Barack Obama admits to smoking green and taking Cocaine Of all the presidential contenders, Barack Obama has been the most forthcoming about his past drug use.
In his autobiography, he admits to having smoked marijuana, using some cocaine, briefly flirting with the idea of trying heroin (although he never used any) and imbibing a fair amount of alcohol when he was in high school and college.
Quizzed about his past drug use, he confessed to having inhaled the marijuana smoke, unlike Bill Clinton, who when faced with a similar question years ago, claimed that while he had smoked marijuana, he didn't inhale.
"I inhaled. ... That was the point," Obama told New Yorker editor David Remnick.
Obama's honesty about what he and many other baby boomers did in the '60s and '70s, and which some continue to do today, was refreshing, given the general hypocrisy most of our politicians exhibit on the subject. We haven't heard a peep about marijuana use fromHillary Clinton, though it's a rare woman her age who hasn't taken a few tokes. But then Clinton is so cautious that you rarely hear anything real coming from her.
While he's considerably older than the other candidates, given thatJohn McCain served in Vietnam and spent five years as a prisoner of war, it's hard to believe that throughout that war and the added strain of his internment, when marijuana and much harder drugs were a favorite balm of U.S. soldiers, that no illegal substances ever touched his lips.
Nor can we expect any admissions from Mike Huckabee, the most avid Christian of the bunch, who has said that illegal drug use is not due to a failure of education, but to a failure of righteousness.
So having Obama admit to his past drug use is a kind of progress. It makes me wonder, should he wind up being our next president, if he would be the one to move this country out of its current drug policy rut. According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, in 2005 police arrested almost 800,000 people for marijuana violations, the highest number ever recorded by the FBI. The overwhelming majority of these arrests were for possession only. Nor do the experts I've talked to suggest that the increase is in any way related to an increase in marijuana use. It is simply the result of greater harassment, usually of young people, and especially of young blacks, even though the research shows that whites use marijuana at a higher rate.
Queens College sociologist Harry Levine has done research that found that New York City police went on a marijuana arrest binge between 1997 and 2004, when marijuana arrests in the city increased twelvefold. During that time, marijuana use and availability remained largely unchanged. Police are subjecting young blacks and Latinos to arrest and overnight stays in jail, and introducing many who are without criminal records to the criminal justice system for offenses so minor that they don't even rise to the level of crimes.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently approved a slight reduction in the sentencing disparity between powder cocaine-related crimes versus crack-related crimes, but eliminating the remaining disparity is up to Congress. And with a federal ban on the use of marijuana for medical purposes having been upheld by a conservative Supreme Court, federal drug agents continue to harass doctors and patients in the 12 states that have declared such use legal.
Politicians, pandering to public fears, continue to denounce marijuana with the fervor of the 1930s film "Reefer Madness," which claimed that smoking marijuana drove young people crazy, and led to violent crime and promiscuity.
How much of a departure from that outdated, erroneous thinking could we expect from the four front-runners? Not much from McCain, who is as militant about the war on drugs as he is about the war in Iraq. He favors increasing the penalties for selling drugs, the death penalty for drug kingpins, and even restricting the availability of methadone to heroin addicts. While he supports expanding federal education and treatment programs, he opposes making marijuana available for medical reasons.
To his credit, Huckabee, while calling for better patrolling of borders against drug smugglers, also supports drug courts and alternatives to prison for low-level drug offenders and drug addicts.
Clinton has said that, if elected, she would end federal raids on medical marijuana providers, eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powered cocaine, and oppose hard time for nonviolent drug offenders.
During one of the debates, Obama raised his hand with the other Democratic candidates when asked if they oppose the decriminalization of marijuana, but his campaign has since said that he supports decriminalization. And he has gone on record as opposing federal raids on medical marijuana providers.
Given his relative youth and his greater distance from older politicians who for years have obsessed over the most minor drug infractions like dogs picking over a bone, Obama may offer the greatest potential for a more enlightened drug policy. But even he has described his youthful dalliance with drugs in an apologetic way, as being a "mistake" during a time of youthful confusion.
It would be interesting, as he campaigns on college campuses, among the young people who have become the rising face of his campaign, if someone asked him:
"Mr. Obama, what exactly are you apologizing for?"
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nysher115573050feb11,0,5530419.column
Finally, some honesty amongst politicians!
Amy Winehouse Smokes Crack Video [yt]gjXE-z-UkQQ[/yt]
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A video of Amy Winehouse shows the Grammy-nominated singer smoking ... something. In grainy footage obtained by British tabloid The Sun, Winehouse, 24, is seen inhaling fumes from some sort of pipe reportedly hours before showing up for husband Blake Fielder-Civil's court appearance in London on Friday.Winehouse, who dyed her hair blond and ditched her signature black hair done up in a beehive hairdo, can be seen walking around.
She sits down and, before lighting the pipe, can be heard saying that she's "had about six Valium." On the wall behind her is a photo of Winehouse and Fielder-Civil.
Her publicist, Tracey Miller, declined to comment Tuesday.
A statement issued by Universal Records, Winehouse's record label said, "We are deeply disappointed and upset by these latest revelations and are doing everything we can to offer Amy our full support in dealing with her problems."
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ASTRO004 Edin Chuturic – Cracker EP Edin Chuturic - Cracker EP
Label: Astrodisco
Format: 12inch & digital *Cat.no.: ASTRO004 * Distibution: Intergroove
Tracks on the release:
Cracker (Astrodisco Remix)
Cracker (Original)
Soul Acoustics (Original mix)
All tracks written and produced by Edin Cuturic. Additional Astrodisco remix on track Cracker is done by DJ Bizzy aka Damjan Bizilj, DJ Krizs aka Miro Krizman and DJ Dojaja aka Marjan Crnkovic.
Don't say we didn't warn you of the whole new breed of Slovenian electronic artists which are going to hunt down your sound systems 'till you show them some respect. And we are totally serious about that. Edin Chuturic is so fresh, most of local partysans aren't aware of his bare existence. But he's good. He's very, very good. No, he's Astrodisco good. Cracker is a prototype which feeds on tasty, bassy, danceable sounds with a good pinch of sweet, rough electronic distorsion. Additional sprinkling done by the astronavigators Bizzy, Krizs & Dojaja on b1, takes this hyperactive critter raving mad and 'aving it large! Yeah baby, Edin's gonna whine your hips, stomp your feet, clap your hands and shake your ass. And when you thought you've just had enough, he's going to bedazzle you with his Soul Acoustics. Want to trade your soul for this underground electronic cookie? There's only one way to hold it. Find the robot of your dreams and fell madly in love with him. If he really loves you, he'll whisper it in your ear in the heat of the passion and you will never lose it again. 'Cos baby that's what Astrodisco universe is all about.
Selected feedback:
ARMIN VAN BUUREN: good EP again:) Thanks
D RAMIREZ: Great phat beats, great remixes!
MARCO G: OHHHH ! The astrodisco remix is sick Charting and playing for sure
M.I.K.E.: WOW, Astrodisco remix goes on my playlist!
SIMON (SIMON &SHAKER): Really nice release! Favs are 'Cracker' (Astrodisco remix) & Soul Acoustics. In our boxes for sure! 8/10
TERRY VERNIXX: Ah yes. Astrodisco is back with a vengance! All three tracks are top notch. Cracker (Astrodisco Remix) has a magnificent melodic build and structure, not to mention cool sounding analogue synths. Cracker (0riginal) will be the track that I start my Saturday night residency with...it has a dark and funky sound that is right up my alley. The rhythymic variations are wickedly funky! Soul Acoustics is also right up my street as far as sound goes. The rubbery bassline and funk is soooo fat. ASTRODISCO IS BACK with the funk!!!
Release date in January 2008!
Mexico in record cocaine seizure
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Mexican authorities have made what they say is one of their largest drug seizures after finding 23.5 tons of cocaine at the port of Manzanillo.
The drugs, with an estimated street value of more than $400m (£192m), were found in by the Mexican navy in cargo containers on a ship from Colombia.
The seizure dwarfed the 11.5 tons found last month at the port of Tampico.
The US ambassador said the seizures showed Congress should approve funding for a major new anti-drug initiative
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Cracking Problem OK so recently my Brothers life has changed dramatically....about 2 months ago I had a phonecall from his best mate to say he was intensive care and we needed to get there as soon as poss so me and mr badger and my best mate went to the hospitol to find him hooked up to a ventilator and unconcious...apparently they had found him in the bus station passed out and unable to breath...his heart had stopped as well so he is lucky to be alive....anyhow it turned out he'd overdosed on GB.....next weekend he went to the same night and took more GB...this guy is seriously on self destruct...anyhow about a month ago he rang me at 8 in the morning wanting to find some ket cos he said he'd been up all night smoking crack....next thing i here he's thrown his girlfiend out of the flat they shared for 4 years and said he didnt want to be with her any more....now he's hanging rund with a completely different set of people and smoking crack with them.....last week he quit his job and i phoned him last night to find out if he wanted to come and view a house with me on saturday and he tld me that someone had stolen his car and crashed it....I did not beleive this and later on found out that him and the guy he was working with had gone to get crack after work last week and got high in the car and crashed it then lied to the police. The guy has always been wreckless ever since he started getting in trouble at school and has been violent and in trouble with the cops countless times...usually alcohol related violence...but some how this seems on a completley different level, he's lieing to me, he's been in intensive care for GB, quit his job and now crashed his car and lied about it....im not too close to him for obvious reasons ( I got beat up by him a fair few times and my house broken into and money stolen ) but now he seems to be in a different league of self destruction and trying to hid it...does anyone have any ideas of how to get round this. I've spoken to my mum who says we cant do anything as all we will get is abuse of denial but I cant stand by and watch this go on.....he has 2 kids...
sorry for such a long post!!
Screwed for cocaine I remember in the late 1980s going out with a young girl with dark hair called Gail. She was training to be an actress but I've never seen her in anything. She never told me what she did, but said she was a model of sorts. I tried to make her into a B A Christian, but she wasn't really interested.
She used to snort cocaine at the El Cid Club in London and elsewhere in the toilets with her modelling friends. It used to make her high and randy. Very randy! She only liked men. I've watched her fuck all night, each hour she'd have a new man, just to get a little more coke. She liked nothing better than 3 guys filling up in all her holes at the same time. She loved coke and booze. At first it was just fondling, then later groping was allowed. Eventually everyone could fuck her as long as they had enough cocaine. It went on 7 nights a week, and in the day she'd be doing modelling work, taking her clothes off for older guys who'd take photos of her. She went to Antigua one time and nearly got arrested for getting involved in a sex orgy involving drugs at a party of some guys who practised satanic bondage and gangbanging. She was caught bound up and getting gangbanged (very willingly as long as she had the drugs) by about 10 big black men.
She even did it with two guys from Japan who were part of the Japanese sex industry who gave her money for nude photos and did the photographic work at 4.00pm in the afternoon.
I left her because she got pregnant off one of her numerous customers and had a baby in 1991. She did a video later on for Viv Thomas I believe.12
Are Clown Crack dealers just litter bugs? Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of laughing gas every now and again, but there seems to be more spent canisters littering parties than beer cans these days.
Do you think they realise that Gas Cansiters are made from re-cycleable aluminium and should therefore be taken away to be disposed of sensibly - especially since the people who sell it for £2 a pop must be making an absolute fortune out of the parties they attend (and I'm fairly sure they don't donate a share of their profits to the clean-up crew).12
Cocaine in SF Hey all,
don't know if this is the places, but anyone know where to get some of this here in san fran...been looking but can;t find anything...would be nice to have a hook up.
thanks!
Cocaine Prices where i am its 40 dollars a gram, so how much would the rest of the measurements be? sorry,lol beginner.hah
1g=$40
3.5= ?
7.0= ?
14.0= ?
28.0= ?12
A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT COCAINE. . . I have a question just for info purposes. When people buy kilos of cocaine, they dilute it and sell it in 'Oz' and 'Grams.'
What about the person selling the kilo? where do people who move "keys" get their product? do they buy compressed cocaine and turn it into cocaine hydrochloride? and if so, how many kilos compressed cocaine does it take for 1 kilo pure cocaine? what's the cost for a kilo compressed cocaine? thnkz.:wink:
Crackdown on illegal raves
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John Carvel, social affairs editor
Tuesday June 5, 2007
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The Guardian[/FONT]
A crackdown on illegal raves to prevent "irreparable damage to the countryside" during the summer festival season was launched last night by the Local Government Association. It placed councils on a state of high alert to tackle a revival of the drug-fuelled raves and free parties that dominated youth culture from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s.
Predicting a return to a summer of illegal parties, the association warned councils that young people had tired of mainstream bands and were turning to "nu-rave" music that was not available at established clubs and festivals. It urged local authorities to scan MySpace and internet message boards to gather intelligence of plans for illegal raves which could "ruin the lives of local residents" and expose music lovers to risks in places beyond the easy reach of the emergency services. Council staff should also visit pubs and clubs to pick up flyers advertising such events.
"The internet and mobile phone technology make illegal raves easier and quicker to organise than back in their heyday when word of mouth was key," a spokeswoman said.
Five people were arrested after police in riot gear broke up a rave attended by about 3,000 in Wentwood Forest, Monmouthshire, in April. Last month a police car was destroyed while officers were trying to disperse about 500 ravers at a former airfield on land owned by a Conservative peer in Suffolk.
The association said: "Illegal raves could sweep the nation again this summer, with many taking place around festival days." South-west England and the home counties were the most likely locations. It provided councils with a five-point plan to get ahead of the game.
If an illegal event was being organised, councils should help the organisers apply for a temporary event licence on suitable land.
They should work with the police and local landowners and set out plans and powers, such as injunctions and the seizing of sound equipment.
They should gather intelligence of future events by scanning the internet and visiting pubs and clubs. Councils should also ask landowners and residents to remain vigilant, particularly around festival days and bank holidays, and consider setting up designated "free party" sites to avoid damage to the countryside, and a hotline for residents to call if they have concerns about illegal events taking place.
The association has identified Klaxons, New Young Pony Club, Shitdisco, Trash Fashion and Hot Chip as leading exponents of nu-rave, described by a council spokeswoman as "punk meets disco".
She said: "We don't want to be seen as party poopers. Councils have people's best interests at heart and we want to encourage freedom of choice. People should be able to listen to whatever music they like. But we do want these events to be as safe and manageable as possible."
Examples of effective action included intelligence gathering by South Somerset district council which prevented 80 illegal events from taking place. Chris White, chairman of the Local Government Association's culture, tourism and sport board, said: "We need the eyes and ears of local people.
"Some raves are nothing more than a nuisance, but others pose a serious threat to the environment and to public safety. Many partygoers take dangerous chemical cocktails, with limited access to the emergency services, putting themselves and others at great risk.
"The impact of raves can be more than just a bit of noise and a minor disturbance. Councils strive to keep the places where people live clean and tidy, and the effects on wildlife and farmland can be irreversible, causing financial and natural ruin as a result of land being littered with human waste and rubbish." If the event organisers had nothing to hide, they should talk to their council about putting on a legitimate party. "But if their motives are less honourable, they will be dealt with by using the full force of the law," he added.
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coke rerocking thread user party-on has suggested removing/deleting this thread...
he sent me a PM about this (as he felt it was a security risk) but I think we had this discussion before about it..
I sent this reply at the moment, although I'm wondering if its worth locking the thread - I was a bit concerned when/if we are getting users signing up merely to learn how to sell shit coke..
we had this discussion amongst the mods, and came to the conclusion that although the thread wasn't particularly positive, it only made the yanks look stupid and also warned coke users as to how often their gear was cut.
If we remove the thread people complain about "free speech", so the best we can do is warn them of the risk and at least point out to others that if they did get busted because of the thread its not the forums fault but peoples own stupidity..
Alex
Rasta temple was ‘not crack den’
bbc.co.uk wrote:
The 32-room property in St Agnes Place, Kennington, south London, was raided in April after worshippers complained it had been taken over by drug dealers.
Quantities of cannabis, some crack cocaine and ammunition were found inside, said police.
But Camberwell Green Magistrates said there was not enough evidence to prove the temple had become a crack den.
the full story is here
Iran Cracking Down on Dress Codes
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It is the talk of the town. The latest police crackdown on Islamic dress has angered many Iranians - male, female, young and old.
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They are stopping pedestrians and even cars - warning female drivers not show any hair - and impounding the vehicles and arresting the women if they argue back.
Middle-aged women, foreign tourists and journalists have all been harassed, not just the young and fashionably dressed.
Overnight the standard of what is acceptable dress has slipped back.
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Though the authorities want coverage internally to scare women - they don't want the story broadcast abroad.
The BBC's cameraman was detained when he tried to film the police at work and the government denied us permission to go on patrol with the police.
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And it's not just women who are being targeted this year.
Young men are being cautioned for wearing short sleeved shirts or for their hairstyles.
Morad - a hairdresser whose gelled hair is made to stand straight up - says it's necessary for him to look like this to attract customers.
"These last few days I don't dare walk down the main roads looking like this case I get arrested," he says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6596933.stm
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