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California voters will have the chance November 2nd to decide whether to legalize the use of marijuana by adults 21 years of age or older. The measure, known as "Proposition 19," will not even be voted on for another six weeks; but already there are those urging the federal government to take action against it.
If voters in the Golden State decide to thus liberalize their state's laws, the United States Supreme Court will almost certainly be called upon to decide whether the so-called "commerce clause" in the Constitution has any limits at all to reach even purely personal behavior that has no effect whatsoever outside the boundaries of a single state. Ironically, this would be the second time since 2005 the Court has used a liberalized California marijuana law to extend federal power to criminalize personal behavior.
Five years ago, in a 6-3 opinion, in which only Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas dissented, the Court struck down California's medical marijuana law that similarly had been passed by voter referendum. Of those three, only Justice Thomas remains on the Supreme Court bench now. As the only sitting Justice who votes consistently to limit federal power regulating personal behavior (especially measures enacted under the guise of the commerce clause), he can be counted on to support the rights of adult Californians to smoke a joint in the privacy of their own home. Beyond Thomas, however, finding Justices willing to limit the reach of the commerce clause will be a difficult task.
Since the late 1930s, the Congress repeatedly has passed legislation using the commerce clause as the "hook" with which to justify all manner of mandates on state governments and limits on personal behavior. Republican and Democratic presidents alike have shown virtually no hesitancy in signing such legislation into law. And, with precious few exceptions, the federal courts have upheld such measures. In this manner have all three branches of our government conspired to twist a single phrase in the Constitution — designed originally to guard against any one state from impeding commerce with or into any other state – beyond all logic.
In a clear illustration of the disdain which many in this country have for limited federal power, every one of the nine former administrators of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – the agency primarily responsible for enforcing federal drug laws – sent a letter last month to Attorney General Eric Holder, sounding the alarm bell over Proposition 19. In their letter, the former DEA heads urged Mr. Holder to assert the commerce and "supremacy" clauses in the Constitution as grounds from which to actively oppose the pending California measure; and on which to base a lawsuit challenging it.
In their letter also, the DEA bosses likened the brewing California marijuana crisis to the situation in Arizona, where the Attorney General currently is prosecuting a lawsuit against that state to enjoin its enforcement of an immigration law empowering state officers to stop, question, detain, and arrest individuals if they think they are here illegally.
In fact, these two cases have nothing in common.
Unlike immigration laws — an area in which the federal government enjoys explicit and plenary constitutional power — the feds' power to jail individuals for using controlled substances is at best a power shared with state authorities. It is a power based not on any express or implied authority in the Constitution, but only tenuously on the power to tax and – you guessed it – to regulate interstate commerce.
What is at stake here is not protecting an exclusive federal power against usurpation by a state. What is involved here is nothing loftier than preserving the raw power of Washington to enforce personal behavior norms by the citizens in California or any other stat
September 20th, 2010
6:58 am
Fine article! Thanks for revealing yet another perspective on "Big Brother." I appreciate all they do for us (not).
September 20th, 2010
6:58 am
The real issue is prohibition. In the 1930's prohibition was tried and the result was ramped organized crime and corruption resulting in it's repeal. The Feds are using a different method for outlawing drugs but the result is the same. Organized crime and corruption.
September 20th, 2010
7:39 am
"If voters in the Golden State decide to thus liberalize their state's laws, the United States Supreme Court will almost certainly be called upon to decide whether the so-called "commerce clause" in the Constitution has any limits at all to reach even purely personal behavior that has no effect whatsoever outside the boundaries of a single state. Ironically, this would be the second time since 2005 the Court has used a liberalized California marijuana law to extend federal power to criminalize personal behavior. "
Sure, we followed THAT along.
What is Barr smoking? Or did he dabble in witchcraft? Satanic reasoning uses the logic of the worst case scenario to weaken the legal justification of any law. "We want small government because look how they trample upon our liberties when they regulate poisons." or "Abe Lincoln was unamerican when he suspended the writ during the civil war, the dirty rat."
Syntactically challenged, and stoned is no way to go through life, Barr.
Better: "If California legalizes marijuana, the inevitable crazy-con appeals to our Supreme Court will rely on the precedence set by the Interstate Commerce Clause in our constitution, through which Chicken Little was successfully prosecuted for tranporting McNuggets across state lines for immoral purposes."
There. Your entire argument, and the rebuttal, in a tweet. You would have had room to report how scientists are using DNA forensics to zero-in on exactly what part of a chicken the McNugget comes from, and how a break-through is imminent, after Mankind has waited for so many generations to learn the origin. Personally, I think it's the same place they get the chicken tenders from. But that's just me.
We best wait for the science.
September 20th, 2010
8:05 am
Unlike most of your fellow conservatives, you actually have principles that don't flex whichever way the wind blows when it's conveniant. Kudos to you Bob!
September 20th, 2010
8:12 am
One Man's Myth: Bob's argument is pretty easy to understand. The government should stay out of our homes and let us smoke pot if we want. I get the point of yours. Seems to be "I'm a jerk" but not much else. You might want to work on your own syntax. Those who live in glass houses and all….
The Interstate Commerce Clause is frequently abused. If we followed it strictly, this country might be a very different place. For better or worse, I couldn't say. But I would like to smoke weed rather than drink when I go out. It's safer.
September 20th, 2010
8:21 am
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As a Christian who takes seriously Jesus command to do unto others what I would have them do unto me, I know that if my child were using marijuana, I would want to work with him or her as a parent rather than seeing him or her with a criminal record, in jail with the sexual predators, lose their college financial aid, and all of the very real harm that would be caused, not by marijuana, but by the law. I would hate for that to happen to any kid, but it does, every day.
Likewise, if my aging parents were to try a little marijuana to ease the aches and pains of growing older, I would not want to see the police confiscate their home and sell it under the property forfeiture laws. I would hate for that to happen to any aging parent, but it does. Register to vote. Just google your state name and the phrase "voter registration". You have to register well in advance of election day; All of these links use the usual h t t p : / / w w w prefix:
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September 20th, 2010
9:02 am
If the State can sell a little weed, the Feds will see all the tax revenue California will be generating from selling grass and will want a toke off of that pipe. The State will also spend less money enforcing and prosecuting people for an arcane law. Wouldn't it be groovy if AAhhhnuld could bail out the State's budget woes just from selling a little weed? And tonight's forecast still calls for widely scattered dark.
September 20th, 2010
9:18 am
I think pot was legalized in DC too, because they are smokin lots o dope in the Oval office.
September 20th, 2010
9:48 am
The United States' drug policies are a farce. They spend so much money to keep marijuana illegal while selling drugs themselves that is a lot worse. This drug is methadone. There are methadone clinics all over the United States that were started to get heroin users off the streets and from using dirty needles. However, they now prescribe it to people who are addicted to just about anything including prescription drugs. If you are pregnant, they give you a larger dose for the baby. This program is supposed to cure addictions by substituting their minor drugs with a drug (synthetic heroin) that is more powerful and more addicting than most of the things it is prescribed for. Methadone is prescribed by a regular doctor and patient have to see the doctor and a counselor regularly. This is supposed to help them beat their addictions and finally weaned off the methadone. I know of many methadone addicts, including my 30-year-old daughter, who are never encouraged to come off the methadone and use someone else's urine to pass drug tests designed to make sure they are not taking other drugs. It is like the United States is saying, "don't buy drugs unless you buy them from us.
September 20th, 2010
9:53 am
A Libertarian is just a Republican who smokes pot and has gay friends.
September 20th, 2010
10:00 am
It is simply time we stopped turning casual hemp users into criminals. It is time that we stopped footing the bill to arrest, convict and pay for incarceration of hemp users and dealers. It is time we taxed pre-packaged hemp like alcohol and cigarettes. It is time we cut the backbone of hemp funding from drug cartels.
At least THIS part of "the War on Drugs" is a costly boondoggle that we can no longer afford. Politicians used hemp as a way to boost their image as being "tough on crime". Government lied, over and over again, about the affects of hemp. Ever see "reefer madness"? It was so blatantly false that it left my high school class of 1979 wondering what ELSE the government was lying about.
When you turn common folk into criminals for no real reason (hemp laws, the 55mph highway speed limit, etc), you breed widespread contempt for law enforcement. Enforcement of sensible, LEGITIMATE laws brings respect for law enforcement.
For the purposes of : respect for law enforcement, reduction in the cost of government, increase in sales tax revenue, reduction of crime and reduction of funding crime syndicates, increase in personal liberty, marijuana should be legalized immediately nationwide.
September 20th, 2010
10:18 am
In light of the suit against the Arizona law, you would think that the DOJ would have to sue California just to stay "logically consistent", right?
September 20th, 2010
10:23 am
The amazing thing is: They are putting up SO much more of a fuss about Cannabis than they did about ALCOHOL, which can't be defended under any circumstances. It is SHEER INSANITY!
The difference is, in some cases, Cannabis can actually be good for you and is proven to be so by scientific studies – all ignored! Alcohol is good for disinfecting things – that's it.
I have an alcoholic brother that gets on the telephone and causes untold grief to my family, week after week, without end. I would GIVE ANYTHING if he would use Cannabis instead! Alcohol is the single most destructive drug in America, but it's given the nod of approval. Talk about sending messages!!!
As Charleton Heston said in Planet of the Apes – IT'S A MADHOUSE!!! A MADHOUSE!!!!
September 20th, 2010
10:25 am
The worst thing about marijuana is the drug war laws. . If don't like pot then don't smoke it, but get your nose out of other peoples' lives and go drink your alcohol.
September 20th, 2010
10:32 am
The government has no say in any transaction between me and a plant.
September 20th, 2010
10:37 am
Any argument for tax revenue is bogus. If legalized growing for personal consumption were to happen, there would cease being any money in it.
Pot truly grows like a weed. Even the most unforgiving of gardeners will be able to easily grow some good stuff…on a small piece of land. If you can grow tomatoes, you can grow pot. If most everybody is growing for personal use, there will be no commercial market, only a barter type market.
Where is the tax revenue for that?
September 20th, 2010
10:39 am
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September 20th, 2010
10:46 am
"If you can grow tomatoes, you can grow pot. If most everybody is growing for personal use, there will be no commercial market, only a barter type market.
Where is the tax revenue for that?"
A lot of people grow their own tomatos, but there is still a market.
September 20th, 2010
10:49 am
As long as private prisons employ lobbyists, we will never legalize pot and disrupt that revenue stream for both politicians and private prisons.
September 20th, 2010
10:55 am
The tomato analogue is just to illustrate how easy pot can be grown. Also, pot stores with a lot less effort than tomatoes.
I stand by my point. The price would plummet until the gubment weed was the fringe, and the vast majority would simply grow and trade with friends.
Pot would already be legal, except for the gubment's inability to tax and control.
September 20th, 2010
11:06 am
You're really mischaracterizing Gonzales v. Raich in paragraph 3. They didn't strike Proposition 215 down – it's still alive and well and being enforced and built on in California. All they did is confirm the right of Congress to continue to ban marijuana for purely personal use under the Commerce Clause.
September 20th, 2010
11:14 am
While a LOT of people would grow their own, many more simply would buy. It is what it is. Why does anyone buy tomatoes , apples, peppers, cucumbers, etc, etc. These are things that are EASY to grow, fruit profusely, and can supply a family for half a year on just a few plants. Yet, people still spend $5-$10 every week during the summer months for these vegetables and fruits. Further, just about 50% of people live in urban/metro areas. They don't have the room. Why do people spend $30 a week for lawn care when they could do it themselves? Or spend $20 on an oil change when they could do it for $10?
Your argument falls short, shaggy. A hundred million people purchase things at retail every day that they could grow, cook, build,maintain themselves.
September 20th, 2010
11:14 am
So as long as the Feds say "No" about any issue that they have interstate commerce authority over (which is everything) then its end of discussion as decided by the Feds and not the voters…music please: "and I am proud to be an American where at least I know I am free of voting."
September 20th, 2010
11:17 am
Life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness.
September 20th, 2010
11:30 am
I think CALIFORNIA should vote and legalize SLAVERY of anybody if they are able to pass anything that is FEDERALLY ILLEGAL.
CALIFORNIA should also vote and legalize CHILD LABOR while they are at it.
They are in this for the MONEY, right?
With slavery and child labor, those can BRING in LOTS of money for the state for CHEAP LABOR.
Imagine having a lot of things assembled and manufactured in CALIFORNIA because slavery and child labor is BACK.
That is the will of the people if they legalize it. FREEDOM! Liberalized Laws! THE FEDERAL people cannot stop this.
While CALIFORNIA is at it, they should legalize PROSTITUTION.
PROSTITUTION will give a LOT of revenue to the state. People from other states will go to CA to get their prostitutes and they will pay state taxes. THAT IS SO Good for the economny of CA. All the women and girls will have guaranteed jobs. All the children and slaves will have guaranteed jobs. No one will force anybody to work as a slave, prostitute or in child labor. They can all apply for the jobs because they will be available. It is good for CALIFORNIA.
CA might as well legalize all UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS to have a pool for SLAVES.
Really, this is the beginning of PROSPERITY in CALIFORNIA if CA puts slavery, child labor, prostitution, legalization of undocumented immigrants in the BALLOT.
Let's do it. I think the CA people are STUPID enough to pass them.
September 20th, 2010
11:31 am
Also, the CSA explicitly says that it doesn't "occupy the field," so you'd have to find positive conflict for a preemption problem. Does Prop 19 "require" (not just allow) something that federal law forbids, or forbid something that federal law requires? No.
Despite the Court's crappy position on commerce clause authority, even granting the feds the right to regulate here, you're still not going to find any constitutionality problems.
Section 903;
"No provision of this subchapter shall be construed as indicating
an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which
that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the
exclusion of any State law on the same subject matter which would
otherwise be within the authority of the State, unless there is a
positive conflict between that provision of this subchapter and
that State law so that the two cannot consistently stand together."
September 20th, 2010
11:36 am
A Libertarian is a persom who believes in Liberty,a Republican is actually a Fascist pretending to stand for Liberty. I vote Libertarian!
September 20th, 2010
11:37 am
Why does CALIFORNIA need to legalize marijuana when practically ANYBODY including 18 year olds can get medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is LEGALIZED marijuana. Anybody can get it. In fact, may people from out of state are driving to California, getting their post office boxes in CA to have a CA address so they can get their medical marijuana cards. So if you see a lot of OUT OF STATE license plates in CA, those are the SCUMBAGS who want their medical marijuana.
Really, if Prop 19 does not pass, just pretend that you have chronic pain and get your medical marijuana card. Medical marijuana is NOT regulated at all. Anyone can get a medical marijuana card and you can even get it refilled with pot from street dealers. The cops will not know where the pot came from as long as you have a prescription bottle. Those medical marijuana are not in protected shrinkwrap and don't have tracking numbers..
So all is NOT lost if Prop 19. You have medical marijuana available to 18 and above as a fall-back.
September 20th, 2010
11:39 am
So some idiot who goes by "Make it all Legal" equates legalization of Marijuana to child labor, slavery and prostitution? WTF?
September 20th, 2010
11:40 am
Why does CALIFORNIA need to legalize marijuana when practically ANYBODY including 18 year olds can get medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is LEGALIZED marijuana. Anybody can get it. In fact, many people from out of state are driving to California, getting their post office boxes in CA to have a CA address so they can get their medical marijuana cards. So if you see a lot of OUT OF STATE license plates in CA, those are the SCUMBAGS from outside of CA who want their medical marijuana.
Really, if Prop 19 does not pass, just pretend that you have chronic pain and get your medical marijuana card. Medical marijuana is NOT regulated at all. Anyone can get a medical marijuana card and you can even get it refilled with pot from street dealers. The cops will not know where the pot came from as long as you have a prescription bottle. Those medical marijuana are not in protected shrinkwrap and don't have tracking numbers..
So all is NOT lost if Prop 19 passes. You have medical marijuana available to 18 year olds and above as a fall-back.
September 20th, 2010
11:45 am
If Jesus's blood turned into pot instead of wine, marijuana would already be legal.
September 20th, 2010
11:45 am
So Dan R– you're comparing marijuana to slavery and child labor? Wow. Class act that is.
People who are against legalizing weed don't want to "protect" anything. NO LAW would be safe enough. Those of us who smoke responsibly, we (in the eyes of small brained prohibitionists) simply must stop because it offends others… to the point where they think we are criminals.
The reality is that people who are trying to keep marijuana illegal are trying to hold on to the last socially accepted bigotry. Live and Let Live. And that means letting people smoke in their homes if they don't want to.
And yes, using the "WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN" argument is about as fallacious as making comparisons to Hitler. Prohibitionists: the days when you can get away with this crap are coming to an end. Maybe not this year, but this decade prohibition will end.
September 20th, 2010
11:46 am
Why is it very wrong for Pro-Prop 19 to legalize child labor, slavery and prostitution? Really. Double-standards, here.
September 20th, 2010
11:49 am
There will be a market for marijuana.
There will also be a market for all of the other uses of hemp. Paper, clothes, rope, etc….
This could even help put some American farmers to work.
September 20th, 2010
12:10 pm
If California legalizes pot, then the illegal immigrants wont be visiting the homeland as much. They wont see their children grow up…how inhumane.
September 20th, 2010
12:11 pm
What about the significant impact that more people smoking pot will have in contributing to global warming.
September 20th, 2010
12:13 pm
You can make your own alcohol! But almost everyone buys it at a store… You can grow your own tobacco but most buy it prerolled. Proof there will still be a market people are lazy you wana wait 4 months for your weed or buy it at a store? Enough said
September 20th, 2010
12:14 pm
Maybe if CA legalizes pot, all the potheads will move there.
September 20th, 2010
12:29 pm
Marcos the moron making sure everyone knows it. Best read up "friend" i.e. homo.
One Man's Myth McGibberish. It adores tyrannical dictators. It loves warrentless imprisonment and needless death.
One Man's Myth for President of everyone. Hooray for the jack azz tell-it-all.
September 20th, 2010
12:31 pm
Marcos@ 9:53 "A Libertarian is just a Republican who smokes pot and has gay friends"
AND doesn't play GI Joe all over the world.
September 20th, 2010
12:36 pm
I make a pretty mean batch of brownies. Just ask Goober.
September 20th, 2010
12:38 pm
Shaggy…you just stick with growing your own hemp and tomatoes. The rest of us will figure out how to make a profit on it.
PS – It won't grow like a weed…it has to be carefully cultivated in a hot climate. That is why there are so many "grow rooms".
September 20th, 2010
1:12 pm
We need to demand laws based on logic and reality rather than on irrational fears of what might theoretically happen!
850,000 people were arrested last year for marijuana offenses while at the same time marijuana use went **up** by 8%. We taxpayers get *nothing* back for the $40 billion a year we pay for the prohibition!
Keeping marijuana in Schedule I alongside heroin diverts $10 billion a year to the sadistic, murderous cartels and undermines all the hard work of parents to keep our kids away from dangerous drugs. We need to speak up and demand marijuana be controlled with the same laws as alcohol!
September 20th, 2010
1:14 pm
OH WEED BROWNIES!!! Liberal laws. Liberal potlucks at SCHOOLS!!!!
In one high school, there was a potluck and these high school students brought WEED BROWNIES to the potluck for everyone to eat. No one knew that they were WEED BROWNIES.
Basically, everyone was wondering why many of the students and adults got high during that POTLUCK at the school.
September 20th, 2010
1:16 pm
You are a moron. I couldn't care less about a profit. If you want profit, keep it illegal and prices stay high.
There are so meny grow rooms, because they make a BIG profit, you nitwit.
September 20th, 2010
1:20 pm
Mari-Cheesecakes laced with marijuana.
The school function decided to have a potluck and these high school students learned how to make cheesecake in their culinary class. So when there was a POTLUCK at the school, they served their mari-cheesecakes. No one could understand why everyone was uncontrollably laughing.
September 20th, 2010
1:45 pm
Shaggy you are just upset because you are too stoned to know that you are talking out of your pie hole. All the profit you now say exisits will be an excellent source of previously untapped tax revenue. Oh…I forgot…I'm a moron…you said everyone will start growing their own…just like home brew and tobacco…silly me. I may be a moron but you are still a dope. Go back to your tomatoes and your Playstation.
September 20th, 2010
2:03 pm
Scooby: You're wrong, it will grow like a weed, because it is a weed. But the wild stuff won't be as high quality or with as high of a yield as the cultivated stuff.
September 20th, 2010
2:25 pm
Ok…marijuana is a freakin weed that will be lining the medians of our highways. We will spend millions of dollars cutting this wild prolific shrub that will take over like Kudzu. Legalizing it will be a bad idea because it will overtake our lawns like crabgrass. Smoking it will be of no use because this wild shrub, unless carefull cultivated in pristine conditions, couldn't get a nun high. Buy shares of Ortho…if pot is leaglized, Roundup is going to fly off the shelves to turn back this plauge that decriminalization will bring upon the lands.
September 20th, 2010
3:41 pm
Here are some facts concerning the situation in Holland:
"Cannabis coffee shops" are not only restricted to the Capital of Holland, Amsterdam. They can be found in more than 50 cities and towns across the country. At present, only the retail sale of five grams is tolerated, so production remains criminalized. The mayors of a majority of the cities with coffeeshops have long urged the national government to also decriminalize the supply side.
A poll taken earlier this year indicated that some 50% of the Dutch population thinks cannabis should be fully legalized while only 25% wanted a complete ban. Even though 62% of the voters said they had never taken cannabis. An earlier poll also indicated 80% opposing coffee shop closures.
It is true that the number of coffee shops has fallen from its peak of around 2,500 throughout the country to around 700 now. The problems, if any, concern mostly "drug tourists" and are largely confined to cities and small towns near the borders with Germany and Belgium. These problems, mostly involve traffic jams, and are the result of cannabis prohibition in neighboring countries. "Public nuisance problems" with the coffee shops are minimal when compared with bars, as is demonstrated by the rarity of calls for the police for problems at coffee shops.
While it is true that lifetime and "past-month" use rates did increase back in the seventies and eighties, the critics shamefully fail to report that there were comparable and larger increases in cannabis use in most, if not all, neighboring countries which continued complete prohibition.
According to the World Health Organization only 19.8 percent of the Dutch have used marijuana, less than half the U.S. figure.
In Holland 9.7% of young adults (aged 15–24) consume soft drugs once a month, comparable to the level in Italy (10.9%) and Germany (9.9%) and less than in the UK (15.8%) and Spain (16.4%). Few transcend to becoming problem drug users (0.44%), well below the average (0.52%) of the compared countries.
The WHO survey of 17 countries finds that the United States has the highest usage rates for nearly all illegal substances.
In the U.S. 42.4 percent admitted having used marijuana. The only other nation that came close was New Zealand, another bastion of get-tough policies, at 41.9 percent. No one else was even close. The results for cocaine use were similar, with the U.S. again leading the world by a large margin.
Even more striking is what the researchers found when they asked young adults when they had started using marijuana. Again, the U.S. led the world, with 20.2 percent trying marijuana by age 15. No other country was even close, and in Holland, just 7 percent used marijuana by 15 — roughly one-third of the U.S. figure.
In 1998, the US Drug Czar General Barry McCaffrey claimed that the U.S. had less than half the murder rate of the Netherlands. "That's drugs," he explained. The Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics immediately issued a special press release explaining that the actual Dutch murder rate is 1.8 per 100,000 people, or less than one-quarter the U.S. murder rate.
Here's a very recent article by a psychiatrist from Amsterdam, exposing "Drug Czar misinformation"
Now let's look at a comparative analysis of the levels of cannabis use in two cities: Amsterdam and San Francisco, which was published in the American Journal of Public Health May 2004,
The San Francisco prevalence survey showed that 39.2% of the population had used cannabis. This is 3 times the prevalence found in the Amsterdam sample
Source: Craig Reinarman, Peter D.A. Cohen and Hendrien L. Kaal, "The Limited Relevance of Drug Policy"
Moreover, 51% of people who had smoked cannabis in San Francisco reported that they were offered heroin, cocaine or amphetamine the last time they purchased cannabis. In contrast, only 15% of Amsterdam residents who had ingested marijuana reported the same conditions. Prohibition is the 'Gateway Policy' that forces cannabis seekers to buy from criminals who gladly expose them to harder drugs.
The indicators of death, disease and corruption are even much better in the Netherlands than in Sweden for instance, a country praised by UNODC for its "successful" drug policy."
Here's Antonio Maria Costa doing his level best to avoid discussing the success of Dutch drug policy:
The Netherlands also provides heroin on prescription under tight regulation to about 1500 long-term heroin addicts for whom methadone maintenance treatment has failed.
The Dutch justice ministry announced, last year, the closure of eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells empty. There's simply not enough criminals


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For artists who express themselves in a non-verbal medium, jazz instrumentalists have come up with a bundle of choice aphorisms. Here are four attributed to, or about, tenor saxophonists, which were coined too late for inclusion in Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff's Hear Me Talkin' to Ya (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1955). If you feel like sharing some favorites of your own, you can post in the comment box below. Frank Foster One afternoon in the early 1970s, Frank Foster was directing an outreach performance in a Harlem ...read more
A musical merger of higher education has been established at the last university to include jazz into their curriculum--UCLA. Jazz Studies, under Director/guitarist Dr. Kenny Burrell, The Herb Alpert School of Music , and the Thelonious Monk Institute, guided by Herbie Hancock, have all joined jazztistical bonds in providing not only jazz but all-around musical learning for all students seeking the realms of higher educational degrees in music. Jazz education was brought to UCLA when Burrell started teaching Ellingtonia," a class on Duke Ellington in 1978--"It was Thad Jones who turned my ear to the inner sound ...read more
CrossCurrent Festival 3: Press Conference Piazza Loggia, Café Aquarium Brescia, Italy June 21, 2011This space may not be the most fitting for an extended cultural/sociological analysis of how artistic expression and economical acknowledgment feeds each other, but there are events that can be taken as a good starting point for reflection. The New York edition of the forthcoming Crosscurrent Festival can be, with reasonable evidence, considered to be one of them. On a bright and quiet afternoon in June, 2011, Luigi Settala explained the reasons for moving outside Italy to the ...read more
New York City has a brilliant new arts foundation, and a related music series. Nikka Arts is a music and arts foundation, founded by New York singer and composer Lola Danza and her business partner JB, of aboptv.com. The organization aims to provide a space where musicians and artists can present their creative work, and also attract money to record inventive musicians who, like most artists now, are not offered contracts by major labels. Nikka Arts is also inaugurating a music series called M.A.K. (Music and Kreation), the opening night of which is on Sunday April 3rd, ...read more
For my dear friend Charles, my second Brother: Bassist Charles Fambrough, born in Philadelphia on August 25th, 1950 and known as Broski," died on January 1st, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. with his daughter and wife at his side. Reportedly, he ever-so-gently squeezed their hands as he held them, and smiled. Then he was gone. When All About Jazz Publisher Michael Ricci asked me whether anybody was writing a tribute piece for Charles, a robust, world-acclaimed bassist, family man and my closest friend, it became clear that I should do so, even if it were redundant. ...read more
The jazz scene in 2010 was marked by a bit of cultural thaw between the U.S. and Cuba, royal honors for Marian McPartland that led honors galore for living jazz musicians, and significant acknowledgments for late jazz greats across North America. Efforts continued to expand jazz into new realms--or to hold on during the aftershocks of the Great Recession that began two years ago. On the performance front, nothing could top Sonny Rollins's 80th birthday event at New York's Beacon Theater on September 10. Rollins' regular band was augmented that evening by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, drummer Roy Haynes, ...read more
Standing onstage in the auditorium of the Philadelphia School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), a lanky, grey-haired gentleman stands by the piano, directing a small group of student musicians playing Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island."He stops the song during the trumpet solo and says to the student in a British accent, Did you listen to the recording?"The student looks at his feet and replies, No." You always have to listen to the recording first when you're playing a song," the gentleman says, in a decidedly non-condescending manner. It gives you so much direction." He ...read more
One of the perks of being a jazz writer is that I can often get free tickets to concerts. This great benefit has offered me the opportunity to take my wife to some nice jazz events and meet some interesting people. Aside from taking notes in the dark, our jazz dates are just like any other night out. OK, I must admit that shaking hands with Wynton Marsalis and Esperanza Spalding make these dates a little different, but the tickets are one of the few things that make being married to me still worth it after twenty-seven years together. Last ...read more
After a few minutes talking with pianist Spike Wilner, Charlie Parker's quote about authenticity in music comes to mind: If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn..." Actually, the entirety of Bird's thoughts best captures the art of Spike Wilner. Bird goes on to state: They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art."Wilner doesn't seem to have any boundary lines these days. The pianist-turned-club owner, jazz scholar, record label entrepreneur, and internet presenter has embarked on an ambitious concept to present jazz to a worldwide ...read more
An online listing for a no name," threadbare guitar; musicians with a distinct sense of humor; an idea, and one credit card... And a few emails later we've got something that combines the honest-but-struggling underdog, the ugly duckling, Pygmalion, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Kaspar Hauser, a Cinderella rags to riches, Herbie the Love Bug... and over forty first-rate guitarists to boot. This story has it all. It's the story of one homely" guitar and its journey.This guitar's true beginnings are obscure and, for the moment, perhaps best left to the imagination; myths are ...read more
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Matthews was injured when he sacked Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Depending on the extent of the injury, Matthews might be able to keep playing with a protective club -- just like former Packers Nick Barnett and Cullen Jenkins did when they broke bones in their hands and-or wrists.
Two other outside linebackers had career days Sunday for the Pack.
Mike Neal, who still doubles at defensive end, got his first start at outside linebacker opposite Matthews -- and he had 6 tackles and a sack. Neal started in place of second-year pro Nick Perry, who responded with two sacks and a forced fumble, and a total of 5 tackles off the bench.
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UConn announced today that former North Carolina State guard Rodney Purvis has completed his transfer to UConn by signing a financial aid agreement.
Purvis, a 6-foot-3 combination guard, averaged 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 25.5 minutes while appearing in all 35 games, starting 23, for the Wolfpack during his freshman season.
He'll sit out a season and be eligible to play for the Huskies in 2014-15.
Coach Kevin Ollie is excited about Purvis joining the program.
"Rodney is a solid, strong guard who can score in a lot of ways," Ollie said in a released statement. "He gets to the hole and he was a good three-point shooter last year. In pick-and-roll situations, we can use him a lot.
"He loves the up-tempo game. Plus, we can use his versatility. He can play the one, he can play the two, he's even big enough to play the three, like we used Omar (Calhoun) this year."
Purvis, a former McDonald's All-American, attended Upper Room Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C. He had UConn as a finalist during his recruiting search.
Ollie believes Purvis will make an impact on the program while he sits out and practices with the team.
"He brings us leadership, even next year," Ollie said. "No, he won't be playing, but he gives us a high-caliber basketball player that we can practice against every day. And he's going to improve just by going against our guards, going through our workouts, and developing. Then, when he plays the following year, he's going to be hungry, he'll be chomping at the bit to play.
"Rodney will come right in and add stability to the backcourt and that's something we'll welcome. And he won't be a freshman. He'll be a junior maturity-wise."
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A Sallisaw, Oklahoma woman was taken to Sequoyah County jail for trying to sell her children to a woman in Fort Smith, Arkansas Wednesday.Misty Nicole Vanhorn, 22, was selling her children, a 2-year-old and 10-month old, for $1,000 each or both for $4,000. Officials say it is possible that she needed bond money to get her boyfriend out of jail.According to the police report, Vanhorn had used Facebook to contact a woman in Fort Smith. Vanhorn had messaged the woman, "Just come to Sallisaw, it's only 30 minutes away and I'll give you all of her stuff and let y'all have her forever for $1,000."Her children were taken into state custody.
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The Lee County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a senior citizen's stolen tricycle.
LCSO says the tricycle was stolen during the early morning hours of May 24th from Virginia Jones' Tice home on New York Drive.
"That was my main transportation," she said. "I don't have any car and I really miss it and I'm very upset about."
The bike had been left unsecured, but obscured from public sight on the night it was stolen.
"I just stop breathing and I said, 'Oh my God. My tricycle is gone,'" said Jones.
Detectives found a man's shoe print and a wet rug near where the tricycle had been left. They believe someone heisted the back from the Jones' property and left through the back.
They believe it is likely still in the Tice area and are looking for its return, as well as information on the person who stole it.
Jones says she's just hoping whoever took it will give the $360 tike back to her.
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Word around campus is that Neil Marshall will direct the film adaptation of the graphic novel "Kong: King Of Skull Island". The story is set after the original tale of King Kong and follows the events after Kong's body had disappeared. I have nothing sarcastic to say about this because it sounds awesome. I will though point out how ridiculous it sounded when Tim Curry said "gorilla" in 1995's "Congo".
I have absolutely no idea how the movie business works. I say this because Dimension films has just picked up the rights to "Horns", the big screen adaption of the Joe Hill novel starring Daniel Radcliffe. This confuses me because the film has been in the works for a while now and I assume has wrapped on filming so why the hell is it it just getting picked up? I mean I get it when it's some B-movie softcore porn flick but this is Harry Potter. Someone explain this to me? I don't understand things.
Screen Gems has bought the rights to "The Unsacred", a new supernatural thriller from writer Amanda Gusack. You might know her from the 2005 horror film "In Memorium" but most likely you recognize the name from my one man all drag stage show based on the life of John Cusack. Think about it for a second, it makes total sense.
Jason Blum, the guy who's produced every horror movie you've scene in the past 10 years, is teaming up with Kevin McCormick to bring "White Smoke" to life. As you might have guessed by the title the project will follow a number of spooky time events that put the Vatican on its heels. No word yet on when the project will see the light of day but Jeff Richard and Mark Bianculli are lined up to pen the script for the project. Priests, they're so hot right now.
Hugs are wonderful. Except if your better half is packing heat and accidentally shoots and kills you when you hug him. Then they are kind of shitty.
I've wanted to punch a lot of people in the face over the past 35 years but I'll be the first one to admit that this California guy who punched a young convenience store worker because he didn't have enough money for his $1.41 cigar might have gone too far. Alright, he 100% did. You got me.
Mila Kunis joins Daron Aranofsky's "Black Swan", opposite Natalie Portman.
A new movie is in production based on the book "Kong: King of Skull Island", a prequel to "King Kong" that was released around the time of Peter Jackson's 2006 adaptation. Apparently it deals with how the giant became "king" of Skull Island (I guess that's self explanatory). Not sure how the story works with a bunch of apes and dinosaurs, but I'm sure there are some annoying humans in there somewhere.
Word coming out of Japan is that "The Host 2" has found some investors, although they're still trying to decide between multiple scripts that have been written.
Poster for the indie "All About Evil", starring Natasha Lyonne, about a young woman who inherits her family's theater chain and brings it back to life with a series of "all too real" grisly, gory short films.
If you're going to brutally attack your neighbor and cut off his head, at least have the courtesy to put it in the recycling bin when you're done. That's just common sense, folks.
This story is amazing. Apparently Charles Manson is stalking Phil Spectre in prison, trying to get him to produce his music. I'm literally speechless.
1870: Andrew Carr is hanged at Richmond Prison, Dublin. He is dropped from too high, causing his head to separate from the rest of his body -- the greater portion of which twitches for several minutes.
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During my experiences approaching women and attempting to even have a decent conversation I seem to be encountering the same problem over and over. They don't seem very interested in what I have to say, they always seem to show negative body language and obviously the conversations don't last very long.
I think I need to try out a more direct approach. Something along the lines of "Hey, I saw you from over there [point], saw you and thought you were cute, wanted to say hi so… Hi"
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The Maine Coon is known for its massive appearance, lush coat, and luxuriant, plumed tail!
Despite its potentially intimidating size, the Maine Coon Cat is also known for pleasant personality. This cat breed has a gentle, mild-mannered, and friendly demeanor. Depending on the individual cat, their sociable tendencies may be variable. Some say that the Maine Coon is shy, while others say that it is out-going. But either way, the Maine Coon is a great family cat.
The Main Coon is one of the first true American cat breeds, originating in the state of Maine. Is is also known as the American Forest Cat, the American Coon Cat, and American Longhair Cat. One of this breed's defining characteristics is its large muscular body. Yet the finest trait of this natural breed cat is the long thick silky coat with a large ruff, and a very bushy tail that creates a plumed appearance. Despite its heavy coat, this massive long-haired breed requires only moderate grooming. It can withstand extremely cold weather but will then shed profusely in the summer time.
For many owners, the Maine Coon has an ideal personality. It is an affectionate, amiable breed that gets along with most people and animals, but is not too needy. It is gentle and easy-going, but also self-confident and a good hunter. This breed remains playful and "kittenish" throughout its years. It speaks softly to its owners in a chirping or squeaking voice.
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Background The Maine Coon is a natural cat breed. It is one of the first true American breeds, however the specifics of its origins are disputed. The most interesting explanation is that it originated from a cross between a house cat and a raccoon. However, this is biologically impossible. Another unlikely origin is that it is a cross between a house cat and an American Bobcat. Other stories include the basic idea that this breed descended from Norwegian Forest Cats that were sent to America.
A more probable explanation is that the Maine Coon originates from house cats that became semi-wild and developed a heavier body and thicker coat in order to protect them from the cold. However, the most accepted explanation of this cat's origins is that it developed from the breeding of house cats and Angoras in Maine. There is no proof for this theory, though it seems probable since a cross between house cats and Angoras would look something like the Maine Coon.
One interesting fact about the Maine Coons is that they were the first cats to be shown in cat shows. Though the first official cat show occurred in 1871 in London, Maine Coon cat shows had been held since the early 1860's at the Skowhegan Fair in New England. The Maine Coon was successful in the first official show in America in 1995, since it had the advantage of over 30 years of previous show experience. However, as more exotic breeds began to appear, it lost some of its popularity. In the 1950s it caught the interest of many again, and a Maine Coon Cat Club was formed in 1953. The Cat Fancier's Association recognized the breed in 1976.
The Maine Coon arrived in Europe, more specifically, in Austria, in 1953 and in Europe in 1983. It is still a fairly rare breed in Europe.The Maine Coon originated in Maine, and is easy to find in the United States. However, it is rare in Europe and Australia. Common names for this natural breed cat include: Maine Coon Cat, American Coon Cat, Maine Cat, Maine Trick Cat, American Longhair, American Forest Cat, American Shag, and American Snughead.
Description One of this breed's defining features is its massive size. It has a large, muscular body that is long and rectangular. The head is medium-sized, but appears small compared to its large body. The eyes are large and slightly oval and the ears are large and tufted. The tail, a prized feature of the Maine Coon, is long and thickly covered, creating a bushy, plumed appearance. It has a soft, chirping or squeaking voice. It has a long lifespan of 13 or more years.
The coat of this breed is long, thick, and silky with a large ruff. The traditional coat of the Maine Coon is tabby, but most other coat patterns and colors are acceptable. A few exclusions include Chocolate, Lilac and Siamese Points, blue or odd eyes in all coat colors except white, and Bi-color or Parti-color cats with white fur for more than a third of the coat. The Maine Coon weighs from 9 to 22 pounds.
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- Ruff: A band of fur around the neck.
Care and Feeding The Maine Coon cat has no specific dietary needs and this breed requires no special feeding accommodations.
Housing Your Cat The Maine Coon is likely to enjoy a garden or yard to exercise and hunt in. However, it can also enjoy a life as an apartment cat, especially if it is allowed time outside regularly.
Maintenance Unlike many long-haired breeds, the Maine Coon requires only a weekly brushing. However it will shed profusely in the summer, so will need some addtitional grooming during the hot season.
Social Behaviors The Maine Coon is not too needy, but is gentle and easy-going. It's not really a lap cat, but will stay close by. This is an easy-going breed that generally gets along with people, dogs, and other cats. It shows affection toward the whole family, but tends to become especially close with one person. If you are looking for a sweet loyal cat, this breed can offer that type of affection.
Activities This breed is playful and active. It is self-confident and a good hunter. It will enjoy playing with others, and can enjoy an interactive game of fetch. Yet it's also content to run around chasing things and exercising by itself.
Breeding/Reproduction Maine Coon litters are generally comprised of three or four kittens. They develop slowly and only reach full maturity at three or four years of age.
Common Health Problems The Maine Coon is a generally hardy cat, if you get a healthy kitten you will most likely have a healthy adult. Still there are a few maladies this breed could suffer from. These include Hip Dysplasia, which is a more prominent problem in large cats, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy or HCM, which is a common heart disease of all cats, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy or SMA, which is a genetically inherited disorder that shows up in kittens.
Availability Maine Coon Breeders can be located easily on the internet. Local breeders can also be located. Prices range from $200 to $1000.
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Anna Prins was on fire scoring 32 as the Iowa State women defeated Oklahoma 79-60 to advance to the Big 12 Championship final on Monday.
Iowa State led by 19 after one half against the Sooners. Oklahoma, who had overcome the same deficit to beat West Virginia on Saturday, couldn't get any closer than 18 against the Cyclones on Sunday.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Redneck Way of Life
But I also like computer's, high end stereo equipment, electronic fuel injection and other non redneck values. I am ... a complex redneck.
I have enjoyed redneck jokes for years, and after Jeff Foxworthy and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, it became cool to be a redneck. If I were face to face with a group of terrorist's, I'd want six or seven rednecks with a pickup, keg o' beer, shotguns and tire irons at my side. We might go down, but we'll take 'em with us!! Just boils down to good redneck work ethic, clean up what you started.
I love a good redneck joke and one of my favorites is :
A teacher is giving a lecture around Halloween.
"Okay, how many of you have seen a ghost?" A few of the students raise their hand.
"Okay, how many of you have actually touched a ghost?" Two or three raise their hand this time
"Okay, how many of you have had sex with a ghost?" Silence, until a redneck boy in the back row puts up his hand.
"You've actually had sex with a ghost?"
"Ghost? Oh. I thought you said goat!"
Just for the record, I've never done my cousin, ... or a goat.
6 comments:
- Cathy said...
Ha! Ha! Funny. I grew up in Kansas with plenty of rednecks. Hopefully they weren't doing their goats either, but you never know. :)
- July 18, 2009 at 7:29 AM
- BattyBeader said...
I live in a "trailer", even had a fridge on my porch at one time...never done a goat...I am happy to report!
Great joke, Terry
- July 21, 2009 at 9:32 PM
- v said...
hey tdharr,
finally i'm getting to your 'blog'. officially, i know a blog is a web-log, but really, what's it all about? blogging? like a public journal? that's scary.
how ya like it? this blogging thing? is it very time-consuming?
now, the redneck stuff.....
my ideas of what the term 'redneck' mean aren't positive. although you think of yourself as a redneck, that's not a label i would attach to you. but, if you want to be one, okie-dokie! redneck away, but i'll never think of you as that person.
just me,
- July 22, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- tharr said...
Cathy, I hope they weren't doing their goats either. I'll get back to more normal post's in the future.
- July 26, 2009 at 3:56 AM
- tharr said...
That is hilarious! I never knew that about you.
- July 26, 2009 at 3:57 AM
- tharr said...
Thanks, but Webster defines a redneck as "a white member of the Southern rural laboring class". Like it or not, that is me!
- July 26, 2009 at 3:58 AM


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Why does unemployment remain so high and median wages remain so low in Miami-Dade County? If we ask Mayor Carlos Gimenez and the commissioners, they surely will not mention underskilled and illiterate workers being a factor.
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This is pure talent in action.
Great use of a tiny space! Awesome color choices.
Really well done. Love the bed.
Awesome use of space... It looks great!!
what great taste, I love it!
i would live here in a heartbeat!
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Looks good & really IS small! Now, curious about the kitchen.
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I love this space. I'm using it as inspiration. Thanks!
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Overview of the Career Ambassadors'
The Career Development implemented the Career Ambassador program in August 2012. This program consists of a team of students who are leaders at NSU and who are enthusiastic and outgoing while promoting the many resources the career office offers. The purpose of the Career Ambassador program is to bring awareness and market the Career Development at NSU. The Career Ambassadors serve as leaders to spread the word peer to peer at NSU. The Career Ambassadors support the mission and vision of the office, which is to support NSU students and alumni in the implementation of successful career plans from choosing a direction to securing employment or continuing their education through consulting, partnership with employers and faculty. The Career Development strives to educate students and alumni.
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Hello. My name is Chrissy Tabulov and I am from Palm Harbor, FL. I am a sophomore at Nova Southeastern University majoring in Biology in the Pharmacy Dual Admissions Program with a minor in Substance Abuse Studies. On campus, I am involved in Pre-Pharmacy Society, SNPhA, and Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. After my undergraduate studies, I plan on attending pharmacy school and become a pharmacist that specializes in substance abuse. Some of my hobbies include yoga, baking, hanging out with friends, and going to the beach.
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Union Station is Kansas City's premier entertainment destination for family and cultural activities.
Discover the scientist inside you at Science City with more than 50 hands-on science activities. Science City also showcases Dino Lab, the result of a partnership between Union Station and the University of Kansas. You can watch a scientist prepping real dinosaurs for display in this unique laboratory, the largest of its kind in the US.
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