DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
So they made paper out of hemp. And rope. Hemp ain't dope.
Again, what physical inventions have been discovered while under the influence of pot?
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So they made paper out of hemp. And rope. Hemp ain't dope.
Again, what physical inventions have been discovered while under the influence of pot?
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
It actually started in the Nixon years.
Topspin
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no it didn't
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
Reeds from the river Nile.
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
Nixon was the first to declare the 'war' on drugs and drug use.
Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
There are a fuck ton of contributing factors in both. But this is academic in any case. We both know it's pointless and outright criminal.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
this is actually true, however, nixons first move was to have congress enact laws against pot like they did against guns. You couldn't posses marijuana without some high priced tax stamp, but they would never issue the stamp.
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The Almighty
yes, it did.... and if you will note... the prison population exploded under Clinton... not Reagan
It seems like the three strikes law had something to do with that and wasn't that in the 90's?
Prove it. Prove nothing was ever invent by a pot user.
Topspin
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http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/Home/33038
And when the rate of incarceration per 100,000 people is considered, the United States doesn't look any better. Here are the top twenty countries with the highest incarceration rates:
1. United States...............738
2. Russian Federation...............607
3. Cuba...............487
4. Ukraine...............360
5. Singapore...............350
6. Botswana...............339
7. South Africa...............335
8. Taiwan...............259
9. Thailand...............257
10. United Arab Emirates...............250
11. Poland...............228
12. Israel...............209
13. Libya...............207
14. Iran...............206
15. Mexico...............196
16. Brazil...............191
17. Uzbekistan...............184
18. Lebanon...............168
19. Columbia...............152
20. Argentina...............148
Compare the 738 per 100,000 people of the United States to many other developed democratic nations:
United Kingdom...............145
Spain...............145
Australia...............126
Canada...............107
Italy...............102
Germany...............95
France...............88
Ireland...............78
Sweden...............78
Japan...............62
Even such countries as China (118), Iraq (60) and Pakistan (57) have much lower rates of incarceration than the United States.
Why is the rate of incarceration so high in the United States? Is the crime rate so much higher in the United States? No. According to criminologists Alfred Blumstein and Allen Beck, the rise in crime can only account for less than 12% of the rise in the prison population since 1980. It is the extremely harsh and long prison sentences being given out in this country that accounts much of the other 88% of the prison population explosion.
Sadly, the long prison sentences and the rising prison population have not made this a safer country. The violent crime rate, especially murder, remains one of the highest in the civilized world. It has put a strain on this country economically though. The most conservative estimate is that we spend over $42 billion annually to incarcerate our huge prison population (and we still generally have overcrowded and unsafe conditions in most of our prisons).
Currently there are about 9.2 million people incarcerated worldwide. But if all nations followed United States incarceration policies and regulations, that figure would balloon to over 47.6 million people.
Another reason for our prison population explosion since 1980 is the failed "war on drugs". The United States incarcerates more people for drug offenses than the European Union incarcerates for all offenses combined, and yet the drug flow into the country and drug use by citizens has not been abated.
Obviously, we are doing something wrong in this country. A free country should not have a prison population so out-of-whack when compared to the rest of the world (the average rate per 100,000 people worldwide is only 166). We need to take another look at our sentencing policies. We also need to stop the failed "war on drugs" and treat drugs like the medical and education problem that it really is.
And when the rate of incarceration per 100,000 people is considered, the United States doesn't look any better. Here are the top twenty countries with the highest incarceration rates:
1. United States...............738
2. Russian Federation...............607
3. Cuba...............487
4. Ukraine...............360
5. Singapore...............350
6. Botswana...............339
7. South Africa...............335
8. Taiwan...............259
9. Thailand...............257
10. United Arab Emirates...............250
11. Poland...............228
12. Israel...............209
13. Libya...............207
14. Iran...............206
15. Mexico...............196
16. Brazil...............191
17. Uzbekistan...............184
18. Lebanon...............168
19. Columbia...............152
20. Argentina...............148
Compare the 738 per 100,000 people of the United States to many other developed democratic nations:
United Kingdom...............145
Spain...............145
Australia...............126
Canada...............107
Italy...............102
Germany...............95
France...............88
Ireland...............78
Sweden...............78
Japan...............62
Even such countries as China (118), Iraq (60) and Pakistan (57) have much lower rates of incarceration than the United States.
Why is the rate of incarceration so high in the United States? Is the crime rate so much higher in the United States? No. According to criminologists Alfred Blumstein and Allen Beck, the rise in crime can only account for less than 12% of the rise in the prison population since 1980. It is the extremely harsh and long prison sentences being given out in this country that accounts much of the other 88% of the prison population explosion.
Sadly, the long prison sentences and the rising prison population have not made this a safer country. The violent crime rate, especially murder, remains one of the highest in the civilized world. It has put a strain on this country economically though. The most conservative estimate is that we spend over $42 billion annually to incarcerate our huge prison population (and we still generally have overcrowded and unsafe conditions in most of our prisons).
Currently there are about 9.2 million people incarcerated worldwide. But if all nations followed United States incarceration policies and regulations, that figure would balloon to over 47.6 million people.
Another reason for our prison population explosion since 1980 is the failed "war on drugs". The United States incarcerates more people for drug offenses than the European Union incarcerates for all offenses combined, and yet the drug flow into the country and drug use by citizens has not been abated.
Obviously, we are doing something wrong in this country. A free country should not have a prison population so out-of-whack when compared to the rest of the world (the average rate per 100,000 people worldwide is only 166). We need to take another look at our sentencing policies. We also need to stop the failed "war on drugs" and treat drugs like the medical and education problem that it really is.
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Seems it is what led to the prisons population explosion under Reagan.
Reagan started his trend of prison population explosions as Gov of Cali, thanks, I learned something today.
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DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Did you write that when you were on dope?
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
The onus is on you.
The onus is on you.
How did your contention that pot makes you "think stupid" become something that can only be disproven by providing evidence of a "physical invention" that was derived from pot use?
Nice narrowing of the criteria, there...
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Inventing stuff that people can use to better their lives is a good example of thing smart, wouldn't you agree? So yeah, dope makes you think, but it makes you think like a dope.