The politics of compassion have overcome the politics of fear.
Tonight, Michigan became the thirteenth state to legalize the physician supervised possession and use of cannabis. According to early returns, more than 60 percent of Michigan voters decided in favor of Proposal 1, which establishes a state-regulated system regarding the use and cultivation of medical marijuana by qualified patients.
Voters endorsed the measure despite a high profile, deceptive, and despicable ad campaign by Prop. 1 opponents — who falsely claimed that the initiative would allow for the open sale of marijuana “in every neighborhood, just blocks from schools.” (In fact, Proposal 1 does not even allow for the creation of licensed cannabis dispensaries.)
Michigan’s new law goes into effect on December 4th, at which time nearly one-quarter of the US population will live in a state that authorizes the legal use of medical cannabis.
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, some 65 percent of voters (and virtually every town) decided “yes” on Question 2, which reduces minor marijuana possession to a fine-only offense. Like in Michigan, voters rejected a high-profile, deceptive ad campaign by the measure’s opponents, who argued that it would increase adolescent drug abuse, permit large-scale marijuana trafficking, endanger workplace safety, and sharply increase traffic fatalities.
Question 2 is expected to become law in 30 days — making Massachusetts the thirteenth state to decriminalize the personal possession and use of cannabis. (Note: Under state law, politicians have the option of amending the new law.)
NORML celebrates both victories and recognizes that neither would have been possible without the grassroots efforts of Michigan and Massachusetts state activists — who laid the groundwork for both campaigns by successfully passing a series of similar, municipal initiatives over the past several years.
Wednesday Morning Update:
Victories in four pro-marijuana law reform measures in local elections were announced overnight:
Citizens in Fayetteville, Arkansas voted in favor of initiative question #16, which instructs city police to make the enforcement of minor marijuana offenses a low priority. The initiative passed with nearly 66 percent support.
Not too surprisingly the citizens of Berkeley, California voted again to affirm an initiative that ‘eliminate limits on the amount of medical marijuana patient or dispensary can possess’. Measure JJ passed with 61 percent support.
Hawaii County also passed a lowest police priority marijuana initiative.
Also, the Massachusetts PPQ results regarding medical marijuana, which readily passed as expected, are online here.
Unfortunately for reformers the Drug Policy Alliance-sponsored Prop. 5, which sought progressive criminal justice law reforms for non-violent offenders (and would have changed the legal status of a minor marijuana citation from a criminal to civil offense) did not prevail at the polls, losing with 40 percent support.
Once again, voters have rejected the Bush doctrine on drugs. They’ve rejected the lies put forward by drug warriors and law enforcement, and demonstrated — overwhelmingly — that truth, compassion, and first-hand experience are more persuasive than the deception and scare tactics of those who would take away our freedoms and confine us in cages.
In short, it is the cannabis community, not the Drug Czar, that is shaping America’s marijuana policy, and tonight we go to bed knowing that millions of Americans will wake up tomorrow with a better, brighter, and more tolerant future than they had today.
So what happens next?
Finally.
It is a great day in history, i think that Obama being elected with bring greater tolerance to the cause.
congragualtions michigan. i am envious of your freedoms. but ONE STEP CLOSER! woo hoo!
PA next….?
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god bless america
-Josh
Massachusets reform is an excellent step towards individual freedom!! (and I voted Ron Paul today too)
hurray!
I am overwhelmed. I feel we are about to see where the waves began to break and we will soon see the shore that we have been looking for for so long. If only this will carry into other states with other Americans, people will see that cannabis consumers are no different than anyone else. We love our country. We shouldn’t have to fear our country.
Let’s work toward replacing the Drug Czar and getting some new minds in on this issue and create some legitimate legislation to appropriately deal with this issue. Let’s work together and perform on a platform of love and compassion.
Yes We Can.
Beautiful piece, Mr. Armentano. I couldn’t be happier – and I live in a different state.
Is there going to be any new states going to vote on similar proposals? Im wondering if the south aka louisiana and texas will ever pick it up. Congrats massachusetts and michigan.
I am a student at Bowling Green State University and I am very pleased to hear that both of these legislation’s have passed! Today has been a victory for Marijuana Reform and is another step in the right direction for the end goal: Marijuana Legalization!
-Jeffrey
That does call for fireworks, that is good news. But there is still is a long way before compassion really defeats fear, or the Bush doctrine on drugs is rejected. Prop. 5 was defeated in California, where the voters also assaulted the rights of gay people to marry. There is enormous work to do to end cannabis prohibition – hopefully today, Nov. 5, we will start to make some real progress. Let’s start making noise and demand our rights!
CONGRATULATIONS MICHIGAN AND MASSACHUSETTS! now we only need to reduce marijuana prohibition in arizona where you get a felony for first offense pot possession. i know cuz i was charged with one a few months ago.
but anyway congratulations once again. tonight has been truly amazing. while Obama is neutral on marijuana reform does having Biden as V.P. still make it difficult for marijuana reform?
Very positive to hear! Makes me want to get involved in changing the laws in my own state…
Congratulations to the majority of Michigan residents. Now if we can widen it to chronic pain. One step at a time. Blessings to those who can now smoke for relief!!!! With out feeling like a criminal!!!
Nice. Now if we can just get more states to follow these states that recognize a useful medicine when they see it.
WE WON!
Wow! Congrats to MA & MI. 13 is a lucky number this year. Let’s ride the wave of change to finally bring some justice to Americans. Thanks NORML, for all you do!
Whats the next step? We can enjoy the spoils of victory of many people tonight and tomorrow, but ultimately, the goal is not complete.
What is the next step?
Now its time to keep up the pressure and get the big reform done! Start bombarding our Reps with letters to support bills. Get ready for petitions for decriminalization at the state levels!
I have lived in Michigan my whole life, i am 18, i have tourettes and have been smoking marijuana for about 4 years. It started as recreation then i started to notice it helping with my tourettes. Sativa seems to calm me the most and make my disorder less noticeable to me and others. I am very happy Michigan voters are excepting the use of marijuana for medical purpose. I fully support NORML and what they do, and anyone who wants to make an argument against that you need to know your facts and do some research. If you don’t have a clue what your arguing about then don’t.
Amazing!
In 2010 we take back our sacred plant on a national level. Our personal papers are protected by our Constitution.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
Cannabis is Hemp. Hemp makes paper. At the time when the constitution was drafted, paper was made of hemp. We have a constitutional right to illegal search and seizure of our papers and effects.
Hooray! Its about time we start we start disassembling that communist {drug enforcement administration}. I believe they have ruined enough lives. alchohol and cigarettes are the real killers in our society! Many people will have pain relief from cancer and other diseases now. Next is complete legalization and protection from police harassment and prosecution so our children will have a safe and happy life free from attacks by our out of control wacked out cops.
This is more meaningful to me than the actual election. Lets hope this brings hope and inspiration to those in other states.
So, correct me if im wrong, but you won’t be able to actually purchase medicial marijuana from somewhere, but rather grow it yourself? For example, there will not be any cannabis clubs in MI like there are in California, right? I’m a ittle confused on the actual context of the initiative..
Fantastic news!! Prohibition does not work no matter what substance it’s used on. It’s illogical to suggest that prohibition could be good policy for marijuana but bad policy for alcohol.
Prohibition is a flawed, destructive policy that MUST BE STAMPED OUT!!!
I’ve been diligently watching CNN, FOX and MSNBC for any mention at all of these clear mandates. Nothing yet.
If we live in Massachusetts, who do we need to write to to ensure that this initiative is NOT amended when it is signed into law?
As a pot-smoking, political science major that is 51 years young, I am so ready to hand over the reins to a younger, more tolerant generation who asks for reasons rather than just following the status quo. Scrutinize the words of all drug enforcement propaganda and don’t be afraid to argue your point in public. Somebody that votes or can make a difference might be listening!!!
This is a definite victory for the cannabis community indeed! The people in Kansas need a strong, strong reform on cannabis, our laws are in dire need of reform.
Maybe now we can focus on Barney Frank’s federal decrim bill. The senate majority being what it is now might have a shot in the dark at pushing it through so long as enough supporters hammer the senate and house with enough letters when the time comes. I wonder how Pelosi would respond now to a question about marijuana decrim support. Probably the same as she did at the DNC but maybe if enough people write letters to her she might see the light.
Get ready to wet that ink and lick those envelopes come the first part of the year.
We have 2 years with a liberal Congress and White House. Let’s get on the ball. Start writing letters and sending emails to Congress. Let’s get this done!
Grats Massachusetts and Michigan. I cant wait to see some changes come to my hometown in Virginia!
1/2 oz = felony possesion and attempt to distribute here.
So what do I do now? Does the law here in Michigan apply to me, and how do I find out? I live in Michigan and suffer from neuropathy as the result of a stroke I had 4 years ago. What reading I have done says that pot can relieve the pain, but the condition I have is not specifically spelled out in the law.How can I find out if it applies to me?
I have cried all day and don’t know why. It may be because it’s been a long and hard road that just may have a light at the end of it. Not allowing a person in pain the right to ingest a simple herb to relieve pain is cruel. This is a great start for MI and MA and I hope and pray one day it will be legal in all states.
However, where does the chronically ill in MI go from here???
Thanks–NORML memeber
MAN LETS GET THAT FIRE STARTED IN TEXAS SOON MAYBE THE HOLE NATION I MEAN THE PRISDENT IS BLACK
dunc69,
Please see the section of the law relevant to your condition:
http://stoparrestingpatients.org/initiative
3. Definitions. Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) “Debilitating medical condition” means 1 or more of the following:
(1) Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, nail patella, or the treatment of these conditions.
(2) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces 1 or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; SEVERE OR CHRONIC PAIN (emphasis mine); severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis.
Yes, I agree, its a another victory, We cannot expect that the Federal Government is going to roll over and play dead, though. The more states that pass MM initiatives, the easier it will be to bring the Federal powers into this century. We need pressure on the government to do more research, historically, I can’t recall of a published work on marijuana that went the way the Federal Government wanted it to go. Overkill, I guess, always the overkill with the Feds and marijuana..
I guess I do not understand, why everyone is happy about this. I live in Colorado, where, supposedly, we did this a few years ago. Yet, the fedeal govt. blatantly ignores these laws/referendums just as they do with California and any other state that has passed similar ones. If anyone thinks they are safe now, think again.
So long as we are not harming anyone else’s sanctity of life, what gives the govt the right to oppress and pursecute us? You might say, “the law does”. Well, here’s a news flash- I will reiterate – so long as I (we) are not harming anyone, the govt’s control ends where our noses begin. Regardless of what the “law” states. Another news flash – US law does not dictate what is “right” and what is “wrong”. It dictates a set of beliefs. Beliefs are not truth, nor are they fact. Beliefs and “just ’cause” are the two biggest problems with country and this planet.
We have been oppressed and discriminated against for almost 100 years now. This needs to stop NOW. Not “hopefully in a few years”, or “maybe someday”…
But apparently, I am the only one in this country that doesnt like being f$%^ked. With these referndums, we are being f$%^ked, just “more gently” – nonetheless, we are still being f$%^ked.
If the feds can pick and choose wich laws/referendums are to be “valid” even though they have gone through the entire political/judicial process which they serve to protect and create, then state/local govts, as well as individuals should be able to pick and choose as well.
Im sorry, but I have a real big problem with having to prove and protect my God-given human and civil righs to live as a sentient and free being. Maybe that works in Hitler’s Germany or Stalin’s Russia, but definately should not here in the US.
FREE THE MARKET! – SUPPORT COMPLETE DECRIMINALIZATION AND REGULATION! (the govt could make many more billions of dollars by doing so, rather than making money through oppression, prison sentances, and death.)
Could anyone answer reply #23 for me? It’d be greatly appreciated..
“In short, it is the cannabis community, not the Drug Czar, that is shaping America’s marijuana policy, and tonight we go to bed knowing that millions of Americans will wake up tomorrow with a better, brighter, and more tolerant future than they had today.”
Yesterday was a historic day, however, the marijuana movement has a long way to go. Thousands of more people who would we be other-wise law abiding citizens will still be harassed and arrested for their medical, and or responsable use of marijuana all across the country in the years to come. Children will still lose their parents, teachers will continue to preech ‘zero tolerence’ “zero effective” messeges. REFORMERS must become citizen lobbyist and increase the pressure on our elected officals to discuss marijuana reform. Those who represent us must be held accountable.
Today, I’ve decided to write a very sincere letter my representative, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, to support medical marijuana reform in congress.
Tomorrow, I’m going to start consulting doctors in my community about their thoughts for a medical marijuana movement in South Dakota.
In 2006, SD voters rejected a medical marijuana measure which would allow doctors to supervise patients use, and allow patients to grow up to 6 plants and posess not more than 1 ounce of smokable marijuana.
In 2008, I unfortunately missed NORML’s national conference, however I have been successful in re-establishing our local NORML chapter and expanding it in the eastern part of the state.
In 2010, SD voters will pass a medical marijuana measure similar to laws in Montana, Michigan, and the law voted on in ’06. Patients will be protected!
– Emmett
@Jeremy
But dude, our ganj is much better and cheaper than up north. It’s actually our crazy license suspension laws that need to be overturned first.
im was so happy when i found out Ma’s question 2 passed me and my freind made big sines that said VOTE YES ON 2
and walked up and down streets with them we got alotta support by the people driving by and the people walking or jogging. we also hung sines up all up and down one of the main roads in our town. congrats to Michigan too.
legalize the plant and keep on tokin
Why is full legalization taking so long? Could it be all those prudish senior citizen voters? Really, I’m baffled. The weed is not evil!
and I just HAD to move to VA from MA… oh well, I’ll make good use of my time while visiting old friends..
i can’t wait until mary jane is loose in MI… the only reason i ever drink is because i loose a job and need to be “smoke free” for a while; when i need to take a test for a job… if they made pot and sylvia legal, i think the tobacco and beer companies would go out of business… but i imagine their strong lobbies will delete this before it is ever read…
Im 19 from michigan I have tourettes syndrome Think they’ll hook it up with medical marijuana? or do you think they’ll regulate it hardcore at first and then let the less chronic conditions in on the fun? AND the proposal says you can have 12 plants and 2 1/2 ounces so does that mean they just give you seeds and instructions or do you get it at a pharmacy er something? anybody answer please.
RE: Comment #23 — Proposal 1 does not authorize cannabis dispensaries, but instead allows for possession and cultivation, and allows patients to designate a primary caregiver who may cultivate for them.
Text of the initiative here:
http://stoparrestingpatients.org/initiative
I’m glad to hear pot is available
to folks who can use it for relief
from terrible treatments used to fight
illness. It makes sense to legalize
pot for a good cause.
thanks from tony
Ha ha. “grass”-roots movement.
Kudos to all those groups working hard to make positive law reform… its an honor to help in any fashion. Let’s keep up the momentum!
What good are these changes if employers can still require drug tests, and use them to fire staff or outright deny employment if a candidate tests positive for marijuana?
I can’t wait to move back to MI and get my license to become a primary caregiver, its a great day in MI history.
A lot of you are right – in that all of this is so hypocrytical. I mean “12 plants or up to 2 1/2 ounces”. You can grow 12lbs. from 12 plants. (thats a 192 ounces) So what then? Is this a loop-hole? Or – “employers can still test…” Even though a particular employee in question could be the employers best performer, as soon as the employer finds out they smoke cannabis, they’re gone. It is true, the powers that be will continue to stifle our movement for freedom. Which brings me back again as to why we are not fighting for COMPLETE legalization and regulation. -its all a farce until I see “real change”…
this is awesome. glad finally some states are standing up for their rights.
I hope to god we can get at least like 5-6 states to decriminalize it next year. Thats a big target but, I think its possible. This year there was like 3 right? 5-6 in 2009 8 in 2010, 10 in 2011, then 13 in 2012 (thats all 50) and then in 2012 Ron Paul will run for pres again and be elected and he will legalize it!! This would be a dream of mine 🙂
For “J” on #23…
Yes, you are right. First and foremost, you will need a written prescription from a doctor in MI stating you have the necessity for a condition for “Medicinal Marijuana”. You will be able to grow up to the number of plants listed in “Proposition 1” that was passed, or possess up to the amount listed in Prop. 1. I live in CO so I am not sure how many that is for you, you’ll have to check.
Here’s the problem-
You cannot leagally obtain seeds. (unless Prop 1 has a stipulation saying you can import from another state or country) -which I highly doubt it does. Secondly, see my previous post – it is highly contradictory and hypocritical to say something like “up to 6 plants or 1 ounce”, which is what I think I heard coming from this Prop. 1. If this is the case, you could fit all six plants indie of a small shoe box. This is not realistic or practical. Gown inside you might expect 4 times this amount, grown outside you could expect 100’s of times this amount.
So I guess my point is – be careful; Your state may be more tolerant now, but the feds will jump on any chance to bust/harass any Club or individual they can find in MI exercising this right (or any other state that has similar laws passed). The feds blatantly ignore state law and go ahead an confiscate property, imprison, and will sometimes even kill those who try and defend themselves…I hate to be cynical, but there’s just too many loose ends and blatant corruption in our govt for me to see any “real change”.
We need to press for COMPLETE LEGALIZATION AND REGULATION!
As Michael @ 36 said, the medical marijuana laws are, for the most part, worthless considering the hassle and quasi – legal limbo between the states and the Fed. I’m also a native Coloradoan and the only reasonable action, albeit minimal, I’ve seen was Denver (through referendum) put simple possession on a low police priority. The Mayor reinforced that for the Democratic convention by telling the police to ignore individual possession unless there was a disturbance.
How we legalize is as important as the legalization itself. First of all there should be two classes of marijuana (1) Hemp: extremely low THC content varieties grown for the many valuable products (cloth, paper, oil, rope and twine to replace most of the tons of synthetics currently used). This would be an economic boon for family farms, no pesticides and minimal chemical fertilization, and marginal land can be used (2) Drug quality: limited to small, low production, licensed growers. This would effectively keep the large corporations out of the enterprise.
that’s great. so, any news on how you can start up a dispensary?
This is a great victory for liberty! These small gains will add up over time, and hopefully through education and activism marijauna will be legalized soon enough. Thank you everyone for making this possible!
David Carlson
http://www.davidcarlsonpolitics.com
Well done! :]
Medical Marijuana should be an option for anyone. I feel very comfortable that people with problems have access to this in Michigan. Go Massachusetts too!!!!
Ryan #45, email me at jigsaw697@hotmail.com im registering i have tourettes too ill help u out
this is great. any word on decriminalization going on in NJ? also, is marijuana on Obama’s mind at all?
Smoke that Vote GW.
Congrats!
This is so exciting! What a great victory for the GREEN team..A Quarter of the United states!!! thats unbelievable. Now only if Texas would come to their senses…
All right, hooray for MI and MS and even AR (but not AK as Dale Gieringer erroneously reported in the California NORML newsletter) — and I hate to be the Grinch who stole green Christmas, but what went wrong with CA? What happened to Prop 5?
Seemed like a no brainer to me, we should vote to get possession of small amounts of MJ down to a mere infraction along with lowering sentences for other drug offenders. I would expect this to be the least voters could have done — instead Prop 5 went down by a 60-40 margin.
What’s the matter with the same voters in CA that voted for Barrack Obama? Where were the supposed ‘liberal’ voters of California?
I guess they all got brainwashed by the scare tactics of the Prison Guards Union and the traitorous Dianne Feinstein and the rest of the smear campaign against Prop 5, running TONS of negative ads coining phrases like “Drug dealer’s bill of rights” (which by the way even drug dealers DESERVE fair treatment as human beings and SHOULD be protected in the original Bill of rights if folks in D.C. like Feinstein bothered to read it)
We’ve still got a long ways to go.
I would caution folks on their optimism, and wait and see. I’ve found politicians to be soul crushing liars.
I am delighted to see more and more states are giving people some say, but I think it’s pathetic that a “free” people have to beg and plead to grow and smoke something that the Creator made.
It’s really ridiculous that western/ upstate NY is not get any more relaxed about marijuana posession. Canada is basically all for pot, at least it mostlikely will be in a few years, and none of this is carrying over to the buffalo and rochester area…. whats the deal?
WHILE THESE NEW LAWS HELP SOMEWHAT UP NORTH, NORML MUST START TO CONCENTRATE ALL OF IT’S EFFORTS TO BRING SOME CHANGE TO FLORIDA. IN THIS STATE ANY AMOUNT IS ARRESTABLE
AND THIS CRIMINAL RECORD RUINS LIVES. I AM BEGGING NORML AND ALL THE OTHER PRO MARIJUANA GROUPS TO BRING YOUR RESOURCES TO BEAR IN FLORIDA.
I’ve been smoking marijuana since I was 16 years old, and the whole time I’ve heard people tell me ” It’s an evil drug” , “the gateway drug”, ” It’ll stunt your growth, and make your sperms swim in the wrong direction” and all these other silly ideas that intimidate people into fearing something that is utterly harmless. I go out with my friends on weekends occasionally to shoot pool or throw darts at the local tavern, I don’t drink beer or liquor so I usually toke up before we go and drink Coca-Cola all night, It’s just amazing the difference you see between stoned and drunk people. Stoned people stand around and joke,laugh,talk, and make fun of all the drunk people that are outside stompin a mud hole in each others @$$.
I’m an atheist and don’t believe in any creator.
You don’t need religion as a justification for this. There’s no logical reason to have it prohibited. Every bit of evidince I can find points to it as a safe recreational or medicinal drug with almost no dangers associated.
Just wanted to get that in. There are better arguments than “it’s just something the Creator made” although I can respect that.
Please help legalize mj in Arkansas……………
I live in Connecticut and have suffered a traumatic brain injury. None of the prescription drugs that doctors have forced upon me work. Everything from Depakote to Zyprexa, to Xanax and Lexapro. The pharmies turn me into a zombie and it is almost impossible to live a “NORML” life. I feel that the experimental games physicians play with pharmaceutical salesmen need to stop. Stop using human lives and emotions as guinea pigs. I lose sleep, have unnecessary anxiety, and have difficulties prioritizing events in my everyday life without marijuana, yet it is a crime in my state, for myself or others to possess the safest and most effective type of treatment available. When will the politicians and narrow-minded “professionals” begin to think outside of the box, and when will those of us in need be able to take care of ourselves effectively and legally? SUPPORT NORML.
big fucking deal…if you can find pot in massachusetts then the law would work until then, big fucking deal….massachusetts sucks for getting pot thats why the law passed…fuck this suck ass state, i’m going to cali
nice information.. good to read..
Good Luck.
Great news. Will spend my next holiday in Michigan.
Marijuana use leads to heavier drugs….B.S. the fact that the only place you can buy pot is from the same guy that sells heavy drugs is what leads to heavier drugs. I mean that’s like saying drinking milk or water will lead to drinking moonshine!
The legalization of pot will make it more avaiable to children….again,B.S. right now you could give a 12 yr. old kid $10 and see which one he would come back with, booze or pot. I garauntee it would be pot, because there is no regulation at all on pot. If it were sold, let’s say in liquor stores, where it is absolutely required to show I.D., this would actually cut the underage use by extreme measures.
Legalized pot would create violence……Are you kidding? Practically all of the violence related to pot comes from the gangs on the street that rely mainly on the sale of pot in thier “hoods”. If pot were leagalized, most all of these gangs would lose thier financing and soon be disbanded. Remember prohibition?
There is no way to regulate pot……Listen, the tobacco companies could easily make a pack of ten, regular sized, marijuana cigarettes for less than $2 per pack, however users would happily pay $10 to $20 for a quality product. That leaves $8 to $18 per pack just for taxes. On a low estimate of 10,000,000 users, buying only 1 pack per month, would generate between $80 to $180,000,000 per month in taxes. This money could easily be used to combat the drugs that really pose a threat to our country. This money would go a long way to tightening our borders, not only fighting terrorist, but also cocaine, meth, heroine, and many other extremely harmful drugs.
Well if you did that, people would grow thier own……Listen, it’s legal to make your own beer or wine, but let’s face it, who wants to go to that much trouble when we could buy it at a resonable price without all the hassle.
Medical use? Well, I guess there may be some medical uses, but I personally think extreme use would be as harmful as cigarettes. (sorry, but that’s the way I feel)
I personally quit using years ago, but I am still very pro-legalization,(obviously).
J.M.V.
The hemp laws were pushed by the large cotton growers and processors in the early 1900’s. It was all a matter of the rich getting richer.
I wish the Federal Government would just give in and make it legal nation wide. I am not a user but I don’t see any harm in it. I think its much less harmful than alcohol.
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Pot is already legal in CA, how much more legal do we need it to get? It’s been decriminalized and you can buy it in shops. If you want to smoke LEGAL WEED go get your card and go buy your LEGAL WEED and smoke it. This is the only working economy that is keeping things together in our state.
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