Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank, along with over a dozen cosponsors, reintroduced legislation in Congress today to strengthen legal protections for state-authorized medical marijuana patients.
The bill, entitled the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, seeks to amend the discrepancy between federal law and the laws of over a dozen states that have enacted regulations governing the therapeutic use of cannabis.
Thirteen states – Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington – have enacted laws prohibiting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. Passage of the the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act would ensure that medical cannabis patients or providers who are compliant with state law, such as Charles Lynch (who was sentenced today in federal court), would no longer have to fear arrest or prosecution from federal law enforcement agencies.
Previous versions of the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act were introduced in both the 108th and 109th Congress, but failed to receive a public hearing or a committee vote.
While campaigning for the presidency, Barack Obama promised not to use Justice Department resources “to try and circumvent state (medical marijuana) laws” — a pledge that has been repeated in recent months by US Attorney General Eric Holder. Nevertheless, agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration have continued to target medical marijuana providers in states that allow for the drug’s use, and federal prosecutors have continued to bring federal anti-drug charges against defendants who were acting in accordance with their state’s cannabis laws.
To support the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, please log on to NORML’s Take Action Center here.
I truly think the gov is not gonna win this .They myaswell legalize-tax-regulate= rejuvenate how much more simple can it get LMAO c’omon now
It’ll take alot more than some “bill” to fix the wrongs in america. Legislation is for nothing, it is just writing on paper as long as there is no trial by jury. How do you bind a government to the people’s will rather than the will of a few people? With the power to punish lies all power. The judicial branch was supposed to be a barrier, of the people, between creation and execution of the laws, circumventing tyrannical government. Those who ‘believe’ in obama are adly mistaken if he was a true beacon of hope he would actually bring reform to the monetary system, environmental protection, energy, criminal justice, education. All he and his supporters do is offer expensive solutions which further concentrate power into the hands of fewer and fewer people and completely overlook if not outright conceal what is really going on in america today. The demise of trial by jury will be the demise of a nation and will set us back just as it did when athens fell to phillip of macedon, or when emporers seized control of rome. Only this time it might be a complete and utter destruction if people do not realize and speak out.
Not to plug a cable news program or anything but Anderson Cooper 360 will be doing a debate about whether to outright legalize marijuana in America ALL next week each night. I think it will be interesting to watch the drug warriors get completely destroyed when debating this issue.
I’ve noticed that Obama allows things to happen rather than make things happen. I think that the medical application of marijuana is much easier to take than an outright end of prohibition. Remember there’s decades of corruption built up. It will be of course obvious later on that this whole, MJ is evil is just silly. Plus alot of people that are old and believe this way need to basically die to allow the new thinking in. It takes time. Sharp movements in any market always lead to disruptions in service and violence.
There will never be a full legalizaion of cannabis. The reason is simple, anyone can grow it. It costs about .005 dollars to grow one ton of hemp, 1 acre grows about four tons. With this much hemp you can get: Medicine, Food, Animal feed, fuel, fiber, building materials, basically anything oil can make hemp can. Nothing in a sense would change, but something that is hidden will. Market scarcity. hemp grows so prolifically the market would be flooded with cheaper superior products.Then how will big government and big corporations rake in money from the ordinary citizen? You must remember whoever prints money has the utmost control. the average american is in debt, the rich are getting richer, violence is flaring up across the world and it is not by accident.The fed is an entity largely independent of government and through exclusive printing of money, fractional (fictional) reserve banking, and interest rate maipulation along with stock market manipulation we have allowed those who set the rules to cheat us out of our money. Money in reality, is actual property. What happens during bankruptcy? all your stuff you cant pay for is taken.
Good call Shap. I am waiting for the same. It’s going to be interesting too to see if MSM ‘really’ stays in the middle on the entire debate. I just hope with the recent BBC propaganda that I won’t dare mention the name of it’s so horrid, isn’t a trend in media.
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They better release Charles Lynch in lieu of this new legislation or do they want to contend with 60% of Americans who favor pot?
This better get passed now that the Dems have a larger majority and Obama’s public policy on MMJ has changed. The Dems know what the Presidents MMJ policy is and if they dont make it law before Obama leaves office then there is nothing to stop the DEA raids from continuing. Hopefully Obama will make a public statement and come out in clear public support of this bill.
You guys know what to do. Send those letters and phone calls.
# 3 Carlos
Are you talking about Lynch’s case not being able to have a trial by jury or have you heard somewhere they are trying to ban jury trials ? Banning jury trials is unconstitutional from what I understand so ill take it your talking about Lynch’s case. Why was Lynch not able to have a jury trial ?
I looked up Charles’ case and found out that he was arrested in 2007 well before Obama changed Federal policy. SO I’m pretty sure that pardoning him would just be another opportunity to accuse the cannabis lobby of trying to legalize LSD and heroin as well as give them a twisted reason to speculate that Obama is conspiring to pardon terrorists who were convicted based on confessions that they gave under torture.
Also Shap, I’ve seen many hours of alleged cannabis “debate” on tv. I would be extremely impressed if Anderson or his producers give anyone the chance to tell the truth about how it was prohibited in the first place for pure greed using propaganda without a shred of empirical evidence even with citations of congressional transcripts. Whether it was that chick on National Geographic behaving like a freshman at her first house party, asking a very sick Canadian man what would happen if “I ate like five of your pot cookies” or Allen not being able to say two words in favor of lifting prohibition while Bush’s drug czar spewed out every bit of pot propaganda on Larry King Live. I would be very impressed if anyone will be allowed to criticize the most notoriously corrupt federal government this Nation has ever had because there is no precedent for it. Although I hope Anderson will allow the good guys to use logic to explain away each and every word of unfounded propaganda that the fear-mongering prohibitionists spit out.
# 4 i will be sure to tune in everyday next week plus blog on the 360 site
This bill is a crucial step for drug policy reform on the federal level. America can’t allow its citizens to live under such blatant contradictory laws. We need to do everything we can to make sure it gets the exposure it deserves!
I would quit cigarettes if they allow me to have marijuana without prodecution.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: single-issue voting. Let your reps and the MSM know you’re a single-issue voter (marijuana legalization), that there are many more people taking up this mantle and are sick of the bullshit. Follow through in elections by only voting for candidates who support legalization. The parasites–I mean politicians–will start paying attention when their sorry asses are out of a job. They will miraculously find a moral compass and political courage. Write a letter or a blog, now.
The text of H.R. 5842 has not yet been received from GPO
Bills are generally sent to the Library of Congress from the Government Printing Office a day or two after they are introduced on the floor of the House or Senate. Delays can occur when there are a large number of bills to prepare or when a very large bill has to be printed.
marijuana is NOT a health issue, it is a ethical issue……What part of the US govt lying to the US public is ethical?
I have MS and marijuana is the MOST effective form of medicine known to man. Schedule ONE drug “No medical benifit” Come on….I think we would all agree telling the truth is the only way to go.
Thats all I want as a sick US citezen, is my govt to tell the truth
Mark W,
I’m right there with you brother……stay strong.
http://www.myspace.com/niceria
twitter: @revraygreen
ok i calld the white house number. im gona email and do a hand written letter as well. How dare this sick and twisted government lock up this poor man. And only for helpin sick people. Last time i looked there was classes of criminals with titles such as ‘rapist’ and ‘murderer’ that would be better suited for his jail cell.
Marijuana is jus A PEACEFUL Plant…
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We should consider it a crime when our lawmakers use lies to hide the real reason the vote the way they do. Its all to ensure corporate profits and ensure their PAC check clears…
Cherokee Fred Jesus
I’m officially a single-issue voter. Marijuana legalization is America’s new zeitgeist. It saddens me that America is so bleeped up that after 70 years of just plain ignorance many still cling to lies.
If a politician wants my vote its going to take being vocal about marijuana and proposing bills much bolder than this.
Did you hear the new ad The DRUG , TOBACCO and ALCOHOL companies came up with ? It starts out with a ” Mother ” asking her son if he ever tried Pot , then she says , Cocaine , Heroin , Mexican Speedballs ? Note: that the first thing she mentions is Pot . What they are trying to do is mislead the general public into thinking Pot is a hard drug just like heroin and the others by tying in Pot with all the other hard drugs .This is also known as ” deceptive ” advertising done to make you think Pot is like all other hard drugs . They want you to do their drugs and NOT use Pot because their sales will plummet . These people are the Devil .
There is a great deal of fear in us Americans . Just notice how scared people are to use their own true first and last names……………..are you happy now , Government ? We should not have to live in fear of a drug that saved my life & others . I am a legal & legitimate California 215 patient . I’d hate to live elsewhere or i may be hung for my medical need of cannabis . I see on the TV show ” Cops ” about arrests made by cannabis users in other States . It’s hard to believe to see something that happened here 40 years ago in California still exists in other parts of the U.S. today . It’s pretty scary .
Yes a great thing for 13 states, but for the rest of the country we are left out. We need a national medical marijuana bill for all 50 states.I live in florida were the marijuana laws are only getting tougher and for cancer patients like myself we have to risk jail time everytime we get our meds.
# 11 Da Vinci
He did not have a true trial by jury, by true common law there must be a legal heariing of utmost integrity. Nowadays most people are unaware that no matter how small the charge a trial by jury is allowed. Not only that but only the foreman with the consent of the other jurors makes all decisions. The judge can only explain laws and the lawyers can only make pleas to the foreman or woman. all juries are to be selected by lot.
in lynch’s case the jury most likely consisted of individuals screened so as to be unaware of jury nullification by interview of quetionnaire. Second the judge wrongly denied evidence when only the foreman/woman can decide relevancy. Additionally mandatory minimums are illegal only the jury can decide punishment as well as consider mitigating circumstances. The government does not have to carry out a punishment but it cannot carry out one excessive to that given by the jury.
look at democracydefined.org if you want every detail.
I almost forgot to mention that the jury also concurrently weighs wether the charge is unecssary. In order for a crime to have taken place according to magna carta and the trial by jury system our constitution is founded on there must be mens rea. that is malice aforethought. Crimes only occur when two parties are involved.
it is illegal to tamper with jury trials in anyways, such as has been done by arbitrary legislation, but only the great bulk of the people can decide a constitution.
any way*
Help Pass HR 2835, E-Mail your own Congressman now while there’s time! Sponsored by Barny Frank, the Bill washes the hands of anything to do with States Approved Marijuana Programs by the Feds.
Now maybe our States Reps. won’t use the the term “So contriversial,” to describe MJ support politically. It’s not political suicide to any politician’s elected position to DO AS THE PEOPLE WANT.
Does this mean that hemp will be Schedule 2 also?
I am a MMP holder, and my rights are protected under it in meaNS OF THE law, but companys still won’t hire you if you test positive for marijuana. how is this?!?! it pain pills are prescribed you tell the com pany prior to the test. this defeats the purpose of havin the card, if i can’t get hired anywhere.
I want pot legalized and taxed(I dont mind buying a 6-pack of Mic Light everyone once in awhile either).
Get 10 of those Facebook and twitter guys with the most friends to run a little video from us to us. Whatever percentage of the U.S. uses pot on a recreational level we all have a common goal. If we get a state with 50% approval rating how does this go against the majority. Hello 51% wants decriminalization then 51% should get it done.
This should be the 3rd Party. The true Green Party. Here is the platform:I will vote for the change of weed to be taxed like tobacco and alcohol. If we get 2 people on our platform we can decide which will get 100% of our vote. 100% of 51% is a majority that is who wins the election and votes on our Party Platform. Anyone who gets our vote one time and does not vote along the Party Platform does not get another vote. Vote along the Party Platform you will get re-elected. Get on CNN or Facebook and tell it like it is. If we want change we should get change.
Is this right we have states where the majority of people want change? The only change you need is to get the majority. If 51% of the state wants something done it should be done. Demand a popular vote. Allow the people who sell medicinal pot to finance the petition drive thru free shows or free pot. It gets approved they get to continue selling pot for any old reason. We legalize pot we limit the amount of places that sell it and we tax it. Treat it like alcohol. Its OK at home or at public places with other like minded people. Its not OK at work, kids pre-school graduation.
I cant believe 51% of the people want something done and in this day and age of this site and all like minded-sites it cant get done.
Come on Cali!!!!!!!
48 days your state runs out of money. They want to stop paying for chidrens healthcare. Fire some teachers maybe not have as many policemen or firemen. Start a petition run a popular vote and lets tell them we want an increase in revenue not an end to services.
Dont chase weed across the U.S. just make sure it doesnt enter the U.S. Any weed that is sold in the U.S. must be grown in the U.S. Not that hard to enforce you limit the amount of places selling weed you limit the amount of places to buy weed. If I tell you it is OK and legal to buy gas at station 1 but illegal to buy gas at station 2 where you goin to go?
Obama is the kindergarten teacher who promises to bring cookies, but never does.
Obama has promised not to use “Justice department resources”? Is the DEA a justice department resource? What did Obama really sell us? Does the president really have the power to stop the DEA? Could he make the DEA an extension of the will of the presidency? Could he make them not prosecute federal law? Maybe that would not be such a good idea.
But meanwhile, this fuss about medical marijuana should not make us forget about the people who are really suffering over marijuana and really should be the focus of our concern. We really need to worry about all the rest of those people who risk prosecution and are suffering now because of being prosecuted for simple possession of cannabis. Especially consider all the rest of those people who have been prosecuted at the federal level. If we could confront their dilema, then all the rest of those people who feel they need cannabis as medicine would have no obstacles to getting it.
This confrontation with the DEA could be a good opportunity if the president has anything like a real will of some kind about the Drug War. He has been very slippery about what his stand on the Drug War is. The best he has been able to put out is that he doesn’t think legalization is a good idea for the economy. Which is pretty empty. It doesn’t say anything about what his real mind has been about the criminality of drugs. He’s gotten away with an awful lot in this particular subject.
If cannabis is legalized, then what happens to the DEA? What’s left but cocaine and heroine? And if legalization works for marijuana, then certainly there is potential for other strategies against the rest not to include prosecution for jail time. The end of the Drug War is the end of the DEA. The rest could easily be handled by the FBI.
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Think of how much more will be accomplished in America when all those prisoners with minor possession charges are released from prison and allowed to lead their life. I understand that the Prison Industry is the largest growth industry in America and I am certain those prison guards can find more meaningful work. And, think about how eager the Prison Industry is to criminalize undocumented aliens to keep the prison industry booming!!!!
Paul, if cannabis were to be legalized, in addition to cocaine (powder and crack form) and heroin that the DEA could, and should, go after there’s also ecstasy, crystal meth, PCP, LSD, prescription drug abuse, and I’m sure there’s more.
#35 Jimbo Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
“Any weed that is sold in the U.S. must be grown in the U.S.”
RE:
Jimbo,
I would add…
“And through LICENSED importers”,
(i.e., from the Netherlands and / or Canada…)
I told every one when I found out more on the CNN coverage that I would post it so here every one it is. Go to http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/13/americas-high-the-case-for-and-against-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-746478
for the update on it also post a comment on there . Look forward to seeing you all on AC360 this Monday at 10pm est.
Anderson Cooper 360 next week: America’s High: the Case for and Against Pot.
Looks like we’ll have a full week on AC360 focused solely the debate for and against legalization. I think we should try to ride the wave and take advantage. It airs during the week at 10pm Eastern Time.
Can’t say that I’ve seen AC360, but CNN has a habit of being “interactive”, in that they show people’s responses on twitter, incoming e-mails, etc. Keep posted and make sure to chip in.
Back to the topic at hand: Obama is gonna dig himself a hole if he doesn’t start supporting the legalization of pot either one way or another. The biggest problem that marijuana reform has isn’t any organization (government or otherwise). The biggest opponent that we have is the social resistance to legalization. Even though more people are supporting it, there are still a significant amount of people suffering from reefer madness.
Sounds great, but that means it’s bound to be false hope, id est another case of Congress taking leave before it gets voted on and thus dies. It would be nice for Obama if it could get enough votes to pass and then become law on congressional break without the President having to sign it. That way Obama could pussy out once more on this issue. Hopefully, he won’t veto it, but who knows. He’s in now and doesn’t have to bait us until re-election time. I keep saying go for the astronomical amount of money from Afghan cannabis production, world renown excellent quality and pays for the wars in Iraqistan and infrastructure and democratization of the Middle East…and switching the farmers to cannabis from opium poppies, for one, gets the U.S. tons of financial clout. Right now, we’re turning Japanese with these big government bailouts and universal health (one thing long overdue) and will suffer a lost decade like Japan if the government doesn’t do something to raise revenue, strengthen the dollar, wean us green off oil-based energy production and end its war on the American people, the war on drugs, and as a war on the American people, especially sick people makes it all the more treason.
http://criminaljustice.change.org/actions/view/end_marijuana_prohibition
politicans not pot-iticans.
Quit pot…and you will realize its illegal so no one ever uses it in the first place.
You guys are crazy,,
Ed #42 Anderson Cooper is supposed to have some debates ALL week. Those that watch his show, and arent on our side of the fence, but they are somewhat intelligent people sitting on the fence waiting to hear information to help them decide their opinion… I personally think that these people will finally hear the truth in these NATIONWIDE/WORLWIDE debates. After watching these shows and FINALLY hearing the truth, they will easily fall to our side of the fence..
OK CANNABIS SUPPORTERS WE HAVE A DEBATE ON NATIONAL TV FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK…..LEAVE A COMMENT AT THIS URL…TELL A FRIEND….POST IT EVERYWHERE….JOIN THE FIGHT…RAISE HELL
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/13/americas-high-the-case-for-and-against-pot/comment-page-1/#comment-746727
TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!!!!!
Cherokee Fred Jesus
ONE FUCKING YEAR, IS ONE YEAR TO MANY……OBAMA, GET REAL…I CAMPAINED FOR YOU….EXPECTING CHANGE!
can NORML, MPP, and http://www.stopthedrugwar.com start a joint petition to get all of this nonsense stopped? By nonsense, I mean the war on weed, not the CNN debate.
I do not know with certainity who will win the people or the government. I do not know how much longer we will let people go to jail for something that does not infringe on others rights. I just hope that we wake up and realize we are loosing one right after another. Will the government think and speak for me next?
I made the comment earlier wondering if NORML, MPP and stopthedrugwar.com could just file a joint petition for medical marijuana and recreational marijuana reform but don’t see it. If it wasn’t approved and this re-posting is an inconvenience to the moderator of these comments, I apologize.
#25 The Truth Doctor Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Did you hear the new ad The DRUG , TOBACCO and ALCOHOL
companies came up with ?
It starts out with a ” Mother ” asking her son if he ever tried Pot ,
then she says ,
Cocaine , Heroin , Mexican Speedballs ?
Note:
that the first thing she mentions is Pot .
What they are trying to do is mislead the general public
into thinking Pot is a hard drug just like heroin and
the others by tying in Pot with all the other hard drugs .
This is also known as ” deceptive ” advertising done
to make you think Pot is like all other hard drugs . …
These people are the Devil .
RE:
The Devil = “Father of all LIES..”
– The technical-term for what they’re doing is called
“conflation”,
(Attribution of the more-dangerous to the lesser…),
– ORWELLIAN:
The thought-shrinking Drugwar NewSpeak dictionary
lumps every outlawed medicine under the same banner of “illegal-drug”
“Naw-Cah-Tic”, even if they’re not, pharmacologically-speaking…
#26 The Truth Doctor Says:
June 12th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
There is a great deal of fear in us Americans .
Just notice how scared people are to use their own true first and last names……………..are you happy now , Government ?
We should not have to live in fear of a drug that saved my life & others .
I am a legal & legitimate California 215 patient .
I’d hate to live elsewhere or i may be hung for my medical need of cannabis .
I see on the TV show ” Cops ” about arrests made by cannabis users in other States .
It’s hard to believe to see something that happened here 40 years ago in California still exists in other parts of the U.S. today . It’s pretty scary .
RE:
– The majority of COPS episodes are
either from FloriDUH or California…
An opportunity to observe the marked-contrasts
between these two states’ DIVERGENT laws regarding cannabis…..
CALIFORNIA: “Is it JUST pot / marijuana / cannabis?”
FLORIDA: “Over 20 grams, felonious-possession, for distribution / sale !!!”
I saw Marijuana, Inc. and know that CNN is on whatever side brings them more ratings, although they seem a bit on the fence rather than leaning to either side. Fox news would never even air Marijuana, Inc, or even put up legalization as an option (and would ridicule any callers supporting it, I’d imagine). At least this week-long special will bring the marijuana legalization debate to many peoples’ attention again. I say we try to use this to push some momentum.
Maybe everyone could comment on CNN.com, and quote a study (with links) that supports the legalization debate, or debunking some of the “studies” used by the prohibitionists. Their entire comments section will be flooded by people making points backed up by evidence. I don’t watch CNN too much, but I know that they sometimes show the comments people leave on their webpage, or twitter, or e-mail, whatever. At least by citing proof, we won’t be cast aside as “those people”, like the off-hand comment Obama made in the town hall discussion.
It’s a start, but at least we might convert a few people on the fence who are actually watching CNN at the time.
#45 d Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
politicans not pot-iticans.
RE:
d ropped on head at birth…
NOT “pot-iticans”…
Cannabis Congress!!!
Quit pot…and you will realize its illegal
so no one ever uses it in the first place.
RE:
d ropped on head at birth…
There are people who NEVER used CANNABIS
who are in FAVOR of its RE-Legalization…
(The War on SOME Drugs is a monumentally-wasteful,
failed government-policy),
It was not illegal at all until 30yrs into the 20th century.
(It was made illegal for all of the WRONG reasons!!!),
Please…
Get a CLUE!!!
– Make yourself literate,
knowledgeable on the truth about cannabis…
Especially its EMERGING…
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
You guys are crazy,,
RE:
d ropped on head at birth…
Who are you to say that ???
Do ALL of the RESEARCH first,
BEFORE you make that determination…
BTW:
d ropped on head at birth…
Your grammar-skills are awful.
What’s YOUR excuse???
What “drugs” are you on???
#45 d Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
politicans not pot-iticans.
RE:
d ropped on head at birth…
NOT “pot-iticans”…
Cannabis Congress!!!
Quit pot…and you will realize its illegal
so no one ever uses it in the first place.
RE:
d ropped on head at birth…
There are people who NEVER used CANNABIS
who are in FAVOR of its RE-Legalization…
(The War on SOME Drugs is a monumentally-wasteful,
failed government-policy),
It was not illegal at all until 30yrs into the 20th century.
(It was made illegal for all of the WRONG reasons!!!),
Please…
Get a CLUE!!!
– Make yourself literate,
knowledgeable on the truth about cannabis…
Especially its EMERGING…
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
You guys are crazy,,
RE:
d ropped on head at birth…
Who are you to say that ???
Do ALL of the RESEARCH first,
BEFORE you make that determination…
BTW:
d ropped on head at birth…
Your grammar-skills are awful.
What’s YOUR excuse???
What “drugs” are you on???
I agree with comment #5, Obama is not really making any changes he promised us. He’s rather let everything unfold and under the guise of lobbyists and special interest. Honestly, I don’t think we need a president to get things done anymore, we need a benevolent dictator. When people hear the word dictator they automatically associate a negative connotation; but what if the dictator really knew what was good for society and acted in benefit rather than malice? I bet they would be hailed as a prophet. It’s time to stop pussy footing and beating around the bush. Obama could at least make well on what he said about nationally decriminalizing marijuana. He keeps spending money but has no plan to get it back…um..hello Mr. Obama, have you ever heard of regulation and taxation? Not to mention it is the number one cash crop globally, I don’t care what anyone else says. And if they oppose because the lumber industry will lose money or they’re afraid their pussy children will be exposed to marijuana (as if it isn’t already happening) they can piss off. I don’t care about your children and no one else does. Stop being the problem and be the solution. I’m sorry but your children are not going to save this country and they’re not the light of the world. What about the children? I have my own problems to worry about, and I’m sure other people don’t want to worry about your brat amreekee pig kids. If you can’t control your own kids don’t have any and don’t try to put that responsibility on society or anyone else. Your not special!!!!!!!!!!!!
Legalize marijuana for God’s sake, look at the trouble we have. Marijuana can save and heal this planet if everyone would get their heads out of their asses and listen. Where in the Ten Commandments does it say we are not to smoke marijuana?! Someone tell me!
(>^_^)><////W~~~~~ *Excuse me while I light my spliff! Haaaa Haaaa Haaaaaa Haaaaaaaaa!*
What we need is for ALL MPP , NORML and all others besides our selves to attend the AC360 and show them that their are more reasons why to legalize marijuana as well as educate them vurses letting them give BS excuses to keep marijuana illegal.
I will be on there and will be posting this:
“Evening Anderson and fellow Americans.
I and many thousands of other Americans know that if marijuana was legalized and taxed that the the cartel would be lose 60 + % of their annual profit which would be like cutting off the legs of a chicken to the cartel. The only thing the Govt. is doing is suppling the cartel which gets more stronger drugs from the Taliban in which is also suppling the Taliban / Terorists. What we and the Govt. need to be doing is not suppling them but helping our nation by taking away the cartels annual profit which would also cut off the Taliban which would make it much easier for our Govt. to fight terorists who pose a threat to our nation. Alcohol & Tobaco are more addictive and more dangerous than marijuana ever could be combined yet marijuana which has a 0 death number is keep illegal when Alcohol and Tobaco causes more death and violence yet alcohol and tobaco are legalized and taxed.
”
I think if we have strong facts and information like this as well as others such as violation to our rights etc…. with facts and other reasons why marijuana should be legalized and taxed that it would strengthen our cause even more. I told every one what I will be saying and urge every one to prepare what they will be saying and join the fight this up coming week on AC360 starting Monday at 10pm Est. Look forward to hearing / seeing every one their ….
The gateway theory is the last thread that prohibitionists are holding onto, and we need to not only debunk, but obliterate it. We need to make it so obvious how ridiculous the theory is that any politician that tries to argue it will be ridiculed themselves.
I also suggest that we bring up the bit that NORML covered about how the Drug Czar is not only able to get away with lying, but is encouraged to do so:
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2007/10/09/theDrugCzarIsRequiredByLaw.html
“…Given this role, we do not see a need to examine the accuracy of the Deputy Director’s individual statements in detail.”
Let’s see Obama argue in favor of that in front of an open forum.
When I emailed my state Rep and asked him why he was not in favor of leglizing marijuana, this was the conversation that followed.
— On Fri, 6/12/09, Armes, Rep. (District Office) wrote:
From: Armes, Rep. (District Office)
Subject: RE: Laws, Taxes, and Common Sense
To: “‘Tyler Delrie'” tyler.delrie@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 2:53 PM
It is because of moral reasons. I really haven’t thought about it much. I would certainly not sponsor any legislation that legalizes any drug that is now illegal.
I replied:
Would you care to be more specific as to ‘why’?? As another question, did you look up cannabis facts or visit norml.org, or did you just immediately send “I would certainly not sponsor any legislation that legalizes any drug that is now illegal.”
Here are a few fun facts for you. Many presidents farmed/consumed cannabis. The sails and rigging that brought Columbus to our new world were made from cannabis. The Declaration of Independence was drafted on cannabis made stationary. The original Levis were made from cannabis because they were so much tougher. 1 acre of cannabis supports as many and more products than 4 acres of cotton all while being less harsh on the land. Growing cannabis requires no pesticides or insecticides because it naturally fends for its self.
There are too many benefits to just brush this one off. Check out these quotes from these intelligent people.
“Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?”
Henry Ford
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
Ronald Reagan, U.S. President
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marihuana in private for personal use… Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marihuana.
Jimmy Carter, U.S. President in a message to the U.S. Congress
This man was said to be the ring leader for prohibition.
“You smoke a joint, and you’re likely to kill your brother.”
“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US , and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.”
Harry J. Anslinger, testimony to Congress, 1937
Look at how far we’ve come man. We’ve been fed this “anti” propaganda for so long and look what the root of it is. All these advertisements for ‘TRUTH: the anti drug’ and all that is wrong. Believe me. This plant is not as evil as you were raised to think. When your folks taught you that marijuana was bad, it turned you crazy, and reefer madness was sure to follow, they honestly believed it. Every generation is less gullible and has more sources for information than the one before. Sir, people are finding out the truth, especially young people. They’re finding it out by experimentation. And when they see they’ve been lied to, they wonder what else wasn’t true. Arresting people for victimless crimes and putting a stain on their records is terrible. And that’s what’s happening today.
Think about it sir. These are completely rhetorical because I’d rather you answer all my other questions. Do you or have you consumed alcohol? Do you or have you used tobacco products? Have you ever had an energy drink? All these things change your physical or mental state. I don’t know about you, but when I drink a cold beer on a Louisiana summer day I feel good. This is no different. If I were able to wrap up my work week by “sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp” just like President Lincoln, I would be pretty happy.
I don’t mind you disagreeing with me sir, but IF that’s the way it is, I’d rather it be because YOU have researched and are making a stand on grounds that YOU know. So again, why are you against cannabis?
Tyler D. Delrie
“There will never be a full legalizaion of cannabis. The reason is simple, anyone can grow it.”
Anyone can grow tomatoes, too, but most people don’t. They leave it to farmers and then buy it at the food store. I hate it when people make that argument. NOT everyone can grow it. Not everyone has a yard (how many people live in cities in apartments with NO lawn? How many people live in places with very little lawn surrounded by trees effectively blocking all direct sunlight.
Anyone can brew alcohol too, but most people don’t do that either.
The reason it’s illegal is so uncle sam can replace lost slave labor with prison labor, tarnish peoples’ records for life, and refuse college loans to keep minorities down. I don’t know why they’re so afraid of letting minorities get educated or vote, but that’s exactly what these laws accomplish. They prevent minorities from getting educated, keeping them 2nd class citizens.
Read tinyurl.com/1mn
“It wasn’t hostility to the drug, it was hostility to the newly arrived Mexican community that used it.”
Isn’t it surprising that our first President of color supports a law that was based on racial prejidice.
They better let my friend go. He is doing 20 years in jail for sailing weed. This law is not fair.
They better let my friend go. He is doing 20 years in jail for selling weed. This law is not fair.) Correction.
i have had several operations and they want to give me PILLS with are addicting and dangerious if used wrong .I would rather smoke my WEED and relax and i dont need PILLS.When is the last time you hear of some one O.D ing on WEED.I SAY WEED NOT PILLS FOR PAIN.It really does take away the PAIN AND ANXIETY.I hope Delaware law soon passes.
I have listened to your argument, but I’m afraid that we will have to
disagree on this issue. I do not support using marijuana under any
circumstance.
I just e-mailed one of our state reps.Here`s his reply.
I don`t think he`ll be in office for another term.There`s too many people here in N.C. that could benifit from marijuana.Also they are voting on 2 bills today HB1380&Hb1383 which would allow for medical use.FINALLY.I`m Praying they PASS
The only problem I have with schedule II is its limited in use and research. Well…that’s baby steps. Its proper place is schedule III. Hell! its proper place is
completely off the schedule. It’s a food, not a drug.
Next thing you know…chicken soup will be a schedule I.
Thank you Legislators for trying to take Medical Marijuana Patients out of the cross hairs of the Federal Government!!!!! There is always reason to hope for the best. God will take care of the rest. I forgive them Lord because I want to be forgiven. But Please Lord, the Legislators that you will not forgive….. Please let me watch them suffer, even if just for 5 minutes!!!!! Thank you Jesus, my conquering KING!!!!
#71 Manford Mantis Says:
June 26th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
The only problem I have with schedule II is its limited in use and research. Well…that’s baby steps. Its proper place is schedule III. Hell! its proper place is
completely off the schedule. It’s a food, not a drug.
Next thing you know…chicken soup will be a schedule I.
RE:
Mantis,
– As I’ve said before, elsewhere,
a God-Given plant should NOT be on a
more restrictive “schedule” than isolated, synthetic compounds based upon that plant’s derivatives,
(As if plants should be on any schedule to begin with…).
– As for chicken soup, galangal-root,
a traditional spice-ingredient in east-Asian / Thai cuisine, (hot and sour soup),
is forbidden by recent, (as of 2005), Louisianna state law that bans whole list of plants that
might be psychoactive in excessive amounts.
Neurogenesis1:29…Manny here.
It seems we have an ongoing discussion, and are on the same page. R.O.E is pretty much right on too. I look forward to your comments, and enjoy your dedication to the cause.
What seems evident to me is…there are many posts that include God. I can easily imagine how that makes prohibs blood boil…due to the fact that they “insist” that God is against cannabis. So, for their insistence, I offer, as reference,
Genesis I:11,12 “He/she makes it.”
Genesis I:29,30,31 “He/she gives it.”
Genesis IX:3 “He/she reaffirms it.”
Just as a point, I’m not a fanatic…far from it… because…I’m an individualist…but…”my Faith”…
not religion…is based on trust and belief. I believe
in “Manna” as the Holy Sacrament for CDXX Communion. When you think about it…what other reason do I need… but to embrace God’s word.
Ya know…it doesn’t matter what religion one follows, the chapter and verse we keep quoting is found in every scripture. Amen
The real problem is not the marajuana but the years of abuse that some of the marajuana users have done to the peaceful loving pot users like me 🙂 . like the church wierdos that want to worship it and say its sacrid and hide behind it as a symbol when they go to jail lol, its just a good weed that medically yes has very good value and yes non medically has very good value , theres no need to fight over this america, im all for taxing it and making it legal but dont arrest people for just having a good time and not harming anyone. Come on , ever seen anyone that was high start a riot or kill someone? have a nice day 🙂
If the goverment was smart like they say they are they would look back at there own records that from only a year of DEA controlled search and seizures there was 10 billion dollars in only cash, properties,and cars, the weed is sapposedly burned.why wouldnt you use that idea to make an international tax for import/export local tax for licenses to smoke national tax on right to grow. laws for distrabution (so selling would still be ilegal to your friends)makin more jobs once you legalize it because more scientist would be needed or you could pay people who would have a hordacultureal degree (plant science), either way it creats more jobs. smoking weed is less likely to casue accidents for those people who use than alcohol, or most other perscription drugs that make you tired or sick etc.
BTW, buy Bluetooth jammer to jam all spy devices in your room or office.
Sentences outweigh the crime. It’s a crazy world ain’t it?
The government should legalize it. It makes the whole thing more controllable. And that’s what gov is after ain’t it? Did I mention the tax income boost it will give?
I still find it funny that a country which is famous for prescription drug abuse cannot find a proper solution to one of the most harmless of presc drugs; Weed. I guess the green stuff has too much political gravity.
I’m wasting away fighting to get to a specialist i can’t afford. Over 300 plus pills to stop the pain…FAIL. Tried cannabis to see if it would help. Wow. Its nice to have 4 normal days after years of pain and wasting. Could careless if you smoke eat or do it in the privacy in your own home. I have an illness that has no cure. Pills don’t work for so many reasons. I wish every opposition could feel the pain I go through. We need protection from abusive law enforcement that wish to make law and not enforce. Those people that are suppose to serve and protect. I wish people really understood the need of real medicine, Like the doc says you gotta take what works for you. Until those of you that oppose, becomes ill or have a loved one get ill you will go on like the blind leading the blind.
Kids and drugs never mix.
Read study find out for yourself. stop believing general statements find out the facts.
Support cannabis control it. Protect the people.
Since this is December of 2010 … can anyone give me a recent update on this The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009? HR 2835
I received a very nice email from my House Representative, Adam Putnam (FL-12), when I followed NORML’s link above (“To support the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, please log on to NORML’s Take Action Center here.”). I linked in September 2010 and he responded on September 7, 2010. I have typed the email he responded with on my Facebook page: Patricia Bixenman Young.
At that time Bill HR2835 was not dead but in consideration by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Do your part and go to the link above and click on “here” and let your House member know your feelings. I am sure that this action by you will have to be repeated when the newly elected House members take office.
Thank you,
Patricia Bixenman Young