I'm happy to see the police cracking down on the Mardi Grass festival in Nimbin.  I have been there and it's one of the most depressing places I've been to, with rubbish lining the otherwise beautiful landscape on the way in, the constant stench of pot and most depressing of all seeing mothers too stoned out of their brains to properly care for their crying children in the main street.  I don't believe for one minute that marujuana is harmless, and especially with studies coming out showing that if smoked by teens it alters their brain development, long term use will almost categorically cause schitzophrenia and I find a lot of people who display generally dysfunctional or irrational behaviours have at some point all smoked pot.

So here's to the NSW Police who have finally done the right thing and stood up to celebrating the use of a drug that is increasingly becoming socially acceptable in some circles.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23642647-3102,00.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/04/2234654.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/04/2234900.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/05/2235002.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/80-arrested-at-nimbin-mardi-grass/2008/05/04/1209839445675.html?s_cid=rss_news

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Many-arrests-at-Nimbin-Mardi-Grass/2007/05/07/1178390184260.html

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