(Raw Story) A woman serving a short sentence in a Houston, Texas, jail for possession of marijuana died in custody over the weekend, and officers are not saying how or why.
The 29-year-old, identified as Theresa Anthony, had expected to spend just two and a half weeks behind bars in the Harris County lockup. On Saturday, Cynthia Prude, Theresa’s mother, received a phone call from the jail’s Chaplain informing her that her daughter was dead.
Prude has not been allowed to see the body, nor has the Harris County Sheriff’s Department even spoken with her, according to area media.
On 4 June 2009, the Justice Department concluded a 15 months-long investigation into the Harris County facility and determined in the subsequent 27-page report that over 142 prisoners had died there since 2001. Most expired due to lack of medical care, the report claims.
The Associated Press noted that after the Justice Department declined to make its findings public, The Houston Chronicle was able to obtain a copy, which it released on the Internet.
Wait a minute, how is this possible? According to our last Drug Czar, John Walters, finding a non-violent offender in jail or prison for simple possession is like finding a unicorn.
Theresa Anthony could be you or me. Or could have been a young Barack Obama. Just another dead unicorn, expiring in a cage for the crime of preferring the safest choice of social relaxant or therapeutic medicine.
President Obama, if you can stop giggling for a moment, could you please put “legalization” back on the table? Director Kerlikowske, could you please find the time to add “decriminalization” to your vocabulary? You have the power to see to it that Theresa Anthony is the last unicorn to die in a cell.
That’s so scary! I was in a Houston jail for the same thing a few months ago, only just for 24 hours instead of 2 1/2 weeks, was hit and knocked out by another inmate, and was refused medical attention. When I got out I went to the hospital for my splitting headache and it turned out I had a concussion. If I had fallen asleep I could have had brain damage or even died. God Bless America.
this is absolute bullshit. when is the government gonna grow the fuck up and realize that they are being completely rediculous with this weed shit. i mean i really cant believe that there are still states that will lock you up for a minor pocession charge. for reals, if this doesn’t change soon im moving to canada. we as americans deserve better!
I too was a victim of something such as this. I was incarcerated for non-violent drug offenses and I am diagnosed with epilepsy. There were times they didn’t even care about giving my medication. I had many seizures in jail, even fell on my head a few times. This has got to stop. Medical treatment for prisoners has got to get better. Whether they are violent or non-violent offenders. Its a scary thing to have a seizure episode in jail and wake up not know where or who you are.
another tragic example of the harmful affects of marijuana…. getting caught
WOW…I am a native Houstonian and I cannot believe the injustices in the jail system. 142 inmates in 8 years, mostly due to lax medical care! Sad thing is, people die free every day due to no medical care.
WOW, seems like the only bad consequences of using marijuana recreationally is the legal ones…
Yo! Obama,
We got to chat. Your Administration is jailing political prisoners. Charles Lynch provided medical marijuana to an underage cancer patient undergoing chemo therapy. With his parent’s permission the patient used the medical marijuana to help in regaining his appetite and relieve pain. The medical marijuana helped the young man. Mr. President, you smoked pot, you got the munchies—do I have to draw you a picture. Mr. Lynch will spend a year in jail, his life destroyed, a criminal. You must feel satisfied; Mr. Lynch received a fair trial, he could not bring up the facts: that medical marijuana in California was legal, and that he followed all of the guidelines set up by the state and the city of Morro Bay to comply with zoning, security and patient registration. This is what amounts to a fair trial in our U.S. District Courts? Really? I am not a politician, lawyer, or well connected lobbyist, just a plain citizen so please listen to the following; helping people who are really struggling, will make you feel really good, and get you more support, especially when you get involved. We need more attention than the smart ass response you gave at the online town hall meeting, it was too smart and too cute by half. You know which response I’m talking about. We got it, we heard. “No, legalizing (medical) marijuana will not solve the problems of the U. S. economy.” That was not what you were asked, but you got a giggle from your quick quip. The following stories are America, Mr. President, our country, our people trying to help its weakest amongst us, while creating a more perfect union. Have you heard?
People United for Medical Marijuana (www.pufmm.org, go and see the video) was founded by a young woman, Kim Russell of Central Florida, whose father’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease led her into a desperate search for the best treatments she could find to stem his demise. As only a daughter can do, Kim threw all her efforts into her quest. She was able to find and communicate with a researcher who reported positive results in studies that had been conducted with medical marijuana, but there would be some additional hurdles for Kim and her Dad that would have to be overcome first. Now, her young daughter gives her hugs as Kim manages and runs public advocacy for a statewide ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana, evaluates fundraising activities, budgeting, and reviews medical information and studies for the group she founded to help patients like her dad. Kim wants what is best for her dad. Kim found that to do it, she would have to change a few laws and FDA regulations to make a solution for her beloved Dad. She does not back down. Would you settle for less than the best solution or treatment, for your kids or Michelle? We all feel a commitment to serve and love the ones closest to us, inspired at times by events or situations that thrust us into the world, to make real changes so that our family member can thrive or just survive. Sound familiar?
You must have your stones in a vise. That’s a phrase, “stones in a vise”, an old Vet shared with me as he lay dying trying to explain his own condition, frail and wasting away. No access to medical marijuana in Florida, but if he was lucky enough to be dying in Michigan, New Mexico or California where VA Physicians can recommend this course of treatment to restore appetite and thus life sustaining food he might have a better outcome. Tough shit soldier, the law and our inane rules matter more than his worn out, used up in battle, tired and dying ass. Care to go with me to a Vet Hospital and be introduced to a new generation of warriors, smart and brave who are not going to believe and stand by while the Government lies to them about medical marijuana not providing relief to over 48 mental/medical ailments and conditions. It is a shame they will come home from not one, but two wars and find Uncle Sam has revitalized a war on the people at home, the War on Drugs. Actually a war on patients and care-givers, isn’t the most despicable part of this, if you can overlook the fact that in many instances it is more cost effective and provides for a better outcome for the Veteran suffering from PTSD and in some cases Traumatic Brain Injury to forgo the mind numbing pharma solutions doled out. We know the Doctors have been brainwashed and in some cases paid off by big drug company’s to push the pills and belittle the use of a cheaper and better performing treatment (medical marijuana) that the patient/care-giver can grow in a garden for next to nothing. This situation is a mess. Your inaction, makes criminals out of men and women, young former active-duty and older reservist’s, and Guard members who put their lives in the breach for something as altruistic as justice for all, so they can come home and get arrested for something you did yourself “of course I inhaled, that was the point”. I’m sure your career would have turned out different if you had been arrested. Funny, who or what has your stones in a vise that you can’t fix this injustice? Cash or compassion, Mr. President? I know you don’t want to upset the AMA and Big Pharma right now.
The elderly get caught up in this as well. Yeah, this is someone’s Grandma describing the relief she receives from medical marijuana. This video was shot by people who also care and are willing to step out and respond with action and a strong spirit in spite of overwhelming indifference on your part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZrE8akpg0 What do you know about MS? Montel Williams can give you the lowdown on that. My Mama taught me that birds of a feather flock together. Don’t take my word for it, ask your fellow politico, Rhode Island State Representative Tom Slater, he has been diagnosed with cancer and is about to undergo chemo treatment. Imagine Tom Slater’s disgust as Rhode Island Governor Carcieri vetoed an act to provide a single dispensary, regulated by the state and off the streets, for medical marijuana for the 1000 currently enrolled Rhode Island patients and care-givers. As part of his reasoning for the veto, Governor Carcieri’s primary fear was that Grandma will be on a street corner reselling cannabis to kids, now unless that economy gig doesn’t get better, he may be right. Governors Pawlenty (who also vetoed a Compassionate Use act in Minnesota) and Carcieri are willing to let people suffer, because they think kids will have more access to marijuana? Really? Governor Carcieri hope you don’t feel bad when you get the override of your veto.
I can list more ailments and more of our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, moms and dads to the list, but I think you get it, Mr. President. You need to do all that you can to ensure this situation gets resolved. Thank you for the chat, Mr. President.
Sounds like the jail is killing people. Theresa is now one of them. If weed was legalized she would be alive right now.
Jim.
Poor poor girl. To die in a place like that for a stupid reason like that. It should serve to strengthen our resolve. Time to double the emails and the letters. Be loud and strong with our reps and cite this poor womans tragedy as added proof the struggle must continue and also end.
-=*Everyone*=- who was on duty at the time of her death need to be prosecuted, and if convicted, publicly hung in the town square – it is far beyond time that these kinds of criminals understand that their actions WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED!
[Editor’s note: I think you mean “publically hanged”. Regardless, unless it can be proven in a court of law that Theresa Anthony was the victim of a pre-meditated capital first degree murder, then nobody should be killed over this (even then, I don’t think Texas hangs death row inmates). Given the limited details we have, it could be a negligent homicide or negligent manslaughter or possibly even just a medical accident or natural causes. There has been enough death already. –Russ Belville]
This makes me want to form a union of assassins or something. It is unspeakable to describe how this makes me feel. There is NO justice in it WHATSOEVER! It is DEFINITELY a war on PEOPLE! And we are just going to continue with NORML without trading for a life of their own? Like, just “shrug it off”? There was another INNOCENT CASUALTY!!! “Casualty” is not a word that should be used when describing something OUR OWN GOVERNMENT did!
[Editor’s Note: Yes, Joel, we are going to continue peacefully fighting for legalization. Martin Luther King didn’t call for African-Americans to respond to lynchings with vigilantism. Gandhi didn’t call for Indians to take up arms against the British. We have the moral high ground in this battle, as well as truth, nature, logic, and justice as our weapons, but we lose it all if we sink to their level. NORML never advocates for any sort of violence in response to prohibition. –Russ Belville]
Could you please send this to Obama and the Czar?
Now the Media is gonna say tht pot killed her thts all we need being this close to whatever they figure out
This is ludacris. My thoughts go out to her family.
Rest in Peace
This needs to go before a Federal Investigation…
(or conversely, give Texass back to Mexico…)
Theresa Anthony could be you or me.
Or
could have been a young Barack Obama.
Just another dead unicorn,
expiring in a cage for the crime of preferring the safest choice of social relaxant or therapeutic medicine.
President Obama,
if you can stop giggling for a moment,
please
PUT “legalization” back on the table!!!
– Notice how I re-phrased last statement as an
EXCLAMATIVE-REQUEST,
rather than merely a question…
If you are upset you should be. We owe no greater loyalty than to preserve life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness in all forms. I for one miss truth, justice, and most of all, constitutional freedom. Remember you can not protect me from what I want when what I want is my right! (added by Mobile using Mippin)
This world sucks!
Old time partner
History of man
Ropes and textiles
Help conquer lands
Male and female
Gifts to some
Time of mourning
Prohibition comes
Dirty Dick’s
Rotten politics
A COUNTRY LEFT DIVIDED!
Wars on people
Never last
Civil unrest
Government collapse
Lists of people
Cancer, AIDS
Grassroots movement
Roads are paved
Time to change
Rings the rage
A COUNTRY LEFT IGNITED!
A leader laughs
A Generation’s cry
History tell us
Give hemp a try
Footprints cleaned
Five finger farms
Join me brothers
Raise your arms
Now is the time
Remove the Crime
A COUNTRY LEFT UNITED!
Rest In Peace Girl. She is know with Bob Marly smoking a joint in heave.
I really cant believe this. First off she shouldnt have been in there anyways. I dont see how you can go to jail if it is for you, I think Im glad that i live in Nebraska where i only get a slap on the hand. It should just be legal.
This made me sick like when Peter Mcwilliams died. These people were murdered. This has to stop. Its so sad.
if she had her medical medicine, she still be alive….Legalize or Decriminalized!!!!!!! power to the people!!
And yet the prohibitionists think keeping MJ in prohibition is a good thing. What a screwed up would we are living in. This would have never happened to her IF MJ was decriminalized at least if not was legalized and taxed yet her story proves the facts of what could have prevented this. Yet does our govt. listen? How many more stories like hers is not being heard but are out there and some still to come. Yet Our govt. does not listen.
We need MJ to be atleast decriminalized if not legal and taxed to prevent any others that will be most likely to come if they are not as it is.
After this do you think our govt. will listen or when will be enough 10 people how bout 10,000 people for the govt. to listen to us?How many more arrests and prisons do we need?How much more money out of the taxpayers pocket on such a wasted cause such as prohibition?
What does this tell us when our leaders…fail to say…wont say or repackage thier words to shift any blame else where.
What does it say about our leaders…When young lives are spent for thier cause..
What does it say about our leaders… When they not only lie to the people they lead..but the one they love.
What does it say about our leaders… When at times its hard to tell if they are friends or enemies.
When will our leaders bow thier heads in shame and ask for our forgiveness and do the right thing.
What does it say when…Our world thinks more of money and power than the person next door.
My God what are we doing…how can we continue this way.
Wow…
Can We have a PeacefuL Protest Now?
against the Government~
Marijuana is Only a Green Plant…
Just another unfortunate victim of an expensive and unnecessary war on innocent every day people of the us. My heart truly aches for this poor girl and her entire family. I cant stop thinking to my self what her last thoughts were on that cell floor… damn this country!
They always say they are protecting the children… well i guess its easy to protect the children when they are all in jail. poor poor little unicorn.
save the unicorns people please.
Peaceful is the way. If 1 in 4 people could just grow a pot plant in their front lawn we could over come the archaic laws. there are not enough cells and def not enough enforcment to controll such an act of the people..
if we could all just use the internet… give a way heaps of hemp seeds and tell eveyone to plant them on a specific day.. this could all go away.
flower power. I keep thinking of one specific act in the 60’s when hippies were putting flowers in the barrels of troops guns… powerful symbolism that we should use today.
I implore everyone to peaceably make a stand like we did in the 60’s and speak as a nation. publicly grow it… they cant arrest us all.
jail for cannabis =death rape beating induction into gangs promotes descent against the government feeds the coffers of the warlords and gang leaders that never get caught no matter what fox news says the true evil is the unjust laws and unjust Judges and give people hard time over any amount of weed Obama Nancey harry pull your heads outta your ass’s and legalize jail is the poison not weed
I hope someone sends this Important Article to Reverend Al Sharpton!!!!
I Hope That the Community of Color Lets our President Know that this is one million Percent unacceptable, and that he has the Power to change this now, so no more innocent people have to die!!!! Mr. President Rosa Parks is Screaming from Heaven, do you Hear Her?
What a travesty of justice. This girl dies in America’s for profit prison system and we still have politicians calling for harsher drug laws.
Give me a mother fuckin break.
Of course people are in jail for simple possesion. I spent 3 days in jail for ingestion. That’s right they didn’t find any marijuana on me. They got a warrant for my piss and they found 632 nannagrams and put me in jail for 3 fucking days. I guess that’s the christmas present I get when I go back to Spink County, South Dakota for break from my freshmen year at college. LEGALIZE IT OBAMA!
This is sooooo wrong! The government should fear us the people, not the other way around. This is so sad
man i love this site. great blogging.
Anyway, i am going to smoke a bowl for Theresa right now. RIP homie 🙁 this budz for you
The crime doesn’t fit the punishment and the Czar’s unattentive attitude to change has spread fear into the hearts of medicinal patients of MJ. In general people in the United States have never had a problem with changes to law. It’s when government gets involved that things get difficult, strange and confidential. What we use to call, “More red tape,” and we’re lucky if they respond to our needs with MJ issues. For politicians using avoidance tactics with MJ issues, avoidance is not an option anymore.
I applaud everyone for all the hard work you have done to legalize marijuana. But it wasn`t enough to save the lives of people like Theresa. Not even enough to save the careers of 100`s of thousands of taxpayers who were fired or couldn`t get a job because they peed in a government mandated cup and lost opportunity. Nice try everyone but not enough. Sorry to inform you that for the last 80 years our society has been controlled by drunks. Whenever people try to legalize pot, the government rolls out a few thousand miles of red tape. But I have discovered that these idiots don`t do anything against alcohol. Yet we all know alcohol cause more chaos than all illegal drugs combined.
The first step to save the children is to get drunks off the streets and alcohol off the supermarket shelf. Let Washington make a choice….either legalize marijuana, or put big alcohol (liquid drug dealers) in the same category as Pot. How many times have you seen a politician get drunk? They are hypocrits and don`t care about children if they did alcohol would be a felony to manufacture.
End this ridiculous war on marijuana users……enough!!
Alcohol is the drug of choice of the United States government. Marijuana threatens the profits of alcohol dealers. Government drinks alcohol while conspiring to destroy marijuana and the people that use it. The love of money is the root of all evil……any questions?
THIS IS A GREAT INJUSTICE!!!
How can police officers be so cruel?? How can our lawmakers be so heartless??
THIS MAKES ME ANGRY!! >:(
We Will Never Forget Theresa Anthony and the Injustice done to her
Stories like this make my stomach turn.
When will the insanity and inhumanity of prohibition end?
Rise up people…VOTE!! for change.
Obama you need to “Step up” and be a man on this.
Well there you go. You still think your a free (person). When you are a corporate SLAVE. I have posted the truth previously, on other subjects on this site. If you think you are free. your wrong. The courts do not recognize the Constitution, as law. The only law they recognize is Admiralty Law,Common Law, they might try to deceive you by saying Civil Law or Judicial Law, but they are still the Law from Roman civil Law and the Roman Catholic system of Law. You get it yet. We let them hood wink us, it’s up to us to make them make a change, by Simple non-compliance, don’t give them the authority and they will have none, and never lose honor. PEACE AL…
That’s really sad, but of course the news won’t make a peep out of this story given that shes a pot smoking black woman. Fucked up world we live in.
WTF!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!
Only thing that comes to mind evrytime I look at this is…OUR LEADERS ARE INSANE!!!
it’s sick and sad, but nobody on this blog understands exactly what is at stake when it comes to marijuana legalization, it would be the end to centralized power. Wealth will no longer be accruing to the few especially those in government.
The basic economic problem, how do we fulfill infinite wants with limited resources? is only relevant in relation to another principle of economics, that is the balancing of human recources and raw materials.
At first we lived in a non-scarcity society as hunter gatherers, this was the time when some of the greatest human innovation came to being such as language, use of fire or tools. (imagine if a group considering fire evil came to dominate all of humankind, we would be impoverished)for all our human resources at that time we could not possibly process all raw materials into finished products because we lacked both knowledge and time as we were struggling to survive.
With the advent of agriculture came scarcity, people began to develop surplus and specialized in order to focus their efforts better. With the explosion of population and refinement of techniques we greatly increased the human resource and raw materials became scarce. Eventually a system was needed to apportion what to whom.
We can return to a non scarcity society but it would take a total and complete change of resource bases. we would need a cheap abundant renewable resource, cannabis which anybody can grow and use. If this were to occur 80% of products would be rendered redundant and of inferior quality. Prices for items will also drop by 80% as this value was artificially created by using expensive and scarce sources for energy.
Cannabis grown for any of the specific: fiber, seed, medicine or stalk, will also yield the other three completly cost free. with a demise of scarcity societies the great mass of people will begin to take care of themselves instead of looking to those in power to and so their influence over other men will disappear.
The illusion is as fragile as a house of cards, but can be maintained by instilling a blind dogmatic hatred of “drugs”. labeling those who speak truth as “conspiracy theorists” and trample over people’s rights while claiming to do so in the “interest” of society (in reality it is the interest of those who control the highest levels of societal goernment).
The nature of the human soul is justice, to expose people to injustice as we do is to pervert human beings at their very core. We can see by the ignorance and wilful complacency of the many how horribly afflicted we really are.This is just the latest atrocity.
poor woman
March on D.C. please? Strength in numbers. C’mon NORML, let’s get 100,000 strong and take a walk.
Hopefully this will make the mainstream media so people can realize what is really going on. This kind of shit makes me ashamed to be a citizen of this country.
How dare our government say this is a free country. Free on there terms more like it. They tell us what is free, and the majority of the people blindly follow their leaders. Its time to fire EVERYONE in Washington. They are working for there own agendas and could care less about the people. This story proves that they just consider us cattle. Obama is too busy doing the exact opposite of what he promised to the people, to even consider laughing at cannabis. Obama = Bush 2.0
There are a lot of “unicorns” in jail in Florida. A place where simple possession carries a 6 month sentence.
Dam i feel sorry for this girl. too bad that guy workin to legalize in breck co didnt work for norml too.
Was this her first offense? Do we know or not? That is kind of a big deal. I am strongly for the legalization and regulation of Marijuana and I agree that our current laws regarding Marijuana are ridiculous, but nonetheless they are laws and we must fight to change them through legal avenues.
Hello,
I live in Houston. This is where it happened. Here, this is where the drug czar goes wrong. Police are so power driven here it is pathetic. They have sooo many people that they have to book, it takes a day to a day and a half before they actually get a jail number so you can’t find anything else about them.
Do something about it, I did. I wrote to Gary Elkins, Obama and Ron Paul. Go look these people up and write to them. I hope this will be a turning point in the legislation.
i feel like a fuckin slave…
A revolt will only cause the powers that be to institute Martial Law, then the fight will be on and a lot of good people to the cause will be killed and they will run over the rest with our own son’s as they have and will continue to do. IF we ask our son’s and daughter’s not to reenlist then where will they be. NO standing army is really allowed, according to our forefathers and the declaration they all signed O-so long ago that our current GOV has found way’s to circumvent that great contract of the people for the people. Gather together en-mass and the will of the people will put the fear of GOD in those that try to stand against us. PEACE AL…
LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY. HAPPINESS WILL FOLLOW! Chose words wisely, the meaning of words must be interpreted as to what they mean. THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
Another “Neda” for the cause of personal freedoms in a so called free nation. Really a sad and brutal thing to have to go through all alone in a jail cell, just for having a plant.
Its truly upsetting, to watch our government make a decision that we should be able to make ourselves…They seem to have a lack of common sense, and love for thier people anymore. This poor woman didnt have to die because of a faulty decision on our governments part. What happened to letting the people decide? I guess freedom isnt truly free…rest easy Theresa…
When I saw this I knew it had to be brought to the media so I personally contacted foxnews , CNBC ,NBC and CNN and gave them the information along with my comment I had just put on here in post # 25 with the link to the site (here on NORML). Hopefully now they will do a story on it to make sure it does not happen again as well as to help stop this in just.
She should have never been in jail for this in the first place and shows to America just how stupid it is to do such a thing and the ignorance of keeping MJ in prohibition. This all could have been avoided and they know that . The question is now what are they going to do about it be for other cases like hers happens?
I’m glad you brought this up, and I hope it will not be forgotten. I’ve guess the Harris County men in black must have shown up.
#28 Denny Says:
June 26th, 2009 at 1:42 am
“…If 1 in 4 people could just grow a pot plant in their front lawn…”
RE:
Denny,
In theory,
this sounds like a winner…
HOWEVER…
– Not in one’s OWN front yard…though!
That only gives Gov’t justification
to implement their “License-to-Steal”,
(a.k.a., asset-forfeiture of one’s ‘front-yard’,
under the guise of taking-down a “kingpin”,
via grossly-misapplied RICO-statutes…).
– Aptly-seeded public and commercial-landscapes,
as well as delegated ‘TWEETING’ of the noble-task
to our fine-feathered, avian-allies…
on the CHEEP!!!
(So to speak…)
would be far more effectual…
😉
How sad, that one would die in jail for possession. But, what is also lamentable is the poor grasp of the English language of many of those leaving comments on this page. I don’t claim to speak perfectly, but perhaps the anti-Prohibition movement would be more respected if the proponents could properly articulate their beliefs. I am all for the legalization of the five fingered flower, but, more important to me, is that this nation as a whole doesn’t devalue the sacrifices of those past and present who have fought and died for the rights that we still have. Granted, everyday the government (funded by powerful lobbies) does what it can to further reduce these privileges, but I believe there is still a means that a popular outrage can force the current system to respond. Violence is not the answer. Thomas Jefferson once said something to the effect that a little revolution was a good thing every now and again, so, let us who desire change follow the example of Gandhi and other peaceful protesters to achieve the change that is so desperately needed.
This does not suprize me at all.
I was arrested in the 90’s in Houston jail, for less than a gram (simple possession). The jail mess up my bond from 1000.00 and printed it on paper as 100,000.00 Which keep me in jail for 2 weeks, because of this mess up.For those with any doubts I still have the paper work on the mess up with the bond. While I was in jail I personally saw a spanish kid coughing and the guard which the other inmates called Sargent Slaughter took the kid out of the way of cameras and beat him in the chest reapeting this until he cried and no longer coughed. At the time no inmate said nothing out of fear. AND WHAT DID THIS TEACH ME NOW AT 34 YEARS OLD – NOTHING JUST MORE FEAR OF THE COPS. I still smoke and made me more active in getting it legalized!
4TH OF JULY Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed
the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in
the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary
War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were
farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they
signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty
would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his Ships
swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to
pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his
family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his
family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty
was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton,
Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British
General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He
quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was
destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his
wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13
children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to
waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home
to find his wife dead and his children vanished. Some of us take these
liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn’t. So, take a few minutes
while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots.
It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember: freedom is never free!
We have political prisoners today as well. Theresa Anthony was killed for possession of a plant called Hemp to further a proposition called the “War on Drugs”. She is one of many.
I’ve posted #37. Will there be a sworn statement by the Harris County authorities?
Ooops … what happen to my #37 reply? Was it because I have mentioned MEN IN BLACK ?
I’m not being silly, but this is a heavy cover up. Everything seems so wrong.
Kill everyone who oppose legalization. Kill their fucking children and all their relatives. That’s the only way we can become free. We have to kill off everyone who is against legalization. As long as white nazi scum and their puppets are in political office we’ll never be free. Fuck you to the President, fuck you to the FBI, fuck you to the CIA, fuck you to the local police department, fuck you to the DEA. All those fucking Rumsfeld’s don’t want ganja smokers to be happy because they know legalizing weed will free all of us from their Babylon grip. That’s what we does, makes you see clearly, and the government cannot have that if they wish to remain rich fat wastes of life.
R.I.P Theresa.
Death to the Houston Police Department, karma will find you…..Allahu Akbar
I grew up in Houston in the 60’s… the cops have always been borderline criminals weilding their own justice… I was hitchhiking abd the car was pulled over, the cop found a tab of acid in one of the occpants wallet… We were hauled to the jail and I was told I could go down right now and join the military or go to jail… the cop drove me down the street to the recruter and waited until I was all signed up… welcome to Texas…
I wonder how many people have died as inmates due to circumstances like this and like described by Thomas?
How many people have been robbed, assaulted, or murdered while trying to procure marijuana from the only source available?
Compare that to how many people have died as a result of using Marijuana.
How many people have died as a result of lung cancer from cigarettes? How many of those might have been saved by marijuana, which has recently been shown to not only prevent and inhibit cancer development, but also cures at least seven different forms of lung cancer?
How many billions of dollars have made their way to washington on the backs of the tobacco lobby? (Keep in mind, my family grew tobacco in NC for more than 150 years…we stopped in the early 90’s when it became clear how corrupt and dishonest the big labels really are)
How can the government possibly continue to claim that the laws prohibiting the use, possession, sale, and cultivation of Marijuana protect not only society, but the individual as well?
This kind of hypocrisy in our government makes me sick.
Enough is enough !!!
This is unfortunate for this woman and her family. I hope that she didn’t have to leave any children behind. If she did then maybe the Feds can tell her children why she had to die in a prison cell. May God have mercy on the souls of those who perpetrate these injustices against his people.
I have lost all faith in our government system. I have come to realize that Greed, Fear, and Money run America. Obama is nothing but a tool, and having now lied his way into office will continue to take away more of our freedoms. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!! A government should be afraid of its people, NOT the other way around!!!
America is racism. America is hate. I am going to burn my birth certificate, shred my passport, and change my name. Goodbye “Land of the Free.”
I am disgusted of how the USA treats its’ citizens (added by Mobile using Mippin)
Obama = hypocrite
Sit back, ignore, or laugh it off…
I wish Obama would listen to what President Richard Nixon had to say about the Drug War…
NIXON – “You have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks. The key is to devise a system that recognizes this all while not appearing to.”
Obama… great way to keep the status quo.
WOW number 47 carlos… dam man you are truly wise. Also many others on here were powerful. Its seems the existance of NORML is moot. We need a grassroots orginization to address and fight the ever growing threat of totaltarian rule. Clearly our country has moved far beyond pot problems. We got innocent people dying in our prison for nothing. LOL and guess what every last one of us including me are gona do? Well ill tell ya. OBEY. Whine a little yell a little and NORMLS gona say tsk tsk so sad. Write a letter. Email somebody. OBEY. Get used to obeying people cuz we are really close to havin a lot in common with North Korea. OBEY
Rest in Peace Theresa!
well put! Love the work fellas at NORML!!!
I am currently fighting a mmj charge in wa. and meet all the ginn case requirements and the affirmitive defense requirements as well as medical nessesity too. I know I’m dying as well as my wife, When will normal start organizing protest’s and such for small people as they go to court….What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground…How can you run when you know……Tin soldiers and the jack boots coming we’er finnally on our own….screw this I never back down …It’s way past time for everybody with a good soul to stand side by side in the streets courthouses an say enough is enough….if it don’t work …we got the second amendment….for now….these people probably wont understand anything else…when you only have a year to live what the fuck..be American..at this point I’d trade my life for her’s….sick of it…John
These blogs all got renumbered. lol What is with all this hate stuff? Oh…I forgot. There is no pot.
@ burt (#56): yea man i feel like a slave too. Prohibition definately parallels along the lines of slavery and is very INHUMANE as well IMO
Please don’t let her sacrifice be in vein.
We need change in Texas now.
As a citizen of Houston, Harris County, I’ve seen first hand the extent of police corruption and brutality that gives Texas its reputation for being the harshest punisher of non-violent offenders.
I’m really serious, and there will be answers.
As I have said in the past our lawmakers should be the ones in prison. They vote ever year to continue and fund the war on drugs. If they were truly interested in our best interest. They would take the money wasted on the war on drugs and putting people in jail and help people rather than destroying them. The bottom line is they do not consider the poor or near poor people that enjoy cannabis. Apparently they feel we are less than human because they treat us as less than human. While they drink themselves under the table. They put millions in the bank paid to them by the ones that profit from the war on US (drugs). The way I look at it they are feeding off the bones of our children while their children are above the law the way they are….
Cherokee Fred Jesus
Quit feeding on our children!!!!!!!!!
ever since barack became white he has turned his back on the green movement. i voted for him because i thought he would have the balls to stand up for us little people. but once your white who cares about the peasants, so what if some black pot smoker dies in jail, whitey keeps telling us that pot kills. and damn it whitey will kill every last pot smoker to prove it. when i started smoking pot for my chronic pain and resulting depression, due to injuries sustained in the line of duty for the us army (sgt. e-5 honorably discharged medical) i became an outlaw, a dangerous wheelchair bound criminal, so when you see me rollin you bettah step aside i’m a menace to society. i was born white but now i smoke pot.
I was caught with a small amount and when they took us to get booked, the people running the jail passed around our pot and our pipe commenting on the quality and make of the pipe(sherlock holmes style lol) One of the arresting officers said he’s smoked so much he could “fill the whole room up with it”. Plus they laughed at us for being stupid and getting caught.
So as all this is going on there are other people in the cells surrounding the booking area laughing and yelling obsenities and making crude gestures at us(the jail officers thought this was pretty amusing) and here i am thinking to myself. I’m a college student. I work 38 hours a week, and i pay my bills. And this is what I get for choosing to smoke marijuana over harmful alternatives to relax and unwind.
So for the night they throw us in a cell with a couple drunken lunatics who wouldnt shut up and a scuzzy methhead who seemed a little off and wouldnt stop staring at us. Not to mention the fact that the room stunk like piss. It was like being caged up animals.It was quite a dehumanizing experience. Now I know this is nothing at all compared to the tragedy in the blog but it is just another example of what happens daily in this insane war on weed. All in the name of “justice”.
I was caught with a small amount and when they took us to get booked, the people running the jail passed around our pot and our pipe commenting on the quality and make of the pipe(sherlock holmes style lol) One of the arresting officers said he’s smoked so much he could “fill the whole room up with it”. Plus they laughed at us for being stupid and getting caught.
So as all this is going on there are other people in the cells surrounding the booking area laughing and yelling obsenities and making crude gestures at us(the jail officers thought this was pretty amusing) and here i am thinking to myself. I’m a college student. I work 38 hours a week, and i pay my bills. And this is what I get for choosing to smoke marijuana over harmful alternatives to relax and unwind.
So for the night they throw us in a cell with a couple drunken lunatics who wouldnt shut up and a scuzzy methhead who seemed a little off and wouldnt stop staring at us. Not to mention the fact that the room stunk like piss. It was like being caged up animals.It was quite a dehumanizing experience. Now I know this is nothing at all compared to the tragedy in the blog but it is just another example of what happens daily in this insane war on weed. All in the name of “justice”.
I’m amazed at the fact that they say they are trying to keep children safe while at the same time we can legally KILL them in their unborn state. Now mind you, they call us the “irresponsible” ones.
They want to keep the children safe but you can legally buy all the booze in the world, get drunk and cause all sorts of family trouble, kill families in drunken driving accidents, and so on.(The latest being Dante Stallworth’s incident in Miami for which he recieved 30 days in jail)
They want to keep the children safe but you can legally purchase cigarettes for everyone to burn their lungs out and die.
They say they want to help the sick and the dying but instead of providing a cheap means of health care, they want you to take all sorts of painkillers and drugs which drive costs through the roof and result in addiction, harmful side effects, overdoses ect.. And did i hear a Trillion dollar health care budget?
I, and NORML could list a million more facts that should enrage the intelligent free thinkers like you and I but it’s clear where our leaders’ priorities are. It’s about them and who’s in their wallet.
“May God have mercy on the souls of those who perpetrate these injustices against his people.”
Couldn’t have said it better my friend
RIP girl. The Cannabis community will never forget you! To hell with the government. How many more people have to die? How sad…
Do you want marijuana legalized? Then pay attention. With the deepest respect to the brave individuals affiliated with NORML and legal cannibus I salute your efforts.
Remember the 60`s 70`s, 80`s (war on drugs)90`s? For half a century drunks have put everyone with a joint in their mouth into a lower class of humanity. While they enjoy the “freedom” of picking up their 10 yr. old daughter and her 3 friends for a slumber party. On the way home they stop at the local liquid drug dealer a.k.a. liquor store, for a fifth of whiskey for him, and a case of wine coolers for the little girls. As he passes the local drunken police chief the chief says, “Hello fine citizen. I see you are picking up some alcohol with children in the car. Let me know if you see anyone smoking marijuana.” He takes the little girls and the booze to the safety of his home. The insanity of this little story is the baby raping drunk didn`t break one single law. Till he got the girls drunk enough to forget the disgusting acts the drunk performed on them.None of them told because they thought it was a bad dream.
If you want pot legal you have to see the enemy. We know who the enemy is and he loves his alcoholic drinks. So in short, they use children as a reason to keep marijuana off the streets. So our job as patriotic Americans who choose to smoke weed to help them save the children by putting alcohol where it belongs. All companies that manufacture the pediphile prefered drug known as alcohol should be put in prison, just as a person would for growing 20 plants.
I am against prohibition, but I am more against unjust idiocy, like the man next door gets 6 babies drunk and has sex with them. 2 1/2 yrs later he`s free to get drunk again. Make your choice all legal or all prohibition.
IF Obama and the “Drug Czar” are saying “The discussion about legalization is not a part of the president’s vocabulary under any circumstances and it’s not a part of mine.”
Then when election time comes around or when we can we should say to them ” IF The discussion about legalization is not a part of the president’s and yours “Drug Czar” vocabulary then we the peoples saying is simply this we put you and the president into office and in our vocabulary it is called NO RE-ELECTion for either one of you two being we the people such like the victim Theresa Anthony are being imprisoned and more like hers is most likely to come from keeping marijuana illegal and in prohibition yet do you two care about the people who put you two into office? If you two do so care about the American voters who put you two into office then you two better get it into your vocabulary being it is a vast and steadily problem that will continue if it is not legalized and taxed if not at least decriminalized.”
SEE POST 64-Drug Czar Kerlikowski Addresses UN Report on Success of Decriminalization, Without Mentioning Decriminalization.
Can some one tell me why violent people are free. Ive never met a marijuana toker that jepordized anyones safety.
Too many murders are unsolved.
People are getting harsher sentences for drug charges than murderers.
The laws are insanity. Just like when they aimed everything against crack. Harsher penalties for watered down coke.. If you had a gram of coke u get a slap on the wrist. if you had a little crack aprox 1/18th the strength of avg street coke.. you get 3+ years in prison.
I laugh at people who say this country is free.
When will the innocent cease to suffer.
When will we quit our whineing and actualy do something about our goverment that is out of control.
Im not kidding people its time to do something. Peaceful but firm. lets make a stand…
Give us seeds… give us enough seeds that we can feed to birds and distribute along the roads of this country.
lets get seed production going guys… call this strain the freedom fighter. everyone plant it around their towns city hall. lets over grow the government.
we got to do something people.
For Theressa.
Is there a address for this woman that we can send cards and flowers to.. or a fund to help the family?
we need to act. stop being lazy. at a minimum we should all comment on this injustice. Use your voice and speak up. Next print out your comment as a letter. print the story. Print everyones comments, mail it to your state represenative and plead them to do something about these insane laws before more innocent people have to suffer or die. send it to your local newspaper as well
can some one please make it easy for everyone. with a step by step video or web page on how to do just that.
If enough people tell their state represenative.. our politicians have to act.
Tell obama… this could have been a young obamma in that jail cell. It could have been his daughter.
You all seemed suprised that this happens! Texas cops are all criminals. Military patrolling the street. You should expect nothing less from the military here in Houston. They have no sympathy, empathy or care for any citizens. We live in a war zone controlled by the government.
EVERYBODY GET EVERYONE TOGETHER WE MARCHING TO WASHINGTON!! THIS HERE ISN’T RIGHT!OBAMA IS NOT GONNA SWALLOW WHAT HE COOKED UP!
It’s becoming VERY hard to just brush of the idea of a conspiracy theory when reading things like this. There is just too much supporting evidence to label it just a “theory” anymore.
And as for unicorn’s, AZ’s got them too.
Why have I not personally been able to find and have a discussion with someone against legalization? Im always vocal in public when it comes to legalization, always talking to my wife about this subject and raising my voice on key buzzwords such as “marijuana”, “legalization”, and my favorite “the war on drugs is a fucking joke”. (That one always stirs some emotion within.) But I either get weird eyes admiring my execution of my first amendment rights, or thumbs up from those who quickly pass and say “Yea…you’re right, kid.” But I am yet to find an opposing view. And boy am I ready…
I am dying for the chance to publicly embarrass and verbally DESTROY an opponent to legalization through exposing their own hypocrisy and ignorance (most people dont know the true meaning of that word…”ignorance” is HIGHLY offensive to those who consider themselves “educated”).
BUT I CANT FIND ANY!!!! And by can’t find any, I mean someone who doesn’t receive a fat, dirty check with hidden motives behind it.
It seems to be that the Unicorn theory is true! Except the REAL unicorns are those in support of this failed system. Why can we not, in this day and age, still have a platform for change? Why is propaganda still spewed and received in this country?
We have all heard that Michael Jackson died from a cocktail of drugs. I know what all of those drugs are and what their use’s are, but not because FOX news told me what they were, but because I have done my OWN unbias research on these medications. Not some stupid Government ad showing some corner sitting idiot who’s timestamped for the 90’s bitching about how parents are monopolizing his business endeavors.
My educating myself has kept me off of these medications. Its clear to see that there is an obvious risk to the usage of these drugs- you see it all around you- even in the soccer mom who sneaks off at practice to go sling the plethora of narcotics SHE was given for …depression. Methadone for depression? Yea, Im sure.
Find the real unicorns. Expose them, destroy them, Educate them, then send them on their way with the comfort of their new found truths.
And if anyone is up for a civil conversation on this topic- PLEASE come ( breproductions@live.com )
But don’t think I won’t take you out behind the barn for a good, ol’ fashioned ass whoopin, either.
God Damnit this is frustrating-
…my brain won’t let me stop writing yet.
AND ANOTHER THING-
I was bored the other day and wanted to do a little research on Salvia.
I wondered, as I wandered, all these bills that are being thrown into states to try to stifle usage seem to be submitted with only one arguement- “Think of the children”
Okay then, lets really “Think of the children” for a moment.
Are these the same children you’re talking about who can get harder dugs (and are probably doing so right now) through people who happen to slip through your failed system? The same ones who have TRIED many drugs just because of the sub-conscience thrill of illegality? Do you really believe that these laws, which have worked SO well in application to other drugs, will hold any validity to the people who want to and WILL use, regardless if your organization deems it “unclean” or not? (run-on, I know)
And there goes my brain…. time to wrap it up.
These officials have been and will continue to try to protect us from ourselves.
But they forget that once they do so, they will then have no one to protect them?
And the sad part is is that Im out of weed
Do you know what I want to do once I get MORE weed?
Go home, smoke, stay at home, eat, and keep reading the wonderful posts on this blog
Yea, watch out. REAL menace to society here…
HOLY FUCKING SHIT! that’s more than one a month it’s like one and a half a month is this place a jail or a concentration camp? Honestly how big is this jail? After all this jail were talking about here as in county not state prisoners aren’t dieing of old age. I can’t remember the last time someone died in county around here. it has to be years and our jail has almost 2000 inmates.
Shame on you UNCLE SAM, another victim of MARIJUANA PROHIBITION and your dumb ass drug war on the American people. When will it end? When you run out of victims to be put in jail or change the laws for the better of the people. The rate were going, half of us will be in jail and the other half watching us. The insanity of the system at its best. ONLY IN AMERIKA!!!!!!! We are all living under a big lie every day and it is not really getting any better. 420 ALL THE WAY!
In 1978 as a member of N.O.R.M.L. in Nebraska we got a bill passed that decriminalized possesion of less than one ounce of cannibus to a civil infraction ( traffic ticket) with a fine of $100.00. The way we convinced lawmakers to do this was by using an example of teenagers in a car being pulled over for a tail light being out and being arrested for possesion of cannibus. At the time it was a felony. If convicted they would not be allowed to vote or carry a firearm or more importantly they would not be allowed to hold a public license such as a nurse, doctor ,barber,real estate agent, etc. Our focus was to point out that the penality didn’t fit the crime ( death while in jail or a criminal record that would follow them the rest of their life). It passed with only one vote against it.I think this latest death due to possesion should be used in the same way. DOES THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME. IT SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME AT ALL.
One more shining example of the law being the cause of death rather than the plant itself. These are the kind of stories that should be trumpeted to the world. The govermment and certain segments of this society have no problem at all with letting us die in the name of supporting corporations and capatalism. It is time we name the murderers for what they are by announcing this far and wide.
Theresa Anthony does not need to die in vain. The mealy mouthed politicians and their thugs need to explain and answer for this.
My heart goes out to Theresa and her family.
Carlos@ # 47, Very good post for all to read. As you mentioned,peole will begin to take care of them selves instead of relying on a central “power” .
This goes with a thought I have ahd for a very long time.
Those in power know that If we change this one law that forces controll over people, They know the masses will realize that they can force change on this central “power’ . We will elinminate all the suffering that that is created by this and many other laws.
They do not share power or control. They do not want to let us see that power is an Illusion.
How in the hell did we get into this crazy war against cannabis? How do we end it? We end it with “PURE ATTITUDE BASED ON COMMON SENSE, AND THE TRUTH”
If it looks like a drugie, sounds like a drugie, smells like a drugie, it must be a drugie. That in normal minds is “REASONABLE”…not absolute…but…
reasonable nevertheless. I’m sure it’s common to have considered that assumption valid. Well!…that’s a “STIGMA.” How do we defeat a stigma? We defeat it with “PURE ATTITUDE.” If prohibs (the enemy) label us drugies…they’ve offered us a “CHOICE”…to either allow the stigma to effect us…or…turn on the “PURE ATTITUDE.” When we “ALLOW” prohibs to punish us…
prohibs deserve their vengeance.
In this “CRAZINESS”…our minds are the best weapons we possess, and correct information our ammunition. When we are faced with craziness from prohibs, we should simply treat it as what it is…craziness, and not allow them to effect our stability. After all…
“WE ARE NOW THE MAJORITY.” But more so than that…
it only takes one (1) person with a “PURE ATTITUDE” to create a “RIPPLE EFFECT.”
In California…we’ve handed prohibs their hat. So goes California…so goes the world. Now there’s a “PURE ATTITUDE.” You can’t intimidate a “PURE ATTITUDE.” I’m sure prohibs foster the same attitude.
The reality of it all is…”THEY’RE OUT-NUMBERED…WE ARE THE BIGGER DOG”…AMEN!
I cant help but notice we still debating and talkin about stuff. Couldnt our time be better spent learning how to OBEY the soon to be great King Barak Obama? They are not even hiding the fact they are ignoring the will of the people. They are blatant in stifling our rights. Alrit everyone practice groveling with me ready? one two three ahhhh that feels good dont it? Utter subserviance. Who needs free will? Im tellin you start learning to OBEY.
LOLOLOLO did i just read about a dude above whos been in NORML since 78? NORML how long have you been around? If its been since the seventies and we still in virtually the same boat as back then…lol since the freakin seventies and our new age modern drug czar and president dont have legalization in their vocabularies? Id like to say keep up the good work but… I thought you guys were a nineties thng. But since before i was born? And still pot smoking is akin to murder in this country? O wait killers get less time and better treatment than smokers.
We need some one from NORML or some one who is not afraid to stand up and is for the cause to run for president that way this stupid war on Americans can be put to an end and where we can all be free.
Also for us to make even more head way sort of say we need to keep the pressure up and not quit fighting. If we battle together and keep the pressure on then we will previel but if we just sit around and just post on blogs alone and do not steadily keep fighting then what is likely to happen is everything we have accomplished will vanish . Together in battle we will be victorious so lets keep the fight strong and show them that our voice is not going to quiet so easily . Lets do all we can and keep it up so that every one is finely free from the prohibition . We are not just fighting for our rights but for our future generations rights as well and for that we must keep onward until we have reached our goal for freedom. Lets show them we are no slave and do have power. Lets show them our voices will not go unheard while we keep the pressure on the govt. till we are truely free . Let us stand up for our god given rights as Americans.
My sincere condolences first and foremost.
We must stand up by contacting our congressmen regularly! We must also encourage our friends and family to do so. Do NOT delay!
102 Bryce “Think of the children.”
One of these days, and we all know how fast one of these days gets here (I pray not as children) the children will “find the truth” as we all have. Then those children will never trust their parents or government again…or…at least with reservation. Then…the parents and government will have to take responsibility for the results of their actions…
lies, lies, and more lies.
There is one of those facts of life involved here.
“If you tell the “Big Lie” enough…it becomes believable.
Sadness man, Obama is a fucking conservative if you ask me…under Obama nothing will change in favor of marijuana. He’s an asshole just like the previous presidents
#106 is right. Her death should be used to show the obvious, that a possession of weed is no reason to go to jail. I’ve never seen how much she actually got caught with, but i kinda hope it was a very small amount, to make it even more obvious that she was kept there for 2½ week, and it was wrong.
Does the punishment fit the crime?
Unequivically no.
I would like to meet someone who has been “rehabilitated” through incarseration during their sentence. Did the prison system really change them from their ways? Or do they now have EVEN MORE animosity towards the Law and its failed attempts?
I’m glad NORML put this story up at the top for a while. It needs to get out in the public and media that this is stuff is happening! Innocent people are losing their lives and it could be any of us due to these LAME LAME LAME! laws. It’s gotta end!
thats one fuckin town to stay away from
that’s one town to stay away from,,there should be a law against why theres a law against pot
In the South, you always hear about those “Hippie Californians” with their wacky laws, and how those “Crazy Northerners” are no better. Even then, you may spark up the legalization/decriminalization topic with some conservatives, and they may just agree with it. I’m proud to say Congressman Ron Paul, of Texas, is among those few.
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You see, I honestly don’t think the country will be ready for legalization/decriminalization without winning over Texas. I don’t want to divide this site into regions, but a lot of people in rural areas identify with Texas. I understand other States have pushed for more sensible laws than Texas, but I feel if the ball would really get rolling if marijuana was decriminalized here. The problem is, there is no real movement for this cause in Texas. Sadly, Ron Paul appears to be our only hope.
This is Gross! Protest! Refuse to buy Alcohol and Cigarettes! Protest! Protest! Protest! Flip off Cops!
So goes the war against the citizens in this country who choose to use marijuana/cannabis, a fairly benign substance that man has used since many years before christ. You saw how went the war in Iran when the government waged a war against its citizens. I think our country needs to learn that lesson. STOP THE WAR ON AMERICANS AMERICA!
the first person that ever got me high was a cop.a harris county constable named pete civitello.now years later after going thru cancer i had a need to use it again for the relief of chemo.i am at md rite now .why is there so much pain and heartache associated with a plant that god put here for free.why does anyone have to die for a plant that is classified as a weed.well i have to go to my chemo now and i sure am glad that god thought of some relief for me because the prescription crap makes me sicker..
#69 Joel : the other Joel Says:
June 26th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I’m not being silly,
but this is a heavy cover up.
Everything seems so wrong.
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MJ is illegal because it cures cancer, and big pharma does not want to see the end of the gravy train.
Theresa Anthony (RIP) and so many others like her should be a wake up call to us all. There needs to be mass protests in cities across the country as well as a march on Washington, DC over 1 million strong. In these protests, we need to carry posters with pictures of people who either died in custody or as a result of SWAT brutality, or pictures of people whose lives have been ruined by having a criminal record as a result of a possession conviction. As was mentioned above, would Obama be President if he had been caught smoking MJ? He committed an illegal act and should be jailed; just like they tried to do to Michael Phelps. Do you think that would be a wake up call? If Obama can do it and become President, why can’t any of us?
Everyone needs to write to their elected officials, saying that they will NOT vote for them again unless they put legalization on the table, and in a very public way.
Inaction turns us all into sheeple; exactly where they want us. Better smarten up, and fast.
[Editor’s note: Cannabis is not illegal because it ‘cures’ cancer or that so-called Big Pharma call the shots in Washington. Cannabis has been illegal in America for 71 years because not nearly enough citizens are involved in the reform efforts, organize with groups like NORML, or lobby their elected policy makers.
There are no grand conspiracy theories that made cannabis illegal, or ones that sustain its continued existence. However, the grand inaction of over 99.5% of all cannabis consumers to be involved in their own liberation is the major cause for prohibition to have lasted so long. For too long, too many cannabis consumers have done nothing more to advance law reforms than hope that a group like NORML can win their freedom for them, when in reality, they are the gatekeepers of their liberty and personal freedoms.]
To the Editor. Your comment to #128 was right on the money. Too many cannibus users are afraid to speak out. They have kept a very low profile for years and they associate that with success for not getting busted. They think if they do speak out the government will round them up and put them in jail to die! I have been a very outspoken person on this subject since 1975 when I came home from the war in Veitnam. I have not been harrassed by anyone. Having been a long time freind to N.O.R.M.L. has helped me fight for our constitutional rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. SPEAK LOADLY AND VOTE TO FREE OURSELVES FROM PROHIBITION!!! I will continue to fight for this cause as it is truely justifiable.
bless her soul 🙂 we will remember
NORML should organize something like a million toker march on Washington! If you promoted it properly I think the turnout would be HUGE!!!
It is definetly WAY past time to stand up! THE TIME IS NOW!!!
Tylenol,(acetaminophen) remains the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S., sending 56,000 people to the emergency room annually FDA.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529578,00.html
Show me one case where somebody has overdosed on cannabis.
God bless Theresa Anthony. She is now in a far better place than we managed to provide here in the “land of the free.”
R.I.P. Theresa
And now for a quick rant
As a student of history I have learned that “If you do not learn from history and strive to better yourself it WILL repeat itself.” Allow me if I may to make a quick Comparison (I most likely misspelled that)
In the 1860’s in America, many new laws affected the South to a higher degree than the North. The south tried for a time to end the (in their opinion) unjust and hypocritical laws through legal and nonviolent methods. However after a time finding that nothing they tried was working they finally settled on a solution; a Secession. Which would declare them a completely separate nation. They believed that it would become a second American Revolution. They believed that it was the exact same situation for which the founding fathers (many of which were in fact southern themselves)seceeded themselves from the rule of the British.
I actually wouldn’t mind repeating that history minus the defeat of course and so I say…
I the Sole citizen (so far) of the Cannibas smoking Republic of Ganja-topia (better name pending) hereby seceed from this mockery of a Union that you call the United States of America.
Legalize now because even in a fake democracy we should get what we want some of the time.
I am 20 years old, therefore a responsible adult. i have been imprisoned for more that 30 days total. not for alcohol, not for tobacco, which by the way kill thousands of people each year, but a harmless plant that GOD PUT ON THE EARTH!!!!! It makes me ashamed to call myself an American citizen. There is absolutely no use in having the constituition, because it is being openly defied. LIFE,LIBERTY,AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS. That says to me that if an adult is responsibly using marijuana for medicinal, or recreational use, they should be allowed to do so without fear of being labeled a “criminal” give me a fucking break. I am no longer allowed to get federal aid to go to school, because of a possession of marijuana charge( i had 1.5 grams WITH THE BAG) meanwhile a convicted arsonist, thats someone who got arrested for burning buildings,cars, etc. Is still granted aid to go to school. I burn a plant, that asshole potentially kills people,and Im the bad guy? ridiculous. I am now paying my own way thru community college, with the hopes that i somehow fall into a lot of money, so that i may go to the University of Iowa someday to complete my degree. I am trying to be a productive member of society, by graduating college and getting a better job, but the federal government thinks that since i smoke weed i should not b able to go to school. isnt that backwards? The government is always supposedly trying to make America a better place. How the hell do they expect to accomplish that goal by turning down responsible marijuana users pleas for a fucking education for christ sake? There is one, and only one explanation for this. All the government cares about is making money, and they do that by trapping responsible marijuana users in the court system. They make you jump through all these hoops, supposedly in the hope of helping you become a better person, but then deny you the opportunity to get a higher education? thats the most hypocritical, twisted, assinine excuse ive ever heard. ITS TIME FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS THAT GOD PUT ALL SEED BEARING PLANTS ON EARTH TO USE. I am not a very religious person, however i do not judge other people based on their beliefs, race, sexual orientation, or anything like that. I do however judge our politicians, for each and every one of those bastards are lying, cheating, assholes. If marijuana is not decriminalized, or at the very least made acceptable for medicinal use by the end of 2009, i am moving to Holland. I have already ordered my Rosetta Stone language learning software, just in case it doesn’t happen. This is not a laughing matter, weed makes you hungry, happy, and sleepy. It is impossible to die from using marijuana. Legalize it, or face societys rath. The time is far past due for the American public to make a stand. Each citizen can do their part, by writing each and every public official.
RIP Theresa Anthony, yet another victim of this inane war on marijuana.
Ya’ll…no matter who you are or where you’re from…it’s NOT EASY to live with your “self” when YOU DON’T stand up for what YOU believe in. It kindly takes away from YOUR SOUL…and…leaves YOU with a head-stone that says
SHOULDA…WOULDA…COULDA…and a whole bunch of IF ONLYS.
At least…when someone tells me how much they don’t know…I just tell them…”THAT’S BULLSHIT AND YOU KNOW IT.” Then I just walk away…allowing them to get their jaw back in place.
Make that 143 immates. I was in the Harris County Jail for possesion of marijuana in late June of 2009 and I saw a man have a seisure and the guards did nothing about it. They dont care about regular citizens. I have never hurt anyone or stole anything. Everyone needs to open their eyes and say STOP to this nonsense.
I will be putting up legalization signs across south houston. Anyone willing to make signs and put them up around the houston area or all over america would be greatly appreciated
SPREAD THE GOOD WORD
Oh my God…everyone…I am so sorry…I am brand new to these discussions.
I wish I had read about this lady, Theresa, sooner than today. It would have made alot of difference in what I have put forth so far. This is a screaming outrage…
#88 Anonymous, …dehumanizing fits. I have survived TORTURE IN COUNTY JAIL, Wendy ReNae Warr Elorriaga.
#66 Let Freedom Ring…now I am beginning to shake and cry…that history is not only sad but true?..I never knew…I’m only on world wide web (www) short time.
#69 Joel..I myself suffered a hugely conspired “cover-up to ANOTHER COVER-UP” …TORTURE…T O R T U R E!!!
#89 …SOUNDS LIKE MY TOWN, JAMES.
#99 Native Texas person ESCAPED TO BOLIVIA…I always heard Texas was a hard state but oh MY GOD I had no idea how devistating things are that WE THE PEOPLE are on the fron lines of the battle fields here and loosing our lives. What is going on, President Obama? WE THE PEOPLE are begging you for a decent straight-forward answer. Now I may be bi-polar with too much high esteem today but I speak from experience and I DO NOT LIE! I, Wendy Elorriaga, do hereby challenge you, President Obama of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, to ANSWER IN THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHT WE ARE PAYING YOU TO WORK FOR US TOO!
#103 o-o-o-h me too, Bryce.
#106 Jerry Moler…I wish I would have known this sooner. Sometimes my illness has a little power over me..but Oh MY GOD…I was tortured for refusing to bow down to MAN…now I wonder what God is thinking of those idiots right now. THE TRUTH IS ROLLING IN LIKE THE TIDE. Amen.
#137 Manford Mantis…OH MY GOD. I am in shock right now. But don’t worry anyone because I have so much faith in God. He Reigns and Prevails. Amen.
Maybe this web is really like a third world war in its cause. I did pray today for God’s Truth and Light to shine forth…Amen…I believe He is answering our prayers right now. No more victims…Amen. Do WE MAKE OURSELVES CLEAR, VERY CLEAR, RESPECTED PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THIS THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY 2009? NO MORE VICTIMS AND WHEN I HEARD YOU MR. PRESIDENT SAY, ‘AMERICANS DO NOT TORTURE’, IT INSPIRED MY NEWLY WRITTEN BOOK, TORTURE IN COUNTY JAIL. THANK YOU.
#138 spread the word, Richard…Wendy in Good ‘ole Utah.
My heart aches for this innocent young lady. Prayers for the family. This is no laughing matter, Obama!! My fellow Americans, my fellow Houstonians, are hurting, dying, for the laws meant to “protect” us. Protect us from what?? The first time I tried, I began to wonder why the government would prohibit this feeling. Ultimately, its better to be in a puddle of alcohol-induced vomit, or worse, undergoing chemo. (with no relief) This is a sick world.
We need to focus on the root of the problems in the world. You can’t kill a weed by picking at the leaves. The root of the worlds ills can be summed up:
1. We have made nature illegal
2. We draw imaginary lines on the earth
3. We fight for the resources given to us freely by the earth. (oil, diamonds, etc)
Until we can fix the root problems, this world will continue to suffer.
Legalize. This IS a free country right?
Thanks for the info @ #127.
The Tulia Effect almost happened in Tyler, Texas 30 years ago. It started with drug agents posing as a young couple who were new to the area. Then it became an out-of-control witch hunt. Many people were being rounded up and arrested, and most of the victums had no clue what was going on and why? It ended when the judge and the members of law enforcement families and relatives were on that list.
140 Daniel says:
“THIS IS A FREE COUNRY RIGHT?”
This country…any country…is only as free as “YOU PERSONALLY” make it.
When my nephew was a young pup, he would trip me from behind, run up on me from behind and flick my ear, any number of little annoyances. His little buddies would ask me…Uncle Manny (that’s what they all called me) why does he do that? My answer to them was a simple one….”BECAUSE I LET HIM!”
MY POINT IS THIS…If we let the prohibs get away with their little annoyances…it’s our own damned fault
…and…have no one to blame but ourselves. Look!
we’re not talking about little annoyances here…we’re talking about our “FREEDOM.” Neither are we talking about my dear nephew…we’re talking about “MY EVIL BROTHER.”
The world can’t be a better place because if it were some people would be out of a job.
The Houston Chronicle has the facts I believe regarding our dear sister’s death. I’m having difficulty getting through. Will someone please help me?
To Theresa Anthony’s family and friends I pray for some peace to come into your lives today. I for one will never, ever in my lifetime forget Theresa….she should still be here with us now. Amen.
It is the same people stopping agriculture in the U.S.A. by ?? Paying A Farmer Not To Grow A crop??
I just learned of an agency CRP…Please oh please someone somewhere make some sense of this to me…
…people who do not care that our Rain Forests the lungs of the Earth are burning. They are they cancer of the Earth in my opinion.
…wake up America wake up. This is the total Anti- Christian Movement at its peak.
…it is an insult to our heritage and intelligence.
The drug war should be a crime. They want to make it more p.c. but when people die it just shows it is still a war on people (added by Mobile using Mippin)
#146 – Stv Says: – Hi Stv. It is a crime against all of humanity. Wendy.
I run a radio show each week to fight this war on the people AKA the war on drugs, and as long as people don’t speak up and fight this, then more will keep on dying.
How long are you sheepeople going to be led around?
Come speak out and see that this is the last death, if you don’t speak out, then you only have yourselves to blame and one day it will be your son or daughter, or even yourself that finds trouble with the law and when you need help, well I hope others will treat you the way this poor lady was treated.
If you don’t want to be treated like a crook by this Government, then speak out, call Adam at 509-397-3252 and be on my show.
#148 – Adam Assenberg – Look who’s talking.
I hope you feel better now.
Wendy.
P.S. From Whence Doeth Thy Nation Speaketh?
From Where Does Thy Nation Lay? Amen.
Oh Glory Be To Thee Oh Lord Oh Glory Be To Thee.
Amen.
My niece told me yesterday as I held her newborn child that she had felt the tremor of an earthquake…
…about three days ago.
Amen.
Meta-physical – that’s the description for me. Anyway.
Speak Unto All Yea Nations
Forever
Set Me Free
Amen
Bring Unto All
Salvation
Forever
Set Me Free
Amen
And He Is Thy Lord
Thy Saviour
Forever
Set Me Free
Amen
Just like so many other Mormons, wendy is showing how many like to run the lives of others, and we call THIS the land of the free ?
We are free ONLY as long as we do what we are told.
That is the way of Mormon and Government thinking, Google Mormons and Marijuana and look at what i’m talking about, or the story is on my website.