Thursday, July 06, 2006

Where or where has my America gone?

What good is the constitution anymore?

From www.enhlaw.com

You Are Going Directly to Jail
DUID Legislation: What It Means, Who's Behind It, and Strategies to Prevent It

by Paul Armentano
Senior Policy Analyst
NORML | NORML Foundation
paul@norml.org

There's a new front in law enforcement's self-proclaimed "War on Drugs" and its name is DUID.

DUID, short for "driving under the influence of drugs," is the new buzzword among politicians and police -- however, in this case, words can be deceiving. Though billed by its sponsors as a necessary tool to crack down on "drugged driving" offenses,1 in reality, DUID laws -- in particular "zero tolerance" per se laws -- have virtually nothing to do with promoting public safety or identifying motorists who drive while impaired. Rather, the enactment and enforcement of zero tolerance DUID legislation is a direct and calculated assault on the lives and liberties of marijuana smokers, many of whom are just now beginning to feel the laws' effects.

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