Too long to cut and paste but definitely worth a read...

www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html

R.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), January 13, 2000

Answers

read the works of Jonathan Ott..."The Drug War" or get some of his talks at "She Who Remembers" on audio tape. (enter into search engine for either one)

You won't be disappointed.....promise. One of the most articulate, well documented, researchers on the subject of 'the fallacy of the Drug War'.

Then, go the full distance and read Senator John De Camp's "The Franklin Cover-up" ...and top it off with "Trance Formation of America" (Mark Phillips & Cathy O'Brian) and find out who *really* is on drugs.

Ready for a big surprise?..don't miss it.

-- Steve Meyers (SMeyers33@aol.com), January 13, 2000.

small hint: Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics:

*29 have been accused of spousal abuse

*7 have been arrested for fraud

*19 have been accused of writing bad checks

*117 have bankrupted at least two businesses

*3 have been arrested for assault

*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

*14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

*8 have been arrested for shoplifting

*21 are current defendants in lawsuits

*In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving

Can you guess which organization this is? Give up?

It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line.

Gotta Love It!

-- Steve Meyers (SMeyers@aol.com), January 13, 2000.

This is another example of the dangerous "collaborative efforts" between the mass media, corporations, and the government. The government's y2k PR campaign and the ongoing news blackout on y2k is another example of these collaborative efforts. Perception is reality. Anybody ever read Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf? There a great section on propaganda.....

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 13, 2000.

While you're reading, check out the CIA Drugs Reading List:

Dark Alliance by Gary Webb, 1998; The Politics of Heroin by Alfred McCoy, 1972; Cocaine Politics by Scott, Marshall & Hunter, 1991; The Iran-Contra Connection by Marshall, Scott & Hunter, 1987; The Big White Lie by Mike Levine, 1993; Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA by Terry Reed, 1995; Powder Burns by Celerino Castillo, 1994; The Underground Empire by James Mills, 1974, 78; Inside the Shadow Government by The Christic Institute, 1987; Kiss the Boys Goodbye by Monika Jensen-Stevenson and Wm. Stevenson, 1990; Defrauding America by Rodney Stich, 1994; Desperados by Elaine Shannon, 1988. These books name names, dates and places where the CIA dealt drugs.

-- Y2kObserver (Y2kObserver@nowhere.com), January 13, 2000.

Steve, Where did you get these statistics? I am reading "Freedom in Chains" by James Bovard. I am about halfway thru, and it is really a book everyone should read. Thanks to my investigations/preps for Y2k, I have learned a lot about myself and my country. It has been a real eyeopener.

-- Darla (dnice@hgo.net), January 14, 2000.

Steve,

I've read "Trans Formation". It made me sick to my stomach...

And the media thinks cocaine use is an issue. R.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), January 14, 2000.