The U.S. Government Does Whatever It Wants...

I was passed this article from a friend while we were conversing about U.S. Laws and such. In particular laws concerning their troubled boarder control. My friend spoke to me of a woman trying to get into the states with her son and daughter. This woman is diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and because of this devastating disease, a legal medical marijuana user in Canada (with a government issued identification card).

To summarize the story, she was detained and eventually denied entry into the United States of America (God Bless***). Isn't this strange? She was denied because she admits to using drugs (actually only marijuana, but there is no difference between that and drugs like cocaine and heroine), and therefore banned for life from ever entering the States. She was then asked (basically forced) to take photos ("mug shots") and give two sets of fingerprints for their records. Now these records are shared with all other countries, and when another Country official reads them, they wont say denied entry for being a licenced medical marijuana user, but rather a "Drug" user. Officially labeling the woman as a criminal, thus taking away many of the freedoms she formally had...

How nice considering that (like she states) California legalized medical marijuana, and the fact that there are many U.S's citizens doing drugs far worse than marijuana and still roaming the streets (and are also famous Celebrities). All I could do after reading her story was laugh, then think a bit about global slavery in its various forms and practices.

Just how easy is it for the U.S. to tell the rest of the world what is right and what is wrong while at the same time preaching about democracy and freedom....Hypocrite anyone?

Here is the full article taken off of the Cannabis Culture site with the actual PDF link to the article published in the Newsletter of the West Kootenay Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2008

http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/5218.html