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William Raspberry is mistaken if he thinks the government has not been going after consumers of illegal drugs (column of Sept. 8). Records show that most drug law arrests and prosecutions have been directed against consumers. Indeed, in all of the "victim-less" or "vice" type of crimes, drug type laws have been the ones where the customer is most vigorously prosecuted.
Raspberry seems unaware of the large numbers of drug users serving jail sentences for mere possession, with thousands having served average sentences of ten years for having as little as one marijuana cigarette. Although marijuana penalties were reduced during the 1970s in a few states, the definition of "dug dealer is broad enough to allow or mandate a disproportionate jail time term for friends who pass a joint around in social sessions on private property.
Likewise with the rise in popularity of cocaine and the rise of political opportunists as Rudolf Giuliani, who find it advantageous to their political careers to set up elaborate sting operations and waste tax dollars prosecuting and jailing productive white collar coke users, our jails are overflowing. Although a minority of cocaine users destroy themselves with the overuse and/or misuse, millions of responsible productive citizens with healthy relationships with such drugs suffer daily insult and threat from the government.
I am dismayed that Raspberry fails to see the threat to civil rights posed by a government stirring up animosity and hatred towards peaceful minority groups of individuals. If Raspberry wants to rid peaceful neighborhoods of (presumably non peaceful) drug dealers, he would support legalization. There is no justification for the laws against marijuana and cocaine in its natural form, coca, which contains many nutrients and other alkaloids recognized as modifying cocaine's effects in ways that can only be described as good.
Legalization would not only solve or mitigate drug problems, it would solve or mitigate the disturbing increase in government powers over individual freedom.
Although history has shown conclusively that drug prohibition is doomed to failure, politicians seek more police state power to fight this war. For so many to be so blind or deceitful about this assault on civil rights and liberties is frightening.
DOUGLAS. A. WILLINGER
New Rochelle
[excerpt] (CNN)Rand Paul, the libertarian-minded freshman senator who was once viewed as a formidable presidential contender, is suspending his White House bid.Paul discussed the matter with staff Wednesday morning and sent out a statement confirming the decision to drop out of the Republican presidential primary."It's been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House," Paul said in the statement."Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of Liberty."Paul, a Kentucky Republican, is expected to instead place his focus squarely on his Senate reelection bid, where he faces a wealthy Democrat, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, who has the money to partially finance his campaign.Paul finished a disappointing fifth place in Monday's Iowa caucuses, registering just 4.5% of the vote despite placing a heavy emphasis on the state's college towns to bring out younger voters inspired by his libertarian-minded message. He promised that night to continue his campaign.
I cannot believe that Rand Paul would drop out before the crucial primary state of New Hampshire as thousands of libertarians have moved there. Maybe Rand does not have the fire in the belly as his dad had or there are forces at work. I am very disappointed with his decision and this will reflect badly on his senatorial campaign this year- Don Meinshausen
| 100% reporting | Delegates | Vote % |
 Cruz (won) |
8
| 27.6% |
 Trump |
7
| 24.3% |
 Rubio |
7
| 23.1% |
 Carson |
3
| 9.3% |
 Paul |
1
| 4.5% |
 Bush |
1
| 2.8% |
 Fiorina |
1
| 1.9% |
 Kasich |
1
| 1.9% |
 Huckabee |
0
| 1.8% |
 Christie |
0
| 1.8% |
 Santorum |
0
| 1% |
 Gilmore |
0
| 0% |
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/06/wasserman-schultz-fueled-by-booze-pacs-blasts-legal-pot/?comments=1#comments
excerpt - Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz told the New York Times she continues to oppose legalizing marijuana – even as she has courted alcohol PACs as one of the largest sources of her campaign funding.
Wasserman Schultz, a House Democrat from Florida, said she doesn’t “think we should legalize more mind-altering substances if we want to make it less likely that people travel down the path toward using drugs. We have had a resurgence of drug use instead of a decline. There is a huge heroin epidemic.”
The fifth-largest pool of money the congresswoman has collected for her re-election campaign has been from the beer, wine, and liquor industry. The $18,500 came from PACs including Bacardi USA, the National Beer Wholesalers Association, Southern Wine & Spirits, and the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/06/the-real-gateway-drug-thats-everywhere-and-legal/
excerpt - You may have heard that marijuana is a gateway drug. Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie makes this argument seemingly every chance he gets. Anti-drug groups often make similar claims.
The evidence seems convincing enough at first blush: studies show that 99 percent of illicit drug users tried marijuana before they did any other drugs. But on its own, this line of thinking actually is pretty tenuous: we could also safely assume that 99 percent of illicit drug users also tried coffee, or soda, or chocolate milk before moving on to stronger substances.
New research out this month in the Journal of School Health could shed some light on this question. A team of researchers from Texas A&M and the University of Florida examined data from from 2,800 U.S. 12th graders interviewed for the Monitoring the Future study, an annual federal survey of teen drug use. They wanted to establish which substances teens typically used first.
They give away their findings in the title of their paper: "Prioritizing Alcohol Prevention: Establishing Alcohol as the Gateway Drug and Linking Age of First Drink With Illicit Drug Use." They found that "the vast majority of respondents reported using alcohol prior to either tobacco or marijuana initiation."
Not only that, but of those three main substances -- alcohol, tobacco and marijuana -- kids were the least likely to start using pot before the others.
http://southmallblogger.blogspot.com/search/label/Angelo%20Francois%20Mariani
http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/search/label/Vin%20Mariani
http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/search/label/Coca
http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/1897-church-of-england-lies-about-coca.html
http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2008/07/roman-catholic-church-cocaine.htmlAlso see the French language Angelo Mariani blog:
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http://jamesbetelle.com/2007/07/05/the-ghost-of-new-rochelle-high-school/
NRHS was actually constructed in two phases. The first, completed in 1926, comprised the bulk of the finished school, but the front facade was only the middle portion with the clock tower. The two wings containing the side towers were added in 1931. These additions were part of the original plan, and as such blend near seamlessly with the original structure.
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The villa entrance gate consisted of a bas-relief executed by Oscar Roty (no less!): The love in the arms of a nymph. This collector's item was unfortunately stolen by a dishonest way in the words of Ms. Michaud Emilia-Jeanin in an article in Var Matin published in August 1989 entitled: Villa André: the memory of Angelo Mariani.
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In 1965, the villa Andrea sometimes called Mariani is sold. In the walls, you could still see in 1977 works of art in the form of copper plates embedded in the walls. On one of them, you could even be read a quote Emile Rochard as of 1898 Oasis smiling at the unreal dreams. Valescure is a sleepy park in the blue, true paradou, rocking rest safe haven which prolongs life and makes brief hours. There was also a magnificent polychrome ceramic low relief of 2,50 meters on 2,30 representing carriers of Javanese offerings made by Theodore River....
Inside :
First of all you could see two works by the sculptor and draftsman Louis Patriache Corsica. Is a beautiful picture entitled La Provence and a relief portrait representative Xavier Paoli. There were also several paintings of Jean Renié (View of Frejus) and Atalaya (Sancho and Don Quixote). Not to mention two busts made by Jean Baffier called: The woman with mistletoe and Angela and a group together under the name: The vintage. Moreover, one could not miss the picture of Guillemet; Bords de Seine (around Paris). On the railing of the balcony facing the living room sat on a marble pedestal, the statue of Oscar Roty, still directed by Theodore River.
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On this black and white photography, there are nine. At first glance, from left to right, one can easily distinguish first Uzanne Joseph and Oscar Roty. Then comes Angelo Mariani standing with his eternal cigar in hand. Before him sat on a small padded bench unknown. Who is he ? In the center, the wife of Jacques Mariani (Louise Laroque) and his mother at his side. Approaching the window, it seems we see the front of her domestic help and a child sitting in unidentified tailor. Finally the far right of the picture, we see Xavier Paoli, cousin Mariani. This photograph was taken in the years 1912-1913.
