dope laws

After spending almost a month in a country where drug
offences are punished severly with long prison terms
and in some cases the death penalty, I finally
realized the reasoning behind this insane reality.
Corruption and greed mixed with proverty and a
military dictaorship is the main reason. Third world
countries have entire populations living in proverty
mainly because of goverment corruption. People who are
in position to collect taxes live very well where as
the people who pay the taxes are usually struggling to
stay in business and therefore take it out on
employees who get paid very little and have to
supplement their income with side jobs such as crafts,
food stands etc. Tourists are the main source of
income in these places and are considered fair game to
the locals from 'tour guides" to "drivers". Tourists
will pay because this is why they are here in the
first place, to have "fun". Now this is where the drug
laws come in the picture. Dope is very easy to obtail
in these tropical locations. Thialand, Vietnam, were
famous during the Vietnam war for its potent
marijuana. The word "bong" is a Vietnam word for
"water pipe". Many GIs came back from "Nam with a pot
habit and in some cases a heroin habit.
Everything grows in those places. They have three
crops of rice a year so you know pot grows very well
there as well. And it is widely available. So why the
death penalty for pot?
Money! Thats why! You see police do not get paid a lot
over there so they also have to supplement their
income and what better way then to give the pot
smokers a "break" and collect the fines in advance.
But unfortunatly the arrested pot smoker doesn't go
free like the old days, oh no he goes to court where
he pays both his lawyer and the proscutor more money
and then he is sentenced to prison where he has to pay
for meals, clothing, medical treatment, protection and
a place to sleep!. And then when he or she does
completed their sentence they have to pay to get out
of the country. You have to pay the guards not to put
handcuffs on you when you are beng deported so that
the airlines won't refuse to take you. Now if you are
refued on an airline they take you back to prison
where you might spend days, weeks and maybe years
before you are deported. My advise to any one is pay
the bribe when ever you can and get the hell out of
there.
I thought America's drug laws were bad.....hey they
are sweet compared to these other places but unless we
get rid of the Bush boys this is exactly where we are
headed. I kept a very low profile over there but I
kept my eyes open and the best advise I can give
anyone who is going over there is be generous with
your tips, don't bargin too hard with the locals. The
stuff costs pennies anyway and be polite and don't be
loud. And do not, I repeat do not buy drugs from
anyone especially in nightclubs. You will be busted
because the sellers also work with the police. No one
has ever heard of a "local dealer" being busted.
Remember the "snitch rule". When I was in jail the
snitches tried their best to get me to smoke dope!
Everytime I recieved an offer to smoke up I would be
drug tested a few hours later! Any way I have found
way better ways to get that buzz.....way better
ways....I'll tell you about them next time.....tc