[Platform] more campaign planks

[BillCunningham]

Lloyd just spoke with Chuck and he is coming to Worcester Saturday.

-----Original Message-----
>From: david rolde <davidrolde at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 2, 2006 6:38 PM
>To: Merelice <merelice at gmail.com>
>Cc: platform at green-rainbow.org, anniembutler at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: [Platform] more campaign planks
>
>Last time I heard Chuck speak about this, at the last
>roundtable, he said specifically that marijuana and
>cocaine should be legalized.  (And he said that the
>movement to decriminalize marijuana is racist, that it
>is just aimed at letting white people in the suburbs
>use drugs without risking prosecution.) I don't see
>any reason not to extend our support of legalization
>to all drugs. I don't know what "natural drugs" means
>to Chuck if cocaine, which is highly processed and not
>natural in the same way as unprocessed coca leaves, is
>natural, while drugs processed from opium poppies (for
>instance) are not natural.  All the arguments he uses
>for legalization would seem to apply regardless of the
>level of naturalness of the substance. I'll try to ask
>Chuck about this next time I get to talk with him.   -
>David
>
>--- Merelice <merelice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/2/06, david rolde <davidrolde at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Here are drafts of the empire & war plank and the
>> > criminal justice reform plank for the campaign
>> > platform.>
>> >
>>  We work for the legalization of all drugs so they
>> can be regulated
>> like other industries.
>> >
>> Hi,
>> I don't know if this nuance makes a difference, but
>> when Chuck talks
>> about legalization, he refers to "natural drugs."
>> M.
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