Sting Calls For Legalisation Of Marijuana

[Budman2012]

From the Sydney Morning Herald :

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/sti...-rinr.html#poll

 

Sting has called for the legalisation of marijuana.

 

The Fields of Gold singer insists America should spend the money it uses jailing users of the drug on tackling poverty and global warming.

 

Sting, 58, wrote on his blog how he feels marijuana users are imprisoned for a crime that doesn’t hurt anyone.

 

He said: "The ‘War on Drugs’ has failed - but it's worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has been consigned.

 

"People who genuinely need help can't get it. Neither can people who need medical marijuana to treat terrible diseases.

 

We are spending billions, filling up our prisons with non-violent offenders and sacrificing our liberties."

 

Sting - real name Gordon Sumner - called for people to support the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), an activist group who campaign for those jailed for non-violent drugs offences to be released from prison.

 

He continued: "For years, the ‘Drug War’ has been used as a pretext to lock people in prison for exorbitant lengths of time - people whose ‘crimes’ never hurt another human being, people who already lived at the margins of society, whose voices were the faintest and whose power was the least.

 

"Meanwhile, resources to fight genuine crime - violent crime - have been significantly diminished."

 

The comments immediately elicited an angry response from anti-drugs groups.

 

A spokesperson for DARE, which teaches schoolchildren about the dangers of drug use wrote: "He should stick to singing and not meddle in matters he doesn't understand.

 

"We do not need pop stars coming out and making irresponsible statements like that."

DARE are government funded pigz who "Just Say No" ... a total failure on all accounts over the last 25 years or so ... so it is THEY who misunderstand the matter and THEY who have been the ones making irresponsible statements all these years.

Just Say Know

 

This 1998 article from Playboy Magazine sums it up :

Just say No - Why DARE doesn't work

Didn't work then and doesn't work now ... so many Billion$$$ wasted on this propaganda.

 

I forgot to put this up the other day so the Poll has closed but check out the votes ...

As with nearly every poll I've seen on Decrim/Legalize the "For" far outweigh the "Against" and generally sit at about 85% Pro ... and even in the SMH of all places , this Poll is no different.

It's about time our governments and authorities wake the fuck up and listen to the facts , listen to the people they are supposed to represent ... and end the madness.

 

[pisspotgrower]

Sting is cool, but as soon as Brad angie n oprah say its ok the world will start 2 move

[sew850i]

It's about time our governments and authorities wake the fuck up and listen to the facts.

 

no doubt with you on that.. but when you think about it, the countless times people have tried to decriminalise/legalise AND proven facts etc. it never has worked as well as it should be.. you'd think that once they get the science its all they need, but all these "politicians" are just puppets.

Edited April 4, 2010 by sew850i

[Crunchy]

Sting is cool, but as soon as Brad angie n oprah say its ok the world will start 2 move

Brads already an open toker im pretty sure, he just doesnt draw attention to it or speak up on the issue, i guess it would make a big difference if he did though