The First Amendment is the latest casualty of the Obama Administration’s stepped up war on cannabis.
On Wednesday, the US Attorney for the southern district of California, Laura Duffy, announced her intent to target media outlets — in particular alt-weeklies like the San Diego Reader and the San Francisco Bay Guardian — that accept advertising dollars from medical cannabis operations.
Feds to target newspaper, radio marijuana ads
via California Watch
U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy, whose district includes Imperial and San Diego counties, said marijuana advertising is the next area she’s “going to be moving onto as part of the enforcement efforts in Southern California.” Duffy said she could not speak for the three other U.S. attorneys covering the state but noted their efforts have been coordinated so far.
“I’m not just seeing print advertising,” Duffy said in an interview with California Watch and KQED. “I’m actually hearing radio and seeing TV advertising. It’s gone mainstream. Not only is it inappropriate – one has to wonder what kind of message we’re sending to our children – it’s against the law.”
… Duffy said she believes the law gives her the right to prosecute newspaper publishers or TV station owners.
“If I own a newspaper … or I own a TV station, and I’m going to take in your money to place these ads, I’m the person who is placing these ads,” Duffy said. “I am willing to read (the law) expansively and if a court wants to more narrowly define it, that would be up to the court.”
Whether or not Duffy’s unconventional interpretation of federal law has any legal merit is, of course, beside the point. Her intent is to create a climate of fear that is so pervasive that media outlets ‘willingly’ cease accepting advertising revenue from dispensaries and other like-minded business.
Such threats are nothing new for the federal government, which in recent months has successfully utilized similar tactics to coerce state and local banks to drop their accounts with state-sanctioned marijuana-related businesses and to intimidate landlords who rent their properties to tenants involved in medical cannabis facilities.
Yet despite the government’s heavy-handed behavior, California bureaucrats have remained largely — and disappointingly — silent regarding the Justice Department’s intimidatory tactics. That is why it is more important than ever that you send the Obama Administration a clear and consistent message here.
unbelievable.. what a sick country.
I could see this backfiring on them. When you take away people’s rights, especially their First Amendment rights, you create enemies. When you try to silence someone, they tend to speak louder. Let’s hope that happens.
Just some more bullshit! Change the Federal scheduling of marijauna. Do what you said you were going to do and leave states that have medical marijuana alone. This is the only jobs program that the Federal government is supporting now. A bullshit effort to eliminate medical marijuana. This is absolute crap. The sheer lying and hypocracy aimed at medical marijuana. Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit! Maybe it is time to shut this Federal government down. They don’t do anything for the people…they do things to the people. Aren’t businesses people by the Supreme Court decree? If they are then they have a right to free speech. Enforce the laws you agree with and fuck everyone over on the ones you don’t care for.
Alright get out the pic of obama with the Hitler mustache bc that’s what he is becoming. We mise well start wearing yellow stars. Not only a prohibition fiasco. This becoming the 2nd holocaust agains peaceful cannabis friends.
looks like The Obama is working on moving the medical marijuana jobs out now, Eliminate the businesses in the USA and give Guns to the Mexican drug cartels. What a joke of a president
Today, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) issued the following statement after federal officials announced they will begin shutting down medical marijuana dispensaries and prosecuting newspapers that run advertisements from such businesses:
“Medical marijuana dispensaries are helping our economy, creating jobs, and most importantly, providing a necessary service for suffering patients. There are real issues and real problems that the US Attorney’s Office should be focused on rather than using their limited resources to prosecute legitimate businesses or newspapers. Like S-Comm, our law enforcement agencies – both state and local – should not assist in this unnecessary action. Shutting down state-authorized dispensaries will cost California billions of dollars and unfairly harm thousands of lives.”
Why are the enforcement agencies all so gung-ho under the Obama administration?
And I don’t want cliches. It’s not “always darkest before the dawn”. It’s always darkest before it goes pitch black!
Obama must have given these agencies a green light to destroy the medical marijuana industry.
Apparently Mr. Barry (the out of control wannabe dictator) Obama won’t be satisfied until he encases all of our Constitutional Amendments. The NRA silent on the 2nd, The Press silent on the 1st, The Lawyers silent on the 4th. By the time they get to you, and I they’ll be nobody left powerful enough to defend our Rights in Court. The despots have found a scapegoat with medical marijuana patients to get their noses inside the camel’s tent to try, and change our Constitutional Republic form of Government, we citizens are in shock, I think not in the Gov’s attempt to do so, but in those groups like the NRA, who stand idly by, and let it happen.
how is it legal to advertise abilify, zoloft, and the myriad of non-working, man-made anti-depressants, but illegal to advertise an all-natural anti-depressant that actually works? and just like Attorney Duffy, “I’m actually hearing radio and seeing TV advertising. It’s gone mainstream.”
What message are we sending to our children? We’re telling them that it’s ok to be happy, it’s ok to take medications, it’s ok to not have to suffer….that is the right message. I’m so tired of hearing this, it shouldn’t have been delegalized in the first place! Now that we know marijuana helps, and cigarettes cause cancer, ban cigarettes and sell marijuana! Save lives instead of taking them!
What a hypocrite… look at the picture of this lady,
Nasty Ass Laura Duffy
Those eyes tell me shes on something, prescription painkillers perhaps, I don’t know. Either way she looks like a nut job. OBAMA how could you honestly trust this lady in office? Just look at the corruption on her face… shes a lawyer, file complaints with the BAR about abusing her powers. GO GO GO
http://www.mass.gov/obcbbo/complaint.htm
Well the constitution is already in the waste basket – why not set it on fire?
We need to take it further than that. We need to show the corruption behind the white house. There is too much money being thrown at these politicians, they’re just puppets. Just because a company has a facebook doesn’t mean they’re good! Open your eyes as a consumer, quit buying into products that support this. Get a hemp oil powered engine on the market and put those other fuels out of business. Stop the corruption at its roots. I’ve watched enough GOOD people go to jail for smoking grass, I’ve watched our government infringe on our civil rights repeatedly, we need to do more. The companies behind the corruption need to be shown.. whether it’s a T.V. commercial or a documentary, we need something to counter EVERY single “propgandic” fact they have thrown at us… we’ve got the facts to back it up, we just need to get it out to the public… and apparently the rest of the world now that they’re trying to police that too… even though they can’t even handle the united states. It’s about more than just marijuana.. it’s about freedom, failed government branches force they corporate paid agendas. We have politicians taking campaign money if they promise to shut down wind and solar energy programs once voted into office… how is this level of corruption unseen by the public? How can we all just sit by and watch these same corporations trash not only America, but the rest of the world. How can we sit by and watch 40% of our corn get burned in a gas tank while people all over the world are starving to death. Politicians pushing our rights for a few extra bucks.. it’s time to stand up. At the point you can use the same plant family as: medicine, stress reliever, clothing, building materials, oil, fuel, food (hemp seeds are very healthy), rope, paper, a material similar to plastic – replacing one of the highest polluting substances on the planet, and even the frame of a car. If it’s not the corporations behind the politicians, the reason they won’t legalize is because with out it we depend on them, if it were legal, we could simply plant a few acres of hemp and build a house with it, then a few more acres and power our vehicle, then a few more acres and power our house, or how about a school, or hospital… it’s free power. Instead of cutting budgets, and cutting school programs while politicians ask for a FUCKING RAISE AND BETTER INSURANCE…
“I’d Rather Die On My Feet Than Live On My Knees”
GROW BUD
A little louder this time……………….“I’m not just seeing print advertising,” Duffy said in an interview with California Watch and KQED. “I’m actually hearing radio and seeing TV advertising. It’s gone mainstream. Not only is it inappropriate – one has to wonder what kind of message we’re sending to our children – it’s against the law.”
Of course, the Children never are exposed to any ads pushing pharmaceuticals or alcoholic beverages that kill more kids than all drugs combined – heh, Duffy ? I imagine you’d be out of a job if you were pro – marijuana – isn’t that right, Duffy ?
“sensimillia is a gift from jah and i will not follow your man made law” it seems to me like our government thinks they have some sort of devine right which lets them decide right from wrong. i think the real reason for targeting medical marijuana is because it is on the path to becomeing legal and accepted by our society and thats something our government doesnt want. if marijuana is accepted as a medicine what happens to all of the pharmaceutical companys racking in billions of dollars.. uh oh people wake up and realize that herb can replace many of the pharmaceuticals and is much more healthy and easily cultivated. wake up people herb is the HEALING OF THE NATION
We are still in a major financial crisis, why are they concern with this right now. Worry about creating jobs! Since all of you do not seem concerned with that, how about addressing the occupy protestors! Even better why dont you bring back the troops like you promised! Obama administration you are a complete and utter fail of a term, what a waste of a presidency.
1.) What the fuck does this really have to do with the federal government or the supposed ramping of the drug war that norml is accusing Obama of?
2.) Why should medical marijuana be advertised any differently from other pharmaceuticals–my point is you dont see “get your oxy here” print ad in alt media. Doing so with med. cannabis will only eventually backfire and be bad for the movement.
3.)Does cannabis really need to be advertised?
4.) This has nothing to do with the right to use–it has to do with $$–which is bullshit anyway i could give a fuck
5.) Start sounding less like stoners and more like leaders
-filtered- (too many profanities)
I have had it with this bullshit.
Stop screwing around and legalize it-
or AT LEAST have a referendum on it:
why it should/should not be legal
and LEGISLATE IT TO BE SO.
Here:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=clearing-the-smoke
Waste some more of our money, you stupid wench. More college students die from alcohol POISONING THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF DRUG. Shame on you Duffy-you need to get laid.
Just get violent like the booze hounds did during prohibition..living in prison is better than dying in this shit hole of a country..just an idea..hire us some iranian hitmen instead of giving the money to the media? Stoners are too mellow..the stuff thats good for us we haved to sneak because the goverment wants their cut who the fuck are they? They work for us..when a dog bites it’s time to put it down..i’m all in… my life is over..i have nothing to live for..they take my money, intimidate me with their police force, tell me what to do..what is the sense in being a sheep being sent to the slaughter..come on people..lets organize a huge protest and get down and dirty, when they shoot at us people will finally see what shit they are..guess i’m enciting a riot..jail me ..mute me..i cant be broke…..weed deprived for 2 yrs and not liking it..employers like to play the pee-test game..string those fuckers up too..what a shit ass goverment/system we have..ashamed to be a spineless world bully american!!
this is part of the NWO and guess what, America is footing the bill to be Narco cop of the world. This is why we march, march with us, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjfhOPCPJnE&feature=colike
What about the ads for “Calling All Captians”? Beer? Or Crown Royal where its just fine to get smashed with dear old dad? Thats acceptable when marijuana is not. What kind of message are those ads sending to our kids? I guess they do say drink responsibly.
Almost every politician in D.C. is a liar or an idiot, how about we have a governor step up and defend his citizens. If Jerry Brown is serious about defending citizens rights he would inform the Assistant U.S. Attorney General that any federal agent who detains a California citizen who is obeying California state law will be arrested and charged with kidnapping or false imprisonment. California is within it’s rights to say that since the U.S. Supreme Court refused to rule on the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Act (read the first page of the Raiche decision) he as the Governor, or through his Attorney General, can simply state that barring a ruling by the U.S. Supreme on the CSA he finds no constitutional authority for the federal government to regulate the ingestion, growth or sale of any plant native to California. Time for our elected state officials to start defending their citizens against a renegade federal government, they have no higher calling.
As first I was kinda happy to hear we wouldn’t be getting a “Bush” in the office next year, and that Obama will get a re-election. But now I’m actually scared. I hope this is just for BS, and he pulls the red towel down soon.
Not the kids!
Hey Duffy! Are your parents escaping the ravages of Alzheimers? Diabetes? Multiple Sclerosis? How will “the children” understand that there were promising areas of research that were restricted by superstitious moralistic Know Nothing prigs? Believe me, I can’t understand it!
Watch NASCAR or any sports program(family programming)and see what is being advertised-alcohol-alcohol-alcohol or pharmaceuticals. Who do they think they are kidding!!!!
I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama, a shrewd person, albeit a dumbass.
He might not be a good leader, nor take pride in his work, nor even the 57 states. *ahem*
But he is tricky… I wouldn’t be surprised if he orchestrated this whole ANTI-MMJ move just to get the populace up in arms… So, he could turn around and use that as part of his re-election speech. (He sounded off previously in favor of MMJ, so being that he is not a moron, he is likely to pull a move with it, and maybe get credit twice. But, don’t be fooled – it doesn’t mean he will actually follow through…)
I have seen a lot of comments in various places that ‘the president’ cannot do this, nor that… blah blah blah.
I have seen the Obama administration pull several moves people would have sworn couldn’t happen a few years ago… And, it is highly unlikely that these moves they are pulling aren’t INSPIRED by him-
were they to cross him, Chicago politics style and all, they difficulties…
And besides – this is a crackdown that was rather sudden – implying it was TRIGGERED, and not just coincidental unorchestrated events…
I have seen Ron Paul push for it, what about other candidates? Not so much, party line and all…
What about Congress where such transformation would have to occur? How do we make noise and effect those guys?
Ok, so while I agree that this is bullshit, I have to point out that comparing the marijuana prohibition to a second holocaust is not only absolutely ridiculous but also extremely offensive. Marijuana prohibition =/= the torture and murder of millions of men, women, and children.
Ok. I got it.
—–
Put marijuana on trial.
Innocent until proven guilty.
I have just spent the last several hours pouring over the articles and comments about marijuana, legalization, and concerns and perceptions.
Some bullshit I just read almost caused me to gouge out my eyes. Some dribble about its not going to be legalized because its too costly and complex to test and whatever else…
So – put it on trial.
-Have you ever killed anyone? No. = *NOT GUILTY*
-Have you ever harmed anyone? Not unless they had an allergic reaction. Otherwise not me, SMOKING ANYTHING is harmful – No.
Calls in expert witnesses, they fill the courtroom.
Some describe it being well tested for centuries and longer, some site medical PhD dissertations, some site ‘Reefer Madness’ – look what it did to those kids!
The judge, exasperated calls for a recess…
And WISELY decides, its
FREE TO GO. It must abide by the terms of its release
or be subject to lockdown: no hurting anyone
CASE DISMISSED. *and the gavel falls*
Marijuana walks out the door, into a hail of photographers…
Laura Duffy is busy defending the current 104 word federal definition of marijuana which has little fidelity for the children or the Constitution.
Sign this petition to re-legalize cannabis by demanding a simple definition of marijuana which actually shows respect for our Constitution.
http://wh.gov/gMD
With Duffy doing this… wouldn’t she have to go after every single store, gas station, bar, ect. that sells cigarettes or alcohol for having advertising? It’s based on the same grounds her “theory” is, and if she in fact does do this, we could file the same suit against cigarette and alcohol manufacturers and distributors… sending a clear message. ^^^ is this possible? Alcohol and cigarettes are in fact illegal if you are not of age… therefor falls under the exact same lines.
check the link:
http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tumblr_lsipptsyk91qg17xb.jpg
see the pic
they are clearly BAKED
and they oughtta be pushin for legalization as well
the Zuck (or whatever) has a large part of media in his fucking pocket.
This is just another instance of where our country is going. It sickens me that our ‘leaders’ approve of this type of action when the country is facing such huge issues elsewhere that REALLY need taking care of. In this day and age of black and white scientific proof that there is no reason cannabis should be classified as a schedule I narcotic, the govt still refuses to take it off the list and stop making criminals of the people who use it. Why is that? No one in charge of this matter can answer except in the same propaganda they’ve used for the last 60-70 years.
The new slogan this country needs to adopt: But what about the adults?
We need to ramp up the war on prohibition. Obama has made it official; he is out to fuck us up, and this is the moment we need to stand up and fight, or risk losing years of painful, slow progress.
First they ignored us. Then they laughed at us. Now they’re fighting us.
Then we win.
There is no way she will deny us of our first right. The media is gonna say what they want unless if its a threat, which you never see. If she was to arrest somebody for this, it will backfire by pissing off people and having them protest, which we need to start doing more.
Who benefits from this? Big Pharma and the Cartels. Who is harmed? Everyone else. I guess the campaign contributions mean more than the votes.
The children are our future unless we stop them now.
Will there be any cannabis-liberty folks at the Occupy Everywhere rallies on Saturday? We’d love to connect with a few of you for some en vivo solidarity action. We could make it to Oakland, San Rafeal or San Francisco.
Will California be invaded just like Cambodia was back in 1970?
The corrupt prohibition policies of the federal government is loosing it’s credibility and public support, and fearing that such policies will continue to loose control over the people in a growing pro-cannabis States.
Prohibitionist are ready to exploit children as human shields to keep their political hatred alive.
The federal anti-cannabis movement are going for broke.
This is definitely an outrage, but the campaign is against the locations that sell it, but instead of advertising for the businesses themselves, we need to be broadcasting the racist reasons that pot was made illegal in the first place. The outrage of people who have never heard why it’s illegal, is what is necessary to win this ‘War’ that’s been declared against the American People.
Jack’s physical body may be gone, but he left us his book, The Emporer Wears No Clothes. Long Live Jack Herer~
Arm yourself with information~
Mel, marijuana prohibition IS a jobs program. There are approximately a million cops, agents and guards employed to keep us from using it, and many of them are UNION.
There was no way Obama was ever going to do the right thing, assuming he even knew what the right thing was.
Only one candidate would do the right thing, Ron Paul, and he won’t get elected. So, buckle up, and get ready for four more decades of TOTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT!
Basshead: I’m no stoner. Instead i’m addicted to something worse, cigarettes. Sad but true. With that out of the way, have you not noticed that on EVERY corner there is a CVS or Walgreens? How much more advertisement do you need? I gaurantee you any child can tell you what those stores are for. For years and years they have pushed medication on everyone for every little thing. They even push preventative medication, btw have you had your flu shot yet? How many people can you name that has not been put on or currently taking prescritpion medication in the past six months? Nine out of ten on them are on more than one. They cry about medical marijuana being handed out for everything but we Americans are only following suit with what they have done for years. Their drugs harm more than anything. Do you know how many children are living with drug addict parents from prescription drugs, but it’s ok because it legal. They are taking away our rights everyday and people are too scared of the mighty GOVERNMENT to stand up and say, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. If they want to advertise it’s THEIR right. Plain and simple. Your stand correct, it has to do with money, it’s been hitting the bigs guys pockets that are handing out the pills.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
Now is the time to stand up and fight! Talk to your neighbors, talk to your family, talk to your kids. Be reasonable, be polite, be calm, and don’t ever give up. We are winning this fight. You can tell that we are winning because of how scared they are.
What message are we sending to our children? I wonder that every time I turn on the television and watch the Time Warner Cable T.V. listing station and at all times of the day I’m subjected to those celebretity “reality” t.v. shows that talk about sex in a graphic and I think disrespectful manner. And all the pharmaceutical commercials (now you need to take an antidepressant ON TOP of the one you’re already taking just to “feel better.”)(Note:why is it okay to take a pill that’s known to cause obesity, diabetes and in rare instances a permanent and debilitating movement disorder similar to parkinson’s, and it’s not okay for me to ingest something completely natural that I can grow in my back yard, that costs essentially nothing, involves no toxic waste, no packaging, no use of energy, has no known lethal dosage, and certainly none of the side effects and potential harm of these pharmaceuticals?)
Right on, #4611
…and when the majority of our lawmakers privately think pot is “no big deal” and they STILL turn a deaf ear to the voice of about HALF THIS COUNTRY’S POPULATION, maybe it’s time for US to occupy Wall Street, or Pennsylvania Avenue!
Don’t worry Laura Duffy, our children already know the truth. “We” don’t rely on the system to teach “our” children the truth.
Between military wars and drug wars, Obanka is war mongering so hard it’s making Cheney blush.
I absolutely did not fall for campaign liar Obama (and I voted 3rd party), but no doubt I agreed he was the slightly lessor of two evils. But now, undeniably and amazingly, he is an even worse president than Bush.
I’s not Obama’s fault. He’s up to his armpits in Zionists Corporate thugs and NeoCons. And like a long line of puppet Presidents, he is working under duress, probably under threat.
Let’s join forces with the OWS worldwide movement.
If advertising has gone mainstream in a western democratic republic, the R E A L thing that is unacceptable is cannabis prohibition and its enforcement. Cannabis prohibition is a colossal waste of money, and people who enforce it are colossal asses.
The excuse that they are only doing their job is also unacceptable!
Ever heard of passive resistance?!
The best cure for all of our Constitutional problems would be to get Ron Paul elected president in 2012.
The battlefield I haven’t seen anyone address here yet is the jury box. Please visit Fully Informed Jury Association at http://fija.org/, and learn how 12 common people can overturn nearly any law in our nation. If even a decent minority of people arrested for possession of cannabis were to insist on a jury trial, and we got a few well spoken individuals in each county in the U.S. we could swing a jury into doing what should have been done in the late 60’s, not only acquitting the defendant but issuing a finding that the Controlled Substance Act and any state laws based on it are unconstitutional we would have a precedence which would have to be addressed by federal courts. Get juries in all the different federal circuit court districts and eventually we get 2 circuit court decisions which conflict and then the U.S. Supreme Court has no choice but to hear a case. There is only 1 reason the Supreme Court has dodged this issue for so long, they know there is no basis for criminalizing the ingestion of any substance without an amendment. One jury declaring the CSA unconstitutional triggers every honest defense lawyer into fighting every possession charge. Most DA’s will offer non drug misdemeanor charges (creating a public nuisance, for instance) to avoid the whole issue, but a few will insist on drug charges in every state and of course most juries will convict. This is actually the good news since state appellate courts will rarely overturn convictions based on jury nullification and this opens up federal appeals which will eventually force a case into the Supreme Court. We’re talking years here, not decades. Put Ron Paul into the White House and we can watch most DEA agents end up working for the Border Patrol. Fighting prohibition in Congress successfully would require restructuring our whole tax code to get rid of the power it creates and that is a fight that will get bloody since your taking on every special interest at once. Just some thoughts, but every lover of liberty must learn what the phrase “ballot box; jury box; cartridge box” truly means.
Why don’t we start a War on Poverty,on Hunger,No lets start a War on an Herb that is Natural Medication For Millions,It saddens me to be apart of a country that could have such potential,but Wastes it on Useless things,We need to as ONE Stand Up Once and For all for this,”People shouldn’t be Afraid of Their Governments,Governments Should Be Afraid Of Their People”~V” For Vendetta. The worst part for me is that i know How many people have Changed for the Better By Smoking Herb,I know i Love just about every thing on this Planet,I Don’t Even kill Ants.Oh no! The Big Goddamn Reefer~Ruining peoples Lifes,Once i see a change that has been for the better of all the Countries People,Then i will Stop But Until Then i will fight the Cause Till Death Becomes me.
#38 OldUncleDave
“I guess the campaign contributions mean more than the votes.”
We the Peoples’ votes haven’t counted since Congress (D & R) passed the “Help America Vote (Our Way) Act of 2002” which made easily hacked electronic voting machines ubiquitous in the USA. Most of these machines have no paper trail — no way to contest and correct a fraudulent vote count. Congress spent at least $8 Billion on HAVA voting machines, before any testing or minimum standards were put into place. Both parties are complicit, but the Corporations that build these voting machines are primarily Republican.
Corporations control the media, control the various public poll results, and control the counting of votes. Except for voting booth exit polls, there is no longer any traction to contest the election outcomes, and exit polls have been discounted in the USA since 2004, even though multiple European nations rely upon them for early vote results.
When you factor in voter caging, new restrictions on voter identification, and the ‘War of (Some) Drugs/War on People’ that primarily target minorities, it is apparent that Republicans seek to disenfranchise a majority of voters, with quite a bit of help from DLC Democrats. The USA is not a democracy, nor even a democratic republic any longer — it is a domestic Police State run by Monopoly Capitalist Kleptocrats, aka National Socialism or Fascism.
The Obama regime has pulled out all stops in their battle to maintain control of this country by the Monopoly Capitalist Kleptocrats, using the IRS and every other Federal agency to instill control & terror among We the People. In that regard, Bloody Barack ‘Hoover’ Obama has been measurably worse than the ‘village Idiot’ he replaced. Does the Obama regime really believe that USAian cannabis consumers will genuflect before the DLC Democrats and hand Obama the Presidency again in 2012?
One does not need to vote for a Republican instead — it isn’t a matter of choosing the ‘lessor of two evils’. There is a 3rd Way, by voting for a 3rd Party candidate, which I would recommend at Every level of elections, Local, State, and National. There are 2 parties that would end Cannabis Prohibition — the Libertarians and the Green Party. Of those two, the Libertarians would shrink government small enough to drown in a bathtub, with ultimately every government service privatized. The Green Party would ‘right-size’ government, while balancing the needs of the citizens against the grotesque over-expenditures of the Military Industrial Complex.
Not voting is not a good option. Voting (D) or (R) only maintains the status quo. If your Candidate and Political Party are not on the ballot, you can take the extra 2 minutes to write them in on the ballot. That is the difference between a real live citizen and our would-be Corporate Overlords — no matter how much money They pour into election campaigns, it only sways and not buys the Votes of Citizens. The populist power of OWS may be a game-changer for the 2012 elections. One can hope …
According to all data I have seen,heroin,meth and cocaine all pass through your body in 3 days and you are capable of passing a urinalysis,while marijuana remains in your system for 30+ days.
Why?
Could it be that cannabis belongs in your body while the others don’t,so your body passes the other drugs from your body much more quickly?
PS:That makes our bodies smarter than the prohibs too.
Keith Mullens,,we need to prohibit education and technical training,,if it goes as well as drug prohibition,our country will be full of rocket scientist.
#58 claygooding, I am sorry but it is not as romantic as that. It is all about the solubility of metabolites. I love the intent of your comment, but lets stick to science.
It is easy to figure out; O’Bamaa lied to the people; said, “No federal intervention would be made on state laws, regarding cannibus; and no one would be shut down? The Gov’t wants the giant industry of marijuana to be controlled by the alcahol and tobacco industries; and…the BIG PHARMS. They do not want the people of each state, to make their own laws regarding marijuana. Another big plot by BIG CORPORATIONS; TO TAKE OVER. Wake up people, before, it is too late.
and………..keith…your statements are so true. Amen
the “we are responsible and reasonable and will just keep writing letters” approach is great. But if you’re face to face with one of these nazi’s– just remember how they’d LIKE to treat us. All law enforcement is looking for an excuse. Prohibitionists are just the lowest of the scum.
wow… what the hell has happened to this country?
Has anyone tried a hunger strike?
It worked for Ghandi.
Hello:
Marijuana as scheduled (Schedule 1) is open for federal government action. This shedule 1 is a historic shame. Marijuana has been used for ,at least 4,000 years effectively and safely for various maladies. Also, check the AMA, FDA, and American Colleg of Physicians for their opinion of what schedule marijuana should be. Thanks for the opportunity to give my comment on this very important subject in America. Please, fellow citizens, act NOW by submitting your opinion in various polls, and by contributing $money$ to the attorneys who fight the good fight in our courts of law.
Sincerely,
James Shields
It’s truly amazing that Obama would go after so many people that supported him in the last election. Oh well, just vote for the new third party… OWS!
Hey DEA!, Please read the United States Government Patent #6630507 -Cannabinoids as Antioxidants And Neuroprotectants. Issued on October 7, 2003 states, Cannabinoids from the Cannabis Plant have antioxidant properties making it useful in the treatment of inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are also found to act as neuroprotectants in limiting neurological damage associated with diseases, such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and HIV dementia.
Perfect example of the government’s failure. How many attorney comercials do you see for some drug causing some kind of condition, or such? What the hell is the FDA for then. They spend all this money and time supposidly making sure the drugs are “safe”. What a load of crap, they are waiting for the check to clear from these pharmacitical company’s before approving these medications. F D A a load of crap!!!!!
You liberals voted for the purple lipped bastard, he fed us all a big bowl of horse shit and told us it was pudding and because he was so good with his words we all beleived him. you know the old saying,if it looks like shit and taste like shit chances are it is shit. Things arent going to change until we all,liberals,concervatives,indipendants and others unite and stand together,get involved with the political proces and demand the representaives we elect to fight and make the changes we want and if they dont vote their asses out and vote someone else in that will. Until then we are all shiting in one hand and wishing in the other.
We are such a silly country full of silly leaders.
I hope the big media gives them some serious backlash over this
Hello Norml
What do you think about reminding our “fearful leaders” of the stupid reasons they prohibited Marijuana in 1936. One I think would be good is they were afraid black men would get high, get out of control using, and they would rape white women.
Nancy Lee Garrett
Hi NORML
I forgot to ask when it comes election time,will NORML tell us who if any, candidate for President is the one we know is supporting our cause? There are some people who aren’t as politically active. They are too busy working 2 jobs. I think they are so subjugated they don’t have time to find out what is going on. I think they would like to know who NORML would recomend to vote for.
Thanks for all the hard work. Where would we be without NORML??
Yea Yea Yea it will back fire on them.
vote duffy out of office
I dont care what she believes in,I believe the 1st amend.was made to get rid of people like her.the newspapers will not have someone in government telling what they can print,write or who can advertise,this was america at one time.let the revolution begin.
This Obama nonsense should not be a surprise. You cannot have a powerful government without it becoming OVERpowering. Just doesnt work. If the government is powerful enough to give you everything, it is necessarily powerful to take everything from you as well.
Laura Duffy has decided that not only is it her job to uphold the law, but she has the right to rewrite the first Amendment. “Congress shall make no law respecting an estalishment…or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;”. In 1760’s, imagine Laura Duffy going after Benjiman Franklin, because she thought what he was printing would be “Bad for the Children”.
Personaly I believe it’s a bluff. Where are they getting the manpower or money?
Who is the judge that is going to sign all these warrants.
We the Citizens need to start investigating them. Bust them. Who knows maybe one of her kid’s sells weed.
The founding fathers of this counrty literaly put their lives on the line to form this country. Would you do the same?
How about this. One thousand citizens show up at her office each with a gram of weed. Then absolutely, no one takes a plea of any kind. Then every single one demands to go to court. You can go to court to fight even just a ticket, just like a traffic ticket.
The chaos would be great. In California it is just a hundred dollar ticket, an infraction, but you still have the right to have your day in court.
Our founding fathers would have been shot or hung for treason if their plans had been known.
What are you willing to do for someone else’s rights?
To 90% of you. Put the pipe down, pick up a book. Better yet, get a bookstand so you can do both at the same time. It shouldn’t be my job to educate the community. That’s what schools and libraries are for. But come on! Read a law book! A political science book! Hell just a book on basic government would be better than nothing! I’m no genius but some of the common sense stuff everybody is overlooking when they post leaves me worried about our future. They’re winning because they’re smarter! Get pissed off, read a book, and change that.
P.S. Only the ignorant would blame the President for problems that exist in this country. There’s two other branches to the government. Look it up. Or assume it’s all Obama’s fault like Congress wants, and watch the red go back in office. Rinse, repeat.
Open your eyes America! The only way change will happen is to get smarter than the opposition!
“When any court violates the clean and ambiguous language of the constitution, a fraud is perpetuated and no one is bound to obey it.”
I worked for the goverment, US Forest service, The US goverment violated my civil rights more than anyone, I can honestly say i’m a disabled american veteran, and a Disabled fire fighter, I recieve no benifits for that, except ssi I had to fight for, Medical marijuana kept me working 20 yrs longer than I should have, I LOVE AMERICA, but being a nadleehe , native american, having PTSD & back injury from a grenade accident, and numerouse back injuries forest fires, I was fired Illegally twice by the gov. and shut out a third time from continueing my career, Civil rights are for those who can afford a lawyer, and polititions are owned by corperations who compete with marijuana,fact is if a goverment agency doesnt like you or what you do, you dont have rights.