Feds to target newspapers, radio for marijuana ads

[DreamSmoker]

Not only has Due Process of Law been thrown out the window as far as American Justice and Our Civil Rights are concerned..
Guns last week and now this. This Week its back to that so called Drug War.. Only its Americans in America that are in the Feds cross Hairs.. Feds invading Several Medical Cannabis States to make their point..
Now Americans are in deep trouble..
So many of us have lost Our Jobs, Our Homes, Our retirement, and now this Government and This Administration is now turned inward overstepping our rights to achieve its agendas..
This alone is a good reason to hit the Streets and join the 1% ....

Federal prosecutors are preparing to target newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets that advertise medical marijuana dispensaries in California, another escalation in the Obama administration's newly invigorated war against the state's pot industry.

This month, U.S. attorneys representing four districts in California announced that the government would single out landlords and property owners who rent buildings or land where dispensaries sell or cultivators grow marijuana. Now, newspapers and other media outlets could be next.

U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy, whose district includes Imperial and San Diego counties, said marijuana advertising is the next area she's "going to be moving onto as part of the enforcement efforts in Southern California." Duffy said she could not speak for the three other U.S. attorneys covering the state but noted their efforts have been coordinated so far.

"I'm not just seeing print advertising," Duffy said in an interview with California Watch and KQED. "I'm actually hearing radio and seeing TV advertising. It's gone mainstream. Not only is it inappropriate – one has to wonder what kind of message we're sending to our children – it's against the law."

http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/feds-target-newspapers-radio-marijuana-ads-13049

[villager]

1. More ratcheting up of the "failure" quotient for this administration...

n/t

[court jester]

2. "...one has to wonder what kind of message we're sending to our children"

What message are "we" sending our children who are exposed to ad after ad after ad for truly dangerous prescription and non prescription ads on tv EVERY HOUR?

"Here is a summary list of DTC (Direct-To-Consumer) prescription drug TV ads, along with their published adverse side effects...

Drug manufacturers seek to minimize and trivialize the adverse side effects of the drugs they produce. To present a balanced picture, this page HIGHLIGHTS these adverse side effects. In each case below, THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION IS "QUOTED VERBATIM" (fair use) from the drug companies' websites.

Prescription Drug TV Ads, which have been around for some time -
Actonel.
Avodart.
Boniva.
Celebrex.
Cialis.
Coreg.
Crestor.
Detrol.
Ditropan.
Enbrel.
Fosamax.
Humira.
Levitra.
Lunesta.
Nexium.
Paxil.
Plavix.
Premarin.
Prilosec.
Procrit.
Strattera.
Valtrex.
Vesicare.
Viagra.
Vioxx.
Vytorin.
Wellbutrin.
Zelnorm.
Zocor.
Zyprexa.

RED = Ads which have been removed due to SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS, and/or FDA action.

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/medicine/prescription-drug-tv-ads.htm


Here is part ONE of Three warnings that the manufacturer (drug dealer) lists JUST for Paxil®:

"WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND POSSIBLE SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR OR THINKING?
Paxil is approved only for adults 18 years and over. There are benefits and risks when using antidepressants. Depression and other illnesses can lead to suicidal thoughts or behavior whether or not you are taking antidepressants. In some children and teens, antidepressants increase suicidal thoughts or actions. You and your family should watch closely and call the doctor right away, if you have worsening depression, thoughts of suicide, or sudden or severe changes in mood or behavior (for example feeling anxious, agitated, panicky, irritable, hostile, aggressive, impulsive, severely restless, hyperactive, overly excited, or not being able to sleep), especially at the beginning of treatment or after any change in dose...there are 2 more paragraphs!

Hopefully more and more people will start to ask where the Federal Government gets the authority to dictate the citizens consumption of whatever they damn well please. That will be interesting.



(read the warnings before you take the pink pill)

[Lionessa]

3. + 1000

[Le Taz Hot]

7. MM Patients in California are PISSED

at Obama. He may just accomplish what so many Republicans have tried to do for years -- put California in play for 2012. I swear if California is so close in 2012 that I'm actually going to have to vote for the conservadem in the White House I'm going to be mad as hell.

[Mimosa]

4. Prohibition was sooo successful the first time around. LOL

It seems like nobody is perceiving the Boardwalk Empire HBO series is telling us a lot about our current stupid war on drugs.

[woo me with science]

5. But I assume the eventual commercials by Big Pharma *won't* harm the children:

Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/90469

[RainDog]

9. great article. this whole issue has reached the point of insanity by the feds

they are so incapable of dealing with reality, it seems, that they want to force their nightmares on the rest of us.

[woo me with science]

12. Follow the money. nt

[slay]

6. But cigs and alcohol - both KILLERS while marijuana is not - are fine

to advertise? i'm sick of the fuckin drug war hypocrisy bullshit. it's time prohibition on marijuana was ended - far past time actually. this is just one of the reasons i can not vote for Obama. he's not on our side.

[theaocp]

8. Exactly WHAT FUCKING DEMOGRAPHIC is Obama going after

with these actions? If he doesn't know about them, he better get on the stick.

[Better Believe It]

13. Obama is clearly going after the conservative prohibitionist vote. All ten of them.

[hobbit709]

10. I remember way back when the FCC banned the 100 "drug oriented" songs

that radio stations couldn't play. I also remember one DJ coming on and saying he didn't care what the FCC thought and played them in order on his show.

[Irishonly]

11. K&R

[scorpiogirl]

14. I'm pissed as hell too

But I just found this on Huffpo.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/crackdown-medical-marijuana-california_n_1011780.html

[Ezlivin]

15. Why are any of you even THINKING about marijuana?

'Cause that's soon to become an offense as well.