When the producer of the FoxNews program ‘Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano‘ asked me to appear on air last week to discuss the issue of marijuana law reform, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect.
Fortunately it became clear from the host’s opening monologue that Judge Andrew Napolitano is a powerful and articulate friend of cannabis liberalization.
“The War on Drugs that the federal government has waged, and on which it has spent billions and billions of taxpayer dollars, has been a complete waste of time, money, and effort.
Take marijuana, for instance. It’s been grouped together and enforced by the Drug Enforcement Administration with real hardcore drugs like heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. But states like California and soon New Jersey have pretty much legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes. While the federal government contends that … marijuana has the potential to promote cancer, patients of cancer and other similar ailments actually use marijuana to fight these deadly diseases.
So wouldn’t the federal government be better off creating the incentive to empower people to make the right choice, to make their own free choice, rather than persecuting them and prosecuting them for what the feds consider to be the wrong choice?”
Watch our full interview below:
I am absolutely speechless, this is magnificent
Way to go Paul! Great interview.
I love his sign-off, and I think it’s very appropriate: “STAY FREE!”
🙂
The Judge knows his Cannabis,We need more like him.LEGALIZE
Very good interview. Very well done Paul. Thank you for all your efforts thus far.
Of Course Fox News will have to come out for legalization if they are actually for Freedom. I am a Conservative that has been fighting this fight in my community for years now and I have not found anyone who’s mind could not be changed with the facts regardless of which party they hail themselves from. Come on mothers and conservatives. Let save our children from these draconian laws. They are going to try it either way. I would prefer my daughter smoke cannabis than drink!
my god!!! andrew and paul you have just had the most intelligent interview i have seen in years… please send our nanny government a copy of this.. please!!! we must legalize marijuana now and not put it on the back burner any longer. the time has come for adults to be adults and tell these idiotic so called representitives what we want and now not 40 years from now!! we don’t want their lying morality any more!! let us live out the rest our days in peace and joy!! wake up you government toadys, THE TIME HAS COME!!!
Alcohol makes you dumb
Marijuana makes you smart
Alcohol creates overweightness & Obesity
Marijuana has NO calories
Alcohol creates litter with bottles & cans & a don’t care attitute
There is nothing to litter with Marijuana
Alcohol creates aggression leading to , vandalism ,littering , murder , assaults , reckless driving .
Marijuana does none of these things
Alcohol is man made by the Devil himself
Marijuana is a gift of God
With Alcohol you smoke more cigarettes
Use Marijuana and you smoke less cigarettes
Alcohol = increased urination everywhere . Even on your friends , landscape or on the floor.
Marijuana = No increased urinating
Alcohol will give you a hangover
Marijuana and there is No hangovers
Drink too much Alcohol & your dead
You cannot use marijuana and die . Impossible .
Alcohol causes drunk driving .
Marijuana doesn’t
Broken glass from Alcoholic beverages can be used as a weapon , can cut you , create litter .
Rolling papers can not cut you , cannot be used as a weapon or is very unlikely to cause litter .
Alcohol often causes family , spousal abuse & divorce
Alcohol & you may get sick even vomiting
Marijuana will not make you sick or cause vomiting
So…like alcohol was re-legalized by repealing the 18th amendment, which law(s) must be repealed in order to reinstate the legal status of the marijuana drug?
What a wonderful interview! Thanks for getting the message out more. I’ve emailed Fox News, and the Judge to let them know I loved the interview.
I hope to see more news about cannabis covered on TV. I love watching news about cannabis, and it’s always a changing topic of discussion.
Thanks NORML for all you do. Please continue to fight for cannabis rights, and don’t forget to promote personal cultivation rights!
I’m still stunned after having watched it. Last time I watched anything on Fox News, they sat there and badgered their guests whenever they had differing viewpoints. In this case, not only did Judge Napolitano not badger Mr. Armentano, he even agreed with him. I couldn’t help but to be utterly surprised and even stunned. I’m still chuckling that Fox News had the nerve to allow this on-air, but CNN (who has been known to have a more Democratic-lean to them) has yet to gather the cajones to have anything of the sort on-air. It’s certainly given me a bit more respect for Fox News. They keep this up and they may just live up to their motto of “Fair and balanced” yet!
This is exactly what pro-legalization people need to realize. Obama has vowed to keep marijuana illegal and so has his Drug Czar.
The GOP needs to get behind Ron Paul and push this because the liberals are against it. Just look up Alec Baldwin and Ron Paul. NORML needs to get behind the Republicans and get their support rather than the goofy liberals who always say it is for the youths.
Go FOX News. Obama is a hypocrite!
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Excellent interview. times are achanging
TO ALL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF WE THE PEOPLE OF THE GENEIS FAITH.
Before the next election…you’re going to have to “RECKON” your position on medical cannabis prohibition. “HOW”…are you going to do that when “EVERYONE…INCLUDING YOUR OWN,” knows your protagonist stance is riddled with absurdities, and the infamy of intolerance and authoritarian suppression of freedom in thought and word, not to mention judicial injustice and religious intollerance. “HOW”…am I going to put my faith and trust in one who has deceived me, and put my well being in harms way. It’s ludicrous to think that I would support the enemy, or surrender…”WER’RE RED BLOODED AMERICANS.”
We Genesists didn’t want to feel this way…but…you have left us …”NO CHOICE.” Because of that…and…
because…for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction…you have forced us to leave you…”NO CHOICE.” We want your statement, before you get our vote. “NO STATEMENT…NO VOTE.” Political correctness be damned. No more seven layer crap cake
…just a simple “YES OR NO!” Do you support medicinal cannabis…or not? “IT’S UP TO YOU!” When you honor the Constitution…so shall we. Until then…we of the Genesist Faith…disolve all political bands with prohibitionists…and…are ready, willing, and able to provide prohibitionists with a “ONE WAY TICKET OUT OF TOWN”…so help us God. Don’t be foolish to consider this frivolous bluster, or bantor. You can however, regard this a promise.
If your opponent is a prohibitionist as well…we simply won’t vote. We don’t cling to the notion that our vote means anything anyway. We are not spelbound by fantacy.”WE ARE INDIVIDUALISTS”…and…we are brave in adversity. There’s a lot of spaces to check, or leave blank, on a ballot. We will “VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE” regardless of the party.
You may think…if we have disloved all political bands…why are we saying all this? We say this because…we believe in “FAIRNESS IN POLITICS”
…and…offer candidates a last ditch opportunity to win our vote by making their statement.
“IT’S UP TO YOU.”
Manford Mantis
So does this mean that FOXNEWS will air the fraud? How about them talking about how this is a Jim Crow Law that targeted the Mexican population. Will they air that Anslinger lied to Congress and that Congress acted outside the scope of their powers. Will they air the facts that lives were destoryed and Law Enforcement failed to protect the people from those unlaw acts of our government?
Perhaps the grower of pot are sending money to Fox News and there is a profit in it for the news company to report the truth for a change.
Will they be there when we press our writ into the Supreme Court for action or will they duck and cover like normal?
Will they ask how the history of Hemp / Cannabis disappeared from our history book and historical sites? Or will they continue acts as if nothing is wrong with this government policy and laws?
I hope they stand and get counted with the rest of us who are trying to just get the government to represent the people’s will in this matter. If they will start to air our side of the issue we may, I say again, we may get change and some damm relief from this unlawful behavior of the government.
I dare Fox News to air what Anslinger did in the Congress and I dare them to air what Nixon did in 1970 in an attempt to correct what the government knew to be unconstitutional. perhaps they will air that 1970 White House Report on Cannabis.
Maybe the next time I take my family to Jamestown there will be Cannabis in the garden and hanging in the barn. And those guys on the ship Godspeed will be able to tell the truth about the whole cargo and the sails themselves.
They carried tons of cannabis seeds just incase they got shipwrecked and needed to make new rigging and sails, that would be a nice change.
Judge Andrew Napolitano is a Libertarian. You know the good side of the GOP. Ron Paul and the Judge would make up a good LP ticket in 2012. We need more than the two party system as it hasn’t worked for the good of the people in decades. I know the Judge and Ron wouldn’t laugh at the online audience’s number one question either! They also wouldn’t stand for DEA raids out west or extraditing other country’s citizens just for selling plant seeds. You’re running out of time to do the right thing Obama. We’re all waiting.
Great article and introduction. Props to Norml and Judge Andrew Napolitano for speaking the truth! May the both of you always continue spreading the truth like cannabutter 🙂
Sounds like the libertarian movement in the republican party might be picking up steam? Imagine if they made this part of their campaign strategy in 2012? Honestly Fox News supporting legalization doesn’t surprise me.
Fox News Will be my news choice from now on, Truth in reporting pay’s off, Let the news polls show it.
Wow – even FOX News advocates for decriminalization. I would hope that President Obama and Secretary Holder get the picture or face one-termer status. My money and vote helped get the democrats back in power. When will they exercise some degree of sanity?
Awesome! At the very least they let you speak on alot of important issues. I just hope it makes a difference.
Surprisingly, Fox News is the only cable station not towing the government line right now.
Judge Nap is one of the few judges in America that believes in real liberty. It’s good to hear his viewpoint on Fox. There’s about a dime’s worth of difference between the left and right wing leadership on marijuana policy.
great show! phenomenal that FoxNews seems to be on board. I watch glenn beck for kicks sometime, he even had a pretty good episode on how stupid the war on marijuana is. imagine if we could convince sean hannity & rush limbaugh of the horror that is the prohibition on marijuana!
dem’s, repub’s & all others unite on this NATIONAL issue!!
I wasn’t surprised by the Judge’s stance. He’s one of the most sane people in media period. It’s not Fox’s stance, as their stance is ambiguous and changes from anchor to anchor, show to show.
Great interview.The government needs 2 get it right plus it would help the economy.
Just legalize it already, its what everyone wants. Life would be so sad without being able to smoke a couple times a month.
I wish I could watch it with out it stopping every 10 sec and wating for ever to start again.
Gawd!
That was great! It’s nice to see the Political Weather of Cannabis changing. Seems like mainstream society is becoming more accepting.
I like how the arguments for Marijuana where very philosophical——– guess that’s what can happen when you don’t have to disprove propaganda every second.
Legalize it Wordlwide 2012!!
It’s interesting that Fox News is being so freindly to the marijuana reform movement. Of course the same channel has put out some of the most factually deprived marijuana news stories as well. I’ll admit FOX News and the whole Beck phenominon annoy the hell out of me but this is the one bright spot that makes this kind of shit worth watching 15 minutes a month.
One other note maybe this shows that more Social libertarians are gaining prominece in both parties allthough I would argue the big business/phara types still own the republican party by the leash and the democrats are afraid of there own shadows/have to many “law and order” people in there ranks for consensus in there party.
Fox News actually took that step? Something big has got to be brewing for them to step up like that…they are almost as bad as Rush Limbaugh…although, from what I hear, Mrs. Sarah Palin decriminalized MJ when she took office in Alaska as Governor and I think that Sarah Palin will be the Republican nominee for President in 2012, so the 2 might be linked. But then again, Im a stoner. What do I know? LMAO
Great interview Paul!! I am loving this news lately!!
That was… extremely cool. And from Fox news? wow
That was… extremely cool. And from Fox news? wow
Hey hey hey people. Don’t think of this as all good news. Fox really just likes to criticize the government as much as they can but this is a step forward and who is the government to tell us what we can and cannot smoke. LSD should be legal too because they made it.
Chris P, think logically for a second. You say the republican party is controlled by big business. Why would the big businesses and other special interest lobby groups only bribe one party? That would lower their political lobby effectiveness from 100%, a great number, to 50%, a terrible number.
Both parties are controlled by the same people. The only stuff they differ on is on stuff that won’t make any large special interest groups any large amount of money like gay marriage and abortion.
Other places they differ on, like healthcare, are only different on the surface; they’re just different ways to pander to big pharma and insurance while not pissing off their constituents too much. Democrats would love socialized medicine so Obama tries to pass a ‘socialized medicine bill’ that’s really just a giant money bill to big pharma. Republicans, on the other hand, do the same thing; instead of preaching socialism, they preach free market capitalism for healthcare yet still pass laws so that healthcare even now is not free market. If it were, drug costs would go down something like 80%. Doctor costs would plummet too since not everyone would have to be licensed by the AMA. Compare taxi rates in New York where taxi drivers have to be certified to meet a maximum quota limit to taxi rates in other cities that don’t have such laws. Not coincidentally, I believe the taxi driver cap was actually in response to the New York City taxi driver lobby lol.
Democrats have had the house for like 4 or 6 years, now have the executive branch and most of the courts, and we’re still torturing, warring, spying, mass deficiting, practicing corporate (not actual) capitalism (euphamism for fascism) for wall st, etc. Oh, and weed is still just as illegal. All this still going on even though all it would take for the democratic executive, legislative, and judicial barring SCOTUS, is a quick 5 minute vote. They could have changed everything and reversed all I just listed in literally 5 minutes if they wanted but they haven’t changed anything in years.
Keep voting democrat and you might as well be voting republican. You certainly won’t be making weed any more legal.
After attending the national conference and then listening to this on Fox News I can see the tide is turning. The tidal wave of the truth is really starting to change the publics view on this issue. Great thanks to NORML,MPP, LEAP and all of the other reformers. Godspeed to the repeal of this most terrible law.
I’m at a loss for words. Just…good job, Paul. Great interview.
Judge Napolitano does not get enough credit. The judge is a true defender of liberty, unlike that pseudo-libertarian Glenn Beck.
I’m shocked that someone on Fox News actually supports legalization! But this is great news no doubt!
Kudos to you Paul!
I say HELL YEA PAUL,n FOX NEWS I SAY YES TOO
Show has fan site and facebook page for anyone interested.
I am a believer that numbers matters, if Fox thinks an audience likes an issue they will exploit it, all while we are just exploiting them!
http://freedomwatchonfox.com/
#32 from what i have heard n i could be wrong,its legal to cultivate your own personal medical or rec use ,there in Alaska.
I’m glad to see the folks from NORML appearing on TV. Frankly I’m dumbfounded as to how a sympathetic report on marijuana law reform ended up on FOX NEWS. Not a source known for journalistic integrity. But hey, it MUST be a good sign when we have news organizations on both the left (MSNBC) and the right (FOX NEWS) in agreement with us. Now if we can only sway the more centrist news organizations like CNN. I’m still all for getting Paul on Oprah to talk about his book! Anyways keep up the good work guys!
Legalize! Legalize! I hope it happens soon.. and in my state it’s probably not going to happen but I am willing to move!
It is significant that Fox would run this. This is a very good sign that the Movement is making progress.
This is all good and well done. BUT it is not on TV.
When will FOX have the BALLS to put Real news on the TV for the millions to watch?
Unless im mistaken?
FOX News flips positions between each show and each news segment. I wish that all of the TV anchors on Fox News were as intelligent as Andrew Napolitano and could have civil discussions with their guests (IE Glenn Beck, Bill O’ Reilly, Sean Hannity).
I wrote Judge Napolitano (and you can too; follow the link below) and thanked him for the open discussion regarding cannabis laws in the U.S. I hope that Fox News and other news outlets continue this trend. The previous interview on CNN when Allen went on, he was constantly interrupted and given little time to discuss the actual facts.
Great interview Paul!
Links:
Contact the Judge
http://www.judgenap.com/contact.php
CNN Interview
http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/09/tonight-cnn-looks-at-marijuana-legalization/
It’s only a matter of time.
I used the name of , Dr. Delaney … before and i should not have . That is a fictious name . Any statements made were made from myself . I really messed up .
I promise from now on i will stay off of these posts .I will shut up .
#16 – They’re going to have to tell the truth, it’s the only way the rest of the propaganda induced paranoid public will accept it. And just a suggestion but how about using the word challenge instead of dare?
It sounds more commanding so to speak.
How many of you wrote to Fox news? Doesn’t have to be a long email, just a simple Thank You for interviewing Deputy Director of NORML Paul Armentano.
yourcomments@foxnews.com
Interesting ….. as I was typing this I noticed that Napolitano and Armentano = last four letters of their last name “tano”.
wHolly Crap!! I was hit by a train on this one! I’ve been a fan Of the Judge for a long time but some how his view point on cannabis escaped me! Hes my hero!
The world is looking brighter if a Well known guy like THe Judge Napolitano is going on record to say prohibition is bullshit. YAY Judge!
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=10399080&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/freedomwatch/
The Drugs Won
Red-Eye’s Andy Levy looks at the war on drugs
http://www.foxnews.com/freedomwatch/
WTF???? That was amazing. I don’t watch Fox news for the same reasons that the rest of you don’t but I may have to reconsider. I’m glad we Paul was able to speak without interruption by some overpaid and overzealous government prohibition robot. I hope Fox’s millions of witless viewers were able to absorb the many solid points Paul was able to make. California cannabis initiative baby!!! 2010 is our year!!!
Some of ya all should give fox a chance. No im not right wing party. Im in the American party if you dont mind, ya know the one that wants to be free. At least they talk about keeping this country free, unlike other MSM.
http://www.foxnews.com/freedomwatch/
Heres anothe link to a interveiw with Judge Napolitano and Anderw Levy about Cannabis legalization.
Excellent work Paul! Proof that marijuana should not be called dope.
#15 Mantis, Im with you. They have to choose.
#16 Stompedonmyrights, I hope like hell it gets aired. I hope this lie and all lies on all issues get aired. Its time our government step forward and make right the CORRUPTION that HAS harmed the AMERICAN people and our CONSTITUTION!
(CORRUPTION: A disease that spares no one.)
OK Fox News, how about this as an expose?
Apoptosis is “cell suicide”. The absence of normal apoptosis is linked to cancerous tumor production.
FYI:
During the late 1970s, a controversial program sponsored by the US government sprayed paraquat on marijuana fields in Mexico. Since much of this marijuana was subsequently smoked by Americans, the US government’s “Paraquat Pot” program stirred much debate. Perhaps in an attempt to deter people from using marijuana, representatives of the program warned that spraying rendered the crop unsafe to smoke.
Now I found this…
The herbicide paraquat is a suspected etiologic factor in the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Paraquat was therefore used to reproduce Parkinsonian syndromes in lab animals, in which it produces dopaminergic pathogenesis.
Now, it has been shown that THC induces apoptosis in cancer cells by reactivation of the CB1 receptor. This information that cancer was inhibited by THC was discovered and suppressed in the 70’s. It seems paraquat also induces apoptosis and coincidentally was applied to marijuana plants in the 70’s by our government.
Have the American people been subjected to a wide scale government experiment involving marijuana?
FOX news…blah,blah,….Great stuff; and I can’t wait to hear all about her. BUT we gotta serious legalization protest effort going on in Keene, New Hampshire.(YouTube–ridley report)
Check video clips at FreeKeene.com and news on Freemindstv.com
THIS is the footage all you rally-starved legalization-lovin NORML people have been waiting for!!!
What do I gotta do(gift wrap it) for ya….??
Samson
I was the ” Doctors ” ( Alias’es )
& i apologize again . It was wrong to use this fictious name(s) . My real name is ; JERRY .I cannot tell you someone i am not .I must tell you the truth ………
– I woke up tonight because i feel someone put me on a mission . I must bring you the truth . They will want me jailed ( like Marc Emery ) or even killed because i want to deliver you the truth . If i have to i will give my life to my cause & what i believe in .
Above are the differences between Alcohol and
Marijuana .
Then they tell us ” Marijuana sends the wrong message”. While it is true …IT DOES & you should not…
…they are again attempting to DECEIVE you ( the general public ) .This is just another example of what i have been trying to tell you . These Companies
” DECEIVE ” you into thinking it is our drug ( marijuana ) that is bad when it is their drugs that are bad , kill & cause health problems .This is what DECEPTION is .
Revelation 12;9 ……the GREAT dragon called the Devil and “Satan who deceives the whole world “.
THIS IS GOD v/s THE DEVIL
but , we will prevail .
Great video on the simple issue of personal freedom when concerning cannabis. Whether medical or recreational, it is the adult individuals choice. For those wanting to watch more videos about cannabis, check out CannabisTV.org
Fox News needs to investigate and report what they find out about this Constructive Fraud just like it was watergate or the Iran-Contra affair or any of the other bad idea or illegal behavior of the Government. There are people in prison that should not be there, there are people going to prison this year for their resistance to this unjust law.
I ask Fox News not to delay or drag their feet for there are people suffering for no real reason other than the fraud.
Come on Fox News are reading what is going on the NORML web site. If Fox News would hold the line and not cave or change side with the next wind that blows it will be great timing to apply the Class Action Writ from the people upon the doorstep of the Supreme Court.
Today the Supreme Court got back on the bench and boy do we the people have a gift for them this year.
Well done, Paul, I think you approached the subject well and if you havn’t changed these backwards conservatives’ minds, then nothing will.
Tell me im not dreaming…. MSM actually puts out an all pro pot spot????!?!?!?!? not only that but if you go to the link up top, there is another fully pro pot one on the site also….. the tides are turning, we are starting to be heard…. DONT STOP NOW!!! DONT LET UP!!! NOT UNTIL WE HAVE WON!! remember, we WILL have to comprimise…. lets get it legal first, then fight for the small stuff
As long as the agency that has a 40 billion dollar a year budget,and over 1/2 that budget is devoted too marijuana intervention and providing false studies showing harm from marijuana,is also the agency controlling the scheduling of marijuana,it will remain as a schedule 1 drug. No bureaucratic empire has ever done anything that would reduce their budget.
As long as the pharmaceutical companies continue putting 30 million dollars an election cycle into election funds of any legislator that supports marijuana remaining illegal,the House and Senate will not remove the scheduling of dangerous drugs from the DEA and allow Medical and scientific panels to schedule the dangerous drugs.
We have created a black market so large that stopping it will require legalization and allowing people to grow their own. Only by reducing the profits will we remove these violent cartels,anything that continues prohibition,continues the black market,and the violence. It also continues underage persons being able too walk out on any corner and buy marijuana,since dealers don’t check ID’s.
Love the video…love the Judge on it also….I’m impressed
FYI, Judge Napolitano’s show Freedom Watch doesn’t (YET) air nationally on TV. For now it’s internet-based.
The big shots at Fox do however keep tabs on the amount of views every episode gets. Judge Nap has stated that if enough people start watching the show on-line that that will indicate to TPTB@Fox that there’s a market for Freedom Watch on regular TV.
FW is all Judge Nap’s child and it’s 100% libertarian/constitutional/whatever. Not the typical Fox fare.
So I’d make a suggestion to all to watch the original videos (like the above one, NOT the YouTube/Vimeo/reworked/cut-out versions) to give him the view-counts.
You can find them at freedomwatchonfox.com
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Hats off to FOX. But we cant just sit by and hope someone changes things for us, so please everyone write your papers, news channels, state congress, talk to your doctors, talk to people at church, hell even talk to law enforcement we need to spread the truth and what science has to say about it. so I beg all of you to do so. I send out out at least 3-5 letters a week and it only takes about 45min so with a little time and a lot of love we can make a change
Judge Napalitano and his Freedom Watch show are friends of liberty minded people
This is a great example that the legalization issue is not a political party issue but it is an issue for your rights. As pointed out in a recent article in Marie Claire, ‘Stiletto Stoners’, marijuana smokers come in all different sexes, races, ages and yes political parties. More people like this (I do not know if Judge Napolianto smokes or not.) need to come out of the smoking closet and let their government know they want an end to this prohibition. Our lobby will not be able to compete with that of big money corporations but there is strength in numbers.
WELL ITS GOOD TO SEE THAT THE TRUTH IS BEING SHOWN.. I THINK 80% OF THE PROBLEM IS THE NUMBER OF PPL THAT DONT KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT POT. THEY DONT KNOW THAT ITS NOT NEARLY AS BAD FOR YOU AS CIGS OR ALCOHOL SO THERE FOR ALL THOSE PPL THAT STILL THINK ITS THE DRUG OF THE DEVIL WILL BE AGAINST IT. MORE AND MORE I AM SEEING THIS ISSUE BROUGHT UP IN THE NEWS , ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT IS WE NEED MORE TIME ON AIR TO TELL ABOUT THE TRUTHS OF MARIJUANA. WE NEED AS MANY PPL WATCHING IT AS POSSIBLE AND WE NEED MORE THAN TEN MIN. TO TALK ABOUT IT. THAT WAY MORE PPL WILL LEARN AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE MORE SUPPORT.
You know this is breast cancer awareness month I’ve had a couple good discussions with callers from cancer funds I donated but I told them the greatest gift for the cause is the cure Hey we talked for awhile they wouldn’t let me go Thank you Paul and Judge for the truth Well done
i’m so glad that legalization is getting so much publicity first the magizine article and now on fox
that was a great interview and i think had alot of great points i hope people actually listened!!
#60 Ol Tex: Im very interested i conspiray theories though i dont buy into many of them but ive never heard of what you describe.. its a very interesting theory. Im gona search around.
I think everyone should flood Fox News with requests to fully air this. We need this to get out to the public on MSM,it seems to me there are those in Fox News that see this for what it is. What a coup it would be for the truth to be put out like that. So far all we have is the internet. We need to break through this wall, we need public view. Of course the Obama Administration hates Fox news , all the more reason to push this administartion into a bold face lie in the face of the truth. Or maybe they will just fold in the name of the truth as they did with the breaking of the of the Van Jones story.
Flood Fox News, force them to back up this truth that Judge Napolitano is willing to stand against. Help the Judge ,help our cause.
CORRUPTION: A disease that spares no one.
It is because it’s prohibited. See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That’s literally true.
Milton Friedman
The greatest of all injustice is that which goes under the name of law; and of all sorts of tyranny the forcing the letter of the law against the equity is the most insupportable.
– Sir Roger L’ Estrange
“When society turns the sick into criminals then we’re all repeat offenders” – Recidivist3
fuck the feds. fuckin stupid fucks. corruption at its finest
If ever there was tipping point in this entire history of prohibition is has to be close to something like this. The fact that FOX actually allowed this to air boggles my mind. I would be curious to know what kind of ratings Mr. Napolitano’s show gets just to see exactly how many conservative had their minds blown by seeing this. Now we just have to wait for our mentally challenged government to pull their heads out of their collective butts and actually make a change that means something… People have been waiting 40 years for this to happen. Its only a matter of time now.
I have thought much about man’s injustices to man throughout time and I’m realizing that advertising was at it’s best and brightest in the dark ages – you know what I mean. And to a great extent, we’re still there.
The witches, or anyone charged as such, and their families – as many others of politically questionable beliefs and practices of ages past, who endured deadly hardships at the hands of those who yearned for absolute power – are but one example of sanctioned injustice toward a harmless, minute portion of humanity deemed too wicked and cancerous to exist in polite society. Yet the word of a few and the strength of manifold mercenaries, purchased by the wealth approriated from serfs of little means or involvement, destroyed the lives of a multitude – guilty or not.
All it took, right or wrong, was a new decree. A decree denying men their partaking in a God-given right from the beginning of time.
The right of free-will? Perhaps.
But, here, I address a different right altogether – for partakers of a different Spirit.
Holy Bible, Genesis 1:12 – And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the fruit tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29 – And God said (to man), Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
(The seven-leafed He held in favor over all the others, for the Spirit of the builders was therein from the time before rain (my addition).)
I’m sure this argument has surfaced before. I’m just not sure why it hasn’t had more impact in this Judeo-Christian culture.
God gave this to us from the beginning and now it is being taken away by man?
Only time will tell.
Derek says “Well done, Paul, I think you approached the subject well and if you havn’t changed these backwards conservatives’ minds, then nothing will.”
My question is what the hell is wrong with all those annoying liberals we have in D.C. are doing!?!?!?!
Conservatives need to make marijuana their hot topic. Right the wrong that Nixon did.
IT ONLY A MATTER OF TIME FOR THE THRUTH TO BE KNOW TO ALL!
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth.…To you it will be for meat.” … And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:29-31) The Bible predicts some herb’s prohibition. “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times, some shall … speak lies in hypocrisy … commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (Paul: 1 Timothy 4:1-3)
Great interview! I live in Seattle and I talk with alot of people and its amazing how many people smoke I know that it will come out more and more its really good to see people on air not trying to crucify someone for even talking about legalization and regulation. my whole family is behind you on this heh.
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth.…To you it will be for meat.” … And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:29-31) The Bible predicts some herb’s prohibition. “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times, some shall … speak lies in hypocrisy … commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (Paul: 1 Timothy 4:1-3)
WITHOUT A WAEVE…A THREAD IS JUST A PIECE OF STRING.
We Genesists realize the inner weaving of government. We know how it all twines together. We’re completely aware of “the weaver” as well. We are not gilliable! We know that the tapestry of politics is made up of a blend of threads. At the same time, we know that by snipping the right thread, the whole tapestry will unravel, unvailing the secrets of the weave and the weaver.
The reality is…we Genesists are snipping away. Sooner rather than later, the weaver and the weave will be justly exposed for what it is…an uholy deception, and a masterful pattern, designed to gorge itself off the denied liberties created by its suppression and criminalization. An “UNJUST LAW” imposed on we the people. A pioece of sharp practice, a humbuggery the like of which the world has never experienced…a cvover up, even greater than UFO’s and EBE’s. This expose’ will disclose fraudulence with every tie to it.
WITHOUT A WEAVE…A THREAD IS JUST A PIECE OF STRING.
We Genesists realize the inner weaving of government. We know how it all twines itself together. We’re completely aware of the “weaver” as well. We are not gulliable! We know that the tapestry of politics is made up of a blend of threads. At the same time…we know that by snipping the right thread, the whole tapestry can unravel, unvailing the secrets of the weave and the weaver.
The reality is…we Genesists are snipping away. Sooner rather than later, the weaver and the weave will be justly exposed for what it is…an unholy deception, and a masterful pattern, designed to gorge itself off the denied liberties created by its suppression and criminalization. An “UNJUST LAW” imposed on We the People…American people. A piece of sharp practice, a humbuggery the likes of which the world has never experienced. A cover up, even greater than UFO’s and EBE’s. The expose’ will disclose fraudulence with every tie to it.
THE ANSLINGER THREAD-The Bureau of Narcotics.
Anslinger included cannabis so to “RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING,” and save his newly formed agency’s ass, which was failing, and has failed ever since. The medicinal value of cannabis was completely ignored at that time, and has been disregarded ever since as well.
Snip! Snip!
Manford Mantis
Maybe the republican libertarian movement in the republican party might be picking up steam? Imagine if they made this part of their campaign strategy in 2012? Honestly Fox News supporting legalization doesn’t surprise me.
R.O.E.
Glad to hear we are still on the same page, and speak the same language. What’s this I hear about you own web-site. Please advise.
Sure would like to hear from my old constituents.
Wow! Paul & Andrew really gave prohibition v2.0 a powerful one two punch! Great segment. J Velasco
LOVE the interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEGALIZE IT!
Thank you for educating peopole on Freedom Watch! You are 100 percent right. People are fearful because of all the propaganda that was released during Nixon years. They listened to a president actually address drug issues, unlike Obama, then they listen and believe. Why should we doubt the President? Let’s not make the same mistake again. Mr. Obama, I, Grandma420, challenge you to go on a National Networks, give the people the proper information about marijuana and let them make their own decisions about what we can put in our bodies. I am old, take away the booze, please don’t take away my pot!
Hey , Clay
You got that right and i even found online that , George Bush got donations in the millions $$$from , Phisner and Amhauser – Busch . After i spent much time trying to get the word out the Bush regime had to have found out because the post mysteriously dissapeared overnight regarding the money given to George Bush .It’s all about Big Alcohol and the Legal Drug Companies .
Get it ? Busch = Bush
Wow, I am totally speechless. Who would have ever thought that Fox News would air such a thing? Good going guys!
It’s very simple. You cannot police morality. Why do you think alcohol, tobacco, abortion, adultery, birth control, etc. are all legal? Once again, you simply cannot police morality! I am not trying to say indulging in the responsible adult use of Marijuana is immoral, but unfortunately some people do view it that way, but the statement still stands true. You cannot police morality, no matter what your views and/or morals are!
If we could police morality, we sure would have a lot more politicians locked up than we do now!
This legalization movement is taking off in a BIG way. Pretty soon politicians from either party are going to have to realize that they either remain “hard on drugs” and risk losing elections, or pass sensible Marijuana laws and still be favored by the majority. The time is coming my friends; the journey has already started!
We need NEW MARKETS in the U.S. – especially with our current economic situation; not a bunch of borrowed/printed money being pumped into the market. We live under a FREE MARKET and what better NEW MARKET to create, tax, and regulate than Marijuana?
I rest my case…
YES WE CANNABIS!
chicago… you lost out on the olympics.. who cares!! if you would legalize marijuana you will get all that revenue back in (pardon the pun) bushels!!! get with it mayor d… also who let montana increase their alcohol content in their beer?? thats perfectly ok right?? you assholes!! we can’t smoke our pot but you will let people get drunker quicker?? what a screwed up government we have? thats a good lesson for the kids…
Only a matter of time, since it appears as if this is going to be seen no longer as between Republicans and Democrats, but between the government and the people as a whole. Great post Paul!
Thanks Lea, MB, and others who posted helpful links to get in contact with people, or whatnot. I appreciate it when people post links to interesting articles, or contacts. Please post away when something like this happens!
MSM are the ones who will help put an end to this tired battle, a battle that should have never come about.
How many of you wrote to Fox news? Doesn’t have to be a long email, just a simple Thank You for interviewing Deputy Director of NORML Paul Armentano.
yourcomments@foxnews
Everyone is talkin . wheres the action. lets get the fuckin ball and oint rollin . legalize . peace .
#46 MB: Thanks for the link to the Judge. I wrote him again. Sorry for the last comment where the link wasn’t complete. I’m tired today.
Links:
Contact the Judge
http://www.judgenap.com/contact.php
How many of you wrote to Fox news? Doesn’t have to be a long email, just a simple Thank You for interviewing Deputy Director of NORML Paul Armentano.
yourcomments@foxnews.com
The good Judge is spot on. The primary reason cannabis should be re-legalized has always been that failure to do so violates God’s will for people to live in freedom with liberty as acknowledged and cited in the Constitution of the United States. I was surprised the “gateway” theory did not come up. My response to that is always, if cannabis is a gateway drug, and tens of millions of people have used it, where are the tens of millions of hard drug addicts? Maybe the government keeps them all hidden away somewhere, the same place it keeps the constitutional, rational, scientific-based and enlightened policy on cannabis.
Yes, the tipping point on this issue point has arived! I am in total agreement with Grandma420 that the President is a stand up guy. Well it is time to stand up Mr. President, I would perfer that you step off of my secure rights with this crazy ass Constructive Fraud created by a Jim Crow Government. I think Mr. President Obama it is fair to say the People would like you stand up for our secured rights and put our employees back under control of the governed.
Hopefully this interview will enlighten the cannabis consuming culture; that although hated by many, not all conservatives (whether they be Republicans or Liberterians) are against the advocation of marijuana reform. For too long I have heard about Fox News being the channel of lies and “misinformation”. As an advocate of nearly all Fox News programs for many years (whether I agree with them 100% or not) they offer an unbiased opinion of current events that affect our lives. Let’s not subjogate ourselves to the liberal biases of the NY Times or MSNBC, and realize that the conservative movement can also promote the advocation of cannabis reform.
Dammit NORML this is what I have been saying: LIBERTARIAN PARTY! Yet you keep on saying politicians like Ron Paul are not viable. Sure Ron Paul will not run for pres because he is too old, but the libertarian movement is growing fast!!
The ONLY way marijuana will ever truly be free is through liberty. The only political party that believes in liberty is the libertarian party.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE contact fox news and plead with them to give the Judge a prime time TV spot. Even if you still aren’t on board with the libertarian party, at least you will be changing neo-con fox newsers to liberty loving individuals. Please contact fox!!!
General-Jake #76 (post #60)
In regards to paraquat:
The information is out there on the web. I have done so much reading this past year on how certain diseases are affected by cannibinoids (THC is not the only one involved) that when I read this about paraquat inhibiting apoptosis I made the connection.
If you are old enough, you will remember the controversy surrounding “Agent Orange” during the Vietnam war. This was another government experiment and has been well documented.
Agent Orange is the code name for a herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War. More than 21,000,000 US gallons of Agent Orange were sprayed across South Vietnam.
According to the post-war Vietnamese government, 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
The government refers to these chemicals as “Tactical Herbicides”. Since it is a “War on Drugs”, and Paraquat is a herbicide, is it really so far fetched?
Our government is more crooked than the average person wants to believe.
Ha ha. Funny. How did you guys do this. It looks so real…
This can’t be real
Finally, we got some unbiased airtime. Paul, you did an excellent job. Judge thank you for being unbiased and allowing Paul to make his speaking points. I have to agree the reason marijuana is still illegal, is that the politicians have lied to the public for sooooo long. They don’t know who, or what to believe. We have to educate the non-believers, each and everyone of us must promote the facts, be outspoken talk to complete strangers, it will amaze you how many have the same beliefs we do. Once we get the people to understand the wonders of cannabis, and hemp encourage them to write, call, fax, and anything else they can do to ensure their Reps know how they feel, if we pull together, we will prevail.
I think this is great! It is definately going in the right direction. We are just going to all have to reve our engines up, spread the word more, talk about weed on blogs, keep up with the latest news and tell your 420 friendly friends.
I don’t believe that this ever did or will air on Fox News. It’s not in the schedule:
http://www.foxnews.com/fnctv/index.html
It appears that “Freedom Watch” is a web only broadcast. But this might signal that FOX is testing the waters with the subject to see how their audience might react to this type of rhetoric. The fact that legalization is apparently the majority opinion now may cause some political operatives to suggest that the drug war is all the fault of their opponents. In truth the drug war belongs equally to the Democrats and Republicans.
this kind of scares me. I could see this being a detriment. If fox news is the first major media outlet to jump on the band wagon than Im afraid itll be demonized as they are doing alot of off the wall crazy shit. The Libertarian party is a joke, its a system that could never in a million years work. It would be trading the democratically elected ‘big brother’ we allready have in government for a system that basically wants the government to have almost zero role, thus allowing private corporations whom none of us have a say in to power up the corporate communism and really drag things down. I do agree that the 2 party system is a complete and utter failure and needs to be changed.
“It would be trading the democratically elected ‘big brother’ we allready have in government for a system that basically wants the government to have almost zero role, thus allowing private corporations whom none of us have a say in to power”
Actually Charlottenc it gives the consumer ULTIMATE power. In a free market where the government doesn’t subsidize or give special favors to large corporations, their will be competition and the consumer will vote with their dollars. It puts the power back into the hands of the people. In our current system, big corporations own us because they are given so many political favors that the little guy could never compete. You should at least be familiar with the theories before making such comments so you can make a proper case against the libertarian party. At least research what you are speaking out against.
“We live under a FREE MARKET and what better NEW MARKET to create, tax, and regulate than Marijuana?”
You used tax and regulate in the same sentence as FREE MARKET lololololololol. The only thing worse than marijuana being illegal is our government having the power to tax and regulate it. They destroy EVERYTHING they tax and regulate. Rather keep it on the black market than that.
The libertarian principles in government would DESTROY corporate communism. It’s also quite frankly a system that many of our founders favored and if our representatives still cared about the works and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson we would all be in better shape for it.
There is an utter failure of comprehension here. The reason why some companies now are “too big to fail” to use a term of the times is because of government involvement in industry. I’m sure some here have read a Farm Bill and the laws regarding agribusiness, or read the legislation concerning the insurance industry, or the pharmaceutical industry or any large industry. Much of this legislation tips the scale in favor of the few. There’s a reason why wealth continuously trickles upwards through both Republican and Democratic administrations.
The reason why there are strong lobbies and influential think tanks in this country is because big business has understood for quite some time that Congress can be used as a tool to enforce favoritism as it abuses powers that were never meant to be. The Constitution is a restraining document on the Federal Government and its powers as well as a document that dictates these powers are extended from the people to the government. This was almost unheard of at the time of its writing and we surely have lost our way.
The libertarian principles do not allow laws to be passed that remove something from one person to give to another and yes this is all that Congress does on a daily basis these days.
It’s sad that some think these principles would put corporations at a greater advantage when in fact they would remove all advantages in the entire system.
Or we can go on thinking that the FDA, the USDA, the SEC, the FCC, the Dept. of Education and numerous other government bureaucracies are benefiting us all at little cost when in fact they’re doing more harm than good at great cost to all. If your liberties were paramount all drugs would be legal and your right to choose what you do so long as it does not bring harm to another would be guaranteed by the 9th and 10th Amendments where quite frankly we should have stopped. (The amendments for voting rights and civil rights should have simply clarified the term “man” or “men” to mean all people regardless of color, sex or creed within the Constition and existing Bill of Rights therefore securing the entirety of rights to all instead of creating special classes of citizens due to the creation of legislative powers given to Congress from those acts.)
Paul you nailed it! Well done sir. I am so happy to see Fox news isn’t afraid to get to the truth.
Cannabis, and Cancer. I have used Cannabis(Marijuana) Oil to treat, and CURE skin cancer. I am willing to duplicate my success in public under the supervison of a physician of the medias choice. If you think I’m lieing, or bluffing, call my bluff please. ANY TAKERS?
Yes fox news! Or at least judge napolitano for that matter. Either way this is great for cannabis reform. As a matter of fact right now, I’ve decided to stop smoking for a while (two weeks so far) just to bring down my tolerance because being a college student I smoked a little too much ha. Anyways, I still drink a beer every now and then and last night I got pretty drunk and am now HUNGOVER, AHHH! Ha, this experience I’m going through just makes me love pot anymore and I can wait after the third week when I spark up again that it will be like it was in the early years and more of a reward. Cannabis to me, is a pretty euphoric experience especially while listening to classical music and it makes me think and wonder. When your drunk your mind becomes numb and sometimes people just get abnoxious. First, drunks will love you and want to be your friend- then they hate you…I mean it’s a very confusing time to be in hahaha. Fortunately enough, I’m not that kinda drunk simply because I don’t like to drink that much and would prefer a substance any day of the week like cannabis to ease my mind after a stressful day after spending 11 hours at the library like I did this past sunday. Can’t wait to hit the ol’ billy baru again!
…love pot evenmore*…
Just a note: not all other illicit drugs are dangerous or physically addictive. Those that are dangerous or addictive shouldn’t necesarilly be prohibitted either. My granfather was a biochemist and knew Dr. Hoffman, the chemist who created LSD, personally and professionally, and both men felt the prohibition on LSD was purely reactionary. They thought it to be a safe drug, and while we know Hoffman took LSD all his life the legend in my family is that my grandpa would make it up in his lab and then store it in the fridge for use and study. “The Economist” took a similar stance on MDMA, or “ectasy”, as a safe and comfortable treatment for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. They responded that the prohibition on MDMA was jsut the DEA’s reaction to people having fun, much like the recent movement to criminalize salvia divinorum (don’t even bother doing it though, it sucks in terms of fun.) Opposition to drug prohibition should be categorical, and the arguments for legalizing one drug for medical and recreational use can be modified easily to be used on another. For example, here in MA a lot of theories on controlling the spread of hard drug addiction if prohibition has failed outright started bouncing around when decrim went on the ballot. I got this one from a letter to the editors of “The Boston Globe” submitted by a state prosecutor who feels that all forms of prohibition are ineffectual and decrim still allows gangs to control and market drugs (for info on the *relative* success of total decrim of all drugs read “The Economist’s” article on decrim in Portugal, which has been a huge success.) The theory works like this, hard drug users have to register to buy hard drugs and submit to drug addiction treatment propaganda, spam, and some counsleing. The revenue more than pays for the treatment, and you know, if a heroine addict knocks over a 7-11, which one did it. Soft drugs and hallucinogens should *mostly* be treated like alcohol, and hard drugs should be hyper-regulated to assure public safety and reduce addiction rates. Drug liberalization (including decrim) has already been shown to reduce the spread of venereal disease due to drug injection (cocaine, heroine, etc.). In Portugal the percentage of HIV cases casued by drug injection dropped from 56% of all cases at the start of decrim in 2001, down to around 20% eight years later in 2009. Please don’t censor me for telling it like it is, this is straight from the pages of “The Economist”, one of our closest allies on legalization, and “The Boston Globe” which I admit sucks and is very middle market (if even), but it was a thoughtful letter. People need to consider the possibility that it isn’t just cannabis prohibition that has failed, but all prohibition. Even though shouting this truth too loudly may draw the ire of certain undesirable persons incapable of free-thought or apprehension of the abstraction of liberty, we have a sacred duty to tell the truth about the war.
The fact is that cannabis legslation wasn’t legal and apparently the majority of the People are learning this. The drug war / Constructive Fraud belongs equally to the Democrats and Republicans alike. We don’t need cannabis legalization, we need our secured rights of the people to be respected and all acts against voided out. This herb is given by God or the nature of things and no one, no just government or society has the right to outlaw my contact with it.
good article, thanks paul.
found it interesting that it was done by fox news of all news channels. whats more important is that this helps the cause and the movement. its obvious what the US government needs to do, but refuses to do. LEGALIZE and REGULATE marijuana! with the mexican cartels setting up camps in our national forests, crime at our borders and to many non-violent pot smokers getting arrested and having their life ruined over something that really cant do more harm to us than caffeine is getting ludacris. we need to end this madness called prohibiton. its time the US governement wakes and and smells the weed, cause its here to stay and they need to quit fighting with the constituents of this country who overwhelmingly want to be taxed and regulated.
STOP THE WAR ON DRUGS in regards to marijuana!
I loved this interveiw. I dont smoke BUT i think people should have the personal choice to smoke . Cigs kill thousends of people everyday but are legal and contain 2000 chemicals that cause cancer or are bad for you while being very addictive ..I smoked cigs for 3 years and it was really hard to stop When I smoked marijuana I smoked for 5 years and quit after one day!
About the drug war…
Am I right in thinking marijuana is NOT a drug or is there something I’m missing? Yet, there it is under “M” in the feds drug book…right along side of Methyl…something or other.
Someone enlighten me, please.
It is an herb, not a drug, not a poison. There are over 200 properties in the cannabis plant, many we do not yet understand. THC in the plant, when ingested is matched in the human brain by a product our brains’ produce. It is this product when porduced by the brain that gives you that high you feel. That is why alcohol effects are so different, it is a poison and our body attempts to purge that poison. Our body works with and response to the property in cannabis in a positive way.
Remember that any kind of smoke you put in your lungs will have a negative impact on the lungs.
They are ways of using cannabis that don’t involve inhaling smoke.
But then do’t listen to me, I use my cannabis in food, smoke it, and vaporize it. Enjoy them all but smoking is the least health but quick acting.
The Feds lied and created a Constructive Fraud some time ago that put in that drug group you spoke of but just because the Fed’s put in their book doesn’t make it true.
That my input anyway.
Best discussion I’ve seen about cannabis issues by any news provider. Good job Fox News! Good job Paul Armentano!
I’d like to throw out there as a fact that not only is it easier for teens to get cannabis these days, but also that it is on the order of at least 50% easier to get marijuana as a teen than it is to get alcohol. I know, I’ve smoked cannabis since I was only 13, and only recently in my late high school and early college careers have I been able to drink with any semblance of frequency, ease, or regularity. But even now it’s no secret among everyone that knows me, I would rather relax and smoke a joint than ever get drunk and lose track or control of my actions.
massive kudos to paul, da judge and, fox news.how can we get our personal experiences out to the people who dont know. oh yea, they all know we get high but, if they only knew the kind of buzz it is. it puts alcohol to shame. it is just the oppisite in my opinion. how can we convince those who do not know. and that includes many men and women of the law. in their defense, they are only doing their job. they only see us as breaking a law. if you went to work and did not do your job, would it suprise you if you were fired?well, they must do what their job requires of them, just like all of us! i am willing to bet that, many of our law enforcement only know one side! just like civilians who have never used the good herb.we have to find a way for people to know the truth. cops are little people as we are as opposed to our trusted law makers (trusted my ass, doing big companies big favors at our expence! ) how can we get it out to all the people who vote that it is so much safer, by telling them from personal experience? how can they know that we who use cannabis are hard working,decent and otherwise, law abiding citizens the have a great alternative to drinkin our livers away? ill tell you what im going to do. im going to have some tee shirts made up with a form of a question for people to read so they may ask me about cannabis. that way, i can tell them first hand my life style.i know someone who screen prints out of his home. im tired of not helping the cause. i have done enough bitchin.
peace to you all.
Theyve been pretty consistent with regards to legalization. Glenn Beck supports it as well.
Holy hell I cannot listen to that NORML rep speak.. Hes a professional advocate? He sounds stoned, unrehearsed, and uninformed.. THC and other "properties"? And he couldnt name any schedule I drugs besides heroin and LSD? Give me a break. This is pathetic. But props to Fox guy.
I almost cried with happiness when I saw this. People are finally opening their eyes and using their brains.
This has been a forward going around on cell phones, I called it and voted and it sounded legit and 100% pro-cannabis.
it says, Vote to legalize marijuana. On CNN today, Obama will consider w/ 1 million votes. Call 973-409-3274 listen and press #.
I was wondering if it was legit. its a cool idea though, maybe some thing like this can be done.
[Editor’s note: Ending a 70-year old war, the US government’s war against the cannabis plant and its consumers, will not happen because citizens need only call a phone number! The number is b.s. and does not advance cannabis law reforms one iota.]
Common Sense, why do we lack the Political common sense to Right this wrong? Because if People let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.
fox news always has the facts straight, that’s why you never see one of the government propaganda outlets such as MSNBC NBC CNN catching fox in a lie the way fox does to them on a daily basis. thank god for glen beck!
Not bad, not bad at all. He really shows how idiotic this war on marijuana is. I feel like he could have stuck to the questions a little better, but hey hes a stoner his attention span isn’t perfect.
I’m a supporter for so many good reasons that I would have to write a 10 page report on the legalization of recreational marijuana.
to #132: I don’t know what Planet you live on but Fox news is terrible and known for not getting their facts straight that is why this story is so amazing. For once one of their shows was no bullied and payed to report ridiculous claims due to the views of the station. I am surprised they let the judge keep his show. And Glen Beck is a media whore. They pay him to have these views. He use to work for another station where he blasted the health care system after having a terrible surgery and recovery and he reported on it. Now he spouts about how great the health care system is. The only thing different is who signs his checks.
Great interview, this needs to be in the media more so that people are aware.
The hooded man with no name #135 has all the facts!??? need i say more,, dah which way did he go.
When I watch the news, I watch FOX. They are as biased towards the right as CNN and MSNBC are to the left. Anyone who hates FOX, but sings the praises of the other two are just being political and anyone with an honest bone in their body knows this.
This interview is just part of the ground swell. Things don’t happen over night, but as said many times above, the tide is turning. It’s not going to be long until a state legalizes marijuana. When that happens, it will be impossible for the rest of the nation to ignore. It will have to be dealt with at the federal and public level.
Education is the key. This isn’t a dirty little secret. Let people know about the uses of hemp and the benefits that the sick get from medicinal marijuana. And as a mind altering substance, it’s EASY to show people with an open mind just how pot blows alcohol away in regards to safety and usefulness. FREDDY