Special to The Seattle Times
By John McKay
I don’t smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.
This certainly includes Marc Emery, the self-styled “Prince of Pot” from Canada whom I indicted in 2005 for peddling marijuana seeds to every man, woman and child with an envelope and a stamp. Emery recently pleaded guilty and will be sentenced this month in Seattle, where he faces five years in federal prison. If changing U.S. marijuana policy was ever Emery’s goal, the best that can be said is that he took the wrong path.
As Emery’s prosecutor and a former federal law-enforcement official, however, I’m not afraid to say out loud what most of my former colleagues know is true: Our marijuana policy is dangerous and wrong and should be changed through the legislative process to better protect the public safety.
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“I don’t smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.”
What a great way to start an article…imagine if this article was written about blacks, Muslims, homosexuals, etc…”I’m not black. And I pretty much think people who are are idiots.” This kind of all-encompassing mentality just screams “ignorant” no matter what context it is used in. This guy is a prosecutor?
Medical marihuana is not a farce or a scapegoat. This drug has been proven to cure cancer and slow progressive neurological diseases like parkinson, MS, and SCA among other neurodegenerative disease’s. It IS A VIABLE MEDICINE. And until everyone is educated about this plants true use in our society you are correct we will fail as a Country.
Justin curious how much tax $$$ is it going to cost to support Marc Emery in jail? I bet there goes all my tax earnings I make to not even support a % of him… seriously I am very curious.
I really can’t believe our government is wasting so much time, energy, and tax $$$ to do this to a harmless man.
I mean 5 years!!!! come on!!! Rapist get shorter terms than that, much more permanently damaging and sick and twisted offenses get a lesser jail sentence?
I wish the punishment for a crime would literally be equal to the crime itself, because if that was the case, Marc Emery should deserve a bong hit from every plant that grew from his seeds!
Amazing how a simple flower could all of a sudden be a demon after over 8,000 years of being enjoyed and loved once the time of racist and extremely biast politicians came into office in the 1930’s!!!!
“regulate its sale to adults who are dumb enough to want it” -John McKay
In order to do this we would need to test any adult who wishes to purchase marijuana. Maybe a standard IQ test would suffice, but what would the cut-off score be? Would anyone who scores average or above be denied the right to purchase and use? And what if, after using, a low IQ person scores better on the test? Would they then be denied any further purchase of marijuana because they’re now too smart?
I am pretty sure people who smoke pot think he is an idiot for NOT smoking pot! Yes on 19!
Well Mr. McKay, thanks sort of.
You address some of the issues well and apparently your cognitive dissonance prevents you from addressing ALL of the issues. You see, what another person does with their own body, horrible laws notwithstanding, is ALWAYS their business.
When we use government force and limit peaceful people from owning themselves, we are promoting what? The real issue isn’t cannabis, it’s whether all people have the natural right to control their OWN bodies.
You seem to miss that point. But yeah thanks, sort of.
Why is it that these people who work in law enforcement are willing to say it should be legal. But in the courtroom they wont stand up (using their constitutional right) and refuse to prosecute someone because the law is unjust. It is our responsibility to tell the government what laws we want. I know we have all been screaming for a change for years, but the voice of the people falls on deaf ears. What would really create a change is if jurors, judges and lawyers began refusing to prosecute non violent offenders even though the misguided law says they should go to jail.
It is sad to know that the person responsible for putting Marc Emery in jail couldve personally taken a step towards what he believes is right by refusing to send an innocent man to jail
as i keep saying: even assuming everything the media says is true (like this guy does) you don’t have any chance of converting potsmokers into wholesome, healthy, safe-driving, puritan suburbanites by sending them to jail and relegating them into a situation in which they can never earn above minimum wage again.
douche though he is, at least he doesn’t overlook this glaring contradiction in the prohibitionist’s argument, like the rest of the world seems to.
Very good piece! Too bad he’s prosecuting Marc Emery and I wish he was not. Marijuana prohibition needs to end now.
where does this douche get off saying everyone who smokes are idiots, then tries to defend them?
I really like how McKay talks out both sides of his mouth…a typical politician.
He makes a stand for legalizing, and is condescending to those who partake of it. He uses completely outdated and false examples of the “dangers” of smoking cannabis.
Personally, I was offended by Mr. McKay’s tone but am encouraged by his message. What some of these idiots in office can’t fathom is that there are many of us who would simply GROW our own weed if we could and not be sent to jail…risking our homes and personal property isn’t something we feel comfortable with. Grow a dozen plants and they tag you as a “distributor” and seize all your assets. The risk is too great until it is decriminalized.
Mr. McKay needs to do some follow-up research on the subject before he speaks publicly about it…those of us who KNOW about cannabis could make him look really stupid in a public forum. And if he intends to run for office, he’ll be exposed to us to do just that.
Keep up the pressure NORML…I was just reflecting on when I stopped by your table @ Wright State 30+ years ago and got literature. I remember thinking back then that I MIGHT see it in my lifetime become legal…and we are getting oh so close.
Free the weed!!!
You sir, are the idiot.
Prove how it endangers or has endangered the public’s safety by lead example and you will gain freedom of cynicism from non-pretentious human beings, unlike yourself.
Live your life, leave others to there’s. If it’s not being trafficked or publicly abused then find me the chaos in it. FIND it. “I don’t drink alcohal. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots”.
This upholding.. IF IT WAS ILLEGAL. That aside, it clearly kills, kills KILLS PEOPLE annually, but because it promotes happiness and good cheer it is exempted from scrutiny as a dangerous substance?? which it has technically “proven” to be.
Ambiguity and double-standards will forever condemn and smear our society with hostility until we learn to invite indifference, with acceptance.
agree except for the lower of the THC content it will just create another black market. just free the weed man.
The argument against Marijuana is a ridiculous one. We all know, if we care to investigate it, that pot has many uses in a therapeutic way. We all know that there are chemical substances sanctioned by the medical establishment that have far more harmful side effects and less therapeutic value. Do the research for yourself. It is time we stopped messing around with this stupid war on drugs and started looking at what is needed to benefit mankind. Get your head out of your butt and you may see sunshine.
According to the full article: “John McKay is a law professor at Seattle University and the former United States attorney in Seattle”.
The following quote is upsetting for me: “While I suspect nothing good can come to anyone from the chronic ingestion of marijuana smoke, its addictive quality and health risk pale in comparison with other banned drugs such as heroin, cocaine or meth. Informed adult choice, albeit a bad one, may well be preferable to the legal and policy meltdown we have long been suffering over marijuana.”
This man is by a college professor, a man responsible for teaching our children! He should be fired from his job for lying. Lawyers should not lie and he is setting a very bad example for his students. It’s a well know fact that, compared to coffee, Marijuana is not addictive and eating it has zero health risks and some health benefits. HE COMPARES POT TO HERION!!! He should have compared it to coffee.
I fully enjoyed reading this article until I came across Mr. McKay’s third point. “We should limit pot’s content of the active ingredient THC…”
Throughout the article, and as expected, cannabis is compared to alcohol. While certain limitations are placed on alcohol ‘proof’, most of those restrictions are placed onto the product by the makers themselves. Whereas there are certain governmental limits such as serving 3.2% beer. However consumers have the choice to puchase alcohol ranging from nearly no alcohol content up thru and including grain alcohol. Society has been educated, and society is given the choice of what they would like to consume, regarding alcohol.
Limiting THC content is a step in the wrong direction. Expensive tests and genetically altered cannabis would likely lead to a more expensive product prone to “additives” that have plagued the tobacco industry for years. Limiting THC is not necessary. Consumers should have the ability to limit their intake much the same as if a person was choosing grain alcohol or 3.2% beer. Educate society, and let them decide.
While I applaud Mr. McKay’s open-minded approach to end the prohibition laws that he once enforced with passion, his formula still violates the liberties of a free society. Not a “swing-and-a-miss”, but closer to a foul ball. Keep swinging Mr. McKay, at least you’re in the ball park.
KCMO.420
Dear ,
John McKay .
I don’t drink alcoholic beverages and i don’t take all the prescription medications i had to as an alcoholic to keep my blood pressure down & to reduce the ” fat ” in my blood .I pretty much think people that take these drugs are idiots when Marijuana is a safer & healthier alternative to the deadly drugs that you undoubtably use . We are killing & destroying peoples lives with prohibition & misinformed people like you who believe the rubbish ( lies & more ) spewed out of the mouths by those who profit by prohibition needs to change . Misinformed , brainwashed people like you are only helping to fuel maarijuana illegality .
Why don’t you mention Pharma. peddling their drugs to every man , woman and CHILD out there ? And why haven’t you mentioned Beer & Wine advertising that peddles their drugs ( alcohol )by promoting ( advertising ) to every man , woman & CHILD out there ? Will you please post your answer ,Mr. McKay ?
Mr. McKay…i had no idea that people like you support drug war violence apon small children playing in their inner city neighborhoods. This is not profitable for children.
I had no idea you do everything to make sure alcohol profit stays high at the expense of peoples health and lives.
I didn’t know you support the murder of small children during botched police raids.
there are many seed companies across the world. You are a bold faced liar Mr. McKay. Marc Emery was arrested for his political activities in Canada. Not just for selling seeds.
Mr. McKay please take your toys and go home. We don’t want to play with mindless people without a conscience doing harm to otherwise innocent people holding back a change that will lower alcohol use lowering alcohol crime. Improve our safety, and security in our homes.
Our marijuana policy is dangerous and wrong and should be changed through the legislative process to better protect the public safety,” he wrote.
“Brave agents and cops continue to risk their lives in a futile attempt to enforce misguided laws that do not match the realities of our society,”. “These same agents and cops, along with prosecutors, judges and jailers, know we can’t win by arresting all those involved in the massive importation, growth or distribution of marijuana, nor by locking up all the pot smokers.”
Pot prohibition fills the pockets of “Mexican and other international drug cartels and gangs,” even though marijuana is nowhere nearly as harmful to users as other legal drugs.
The policy is wrong, the law has failed, the public is endangered, no one in law enforcement is talking about it and precious few policymakers will honestly face the soft-on-crime sound bite in their next elections.
It is a rhetorical question, of course, and McKay has answers: Recognize that the real public safety danger to Americans is not from marijuana but from prohibition, build policy on “sound science, not myth,” and… drum roll please… “We should give serious consideration to heavy regulation and taxation of the marijuana industry (an industry that is very real and dangerously underground). We should limit & regulate its sale to those want it and maintain criminal penalties for sales, possession or use by minors, drivers and boaters.”
Not to worry, though, McKay assures his erstwhile partners in the prohibition racket. There will be years to come of extirpating criminality from the former black market, and that means job security: “DEA and its law-enforcement partners must therefore remain well equipped and staffed to accomplish this task: to protect our families from truly dangerous drugs and to drive drug cartels, gangs and dope dealers from our society.”
Still, a remarkably candid confession from a man who made a living prosecuting marijuana offenders. Too bad he didn’t find himself on the road to Damascus when he still had the prosecutors’ powers.
He makes some very good points, yet generalizes way too much. Emery has sparked the fire of justice in many people and will always be remembered as a advocate of freedom. Also, he did not coin the phrase “prince of pot”; a news station named him such and he used the term somewhat jokingly.
Dam even the guys that hate the shit still reckognize weed for its harmlessness. They also reckognize the time wasted prosecuting poor people like marc emery-God bless him. How much longer? How much longer until stoners can take their place among the rest of the law abiding populace.
Law professors at Seattle University are a bunch of idiots teaching other idiots about laws made for idiots like them. And now for the first time in my life,I know why marijuana is not legal and never will be legal.Because the justice system is made up of idiots like John McKay.
Wow…that’s all I can say.
Oh P-L-EA-SE! Idiots. Ahem. Sagan, Satchmo, Bill Clinton, R’s & D’s, stars and celebs! Lead the charge to have the laws changed.
While this is clearly outside the usual aesthetics of a pro-pot motif, it would be an outrage to not see this as a promising sign of marijuana progress. The lack homogeneity inside the marijuana debate shows just how diversely legalization and regulation are needed. It should be legal because it’s safe. It should be legal because it’s dangerous. It should be legal is the central aggregation to which anyone looking forward to that glorious dawn when we can leave this all behind should welcome with open arms.
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As an addendum we were able to see a profound effect on my wife’s health after many years of abuse of pharmaceuticals sanctioned and forced upon her by a dysfunctional establishment. We were able to save her life with Marijuana use as she came down harsh from 18.5 years of pharmaceutical use after a misdiagnosis. To say Marijuana is harmful is to ignore the truth.
First this *** says were idiots, and then he turns around and says the same thing we’ve been saying for years. Legalize and regulate. I just can’t stand people who have never tried it and still want to pass judgement on those of us that have. What arrogance.
Free marc!! he did nothing wrong!! selling seeds is like selling candy!
How does the US government have ANY right to demand he be prosecuted in the US?? The Canadian government should have said ” F*ck you America, we don’t have to do what you say. Emery is staying in Canada, and there isn’t anything you can do about it.” Although, America probably would have bombed or went to war with Canada if that had happened.
He’s a fool, but an honest fool. He clearly doesn’t know anything about the hundreds of reports that show anti-cancerous effects, increased brain function, and overall health benefits. My idea of an idiot is someone who holds beliefs that are directly contradicted by the scientific method.
this guy is wraped but at least hes bending in the right direction.unlike what he says about marijuana smokers ,hes not stupid he is just trying to justify his crimnal acts towards pot smokers so he doesent feel like a monster.good for him.
Prohibition; kind of costly for the harm it does.
wow what a douche
I have a big problem with what he said, “I’m not afraid to say out loud what most of my former colleagues know is true: Our marijuana policy is dangerous and wrong and should be changed through the legislative process to better protect the public safety.”
Ok,Let’s dissect this: His former colleagues. (The colleagues are old and still is spoofed by the hideous refer madness days.
“Marijuana is dangerous”, he said. Still we have…same ole propaganda. Before he starts making remarks about marijuana being all bad, why don’t he open his eyes to all the new studies being done on it.
Listen up Mr. Prosecutor Copper, The genie is out of the bottle and it’s not going back in! Wake up and smell the pot. And it’s people like you that drink; your the damn idiots. Research the facts Dude!
Idiot Big Prosecutor trying to be ambitious and in the process is fucking himself. He knows nothing of the new independent studies that have been done. Who made him God?
Holy Smokes! What if we limit the THC? Is this guy an idiot? The higher the potency the less needed. go figure. Oh, yeah. This guys an idiot. He doesn’t smoke but, again, he knows what’s best for others. More the Fuking same.
Rev.sLeezy
We’re going to see loads of career politicians jumping on the ‘legalization bandwagon’ in the coming months, due to their already poor standing with most of their constituents. The simple fact that McKay calls us ‘idiots’ and then cites the nonexistant ‘addiction’ caused by cannabis goes to show how he truly feels about the situation at hand.
Yet I wonder what his views on alcohol in this country are, considering it has been PROVEN to be highly addictive, mind altering and dangerous in the wrong hands. I can guarantee that McKay goes home at the end of a long day and kicks back a few beers or a few shots of his favorite hard liquor.. Guess we can turn around and call him an idiot when he ends up with dead and dying organs due to prolonged alcohol abuse!
To be completely honest, this seems like a ploy in order to continue to spread misinformation and a sad attempt at fear mongering. Next thing we know is that more government officials are going to scream ‘legalize it!’ and then a decade down the road are going to point at falsified figures and trumped up charges when they begin to bust people for DUI that end up having a bit of cannabis in their vehicle.
It’s time for these people to realize that no matter what they say, they’re never going to change people’s personal opinions on cannabis and they need to get out and stay out of our business.
Lets just hope that prop 19 ends up doing what everyone says it will do — then we’ll be able to see the sweeping reforms that we have all be waiting on for such a long time.
Sidebar, this may be a nice addition to his wikipedia page in order to show people how he really feels.
Marc Emerys arrest = Alot of chest thumping and ZERO effect on the legalisation movement.
Ive smoked weed a few times when I was younger until I realised it made my depression worse but even so, I dont believe it should be criminalised and/or demonised.
i guess in hearing the state’s real reasons for wanting to prosecute people for marijuana use from those who stand to profit off their incarceration, that even a lawyer feels a little guilty for telling all these lies.
Honestly I am a little shocked that someone so immersed in the other side’s propaganda can even speak of decriminalization, but again I’m guessing he was exposed to the real reasons (money), and simply trusted in the law when experiencing the peak moments of disillusionment.
I suppose having some basic human decency is better than having none at all, but I would be careful if I were him: there is a lot more guilt to feel over this that he can possibly imagine. The injustice of getting paid to decide the fate of so many people for doing something that is simply none of your business is overwhelming even for me, who doesn’t participate in it: the effect of this guilt on someone who is actually responsible for it is beyond my comprehension.
Short of him being personally responsible for its nation-wide legalization, and full pardons for all who have been charged, I don’t see him being capable of coping with the full scope of guilt he could feel from the part he has played in prohibition.
Marc Emery’s arrest actually had a positive effect on the legalization movement, to me: because it told me that the federal government considers it to be enough of a possibility to take action against it. Had they done nothing, I would still be thinking that the legalization movement isn’t considered a threat and that minimal attention is paid to it.
This is for Reverend Boony: #44
I have come to this conclusion after smoking pot. It’s not that weed makes you more depressed; it is the kind of weed you are smoking. Some weed makes me cry, especially white widow. I changed to King Kush and I am all better. I have suffered from Depression for 29 years. I was diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety. I take no pills anymore for it. I control it with pot. There are certain strains I have to stay away from.
No wonder Marijuana still illegal. So many of you read the article here and not the origional. Your posts called him a prosecutor when the fact is he’s a former prosecutor and currently a college law professor (from the newspaper post). Of the 43 post I read (excluding my own, #15), only 1 other called him a teacher. He is teaching our kids lies and his students become prosecutors for the drug war.
If anyone has children attending Seattle University, complain. College professors should not sprout lies, especially in their field.
The U.S. has no money for domestic programs but spends $100B yearly on marijuana prohibition. Make prohibition an issue, not Crime. Marijuana Prohibition is a crime against humanity. It affect our planet. Tell anyone that any politician that supports Prohibition is pro-crime.
I will be voting 3rd party in November as both major candidates in my area support prohibition. Imagine IF 20 million pot smokers voted 3rd party this November.
Good that the Prohibitionist has finally recognized what is blatantly obvious to anyone with eyes to see. Bad that he persists in calling users “idiots.” Perhaps that is his way of justifying the evil things he did during his career against marijuana consumers. “Oh well, they’re idiots, who cares what happens to them.” Nice way to sidestep his moral responsibility for harming people such as Marc Emery.
I weatched on TV last night ” JAIL ” for an hour here on the West Coast . It was filmed in the Las Vesgas Jail . Out of the approxaimately 12 bookings i saw eleven were Alcohol related . Ten out of eleven were , combative , non cooperative ,combative ,foul mouthed , violent & non compliant with the Officers . The other one was there because he killed ( manslaughter ) someone while driving drunk .I said 11 out of 12 were Alcohol related . So what was the 12th one in jail for ? Answer ;.Possession of Marijuana . He was 100% cooperative with being booked , did not raise his voice or shout obscenities at the Police Officers like all the drunks did .He was quiet ,compliant & non combative, nor did i hear any obscenities flow from his mouth directed toward the Officers .
Sorry about my slopppy grammer . After it’s posted it’s too late to proof read and correct .
John McKay ,
Read this & read this again . Keep reading it until you figure it out . You & the , Meg Whitman’s of the World have created this mess of the World .Genocide in this World continues because of misinformed idiots like yourself .
On Nov. 2, Californians will vote on Proposition 19, deciding whether to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana. If the initiative passes, it won’t just be momentous for California; it may, at long last, offer Mexico the promise of an exit from our costly war on drugs.
The costs of that war have long since reached intolerable levels: more than 28,000 of our fellow citizens dead since late 2006; expenditures well above $10 billion; terrible damage to Mexico’s image abroad; human rights violations by government security forces; and ever more crime. In a recent poll by the Mexico City daily Reforma, 67 percent of Mexicans said these costs are unacceptable, while 59 percent said the drug cartels are winning the war
wow seriously…you think all people who smoke pot are idiots…im sure most of the people who smoke pot are more intelligent than you could ever imagine…that doesnt mean we dont make mistakes, but we are conscientious thinkers. we acknowledge certain aspects of life that you take for granted every day. youre probably a christian, but you dont act like one. what you really are is a capitalist. you think youre an elitist, and you do whatever is necessary to pay the bills. you pretty much kiss ass all your life and are very narrow minded, considering you know nothing, at all, about Cannabis.
ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY….ONE THING…MONEY…THATS ITS…ITS JUST ABOUT MONEY!!!! NOTHING ELSE!!! they can say weed is this and weeds is that, weed will kill you, weed will hurt you, weed is dangerous…they dont really believe any of that…its all money…OUR GOVT IS NOTHING BUT BS AND LIES…i mean think about it…you meet random crazy people every day that do nothing but lie to you…our govt is filled with those people…liars…
Have you ever thought of a Hemp Economy.
A Hemp System would encourage a greener earth, would produce earth friendly industries and could still meet the demands of the hungry world populations.
i do gotta say though, at least a former prosecutor agrees with the harshness of the laws surrounding people who BOTHER NO ONE!!! but on the other hand, IT TOOK YOU YOUR WHOLE CAREER TO FINALLY REALIZE THAT!!! YOURE THE IDIOT!!! i guess after all the bills are paid for, then you can say whats really on your mind…but for your whole career, you lied to yourself…how you feel about that?
It all sounded like a prohibition compromise from those who never tried marijuana. There were a few cheap shots and some propaganda in that article accusing pot legalizers in giving false information on the safety of marijuana and its health benefits.
Many anti-marijuana police, politicians, and prohibitionist really do know the truth about marijuana but that is not going to stop them from keeping it illegal.
When the late former President Nixon first introduce the “Control Substance Act of 1970”, the majority of the people knew that it was all a joke because of the listing marijuana being dangerous as heroin. Then came President Ronald Reagan who made it to a “Declaration of War on Drugs”. Still nobody took it serious until 1991, when police dressed up in military commandos outfits and ski mask and carrying automatic rifles as standard procedure. Everything changed for the worse. Tougher penalties and more anti-marijuana laws leads to more criminals, and more prisons.
America becomes a Drug War Zone all because of marijuana being placed as Schedule I by Nixon’s hatred towards college “Anti-Viet Nam WAR” hippies.
Please Legalize Proposition 19 and stop this madness.
The hypocrisy runs deep. The laws are bad but the DA enjoys prosecuting users anyway. What a humanitarian.
@57
Who enjoys throwing the first stone?
From one dumb idiot to another… Thanks for seeing the light, what took you so long the facts haven’t changed?
Just short of an apology 🙁 but i think this is the best you can hope for with somebody like john mckay. I can take somebody looking down their nose at me for consuming cannabis but not being held at gun point. Its nice to see Mr Mckay wants LEO to put theirs away. Chalk up another point for Cannabis!
Considering , there are tens or even hundreds of people selling Marijuana seeds and none of them go to Jail it’s obvious Mr. Emery’s jailing was done because he was outspoken & political about his favorable views concerning Marijuana .
Don’t lie to me by telling me otrherwise .
Us marijuana smokers seriously need to grow some thick skin. Denying political allies cause he thinks you’re stupid? Way to prove him right. The major dangers surrounding the trade and practice of marijuana are correctly named here, if this man is unwilling to make serious efforts at reversing the dangers of the black market marijuana business then there is nothing dumber than the overconfident posturing some of you seem so interested in.
If John McKay is truly being honest and sincere about what he now claims to believe, he should do everything in his power to right the terrible wrong that is happening at this very moment to Marc Emery. Marc is obviously a political prisoner that people like McKay wanted to persecute and then use as a shining example of what happens to people who dare defy the law – regardless of whether or not the law is a good law… If he chooses to do nothing, then I’m not sure he is worthy of anyone’s respect.
He had me until “idiots”
Bothers and Sisters,
Mr McKay’s OP-ED piece is not directed to this audience of the herb friendly. Please open your mind, he is writing to the majority who don’t support cannabis, the folks who see us as hippie potheads etc. When you see that perspective you can see how brilliant his opinion is stated and how he is a true friend to our side. He acknowledges their arguments from the beginning and neutraizies them point by point as exemplified by the brilliant opening, “I don’t smoke pot And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.” John is skillfully channeling the everyman who does think pot smokers are idiots. Next bold statement, ” Our marijuana policy is dangerous and wrong and should be changed through the legislative process to better protect the public safety.” This gives the everyman a means to change their mind, after all if a US Prosecutor who thinks pot smokers are idiots wants change then so can I.
Wearing rasta colors and playing Cypress Hill loud do nothing to advance our cause, that’s only “preaching to the choir” We need to be aware of who we need to enlighten, the folks who don’t attend hempfests.
When we vocally support the Jon Mckay’s we encourage more to come forth and that’s what we nneed to end the madness of the war on some drugs.
“We should limit pot’s content of the active ingredient THC…”
Disagree with that. I think people should have the choice to be able to purchase a low-THC strain or variety. They shouldn’t be forced to have to purchase low THC grade marijuana. That will just fuel the black market more. Do we force people to only drink light beer? this makes no sense. And starting off by calling all pot smokers idiots is just asinine. Guess carl sagan was an idiot.
Former Prosecutor John McKay’s publicly expressed disdain for cannabis as a real medical remedy illustrates a profound lack of critical thinking skills and a closed mind that willingly and willfully regurgitates the propaganda that has been spoon-fed to society.
Yet even he can call for legalizing cannabis. There is some hope for real and progressive change regarding the prohibition of cannabis, given his “idiots” attitude. But his speech is also a grim reminder of how even supposedly educated public officials are the root cause of inertia regarding changing woefully unjust laws. Barring some unforeseen miracle, turning the corner on ending cannabis prohibition is likely to be a long drawn out process, still.
Alcohol-kills. Tobacco-kills. Pharmaceutical-kills. Alcohol-$$$$$. Tobacco-$$$$$. Pharmaceutical-$$$$$.
Alcohol-Lobby. Tobacco-Lobby. Pharmaceutical-Lobby.
Complex message? Hardly. Do these massive industrial corporations, or other forms which I’ve left out, really give a damn about the consumer/public? Do regulators, those who are suppose to be keeping the public interest at heart, give a damn? To justify ones cold-heart in comparison to the world being cold is an excuse that expresses just how out of touch many are with deciphering our existence in totality. Can you afford to have a heart in this world? Not when there’s billions/trillions to be made. Money over life? Working for a living and being able to provide for loved ones is one thing but when greed begins to darken the eyes, hearts and souls then those individuals are the ones that are truly lost.
In a world mostly comprised of self-serving cynics, don’t think for one second that they believe your life means more than their life or the “life” of the company. That’s right. Since an entity is believed to be animate or inanimate a corporation in itself has more rights, privileges and securities than most animate entities. If that doesn’t open your eyes nothing will. Self-serving materialistic cynics? Self-serving temporal capitalistic cynics? “It’s a brave new world.” Yeah, full of liars and swindlers. All they want is your $ and all they care about is their bottom line. If the truth has to be twisted in order for a controller to thrive you best believe that is a road that many in “power positions” will travel.
An open/honest discussion as to the “wisdom” of why cannabis was categorized as “useless” should take place. Facts need only apply. Perhaps that would give the population of this planet a better understanding of who is leading by deception and who is striving for truth. There are far more aspects of freedom that play into the cannabis movement. Don’t let the propaganda or snide remarks keep you from seeing the truth in any situation. Process every bit of information and make finding the truth your goal. What type of person hides from the truth? One who deals in deception.
Cannabis+Truth=Life.
Cannabis+Truth=Liberty.
Cannabis+Truth=Happiness.
“I don’t smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.”
Immediately the reader knows that this individual has never tried Cannabis. So he is ignorant of the experience with which he categorically judges his neighbors. He “pretty much thinks” it’s bad for other people nevertheless he doesn’t know himself.
It’s not a war on drugs. It’s a war on some drugs.
Corporate fascism removes hemp from free market competition and tells Americans what their best interests are.
Tobacco has been fertilized with radioactive chemicals since the 1950’s and subsidized by tax dollars. The most lucrative illnesses in the health care system are ones that kill slowly, like tobacco-related illness.
Apparently it’s also acceptable to teach binge drinking as a rite of passage in this culture.
Pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter drugs kill thousands every year. No one has died from an overdose of Cannabis in thousands of years of use.
The scheduling of Cannabis is unjust and unreasonable and intellectually dishonest.
Not just a high: Scientists test medicinal marijuana against MS, inflammation and cancer
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/59872/title/Not_just_a_high
The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/research.htm
“An unjust law is no law at all.” -St. Augustine
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition is way ahead of him
http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php
@ #66 (I get it),
I thought this as well while reading the article. In my head I thought “You know, maybe he’s not denouncing ‘us’, but instead attempting to reach all of ‘them’ by giving ‘them’ a vantage point that they can relate to.”.
If that’s what he’s doing, then yes it could be seen as smart behavior. If that’s not what he’s doing, then I guess he truely is an idiot.
“These marijuana smokers are idiots… but if they want to risk their lives, let them. Now, where is my martini?”
Wow! I wonder how long it took this “idiot” to figure out that cannabis should be legal? This asshole acts like it was his own idea. I’d be willing to bet that McKay’s gin bill is staggering. Other than that it’s good to see old idiots finally seeing the light.
I actually like this article. Despite the false statements here and there, I think a person who is not empathetic to cannabis users might keep reading if they feel the writer is on their side, and not some avid cannabis proponent.
This article was written by someone who is skeptical of cannabis use, and can more easily reach other skeptics who are not as friendly as he, and who might hold some of these mistaken views. To me, it says, “despite these stupid ideas, legalize!”
We need guys like this too: people who don’t like cannabis, but still want it legalized to draw in those who are closer, but not bound, to the prohibitionist fringe.
Drug Policy and Human Rights
Drug Policy and Human Rights:
In many countries around the world, drug control efforts result in serious human rights abuses – torture and ill-treatment by police, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, and denial of essential medicines and basic health services. UN drug control agencies have paid little attention to whether international drug control efforts are consistent with human rights protections, or to the effect of drug control policies on fundamental human rights.
Human Rights Watch has been documenting human rights abuses linked to drug enforcement laws, policies and practices for more than a decade. In our investigations, we have found that some governments have justified a wide range of serious human rights abuses in the name of fighting a “war on drugs.”
http://www.hrw.org/en/node/82339#access
6. Access to Controlled Medicines
Unnecessarily strict narcotic drug control laws, policies, and practices in many countries also severely restrict access to controlled medicines for therapeutic purposes, thus undermining the right to health and to be free from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment for millions of people who need narcotic drugs to treat pain or drug dependence.
Human Rights Watch has documented how the international community’s strong focus on cracking down on illicit drug use has led many countries to neglect their obligation to ensure that people can benefit from the crucial medicinal qualities of narcotic drugs.
@76
Someday historians will look back at this Holocaust.
The drug war and all the sub chapters will be recorded as the worst disgrace on the face of The Son Of Man.
Longtime Puffer.
Hey Puff – “YOU CAN’T PUSH ON A STRING – BUT – YOU CAN PULL ON A STRING.”
It’s like pulling the right thread – the whole fabric can become unwoven. We’ve pulled the right thread on this gigantic fabric of lies, and are likely to see the whole tapestry of mendacity unweave right before our very eyes.
The forces that [favor] medical cannabis prohibition will never lie so much, work so hard, or spend so much time and money to defeat its legalization – but – YOU CAN’T PUSH ON A STRING.
The numbers [in favor] of legalization just don’t lie. In fact – the numbers invite foul play by the opposition. The end justifies the means – so – “DUCK AND COVER.” Let them take an aeronautical intercourse in a motivating French pastry [a flying fuck in a rolling donut]. If turn about in fair play is worth what it’s made out to be – I think it’s high time for the pot-phobic prohibs to feel the oppression for a change – just to let them know who the boss is – WE THE PEOPLE. We all know too well that they can dish it out – but – let’s see if they can take it.
I don’t know about you Puff – but – I personally reject, with passion, “OPERATION RESCUE” the ideologues who are fanatically dedicated to imposing their values on me, and who will stop at nothing to promote their ideology and view of life, and above all else – “SAVE MY SOUL.” My belief does not stake claim on all of mankind. My blood will not be on their hands. Virtueism prevents the soul from looking at life the way it really is – [mostly] “the participation of life,” and the possibility of unintentionally fucking up royally – that’s called learning. “LIFE IS FLAWED WITH LIFE,” not to be replaced with exact, fanatic, rhetorical, man made, self righteous, virtuous rules “CREATED AND DESIGNED TO CONTROL ME, OR ANY OTHER SINGLE MIND THAT AGGRES WITH ME.”
This comments section is seriously disappointing. Apparently there’s no more incrementalists left in the world because if someone doesn’t pass the THC litmus test, you toss them under the bus. Sorry but the justice of marijuana liberation cannot wait for your bandwagon to ideologically pure.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE A DIVERSE OPINION SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF MARIJUANA AND YOU DO NOT NEED EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE DEBATE CHANTING YOUR PARTICULAR SLOGAN.
The task at hand for marijuana advocates is getting people inside the building of legalization. It is the duty of any responsible civics to be critically introverted so of course one must always reapply themselves to the exploration of their own motives first as a person than as a part. But many of you seem to have artistically patched together an article threaded with unjust suspicion. It is as if between federal processor and people who smoke marijuana are idiots an entire collected history of police oppression, persecution, and underhanded cruelties has burst forth rewriting the page such that the words have hidden fangs and the syntax layered with secret barbs. Trip wires, and explosive, combustible malice somewhere deep in those white plains between the letters, a snarling menace only tokers would know. Somewhere only stoners would think to look.
It is a shame that this could not have come out sooner. It’s awful that this man could not have had a more steely backbone for us and not have pursued Marc Emery when it would have really mattered. But if you’re not reading the article, you’re not giving him a chance.
Calculated ,
You hit that on the nail exactly right. I’ve only said what you said a hundred or so times or at least since I’ve been posting on NORML . Maybe your catching on to something i already knew long ago ? And these so – called Christians ( Example ; Christina Fey or Drug free America ) who use lies & deception are of this other false religion . These are the hypocrites & liars .Surely they have their part in the Lake of Fire called Hell .
” Satan the Devil is a master of deception ” and has deceived the Whole World .
” They will build heaping treasures in those days “
This is why i advertise this. This is a nonprofit organization dispensary website that everybody should join and support so when New Jersey finally sets up regulations patients will have this place to go to.
Cannabinol Haven
providing medicine to rid the pain.
I don’t listen to ill-informed, ignorant opinion. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.
According to the latest SurveyUSA poll [PDF] of likely voters, taken August 31-September 1, Prop 19 still holds a modest lead with 47 percent of voters saying they will vote yes with 43 percent saying they will vote no. Ten percent still weren’t certain how they’d vote on the measure.
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/09/prop_19_pot_legalization_holds_onto_47-43_lead_new.php
MEXICO CITY — On Nov. 2, Californians will vote on Proposition 19, deciding whether to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana. If the initiative passes, it won’t just be momentous for California; it may, at long last, offer Mexico the promise of an exit from our costly war on drugs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302205.html
The war on drugs is an industry that purports to serve society, but in many ways creates more criminals. Illegal drug dealing is a bloody, violent, harmful business. Regulation is inconsistent, and sometimes insane.
http://www.helium.com/items/1945325-war-on-drugs-legalize-marajuan-social-issues-us-law-justice
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/9/5/899368/-Californias-Prop.-19.-Aye,-of-course
“As Emery’s prosecutor and a former federal law-enforcement official, however, I’m not afraid to say out loud what most of my former colleagues know is true: Our marijuana policy is dangerous and wrong and should be changed through the legislative process to better protect the public safety.”
Ah, yes. Was that a complete flip flop? He was against it (when it made him money) and now he is for it (because it can make him money). All that is missing is a video of him waving the flag and singing patriotic tunes.
Don’t fall for it. He’s a professional liar.
So am I the only one here who wants marijuana legalized just so I don’t have to deal with low life drug dealers any more?
@87
This begins Jury Nullification
This is where ordinary people say “enough”
How much burden must be placed on a drug addicts back?
Then, will you hear me now? Follow me in your own Bible.
Yes! God created grass, fruit, and the herb yielding seed, and God saw that it was good. Genesis I:11, 12.
Yes! God gave us every herb bearing seed, and every green herb for food/meat, and God saw that it was very good. Genesis I:29, 30, 31.
Yes! God reaffirmed his gift – even as the green herb, I have given you all things. Genesis IX:3
Yes! Ezekiel the prophet XXXIV:29, 30, 31. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of a heathen anymore.
Yes! CDXX is the roman numeral 420 – but – CDXX is a Communion with God. Commense CDXX Communion.
And a voice from within me came, and I heard it. Thy words were received in CDXX Communion, and I did eat them, and thy words unto me are a joy and rejoicing of my soul. I shal be diligent to thy word, and never abandon the truth of its matter or the importance of its subject. I shall be faithful to my divine being, and true to my self.
Manford Mantis
how did the us goverment prosecute someone in another country fuck them assholes
Why am i the idoit? I have known what he wrote about for 20 years of the 37 years that i have been alive and smoking. And I did not have to go to law school to figure it out.
After my court appearance for having a plant, the arresting officer told me to take tequila with me the next time i go camping. Great Advice Sir, Over Grow the Govt’
In many corners of the world marijuana is a gigantic fascination and millions of people use it. Why? Because it is good. Because it does not harm yourself or those around you. It only hurts those around you when they’re shut-in squares who think it’s just THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD. Marijuana has only been inconvenient in my life because my family disagrees with it and I started pretty young. 16 I believe, but I did what I believe in every single day and now they understand that they can not stop me. Think of this as a metaphor for the entire marijuana movement. It started out, regarded with fear and punishment, as the most criminal thing in existence. And now…people may grow it in their homes and smoke ounces of it with the simple attainment of a license, just like fishing or hunting. Because, like those things, it relaxes honest, responsible users.
Your campaign has failed John. Our movement is much too strong and it’s only gonna get bigger. Smoke a joint, and chill out you square.
@ 90
Proposition 19 is The Voice Of The People
Imagine somewhere 36,000,000 Human Beings in a few weeks will “vote” that is 36 Million People.
I Vote YES on proposition 19, at 63 years of age I Hope this is the end
I’m glad so many comments here have focused on McKay’s absolutely horrendous treatment of cannabis users. How he describes Emery is nothing short of disrespectful, and calling all of us “idiots” and “dumb” is simply mean. What an asshole, someday he will learn that he was the true idiot for ever opposing any aspect of our culture.
“I don’t smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.”
What about Sir Paul McCartney who used it to enhance his creativity and change the world?
What about Dr. Carl Sagan who used it to ameliorate the effects of a degenerate disease that eventually took his life?
Idiots? What kind of kind of mind would make such a sweeping generalization?
“Paternalism refers to an attitude or a policy reminiscent of the hierarchic pattern of a family based on patriarchy. The term may be used derogatorily to characterize attitudes or political systems that are thought to deprive individuals of freedom and responsibility, only nominally serving their interests, while in fact pursuing another agenda which is directly against the interests of the individuals.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternalism
Couldn’t find any original ideas in his essay.
The truth is truth no matter who speaks it. So someone who makes dollars doing something wrong realizes one of his job duties makes him cringe a little, lose a little sleep. But hey it’s a living.
A drunk is not wrong when he says alcohol abuse is harmful. When a cop/prosecutor says unjust Cannabis scheduling causes misery that good intentions cannot justify, they are right. This isn’t a novelty. The truth is the truth. Honest people have been saying the same thing for years. These don’t have a personal interest or goal of in wringing people through the costly and overburdened legal system.
Prisons are meant to hold the violent or antisocial or those who lack conscience. Imprisoning cannabis users/sellers is exploitation of the criminal justice system to make revenue for unethical privatized prison administrators.
I’ll infer that McKay has realized that Cannabis prohibition is going to end. But he is not saying it is going to end because it is unjust to its core and the prohibiton itself is a crime.
imo he is saying let Cannabis go, we’ll be okay, we won’t lose our jobs, because there will still be heroin/crack/meth to deal with. We can still feel like we are the “good guys”
When Cannabis is legalized, fewer people would bother trying black tar heroin or meth, wouldn’t it seem? There are people who do things specifically for self-destructive reasons but they are the exception.
I’m an idiot for using marijuana because i choose the healthier , safer alternative with no calories over the deadly drugs that are easily available over the counter & in your local liquor store to every man , woman and CHILD out there .
In my small place in in this ‘time
I wonder about Eternal Places
I VOTE YES PROP19
94 Nic
Yes! Proposition 19 is the voices of the people – people of every faith – and – even those who have no faith. But – we have learned from experience that the voices of the people makes absolutely no difference to those who make the dfferences we live by – or more specifically – live under. So! – now the voices must take a back seat to the rest of the body, and the body must move to act – and not just speak. We give our consent – to make laws that govern us. If these lawmakers don’t do right by us – the governed – we will simply have to retract our consent and reject their presence as our leaders. In other words – “You’re fired! Clean out your desk, and see security on your way out! You’re no longer welcomed in my house. You bear a self inflicted wound.”
Re; Drug free America
These people who mention bad things about marijuana surely are the Devil themselves . Please read ; Romans 14;17 – Ephesians 5;18 and Galatians 5;19 – 21 . Mentioned are many many times against drunks and drunkeness in the Bible . Surely the author(s)of these articles have drank alcoholic beverages or taken prescription medications that can cause addiction , death , spousal abuse , divorce , aggression , violence and murder and irreversible health problems . Yet ,marijuana , a gift from God does none of these things .
God has made a gift & has given it to mankind . Man refuses God’s gift and sides with the Devil so he makes man made drugs ( alcohol ) that kill and cause destruction . Surely , I know the Bible better than those who only pretend to be Christians who hide behind a white shirt & tie . In those days , Jesus will say “ depart from me for I knew you not “.
Re; # 98
This was a letter originally sent to ; The Church of God who send me bi – weekly publications of their magazine . It had published articles which said ( by lying ) and without having any knowledge of marijuana…how evil cannabis was & it was the Devil’s drug .
Therefore i have addressed it to ” Drug Free
America ” which undoubtably is sponsored by Corporations such as BIG pharma to trick , lie and deceieve you .
” Satan the Devil is the master of deception & has decieved the Whole world “
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America recognizes the commitment of the following corporate sponsor to help families live healthy, drug-free lives. Their support enables the Partnership to provide ongoing education and resources to help parents better understand this health issue, to connect with their kids and to learn what actions they can take to help keep them healthy.
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Even the vicious pit bull on a short leash mind-set recognizes that the drug war against us all is a monumental waste.
That’s progress.
I just read they actually sentenced Marc Emery to 5 years in the Fed. Which means no good time. I am pissed and the hatred building in my heart is building.
Marc Emory just got the max – 5 years. Fuck Amerika.
Calvina Fey and her ” DRUG FREE AMERICA ” is sponsored by Pharmaceuticals .http://www.timetotalk.org/CorporateSponsors/
” Drug free America ” is sponsored by a drug
corporation ..
Sorry had name wrong before . It’s , Calvina Fey . ( how embarassing )
@97
“What kind of mind would make such a sweeping generalization?”
It is The Lost Kind, who Hopelessly cling to yesterday.
Tomorrow belongs to U
YES PROP 19
This reporter is very ignorant and I think we ALL should write him and flood his email address with what we think about him. We don’t go around saying “I smoke pot and think anyone who does NOT are idiots”
People need to understand that this is a PLANT MADE BY GOD for the GOOD of man! ALCOHOL (which I’m SURE he has drank) is processed and processed and processed by man and causes MUCH MORE HARM THAN this PLANT. These guys argument is that the herb these days is so much more potent, and this will lead to harm….all that really means is you need to smoke much less of it, resulting in it being BETTER for you than not so potent herb. So the argument does NOT STAND AT ALL.
They need to get over making bias choices for other people and let people make decisions for themselves. And if this means ingesting a NATURAL HERB in privacy then so be it! AND If the majority voted YES then THATS ALL SHE WROTE! No more question about it!
Write your law makers and politely educate them on this natural plant that god put on this earth for the healing of ALL NATIONS and that you want EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW!!!!!!!
Calvina Fey and her ” DRUG FREE AMERICA ” is sponsored by Pharmaceuticals!!!!!
http://www.timetotalk.org/CorporateSponsors/
” Drug free America ” is sponsored by a drug
corporation who pushes drugs such as opiates and amphetamines at our families and children. We are a Pharmaceutical culture and OVER medicated.
PLEASE WRITE ANDREW PHILLIPS andrew_phillips@drugfree.org and ASK WHY A Pharmaceutical company who pushes harmful drugs is funding this “Drug free program”
It’s because they will take money from ANYONE!!!!!except NORML of course. 🙂
Wyeth is another pharmaceutical Company that was bought out by Pfisner whom sponsored ” Drug free America “. King pharmaceutical is another .
Imagine ; Drug Companies sponsoring ” Drug free America ” in an attempt to snuff out Marijuana , which really isn’t even a ” drug ” . It’s a leaf .
Obviously , because Marijuana is medicine & with people using Marijuana as medicine it cuts into their profit .
Walmart’s policy of firing their employees who test positive for cannabis is not doing so because as they claim ” for safety reasons ” ( What ?!!!) it’s because Walmart sells prescription drugs & likewise Marijuana will cut into their profit on ” legal drugs ” sales .
In The Meantime
36 Million Citizens have a vote in a few weeks.
N.O.R.M.L.
Can you please delete post # 80 since that is the wrong name that’s been posted ?
“I DON’T smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.”
Good for you, no one cares. Prosecute a real criminal doing real criminal acts that actually affect the freedom of others.
Now, here is an opportunity, a Grand Opportunity
for the Prohibitionists to prove their claims that marijuana is an addictive drug – with the Prince,
nay, strike that/- the KING of Pot now in Prison
for a Five Year Stretch.
Could it be argued that if ANY pot smoker is addicted to marijuana, it would be Marc Emery?… uhh, that is, IF cannabis sativa/indica is in fact addictive.
I mean, every time you ever saw the dude on PotTV,
he was taking a long hit from his bong and looking forward to the next one…
And how many YEARS has Marc Emery been injesting marijuana in all its forms and strains and potent levels and systems of delivery? This guy is pure Saturated with Cannabinoids. He is fairly oozing trichomes right out of his skin. Shake his hand and transdermal absorption would probably get you high.
Can anyone argue that Marc Emery IS addicted to marijuana if anyone ever-ever-ever was addicted to marijuana … again, the big if – IF IT IS POSSIBLE –
to get addicted to cannabis?
So, all of a sudden : : p o o f ! : : his supply of herb is gone. Disappears. Why? He is thrown in the slammer by the “good guys”.
He is cut off from his drug – ABRUPTLY!
He should be climbing the prison walls in an addict’s agony of horrific withdrawal.
He should be screaming in pain, jonesing for a fix
of marijuana.
He should be ripping apart his bedsheets readying a noose in order to hang himself to end the nightmarish hell of addiction to this deadly drug – marijuana…
that is, if his attempt to Make A Deal With The Devil fails to get him just one little itty bitty toke
from a toothpick joint of The Stuff!!!
Right?
So, how is Mr. Emery presently doing?
Last anyone heard, he was seen in his cell,
sitting up on his bunk quietly reading a book about
the biography of Harry Angslinger and giggling to himself at the pictures inside of Harry and his buddy, the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover dressed up in
a posh little tutu and commenting on how very adorable they both looked…
But,
truth be told, Marc was in fact getting a bit antsy because it had been three days without his being able to score a decent cup of coffee.
I don’t bully other people, and I think those who do are idiots.
rhode island is really really dropping the ball on dispensaries. give us your two cents on this at
http://www.beyondmytwocents.com/for-now-patients-must-buy-pot-from-drug-dealers/
@ HeirloomerBoomer: You make real good points about Marc Emery not having any addiction withdrawal symptoms. But unfortunately, the prohibitionists don’t seem to care about the facts! If they did, I’m sure pot would have been legalized long ago…
This is such an amazing entry and I love to read more of it so that I will be able to look over and have it as an inspiration for further articles to write about when it comes to legalizing marijuana and it’s pros and cons too. I do hope you will get to visit our official website and let us know what you think about it. Here is the link http://bit.ly/dburLQ
and thanks ahead. 🙂
This is such an amazing entry and I love to read more of it so that I will be able to look over and have it as an inspiration for further articles to write about when it comes to updates on legalizing marijuana and it’s pros and cons too. I do hope you will get to visit our official website and let us know what you think about it. Here is the link
http://bit.ly/dburLQ
and thanks ahead. 🙂
I’m in Houston, Texas 77090. My E-ddress is as follows,
browsin1_1965@sbcglobal.net, will we the PEOPLE of these UNITED STATES. Ever unite, and DEMAND that the federal government makes marijuana legal.
They’re using it, as treatment for cancer patients, so
WHY isn’t it legal to use RECREATIONALLY?
It’s ALOT safer than alcohol, it DOESN’T dramatiically
impair 1’s fine motor reflexes, like alcohol does! So, let’s UNIFY, and DEMAND it’s DE-criminalization, NOT it’s legalization. Legalization makes it TAXABLE!
This is such an amazing entry and I love to read more of it
so that I will be able to look over and have it as an
inspiration for further articles to write about when it
comes to updates on legalizing marijuana and it’s pros and
cons too. I do hope you will get to visit our official
website and let us know what you think about it. Here is
the link
http://www.nvnewswire.com/
Thanks ahead 🙂