U.N. development chief flags failings of "war on drugs"

And soon they will flagging the failure of the war on guns here in the USA. We will not comply with their illegal laws.

An appeal to all Prohibitionists:

Most of us know that individuals who use illegal drugs are going to get high—no matter what, so why do you not prefer they acquire them in stores that check IDs and pay taxes? Gifting the market in narcotics to ruthless criminals, foreign terrorists, and corrupt law enforcement officials is seriously compromising our future.

Why do you wish to continue with a policy that has proven itself to be a poison in the veins of our once so “proud & free” nation? Even if you cannot bear the thought of people using drugs, there is absolutely nothing you, I, or any government can do to stop them. We have spent 40 years and trillions of dollars on this dangerous farce; Prohibition will not suddenly and miraculously start showing different results. Do you actually believe you may personally have something to lose If we were to begin basing our drug policy on science & logic instead of ignorance, hate and lies?

Maybe you’re a police officer, a prison guard, or a local/national politician. Possibly you’re scared of losing employment, overtime pay, the many kickbacks, and those regular fat bribes. But what good will any of that do you once our society has followed Mexico over the dystopian abyss of dismembered bodies, vats of acid, and marauding thugs carrying gold-plated AK-47s with leopard-skinned gunstocks?

Kindly allow us to forgo the next level of your sycophantic prohibition-engendered mayhem!

Prohibition prevents regulation: legalize, regulate, and tax!

UNDP spokeswoman Christina LoNigro doesn’t seem to understand that (“drugs”) plant products, their extracts, and so forth have been been a part of commerce and trade for at least thousands of years.

Criminalizing it only ensured: it went underground, profitability skyrocketed, the incentive to spread them further increased, the age of use dropped dramatically, corruption took root in politicians, judges, law enforcement, and corporations, rebellious populations would flock to the trade and to use drugs, pros and cons of substances were not discussed before use, purity and dosages were not regulated leading to deaths and headline grabbing claims, prison populations skyrocketed, and on and on.

The negative repercussions of drug prohibition were predicted before enacting them. Lawyers, doctors, and even cops all said not to enact blanket prohibitions. Please read “Licit and Illicit Drugs” by the Consumer Union for many quotes and sources.

The CIA, according to a number of former agents including John Stockwell, has long smuggled arms to 3rd world countries to foment violence and instability, then filled those same planes with heroin or cocaine and flown them into the U.S. Read In Search of Enemies, read his testimony here: http://www.addictedtowar.com/docs/stockwell.htm

People like Helen Clark, Christina LoNigro, and everyone south of the U.S. border who has any authority need to join with (at least) Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and shout “RE-LEGALIZE DRUGS.” LEAP members have seen first hand how their involvement in enforcing these counterproductive laws have caused far more harm than the most dangerous drugs ever could.

Prohibitionists will literally shout in your face, stand your ground, us “legalizers” are in the right! The False Prophets of Prohibition must be stopped!

so, she is a development ‘chief’
kudos to her
cultivate HEMP now worldwide should be the top priority of the UN, instead….. some of her so called colleagues, the corrupt fools on the board that still want to keep HEMP illegal,
maybe she should have a talk with them or maybe just these old farts need to go away,
DEVELOPMENT! read the facts,

then she is from New Zealand, different mentality

wake up sheeples the solutions are there,
the corruption is evident and all involved should die, Viva Revolution

As New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Mrs Clark was against anything resembling progressive drugs policies. As it has happened with so many “former” heads of state, she has had an “epiphany” and has now realised Prohibition is an irrational, inefficient and criminal regime: once a politician, always a politician!

Yet, any voice questioning Prohibition and the War on Drugs is always welcome.

Now, if the reaction within the UNDP, the organisation of which she is the boss, is anything to go by, Mrs Clark won’t be repeating said declarations any time soon! Here is how her PR department tried to downplay the whole issue:

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/articles/2013/03/14/undp-sets-record-straight-on-drugs-debate/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.UUNbpUkoajs.twitter

Every time I witness this sort of PR manoeuvres it makes me wonder who is more stupid: those who think that people are gullible enough to believe their trite and lame tricks, or those who actually do believe their trite and lame tricks!

Gart Valenc

Twitter: @gartvalenc