Ok, this is getting completely out of control. Today I found ANOTHER marijuana "news" story. The police, government and their tool, the mass media are very good at using sensationalism to distract people from the real problems of Japan "DEBT, DEBT, DEBT" by constantly running what I call "panic stories" about INFLUENZA "oooooooooooooooooooooooh abunaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" and soft drugs like MARIJUANA "ooooooooooooooooooooooooh, dameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee". I think it is time that there was some balance in the news and some truth needs to be told.
I'll start the balancing with my statement "Marijuana is not a dangerous drug". If you want to tell me it IS dangerous, then please introduce me to someone whose life it has ruined. I could introduce you to about 50 marijuana users in Canada whose lives are just fine. And if somebody wants to tell me that marijuana is a stepping stone drug, then I can point to alchohol and tobacco as being stepping stone drugs to marijuana. The arguements are completely ludicrous. Japan banned marijuana because Douglas MacArthur said so. That IS the truth about marijuana.
Here's today's foolish news story:
AOMORI —
A seaman of the Maritime Self-Defense Force was arrested Saturday for allegedly possessing marijuana in violation of the Cannabis Control Law, a local headquarters of the MSDF in Aomori Prefecture said. The MSDF’s Ominato District Criminal Investigation Command arrested Leading Seaman Takeru Narumi, 30, after finding marijuana at his home in Mutsu on Saturday, according to the MSDF Headquarters of the Ominato District.
The MSDF police searched his home Saturday after he tested positive for marijuana in a drug test conducted last Monday. No other members at the base turned out positive in the tests, according to the headquarters. Katsunori Kawamura, Ominato district commandant, said in a statement, ‘‘It is an inappropriate act as an MSDF member. We will make efforts to prevent any recurrence of such misconduct.’’
© 2009 Kyodo News.
And here are some statistice about drug related deaths in the United States in 1988:
Sample year 1988. U.S. federal government Bureau of Mortality Statistics.
SUBSTANCE............................................NUMBER OF DEATHS PER ANNUM.
TOBACCO... 340,000 to 425,000
ALCOHOL (not including 50% of all highway deaths And 65% of all murders)...150,000 +
ASPIRIN (Including deliberate overdose...180 to 1,000 +
CAFFEINE (From stress, ulcers, triggering irregular heartbeats etc) ...1,000 to 10,000
LEGAL DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental from legal, prescribed Patent medicines and / or mixing with alcohol) ......14,000 to 27,000
ILLICIT DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental from all illegal drugs).........3,8000 to 5,200
THEOPHYLLINE (Prescribed asthma drug) ...................50
MARIJUANA..................................................0
See? Marijuana does not kill people, while legal drugs like alchohol, aspirin, caffeine, and tobacco.
Real news, NO PROPAGANDA.
Jus
I'll start the balancing with my statement "Marijuana is not a dangerous drug". If you want to tell me it IS dangerous, then please introduce me to someone whose life it has ruined. I could introduce you to about 50 marijuana users in Canada whose lives are just fine. And if somebody wants to tell me that marijuana is a stepping stone drug, then I can point to alchohol and tobacco as being stepping stone drugs to marijuana. The arguements are completely ludicrous. Japan banned marijuana because Douglas MacArthur said so. That IS the truth about marijuana.
Here's today's foolish news story:
AOMORI —
A seaman of the Maritime Self-Defense Force was arrested Saturday for allegedly possessing marijuana in violation of the Cannabis Control Law, a local headquarters of the MSDF in Aomori Prefecture said. The MSDF’s Ominato District Criminal Investigation Command arrested Leading Seaman Takeru Narumi, 30, after finding marijuana at his home in Mutsu on Saturday, according to the MSDF Headquarters of the Ominato District.
The MSDF police searched his home Saturday after he tested positive for marijuana in a drug test conducted last Monday. No other members at the base turned out positive in the tests, according to the headquarters. Katsunori Kawamura, Ominato district commandant, said in a statement, ‘‘It is an inappropriate act as an MSDF member. We will make efforts to prevent any recurrence of such misconduct.’’
© 2009 Kyodo News.
And here are some statistice about drug related deaths in the United States in 1988:
Sample year 1988. U.S. federal government Bureau of Mortality Statistics.
SUBSTANCE............................................NUMBER OF DEATHS PER ANNUM.
TOBACCO... 340,000 to 425,000
ALCOHOL (not including 50% of all highway deaths And 65% of all murders)...150,000 +
ASPIRIN (Including deliberate overdose...180 to 1,000 +
CAFFEINE (From stress, ulcers, triggering irregular heartbeats etc) ...1,000 to 10,000
LEGAL DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental from legal, prescribed Patent medicines and / or mixing with alcohol) ......14,000 to 27,000
ILLICIT DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental from all illegal drugs).........3,8000 to 5,200
THEOPHYLLINE (Prescribed asthma drug) ...................50
MARIJUANA..................................................0
See? Marijuana does not kill people, while legal drugs like alchohol, aspirin, caffeine, and tobacco.
Real news, NO PROPAGANDA.
Jus
