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prohibitionist	prohibition_agency	drugwar_propaganda	legalization	drug_reformer
reform_referenda	cannabis	stimulant	narcotic	hallucinogen

incarceration/prison mentioned? yes .

propaganda analysis

EXP - explicit prohibition propaganda (explicit_propaganda)	GRP - hated group (propaganda_theme1)	MAD - madness, violence, illness (propaganda_theme2)
SOC - survival of society (propaganda_theme3)	USE - gateway, use is abuse (propaganda_theme4)	KID - children (propaganda_theme5)
WAR - demonize, war, epidemic (propaganda_theme6)	TOT - total prohibition (propaganda_theme7)	DIS - dissent opposed (propaganda_theme8)

concept		evidence	hits	links
	drug of abuse implied / mentioned drug related [news] [concept]	illegal drugs
	propaganda drugwar propaganda 70% [news] [concept]	propaganda theme2 propaganda theme5 propaganda theme8		•Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate? (Bruce E Levine, 2012) •Classic Modern Drug Propaganda •Themes in Chemical Prohibition •Drug War Propaganda (kindle edition)
	madness, violence, illness propaganda theme2 70% [news] [concept]	"Violence" "violent" "murder" "crime" "death"	14	•Madness Crime Violence Illness (propaganda theme 2) •drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm •drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm •Distortion 18: Cannabis and Mental Illness •No, marijuana use doesn't lower your IQ (10/2014)
	children propaganda theme5 60% [news] [concept]	"children" "messages"	4	•Children Corrupted (propaganda theme 5) •drugwarfacts.org/adolesce.htm •Think of the children
	dissent opposed propaganda theme8 50% [news] [concept]	secret evidence		•Dissent Attacked (propaganda theme 8) •From Martin Luther King to Anonymous, governments target dissenters not just "bad guys" (2014)
	protest 50% [news] [concept]	"March group protest"	1	•Freedom of assembly •Civil disobedience •Passive resistance •Category:Massacres committed by ... •Psychological Reasons Why American Soldiers Would Fire On American Citizens (2014) •New Army Manual Calls for the Use of Lethal Force Against Peaceful Protesters (2014) •washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/gove...
	drug of abuse illegal drugs [news] [concept]	cannabis
	oft-mentioned government prohibitionist govt prohib other [news] [concept]	"Holder" "Joe Biden"	2	•A Drug War Carol, page 18
	NSA/DEA/local PD - Spying and Lying Scandal secret evidence 50% [news] [concept]	"traffic stop"	4	•biblehub.com/luke/12-3.htm •Routine Traffic Stop? Anonymous Tip? - DEA Manual Coaches Government Prosecutors to Lie in Court to Evade Truth about NSA Tapping Domestic Phone Content, to Bust People for Pot (2014) •Justice Dept to Notify Defendants on Surveillance (2013) •reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/u... •DEA SOD (Special Operations Division) •privacysos.org/node/1291 •Brady disclosure •Fruit of the poisonous tree •takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/201... •sjlendman.blogspot.ca/2013/09/ns... •NSA Listening to Rumrunners During Prohibition I (2014) •All Your Communications in Eternal Dragnet, Searched for Keywords (2014) •How NSA, DEA and Your Local Police Illegally Collude to use Wiretap Content, to Bust You for Pot (2014) •https://pressfreedomfoundation.org •Secret Police Search Engine for DEA/NSA/Local PD - Target: Your Real-Time Wiretap Transcripts (2014) •Secret Law (2016) •https://www.eff.org/action
	psychoactive plant plants [news] [concept]	cannabis		•erowid.org/plants/plants.shtml
	intoxicant [news] [concept]	cannabis
	cannabis [news] [concept]	"marijuana"	2	•Cannabis: Religious and Spiritual Uses •Cannabis-Driving Studies •MAPInc.org Cannabis Link DB •medicalmarijuanaprocon.org •cannabisculture.com •Schaffer Library: Marijuana •drugwarfacts.org/marijuan.htm •mapinc.org/pot.htm •U.S. Prisons Thriving on Jim Crow Marijuana Arrests (2013)
	incarceration 70% [news] [concept]	"imprisoned"	1	•Prison Hell in America (Stephen Lendman, Oct. 2011) •Understanding the U.S. Torture State •this is what a police state looks like •Torture and the United States •drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons and... •aclu.org/combating-mass-incarcer... •november.org •mapinc.org/prison.htm •hermes-press.com/prisons drugs.htm •US Official Prison Policy: Encourage Men's Rape (2014) •Profit Driven Prison Industrial Complex (2012) •The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal •Sing a Little Louder •Prison Rape Widely Ignored by Authorities •thedailysheeple.com/prisons-are-... •Push Back Against Drug War Profiteering with Jury Nullification
	youth 60% [news] [concept]	propaganda theme5		•ssdp.org/ •mapinc.org/youth.htm
	school [news] [concept]	"School" "schoolRead"	8	•ssdp.org/
	mainstream (controlled) media msm 50% [news] [concept]	mockingbird		•Mainstream Media •whowhatwhy.org/2014/04/09/media-... •archive.lewrockwell.com/orig14/a... •Michael Levine, Mainstream Media: The Drug War Shills •beforeitsnews.com/alternative/20... •Mainstream Media: The Most Significant Threat To Freedom •msm.rt.com/ •sputniknews.com/europe/20160225/...
	Mockingbird / Wurlitzer; US intel-controlled media mockingbird 50% [news] [concept]	assoc press		•Operation Mockingbird - Mighty Wurlitzer •carlbernstein.com/magazine cia a... •US Media Conceals News (2013) •Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana (2012) •reuters.com/article/2014/07/27/u... •https://web.archive.org/web/2013... •Propaganda 101: Operation Mockingbird Continues (2015)
	assoc press 50% [news] [concept]	"AP"	11	•carlbernstein.com/magazine cia a... •Associated Press (AP) - Mockingbird / Wurlitzer
	meeting [news] [concept]	"will host"	3	•TAKE ACTION - Here's how! •drugpolicy.org/action •mpp.org/takeaction/ •norml.org/act •Delphi Technique - Fake Consensus •http://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/legal_features/the_rutherford_institutes_public_meetings_guidelines (2016)

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