Capitol Hill Cannabis Law Reform Lobby Highlighted
Since the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, despite the government’s best, but utterly feckless efforts to suppress cannabis culture and use in America, the ‘buzz’ in Washington D.C. and nationwide these days about alternatives to cannabis prohibition is palpable.
One interesting tea leaf for me to gather in this evolution towards cannabis law reforms at the national level is to see otherwise staid, Capitol Hill-based print publications such as The Hill and most recently Roll Call taking interest in the cannabis law reform lobby’s efforts in Washington—after decades of ignoring us.
Is real change afoot here as indicated by these mainstream, political publications casting needed public and political attention towards NORML’s nearly 40-years of grassroots advocacy?
Time, and increased public efforts by reformers, will tell…
Read a scanned version of Roll Call’s ‘Vested Interests’ article, here.
Marijuana just like many other drugs taken in moderation is HARMLESS people that smoke daily are like people that drink daily not a good idea.
BECAUSE MARIJUANA IS HARMLESS THE USE OF WHICH SHOULD BE YOUR OPTION ++++ IS THIS COUNTRY SUPPOSE TO BE FREE THEN WHO THE F@#K IS THIS GOVERNMENT TO SAY YOU CANT SMOKE MARIJUANA WHO THE HELL ARE THEY GO F#$K YOURSELF YOU BASTARDS THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS TO PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT!!!!
remember, you only have to get the answer to any one in three of these questions to win the grandprize***personal freedom***what did YOU do, today, to make the situation better? yesterday? okay, here’s the last question…what will you do tomorrow?
I SAID A FEW YEARS AGO,IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, BUT NOW IM A TRUE SMOKER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! WE ARE ALMOST THERE I ENJOY THE NORML WAY OF LIFE!!!!!!!
Getting to the site was a little tricky but i finally got on and voted, for about 15 min i was trying to go to the site and it kept redirecting me to ask. But keep trying it will eventully work.
My message to Obama via change.gov:
End the legacy of the NEFARIOUS President Richard M Nixon;
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END THE WAR ON DRUGS
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MARIJUANA, in particular.
No need for any more costly studies by the gov’t — they’ve already been done. It’s just that they were cast aside because they did not conform with political agendas. Just google keywords “Shafer Commission” to find out more.
Our incoming president can save BILLIONS of [BORROWED, mind you] dollars and redirect law-enforcement priorities to more beneficial and effective areas by simply implementing the recommendations of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse. 37 years late is better than never.
Thank you.
i went to court for possession of less then one ounce of mj today. (la county)
before i can enter a plea, they offered me a deal.
i took it.
to have the case dismissed, i have to go to 16 na (narcotics anonymous) meetings and return to court in march with proof of my goings.
yes, they still give tickets to marijuana users.
and no, i have yet to get my medicinal card.