Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison. Mark Twain
Unjust laws (like prohibition) can only function in a chaotic society—like ours. In a cohesive society, pot smoking lawbreakers would form communities and head en masse down to the police station (or state capital) and confess their crime(s).
Working with police to enforce the law is empowering and builds community, a completely different experience compared to being alone and hiding from the law. It would be hard to ignore 30+ percent of the population waiting their turn at the court house. Tyrants and inequality flourish only in the absence of community.
Prohibition is bad law that inspires violence and corruption on a massive scale, more than 5,000 murders in Mexico last year. The day we are willing to be honest in this country is also the day prohibition is doomed. Being honest, telling the truth about us has tremendous potential for empowering people and communities—and to limit the spread of violence caused by the tyranny of unjust laws.
The truth is drug gangs and “law enforcement” both attract sick, violent men with bad intentions, prohibition has become a perverse system of welfare for the criminally and violently predisposed. The drug war is a deadly game that has nothing to do with drugs—and everything to do with unjust laws that create inequality—the realm of violence and exploitation throughout history.
Possibility: You always find inequality and violence together; but never in the same space as community and equality. Your choice is to do nothing and support the tyrants or get into action with friends to cooperate with community leaders. When the bonds of community become stronger than the chains of tyranny then equality and justice will prevail. Then we can get on with creating a world that works for everyone.
Forty-two percent of the population on 420 would be more than enough to awaken the world to real power of community and equality. Be part of the celebration that changed the world.
Strength does not come from physical capacity (army & police). It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Sitting Bull
