Imprisoned pot user asks Holder "What about us?"

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http://www.ladybud.com/2013/09/18/holder-say-it-like-you-mean-it-federal-prisoner-eddy-lepp-on-holders-legalization-statement/

Convicted pot user Eddy Lepp asks Eric Holder the hard question, which amounts to, "What about us?"

From an article about Lepp (Link first line of this post above):

"What the over all cost of this false War on Drugs will be can only be guessed at now. It will be many many years in the future before we can look back and gauge the true cost in pain and suffering to the fabric of this once great nation.

"As my Darling wife Linda points out every once in a while, “Eddy, you’re not the only damn one in prison, so am I.”

“Eddy, you’re not the only damn one in prison, so am I.”

"Sadly, she is just one of hundreds of thousands sitting at home in prison. When will the government quit using its citizens as fodder to keep their cash cow alive and well? Because, that really is the sole purpose of the War on Drugs, to allow the government to steal left and right at the taxpayer’s expense."
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I also liked this comment from one GREENAID:

GREENAIDcpsladybud1:
The War on Drugs allows the funding of countless wars, takeovers, and overthrows of any weaker country the government chooses to interfere with. Regardless of the right or wrong of it.

The CIA and the DEA are thought of by many, if not all, to be the two biggest drug dealers in the world, just ask Ollie North.

We must ask ourselves just how serious Holder and his boss Obama are. Do they really wish to end this un-winnable senseless war? If so I and many others in here believe it is time to put it in writing and release all of us being held for non-violent marijuana crimes.

The lies have gone on for years it is time for real change. We as a nation have reached and surpassed the tipping point. It is time we stand up and insist they finally do something real, not just talk. Please get involved not just with the War on Drugs but take time to look at the rest of the mess.

While the rhetoric is a step in the right direction, we all deserve real change, and I hope for it every day I serve this ten-year sentence.