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Myths, half truths and deception pollute the dismal landscape of the war on drugs. For a century, truth has been ignored and concealed.

"There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known."
-Jesus, Matthew 10:26

Today, we must abolish past prejudices of the reefer madness era. Factual information has been brought to light thanks to the tireless efforts of groups like NORML , Media Awareness Project, Drug Policy Alliance and Common Sense for Drug Policy and other major reform organizations.

"These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; do not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the LORD.
-Zechariah 8:16-17

As Christians, we need to be sure that we are making socially responsible decisions based on true justice concerning drug policy. It is our hope that by providing a solid base of factual information, that there will no longer be a 'lack of knowledge' on this issue, and that the Christian community will promote drug policies based on science and compassion, rather than apathy, fear, hate and ignorance.

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After the War on Drugs

Drug War Facts

Comparing Important Drug and Violence Indicators

Social Indicator	Comparison Year	USA	Netherlands
Lifetime prevalence of marijuana use (ages 12+)	2001	36.9% ¹	17.0% ²
Past month prevalence of marijuana use (ages 12+)	2001	5.4% ¹	3.0% ²
Lifetime prevalence of heroin use (ages 12+)	2001	1.4% ¹	0.4% ²
Incarceration Rate per 100,000 population	2002	701 ³	100 ⁴
Per capita spending on criminal justice system (in Euros)	1998	�379 ⁵	�223 ⁵
Homicide rate per 100,000 population	Average 1999-2001	5.56 ⁶	1.51 ⁶

Source 1:US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household
Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume I. Summary of National Findings
(Washington, DC: HHS, August 2002), p. 109, Table H.1.

Source 2:Trimbos Institute, "Report to the EMCDDA by the Reitox
National Focal Point, The Netherlands Drug Situation 2002" (Lisboa,
Portugal: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction,
Nov. 2002), p. 28, Table 2.1.

Source 3:Walmsley, Roy, "World Prison Population List (fifth
edition) (London, England: Research, Development and Statistics
Directorate of the Home Office), Dec. 2003, p. 3, Table 2.

Source 4:Walmsley, Roy, "World Prison Population List (fifth
edition) (London, England: Research, Development and Statistics
Directorate of the Home Office), Dec. 2003, p. 5, Table 4.

Source 5:van Dijk, Frans & Jaap de Waard, "Legal infrastructure of
the Netherlands in international perspective: Crime control"
(Netherlands: Ministry of Justice, June 2000), p. 9, Table S.13.

Source 6:Barclay, Gordon, Cynthia Tavares, Sally Kenny, Arsalaan
Siddique & Emma Wilby, "International comparisons of criminal justice
statistics 2001," Issue 12/03 (London, England: Home Office Research,
Development & Statistics Directorate, October 2003), p. 10, Table 1.1.

Marijuana Arrest for 2006 Tops Record High @ 829,625

26 Sep : 04:59 by c4cadmin

September 24, 2007 - Washington, DC, USA

Washington, DC: Police arrested a record 829,625 persons for marijuana violations in 2006, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. This is the largest total number of annual arrests for pot ever recorded by the FBI. Marijuana arrests now comprise nearly 44 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

"These numbers belie the myth that police do not target and arrest minor marijuana offenders," said NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, who noted that at current rates, a marijuana smoker is arrested every 38 seconds in America. "This effort is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources that diverts law enforcement personnel away from focusing on serious and violent crime, including the war on terrorism."

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TWENTY TO LIFE MICHIGAN PREMIERE TOUR

John Sinclair and Director Steve Gebhardt will be conducting a MICHIGAN PREMIERE TOUR of our film TWENTY TO LIFE: The Life & Times of John Sinclair and would be delighted if you could attend a screening near you.

The US Premiere is in Flint on John Sinclair's 66th birthday, 2nd of October, with details as below. The opening reception will honor people who are in the film. Jeff Grand, Pun Plamondon, Genie Parker, Leni Sinclair and others are planning to be there and we hope you will be able to join them. The Detroit screening is at MoCAD (Museum of Contempoary Art Detroit) at Woodward & Garfield on Saturday 6 October, as below.

For advance tickets to any of the screenings please contact our tour manager, Adam Brook, at 313 999 0329 or [email].

If you need directions or other information, please contact our tour
manager, Adam Brook, at 313 999 0329 or [email].

You can check out the film’s web site at www.twentytolifefilm.com
Thanks for listening, and we are hoping to see you soon.

MICHIGAN PREMIERE TOUR

Musicus Media & Big Chief Productions Present
TWENTY TO LIFE: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
A Film by Steve Gebhardt

U.S. Premiere
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Flint Institute of Arts
Flint, Michigan
To Benefit Flint Creative Alliance
Reception: 5:00-7:00 pm
Screening: 7:00-8:30 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 8:30-9:00 pm
After Party @ Churchill’s Pub: 10:00 pm
Performance by John Sinclair with Glowb

Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Grand Rapids Micro-Cinema
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Introduction by Steve Gebhardt: 7:00 pm
Screening: 7:30-9:00 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 9:00-9:30 pm
After Party @ Whiskey Lounge: 10:00 pm
Performance by John Sinclair with the Vincent Hayes Project

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Inside Out Gallery
Traverse City, Michigan
Introduction by Steve Gebhardt: 7:00 pm
Screening: 7:30-9:00 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 9:00-9:30 pm
After Party @ Inside Out Gallery: 10:00 pm
Performance by John Sinclair

Friday, October 5, 2007
Heart Center Library
Big Rapids, Michigan
In Association with Tribe Life Productions
Introduction by Steve Gebhardt: 7:00 pm
Screening: 7:30-9:00 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 9:00-9:30 pm
After Party: 10:00 pm
Performance by John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars
Featuring Michael, Dan, Tom & Daisy Mae Erlewine

Saturday, October 6, 2007
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MoCAD)
Woodward & Garfield
Detroit, Michigan
Introduction by Steve Gebhardt: 7:00 pm
Screening: 7:00-8:30 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 8:30-9:00 pm
After Party @ Butcher's Inn in Eastern Market: 9:30 pm
Performance by John Sinclair & Jeff Grand: 10:30 pm

Sunday, October 7, 2007
Whitehall Playhouse
Whitehall, Michigan
Introduction by Steve Gebhardt: 7:00 pm
Screening: 7:30-9:00 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 9:00-9:30 pm
After Party @# Playhouse: 10:00 pm
Performance by John Sinclair with the Vincent Hayes Project

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Reception: 6:30-7:00 pm
Screening: 7:00-8:30 pm
Q & A with Steve Gebhardt & John Sinclair: 8:30-9:00 pm
After Party @ FireFly Club: 10:00 pm
Performance by John Sinclair & Jeff Grand

Our Cultural Baggage

18 Sep : 08:50 by c4cadmin

Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal - HighTimes on Alternet DrugReporter

"Prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana -- it's time everyone faced this and the rest of the compelling arguments for legalizing it."
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Drug War News
Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage + Century of Lies + 4:20 Drug War NEWS
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Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada.,

Cultural Baggage for 09/14/07 Dr. Stanton Peele author "Addiction-Proof Your Child" + Drug War Facts MP3

Century of Lies for 09/14/07 Paul Armentano, Jack Cole &Russ Jones of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition + Alexis Baden-Meyer of VoteHemp & Poppygate MP3

4:20 Drug War NEWS 09/17/07 to 09/23/07 now online (3:00 ea.):
Monday 09/17/07 Dr. Stanton Peele author "Addiction-Proof Your Child" 1 of 2

Tuesday 09/18/07 Dr. Stanton Peele 2 of 2

Wednesday 09/19/07 Drug War Facts with Doug McVay

Thursday 09/20/07 Paul Armentano of NORML

Friday 09/21/07 Jack Cole, Dir. of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Saturday 09/22/07 LEAP member Russ Jones

Sunday 09/23/07 Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway + Editorial

NEXT Friday: )

- Cultural Baggage 8 PM ET, 7 PM CT, 6 PM MT & 5 PM PT. Jacob Sullum, Sr. Editor Reason

- Century of Lies 2 PM ET, 1 PM CT, Noon MT & 11 AM PT. TBD

Check out our latest videos via www.drugtruth.net/dtnvideo.htmp

Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform.

"Once we remove these charlatans from positions of power, other social changes will become much easier." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer

Let Us Pay Taxes

11 Aug : 22:58 by c4cadmin

Let Us Pay Taxes
Please sign the petition to let marijuana producers and distributors pay taxes

What is this all about?

California is in trouble (again) with its budget. As this is written (August, 2007), there are plans to cut one billion dollars from important rapid transit projects. There are also plans to cut back welfare for the elderly and disabled and to cut back drug treatment programs for prisoners. Cutting back on important programs will simply cause more problems in the future -- with higher demands on the budget.

In order to try to make up the shortfall, the state of California is in negotiations with Indian casinos for a portion of casino revenues. The amount of money to be gained is between $200 million and $500 million per year. However, this battle has been going on for years with no quick resolution in sight -- and it wouldn't fill the budget gap, anyway.

We offer a solution.

The producers and sellers of marijuana offer the state of California at least one billion dollars in additional tax revenue every year -- and nobody is arguing.

What will this do?

It can fill the current California budget gap all by itself. No more disputes about what to cut and the legislators can take the summer off.

It can fund rapid transit.

It can fund welfare for the elderly and disabled.

It can fund drug education programs in schools and other drug abuse prevention efforts.

It can fund prisoner treatment programs, thus reducing crime and saving even more tax dollars in the future.

It will stop needless prosecutions of sick people for marijuana offenses.

It can provide for safe and well-regulated medicinal marijuana supplies for the sick.

It will stop the transfer of billions of dollars per year to foreign criminal gangs.

It will boost local economies.

It will get marijuana out of the criminal underground.

It can provide for regulations on product quality, content and warning labels, and product liability insurance.

It will save billions of tax dollars currently spent on useless criminal prosecutions for marijuana.

It will free up police and courts for addressing real crime issues.

It will help the balance of foreign trade and boost the value of the dollar internationally.

The Marijuana Producers and Distributors of California make a simple request:

TAKE OUR MONEY PLEASE!

A sensible marijuana policy can make big changes in our society. It can produce a big reduction in government costs and a huge increase in taxes.

Please show your support and sign the petition to Let Us Pay Taxes.

Are you with the media, and you want more information? Send us an Email

Used with permission, All portions © 2007, LetUsPayTaxes.com

The Character of Our Nation

31 Jul : 14:24 by c4cadmin

A few videos to ponder and motivate to action. Haven't we had enough?

BushFlash - Rated E for Everyone

TELL THE TRUTH - Rated M for Mature Audiences

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