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The dangers of ecstasy - "Today Tonight" report from Australia

Submitted by annabloch on Wed, 16/09/2009 - 14:45

Australian news report shows police raid a festival to prevent th revellers from taking Ecstacy which creates it's own kind of 'living death' and 'permanentely rewires brains.'

Security Guard Smoking Weed

This guy is supposed to be protecting the public but he wants to get high instead.

The UK Drug Policy has suggested that new measures are need to access the impact of police approaches to tackling drugs. They are needed so that operations are judged on real benefits to communities, not simply arrests and seizures.

Drugs as a tool for political repressions: Artem Loscutov`s case

On May 15, the young contemporary artist Artem Loskutov was arrested in his native Novisibirsk and charged with possession of a narcotic substance (marijuana) by the local branch of the Interior Ministry’s notorious Center for Extremism Prevention (Center “E”). Loskutov and his supporters claim that the police planted the marijuana in his bag in order to incriminate him.

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Children drinking alcohol

Children get hold of drugs and alcohol despite the law. We obviously need to protect children. The availability of drugs and alcohol to school age children indicates we are not doing a very good job of it.

Surely better education would be better than heavy use of the law. Giving a criminal record to somebody starting out in life for a small quantity of cannabis or something similar, seems to be a crazy thing for a society to do.

The Difference Between Quitting and Not Quitting Drugs

One night in April of 2006, I was bathing with a friend at the bathhouse on a major street in Beijing. As I was resting in the big hall, suddenly many policemen rushed in, running straight for us in a very bad temper. They dragged us to their office, and didn’t even let us dress ourselves before we had to go.

Policeman: “Just finished shooting up, huh?”

This time I said, emboldened: “I’ve quit for a long time!”

U.S. Marshal Says End the Drug War

Matt Fogg of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) talks about the need to end the failed and racist "war on drugs." Visit http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com for more information.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Many police officers are asking the question: if prohibition didn't work for alcohol, why are we in denial about it working for other things? LEAP is a major initiative now, and gaining steam. Check out www.leap.cc for more.

Filmed and narrated by Mike Gray
Produced by Common Sense for Drug Policy

Interview with Terry Nelson, Former Police officer

Terry Nelson, interviewed at the United Nations in Vienna 2009. He worked as a police officer for 32 years and was involved in the Federal Narcotics trade in Central America. Terry is member of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition)

" Non violent drug offenders do not deserve to be in prison. They may have a sickness but they are certainly not criminals.

Mere use of drugs isn't abuse of drugs. I don't see alot of difference between smoking marihuana and having a double scotch."

A police officer and his brownies

Yes it is real. Can you believe it. He really made the call. We need better public information about drugs. Save the emergency services some money out of their budget.

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