Yeah, it’s a tragedy all right and the books that get removed are the stories of all the outrageous and uncalled for sufferings of other-wise law-abiding citizens at the hands of the great “protectors” the cops to defend the law — just “doing their jobs” by breaking the law themselves, removing our civil rights to enforce drug laws.

Okay, so I myself never went to jail but I got thrown in the back of a squad car for a phony “warrant” on a pot ticket I had already paid.

The cops, even when they don’t arrest us for pot they seem to delight in being able to threaten it at any time no matter how inappropriate the situation.

The drug war is a total failure but more than that it is an imoral abuse of human rights.
The problem is we keep trying to get help from the political left where we need to get help is the center a.k.a. the majority.

America has about 330 million people less than 1/3 vote, of those who do most vote because they have exstream views either they are left and want to radically alter society or they are right and want to return society to a idyllic past that never existed. Ending Prohibition dose not appeal to the left or right they both want the government to run your life. The right wants to see you suffer, the left wants you to get counseling, the middle want you keep the noise down after 11:00 pm.
That is who we need to appeal to those who don’t care what others do but don’t see a reason to support behavior they don’t chose for them selves or won’t vote for a candidate on one issue alone.
Bill Clinton was elected by just 45 million Bush about the same.less than 100 million voted in either election. Where are all the other voters?
They stayed home not because they don’t care about America but because neither the left or right represents them.

So here’s my idea lets forget about political parties and go right at the issue it self let’s try to get everyone who bleives in ending cannabis Prohibition to go vote as a write in for president “End Prohibition”. Not in this election it’s to late but for 2012.

We can appeal to the middle who don’t vote by asking them to go and write “End Prohibition” and leave the rest of the ballot blank sell it to them that it’s a referendum on a single issue nothing more, as an idea can’t be elected president.
If politicians detect wide support for our write in one or more may, fearing loss of votes support ending prohibition even if they don’t come November 5 2012 if there’s anything over 10 or 15 million votes for our write in you can bet ending prohibition be part some major candidate’s bid for 2016.

The beauty is we don’t have to convince people to vote any candidate so we can appeal to disillusioned people from the left,right,and middle. A lot of people who would never vote for any candidate might just be willing to go write two words on a piece of paper.

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5843.html#usercomments

also if youd like to comment on the hill 140+ comments.

http://blog.thehill.com/2008/09/23/how-can-we-discuss-marijuana-policy-when-americas-top-drug-cop-wont-even-acknowledge-the-facts/

you dont have to register for either.

http://www.wfad08.org/

trying to put us back to square one with the few reforms we’ve managed to get. Thank goodness for people like Transform -

http://transform-drugs.blogspot.com/2008/09/
alex-wodak-defends-harm-reduction-under.html

and the Drug War(rant) -

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/

who are there watching them………

And of COURSE, thanks NORML !!!