Prompted by: VC, Entrepreneur Says Basic Income Would Work Even If 90% People ‘Smoked Pot’ and Didn’t Work (Slashdot) Contributing to the probably well-intentioned but problematic idea of a guaranteed base income, I cite another commenter (amicusNYCL) stating a solid…
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Base Income Without Base
Tagged with: conservatism, Constitution, Democrat Party, economy, freedom, health, law, liberalism, Libertarian Party, libertarianism, liberty, money, politics, progressivism, Republican Party, science, stress
Posted in Liberty Shield
Posted in Liberty Shield
Sanctioned Black Market
Prompted by “Red Tape in Legal Pot States Pushing Industry and Market into a Corner”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/red-tape-legal-pot-states-pushing-industry-and-market-corner Deep breath in… and exhale. In our sadly deteriorating society, where our oligarchy continuously increases oppressive leverage by the hideously popular addiction to judicial…
Budgeting Deception and Thuggery
Prompted by “President’s drug control budget is a first, but still a whole lot of wasted money”: http://www.drugwarrant.com/2016/02/presidents-drug-control-budget-is-a-first-but-still-a-whole-lot-of-wasted-money For years, those of us in drug policy reform have pointed out that, while the government talks about prevention and treatment, the…
Tagged with: cannabis, Constitution, Controlled Substances Act, Declaration of Independence, Democrat Party, freedom, government, journalism, law, law enforcement, Libertarian Party, liberty, mainstream media, marijuana, politics, prohibition, psychedelics, Republican Party, War on Drugs
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Legal Brutality
Prompted by “Pot Matters: Prohibition and Entrapment”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/pot-matters-prohibition-and-entrapment If you don’t care about law, then you can’t care about drug policy or liberty. The following is frankly not a fun read, but a fundamentally critical one. When I repeat my…
Tagged with: addiction, Bernie Sanders, cannabis, Commerce Clause, Constitution, Controlled Substances Act, Declaration of Independence, Democrat Party, drug abuse, education, freedom, futurism, government, journalism, law, liberalism, Libertarian Party, liberty, morality, ninth amendment, politics, progressivism, prohibition, Republican Party, Supreme Court, War on Drugs
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Money Following
Prompted by “DNC Chair Accepts Huge Donations from Alcohol PACs, Claims Pot Is a Gateway Drug”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/dnc-chair-accepts-huge-donations-alcohol-pacs-claims-pot-gateway-drug In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, U.S. Representative for Florida and head of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz,…
Tagged with: alcohol, business, cannabis, Center for Responsive Politics, Consumer Reports, Controlled Substances Act, Democrat Party, economy, law, marijuana, money, Pink Floyd, psychedelics, small business, Tommy Chong, War on Drugs
Posted in Respect Cannabis
Posted in Respect Cannabis
Monitoring Your Future
Prompted by “OmniCISA Pits DHS Against the FCC and FTC on User Privacy”: https://www.justsecurity.org/28386/omnicisa-pits-government-against-self-privacy/ So this bill isn’t just about threat information sharing, it’s about enabling ISP monitoring in ways beyond current law that have not been clearly defined or…
Tagged with: Constitution, Democrat Party, futurism, government, Internet, law, liberty, privacy, progressivism, Republican Party, terrorism
Posted in Liberty Shield, TechYes
Posted in Liberty Shield, TechYes
Court Addicts
Prompted by “New Report Finds Most Cannabis Treatment Is Court Ordered”: http://www.hightimes.com/read/new-report-finds-most-cannabis-treatment-court-ordered It is not uncommon for the opposing forces of marijuana legalization to use rehabilitation rates as ammunition… A recent study from Uncle Sam’s Department of Health & Human…
Tagged with: addiction, cannabis, Constitution, Controlled Substances Act, Democrat Party, drug abuse, education, futurism, government, health, judicial branch, justice, law, law enforcement, Libertarian Party, liberty, marijuana, ninth amendment, politics, prohibition, psychedelics, Republican Party, science, stress, War on Drugs
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
Posted in Liberty Shield, Respect Cannabis
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