Richard Branson says US drug policy is ?war on black people?

[super jumbe]

The Virgin group founder says America's approach to illegal drugs is ?racist? and calls for legalisation of marijuana.

RICHARD BRANSON has slammed America's drugs policy for being "racist" and a "war on black people" in an interview with US freesheet Metro.

?The fundamental difference [in drug policy] in America is that it is a war against black people. 85 percent of people who go to prison for drug use in America are black people.

They don't take more drugs, but it's a racist law against black people in America," he said.
?The law should be changed. You?ve got something like 1.5 million people in American jails languishing for taking drugs and that is wrong," said Branson, a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP). "Those people would be much better being out in society, being helped if they have drug problem, getting off the problem.?

The billionaire entrepreneur, fresh from his triumph this week over the UK government, was in New York as guest editor at the newspaper. Earlier this year, The Week reported he called for an end to the "failed war on drugs" in his capacity as GDCP member.

?I am part of the global commission on drugs, and it consists of 15 ex-presidents from South America, it consists of people like Kofi Annan, Paul Volcker, George Schultz, and ex-presidents from Switzerland and Greece and other places," he told the paper.

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[Snowy79]

Wonder what he was smoking.

[ontherack]

something from durham chief constable's a*s*

[GastonJ]

and following on from that, the UK has 2 million car drivers who speed, they are made to feel like criminals and fined for speeding, that's more than the 1.5 million people in the US who are criminals for taking drugs, does that mean we should change the law in the UK so that speeding sis not an offence? Dunno what Branson was smoking at the time, but it must be good

[super jumbe]

Speeding drivers speeding are criminals Never found any one on (CRB)

[Kalipo]

Speeding drivers speeding are criminals Never found any one on (CRB)

Actually i got a speeding thing through the post in january... i booked the speed awareness course and it said "you have committed a criminal offense"

Load of crap if you ask me..

What next? creating licenses to collect scrap is a war on gypsy's??

[GastonJ]

Speeding drivers speeding are criminals Never found any one on (CRB)

Do you think his won't be on a CRB check?

12 months in prison for 139mph speeding biker - General News | Motorcycle News | Bike News | Motorbike Videos | MCN

[Cod3waX]

He is right Cannabis was banned because of black people and jazz music / reefer madness BS Legalize it NOW!!

[Meat-Head]

Confused.

ribbing bastard lower the price of your Internet.

kalipo on gypos, when they go in your garden and rib the stuff you robbed already and get caught you feel better

[GastonJ]

He is right Cannabis was banned because of black people and jazz music / reefer madness BS Legalize it NOW!!

Get UKIP on your side, bound to win now the monster raving loony party has gone.

[darrenhyland]

Actualy cannabis was banned purely because media tycoons spent a lot of money buying vast forests to make paper when hemp could produce a high quality strong but cheap paper.............they portrayed black men smoking the stuff and raping 'innocent' white women folk.................the rest is history. The Marijuana Conspiracy

[Meat-Head]

Get UKIP on your side, bound to win now the monster raving loony party has gone.

PARTY POLICITCSL BROADCAST

(/Idhit) 100 reasons not to vote UKIP. ? max j freeman (/Idhit)

[firestorm]

To be honest america is one crazy f**ked up place when it comes to law on cannabis, one sate you can smoke a joint no problem open a shop and sell it.Then goto Montana (for example) where a medical marijuana provider is facing 82 to 85 years behind bars.
The big difference between speeding and cannabis is one can kill people while the other can help beat cancer.

[GastonJ]

The big difference between speeding and cannabis is one can kill people while the other can help beat cancer.

and smoking cannabis can cause cancer same way as smoking anything *doh*

Unless you believe the Daily Mail

Gemma Moss, 31, becomes first woman in Britain to DIE from cannabis poisoning | Mail Online

or eat too much of it

Denver coroner: Man fell to death after eating marijuana cookies - The Denver Post

/me shrugs

[firestorm]

and smoking cannabis can cause cancer same way as smoking anything *doh*

Unless you believe the Daily Mail

Gemma Moss, 31, becomes first woman in Britain to DIE from cannabis poisoning | Mail Online

or eat too much of it

Denver coroner: Man fell to death after eating marijuana cookies - The Denver Post

/me shrugs

Not every Body smokes cannabis, we all know smoking is not good but if i was to smoke i would sooner smoke a pure joint than a cig. Vaporisers are extremely popular for cannabis user just as e-cig vaporisers are for tobacco smokers.Oil is used a lot with medical cannabis also cooking with cannabis is popular.
I dont believe the daily Mail they employ peter hitchens
If you read the full report not the daily fails version it says "Tests of her vital organs found nothing out of the ordinary, though a pathologist at the 31-year-old’s inquest this week in Bournemouth said she MAY have suffered a cardiac arrest triggered by cannabis toxicity.She also suffered from depression and was on prescription drugs to try and deal with that although it would not appear she was taking them at the time of her death."
According to one frequently cited study, a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in a joint — the active ingredient in cannabis — to be at risk of death.Even a 2011 NHS publication entitled A Summary Of The Health Harms of Drugs detailing “acute adverse effects associated with the use of cannabis” reads: “No cases of fatal overdose have been reported. No confirmed cases of human deaths.”
This is very tragic it is also extremely rare cause of death and this verdict has been disputed by many experts.
But the guy who fell off the balcony while off his head on munchies is again a very sad tragedy, any kind of intoxication can cause serous if not fatal consequence if not taken responsibly . No drug is completely safe, but as recreational drugs go, it's one of the safer ones. You can't overdose on cannabis, but you can certainly overdose on heroin, and even on alcohol.
Deaths caused by alcohol this year: 882.303
In 2011, 3,267 UK people were killed or seriously injured in crashes where speed was a factor
In the history of mankind cannabis has caused: 2 questionably
Its not hard to spot the dangers of cannabis are negligible compared to Speeding and alcohol but yet this life giving herb is so persecuted even resulting in death sentences in places like Borneo