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	<description>Fighting a war on the war on drugs.</description>
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		<title>By: allyn</title>
		<link>http://drugr.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-33</link>
		<dc:creator>allyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>quote from an interview with Ethan Nadelmann ... 

If you could ask 1 million people to all do 1 thing to advance your cause or causes, what would it be?

Come out of the closet about your drug use. Drug war propaganda demonizes and dehumanizes people who use drugs. Let your fellow citizens – your colleagues, your friends, and your family – know the real face of the American drug user.
We need credible people, especially public figures, to stand up and say, &quot;I contribute to society, I work hard, I love my family, and I am an otherwise law-abiding citizen – but I do not believe that people should be treated as criminals simply because of what they put into their bodies. This law is wrong.&quot;
The war on drugs is really a war on people. Roughly half of all Americans have used an illegal drug, and the last three U.S. presidents have all used illegal drugs – in fact President Obama was quite candid about his marijuana and cocaine use. Would Obama, and our country, be better off if he had been arrested?
Think about someone you know who has used an illegal drug. Then ask yourself: would that person be better off in prison? Would that person be more likely to have become a productive member of society if they were stripped of their freedom, their property, their children, and their job?
Once the silent majority of illegal drug users begin to speak out, the stereotypes that drive the drug war will be impossible to sustain. The vast majority of Americans who use drugs illegally are doing no harm to anyone else, and in most cases are doing no harm to themselves. None of us deserve to be treated as criminals or locked up in a cage.


http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/01/16/best-letter-to-the-editor-of-the-week/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>quote from an interview with Ethan Nadelmann &#8230; </p>
<p>If you could ask 1 million people to all do 1 thing to advance your cause or causes, what would it be?</p>
<p>Come out of the closet about your drug use. Drug war propaganda demonizes and dehumanizes people who use drugs. Let your fellow citizens – your colleagues, your friends, and your family – know the real face of the American drug user.<br />
We need credible people, especially public figures, to stand up and say, &#8220;I contribute to society, I work hard, I love my family, and I am an otherwise law-abiding citizen – but I do not believe that people should be treated as criminals simply because of what they put into their bodies. This law is wrong.&#8221;<br />
The war on drugs is really a war on people. Roughly half of all Americans have used an illegal drug, and the last three U.S. presidents have all used illegal drugs – in fact President Obama was quite candid about his marijuana and cocaine use. Would Obama, and our country, be better off if he had been arrested?<br />
Think about someone you know who has used an illegal drug. Then ask yourself: would that person be better off in prison? Would that person be more likely to have become a productive member of society if they were stripped of their freedom, their property, their children, and their job?<br />
Once the silent majority of illegal drug users begin to speak out, the stereotypes that drive the drug war will be impossible to sustain. The vast majority of Americans who use drugs illegally are doing no harm to anyone else, and in most cases are doing no harm to themselves. None of us deserve to be treated as criminals or locked up in a cage.</p>
<p><a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/01/16/best-letter-to-the-editor-of-the-week/" rel="nofollow">http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/01/16/best-letter-to-the-editor-of-the-week/</a></p>
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		<title>By: allyn</title>
		<link>http://drugr.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-32</link>
		<dc:creator>allyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;m sure you&#039;ll be reading about this soon, but in case you haven&#039;t see it yet 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8460555.stm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll be reading about this soon, but in case you haven&#8217;t see it yet </p>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8460555.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8460555.stm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Least Squared Difference</title>
		<link>http://drugr.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-27</link>
		<dc:creator>Least Squared Difference</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Allyn, will get around to incorporating those posts into one of our own soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Allyn, will get around to incorporating those posts into one of our own soon.</p>
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		<title>By: allyn</title>
		<link>http://drugr.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-4</link>
		<dc:creator>allyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>another article, this one regarding changing attitudes, specifically among women. and how that is impacting the decriminalization movement. 

http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/144333/the_secret_to_legal_marijuana_women</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>another article, this one regarding changing attitudes, specifically among women. and how that is impacting the decriminalization movement. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/144333/the_secret_to_legal_marijuana_women" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/144333/the_secret_to_legal_marijuana_women</a></p>
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		<title>By: allyn</title>
		<link>http://drugr.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3</link>
		<dc:creator>allyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>an article that i found interesting... http://www.physorg.com/news178315435.html 

&quot;Drug users are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances...&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>an article that i found interesting&#8230; <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news178315435.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.physorg.com/news178315435.html</a> </p>
<p>&#8220;Drug users are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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