published in the Honolulu Advertiser Sunday February 7, 2010
Skip Miller’s sermon on the dangers of marijuana ( “Marijuana too damaging to be legalized,” Jan. 31 ) is a compendium of distortions and discredited drug war assertions.
The idea that legalization would increase substance abuse flies in the face of the evidence. We were warned that legalizing [...]
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Prohibition Won’t Work Against Pot
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The following letter to the Editor was published in West Hawaii Today on January 15, 2010.
Deputy Prosecutor Rick Damerville testified at the recent committee meeting on marijuana decriminalization held by the Hawaii County Council. During his presentation against the resolution, he trumpeted the words of King James I, who in 1604 issued a proclamation about [...]
The Most Insane Anti-Marijuana Argument Ever
Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/smorgan Wed, 12/23/2009 – 11:52pm
Anyone can dream up dumb reasons for keeping marijuana illegal, but it takes guts to equate pot prohibition with the survival of Western civilization. Mary Grabar at Pajamas Media http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/libertarians-need-to-rethink-support-for-drug-legalization/2/ shows us how it’s done:
The sanction for alcohol use has lasted for millennia. It has become part [...]
Mahalo Councilman Greenwell for your resolution to decriminalize Cannabis
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PEACEFUL SKY ALLIANCE SUPPORTS COUNCILMAN GREENWELL’S EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA December 15, 2009
This resolution 281-009 proposed by Mr. Greenwell has the primary focus of addressing the need to decriminalize the use of Cannabis in Hawaii.
The Peaceful Sky Alliance supports Mr. Greenwell’s resolution. We have specific recommendations for Mr. [...]
2.3 Million People incarcerated in the USA- This week Congress urged Judges to ‘rethink’ mandatory minimum sentences…
“The November 9 Supreme Court arguments on whether it is cruel and unusual to impose life in prison without parole on violent juveniles who have not killed anybody understandably got prominent media coverage,” a National Journal column reports.“But a far more important imprisonment story gets less attention because it’s a running sore that rarely [...]
The ‘War on Drugs’ isn’t working for the Nation and it isn’t working for the County of Hawaii.
The “War on Drugs” isn’t working for the Nation and it isn’t working for Hawaii County. Don’t take our word for it. Ask the 35,000 voters who passed our new ordinance as a ballot initiative last election day, November 4, 2008. See below for two example of cases that have been costly drains on tax [...]
Friday night was ‘Black & White Night’
Woo-hoo! Friday night was a great night.. the weather held and the people of East Hawaii sure looked fine all dressed up and on the town. At 100 Kamehameha Avenue, (next door to Cronies Bar and Grill and just down from the Kava Bar)Peaceful Sky Alliance launched the website you are now visiting.
Great music, some [...]
