(2014/02/11) Learning to play nice with human nature (War on Drugs)
Edition #798
Learning to play nice with human nature
Today we look at the evolution of bullshit reasons there have been to prohibit consumption of marijuana: from the bullshit reasons scared white people came up with to ban it originally to the bullshit reasons scared white people use in the present to keep it illegal, all while steadfastly ignoring the evidence which points toward the war on drugs leaving an expensive path of unmitigated destruction behind it wherever it goes.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: 3 Absurd Reasons for Banning Drugs - LearnLiberty - Air Date: 09-20-11
Ch. 3: Act 2: Smoke Weed? You're Fat & Dangerous According To These Pundits - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-08-14
Ch. 4: Song 2: I can't explain - The Who
Ch. 5: Act 3: Gourmet Pot Editor Freaks Out O'Reilly - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 12-13-13
Ch. 6: Song 3: Where is my mind? - The Pixies
Ch. 7: Act 4: Government To Sell Pot For $1 A Gram (In Uruguay) - Why? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-23-13
Ch. 8: Song 4: Represent - Weezer
Ch. 9: Act 5: Is the End of Marijuana Prohibition the End of the War On Drugs? Probably Not. - @brucedixon - Air Date: 1-8-14
Ch. 10: Song 5: Inevitable - Scissor Sisters
Ch. 11: Act 6: Thom Hartmann on Decriminalizing Pot - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-17-14
Ch. 12: Song 6: Legalize it - Peter Tosh
Ch. 13: Act 7: Obama on Marijuana Legalization: Important For It to Go Forward - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-22-14
Ch. 14: Song 7: Open your eyes - Snow Patrol
Ch. 15: Act 8: Why Right Wing Addicts Like Rob Ford, Rush Limbaugh Don't Ask For Help - @majorityfm - Air Date: 11-06-13
Ch. 16: Song 8: Everything falls apart - Dog's Eye View
Ch. 17: Act 9: Families Against Mandatory Minimums - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 18: Song 9: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 19: Act 10: Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-03-14
Ch. 20: Song 10: South Side - Moby
Ch. 21: Act 11: We need drug rules that recognizes human nature - @dccommonsense - Air Date: 2-5-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 22: On the TPP and national sovereignty - Erin from Philadelphia
Ch. 23: Support for Avera on sex education in the south - Mark from New Mexico
Ch. 24: Prior consent still doesn't impart obligation - Jake from New Hampshire
Ch. 25: Weighing quality of life in the discussion of reproductive rights - Anonymous
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 26: Final comments on the ease of being misunderstood, especially when discussing the abuse of children in the context of the reproductive rights debate
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
Tell the Commission: Cut These Drug Sentences!” from Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Sources/further reading:
AG Holder speaks out on federal sentencing, C-Span broadcast
”A New Development in Prison Reform” from Colorlines
The story of Stephanie George (FAMM)
and ”For Lesser Crimes, Rethinking Life Behind Bars”, The New York Times
Follow Families Against Mandatory Minimums on Twitter and Facebook
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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