America’s sustainable civil war

Americas’ Sustainable Civil War The Antithesis of Humyn Advancement 1/1/2018 I am not a famous person or any type of authority in the subjects of criminology or economics. Most would discredit me saying, ”He’s just a drug addict with a criminal history hollering about injustices. He is not a viable source of information or opinion. His mind is just spewing out a bunch of fanaticized, abstract, obscure ideas that are unrelated and have no value or truth.” However, being in prison for possession of less than a cigarettes worth of marijuana and facing another prison term for ”conspiracy” to deliver amphetamine I wake up every day surrounded by the truth and harsh reality that self—interests and prison—for—profit is propelling Americas’ staged Sustainable Civil War on Drugs. When it comes to history many think it's important to say what history ”should” say rather than what it is. I have had to fight my whole life being molested when I was young and growing up gay with very old thinking parents in Southwest Wyoming then developing drug addictions. . . . It has been such an uphill struggle to stand up proud and better myself. Every day I wonder who will try to suppress me and what my obligation to myself and the world is——speaking out about the realities that led me to now. Truths and the interconnectivity of everything in our world are not spoken about openly or enough in these times—a very scary statement considering today's world. I guess I'm just being a very bad BEAR (gay culture), forgetting my proper place in society, or maybe, because of the roads I have traveled in life, I'm becoming a humyn rights activist. Like most drug addicts, I was in the mist of addiction because of social, mental, and spiritual needs from my earliest of days. The current forms of imposed treatment during incarceration or while on probation are all shame based, focusing on a persons’ psychological dysfunctions rather than their wellbeing or what disrupted their wellbeing to begin with. Shame based treatments goal is to drive into peoples’ head that we were such horrible persons in the mist of addiction that we need to feel bad for our transgressions to the point that we better not ever use again and if so then we are especially disregarding the law and those who care for us. This logically doesn't work for my population in which many of us have been rejected, neglected, used, told, or otherwise made to feel all our lives that we're objects, lacking in some way-shape-or—form, and that we are inadequate or bad people for being so—the reasons escape with substances appealed to many of us from the beginning—believe me; I know this personally, all too well. Humyn compassion, love, & understanding, key ingredients for rehabilitation are non-existent here. In addition, places of incarceration are digressing and further impeding peoples’ ability to socialize properly further hindering our chances to function well in society upon completion of sentences. The journey to a successful life upon completion of sentences is especially difficult when released out into a hypocritical world whose mantras are, ”Fake it to make It.’’ and ”Do as I say not as I do.” The percentage of recidivism is a clear indicator that what I say here is fact, these stats were extremely hard to determine as the most reliable sources vary greatly; approximately 77% to 83% of offenders are rearrested within nine years of release. “'31 Also the ripple effect adversely affects the next generation who are affected by prison—for—profit, growing up watching parents stuck in the grips of a prison system which makes it more difficult to leave a past behind. It does not take a multi—million dollar study to read the writing-on—the—wa|| and to know that what I am talking about is fact. America has 4.4% ofthe worlds’ population but almost 25% of incarcerated persons in the world. [4] Between the years, 1985 and 2015 there had been a 500% increase of incarcerated persons in America. [5] This increase is not correlated with an increase in crime. In fact crime rate in America has decreased by nearly half of what it was in the early 1990's. [58] Us addicts are not all bad people, nor do we all deserve what is happening to us, nor should the public continue to ignore the truth —— that there are power mongers who drive the continued Civil War on Drugs for se|f—interests —— nor should the public be inconsiderate in regards to the direction this war is taking humynity, and not just in our country but every other country that America affects with this policy. . . . A quote from Ethan Nadlemann could not be truer, he said, "People tend to think of prohibition as the ultimate form of regulation when in fact it represents the abdication of regulation with criminals filling the void.” [9] And it's exacerbating every potential risk factor involved in the use and obtaining of substances, making victims of users and the rest of society alike. It is known in many other countries who have not crafted a War on Drugs but instead create safe situations for users and society that the vast majority of users outgrow substance abuse before lives are destroyed, M8] something that the revolving doors of prison in our country is doing systematically. [87439] To fuel The War on Drugs our leaders, forjob security, are propagating substances on our streets. Just think; all forms of opiates on our streets in 2015 had increased astronomically [69] since the advent of our troops in Afghanistan in 2001, the largest producer of raw opium in the world, [7072] opium which virtually all forms of opiates are derived from. [73] In fact the areas in Afghanistan under Taliban control prior to 2001 had a 99% decrease in opiate production due to a Taliban enforced ban on poppy farming. [711 In 2007, 93% ofthe illegal opiates in circulation in the world originated in Afghanistan [72] and I don't see anything different happening. I wonder if our troops are only guarding oil fields in Afghanistan, (they're also guarding poppy fields)? [741 Humphl? When I was in high school in the early 1990's in Green River, Wyoming, heroin was virtually unknown to be in circulation. Now it is the substance being used the most by young people throughout our country. There's so many of our countries youth who have formed addictions to heroin since the increase of it on our shores, and this increase is from whom you need to ask yourselves. Buyer beware of factual misstatements from our leaders telling us nonsense such as, ’’All the heroin is coming in from Mexico”, W74] just as they led many to believe that amphetamine was a new wave of destruction coming in from the west coast by terroristic biker—gangs. Little did they tell you that historically the largest consumers of methamphetamines in our country were housewives in the 50's and 60's. (751 Those amphetamines were referred to as mothers’ little helpers; you may remember the song, pharmaceuticals, more potent and surely safer than anything currently on the streets. Our system and their current policy in the recent past have gotten everyone addicted to opioids then cut everyone off cold turkey! What did they think this was going to do? Or did they know exactly what they were doing and had all the implements in place, i.e., jails, prisons, treatment centers, etc., to control the ’’problem’’ (addicts)? Or is this just coincidently occurring during the height of the influx of heroin and illegal opiates into our country? [69] Did I mention the millions of children prescribed amphetamines such as Ritalin and other variations to treat hyperactive disorders such as A.D.H.D., A.D.D., or for overweight issues since the 60's [77] (includes my generation) in our country? Let's not forget the dirty little secret of certain of our government agencies bringing in cocaine from South America in the 70's and 80's in which this secret was only found out in 1986 because guerrilla fighters in Nicaragua shot down one ofour government's military aircraft loaded down with cocaine. [7886] Sadly, they are not going to work themselves out of a job anytime soon and I would wager my life that criminalization is looked at in upper echelons of society as a form of culling and population control in their out—dated crazy idea of keeping humyn beings in a modern day form of a slave plantation, [8188] one that is financially dependent on sustaining the modern slave (inmates, or otherwise persons in some form or another ofa social prison). Keep in mind that the majority of those incarcerated in our country are not those who are involved in dirty huge business deals many of which help push the very planet that sustains our lives to the brink of destroying all life and keeps humynity teetering on the edge of an abyss. No, mass incarceration predominantly affects minorities, teenagers, the elderly, and women, or otherwise those deemed appropriate to keep the humyn pipeline into prisons open and flowing with vigor. [89439] Their zero—sum game is destroying humynity and our world. Globally, as one people, we need to realize that this model is not viable for a beautifully diverse yet intrinsically united humyn fellowship living on a planetthat will continue to support life (not way-of—|ife) as we know it. Another thing we need to consider is; Conspiracy to Deliver a Controlled Substance is the go to charge being imposed by prosecutors on addicts who are simply involved in a ”drug deal” to acquire substances to support their use, essentially categorizing them as a drug dealer. This, in conjunction with President Trumps’ idea to kill drug dealers, means the common user obtaining a substance to support their use would technically be considered a drug-dealer under that umbrella law, eligible for the death penalty— probably in the plans as well . . . . Or is collusion not a crime? I'm confused Mr. President. It is common knowledge that wars make people money, but who is making the money in Americas’ Sustainable Civil War? Some things to remember about the realities of our system, the u|tra—rich hide their money by hiding it inside companies; inside companies; inside companies; and on and on it goes. In a number of U.S. states, you need less information to acquire a company than you do to acquire a library card. This is why Wyoming, just one of these types of states, is a bastion for hiding money for the ultra-rich of America . . . . [140] Need I say more about the real goals of Wyoming and our country? Think of all the companies who cater and contract to criminality in our country, beginning from the arrests on the streets; the court processes; ground breaking ofjails and prisons to the demoing ofjails and prisons and every incarceration function in between— virtually all of our countries regions are doing expansions to their places of incarceration and treatment facilities as we speak whether it be on the local, county, state or federal level. Tell me that these decision makers did not lay the foundations for these plans decades ago. To ask yourself who are vested in these companies you must also ask yourself; who has entrenched criminalization of substances in this country? There are many lawyers; judges; heads of probation and parole; large landowners; politicians; all corporations who are invested in rehabilitation/prison-for—profit; and all businesses that drive the war machine have the continued criminalization of substances, or any other type of ”crime” for that matter in America and the world as one of their top priorities. ”‘”'155] Ask yourself why the U.N. drug treaties emphasize criminalization over health, or why most of the money dealing with drugs worldwide goes to agencies that punish rather than agencies which ease the fact that humyns, inherently, have been using substances since the dawn-of—|ife. Also ask yourself why the good OI’ U~.S.—of— A. is one of the main driving forces in the world for the War on Drugs. The markets on cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and heroin are global commodities markets just like foods, electronics, automobiles, fossil fuels, etc. [9] Systematic corruption by the groups benefitting the most from this 321 billion dollar a year [141] industry is federal government manufacturing more money for the War on Drugs, privatized institutions, and industries that cater to the criminalization of substances. [142455] You're probably saying ’’well the cost to the tax payers,” and that is correct but allow me to let you in on a little secret most Americans don't even know about let alone understand. Have you ever wondered why the federal government manufactures money seemingly from nothing? Americas’ federal government has a privilege called seigniorage that no other country has. What this allows our federal government to do is manufacture any and all monies that are in circulation in the world, not just within our borders, [143] currently and perceived, even for the ”controlling” of the f_ut_urg of crime, corruption, and terror. The War on Drugs, the War on Terror, making sense now? American investors have invested in the future ofthese issues and are banking on gaining interest. Not only is our federal government manufacturing the monies needed to support the function of these places of incarceration, the War on Drugs, and all supporting networks including the Sustainable War on Terror but they turn around and take tax payers’ dollars to compensate the funds that have been invested towards the future ofthese issues. This is an elaborate and deceitful architecture of our economy that our leaders have crafted to support and propel their personal interests, such as prisons in America and arms distribution for further corruption and wars by proxy in foreign third- world countries to further investors’ interests in those countries, interests that almost always destroy humynity, along with our very planet that sustains life. To think that the problem lies in us drug addicts and our lack of desire to quit substances would be like putting a Band—Aid on a lopped off head. But let us lock up drug addicts! Right? No! This is so wrong! I encourage you dear reader to educate yourself on the world of illegal economies and large investors’ participation in this scheme then you may understand why there is a continued War on Drugs and War on Terror and their true aims, money and power. It isn't to protect the worlds’ citizens so much as it is to further their agenda. If there were not next generations of terrorists and drug addicts the investments and interests on those investments would be lost. This is why I call these wars ”Sustainable” and these investors understand fully these wars sustainability [142455] choking maximum profit from our fellow humyns, families, even the very planet that supports all life! If you think that these issues are not interrelated then you're probably one of those persons who still think that the burning of fossil fuels which create carbon dioxide is not the direct cause of climate change to the point that life as we know it will not be the same in two generations. Go to these countries who are manufacturing these drugs and so pitifully these same countries are the same countries whose recourses the ”civi|ized” world is exploiting and you will find that approximately 38% of the arms those who are killing each other with in these poor countries will have a serial number from a weapon manufactured in the United States, ”’’‘’’145] in Central America you'd be better endowed with that statistic increasing to almost 90% in some areas. In many of these countries it is easier to obtain a firearm than it is to obtain a bottle of clean, safe, drinking water. [144] Is this just a coincidence? I think so, one that's very much orchestrated and well planned out. Americas’ drug policy is not just destroying our own people but humynity on a global scale. Sadly if it ceased absolutely today the affects will be felt for generations. Approximately two thirds of the annual budget for the Department of Corrections in Wyoming goes to staffing D.O.C. facilities and the administering of the department and its affiliates! [1451 Don't you think that if positively rehabilitating inmates from the ground up was occurring that the treatment programs offered wouldn't be shame based and that more of the budget would be available for realistic approaches to rehabilitation, possibly providing tangible forms of education such as higher academic learning with several trade options thrown in? If you're on this side of the wall like I am then you would understand that learning trades hands—on and academia courses are slim to non—existent.'89'139] If you already have a diploma, G.E.D. or its equivalent then there are virtually no other forms of academic education occurring. The trade programs offered have a very limited capacity, welding being the only hands-on trade program offered at the facility I am at, and an inmate could be on the waiting list for one of these courses for years. To enter into and complete college outreach courses isn't monetarily obtainable for most of us. Computer availability is non—existent as well, but to cry about that would only get the existing ones taken——a common knowledge amongst my inmate population. Across America, budgets have been cut for programs such as education or social events while places of incarceration— along with all affiliated institutions, treatment centers, judicial, the war machine, and law enforcements’ budgets have been bolstered. “$64581 Why is this? With the current systems’ money-making schemes, their logical next step is to turn treatment programs into another version of a revolving prison. They will do so under the guise of a helping mask, all the while not telling you they're still banking on people becoming and staying addicts through their propagation of substances into our culture through the hypocrisy of our world, all along making it seem that they passed legislation which prevented the vast majority of offenders from being thrown into ''prisons’’, [1511 in reality treatment centers becoming another type of social trap (prison). [89439] [147455] Again buyer beware; if you don't think for yourself then you'll take the bait hook-line—and-sinker because they'll tell us they're helping us. Right? No! Wrong on so many levels! Mind you, there are .OS% of actual funders whom have the vast majority of influence on who our leaders are going to be. [159] Many, not all, of these persons are the ones pulling the strings that pound violence, drugs, obscenities, and an impractical lofty life style into our media and the psyche our people. . . .We need to know whom we're up against if we want to succeed in changing the world. As a people, we need to know their motivations and their points of view. By playing on peoples’ fears, the powers—to—be control our population. Which is more important, the right to life, or a life dictated by personal interests? There are huge military, police, prison, and financial establishments benefiting from The War on Drugs and The War on Terror. [141455] Know and understand where your money is invested and back out of investments that perpetuate this destruction, please. To change the War on Drugs and War on Terror we have to put up an intelligent fight against a formidable foe and a blinded, mislead public. Much ofwhat's actually stopping many people from being happy isn't because they're inherently bad persons but the greed and small minds of people pushing their ideals onto others. Most of these people are the ones who are in control of the oil, the knowledge, the land, religion, and the laws. Wars force people to sin. I can't stand by and let policy and greed kill entire generations in more ways than one and people doing nothing about the real reason the War on Drugs and the War on Terror exists and the archaic ideologies of o|d—thinking people perpetuating these wars because of closed minds hungry for greed, the want of money, and power. The drug war is doing nothing to protect kids or anyone for that matter. In actuality it's a trap, making it harder to turn lives around into productive situations once law enforcement and the courts are done imposing treatments that don't work and sentences— marring peoples’ lives permanently. [89439] "What we need is for the people to gain some wisdom and give us some assistance instead ofthe system giving us all this resistance n’ sponging off the masses." paraphrase from Emmanuel Jal, War Child. [160] Also, the internet has become a counter to the tool that it was meant to be, a tool to smooth out cultural differences by openly sharing knowledge. Because of government screening, file sharing being a no-no and filters preventing people from viewing outside their box which is getting smaller, and smaller, our world is gridlocked in the ideologies of the few whose thoughts and money control our fate, a fate which denies all life basic fundamentals of existence on this planet. Not enough of our leaders are capable, compassionate, generous persons who care about all life. Capable, compassionate, generous persons who care about life don't create victims. Our enemies are thoughtlessness and those who gain power and money off the disadvantages of others and at the detriment of our planet. I'm making my voice heard for people everywhere who have very little hope or think that their voices don't matter, for those of us who are made to think, by society, that because of our past we have no supporting arguments or a voice for speaking out about the follies of our system. Mostly I'm typing this because much of the time I don't think that I can go through with this and I'm too small to make a difference. So here's to crushing the demons who say I can't do this! Literally as I'm typing this very sentence, I'm sitting right next to one of the two persons who killed Matthew Shepard in Laramie Wyoming over drugs, and being gay, he poised easy prey for retaliation. I'm not trying to pile dirt on him, I don't know where he's at in his mind, and soul, besides everyone deserves change. The point I'm trying to make here is this is the current systems answer to me being a drug addict. And would this even have happened to Matthew if drugs weren't illegal? Would this ever have happened to Matthew if the majority were not stuck in a linear way of thinking? A way of thinking that is a throw—back form the dark ages dictated by a very small percentage of the population who seem to have only one thing in mind—to perpetuate their small way of thinking. Then there's the fact that I'm going to attend a group where I'll be told that I'm a bad person for being a drug addict by an instructor who I could tell from the second day ofthe group obviously has an anti—gay slant to his thinking by his commenting on how Target had allowed transgendered persons into any of their restrooms with a rolling of his eyes and a (huh) sigh on his chest. He also leans toward the idea that I'll have to walk on eggshells for the rest of my life so as not to slip down the slimy walls of addiction again. Marijuana has been the best substance I've found for my depression and for dealing with the aggravation I've continually received my whole life from many directions for supposedly being inadequate, for being used and for being gay. Yet this institution will be fast in prescribing me ten different psychotropic medications, five to make me feel up, three to make me feel down, and two to keep me in the middle, but this is the systems’ answer to correcting my drug problem. Let's get real I have to keep a mask on and be fake just to make it here. I've physically fought my whole life just to be myself amongst society and my own family. This isn't the answer for me today—never was the right answer either. Today knowledge, solidarity, flexibility, love, and wisdom are my weapons. To be a great nation for tomorrow we need to take accountability of our ruin today. If any of this offends you—-please—examine why the glove fits. I plead with you; just don't embrace the fit much longer that collective near sightedness is destroying a great deal more than you care to admit right now. The sadness of our reality is that if this paper was of a topic that pertained to a device or modus that could further advance an ability to scrutinize, control, extract, oppress, or slaughter it would probably be considered patriotic and concerning for future generations. As it is, my article is more—than-likely considered by many as coming from a dissident who isn't grateful to his country and to me that's just crazy because I am concerned that men are thriving off the detriment of others and at the expense of our planets ability to support life. Stories are the way we pass on knowledge from one generation to the next. There are stories alive on the earth now that started thousands of years ago. Your story matters! Believe in yourself! Refine and embrace who you are! Let your inner artist shine! And tell your story! To those readers who are in the same situation as me, our stories need to be told, as we are not wasted lives to be forgotten. There are approximately seven million persons incarcerated or on a probationary term in the United States, [4] this is not counting those suffering on the peripherals of this conflict, sometimes even more than we addicts do, or those with past offenses, (approximately one-hundred million) [161] who are no longer incarcerated or accountable to probationers. Americas’ Dirty Civil War pushes substances so far underground that they become exponentially more destructive than they should be even assuring the next generation is with destructive traits. 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