At a Barnes & Noble book-signing, Bill Maher made some insightful remarks about linking of the war on drugs with the war on terror, as reported in the Hollywood Investigator:
Apart from Bush's advice to fight terrorism with a credit card, Maher also criticized the war on drugs. "The one propaganda campaign the government has is a huge lie: the drugs front. 'If you want to help with the terrorism war, stop doing drugs,' which is a huge lie the lazy media doesn't point out. The only drug that ever funded terrorism was heroin. But the people who sold heroin in Afghanistan were not the Taliban, our enemies. They were puritans. They outlawed the heroin trade. It was the Northern Alliance, our allies. They were the heroin dealers.
"So if you really want to help the war on terrorism, start a heroin habit. Of course, [either way], heroin addicts always listen to public service announcements. Take the spike right out their arm."
Bill Maher was promoting his book, When You Ride Alone, You Ride With Bin Laden.
Meanwhile, a man is serving a 20 year federal sentence for growing 27 pounds of medical marijuana, as reported in the L.A. Weekly.
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Thomas M. Sipos's books include the anti-Communist satire, Vampire Nation, the revisionist satire of the 1980s, Manhattan Sharks, and an anthology of horror fact and fiction, Halloween Candy.
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