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New anti-drug campaign equates smoking pot with terrorism
4-2-'07 | Haaretz.com

Israel's Anti-Drug Authority has launched a new campaign featuring Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, aimed at deterring Israelis from smoking marijuana.

As part of the campaign, the authority has published a poster showing the Hezbollah leader emerging genie-like from a bong (a waterpipe commonly used for smoking marijuana and hashish).

Underneath the image, the poster reads: "Hezbollah is clearly planning to flood Israel with narcotics. Narcotics pose a strategic threat to Israeli society. Whoever uses narcotics is giving a hand to the next terrorist attack."

The Israeli media last week quoted senior Israeli security sources as saying that Hezbollah is planning to flood Israel with drugs in an effort to harm its citizens.

Police and IDF troops on the same day stopped the largest shipment of pure heroin ever to be intercepted on Israel's border with Lebanon, a total of 32.5 kilograms, with an estimated street value of NIS 30 million.

Earlier that week, it was reported that the security services had arrested a career Israel Defense Forces soldier in February on suspicion that he handed over secrets to the Lebanon-based guerilla group.

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Buzzby

Where have I heard this before?

Where this scenario runs into trouble is that people don't run out and start using drugs simply because they're available or because they become less expensive. If someone offered me a kilo of heroin for $5 I wouldn't want it, except to flush it down the toilet. If weed cost 1/10th of what it costs today, I wouldn't use any more of it. I already use exactly as much as I want to use. Most mature drug users are in the same position.

Look at The Netherlands. Any person of 18 years or more can walk into a coffee shop and buy five grams of the best weed in the world. The percentage of their population that smokes is far lower than it is in the US, where it is universally illegal under federal law.

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Comparing using marijuana to terrorism just makes me physically ill.

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Herbal Meditation

I think this campaign might actually be somewhat successful (for the government).
Israel has a much closer relationship and understanding of terrorism than the US, so any convinced of this lie will become clearly anti-drug not because of the drug but because of the terror-connection. In fact, the only thing the Israeli govt would have to do is somehow compare marijuana with anything muslim/arabic and that would make it highly unappealing.

carlover_36

I can believe that Marijuana users are helping to fund Terrorism. Only because of the amount of money that can be made in the market. Terrorist don't care about laws, Marijuana is easy to grow (especially in third-world countries), so why not make a few million a day? The mere ideal of prohibition is a dollar sign. End prohibition, end the funding of terrorism.

Seems to me that one of the main arguments to end the prohibition of alcohol was because of the back alley murders, rampent killings, and the formation of "Mob Groups". Or perhaps we could call them Gangs?

Get to the point. Prohibition does nothing but create crime.

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dedbr

I just don't seem to remember a news story about a pot dealer blowing up a building with a suicide bomber. I guess when the time comes to do something, stoner's have had our snack and are ready for our nappy......

Herb is supposed to cause terrorism. I think it should be the other way around. Terrorists use herb to fund their activity. Hezbollah better be careful. All their guys will be getting high on their own supply.....

Really though, who would have the best connections to sell drugs to the Jews? Other Jews of course. It could be very convenient to use a little misdirection.....

He was telling them when the roads wouldn't be patrolled so they could roll the drugs thru....They busted him and he gave up the 65 lbs. load. I wonder how many loads actually get thru.

I also don't think that even a high ranking officer would be able to pay for 65 lbs., so there's some big bucks flowing in this deal.

This image strike anybody as childish besides me? Does he have a suicide vest on or is he carrying an AK 47? He's coming out of a bong so he's stoned, right? I just don't see how this image is going to stop terrorism or drugs......


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Buzzby

I have never seen anyone suggest that herb causes terrorism. Where did you get that one? The speculation is that selling drugs provides funds for terrorism.

reggie_the_dog

lots of coffeeshops will let you buy more than 5 grams. You explain that you are a tourist, that you like thier weed, and that you will just buy from their competetors and they sell you more. Do it when there are no others at the weed counter and you have your best chance.

I hope we get some good Hezbollah hash over here in France. MMMMM Lebanese.....