Wy alcohol is legal and pot is not.

[Dope Soup]

Drugs that are legal, such as alcohol, tobacco and sugar promote violent and competitive behaviour. This feeds into the free market hype about being ultra-competitive, especially globally competitive. So these drugs are legal.

On the other spectrum, we have illegal drugs, such as pot and Shrooms. These drugs tend to mellow out people and promote cooperation and peace which are somewhat antithetical to the free market conspiracy. So they remain illegal despite the fact that both these drugs are less harmful than alcohol.

While I do not think this is a global conspiracy, I think its an unconcious conspiracy which happens in little steps.

"...Because of it's subliminally psychedelic effect, cannabis when pursued as a lifestyle, places a person in intuitive contact with less competitive behavior patterns. For these reasons marijuana is unwelcome in the modern office environment, while a drug such as coffee, which reinforces the values of industrial culture, is both welcomed and encouraged. Cannabis use is correctly sensed as heretical and deeply disloyal to the values of male dominance." - [glow=blue,2,300]Terence McKenna [/glow]

If this is not a conspiracy, what is?

[oiler82]

That's an awesome quote. It makes a lot of sense when you think of it that way. Alcohol especially can turn a normal man into a depraved slavering beast. I've seen it happen, trust me. That doesn't happen with other drugs such as cannabis. I myself used to become a bit of a prick when I got drunk, but lately I would like to think I have worked to eliminate it. Drunk + Angry = Incarceration. And as Mr Pink would say,"And that can't happen!".

[suicidemessiah]

I think the push to make pot illegal has roots in the other uses of the plant. I've read that an acre of hemp plants can make enough high-quality paper to equal that of 30 acres of clear-cut forest. I'm pretty sure the movement against pot was started by timber magnates trying to keep thier jobs. It all went down hill from there.

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suicidemessiah said:

I'm pretty sure the movement against pot was started by timber magnates trying to keep thier jobs. It all went down hill from there.