Schroeder, since I know you are still reading this post, let me address your propaganda statement.
When the government does propaganda, they go alll out. Take for instance Reefer Madness, a video that came out in 1938. It is the epitome of government drug propaganda. It makes erroneus claims that the government KNEW full well were false. But, by using scare tactics and it's obviously immense influence, the government convinced many people that marijuana was an immediate and deadly threat to society.
Now, lets look at modern drug propaganda.
Commerical #1. You see some teenage boy cutting open 4 cigarettes and rolling the tobacco into a joint. Then a narrator comes on saying something to the effect of, "Marijuana contains 4x the amount of harmful chemicals that cigarettes do." What's wrong with this statement? Simple. Nowhere do they specify the amount of marijuana that they consider a "joint". It could be from 1-3 grams, the latter being a good sized joint. Not only that, but cigarette smokers smoke more than 4 cigarettes per day. Many smoke an entire pack (20 cigarettes). However, not many people smoke 5 joints per day, every day.
Commerical #2. You see some black kid putting flowers on a memorial for his dead brother. Then you see text at the bottom of the screen saying, "Two years ago his kid brother was killed by a driver under the influence... Of marijuana. He was that driver. 1 in 3 drivers tested for marijuana in crashes tested positive." It's truly pathetic when these commercials have to resort to falsified scare tactics. But, what really irritates me is the fact that they don't say how many drivers are tested for marijuana after a crash. I mean by this, suppose only those people who look suspicious are tested. That would probably reduce the statistic quite a bit. Not only that, but what if the driver smoked marijuana the week before the crash and it was still in his system? Was he high when he crashed? NOPE. Once again, this changes that statistic. Also, they fail to mention how many accidents are caused by high drivers.
And, I can't forget those stupid commericials where the friend shoots his other friend after smoking out of a wussy pink bong. How many times has this happened? 0 times. That's right Schroeder, NO ONE HAS EVER SHOT THEIR FRIEND AFTER SMOKING MARIJUANA. Now I forget, what do you call something that presents false information in order to scare/convince someone into not doing something? OHHH yeah, propaganda.
I'm not going to deny that pro-marijuana propaganda exists. But, even government sites will corroborate with what has been said in this thread.
[ September 25, 2003, 05:13 PM: Message edited by: ProfessorNumber ]
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