On Wednesday the Obama administration for the second time in two years issued a Department of Justice memorandum regarding the state-sanctioned use and production of medical cannabis. However, unlike the release of the 2009 ‘Ogden memo,’ which the administration promoted with great fanfare, the issuance of this week’s ‘Cole memorandum’ is strategically being downplayed by the Justice Department.
As for the content of the memo, which you can read in full here, it’s hardly surprising — particularly in light of the administration’s recent, and highly public threats to lawmakers in states wishing to enact medical marijuana laws or expand upon their existing programs.
Perhaps most notably, the memorandum states that the recent flurry of intimidating US Attorney letters to state lawmakers are ‘entirely consistent’ with the Obama administration’s position. In other words, the administration is now on record in support of claims made by US Attorneys in Rhode Island, Washington, and other states alleging that state employees could be targeted and federally prosecuted for simply registering and licensing medical cannabis patients or providers — a position that is even more extreme than that of the previous administration. (Notably to date, however, no state employee — or for that matter, no state sanctioned dispensary operator — has ever been prosecuted by the federal government.)
The memo goes on to state that the federal government distinguishes between individual medical cannabis patients and third party providers, indicating that it is a poor use of federal resources (rather than a poor use of judgment) to target the former, while indicating that the latter are fair game for federal prosecution. It states:
“A number of states have enacted some form of legislation relating to the medical use of marijuana. Accordingly the Ogden memo reiterated to you that prosecution of significant traffickers in illegal drugs, including marijuana, remains a core priority, but advised that it is likely not an efficient use of federal resources to focus enforcement efforts on individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses who use marijuana as part of a recommended treatment regimen consistent with applicable state law, or their caregivers. The term “caregiver” as used in the memorandum meant just that: individuals providing care to individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses, not commercial operations cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana.”
Finally, the memo acknowledges that there has been an increase in the number of states that have either enacted or are considering enacting state laws allowing for the licensed production and distribution of cannabis to authorized patients. (To date, such state-licensed dispensaries are up and running in Colorado, New Mexico, and Maine; laws permitting such facilities are on the books in Arizona, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.) Clearly, the federal government is not at all pleased with this progress.
“The Odgen Memorandum was never intended to shield such activities from federal enforcement action and prosecution, even where those activities purport to comply with state law. Persons who are in the business of cultivating. selling, or distributing marijuana, and those who knowingly facilitate such activities, are in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, regardless of state law. Consistent with the resource constraints and the discretion you may exercise in your district, such persons are subject to federal enforcement action, including potential prosecution. State laws or local ordinances are not a defense to civil enforcement of federal law with respect to such conduct, including enforcement of the CSA. Those who engage in transactions involving the proceeds of such activity may also be in violation of federal money laundering statutes and other federal financing laws.”
Regardless of how one wishes to interpret the latest memo from the DOJ, one thing is clear. States will never truly enjoy the freedom to experiment with alternative marijuana policies until the federal government is compelled to get out of their way. Only the passage of HR 2306, the ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011,’ can make that happen.
House Bill 2306 mimics changes enacted by Congress that repealed the federal prohibition of alcohol by removing the federal government’s power to prosecute minor marijuana offenders. It would eliminate the existing conflict between federal law and the laws of those sixteen states that already allow for the limited use of marijuana under a physicians’ supervision. Further, it would permit state governments that wish to fully legalize and regulate the responsible use, possession, production, and intrastate distribution of marijuana for all adults to be free to do so without federal interference.
State lawmakers should be free to explore alternate marijuana policies — including medicalization, decriminalization, and/or legalization — without being held hostage to archaic federal prohibition or the whims of the Department of Justice. Contact your member of Congress and urge him or her to vote ‘yes’ on HR 2306.
Please support HR 2306 Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition.
Obviously the government hasn’t learned anything from the prohibitation of alcohol! And with the two wars going on, they haven’t learned from Viet Nam either! Oh, I’m sorry, they did learn how to manipulate the news coming from the battle front, my mistake!
I challenge the United States Department of Justice, the DEA, and the Obama Administration to all attempt to arrest, prosecute, and criminalize the State employees for authorizing medical cannabis. It can’t be done, both legally and morally.
Well maybe they can find a way legally, but I’d like to see them take that up with 70+% of Americans. Assholes.
“Those who engage in transactions involving the proceeds of such activity may also be in violation of federal money laundering statutes and other federal financing laws.”
Are not the taxes collected from these businesses, proceeds in some sort? I am confused?
The growing and use of Marijuana has never been a crime in the Republic for the united States of America. I can prove it with case law if, and history. The law making marijuana a crime is a unlawful(DE FACTO)CRIME, and has never existed!!! I have never smoked Marijuana, but that doesn’t mean I/WE the People don’t have a Right to grow and use it!!! Marijuana is food!!! The government can’t outlaw FOOD!!!!!! If anybody want to hear the TRUTH You can email me http://www.revbatman@aol.com leave me a phone number and I call you with proof!!!
And the DOJ continues to spew out more propaganda, in accordance with the wishes of their “true constituency.”
I’m sure Gov. Jan Brewer here in AZ will use these statements to try and shut down the recently voter passed medical marijuana bill. I am so tired of this run-around, hypocritical, egotistical, voter ignoring and self-fulfilling stance that the Federal Governement and people like Jan Brewer keep taking. I am especially irritated with those that keep backing them up!
“…regardless of state law”? That’s what makes us America – individual States comprising a Nation that lives under the rules and guidelines of the Constitution! Do we need the Government to tell us that only they know what is best for us, and need to protect us from making any wrong choices or decisions we might make individually, that they think might hurt the collective or society? To tell us that we do not have the Right to make these choices for ourselves individually, that they must make these choices for us collectively? You can be put in jail, for up to six months, for installing a toilet tank the Government does not want you to have. Is This Not Tyranny?
All you have is your life. How you choose to live it, and the choices that you make is what makes you the individual that you are, not what the government chooses for you. When you can no longer choose for yourself, but the government chooses for you, by enforcing its will upon you, for your own good and the good of the collective, you are no longer free, but living under tyranny and slavery.
With the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the Supreme Laws of the United States of America, we need to return to where we once were as free individuals, with less restrictive laws, regulations and Government; to be free and stay free, individual and free, in the Freest Nation on Earth… or are we?
It needs to have a public hearing first. It doesn’t look like there is going to much chance of that happening.
The government is suppose to work for the people not against them. What ever happened to majority rules? Listen to your own people and not those corporate scum who keep filling your coffers. We’ve achieved a new era of corruption. Congratulations to all not brave enough to stand up…
so its medicincal value is proven, yet we’re to follow the CSA which states it has no value???
Stop it. You’re making me really mad, DoJ.
This is very depressing.
Obama did not delivery what he said during his campaign.
What members of congress are on the fence or reachable?
Obama is holding some kind of Twitter town hall meeting. I hope somebody keeps asking Obama about this legislation on legalization, you know, and don’t pussy out like Zuckerberg and the others fucking screening the questions. I don’t want the topic of marijuana limited to just one question, whoever the moderator is. They had better damn well show the Twitter feed and all the pro-legalization criticism of the current prohibition and bitching at and about Obama and This Damn Congress to get the Feds the hell out of the prohibition decision-making. American Exceptionalism, mofo! Yeah!
Take down that Smith who won’t fuckin’ schedule a hearing and all the others in the way and put them on that public whipping post. And most of fuckin’ all get them on camera making a promise or pledge to schedule the hearing, to talk about the money saved and earned. You know they’re gonna bring up the children. Well, adults don’t get treated the same as minors by the government. You know they’re gonna bring up legalization is gonna cost more in health costs and productivity costs like they always do, and you are gonna have to get out that information to the public so they know what to Tweet about, like statistics or studies that show that California is making out with the savings and the taxes than it’s putting out on MMJ or MJ in general. Other state examples. Even states that do not have MMJ laws are indirectly benefiting from federal taxes collected on MJ if the state is a net beneficiary of money dispersed to the states out of the general fund of revenues collected in federal income taxes. If the state of Pennsylvania receives more money from the federal government than the federal government collected in federal income tax revenues, they are receiving money from revenue derived from another state. There’s no exact dollar-from-state-and-given-to-state tracking. So, if there were and you could track every penny of the federal income tax Richard Lee’s MMJ organization paid over the years then you could tell exactly who in non-MMJ states was all to glad to take the money. I mean, they’re taking the money, too, you know, not asking any questions about where it came from. They might as well have their own state MMJ programs and get the money directly instead of out of state.
Just get this legislation passed.
If I think of anythings else to help orchestrate this I’ll let you know.
Well if Obama hadnt already alienated every toker in the US, this shoUld pretty mUch seal the deal…
we will have a canddate that supports an end to marijuana prohabition in 2012 and Obama will be sent packing, Change my ass. Obama lied to get elected. No second term vote here!
Legalize it Already!
What would happen if the Reps. that want marijuana reform team up with the Reps. that think marijuana should remain a schedule I drug. We both want the same thing. If there is a Representative that would vote to keep marijuana a schedule I drug why dont they push to have anyone selling marijuana out of a store that advertises in the paper or from an app. arrested.
There is no equality in this federal scheduling. As a schedule I drug it has no known medical qualities so there should be no federal allowances for individual states to have a popular vote on it. All of our federal scientists and doctors agree this weed aint no medicine why should the general population be able to veto this and say hell yeah it is a cure-all. I have conducted field tests and it will make you feel alot better.
I just think hell lets team up with them and say OK federal government what is your position on this. Either it is illegal in these United States of America or individual states can decide on their own who gets locked up for what. Our federal government allows around 14 states to have medicinal marijuana and in Louisiana you can get life in prison for selling this little great weed.
Across California there are an estimated 2,100 dispensaries, co-operatives, wellness clinics, and taxi delivery services in the sector known as “cannabusiness”. That is more than all the Starbucks, McDonald’s, and 7-Eleven outlets in the state put together.”[22]
Got that from Wiki. This is a schedule I drug not a snowball stand.
I sent an e-letter to my Representative, and all I got back was more Nixon era B.S.;
Dear Brandon,
Thank you for contacting me regarding legalizing the use of marijuana. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on the matter.
Marijuana, derived from the hemp plant cannabis sativa, is the most widely used illicit substance in the world, according to the United Nations. Discussion and debate as to whether it should be legally permitted within the United States has continued for decades. While I understand your desire to decriminalize marijuana, I am opposed for several reasons.
As the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States, marijuana has the potential to be a gateway drug. Studies by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) also indicate adverse long and short-term health repercussions of marijuana use. Examples cited by NIH include brain impairment, addiction, and negative mental health effects. Likewise, legalizing marijuana could potentially provoke unintended consequences such as higher crime rates that are harmful to families, neighborhoods, and communities. For these reasons, I believe the disadvantages outweigh any claimed advantages of legalizing marijuana.
Drug abuse, particularly of gateway drugs such as marijuana, is a serious issue that must be addressed to prevent a generational trend of individuals enslaved to a lifestyle of addiction and drug dependence. I firmly believe that those individuals who illegally use marijuana are purposely violating federal law and should be held accountable for their actions. I appreciate your thoughts on the matter and will take them into consideration should federal legislation related to this issue come before the House floor for a vote. ?
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. If you have not already, I encourage you to take a moment to find me on Facebook (facebook.com/congressmanhuelskamp), follow my personal updates on Twitter (twitter.com/CongHuelskamp) and check out my latest speeches and media appearances on YouTube (youtube.com/CongressmanHuelskamp).
Sincerely,
Tim Huelskamp
?Member of Congress
So….. I responded with quotes from High Times in an article interviewing Dr. Raphael Mechaulam, the man who discovered THC, as well as CBD, and other components of Marijuana. In my retort I mentioned ALCOHOL is the biggest “gateway” drug there is (I tried cigarettes, marijuana, and LSD, among others while under the influence of Alcohol, not marijuana), and I asked him how he would feel if marijuana holds the key to curing cancer, and Congress is fighting legislation “tooth-and-nail” to re-legalize it. As of this writing, I am waiting for a response.
Thank you; Power to the people !
Yet another unfriendly President to the cause..Please remember this come November 2012…He is a breaker of promises and a spreader of false hopes..
Nobody’s winning at this kind of game.
SWITCH THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF OPTIMISM AND YOU GET POTIMISM!
Potimism-[pot-uh-miz-uhm]- noun
. The belief that marijuana will become legal no matter how unlikely it seems and there are positive ways around the excuses people give saying it can’t be legal.
Tell your friends! Let’s make this viral!
TEN REASONS WHY I HAVE POTIMISM
1. A disposition to look at the medical/financial benefits of marijuana and the good it will bring by making it legal.
2. The belief it can be used responsibly like alcohol, except it’s much safer.
3. Marijuana prohibition has overall failed and there are reasons it needs to be legal. Having more people vote yes on propositions that would make marijuana more available would help.
4. To know that if it was sold in stores, weed would not be considered a” gateway drug” due to the fact that some dealers who sell marijuana also sell hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, making it an easy access to its use. This would also make it harder for minors to get it since there would be an age limit.
5. To know the Reefer Madness generation was a time when people were brainwashed by the government to believe that marijuana has more negative side effects than it really does and that it leads to making bad decisions like murder, which is not true. The movie Reefer Madness, which exploits these untrue lies and was made for the purpose of having people oppose weed, has “Tell your children” in text at the end which sadly to say many have, leading to a chain of generations to believing it is worse than it really is. Thankfully this chain is weakening and more people are starting to realize the truth about weed.
6. To know that alcohol is the driving force in a number of public and domestic disputes which can lower if more people smoked marijuana instead of drinking alcohol.
7. That drug lords who operate marijuana rings can start their own legal business if marijuana became legal. (why not?)
8. Knowing that it being illegal is causing violence to go up due to drug wars. This would go down significantly if the plant was legal.
9. It had other uses such as oil and clothing.
10. Our fore fathers, like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, grew marijuana and our last three presidents have smoked weed.
LET’S KILL THE TABOO AND HAVE OPPOSERS START HAVING A NEW MINDSET ON MARIJUANA!
I just don’t know what all this “balder-dash” is – about religion’s opposition to what – “in fact” – is a Sacrament to all monotheistic religions. My God! – it’s God’s will and word [as written] – as plain as the nose on one’s face. Follow me in your very own Bible References:
Genesis I:11,12.
Genesis I:29,30,31.
Genesis IX:3.
Ezekiel [The Prophet] XXXIV:29,30,31.
Exodus XXX:22-29.
If those – whomever they are – have a problem with this – “Go tell it to God.” I’m tired of “listening” to all this controversy – and – “defying” the opposition – over God’s will and word – not to mention the evil that naturally comes with it. He said what he meant – and – he meant what he said…enough said!
My God! – our country was founded on – and – its citizens mandated to grow – “hemp” – and – it’s growers enjoyed its use and gained its benefits as both a medicine and a social pleasure. That’s fuckin’ funny! Georgie W. – “The Founding Father” – Tommy J. – and – Benny F. were “Tokers.” How cool is that? So! who made it illegal and why? And why has it taken so long to be challenged.
As for me – above all else – my conscience dictates – “for me to be” – a fair and honest person. Nobody has a problem with fair – but – it takes a strong individual to tell the truth – and – an even stronger individual to accept it. “It’s time” – to accept the truth . Don’t let our fantasy fuck with our emotions [which word I use to get your attention]. Reality it the only thing that matters. You can’t find a black cat – in a pitch black room – that doesn’t exist.
The question then becomes – “How do we arrive at the truth?” The truth is the only thing we’re concerned with. Forget all that bullshit from both sides and just give us “the truth.” Based on your evidence – “we will” decide whether “we will” – accept it or reject it. Just give us – “your proof “ – that substantiates your claims. We demand “Scientific Conclusion” – and – demand that “Scientific Conclusion” be the “Standard” by which it is regarded as a medicine. Is it a food – or – a drug? It’s both – a food – and – a drug! It is a natural drug – God’s Sacramental Medicine. It’s the most nutritional whole food known to man. It is the safest therapeutic substance known to man. We the Genesist People mandate that you prove your claims which we consider false and misleading.
Nullify Now! http://www.thetenthamendment.com
the fed needs to get out of the drug business.just leave marijuana alone
Obama can’t have it both ways and expect to please anybody. How can this man think he can get elected again if all that he has done so far is betray his base? I think he wants to lose. I bet his job sucks so bad he can’t wait to give it to the next fool.
Allright norml is rite on target with revealing obamas
Agenda on canabis.
Its outright rediculous for an itellegient society to
Waste our money n our rights by playing this bullshit
Politcal game. Keep up the pressure I’m sure he reads
Your website and has to giving it some thought
Well Mr.President grow a backbone n do the right
Thing or you will be outta the House.
To be honest, Obama really has had the worst stance on drugs since Nixon’s WAR ON DRUGS (aka WAR ON AMERICAN INNOCENTS). I mean look at all the dead innocents in Nixon’s war, it’s kinda humorous how these presidents don’t see that what they are doing is so morally evil. Also, this isn’t even a religious statement. To support the prohibition THIS STRONGLY of something that the feds knew since 1975 killed cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact, among so many other medical uses, is morally evil, regardless of your religious beliefs.
That being said, at least Obama will get to enjoy burning in hell for eternity – if there even is one.
Also, before people think I’m religious, the concept of segregating into religions is also morally wrong, as evidenced by all the conflicts these religions have created with each other over the years.
Isn’t it obvious we live in a police state? Remember all that “It can’t happen here…” malarky? Well, it HAS happened here. Federal police authorities have power and surveillance techniques the Gestapo only dreamed of. They enact this kabuki theater of “elections”, but guess what? The former Soviet Union had elections, too. Obama told people what they wanted to hear. So he got elected. The problem is, We The People have been complacent and asleep at the wheel of our country. We The People allowed the President to have virtual dictatorial power to wage war. This because we buy into the killing of people who are of cultures we either do not understand or refuse to understand. So, We The People stood by and said nothing while we bombed various peoples who had no means to even defend themselves from such attacks. We The People stood by and allowed cash into our politics as long as that cash bought senators and congressmen who would keep gays from marrying or make abortion illegal. Because, dontchya know, mixing religion and politics always works so well. Why, just look at Saudi Arabia and Iran. Yes, we criticize the “Arabs” but our elections are always influenced by religion. We’re no different than the Taliban in that respect; we just wear different clothes.
I’m not saying it’s the fault of every American, but it is the fault of most Americans. We have people here frothing at the mouth to “nuke Iran”. Yes, let’s incinerate pregnant women, children, infants, and old people—-because they have a different culture and they’re not “us”. We have people here who are “pro-life” but support the use of cluster munitions that kill children.
So, can it be any surprise that since we’ve allowed our government to destroy human life so easily that they would, sooner or later, treat its own citizens (subjects, actually) in a similar fashion? Here’s where it stops: Stop supporting war. “What if we’re attacked???!!” Yes, what if? Do we then kill more innocent people to make ourselves feel better? Are we better off now since we’ve killed countless civilians since 9/11? Are we more prosperous? Are we freer? Are we happier? War begets more war and more suffering and, soon, even those who thought themselves honorable and just find themselves to be the same tyrants they claimed to be fighting. Police states need war to justify police power.
The failure of Californians to legalize and tax Cannabis was a win for the DOJ and the administration. It has embolden them to threaten and extort the states to tow the line. Not until Cannabis growers and distributors start paying fees for commercial permits. Taxes both on their product and income will the government start to be a partner instead of foe. California has a very good chance of passing the next referendum that makes state and local governments partners. But the fight is going to be against the commercial growers and distributors that don’t care if their customers go to jail or have their lives ruined as long as criminalization of Cannabis keeps profits high and they don’t have to pay taxes on those profits. Grow your own and share it with those that cant. Send the anti legalization illegal Cannabis industry a message. The rest of the country looks to California to lead us into the next evolution of Cannabis just as it has in the medical field.
Only the DEA has the authority to allow drugs to be re-scheduled, but if marijuana were taken out of Schedule I, there would not be enough drug abuse to justify the DEA’s continued existence.
THE DEA’S CONTROL OF DRUG SCHEDULING IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
HR 2306 has no chance what so ever, so why even keep mentioning it? It has to pass a Republicans hands to even get to the floor for a vote, and he has already vowed not to let it get a vote. DONE!!! FINISHED!!! NORML, you keep posting negatives about OBAMA and that negative posting leads to others on here saying they will not vote for him again. I hope you all know what your asking for. I just heard one of the Republican candidates saying how their #1 TOP PRIORITY if they become President would be to put an Immediate END to ALL MEDICAL MARIJUANA of any kind in ALL STATES. Does that sound better for YOU smokers out there?!!! Go ahead and put a Republican back in the White House and see where it takes Medical Marijuana. If a Republican is elected President, Marijuana will be set back 20 years compared to where it is today. At least Obama is for Medical Marijuana for personal use. Before one of you respond by saying RON PAUL or GARY JOHNSON, Please understand, that this will NEVER HAPPEN!!! Be happy with Obama or vote for this guy—and yes this Maniac is actually running for President in the Republican Party 2012 Check out what he tried to do last time he visited Marijuana. follow this link or copy and paste it— http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/Gingrich/Marijuana.php
Then look at all the other Republican candidates and compare them to Obama as for their position on Marijuana.(google President candidates 2012) ( then click on Marijuana policy) OBAMA blows them all out of the water. Look at the candidates and understand which ones truly have a chance to get the Republican NOD.
I made a pledge to my self as an american and a patriot to contact 100 people and ask that they contact 100 people each and tell them the 3 phone numbers to call both their congressman and their senators. This is what it has to come to, the reps got to know there are pro-pot constituents back home, then they will have to support the change that even they know is long overdue.
What’s right is of no consequence in DC. It’s clear that Obama and his political advisors still firmly believe that marijuana reform or liberalization remains a minority position across the US. When they look at the issue and examine it in light of how it they think it hurts or helps their man, their estimation is that to come out for legalization would hurt him with more likely voters than it would help him. Simple as that. In the big picture, in the big league of national presidential politics, this is a sideshow issue for them. It isn’t worth taking a position that they feel certain has no upside, just downside. So we suffer.
Then add to that a Justice Dept. filled with career true believers in prohibition as genuinely effective if not also a job sustaining policy andyou get memos like this. It doesn’t take much to get them to happily fight back against anyone or anything. They’re Feds, they feel they got the power.
Passing HR 2306 is ideal, but at the same time it’s a bitter-sweet realization that we’re going to win this State-based. There’s just so much suppression. Will it ever end??? I freakin hope so. Looks like a long road ahead.
Obama is in re-election mode 1- degree left of the Republicans.He dont give a damm about our cause.
Everyone write your congressman again and again, sqeaky wheel gets oiled.If another candidate wil stop this madness, I am
willing to work fo there campain, for free.Time we start playin the field ,not putting all are eggs in
one basket. ps; most of all dont give up……peace
With so many other pressing issues, why are we even wasting so much time on this?
After reading tons of comments by MDs and others from the opposing camp, a major theme against recognizing its medicinal value is not the marijuana itself… It’s the stereotype that the only method of consumption is to smoke it.
So, a huge part of the resistance to this is a direct result of the growing anti-smoking movement.
I’m sorry, but that is not a valid argument at all. Check your prejudices against tobacco at the door, this isn’t about smoking.
37. Li
“THE DEA’S CONTROL OF DRUG SCHEDULING IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.”
Exactly! – they are enforcement not science. “The pursuit of science is the truth.” You’re not going to find any of that in the DEA – especially with Leonhart runnin’ it. Conflict of Interest is grounds for dismissal.
34. DRodman
If one doesn’t believe in God [then] 95% of the world is suffering from mass delusion. What’s your point DRodman – is it the War on Drugs or Religion? Frankly – I don’t care if you’re religious or not – that’s your free choice as should the use of cannabis be your free choice.
Good CDXX Communion.
Mr. Lamar Smith has spoken and this Bill will not see the light of day. It will not see a hearing and it will not see a vote..
Now lets find a cause that we can promote and win…this one is dead…
It is time to stop playing their game of Coke vs. Pepsi. People don’t have to vote for the lesser of two evils, they can vote for Ron Paul. “They” would have you believe that Ron Paul does not have a chance. People are waking up and seeing the scams created by the the establishment. Freedom, liberty, that can easily be packaged up and sold. Ron Paul could surprise everybody!
Don’t be a TV News chump — Vote Ron Paul 2012!
Is there a site for the US gov’t that people can comment on. They probably don’t have one because then they would have to listen(read) all the disgruntled people that post on sites like NORML and other pro-legalization websites. They don’t want to hear for us. They are afraid of us because we CAN take their power away.
Of course Obama’s “change” campaign theme was largely bullshit. What will he say this time around, something like, “Really, I mean it this time?” We now know that he is a prohibitionist, plain and simple. His vow to use science to set social policy was a lie. We also know that he is quite willing to use federal power to suppress the will of the people. He is also willing to continue using our tax dollars against us, even as the country nears bankruptcy. The sad thing is that the release of this memo will get very little play in the mainstream media and anyone raising this issue will be told that the country has much more pressing problems to deal with. So we continue to ruin lives and waste billions of dollars to pursue a policy that can’t be defended on any scientific or moral grounds. There is no rational way to defend our federal government’s prohibition of marijuana, let alone its pursuing and prosecuting those following their state’s laws regarding medical marijuana. It will be interesting to see if the DEA launches major raids of clinics now. Such a move would get press coverage and could only turn many young voters off to Obama. I hope young people aren’t fooled by his attempts to appeal to them in other ways, like using Twitter. Look at what he is actually doing, not what he is saying. Is what he is doing in your best interest? If not, don’t support him. It’s pretty simple. I know he won’t see any contributions from me this time around.
Max Lyubinsky:
You make very good points (that most don’t want to hear).
I find it funny in a supposed “christian nation” greed and screwing the little guy are looked at as good traits (for businessmen). I don’t seem to get that from the Bible’s Jesus; who hung with the dregs and outcasts of society.
37. you make an interesting argument there… indeed, I have read, the US AG Holder has delegated his rescheduling authority to the head of the DEA. That really is a conflict and should be looked at. The details are the only chance we have to win imo.
38 put the right pressure on the right person (like someone who knows some dirt on the guy blocking it from committee nudges him)…. never say never! /doh I just said never… bah
I’m so fed up with this country and it’s inability to see what is morally correct. I wonder if the only answer is to have all 50 states leave the union and reform with a new constitution. We’d still be the USA, but this federal government needs to go, it no longer represents ‘we the people’. We could get rid of the electoral college, and many other mistakes while doing so. Hey I wonder if we could stick the old feds with the debt bill hehe.
A few days back, NPR (Nice Polite Rightwingers) radio had a call-in segment about medical marijuana. The subject was actually “Has medical marijuana made law enforcement officers’ jobs more difficult?” And they wanted the callers to be cops. Oh, the poor babies! Their so-called “job” might be harder. Boo-hoo! Cry me a river. Asking the police to be the call-in voices for this is like being in 1943 and asking the commandant of Auschwitz what he thought of Himmler’s Final Solution. Or asking the Gestapo how difficult it was to find assimilated Jews. The radio show smacked of absurdity. Especially when it’s as simple as showing a card. That is much easier than finding out whether a firearm is legal which requires a lot of investigation. And illegal firearms are a pretty big problem in the U.S. and even the pro-gun people will relucantly admit that.
The other thing was, you had cops on this show basically questioning whether or not many people really “needed” medical marijuana because they “looked” healthy. Excuse me, since when are cops doctors? Since when is a cop qualified to render a medical diagnosis? People with severe PTSD or Anxiety Panic Disorder do NOT “look” sick. And both conditions can cause severe nausea and wasting. Also, there are people in late-stage Hepatitus C who do not “look” sick. This is a dangerous slippery slope where cops get to decide who “look” healthy and who doesn’t. Again, this smells suspiciously like the Gestapo deciding who “looks” Jewish. Actually, it’s more like the Third Reich policy of gassing all the mentally ill and terminally ill except in reverse. In this case, it’s more like the police trying to cull the ones who don’t “look” sick. One cop made the remark about having a “prescription” for marijuana. This proved police ignorance. There are no “prescriptions” for medical marijuana. Prescription legality flows from the hand of the Reich Ministry of Medicine (aka the DEA and FDA) and marijuana is not under the aegis of “drugs” for which a prescription can be legally written.
One cop did say he thought there is a legitimate need for medical marijuana but it’s being abused. Ok, well, where is the outcry over the abuse of prescription drugs like oxycontin, hydrocodone, xanax, morphine, and others? Doctors hand out those prescriptions with relative ease. “My foot hurts…” and bingo! Here’s the Magic Piece of Paper for hydrocodone. But no one wants to address that. Too many lobbyists in Big Pharma will see that never happens. And if everyone who has died from prescription medicines stood up today, it would look like an army.
IT IS NOW DUE TIME FOR A MARCH ON WASHINGTON, THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET ATTENTION. ANYONE KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE THIS??
Trogo: Don’t be to hard on your Gov. Ours here in Wa. St. just gutted the mmj law here. Cities are pulling permits etc. A huge step backwards. Ahhhhh hope n change, gotta love it
HERE AGAIN THE SAD PART IS.!!! How can the police surround ur house with gun’s out scaring ur family my 2 little boy’s still remember the day and they were only 3 and 4…And the police had the wrong address well my backyard was a mtn..So i had 24 3 inch tall plants back there..Well it was a felony warrant for this girl i don’nt even kno..so front and back door was prosedure..But i told them they were at the wrong address and the numbers on my house proved this but they continued looking around..Took my plants told me to have a nice day no arrest..Then 2 weeks later i call them tell them i want this over with where do we go from here cause i have never been in trouble in my life not even a dmv ticket in 16 yr’s still..lol..So they called me down tn.. try to get me to tell them 3 names and it all would go away well i did not have 3 names and if i did i would not tell them..They even planted a xanx barr on top of my washing machine i did not even kno what a xanx was.lol…think about it if i even knew what a xanx was would i leave it to where my kids could get to it hell no..Was then told if i did not sign this paper stating all plants were mine they would also charge my wife and i would have2 hire two attorneys due to conflict of interest and they would call dss on me too..The court system i found out was a joke..but no joke to me..AT THAT TIME I HAD A GREAT JOB MAKING 60’000 A YR..NOW I CAN’T SWEEP THE FLOOR AT MCDONALDS…THIS FELONY HAS RUINED MY LIFE MANUFACTURING.EVERY LIBERTY RIGHT I HAD WAS JUST RUN OVER WHAT CAN 1 DO NOW..I JUST THINK OF THE TROOPS DYING FOR OUR FREEDOMS BUT WHEN U GET SURROUNDED AND ALL UR RIGHTS ARE STOMPED ON WHAT RIGHTS ARE THEY DYING FOR…IM NOT SAYING WHAT I DONE WAS RIGHT I KNO I WAS WRONG BUT THEY SHLD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TREAT ME LIKE THIS..WHERE DID OUR LIBERTIES GO..AND MY BACK IS A BIRTH DEFECT..I SHOWED THEM MY HUGE HUMP ON MY BACK TOLD THEM I JUST DID NOT WANT PAIN PILL ROW..PLEASE DON’T RUIN MY LIFE UR AT THE WRONG HOUSE..NOPE. SO NOW I TAKE 240 OXYCODONE 15’S A MONTH THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMETHING I CAN DO..TO GET RID OF THIS FELONY.. UNDER MY RIGHT’S ETC…AND THE SAD PART IS IM NOW ADDICTTED TO THE PILLS AND THE WEED DID A MUCH BETTER JOB..And i also learned don’t tell people what meds ur on my god my house has been broke into 2 times trying to steal my meds..so i think were fighting the wrong war…Sad cause my boy’s have their lifetime hunting and fishing liense guess daddy can carry a stick and string..IT;S NOT ABOUT WHAT’S RIGHT OR WRONG.. IT WAS ABOUT MY RIGHT’S..I HAD NONE AND MY ATTORNEY DID NOTHING AND I PAID THAT SNAKE 2500 BUCK’S
skunkyfingers: The democrats controled both houses and the presidency for two years and they did nothing. It’s Obama’s DOJ that is threatening the mmj states, my st. of wa. just gutted it’s mmj law because of Obama’s DOJ. I’m voting libertarian in 2012. How bout you? Neither party is going to give until the million of us take our votes elseware.
Conclusion ; More mass genocide throughout the Western Hemisphere .
With marijuana sold openly at retail stores throughout California, some advocates, pot growers and even city officials believed authorized commercial cultivation could be next. But the Obama administration dashed that notion this week, making clear it will not allow such operations.
In a letter sent Wednesday to federal prosecutors, Deputy Atty. Gen. James M. Cole noted that some cities and states have considered plans for “multiple large-scale, privately-operated industrial marijuana cultivation centers” and wrote that the administration’s hands-off policy on medical marijuana patients was “never intended to shield such activities from federal enforcement action and prosecution, even where those activities purport to comply with state law.”
Across the country, proposals to bring marijuana cultivation into the open have drawn warnings from federal prosecutors. But it was Oakland’s vision of four enormous enterprises with astounding revenue projections that started the federal pushback against the thriving and increasingly bold marijuana industry.
“Unfortunately, this is a step backward,” said Joe Elford, chief counsel for Americans for Safe Access. “We kind of regard this as kind of the equivalent of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ Obama made certain campaign promises, and he’s not carrying through on them.”
Elford said the letter could embolden prosecutors in California to take on dispensaries — and lead prosecutors elsewhere to take steps to derail medical marijuana distribution systems set up by the states. “I would be hearing, ‘If you get too big, we may well put a target on your back,’ ” he said
If you don’t like what we to in, California, Mr. President then get California out of America and see how long your Country will last .
Prop 19 in California was not a failure, we got 47 % of the vote, not enough to win, but every politician in the country took notice. Like Obama they would rather not deal with it. It’s up to us to make them. The day we vote like the gun crowd does is the day we buy weed at the Liquor store. That’s not always going to be an easy vote. We may all have to cross party lines from time to time.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a law requiring drug tests for adult welfare recipients.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Gov. Rick Scott says the measure saves tax dollars and provides “incentive to not use drugs”
Democrats slammed the law, saying the tests “represent an … illegal invasion of personal privacy”
Controversy arose over Scott’s past association with a company that did drug testing
(CNN) — A controversial law requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening has gone into effect in Florida.
Saying it is “unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction,” Gov. Rick Scott signed the legislation in June.
“It’s the right thing for taxpayers,” Scott said after signing the measure. “It’s the right thing for citizens of this state that need public assistance. We don’t want to waste tax dollars. And also, we want to give people an incentive to not use drugs.”
Under the law, which went into effect on Friday, the Florida Department of Children and Family Services will be required to conduct the drug tests on adults applying to the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
The aid recipients would be responsible for the cost of the screening, which they would recoup in their assistance if they qualify.
Those who fail the required drug testing may designate another individual to receive the benefits on behalf of their children.
Shortly after the bill was signed, five Democrats from the state’s congressional delegation issued a joint statement attacking the legislation, one calling it “downright unconstitutional.”
How many Children will be pushed into the Streets,hungry…. Mr.
sick bastard ? And how many drugs to you take at your age ?
You know we all all just preaching to the choir. We are caught between a rock and a hard place. There are so many tokers in America, but we can’t come out without being arrested, and maybe losing our jobs. Maybe we need to take that risk. But we need to be heard. I contribute to NORML and write my representatives. But that doesn’t seem to be enough. We need a “Stonewall Inn” moment.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/02/florida.drug.tests.welfare/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
doesnt this guys wife make 65 million a year from this testing..didnt he own the testing facilities and put them into his wifes name when he became govenor of Florida ? does anyone know the truth on this? Please help
We need to get even more organized with people that support our cause and keep pressing the issue. Don’t ever let up. I’m happy to see how many people have flooded Lamar Smith with complaints. Need to keep that up.
FU Barrack Osama!
The HR 2306 is the old fundamental spirit that made this country great. It’s time that the federal government should let go of the cannabis issue and to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substance Act of 1970.
This is a very import law.
For the sake of this country please pass HR 2306.
I was warning of this along with the DANGERS of putting on a (your medical recorded) legal document that you are in violation of a federal law thus potentially causing great danger to the Medical Marijuana patient (BS) user later in life….ones economic furture.
Ive also warned NORML that they are potential causing great harm to their followers by so blindly promoting Medical marijuana as a legit/alternate way to aquire and smoke weed.
The only way forward is complete legalization. MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAN NOT SUSTAIN ITSELF; ITS VERY FOUNDATION IS BUILT ON LIES.
Drug laws remain one of the federal government’s most powerful tools for social control. The federal government can silence anyone, at anytime, as long as they claim the victim had illegal drugs. It doesn’t even matter if you had drugs or not. There is a stinking, rotten brotherhood of certain powerful Congressmen who will do everything in their power to prevent legalization. If they can be rooted out… we have a better chance at winning.
51 jayman
Obama is a puppet with all of his strings attached – but – aren’t we all puppets in one way or another. The American public is a puppet without strings – but – still bends to the master’s whip. It will take free Americans to lead the way – but – there’s danger in that with the puppet master pulling the strings on the DOJ and DEA. CHARGE!!!
61. More corruption by America’s politicians.
Ask Scott what “perks” the drug companies and labs are giving him under the table [then] check his books for medicare/medicade charges and reimbursements. I believe the word is collusion. He just thinks his shit will fool everyone – but – like all super shiters he will out-smart himself – in fact – he already has.
pass hr2306!!! reparations for all whose lives were wrecked by the marijuana laws
I don’t smoke pot myself but I don’t see what the big deal is. If they drug tested at every company how long do you think it would be before they did not have enough people to keep business going?
I say screw them. Get high. Quit your job. Stop paying your bills. If the majority did this what could they do about it? Nothing. Walk away and let their pathetic society grind to a frigging halt.
America is nothing more than a police state masquerading as a free society.
Of course Obamas position *is* necessary. He is fighting a war against states trying to enforce the concept of States Rights. We fought the Civil War over States Rights.
At the end of the day the States don’t have any rights that the Fed does not approve of. Legally States can not pass a law making legal a drug the Fed says is illegal. Anyone who believes otherwise is sorely mistaken and obviously has no clue as to this country’s history or how the law works.
Sadly you will have to either get the legislation passed or go to war with the United States. Those are pretty much your two choices.
As idiotic as it is Pot *is* an illegal drug. War is not a sane option and legislation will never be passed unless you do some radical protesting and serious lobbying.
Good luck!
This site needs to get on the ball and identify congressman/women who would at least be open to an argument rather then the generic “contact your congressman” my congressman is a religous “conservative” prohibitionist moron who would never sign on to this.
Whenever your local newspaper reports a Cannabis bust, or that the local police caught drug money going south to Mexico, or that an 18 wheeler was pulled over and found to have a ton or two of Cannabis express your opinion about anything related to the matter. Either by letter to the editor or by using the comment section of their on-line newspaper.
Maybe there ought to be a web-site notifiying the “choir” that such and such newspaper somewhere in America has given an opportunity to express an opinion about anything Cannabis.
The prohibitionist supporters cannot defend themselves being indoctrinated by 70 years of propaganda.
Brandon Jenkins (#24) reported receiving an e-mail from his Congressman. To quote from the e-mail.”marijuana derived from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa, is the most widely used illicit substance in the world, According to the United Nations”.
Was it not Harry Anslinger who went before the United Nations and poison the well? Did not America go before the United Nation with its prohibitionist mindset?
I agree with 75. We’ve tried logic, reason and flat out begging for 40 years and gotten very, very little to show for it. Republican congress critters are asgainst MJ reform cause they know Republican tokers will vote for them anyway. Democrats are against legalization because 1. Their spineless invertabrates. 2. They get the defacto toker vote by being not quite as bad by a razor thin margin. Prohibition works like a mutha^$#@$@ for them. And if their children get busted, no problem, all charges dropped. Remember that old bumper sticker no Grass, no @%#, no free ride. Well congressmen have a saying as well, no money, no votes, no Grass. The day we have the discipline of the NRA or AARP is the day you buy pot at the liquor store. Until then pass the bong and happy begging.
Isn’t it obvious it’s the Federal Politicians hanging on to thier addiction of the money generated by drug activities. They want you to get busted so they can fine you and make money. A lot of Federal Jobs are on the line if legalized MJ comes to pass. A lot money is not going to make it to politicians and again I’m saying it’s the Feds who are addicted to the money they’ve been making from all those poor souls who get busted. You’d have to have the biggest boycot in American History to change the Federal Laws but just give it some time. Obama not doing anything for anyone while he’s on vacation at the White House having a good ole time with our money.
Has anyone ever been told – “Why don’t you just leave man – nobody likes you anyway?” So! why doesn’t everyone [and I mean everyone] send this message to their prohib representative – “It is with great pleasure that I ask you – do the right thing – resign – your services are no longer accepted or required.” Unless they’re in a box with a bunch of other rocks – “they’ll get the message.”
Hello America, and happy independence day. Independant from what? You have to becareful of what you say, you are being told what to eat or not to eat, if you smoke tabacco, the taxes are outragious. They want to tell you what light bulbs to use. I could go on and on. We are not a free country anymore. America has turned into one group against the other group. We are not individuals anymore.The war on drugs continues and will for many, many years. This is because we have a two party system that is corrupted and disfunctional. I will not support this insanity anymore. My vote in 2012 and beyond is going Libertarian.
I agree with 75 and 77.
HR 2306 must pass. We are the United States.
HR2306 is not going to come to a vote. Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith has said that the bill will not even be considered in committee.
Asking your Representative to vote for the bill is useless. Instead, ask him to sign on as a co-sponsor of the bill. THat’s the only chance he will have to show support.
Obama is not to blame for this war on drugs its the Nixon and Reagan GOP trash! obama is not the first to lie remember bush had to cheat to win! in 2012 Vote Marijuana party NOT DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN! the two popular parties have proven time and time again they will not work for us lets fire them!!
All politicians need to be contacted as this site has been asking us to do. They do cultivate relationships with politicians who will make an argument in favor of legalizing cannabis. Unfortunately, there is not enough money flowing into the pro-cannabis PACs to fund pro-cannabis candidates to run against them or to target prohibitionist lawmakers for rebuttals or smear campaigns.
84. The Oracle
“smear campaigns.”
Would you say that – “What’s good for the goose – is good for the gander?” Everyone has bones in the closet – we’re human – we makes mistakes. I wonder how these prohibs would feel – if – “Every single American” posted those prohib bones for the world to see – plus – look for new ones?” I showed you mine – now you show me yours – dirty underwear for dirty underwear!” What if the American public [every citizen] became the paparazzi of dirty underwear?
A politician is a politician – six of one – half a dozen of another – one’s no better than the other! So – my vote goes the one who votes for repeal of cannabis prohibition – it’s that simple. I certainly couldn’t do any worse than I did the last time.
That is the whole purpose of Lamar Smith is to make the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 untouchable. It will make it through, and the real fear is that it will also show the public who is voting against it before the November 2012 election. Organized crime may risk losing some congressional power.
HR 2306 will make things right whether it wins or looses. I say, “Bring it on!”
From #82
[Rick Says:
July 4th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
HR2306 is not going to come to a vote. Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith has said that the bill will not even be considered in committee.]
This subject is’nt getting much attention in the media, at all! What do we have to do to get this noticed? We must spread the word. The issue is being blocked from the publics view by other topics and issues. Im not saying there arent any other more important things goin on in the world but this isnt being given a chance in the public media. SPREAD THE WORD PEOPLE
obama is a fraud. boot him out of office. vote! Ron paul or gary Johnson. I never thought I would vote republican. but the president ran on a fraudulent platform. Prohibition has been a total failure.
@24 Brandon – Your experience parallels mine. It seems that they prefer to stick with outdated propaganda instead of risking getting into a debate. Once you start trying to reason with them or try to give them reasons to change their mind, they just clam up and you don’t hear from them again. That may be because the actual lawmaker is not ever reading your message. A staffer reads it, ever so briefly, and then sends a prepared response… That’s about as far as it ever gets based on my experience. The vast majority of my mailings have got no response at all.
@84 TheOracle – Isn’t it truly sad that the richest organizations in the world readily donate whatever it takes to get their way. Money is what has been keeping prohibition in place; some of it is taxpayer money (like the $$$ going to the DEA for example)… From a financial point of view that is nearly impossible to compete with…
87. Drew
You’re absolutely right. Before we had all this technology – we had jungle drums and smoke signals. “WORD OF MOUTH” used to be, and still is, the best and most effective form of advertising. Bring it back – “The underground telegraph.”
P.S. to 87. Drew
Who in the hell believes we ask we ask government for something. Hell no – we tell them – we don’t ask them – and – they better do what we tell them – or – out the door they go. You want proof – just wait until 2012. “I quote the Donald – you’re fired.”
Support the freedoms we deserve.
hit up obama, tweet his ass that u need weed!
@38-Skunkyfingers has a point that I hate but he’s right. I’ve been railing against Obama since his “chuckle” heard around the pot community. He’s a piece of shit that I’ll hold my nose and vote for and I hate that bastard for it. But those repukes are so far off the map again I am forced to support the lesser of two evils. Paul doesn’t have a chance so the choice will not be hard. Newt ain’t got a chance either but just knowing how that Nazi thinks is enough to make me vote demo again. Sad and I feel “dirty”. 🙁
Item 1
If only the wheels of the court system could be slowed down and clogged up even more at the current level of cannabis prosecutions.
How can you slow down the system even more?
If jurors could bring forth more jury nullification verdicts, if you can hold out that long under pressure.
What about if you can’t, then just say so and prevent yourself from getting selected while you’re still in the jury pool. When the judge interviews you, make sure you mention you’re opposed to cannabis arrests, you know without any violence or co-mingling of other non-cananbis crime(s).
Item 2
So Congress is planning on a chop-and-extend-and-postpone approach to raising the federal debt ceiling. McCain was mentioned in the news as talking about revenue raisers. Does that mean tax increases, no taxes but budget reductions, (a) new tax(es)or some combination? Marijuana legalization had better come on the agenda and move across everybody’s desks, and they had better cut off the sandbag marked “cannabis prohibition.” All your hot air hasn’t gotten the balloon to go any higher, just like the U.S. economy so you’d better lighten the budget burdens. I’d say legalization of pot/freeing pot from federal jurisdiction should get voted off first. It’s low-hanging fruit, so go for the easy pickings. Easy government revenues from people who really really really want to pay taxes get permits, so they can stop looking over their shoulders.
Make the money-grab!
I have lost respect for anything this government does. They are all lackey lickey morons. Its time for violence.
#68
I totally agree with you True American. I do not understand this fasination that NORML has with medical marijuana but to that note they really cant claim victory in anything else.
Professionals that do not see marijuana as an evil are still not likely to go the Medical Marijuana route due to the possible ramifications that will most likely insue in one way or another.
Prop 19 was just plain silly “IE able to grow a 10’x10′ pot garden” Im sure there would be no fence hopping by teenager….right?
I am however excited about the washington movement; from what I have read so far it seems more fleshed out and mature in its requests.
[Editor’s note: NORML…the National Organization for the REFORM of Marijuana Laws, is neither fascinated or fixated on medical cannabis laws. For 40 years NORML has worked for recreational, medical and industrial hemp reforms.
Is there anything in the words ‘reform’ and ‘marijuana’ that is all that confusing? Speaking of confused…you must be confusing NORML with ASA (a medical mj only group), and DPA/MPP…who, apparently in your view, are obsessed with passing medical cannabis laws since they (not NORML) were the conduits for passing ALL of the medical cannabis laws to date. Not NORML, again, ironically, because it is blamed for being too into legalization…]
Editor…Post #97. NORML reform is what you are for and I agree with that. Perhaps it’s time for a group that wants total LEGALIZATION. I am tired of reform, decriminalization, being a crimnal for possessing a HERB! Re Legalize cannabis.
[Editor’s note: Since 1970 NORML has led the way for LEGALIZATION…There are already 20-30 other chartered drug policy reform groups in America who support legalization (except for the medical cannabis and hemp only groups…ie, ASA or VoteHemp. They claim to only support a narrow range of support).
Is there a need for another cannabis legalization group?]
What happened to the Tea Pot Party. Where’s the Smokehouse Republicans. OK I made up that last one, but I think it’s still a good idea. Since a lot of us are not going to be able to cross party lines (haven’t yet anyway) why not have two parties one right, one left. Not as good as a united voting bloc but maybe the best we can do. Point is if an election is 49% Dem vs 49% Rep vs 2% pro pot, guess who’s no longer the whipping boy. 16 months and counting, or try more begging, either one.
As long as our tax dollars go to the 21 ST CENTURY INQUISITORS the DEA (DEAD END ATROCITIES), they will always get a blank check for services of the drug war that we do not render. The drug war is not about drugs but the erosion of our Constitutional rights. All the drug war is doing is creating UNICORNS and keeping the FEDS jobs on a battle they will never win. How many people who work for these police state agencies are standing in the unemployment line? 0. There is no more will of the people but the will of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT who want to control of what we ingest, think and pretty soon what we dream. THE BIG BROTHER TECHNOLOGY is there created by our tax dollars and big corporations who control the other half. MARIJUANA PROHIBITION needs to repealed state by state and or on a Federal level. When will the insanity end? When one half is in jail and other half watching them. Who is watching the other half? Only in AMERIKA! LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE BRAVE AND HOME OF THE WORLDS BIGGEST PRISION POPULATION.
Enact H.R. 2306 because I want my rights as a citizen granted to me. Stop playing games and “big daddy”, quit trying to impose their personal rules and beliefs on me, and stay out of my life. When I write, they always write back quoting all their personal views, or just don’t respond. Read and ponder the main paragraph in the Declaration of Independence! How do we re-enact it?
“…with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
…”but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Obama wrote of his cannabis use in his book, “Dreams From My Father”. As a former user, now President, he is not fooled by the propaganda as some other ignorant politicians may be. Knowing what he knows, he still chooses to support policy that is based on falsehood. He will not even voice his opinion or start an honest debate. Cowardice.
This nation has some big problems to work on, but the lies and manipulation that put marijuana on schedule one strike at the core of the justice and freedom that this nation is supposed to be about. Until truth is brought to this issue, I remain a criminal along with millions of other Americans who feel their government has overstepped its constitutional bounds in the name of taking freedom from citizens for their own good.
July 6, 2011- Kent Wa. Police raided 4 MMJ dispensaries, seizing marijuana, phones and computers. The Obama DOJ threats are working just fine. I see a one term President. Hey Holder, got those guns back yet, guess calderons not to happy. The war on drugs continues!
How does one person (Lamar Whatsahoozit) get to make a unilateral uncheckable decision for 150 million citizens who support legalization? Long live the king?
105. Fireweed
“There are not Kings in America” – and – if one thinks he is a King – it’s time to dethrone his delusional ass.
“Rookie Says:
July 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 am
Mr. Lamar Smith has spoken and this Bill will not see the light of day. It will not see a hearing and it will not see a vote..
Now lets find a cause that we can promote and win…this one is dead…”
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I thought there are a few ways to get bills out of committee over the chairman’s objections or shenanigans. Would this be possible in 2306’s case?
107. Kevin
“Now lets find a cause that we can promote and win…this one is dead…”
It’s only dead if you let it be dead. Actually – it’s still a great slap in Smith’s face – so – let’s ride this horse hard and put it away wet.
One word. Fascism.
None of the Feds acts makes any sense, except, when you finally realize that the target is YOU, it all falls together.
You are the target. You are to be kept sick, kept busy paying taxes, kept under pressure to conform to vaccines given to children with parental consent, kept uninformed as to the ingredients in your water, food and air.
You are the target. Begin by calling your representative and tell them that you want the US out of the IMF, UN, BIS. That you want true State’s Rights.
We are 350 million of us against a very few.