dallas said:
Kasz216 said:
dallas said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
What do you guys think about the latest reports about NSA and DEA "cooperation", "parallel construction" etc.?
Here's a short summary, in case you haven't read about yet:
The NSA is giving hints acquired by surveilling american citizens to a special unit of the DEA with more than 100 people, which is using these hints to prosecute drug dealers and users. But the fact that these hints originally came from the NSA is not being revealed; instead, a strategy called "parallel construction" is being used: they have to construct a credible alternative story about how they became aware of those "crimes". For example, the NSA would give hints when and where the DEA should examine cars. If the DEA guys find drugs, they can claim that it was just a random car search that by pure luck made them aware of a drug crime/criminal.
There seem to be quite a number of american cannabis smokers on this website, so I wonder if this changes their feelings on the NSA surveillance. (My impression so far is that many people don't care about the NSA surveillance, simply because they don't see how it could possibly affect themselves) |
Sure, but the DEA is becoming less and less focused on weed as the citizenry of this grand nation are gradually demanding legalization, and that's why many of the states have followed suit, at least with medical marijuana.
so, the government can look for weed all they like, it will be only for a brief amount of time that they will be able prosecute marijuana anyway.-+
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Except that's not true.
If anythign the DEA has gotten MORE focused on weed ever since states have improved medical usage. Going out of their way to hassle the state governments, shut down dispenseries etc.
The prosecution of people running legal (statewise) dispenseries and just growing them has been on a sharp upswing.
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But, is the government trying to stamp out the dispensaries, or trying to keep them flying straight? There is a big difference between the two scenarios, and while i'm a medical marijuana/legalization supporter, I still think tha the best way to have a mature marijuana industry is to have it regulated .
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Stamp them out.
They have gone out of their way to prosecute people in California who aren't even in the dispensery buisness anymore just based on the fact that they used to. Just on the basis that they sold Marijuana.
If they weren't flying straight, they would be prosecuted by the state governments.
The DEA's current plan is similar to the RIAA's.
Target people randomly without reason to cause fear and the beleif that anybody could be targeted if they so much as think about being involved in the medical marijuana industry.
Either way this is all headed for a Supreme Court date... and unfortunitly thanks to recent rulings that have actually supported leftwing causes... the precedent is probably set to suggest that states CAN'T legalize Marijuana... for any reason.
