This billboard < see -
Willamette Valley NORML News | WillametteValleyNORML.org > was
photographed in Sandy, Oregon about 5/17/2009. There are others
reportedly up around the state, part of an ongoing campaign as
Prohibition seeks its own bailout. There several problems with this
sign, as people see it.
Studies, like the IOM Report in 1999, have shown that the Gateway Theory
of Prohibitionists is a lie and that lying about the issue is a waste
and even counter-productive. It's a recipe for disaster.
Further, in this case, it could be construed as a hate crime. This is
because it makes no distinction between black marketeers and medical
cannabis cardholders and could be taken as encouragement to go after
them. Some in the medical cannabis community see this as deliberate due
to the same group who put this up also put forth several anti-MMJ bills
this session.
We should get campaigns going to hightlight the waste and those
responsible. And who their "daddy" (political patrons) is. We should get
letters-to-the-editor in the paper and people under the billboards with
signs of thier own. "It Must Be Great To Be Able To Waste Money In Times
Like This!" and to call the number to complain. Or somethings like that.
Please let us know your thots, ideas and actions, if any. Post it for
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Thanx! and Spread the Word
Perry for
W-V-NORML / MERCY