my girlfriend has the same reaction to the "end the drug war" point, but it's more about decriminalization than anything in my opinion. Basically people are being charged with felonies for possessing small amounts of marijuana, or whatever they decide to consider as "paraphernalia," or dirty pipes encrusted with marijuana resin. This causes these people to have to disclose those felonies on employment applications for the rest of their lives, or risk the felony coming up in an employment background check, which would result in their dismissal.

I'm personally not for legalization of drugs, but the least we could do is support decriminalization, or demand that employers not be allowed to drug test their workers under whatever circumstances they want. Because of the variances in detection of drugs in the metabolism, people who smoke marijuana (which can stay in the system for a month) are penalized, while people who use cocaine (which only stays in the system for one or two days) are not.

The point is that companies have control over people by mandating their workers take random drug tests, even when drugs may not affect their job performance. There aren't many examples of corporate control than that in my opinion.

Press Release

Protesters gather to promote awareness of social unrest.

Americans representing all ages and backgrounds are uniting for the cause of change, occupying areas in cities from coast to coast to demand their voices be heard.

Houston, TX, October 2, 2011:  They call themselves the 99 percent, a reference to the statistical 1% of the population holding most of the nation’s wealth: an eclectic group of protesters, coordinating in solidarity with the Occupy Together group name. The inspiration for their cause, the occupation of Wall Street by a mass of disgruntled Americans marching and chanting in the nation’s symbolic financial center, has gone largely underreported by mainstream media outlets. Occupy Houston will kick off official events with a party at Avante Garden on the night of October 5^th, with an occupation beginning Thursday, October 6th at Market Square Park that will serve as the base camp for planned marches and actions in the weeks to come. The group’s demands address the concerns of many members of the dwindling middle class and the working poor, including a call to reverse the Supreme Court decisions of corporate personhood and Citizens United, a tax on the oil industry’s windfall profits to provide for Americans in need, and a reduction of the private and corporate influence on the campaign process.