DEA investigates Montana state legislator for medical marijuana views

1970 Model for Law Enforcement Job Security

Step1: Pretend alcohol prohibition, and the nightmare of murder, bathtub gin, deaths, creation of the most violent gangs in US history, and the only time a Constitutional Amendment has even been repealed, never happened.

Step2: Create propaganda machine to ensure that the known violence, murder and corruption that will come from a new prohibition is attributed to the new demonized substances, rather than the actual cause: prohibition. Call propaganda machine "DEA".

Step3; Train all law enforcement to speak to the media about the violence, murder and corruption in a way to always lay blame on the "drugs." Never, ever allow law enforcement to mention the word "prohibition, and train law enforcement to not work with any media personnel that in any way attributes the murder, mayhem and violence of prohibition to prohibition itself.

Step4: As dead bodies pile up, and as the demonized substances, thanks to prohibition, become more available, potent, and profitable than at any time in history, demand an increase in budgets, the right to ignore the Constitution, and the right to impose the failed and wildly expensive policies on other countries. Work deals with American manufacturers of helicopters, battering rams, guns, camoflauge clothes, rappelling apparatus, stun grenades, evesdropping equipment, drones, radar, GPS devices, urine tests and ammunition to assure customers in other countries, and in return, give discounts and free merchandise to the "DEA" and any other law enforcement agency that enforces prohibition. If any foreign countries refuse to implement US drug prohibition, cut off their economic aid, and deem such countries as "ok with killing children with drugs."

Step5: If anyone, or any organization, suggest that drug-prohibition has failed, deem them to be "ok with killing our children with drugs." If anyone, or any organization, suggest decriminalizing the demonized substances, deem them to be "ok with selling heroin in vending machines in our schools."

Step6: As prisons overflow with non-violent offenders, say nothing when truly violent offenders are released by the hundreds of thousands. When these actual criminals run amok and engage in violence, demand that more prisons be built. If anyone disagrees, deem them "ok with letting child rapists and murderers walk the streets and work at our schools."

Step7: Any scientific studies that describe the actual characteristics of the demonized substances as either no more harmful or less harmful than tobacco and alcohol are to be discarded as unscientific. If the researchers insist on their results, demand that their funding be cut off because not doing so would be funding "quacks" who are "ok with having our children use heroin in our schools."

Step8. Should any of the demonized substances prove to have actual heal benefits, arrest anyone whose medical condition is helped by the outlawed drugs. When confronted with the cruelty of arresting and incarcerating seriously ill patients whose symptoms are alleviated by the demonized substances, always reply with "they chose to break the law."

Step9: Never, ever, ever, ever, admit that drug prohibition ensures that the demonized substances will make billionaires out of those who organize violent gangs to control the illicit-drug market. Once the violent gangs infiltrate and corrupt entire armies and governments, decry such countries as "3rd world" and demand that their armies by trained by our armies, and supplied with helicopters, guns, ammo, stun grenades, GPS, drones, tanks, armored cars and trucks, camoflauge uniforms, night-vision goggles, and airplanes manufactured by American companies. When that, too, doesnt work, demand an overall increase in DEA budget because "we dont give in to criminals."

Yessir, it's all them dope smoking commies,git em before they run amuck,if ya don't not a banana cream pie in town will be safe

How is it that the feds can take away your constitutional right to bear arms for having a legal pot card? We all know that people who drink never get violent (sarcasm) but still shouldn't anyone who drinks not be allowed a fire arm? Or anyone who takes any kind of perscription drug?

Marijuana will become legal sooner rather than later. The DEA and the "War on Drugs" is one of the biggest wastes of money, time and effort in the history of this country. Calling all freedom lovers to smoke openly and without respect for this Federal nonsense. We can call ourselves the T-HC Party.

The government fears cannabis because they've been lying about it soooo long they aren't exactly comfortable admitting they've been lying. How many lives have they destroyed in this corporation induced madness? How much revenue have they seized? How many deaths?
All because companies like dupont wanted hemp out of the way to sell their plastics and could afford to PURCHASE our politicians...
All this for an herb that is COMPLETELY SAFE to use.

"banning firearm sales and ownership from anyone with a medical pot card." The real people who should be banned from gun ownership are those who get drunk!

F the government. They can't keep drugs out of prisons, but expect us to believe they can keep them off the streets. Prohibition has never worked.

I'm gonna come right out and say it.... I'd rather deal with someone high on pot than some belligerent drunk any day of the week. My tolerance for dealing with drunken idiots has long gone. Especially all the 20 something year old knuckleheads who can't hold their booze worth a #$%$

Second amendment rights if they are not convited of A fellony they cant be forsed to give up their guns or be stopped from buying new ones. Look it up.

well if ATF gonna band guns from mmj users then people who drink, smoke, and prescription meds should follow under same rules. #$%$ you ATF. try to take my guns......more and more i'm starting to hate my country. holding a medical marijuana card doesn't make you a felon A holes.......

This is REDICULOUS. The Judicial Branch has no authority to indimidate a state legeslative branch. This is a clear violation of separation of powers. Law makers have to be free to contemplate laws without fear of indimidation from law enforcement.

banning firearm sales and ownership from anyone having a medical marijuana card??? Totally unconstitutional...this is the key element of this article. The federal government is OUT OF CONTROL!

I would rather see firearms in the hands of someone who has been smoking than someone who has been drinking. Drinking can make a person mean as well as stupid.

And it has been proven to reverse and eliminate cancer.

Wow. What a SHOCK!! The DEA abusing it's power. NEVER, not in the US of A. *yawn*

So now the gov will investigate your views?

Funny how nobody is concerned that the ATF is stomping on peoples second amendment rights for using legal medical marijuana,, yet there's no problem letting alcoholics, and people taking anti-depression drugs buy all the firearms they can afford.

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to control the people, rather it is an instrument of the People to control the government lest the government become too much in control of our lives. -paraphrased from Patrick Henry who said it far more eloquently than I. My apologies for not have the direct quote available, it's 3 AM...

I don't personally use marijuana, but these types of intimidation tactics being pursued by the feds is beyond alarming - this is illegal and disgraceful. How can the government violate state's rights and the will of the people?

Jesus said to do unto others as we would have them to do unto us. None of us would want our child or grandchild thrown in jail with the sexual predators over marijuana. None of us would want to see an older family member’s home confiscated and sold by the police for growing a couple of marijuana plants for their aches and pains.
If the people who want to use marijuana could grow a few plants in their own back yards, it would be about as valuable as home-grown tomatoes; it would put the drug gangs out of business and get them out of our neighborhoods.