in a nation where political parties have to be "registered" with the government. After official approval a political party is allowed to raise and spend money. But, they are also able to receive government funds. This is what "reformers" mean by "fair and open" elections. All the choices the state sees fit to allow.
In related news, James Hudnall has posted a link to pre-prohibition product advertisments that makes for interesting reading.
This old Coca-Cola ad mentions that "cocaine removed." But, they are still advertising their product for medicinal uses.
In 1914 the Harrison Narcotics Act was passed. This loathsome and destructive measure was a gift to the American people by the villians of American history, the so-called Progressives. The results were predictable and immediate. On May 15, 1915 the New York Medical Journal noted:
As was expected ... the immediate effects of the Harrison antinarcotic law were seen in the flocking of drug habitues to hospitals and sanatoriums. Sporadic crimes of violence were reported too, due usual1y to desperate efforts by addicts to obtain drugs, but occasionally to a delirious state induced by sudden withdrawal....
The really serious results of this legislation, however, will only appear gradually and will not always be recognized as such. These will be the failures of promising careers, the disrupting of happy families, the commission of crimes which will never be traced to their real cause, and the influx into hospitals to the mentally disordered of many who would otherwise live socially competent lives.
Three years after the Harrison Act's passage a Congressional investigating committee came to these conculsions:
Opium and other narcotic drugs (including cocaine, which Congress had erroneously labeled as a narcotic in 1914) were being used by about a million people. (This was almost certainly an overestimate; see Chapter 9.)
The "underground" traffic in narcotic drugs was about equal to the legitimate medical traffic.
The "dope peddlers" appeared to have established a national organization, smuggling the drugs in through seaports or across the Canadian or Mexican borders-especially the Canadian border.
The wrongful use of narcotic drugs had increased since passage of the Harrison Act. Twenty cities, including New York and San Francisco, had reported such increases. (The increase no doubt resulted from the migration of addicts into cities where black markets flourished.)
The committee's recommendation, tougher law enforcement. This was in 1918. The "drug war" another social engineering success story.
# posted by Grant Jones @ 1:08 PM 
