Conventional wisdom dictates that if the people lead then our political leaders will follow. Of course, when it comes to marijuana law reform, conventional wisdom seldom applies.
In a result that should come as a surprise to nobody — except for perhaps certain members of law enforcement and state lawmakers — Maine voters today overwhelmingly approved Question 5, the Maine Marijuana Medical Act. The measure amends existing state law by: establishing a confidential patient registry, expanding the list of qualifying conditions for which a physician may recommend medicinal cannabis, and by allowing for the creation of non-profit state-licensed nonprofit dispensaries to assist in the distribution of medical cannabis to qualified patients.
Of course for anyone following this issue, the result should not come as a surprise. Voters at the polls overwhelmingly approve marijuana law reform — virtually every time they have the opportunity to do so. Yet, over and over again voters have this opportunity because their cowardly elected officials continue to inexplicably punt on the issue.
In Maine, for instance, lawmakers voted unanimously in April to put this issue before the voters rather than legislating it themselves. They did so even though state voters had previously (and by more than 60 percent) approved patients’ rights to use medical marijuana, and despite the fact that the current proposal had virtually no organized opposition aside from law enforcement.
It was the same story in Colorado, where over 70 percent of Breckenridge voters elected today to amend the town code to remove all criminal and civil penalties, including fines, on the private possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. Should anyone have been surprised? Not really. Over 70 percent of local voters said ‘yes’ to a similar statewide (but unsuccessful) measure in 2005. Nonetheless, this past August the Breckenridge Town Council elected to dodge the issue when it came up for a vote — opting instead to send it before the voters.
Elsewhere in Colorado today, state police and politicians were conspiring to halt the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries. Law enforcement and local politicians are engaging in similar efforts in southern California.
Yes, you read that right: cops and politicians are trying to undermine the very same reforms that the public today just embraced.
When will they ever learn?
A victory for the good guys!!
so what does this mean for Colorado? is it going to happen in Breckenridge?
nevertheless this is awesome news
Was this any surprise? Its the only sensible option. Congratulations to the people of Maine for taking the step that other states have been reluctant to take.
Maine, along with other states that have progressed past this pattern of oppression, will be remembered in the history books.
Can someone please explain to me why alcohol prohibition required a constitutional amendment, while marijuana prohibition was a simple legislative matter?
Its frustrating to me that no one can just have a live debate.
In hearings I hear arguments presented without the chance of rebuttal or cross-examination. While this is educating, if a straight up comparison of arguments INCLUDING CITATIONS were to take place, marijuana would be legal before the end of the hour.
That is of course if our governments would simply do their jobs and listen to their constituents.
What’s your take, Paul?
Does anyone else find it odd that cops are trying to influence politics? Shouldn’t they be completely A-political. There is a reason why it is called law ENFORCEMENT not law CREATION.
you guys really need better writers and editors. as an amateur, and aspiring journalist, i would be very willing to lend a hand. are there any positions for writers open?
[Editor’s Note: There are no positions open for aspiring writers at NORML who oddly begin their request for a job with a baseless insult.]
Now that Obama has pledged to keep his hands off, medmj is going to start popping up in more places than ever before. More people will learn about the truth and the falsities of the myths around mj. The ball is definitely rolling. The dominoes are starting to fall. Legalization is on its way.
Congratulations to the people in Maine! I’m sure that through their integrity, they will ardently provide prime examples for the re-education of “certain” people(s) in our society.
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
Good to know that we’re winning some small skirmishes. Now, hopefully all of these small skirmishes will lead to a large battle soon!
Holy Shit my wish came true today! I just turned 21 and I wanted nothing more than to be able to have a legal drink and joint on this day. Be careful what you wish for, I love it! MY SECOND WISH IS THAT THIS BECOMES WORLDWIDE
I think its time that all national marijuana organizations spend the next 12 monthes useing the financial bulk of national marijuana organizations entirely on the effort to get legaalization on the ballot and passed in california in 2010. The only way we are going to be noticed and win this war is if we have a resounding and full victory in the largest constituency in the nation. If we gain that then all bets are off and prohibition will be on its knees.
God, we need help in NJ! This state refuses to budge on the issue. Our last Gov. John Corzine was the worst gov. ever when it came to taxes. We are now the highest in the country. BUT he signed the Medical Marijuana bill. To date, NOTHING has been done to make it law. As of today we have a new Gov. Chris Christie. He’s great but complettely against the idea. It seems as if this state will NEVER pass the law in favor of Medical Marijuana! Yet another set back for the sick and suffering in New Jersey. HELP US NORML!
[Paul Armentano responds: Correction, Gov. Corzine did NOT sign medical marijuana into law in New Jersey; he simply said that he would if the bill was approved by the legislature. The bill remains pending. You can help support it by going here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=12767456 and here: http://www.normlnj.org/ and here: http://www.cmmnj.org/. Our affiliates on the ground in NJ have been entrenched in this battle for months now and need your help.]
I’ve been following these stories minute by minute for the past few days….
I hope this will be a push in the right direction…..it’s a worry about all those people who take the long drives up the appalacian mountains to score there medicine….. all those cats getting their right to vote taken away with a felony charge….etc etc….
ich……it makes me cringe
They won’t learn the lessons that millions of responsible Cannabis users and millions of literate humans who “believe in” things like science and proven facts already know full well, until they are ultimately forced to acknowledge the truth about Cannabis by way of being forced to live with widespread decriminalization and/or re-legalization for years, during which time they will fight tooth and nail to keep their drug war fantasy and cash cow in tact.
Only after some unknown period of being forced to deal with reality (but then again, they are SO adept at avoiding reality or creating their own fantasy-reality), they might finally and grudgingly admit that this miraculous flower is infinitely more beneficial and healthful than it is detrimental both at an individual level and a societal level.
Sadly, until that distant horizon is finally reached, millions more Americans will be arrested, incarcerated, and denied desperately needed medicine, billions of dollars will be wasted persecuting and prosecuting users, tens of thousands of tons of pesticides will be used for cotton production, and millions of trees will be felled so we can wipe our asses with ultra-soft toilet paper and send each other another useless memo.
It is becoming more and more evident that cops and politicians are much more concerned with their own agenda then with the public view.
they will NEVER let go of their old ways. todays politicans have been brainwashed to a a huge degree as shown here. they don’t give a damn about what we think. all they care about are “protecting” the people from something that THEY VOTED IN!
a be-heading is the ONLY thing that will help these people.
Woohoo! One up for Medical Grade! Now if only we could get the same principles applied in South Africa… after all, this is the land of gold and *green*…
Victory!
I’m in Maine, Cumberland county, and voted this evening.
It’s another small step for the rest of us also.
How can legislation think that the rest of us would say No to these medical marijuana users getting their prescription legally.
I sure am interested in becoming a liscensed nonprofit dispensary. Haha, well… more seriously considered maybe not with all the law enforcement opposition. There could be big hassles for these folks according to the article. It would depend on the compensation and fees to register for me. I have the time to volunteer.
No other comments Maine? I bet you’re all in bed asleep.
Comment this morning. Good night.
When will they ever learn? LOL
Only when ,We The People, vote full legalization.
They still dont understand. We have the power, we make the rules,they are public officials,they work for us.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)
Stay vigil people. These weasels will do anything they can to undermine what the people have voted for, what we know is right.
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Thomas_Jefferson
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Thomas Jefferson (Motto on his seal)
They also voted same sex marriage.
You cant tell me tolerance in this country isnt on the rise.Iowa also voted SSM.
[Paul Armentano responds: Maine voters actually rejected the state’s same sex marriage law.]
Welcome to the world of us gays… actually though it’s usually the other way around for us. The courts or the legislature make us equal and then the religious groups run to the polls to strip us of those 14th Amendment rights.
Still, hopefully things will stick – especially in Maine. A lot of gay couples up their are going to need something to help deal with the depression of yet again having their rights taken away by churches.
When will the Gestapo and the puppets for corporate america ever learn? Um .. never. Ok well maybe not never. But for sure not until regulations are passed outlawing politicians from taking “campaign contributions” from lobbyist.Certainly not until they make the Gestapo .. sorry .. Law enforcement be held accountable for their action. Meaning instead of police actions being “reviewed” by Internal Affairs, police abuse charges should be investigated and ruled on by a jury of private citizens. If a jury can understand the law enough to bring an innocent or guilty verdict to the average citizen breaking the law. Then certainly we understand the law enough to decide weather or not a pig .. sorry . cop abused their power or didn’t act properly. Until then, i wouldn’t hold your breath on the whole “learning” thing.
Voters in Breckenridge, Colo, also approved marijuana: http://biturl.cc/Lr9
Yeah!! Finally, the people are speaking out. Good things are going to come from this! I can feel it!
Freedom and liberty? In these very United States of America! Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all; what will they think of next… Why next thing you know, they may eliminate more victimless “crimes,” and I may even be able to have creative sex with my willing wife of nearly 18 years without violating Missouri state law! We could have avoided all this, and much more, if elected officials simply read and applied the Constitution of the United States. Yes, that would be the same Constitution they swore to “uphold and defend,” then largely ignored.
To MJM541, maybe it’s time New Jerseyians move and give our high tax money to a state that is more compassionate. And to Dreamer, I too agree that police actions should be reviewed by the people. Great point.
Wow ,Its a great day in America ! Big gov. gettin thrown out ,prohabition being dismantled brick by brick ! Dang you go ppls ! Remember ,this is war untill we win ,& we are winning ! So lets throw these idiots out & build economic freedom by re-legalizing our beloved hemp ! Dang just tried some of my buddies home grown ! WOW ,WOW, WOW, Did I say WOW ? Some -o-da best sheeee ever tried ! MMM,MMM,MMM,
What happened to We The People? WHen did it become ‘We The Pigs?’ ATTENTION PIGS: you serve us not yourselves.
This is great news for some, but most of us are still fighting. This week I go to court for one joint found in an “illegal” search in Texas. My state is run by a “deep south” bible belt mentality and the local DA is an absolute power monger. He wants jail time, they have a new, very expensive, jail to pay for. Wish me luck. I’m going to need it. I’ve waited almost a year for a court date on a misdemeanor because the system is so clogged up.
#15 took the words right out of my mouth.NJ- Most corrupt state in the union.
The People Have Spoken Again!
I hope we can end this ignorant prohibition w/in the next 5 years! Come on people!
YES WE CANNABIS!
as someone who has been waiting for maine to act,we will need to organize,the law as it is written makes it hard to open a non-profit.you need patients and you can only grow 6 per patient,so it will be month’s till we can open.so each new patient will have to wait till harvest.we will need to talk to lawmakers and try to establish a co-op of suppliers,that is currently not in the law,or the patients will be left going to the street corner again.i will be in maine soon and will be looking for smart people to help the lawmakers get it right.
God, I hope and pray that we have as much good luck in Wisconsin with passing our own medical marijuana act.
When will the refer madness days stop? Never, if the alcohol and pharmacutical companies have anything to do with it! They have tons of money to give to politicians so they will say NO to Cannabis.
So when you ask, won’t they ever learn? I think they have earned instead of learned.
http://rawstory.com/2009/11/marijuana-raids-wont-stop/
The federal raids wont stop. In my opinion, NORML seriously jumped the gun by asking us to give thanks to the Obama admin and was a dangerous move.
THIS, on the other hand is great. Give the power back to the people. Don’t give ANY praise to tyrants like Obama unless they offer REAL change.
NORML, now some of your angry replies on comments are understandable. I too am angry with the obvious opponents but even more angry with people who want to see Prohibition end now but do nothing but offer lip service.
In just a few years they’re going to be fighting an uphill battle against the people. This is a big issue and if the public gets behind it enough, and they will, the politicians and law enforcement will pretty much have to piss off.
I strongly believe we’ve hit a tipping point this year and they can’t win. It will go down in history that 2009 was the year legalization really got rolling.
It may not be legal for twenty more years, but we can all hope. I think California in 2010/2011 followed by Nevada or Oregon in 2012 or so, then the other states will throw-in for some of that marijuana profit.
I think over the six years following California’s legalization we’ll have at least half of the US rolling with the idea of legalization. Once half of the states have done it, the federal government will have to bow: maybe even sooner!
Obama laughed at us, but he laughed at us because he’s waiting for us to get the ball rolling, and then he’s going to make his move.
Don’t stop believin’!
Mr. Armentano,
What can us ordinary citizens do in our states that don’t have legal medical marijuara to get this issue on the ballot for 2010?
I am tired of writing letters and emails to my congress men and women to no avail. It seems as if they are simply going to ignore the issue.
[Paul Armentano responds: You did not identify which state you are writing from. There are several states in play that have better than average likelihood of enacting medical marijuana laws legislatively in the near future, such as Illinois, Pennsylvania, because of the work of activists on the ground. By contrast, fewer than half of states allow for statewide ballot initiatives — which are typically excessively expensive to run — and many of those are not binding. Ballot measures are typically a final resort. That said, I certainly understand your frustration, and would argue that you begin to focus your efforts locally (e.g., your city council) if you believe that your opinions are being ignored federally or at the state level.
Please try to keep in mind not all law enforcement are against re-legalization and medical cannabis. If some LEOS were to speak out and make their support public, they could expect to be out of a job that puts a roof over their family’s head, and under investigation. What to do?
#6 Made me LoL 🙂
Legalization is sweeping the nation.
A definite victory. How long until some Cowboy Cop decides he doesnt like the new law? And in that case, can we then prosecute them for not following the law? Irony.
YES! I dont even live in colorado but im happy as shit for them!
Thats how it needs to be. I think they also forgot to mention the whole growing issue. Does this mean people can grow plants ? since weed its self if legal and paraphanelia? Can you still get prison time for growing like 5 plants??
#13 chris p. don’t you think maybe the funds should be focused on washington dc to get the law changed? seems to me cali is holding its own, we need the rest of the states to be able to legalize cannabis by doing away with the federal law.
roe you are right we the people have the power in the ballot box and jury box those quoets by Jefferson are right on
A king is only a king if he has “loyal subjects.” A leader can only be a leader if he or she has “loyal followers.” So!…what’s it going top be? Fence sitting won’t work! Sooner or later, one has to make a decision, like it or not. “SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT.”
If one keeps arguing about “RECREATIONAL USE,” and their ardent desires for “TOTAL LEGALIZATION” of cannabis, their chances for victory, seemingly so, shall we say, are slim to none. However, nothing is impossible, and hope is a mighty sword. Never give up the fight.
If one is comfortable with “MEDICAL USE,” one only has to be concerned with law enforcement’s blatant disregard for the laws they are sworn to protect and defend…the ones they philosophically disagree with, and take de facto action against. This of course has legal remedies.
If one is devoted to ‘RELIGIOUS USE,” all other uses is inconsequential…regardless of government’s claim to prior interests. The “FREE EXERCISE THEREOF” is guaranteed in the Constitution, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
So!…as I see it…the safest place to be is in the Garden. The only problem I can see is someone(s) tearing the robe of the Statue of Liberty, exposing her nakedness, blind folding her, and well, perhaps one can guess where her torch is stuck.
slowly but surely marijuana will proviel!!!
keep it green!
Paul Armentano,
I could of swore I seen a yes vote on the same sex marriage. I’m having a problem pulling the election results up again,but if I’m wrong, I stand corrected .
[Paul Armentano responds: It was a “yes” vote. Voting “yes” was a vote to undo the law.]
While the politicos are still avoiding open support, they are doing less to squash the debate and letting it occur. This is a significant change really. Evidently that 40-60% margin of voters who do support, or the 70% in Colorado has been gaining ground on their agendas.
While I dont expect the old guard to openly support, I am glad to see less obstruction. Something to keep in mind at least when the comments form about “off with their heads.” Society does not change in an instant. We didn’t get here overnight and we’re not going to see it change overnight.
To be fair, how many people that comment here actually make an effort to protest? We need to get people out of their living rooms and into streets.
And no one has answered the amendment question.
What about New York. please help
They’ll NEVER learn because by keeping the most prolific plant on the planet (say that 3x fast) they keep their prisons full, to replace outlawed slave labor with prison labor! Read tinyurl.com/1mn :
Well, there it was, you didn’t have to look another foot as you went from state to state right on the floor of the state legislature. And so what was the genesis for the early state marijuana laws in the Rocky Mountain and southwestern areas of this country? It wasn’t hostility to the drug, it was hostility to the newly arrived Mexican community that used it.
Can someone please explain to me why alcohol prohibition required a constitutional amendment, while marijuana prohibition was a simple legislative matter?
Because it was first prohibitively taxed. You were required to have a ‘tax stamp’ if you were ever caught with cannabis, but no tax stamps were ever issued. They cost $1000, so no one in their right mind would apply for a $1000 cannabis tax stamp.
Read tinyurl.com/1mn and search on half.com for a book titled “The Marijuana Conviction” which is the book written by Profs Whitebread and Bonnie; the first 9 chapters of research can be read at tinyurl.com/potconviction
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Is this what it will take for politicians and L.E. to realize that they are the PEOPLE’s servants, not the other way around?
We’ll just keep pushing through under they have no more laws to stand on. The people still have the right to make ballot initiatives in this country, and until they try to take THAT away from us (oh for their sake I pray they don’t) we can still keep marching forward.
Ashes to Ashes
Gas cans to Matches.
Two more things-
First- I think the NORML writers, which from all that I read seem to be Paul (sorry ’bout the slap you took- here’s some ice, buddy) are great. They bring the point passionately and with ACTUAL true research and study (something apparently lost in most journalists today).
Second- The American public has a horrible habit of picking names on a ballot who are associated with their political party, rather than actually doing the research to see where the candidate really stands.
Point being is that the tide is turning on the Democrats in Congress. People don’t like the way things are, so they vote for the other in a two-party system like ours. Which means that the Republicans have a very good chance of gaining majority in the House and Senate in 2010.
I feel that the dream of Legalization will be ripped out of our hands if we do not get things done in the next year.
(By the way, before I get attacked, I am both registered and at heart Libertarian, so I hate BOTH main party’s.)
And at 23 years old, I hope my peers are doing THEIR research as well
if the reason we never get anything passed concerning marijuana is because politicians brush away the issue like the cowards they are. shouldn’t they be.. i don’t know… FIRED for not doing their jobs?!
honestly, they need to grow some balls sooner or later. or it won’t end pretty for them…
does anyone know if it’ll ever be legal here in alabama?. i sooo wanna move to the state next door lol [mississippi]
Why won’t politicians get behind MJ reform. Let’s look at New Jersey. The Govenor who would “absolutely” sign a medical law IF it reached his desk is (sorry WAS ) the worst govenor ever, and the Gov-elect who is “completely against the idea” of any MJ reform is GREAT. Congradulations New Jersey, you were this close. Now that’s what I call snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Pretend you aspire to elected office, what lessions did you learn yestarday. Marijuana reform is all pain and no gain for any elected official.
I say when will the people learn that we have no representation in washington dc.
everyone who appears in front of a judge for pot, should just demand the maximum sentence like ghandi.
accepting probation means you accept you did something wrong.
Laws of God, are higher than the laws of man.
this would rest on the judges shoulders, their conscious, their morality.
I love the constitution and would defend it to my death. That being said the constitution is only a convenient piece of paper in dc and sometimes it’s just a god damned piece of paper to certain politicians and despots.Rights are not given they are Taken. Might makes Right. He who has the gold rules. So, is it the rule of law, or the law of rulers? By their deeds you shall know them.
I applaud the new initiatives. I’m happy for you if you live in these jurisdictions. I just wish the politicians in Texas would hurry up and retire. I think we are about ten years behind on Marijuana education here.
This past year, Debbie Riddle, Texas House of Representatives, introduced a bill that would effectively double the penalties for possession if you happen to be around anyone under 18, fortunately it died in committee after a filibuster from the democrats. I wonder, did someone in a privately run prison asked her to sponsor this bill? Texas is actually going the opposite direction as far as legalization is concerned, even though polls show a majority support reform here too.
I think it is all about money and power and the cops, DA’s, lawyers and others in the public eye are less concerned about fairness and a lot more concerned about their gravy train drying up.
This week I read about a judge in Lucern county, Pennsylvania who was accepting bribe money from the local, privately run, prison system to incarcerate juveniles, over 6,500 of them. Judge Mark Ciavarella was sentencing juveniles to detention for minor crimes like fighting with peers, possession of a small amount of marijuana or posting disparaging remarks about a school official on MySpace. He had accepted over 2.8 million dollars from a PRIVATELY RUN PRISON SYSTEM. He is under federal indictment now. How many judges have simply not been caught?
But Ciavarella’s public persona was powerful. The former judge proudly told community groups his zero tolerance was an effective, tough-love approach. Does this sound all to familiar?
Here is another one, State District Judge Manuel Barraza (El Paso)faces four counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud and lying to a federal agent. He was arrested in April and accused of taking cash bribes and asking for sex from defendants, including an undercover FBI agent.
And yet another one, Brazos County Justice of the Peace Ramiro Quintero was caught accepting bribes in Bryan Tx.
The list goes on and on. It just makes me ill.
Until we vote people into office that do what they say they are going to do we are always going to have promises that are not kept. It is “we” as the voters who put the lawmakers into office must stand up and demand the peolpe we vote to represent us must follow thru on the platforms they ran on and support the things that are important to us. Until the lawmakers are held responsible to do what we the people ask of them we are pretty much spitting in to the wind (up wind at that)
The politicians have too much of a stake in law enforcement, prisons (a huge industry), and big pharma. It MUST be the people who will speak up. Look what’s happening in CA with the federal raids – patients are getting guns pointed in their faces by these fucking bastards and there is outrage at the feds.
I heard about that in Maine – how gay couples have been stripped of their marital rights. That sucks big time. And yes – it’s the churches that get in there and vote against real change.
It looks like it time to go snow skiing in Breckenridge. I can’t help but wonder what areas of the country are going to capitalize on legal cannabis. Those places that have the good judgement to repeal prohibition are going to get the best business opportunities. They will get a head start on developing the best business models and will corner the largest part of the market. To the victor go the rewards.I wonder if Las Vegas has established a pool for this and came up with odds on who will legalize first. I’m betting on California!
Can we really afford a wasteful, damaging, and unproductive drug war. Even if we wanted one?
In case anyone hasn’t noticed, out national debt is getting really close to 12 trillion$$ now.
To all prohibitionists, It’s not the 1950’s anymore. Nobody believes that marijuana is the devil incarnate anymore. Nobody believes that marijuana causes cancer, kills brain cells, or is some crazy commie scheme to help the “degenerates” (some actually believed this back then). Please grow up, we’ll never live in a drug free world.
We need a safe and effective policy to deal with a harsh REALITY about drugs. Not a fairytale prohibitionist land where we’re NOT 12 TRILLION$$ IN DEBT.
Hopefully people start getting mad about the blatant disregard for the public.
Hello,
Please–I know this site is dedicated to giving responsible adults the right to use marijuana, and I am a major supporter, but let’s not forget the other major public policy issue, which is gay marriage, and which was yesterday outlawed by Maine.
If you believe that adults should have the right to choose how to lead their lives so long as they are not threatening the safety and property of others, and I know most of you do, please join the fight to allow same-sex couples to wed.
Just wish Texas would let us vote on the issue!
I hope everybody learned a valuable lesson yestarday. Medical Marijuana is now dead in New Jersey. I wonder how many pot smokers there pulled the lever for Chris Christie, you voice was heard. Sorry to rub it in but there’s just precious few times you have the chance to vote for a Pro Reform Candidate from either party. There were a lot of victories yesterday but New Jersey was a shipwreck. And don’t jump my ass for being a Democrat, I’d vote for Dana Rohraacher R Calf. in a heartbeat, and Marijuana is probably the only thing I’ll ever agree with him on. Point is if progress is ever going to be made a lot of us are going to have to grit our teath and vote against our usual preference, and let’s be realistic, Republicans are going to have a grit there teath harder. There arn’t many Democrats that are pro reform but in the Republican party…. well there IS Dana Rohrabacher and um… uh.. if you can name another one tell us so we can vote for him or her. Next election is in 12 months, lets hang together or we’ll surely hang apart.
O.T.
Go to you tube. Type in (7,000,000,000). Its the video that starts with an egg and sperm.Its 6:21 long. Its a very thought provoking vid. Cannabis community will appieciate the view.
Forgot the link to my post #75 🙁
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=7%2C000%2C000%2C000&search_type=&aq=f
Part of the problem is even liberal websites such as DailyKos were NOT reporting the victories. They focused instead on the defeat of gay marriage on the night of the election results and I didn’t see any comment/story/article/analysis of marijuana. If our “friends” can’t cover the issue correctly then how can we expect our enemies to give us fair treatment?
Don’t be shocked if police associations and those employed by the crimal justice systemt oppose more liberal laws regarding cannabis. This is how these individuals make their living, it’s like getting a layoff notice. Have compassion for these misguided individuals.
Congrats Maine on…. now if only we in MI can get our legislature to get off their asses and do something along the same lines here I would love to see dispensaries here in MI I would probably donate all of my spare time at the local dispensary (I’ve got my card just not a caregiver since i have a Bullshit felony from a gram of pot)
“What can us ordinary citizens do in our states that don’t have legal medical marijuara to get this issue on the ballot for 2010?
I am tired of writing letters and emails to my congress men and women to no avail. It seems as if they are simply going to ignore the issue.”
Abandon your state and move to a medical marijuana state!
Economics will be the driving force for reform from here on out, IMHO. Now that the Fed is allowing medical in states that have approved, these places can thrive. The next wave in this medical marijuana movement are potential patients migrating to free states en mass. This influx of people will bring a stabilization and even boost to local real estate markets, for example, as people seek asylum. Honestly, anybody on this board thinking about moving to Breckenridge Colorado now? I know I am, or at least relocating to Colorado. This means more business, more jobs, a better economy in these areas that become marijuana friendly.
I can see that in the not too distant future businesses popping up that offer a relocation service for potential patients from one state to another. In the mean time, my advice would be to reign in spending — pay down your debt and become less dependent on your job. If you are trapped in a mortgage in a ‘slave’ state, think about selling cheap, renting it, or even walking away. Have a plan finding a new job or even career, and just move to a free state. Just say no to anti-medical marijuana states. You can now do this with dollars! The people finally have the power now, not the politicians!
way to go Colorado now may be other states will make a stand and do the right thing like colorado did / is doing.
To those of you confuse as to why Marijuana is still illegal (and will remain so unless we elect a critical mass of “real” independents!!!!): The drug war game makes lots of money for groups of people in power. It disenfranchises citizens who might vote you out of office, provides billions in untaxed, untracable sources of income, allows you to steal money and property from otherwise law abiding citizens, and keeps all your cops employed! What’s wrong with that?
No number of facts presented will really change anything. Just look at California. Despite a few counties having made it damn near 100% legal, cops still invade law-abiding medical grow-ops and dispensaries. That is because so much of law enforcement has become about fighting your choice to use something other than alcohol to get off. Stop circumventing your ability to choose for yourself, and they LOSE MONEY! We can’t do that! Especially in our broke economy (never mind that the drug war and all of it’s mis-guided adventures have greatly assisted us in getting to where we are economically).
Do you want to change this? Then you need to A) do nothing to get busted..ie don’t stop using, just become ultra-discrete! B) Find an Independent candidate who lives by their word, and who resonates with your “thinking” (not feeling). C) Vote only for true independents in 2010! If they do not specifically say while on-stage “I WILL LEGALIZE MARIJUANA”, DO NOT VOTE FOR THEM!
-Oz
maybe acorn can help out. LOL.
All of this stuff makes me sick. Sorry NJ. dont give up the fight. You have ran into another bump in the road. I just hate it for ya. But… your ahead of us all here in TN…..If I should lose my job by failing the pop drug test then I would have lots of time to open another NORMAL chapter in Tn.
I guarantee that If you get Informed Voter`s in the Privacy of a Polling Booth where nobody can know HOW they voted, Cannabis would be legal after the first election, Right Now due to the Stigma attached to Cannabis there are very Few people with the Guts to stand up and say it is time now!
Nick #73: Believe me, I find it astonishing that while voters took away the right for L&Gs to wed, they voted to allow medical marijuana dispensaries. While I certainly don’t view this as a good thing (don’t worry, I am fighting prejudice and discrimination against the LGBT community!), I definitely view it as remarkably good for the cannabis law reform movement. All those voters the churches got to show up to vote against gay marriage, and medical dispensaries still passed with 60% support! Astounding. I was hoping to get something going in my state (VA) but we just voted in a bunch of Replublicans (including a governor who thinks women who work are a “detriment to the family”) so odds of reform here are slim… but I’ll give it a shot and see what I can do. Congrats Maine and hopefully Breckenridge’s attitude spreads to the rest of Colorado and the whole state can decriminalize!
i wish mn. would legize it like the other states have. like a polition told me that he was in favor of the legilzeing marijuana but sine how the governor and police were againest it he would vote no, (jelly fish). it even better if the whole country would just legal it so the goverment could make money on it.
Thank you, NORML.. for everything you do.
Time to say it a little louder, Yes WE CAN defent this constructive fraud, yes we can regain our rights stolen from a wayward government of fools. YES we are going to take back what was our in the first place, our LIBERTY!
So I will say this again and again until I am blue in the face.
These Cannabis laws that removed our liberty are based on a constructive fraud, this act is illegal, congress and the branches of government have become wayward. The only thing these folks will take notice is if juries don’t convict in cannabis cases. Simply Jury Nullification will put these wayward employees back in line. Until then plant your seeds in the face of the enemy and get ready to bring this issue to them by Writ. It is time to end their constructive fraud against the people and we don’t need to vote on it, just act through our courts and practice jury nullification of that screwed up unlaw cannabis law.
*George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper.
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN NOW COME TO A CONCLUSION IS THAT THERE IS TYRANNY IN WASHINGTON D.C. WE HAVE TO THINK AS ONE AND PLEASE TO ALL START THINKING POSITIVE. AS ONE IF YOU THINK IT IT WILL COME. THERE IS NO MORE TIME FOR REGRET OR FAILURE, WE HAVE THIS IN OUR GRASP.
IT IS TIME FOR EVERYONE TO WRITE/ CALL / VISIT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND POLITICIANS AND TELL THEM IF THEY DO NOT TAKE A PROACTIVE POSITION ON CANNABIS LEGALIZATION ,YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO GET THEM THROWN OUT OF THE JOB THAT YOUR TAXES PAY.
CHRISTIAN GENESISTS CONSIDER LUKE x:25-37 FOR CHRISTIAN PROHIBITIONISTS.
25. And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26. He said unto him, what is written in the law? how readest thou?
27. And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thy self.
28. And he said unto him, thou has answered right: THIS DO, AND THOU SHALT LIVE.
29. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30. And Jesus answering said, a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among theives, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33. But a certain samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
37. And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, “GO AND DO THOU LIKEWISE.”
There are many of those among us, who receive greater medical efficay from cannabis, than any other man made substance. To deny the patient that substance, that which brings relief, would it [then] be the same as passing by that person on the other side?
Manford Mantis
Yay, the bigots approved medical marijuana.
The whole state can go to hell for all I care.
That link to the article about Colorado went off in some weird tangents about property taxes I don’t see how those and pot are related, anyway. Looks like the Berlin wall falls brick by brick. That picture of that plant on the article is beautiful. What a beautiful girl.
has anyone heard anything about the canidates for the florida governors chair concerning legalization? i have written mr crist and, i dont have to tell yall how he feels…..dammit!
I am a conservative and I am pro cannabis. Not just medical, but full legalization. As a conservative, I believe that everyone has the right to personal freedom and responsibility. If you prefer to partake, go ahead, if not then don’t. Once again plain and simple. The conservatives of the past have really messed this up by trying to legislate morality. You can not legislate morality, it doesn’t work, as we all can see around us today. Even one of the biggest conservatives of the day, William F. Buckley, was pro legalization. They need to shape up in D.C. While they are gradually taking my small business away from me at least let me enjoy a little cannabis. Even here in Alabama most of the conservatives I know are for complete legalization. I think this will grow through the conservative movement actually thanks to the Obama admin. With more control being taken in our businesses and other areas of our lives we have grown weary of all government control over personal decisions. Once there is a majority of conservatives grouped with the already majority of liberals we should be able to get it done. I mean, what are they going to do when they have both sides yelling at them telling them the same thing. Whether on the left or the right it takes both sides to make it happen. At least we can unite on this “green initiative”.
Bryce my man i like you alot. I too am very pro violence. When i see public servants attemp to push personal opinion it makes my blood boil. Remember the telegram to Rockwell from Malcolm X? He said: ‘Maximum physical retaliation from those of us who are not hand-cuffed by the disarming philosophy of non-violence’. I love that. But nows not the time and NORMLS definatly not the place. Fear not soldier our gov and LEOs will do what WE the people want.. or we will euthanise them like the disobediant dogs they are.
But not yet. All they do is bark now. Wait till they bite and then we will put em down.
Also check out the news story today about Portland, Oregon opening the first legal cannabis cafe. More info, videos, and resources at CannabisTV.org
I am against the concept of the Homosexual lifestyle; however! To deny someone their equal rights is Un-American. And YES, it is sad to say that a lot of church’s do help in the haulting of change at the polls. AND since when does the BIBLE advise people to help vote in laws that impose double-standards fueled most times by prejudice……….as I remember; when it came to condemning others for their choices or lifestyle good Ol’ J.C. replied “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” or ” tend to the plank in thy own eye before trying to remove the speck in your brothers(eye)”……..
Mr Amiano,
Thank you. For all my life, I have been a Christian, and I am proud of it. However, I have learned from that. Yes, I believe being homosexual is wrong, but I am also wrong by saying it is a standard everyone should follow. Mr Rogers was devout also, but someone asked him how God thought of them due to their lifestyle. Fred told them that “God loves you just how you are.” You have been a positive example of how people should be treated equally. Do I get high? No. Am I gay? no. Is there a difference how people should be treated? No. I have learned from you, sir, that it matters not what drug you prefer, nor what gender you like. We are all people and deserve that same respect. I used to love gay jokes – but not anymore. You respecrt EVERYONE’S choice – why shouldn’t I have the same respect?
I am a little high (on booze), so I have rambled a lot – sorry ’bout that. I have always believed that cannabis hemp should be legal. I have always been confused as to why it wasn’t. But you, my friend, are a true American hero. I told my wife tonight, as we got shloshed together, that nobody has the right to tell me what I can or can not put inside my own body. If this were true, that black lady would still be sitting in the back seat of the bus. She was looked at as a disrespectful law breaker at the time, just like you are. Howevewr, I look at her as a real American hero, as I do you. I know that in aboutn 10 years, you will be in our schools’ history books as a hero as well. I solute you, sir. You are truly a great American hero.
samson: do you consider sexual orientation a choice? if so, at what age did you make yours?
Ive said it before and ill say it again: LET OUR NUMBERS COMBINE. Let the rainbow flag fly next to the green flag. Let us, the right deprived rise up and march.
Arm in arm with our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters we will march on washington and demand to be reckognized! Apart we are just people with alternative liestyles judged and censored by the scared mainstream populace. But together we could be one huge army! (Dont worry NORML the army is made of gays and stoners so no violence) Lololololo
Im not jokin either im serious.
Tim Lincecum has been cited for possesion in CA. Another example of an otherwise law abiding citizen arrested for marijuana. Now he will have to “apologize” and his name will be trashed in the media.
#81 i kno im thinking about movin to Breckinridge.An THEN MAYBE once evryone does go to a more pot friendly state,the states that r not pot friendly got BROKE an actually its there own fault
meant go Broke
Yes this is something I cant fathom,why vote not to accept gay marriage but vote to acept med cannabis. Both groups are spat upon,ridiculed,osterisized ect. Are they the voters(maine) saying they accept cannabis users over people of a different sexual orientation.Here in Iowa its just the opposite. What the hell is wrong with people? Humanity will never advance if we continue to hold the petty bigotries. If you think gay people or cannabis people are wrong, its not for you to decicde. Leave that to the creator.
Here’s an idea. While your busy writing letters don’t forget to drop a few thank you notes to Jessica Cory and that guy from LEAP Norm Stamper. No one can say they are preachin to the choir. They would both probably have a lot more friends in their own tribe if they didn’t have such courage and conviction. Hell you can do it right here, Let’s see a thousand thank you’s in the commets. THANK YOU JESSICA AND NORM. Keep up the good work.
WHAT IS A GENESIST?
THE GENESISTS FAITH…THE ORIGNINAL FAITH…IS A “FAITH WITHIN A RELIGION…ANY MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION.” THE GENESIST FAITH IS OMNI-DISTINCTIONAL AND UNIVERSAL. GENESISTS HOLD TO ABSOLUTE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
GENESISTS BELIEVE IN TWO THINGS. GENESISTS BELIEVE IN GOD…GOD’S SPIRIT…AND A GENESIST’S SPIRIT…
“WITHIN”…AS ONE SOUL…”LOGOS NOUS”…TWO SPIRITS IN ONE SOUL. GENESISTS BELIEVE IN GOD’S GIFT OF MANNA AS HOLY SACRAMENT. MANNA IS A DIVINE BENEVOLENCE. IT’S OUR BELIF AND TRUST THAT GOD CREATED MANNA IN GENESIS I:11,12…GOD GAVE US MANNA IN GENESIS I:29,30,31…
GOD REAFFIRMED HIS GIFT OF MANNA IN GENESIS IX:3.
“GENESISTS BELIEVE IN GOD’S WILL, WORD, AND BLESSING.”
RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING, MANNA IS THE HOLY SACRAMENT. A GENESIST’S SPIRIT JOINS GOD’S SPIRIT IN CDXX COMMUNION…THE SPIRIT OF THE ESSENCE, REACHING OUT TO RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE SOURCE…A CEASELESS FLOW OF ENERGY…EQUILIBRIUM OF THE SOUL.
GENESISTS FAITHFULLY PRACTICE CDXX COMMUNION, WHICH IS OUR COMMON FAITH, EXPERIENCES, AND EXPRESSIONS SHARED BY OUR FAMILY OF BELIEVERS, AS WELL AS OUR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CREATOR. “GENESISTS CONSUME GOD’S WORD IN CDXX COMMUNION THROUGH MEDITATION.” MEDITATION…IS OUR SPIRITUAL WAY TO GET EVERY BIT OF NOURISHMENT FROM GOD’S SPIRIT AND WORD. FOR EVERY CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD, AND NOTHING TO BE REFUSED IF IT IS RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING…FOR IT IS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD IN CDXX COMMUNION. IN CDX COMMUNION, GENESISTS GO “WITHIN”…TO OBSERVE OUR SELVES. WE DIRECT OUR BODY’S LIFE FORCES, EXAMINE OUR CONSCIENCE, MAKE ATONEMENT WITH GOD, AND MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM OF THE SOUL. IN CDXX COMMUNION, WE JUDGE OUR SELF, AND HOLD OUR SELF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS OF OUR ACTIONS. THE RESULTS OF OUR ACTIONS…IS NOTHING MORE THAN CAUSE AND EFFECT. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CASE AND EFFECT IS…”THE TRUTH.” WE CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST THE TRUTH…BUT ONLY FOR IT. GENESITS OWE A DUTY TO OUR CREATOR WITH “LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.” THIS INVIOLATE RELATIONSHIP…IS SOMETHING ONE DOES IN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN BEING. THE BREATH OF THEIR OWN SPIRIT IS…THEIR FAITHFUL INTAMACY WITH LIFE, TRUTH, LOVE, THEIR SELF, AND THEIR CREATOR. WE MAKE ATONEMENT WITH GOD THROUGH LOVE, TRUTH, AND FAITHFULNESS.
GENESIT’S CREDO
“WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, REST HARD.” REJOICE!…FEAR NOT YOUR “CELEBRATION OF LIFE,” FOR IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THAT WE DO THIS. GENESISTS FORM THE TEXTURE OF THE “CONTINUOUS CELEBRATION OF LIFE.”
“TOIL, EAT, DRINK, BE MERRY”…IS NOT A COMMANDMENT…
“IT’S A GIFT.” AS A GIFT…IT’S YOUR AND YOURS ALONE, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, FOREVER AND EVER…AMEN. GENESISTS ARE COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO THE PREMISE THAT “LIFE AS MADE FOR THE PURE ENJOYMENT OF LIVING, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS A SIN.” AS MANNA IS A “GIFT FROM GOD,” SO IS THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE. GOD’S GIFT OF LIFE IS TO BRING “JOY AND FULFILLMENT”…AND…
“EQUILIBRIUM OF THE SOUL.”
GENESISTS ARE ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED IN OUR FAITH.
GENESISTS HAVE AN ETERNAL INVESTMENT IN OUR FAITH. GENESISTS ARE ESTABLISHED IN “THE TRUTH.” WE STAND FAST ONLY THROUGH OUR BELIF AND TRUST IN “OUR FAITH.” WE HAVE A SECURE ANCHOR WITHIN OUR SOUL. THAT ANCHOR IS OUR CREATOR…STARTING WOTH MON AND DAD, AND ENDING WITH GOD. GOD’S WORD ABIDES FOREVER. THE TRUTH IS FOREVER.
GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING Sir Isaac Newton
THANKSGIVING DAY-THE HIGH HOLIDAY
TO GENESISTS, THANKSGIVING IS THE MOST RESPECTED DAY OF THE YEAR. IT IS THE MOST SPECIAL OCCASION FOR FOUR REASONS. FIRST: WE THANK GOD FOR OUR EXISTANCE. THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO WE. SECOND: WE THANK GOD FOR THE MANY GIFTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH GOD’S GENEROSITY. THIRD: WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, THOUGHT, AND SPEECH. FINALLY: WE ARE THANKFUL FOR JOY AND FULFILLMENT, THE REWARDS FOR EQUILIBRIUM OF THE SOUL.
A GENESIST’S MEASURMENT OF HAPPINESS IS NOT “HOW MUCH” IT TAKES TO MAKE US HAPPY…BUT…”HOW LITTLE” IT TAKES TO MAKE US HAPPY. THERE IS SO MUCH TO MAKE US HAPPY. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE BOND OF FAMILY. THERE IS “NOTHING MORE POWERFUL IN LIFE” THAN HE BOND OF FAMILY. IN WE GENESIST’S CASE, IT IS THE BOND OF OUR FAMILY OF BELIEVERS. OUR STRENGTH IS THAT THE FAMILY OF ACTS AS ONE. I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN, EVEN MORE SO NOW THAN EVER BEFORE, THE EPIPHANY OF HOW ONE FINDS OUT WHAT IS “MOST IMPORTANT.” WHAT IS “MOST IMPORTANT” TO US IS FAMILY. THE DISTINGUISHING MARK OF GENESISTS IS…”THE WAY WE HONOR LIFE, LOVE, AND TRUTH…OUR TRINITY…AND…HOW WE, IN OUR HEARTS AND SOUL, GIVE THANKSGIVING FOR THESE…OUR TREASURES.
“FOR NOTHING IS TO BE REFUSED, IF IT IS RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING.” I WILL NOT REFUSE GOD’S GIFT OF MANNA AS HOLY SACRAMENT. I WILL RECEIVE IT WITH THANKSGIVING. WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN, LET NO MAN PUT US UNDER.
Manford Mantis
general jake… #102…. yes, combine forces for common sense! i cannot see how any logical thinking person would keep marijuana use a crime as well as keep 2 people who love eachother from getting married…. whatever happened to seperation of church and state?
But what we really need is for the hemp community to come together with the marijuana community. together we will be unstoppable. i dont understand why the hemp movement doesnt want to be associated with the marijuana movement. you dont hear anything about hemp on the news or in the legislature…. sure there is one or two things here and there… but not to the level of marijuana… if they could just stop sweating the small stuff then we could help eachother out and finally put an end to cannabis prohibition… put an end to big oil, put an end to global warming, put an end to big pharma, put an end to our massive criminal justice system, put an end to polluting cotton, put an end to wars over oil, put an end to high health care costs, put an end to CANCER, put an end to ….i got nothing else.. ive been drinking alcohol(poison) i only had $10 and i dont know anyone who would sell me a dime bag….
i wish i was using a non toxic substance that makes you happy and hungry instead of a toxic substance that makes you angry and sick
Cannabis is bad, ba ba ba… must keep my.. “job” locking up innocent people. Ba ba ba need more prisoners ba ba ba these inner city kids don’t need an education lets lock up more prisoners. Ba ba ba…. This cannabis makes people think, ba ba ba, we dont want them doing that…. BA ba ba, alcohol is good lets have more beer commercial those are “CUTE” …. ba ba ba…. lets build more prisons. Save the children. ba ba ba… Raaa aaaaa…. Thats my rant good day.
“When will they learn” When more smokers decide to resist arrest and make it hard for law makers to do their jobs.
@#110 Just legalize it. You make a killer point. The hemp growers and and herb smokers combined would be just what the doctor ordered. And im sorry you forced to drink devils piss. I live in a small kansa town (mayberry sized) and we frequently are dry which is bad cuz i suffer from bi-polar disorder and when i dont have herb i cant drink so i jus suffer…deep in my mind. But good news! My mom just became the GM of a hotel in Colorado Springs with the purpose of me and my family movin there too so i can get on medicall marijuana. Wish me luck!
#81 I’d love to move out of NJ, especially now that Christie is governor (I hate everything about him, especially his stance on cannibus reform). However, because of things like work, it makes it impossible to just uproot and go anywhere. I feel like I’m trapped in this shit hole of a state. Now that Christie is voted in, I feel even more trapped than ever. He is apposed to all of the things that I have dedicated myself to fighting for; a woman’s right to choose her own reproductive destiny, gay rights, and cannibus reform. I tell you, I don’t think I’ve ever felt this hopeless or defeated in my whole life. I will continue to fight and speak out, but right now I’m feeling as though all hope is lost for NJ.
to zombozzie
no, if people getting arrested for pot all start resisting arrest, then we will be labelled as violent people. you’d turn on the news and you’d hear “studies show that 70% of those arrested marijuana violently fought the police before being taken in.”
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….their lies
& deceptive advertising cannot match us with
our nickels and dimes because we tell the
truth . We are winning this war .
While we sucessfully shut down , Gene Burns of KGO Radio of San Francisco Saturday’s show promoting the consumption of Alcoholic beverages he’s back at it
again pushing Alcohol .( He pretends not to hear us ) Now he’s pushing Brandy another drug . Let’s send this DRUG PUSHER a message that this sends the wrong message to kids .Gene Burns calls Marijuana…..a D-R-U-G in a degrogatory
way .Please call KGO Radio at 1 415 8080810 & tell them that they are sending the wrong message to children by promoting Alcohol which combined with prescription drugs & tobacco kills more people than all drugs combined . Write or call , Mr. Burns and KGO Radio . KGO radio also plays the Ad promoting the Drug testing kit ( Obviously sponsored by the Alcohol , Drug & tobacco Companies ) where a Mother asks her son if hes ever tried Pot , then she says cocaine along with other ” hard ” drugs . ( No mention of Alcohol , Prescription or tobacco here in their drug test ). You can get their contact information by going to ; ” KGO Radio ” online . Always be nice & polite . Winning this war should not be through violence or threats .Thankyou for any help & support you can give .
not a post in 5 days? lets get with it norml!
“…because of things like work, it makes it impossible to just uproot and go anywhere. I feel like I’m trapped in this shit hole of a state. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this hopeless or defeated in my whole life. I will continue to fight and speak out, but right now I’m feeling as though all hope is lost for NJ.”
Please don’t feel hopeless! You have more power than you might realize. The only thing making you feel “trapped” are your bills. Stop spending, and start paying off your debts. Have a huge ‘garage sale’ and liquidate all your stuff. Use eBay and flea markets to create a cash flow. You are now self employed. This liquidation period should cover your expenses and leave you with moving money. Meantime, research a new career in a medical marijuana state. You might even want to start your own business. Anyone can start over.
Personally, I would rather live without a fancy car, special TV, a lot of furniture, or any other riches to have the freedom to use legal cannabis medicine and also be able to grow it. I am very passionate about marijuana.
The cops and politicians who are suppose to work for us are on their own agenda and imposing their own personal beliefs on us via terroistic threats of imprisonment which the majority of Americans are opposed… surely we can sue those who are refusing to follow the will of the people… maybe we as a whole should start a nationwide joint action suit against those police/politicians who fail to follow the laws we enacted…
Genesists are one people…united…a body of mass distinction…with different political bands. Genesists say…”Sometimes you have to play the tune the audiance wants to hear”…or…lose the audiance…provided of course, you’re not dodging tomatos.
“The tune” Genesists want to hear from government is…”Keep its word and honor its policy.” To that end…Genesists say…”If you do this…we will support you. If you do not do this…our support for you, regardless of political bands, will immediately lend itself to those who represent, and stand up for the “WILL OF THE PEOPLE’ over political idiology.
The point is this…”NO IF’S, AND’S OR BUT’S…we Genesists will have our natural rights of mankind returned to us. It is our intent, purpose, and objective to right an unjust law. It is the “unjust law itself” that has restored the enthusiasm of Genesists…one people…united…a body of mass distinction…with different political bands…to see justice done…truth be told…freedom prevail…and the natural rights of mankind restored to their rightful owners.
i cant drink never know when i had enough.but i can smoke reefer without getting in trouble.
im 52 and had a brain tumor taken out of my head.i hope i can see legal pot soon.
ted kennedy drank and drove off a bridge but he was agenst smoking reefer.i dont get it.what do these people think.i ran into a bunch of people like that
pres obama said he smoked before but not now. i think he is a hipocret. i like smoking reefer
we only get to live once. it makes me sad to know that i live in a time when people are so ridiculously close-minded that they still believe the prohibitionist propaganda. unfortunately for me, i’ll probably never be able to use marijuana without fear of losing my job which would pretty much destroy everything else in my life. its so sad that it has to be that way. why should my life be ruined for enjoying a little reefer? i don’t drink much alcohol because it’s addictive and it just wrecks your body, but i loooove marijuana. i see my friends smoking it all the time and its just so damn frustrating. yet all of these people at work can drink themselves completely retarded and get in fights or drive drunk and come in to work the next day hungover and not even worry about a thing. they can do it every day and never worry. But i smoke a little bowl and read a dr. seuss book with my kid, or smoke a joint and do some yardwork and my life could be ruined. And then people say “oh my god you would get stoned and read to your child?! what an animal!” seriously folks… the world needs to lighten up a little and let people live. we only get one chance. is there some way, something public, everyday, everywhere, that we could do to show people that it’s not so bad? it isn’t evil and it doesn’t destroy people. these laws destroy people. these close-minded “if i can’t you can’t” type of people destroy people. lets do something big.
#127 was right drugtest is wrong if not testing for alcohal.boozers are loosers but there is hope in dope.whene i was growing up the saying was dont trust anyone over 30.now i just want to get high.
when i started smoking noone had a scale they filled a baggie all the way ond called it a lid.a lid was a baggie so full you could barrly close it a lid of mexican was 10.00 dollars and a lid of columbian was 15.00 dollars boy have times changed.
there need to be laws against growing schwag (im scared that hemp is gonna be ruining sweet crops :P)
I just dont get it, legalize it, tax it, pull us out of this crappy economy, not one single case of murder has ever been recorded because of pot.