every crystal that crawled up your nose has helped to create the economic power base for a worldwide secret government

(note: this post’s title is a Zappa quote)

Hey, remember how the other day Obama (exhibiting his usual supercilious mien) laughed off the question of marijuana legalization, saying “I don’t think that is a good strategy to grow our economy”?

And remember those recent DEA raids in San Francisco?

Maybe the story behind Barry’s newfound faith in the drug war can be found in this article from a few months back.