97.5 People Arrested Every Hour For Marijuana

A man rolls marijuana cigarettes at the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo last weekend in Oakland, CA, a godless city that will fall into the Pacific Ocean (AP)

Remember when President Obama's "Drug Czar" Gil Kerliokowske said that it was time to end the "War on Drugs?" Yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released the country's annual uniform crime report and in 2010, 853,838 people were arrested for marijuana-related offenses, or 97.5 people per hour, the highest ever reported. 52% of all drug arrests in the US are marijuana-related, 46% of those are for possession.

Luckily, we have a massive budget surplus and infinite law enforcement resources to combat marijuana, the scourge of the modern man. Think of the untold millions who are spared the fate of fatally overdosing from marijuana when they are welcomed into the nation's vast network of empathetic drug-treatment programs instead of jail. Minorities and whites are treated equally under this system, and their arrests are spread out evenly by race.

President Obama has taken the issue of medical marijuana seriously, and the patients with AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis C, pruritus, osteoperosis, theumatoid arthritis, Tourette's syndrome, glaucoma, cerebral palsy, and chronic pain, who are mistaken about the medical benefits of marijuana (there are none) will eventually learn to cope. It's not as if they're being prosecuted anyway.

So why end the War on Drugs when everything is going swimmingly? If you ever feel the need to cut loose, try the 100% legal and healthy alternative to marijuana: alcohol.

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By Christopher Robbins in News on September 20, 2011 12:27 PM

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Kurt Parsons

Whoever that is, it's a workmanlike job he's doing rolling.

ButtPlugs

I just wanna smoke weed.

Jason Ellwanger

alcohol?? Healthy?? good one

Investigate-NWO-globalists

The phony, endless war on drugs has ruined many people's lives while
providing police departments, lawyers, judges, the prison industry, DEA, etc.,
all sorts of job security, bonuses, overtime pay, ever increasing revenue &
powers, their own smuggling/dealing/money-laundering opportunities, etc.!!!
(And this is just the tip of the rotten, corrupt iceberg!)

Moreover, there is a concerted effort by our "authorities" to get
everyone thrown into "the system", whether it be the legal system,
the prison system, welfare system, etc.!

Guest

LoL - amen to the last line. Alcohol. But then again... if you start to have a "taste in your mouth for booze" then maybe you need to take a couple of days off and let your body reset (speaking from present personal experience).

storm_crow

For the medical facts about cannabis, please run a search for "Granny Storm Crow's MMJ Reference List". I collect the PubMed studies that prove cannabis IS medicine! There are also many news articles about the studies- just in case you don't feel like slogging through a ton of "Sci-Speak". Learn the facts! Educate yourself!

birdtird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

whatidsay

"Minorities and whites are treated equally under this system, and their arrests are spread out evenly by race." Whoever put together these numbers together has clearly not set foot inside the Brooklyn House of Detention.

CityFace

In response, one can only say, "Whoooosh."

Fluffhead513

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evbo

It's called "satire."

J D

Whoever can't sense the sarcasm in the initial paragraph has clearly never been able to comprehend blogs and web sites above a 4th grade level.

darnY

Wow, dude.

mrnvr

I think everybody forgot how well prohibition of alcohol went over in this country.

And prohibition of Marijuana will work better because.....? (Enter Mexican drug lords.)