Fuck the economy, we have to prevent Quebec gold from crossing the border! As John P. Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy says “We intend to protect our citizens. We would have no choice.”
Thank you sir, for protecting us from that evil northern weed, and to hell with the economic consequences. Why, this might be so effective as to actually force Americans to buy domestic doob or even spend their high-money on alcohol! God bless you Mr. Walters, you are a true patriot. If I weren’t unemployed, I’d buy you a nice, safe, legal, American drink.
“How could this happen? I just don’t know!” Sheesh, these people must be living in a box. Like it hasn’t been coming for a long time. Or perhaps they should live in a box, to protect themselves from the evils of marijuana. :rolleyes:
Oh, and calling Canada the “supplier”… that’s rich! Yeah, that’s going to be their chief export now! Gawd, the overreaction of our representatives to this just disgusts me.
Dude, it’s MaNaTuska Thunderfuck (Manatuska Valley, Alaska), and that’s been passe for about ten years. The White Widow crosses from BC outdid it a while ago…care to come up for a comparison test?
*Opens on a 20 something year old male sitting on a couch watching TV while playing with a basketball. There is nursery music playing in the background. *
This is Dan.
This is Dan’s unemployment check.
This is the joint that Dan bought with his unemployment check.
This is the dealer who sold the joint that Dan bought with his unemployment check.
This is the smuggler that smuggled the pot to the dealer who sold the joint that Dan bought with his unemployment check.
This is the smuggler and his girlfriend, who got season tickets to the Calgary Flames with the money the smuggler made while on vacation in Palm Beach.
Drug money supports terrible things. If you buy drugs, you might too.
Sponsored by Office of National Drug Control Policy
I’m sitting on the fence on this one primarily because the article doesn’t say what the penalty will be for dealing and smuggling drugs in Canada. I did a quick search for other articles on the issue and didn’t find any, but admittedly I was not very thorough. This I believe is the crux of the issue concerning whether or not there should be a tightening of the border with Canada.
If the proposed changes have no effect on current dealing laws then I don’t see why there would need to be any tightening of the border. If someone is coming across the border with a joint or two that is hardly what I’d call a smuggling emidemic that will lead to increased marijuana use in the U.S.
However if the proposed changes make dealing a misdemeanor in Canada then I could see a problem. If the penalties for distribution and production were reduced then some people in Canada would be more undoubtedly to produce and distribute greater amounts of marijuana which would likely find its way across the border. Consider for example the high cigarette taxes in Canada and the industry that has sprouted in the U.S. for smuggling cigarettes across the border.
For the record I’m for decriminalizing possession of drugs here in the U.S. and the legalization of marijuana; I’m just looking at the issue in terms of enforcing current U.S. policy.
As I see it, the harder it is for the US government to carry out the War On Drugs, the better. Eventually, the ultimate stupidity of the whole thing will become apparent. I’m not holding my breath or anything, mind you, but eventually.
My biggest concern is how slowing down trade will affect the economy. Time is money, and making that trade interface more expensive isn’t going to help our swirling economic system.
Perhaps we have more important things worry about nowadays than a canuck with a spleef in his back pocket.
Nope. You heard the man from the ONDCP. “We would have no choice.” Looks like we’d all just have to deal with economic slowdown, but that’s the sacrifice we make for keeping the US free of the demon weed.
Psst! If you can do it, you should buy him the drink and then plant some weed on him and call the cops! Nothing like seeing how the system works from the “inside”!
These have to be the most boring, unoriginal, least exotic names I have ever heard. Come on - we can do better than that.
I cross the border a lot. With rare exceptions, there is always at least a ten minute wait with the lineup of cars. Just have some border guards with drug sniffing dogs walk around the waiting cars if you are so damn paranoid about it.
I hate my country’s fucking obstinate drug policies. It’s bad enough they impose them on us, but it pisses me off even more when they fuck with other democracies’ ability to govern them fucking selves. This same thing just happend in Jamaica.
You go to hell, John P. Walters! You go to hell and you die! [/Mr. Garrison]
