2012 has only just begun and it is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting and active years for marijuana law reform in some time. More than a dozen state legislatures are currently considering reform measures in some respect and 8 states are attempting to put legalization initiatives before voters this November.
Many of these efforts are still in the signature gathering stage. Check out the list below to see if you might be able to vote ‘Yes’ on marijuana legalization in your state this year and how you can get involved to make that a reality. In addition to the legalization initiatives below several states, such as Ohio and Massachusetts, are working to also put medical marijuana initiatives before voters this year. To stay up to date on all the efforts to reform marijuana laws you can follow our “Legalize It 2012” hub on Facebook and Twitter.
California
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine
Details: “The “Regulate Marijuana Like Wine” initiative intends to repeal prohibition of marijuana for adults, strictly regulate marijuana, just like the wine industry, allow for hemp agriculture and products while not changing laws regarding medical marijuana, impairment, work place drug laws, or laws regarding vehicle operation. This initiative would also provide specific personal possession exemptions, require dismissal of pending court cases for marijuana possession, and ban the advertising of non-medical marijuana.”
Learn More: www.regulatemarijuanalikewine.com
Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act 2012
Details: “Aims to repeal current state criminal laws prohibiting the personal possession, use, transportation, and cultivation of cannabis by adults 19 years of age and older. During the first 180-days following the passage of the Act, the Legislature is authorized to create the California Cannabis Commission. This Commission will develop appropriate regulations for the commercial production and sales of cannabis, including licensing and taxation. Individuals are allowed to possess up to three pounds and grow a 100 sq. ft. canopy without being subject to regulations. It maintains penalties for possession by persons under 19, distribution to persons under 19, and driving while impaired.”
More Info: www.repealcannabisprohibition.org
Colorado
Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act
Details: “The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 makes the adult use of marijuana legal, establishes a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol, and allows for the cultivation of industrial hemp.”
More Info: www.regulatemarijuana.org
Michigan
The 2012 Michigan Ballot Initiative to End Marijuana Prohibition
Details: “Proposes a state constitutional amend that states: “For persons who are at least 21 years of age who are not incarcerated, marihuana acquisition, cultivation, manufacture, sale, delivery, transfer, transportation, possession, ingestion, presence in or on the body, religious, medical, industrial, agricultural, commercial or personal use, or possession or use of paraphernalia shall not be prohibited, abridged or penalized in any manner, nor subject to civil forfeiture; provided that no person shall be permitted to operate an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorboat, ORV, snowmobile, train, or other heavy or dangerous equipment or machinery while impaired by marihuana.”
More Info: www.help.repealtoday.org
Missouri
Show-Me Cannabis Regulation
Details: “A constitutional measure which would regulate cannabis like alcohol, provide access to medicine for cannabis patients, and open a market for farming industrial hemp in Missouri.”
More Info: www.show-mecannabis.com
Montana
Montana First: Ending Criminal Penalties for Marijuana
Details: “The new petition is for a proposed amendment to the state constitution. It would add just two sentences to a portion of the constitution concerning adult rights, which already contains a reference to the legal age for the consumption of alcohol. [Stating] Adults have the right to responsibly purchase, consume, produce, and possess marijuana, subject to reasonable limitations, regulations, and taxation. Except for actions that endanger minors, children, or public safety, no criminal offense or penalty of this state shall apply to such activities.”
More Info: www.montanafirst2012.org
Nebraska
The Nebraska Cannabis Initiative
Details: “Add Proposition 19 to the Nebraska Constitution whose object is to regulate and tax all commercial uses of cannabis, also known as marijuana, and to remove all laws regulating the private, noncommercial use of cannabis.”
More Info: www.neprop19.org
Oregon
Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012
Details: “The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012 is a citizen’s initiative campaign to regulate marijuana and restore hemp. Just as ending alcohol prohibition and regulating that market has protected society, regulating marijuana will help wipe out crime. Restoring hemp, made from the seeds and stems of the marijuana plant for fuel, fiber and food, will put Oregon on the cutting edge of exciting new sustainable green industries and create untold multitudes of new jobs.”
More Info: www.cannabistaxact.org
Citizens for Sensible Law Enforcement: Initiative IP-24
Details: “Currently known as IP-24, the measure would allow adults over 21 to use marijuana for personal use without fear of criminal sanctions. The bill has substantial safeguards to protect children and public safety. With hundreds of signature gatherers on the streets every day, CSLE is confident the measure will appear on the November 2012 ballot.”
More Info: www.ompicampaign2012.org
Washington
Initiative 502
Details: “Washington State Initiative Measure No. 502 (I-502) would license and regulate marijuana production, distribution, and possession for persons over twenty-one; remove state-law criminal and civil penalties for activities that it authorizes; tax marijuana sales; and earmark marijuana-related revenues.”
More Info: www.newapproachwa.org
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wtf is worng with georgia, us georgians like to smoke and we need safe medication too!!!
I want to move to one of those places!!! NC sux.
Why is Florida not on this list? Maybe if they legalized it all these old people would stay home smoking and not be causing accidents all over the roads.
Florida actually is currently looking into medical marijuana ballot measures, this list covers strictly legalization efforts thus their exclusion.
WTF is up with Minnesota, thought Minnesota was in the running for for the passing H.R. 2306
HR 2306 is a federal bill, so it has to be passed by both houses of congress in DC and then signed by the president. With the current political climate action on it is unlikely in the immediate future. To our knowledge there is currently no active initiatives for marijuana legalization in Minnesota.
I think that the people’s say so should count,because we vote every year for what,not to have a say so on what goes on in our state…I think that’s wrong…Because you don’t see marijuana users recking and killing people,stealing or any other crimes…It’s the pill heads and drunks,crack heads and so on..But,I know it probably don’t matter what us West Virginian’s say you all will do what you want..But,if you smart at all,just sit and think about what i am saying..You all claim to be smart,but i didn’t even finish or get a collage degree and I am smart enough to have common sense..
Because when a person has smoked,you don’t worry about going out and doing them crimes I mentioned,you just want to set back and enjoy and relax…
Oh but ask Newt Gingrich and it’s more immoral now than when he was smoking it. What a load of crap! If it’s so immoral then why are 8 states considering legalizing it? Newt=liar/hypocrite.
I still won’t to see marijuana on the ballot in Georgia. Won’t a legislator with the balls introduce a bill to do just that? If not when? Buster Jones Albany,GA.
This just makes me sad because this is 2012 EVERY state should have already legalized and regulated it. Come Georgia legalize it already!!
what about oklahoma? why are we not on there? i hate this state!….. ]:<
How about NH gov lynch is gone this year??
also from your exp how would vt be to relocate based on mmj
I don’t understand any state that doesn’t legalize and regulate mmj……I’ve lived in Montana and California, and, if other states would use their examples, we’d have more calm, happy, helpful people….I live in Indiana now, and, I miss the relief that mmj provides….get with the program America!
The southern states are the bible belt which refuse to come out of the stone ages and legalize it. Maybe our great grandkids will have the pleasure.
What is Texas doing to get it legalized? In Travis County, if you are carrying less than 2 oz., you just have to dump it out & you get a ticket
You missed KENTUCKY… SB 129 was introduced Jan 30th.. The Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act of 2012
This list is just legalization initiatives, not including medical initiatives or efforts in the legislature. It is worth noting that SB 129, as written, would be a completely ineffective bill. The language used within it refers to “prescriptions” and reschedule within the state, but as long as marijuana is a Schedule I drug federally there will not be a single doctor who can write a prescription for it. Doctors can only “recommend” medical cannabis, not “prescribe.”
I live in AZ and I am a MMJ card holder and i recently got arrested for having a joint in my ashtray. AZ is one of the hardest states when it comes to drugged driving so now the officer that arrested me is trying to say i was smoking and driving just because of the roach and my windows were down. This whole prohibition on cannabis is getting a little out of hand i mean a joint in the ashtray of a medical user and they are still trying to put me in PRISON (yes prison not jail) for 4 months because my urine analisis came up positive. long story short the plant needs to be freed.
how will any states regulate the driving while impaired on marijuana….as far as i know there is no test to see if you just had used it compared to using the nite or even 2 weeks prior?
I couldn’t help but notice that although these initiatives provide for regulation, they do not provide an affirmative protection against discrimination employers, landlords, ect. Does that mean that the presence of metabolites in one’s system subjects that person to sanctions from employers?
Thanks!
*sigh* Kansas will never be on this list, will it?
New York needs to step up! Politics Politics Politics!!!! It’s safer than the booze you drink, and has many other uses.
ugggg…. what about CT…. we were sooooo close to medical marijuana but jodey rell just had to mess it up…, then the second time we get a bill it gets held up and dismissed….
New Mexico WHERE ARE YOU ???
Texas will never pass it its to much blue law state. I live in texas but also live in hawaii and I have my card in hawaii.
This is good news for the marijuana movement.. but we need it decriminalized on the FEDERAL level.. you already see whats happening with the medical.. yes people write houses.. but lets not forget to write our federal reps!
The odds of at least one state making it are a lot better than what prop 19 had. I agree that the feds need to get HR2306 done, but at least the states are moving, and if it passes in one of them i’m moving. Thanks to everyone for the hard work, and sorry to all of us who have suffered the evils of prohibition.
COME ON MASSACHUSETTS!!!!!
All 50 states should legalize it!
OLYMPIA, WA- Washington state law enforcement says legalizing marijuana would only make matters worse.
Testifying before a joint house senate committee today, Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza told lawmakers Initiative 502 would lead to more traffic fatalities and organized crime.
“We do know that Asian gangs and motorcycle gangs do control the marijuana distribution and sales,” Snaza said. “So what’s to make us think that it wouldn’t occur in this state?”
The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs opposes the measure. If voters approve the initiative in November, Washington adults would be allowed to possess small amounts of marijuana, sales would be taxed, and revenue would go toward substance abuse education and health care.
Hey fellow Oregonians! We really want a chance to vote on this, this November…we need signatures and signature gatherers. OCTA 2012. Let’s have the intire West coast start to change the world!
Texas needs 2 wake the fuck up & legalize it so maybe we can keep these boarder jumpimg wetbacks from crossing the border
I just hope that someone, anyone, legalizes in 2012! We need SOMEONE, ANYONE to do so! Let’s go! We can do this!
I can’t wait to see it legal in Oklahoma.Pot smokers are not killing people with drunk driving. They just want to relax in the privacy of there home & smoke a little weed.
There are other states in addition to these that are looking at medical marijuana for the next year, one of them being my home state of Ohio. 2012 should be a big year for marijuana reform. Even though many of these initiatives won’t pass, they will build awareness and lead to future change.
Louisiana needs weed too man imma depressed ass nigga and them anti depressants make me feel like doin myself in some times and i have trouble sleeping and eating when i dont use but it seems like everytime i leave the house johnny law wants to pull me over and give me the step out of the vehicle lemme search it bullsht and when they dnt find weed on me the write me a bogus ass ticket for watever he can think of
There is tremendous opportunity here, but like many others I have a strong attitude of “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Even if a single one of these initiatives pass, we will still have to see if they manage to be implemented. Worse yet, how will the federal government react?
You can bet your ass that I’m gonna vote yes! I live in Michigan!! 😀
In NY it is decriminalized, but legalization would be much better,, currently they just give you a ticket for anything under an oz. 100 bucks. but they do confiscate it !!
everyone complaining about MMJ not being legalized in their states needs to contact state representatives, its the only way to get things in motion! I’m sad to say Minnesota hasnt gotten far as of yet but lets move to change that in 2012 :]
Reply to Eric… IDK about the rest of those states listed but Washington’s initiative will have a limit of 5ng/ml of THC in your system to a proof of DUI. Which for the casual smoke would mean you have to wait about 3 hours. Chronic smokers would effectively never be able to drive since some maintain the level 24/7. There is more information about Washington and Colorado here: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/153959
What the f Kansas get in the game come on we need this
montana – very nice. glad to hear that so many states are pushing for legal status. very encouraged. thanks norml blog!
maybe just maybe in good time south carolina will be added to this.
Live in Texas, most likely the last state to legalize pot
ctome on South Dakota either legalize it or have medical marijuana legal. Too many people in jail and too much money is spent on incarcerating peaceful minded people wanting to have a little medicine at the end of the day. Stressed professions such as doctors, lawyers,teachers,judges,police,politicians,accountants, professors,carpenters,and many more professionals in the community! Us South Dakota people are too scared to speak out. Republican based state. Step up to the plate people and voice your opinion from a state soo conservative! We need much more support. The ballot lost a few years ago because of the way it was written and people are too frightened to voice their opinion! The same old story as the opposition suggests that this will end up with children high in schools, and the gateway drug. Please say something people!
AS much as i would hope it to be legal,…
I don’t think it will happen in Indiana. Just my thoughts. the people who sell it will lose money, the well respected people with money, live in nice houses and own all kinds of stuff, but are sneaky, or have dirty cops helping them. they will lose that extra income. and they will lose that if some one has a problem with some one. the dirty cop will keep pulling them over, maby even plant stuff on them. If it did become legal to sell in shops and grow. the thc level could be controlled. all-so if it was legal i bet the crime rate for “stolen property” would go down. couse people wouldn’t steal stuff from stores or houses to trade it for pot. it would keep a lot of family together to. couse then family could have open discussions about it instead of leaving the pot head of the family in the other room alone and not bonding so they get it to pot and all the family wants to do is call the law get the family member in trouble and treat the cop like he is gold, have a whole conversation with them when there family member is being busted, asking them hows the family ect,… lafh and joke with them.
yep it would help the national deficit. according to all these dumb asses on the war on drugs shows 1lb goes for more than 3k. where do they get their figures from?
AS much as i would hope it to be legal,…
I don’t think it will happen in Indiana. Just my thoughts.most will vote no the people who sell it
will lose money, the well respected people with money, live in nice houses and own all kinds of
stuff, but are sneaky, or have dirty cops helping them. they will lose that extra income. and they
will lose that if some one has a problem with some one. the dirty cop will keep pulling them over,
maby even plant stuff on them. If it did become legal to sell in shops and grow. the thc level
could be controlled. all-so if it was legal i bet the crime rate for “stolen property” would go
down. couse people wouldn’t steal stuff from stores or houses to trade it for pot. it would keep a
lot of family together to. couse then family could have open discussions about it instead of
leaving the pot head of the family in the other room alone and not bonding so they get it to pot
and all the family wants to do is call the law get the family member in trouble and treat the cop
like he is gold, have a whole conversation with them when there family member is being busted,
asking them hows the family ect,… lafh and joke with them.
Any news on Arizona? Its legal here except only certain cities have available med shops and are allowed to grow but its really not legal because there’s no way for people to get medicine except drive to a major town that has licensed medi shops or drive to el centro ca from yuma az (where I live) its pretty stupid and doesn’t make sense.
Deeetroit <3
Dunno why people insist on clinging to stigmas of the past
But I vote to move forward
If you live in Connecticut and want to end marijuana prohibition in our state, please take a minute to visit http://www.ctprimaryproject.com.
Please pass this on to anyone you know in Connecticut!
Go Michigan! WHOO! Assuming people go out and vote to get it passed. Their is still a chance of it not passing but it’s so damn close! VOTE!
Tobacco, and alcohol are legal. WTF? Come on Texas, stop being such a hippo, stop making drug…excuse me, marijuana laws over coctails.
LOL @ all these southern people wondering why their state isn’t on this list..
The east coast is severely un-evolved compared to the west, it’s fucking scientific.
If you want a better place to live with all the legal weed you can peacefully smoke, then move to the west coast. DO IT NOW.
Wisconsin is a piece of shit! WTF Im getting outta here. Hopefuly Washington or colorado legalize it, then im moving to either or. FUCK YOU DICK SUCKERS LEGALIZE OUR BUDS IT DOESN”T HURT ANYONE, IT ONLY HELPS!
@Gweedo
The question is, how will we react as citizens if the federal government reacts poorly? It’s our country, and our bodies are our own.
Arkansas, I’m ashamed.
state legalization is a good start, but the reality is it will still be illegal on the federal level and the US govt still somehow has it listed as a drug with no medicinal value. once one of these measures passes it will likely go to the supreme court and, considering the SCOTUS makeup right now, will be ruled unconstitutional. sorry for being a buzz kill
Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) Plant Should Be Legalized In Pennsylvania For Patients Who Truely Need A Medication That Will Help Them.
It Would Help Take Violence And Such Treats Away People Would Relax And Finally Get Help They Truely Need.
I Would Only Grow Medical Cannabis (Marijuana)Plant For Such People So Pennsylvania Please Consider The Medical Purpose Of The Plant Consider Legalization It Would Help More Than You Will Know. Thank You.
Just another reason why Texas blows. Governor good hair would never allow it, he’s too busy keeping the government out of our lives.
I am SHOCKED Mass is not on here. After decriminalised and 61% test vote in favor of legalising, it has been said again and again the most likely state to pass this. 2 bills and no ballot, I am ashamed. As far as why7 Florida isn’t on here, Florida has the strictest laws in the nation with this and made WAY more strict when Charlie Crist was governor, no shock there whatsoever.
I’ve lived in Texas since ’05, & I hold no hope of this redneck state EVER legalising it…not even for people like myself with MS. Pot helps my pain & burning far better than any of the pharmaceutical poisons the doctors like to dole out. But just try to find it. I have to troll sleazy neighborhoods, deal with the lowest scuzzballs, just to get something that God gave us naturally…but living in this state, it will always be this way. Very sad.
The states I care about the most for marijuana reform are Connecticut (I grew up there) and Florida (I live there). Marijuana is decriminalized in Connecticut. In Florida there is a bill in the House (HJR 353) and in the Senate (SJR 1028) to legalize medicinal marijuana.
To those that have never heard of it “The Union: The Business Behind Getting High” is the BEST mj/hemp documentary out there!! One day (when the old timers are gone) everything will be happy and legal =) The prohabition is BS and that doc. tells how it all began. I choose not to take pills that poison the body.. I will always be an mj user & the law will NEVER get me down! =) *Happy Smoking*
Why oh why can’t this just be a national decriminalized activity. Think how much safer the product would be. Think how much safer obtaining it would be. Think how much Federal and State taxes could be generated. Studies have shown that it does not result in increased use.
kansASS (Kansas) IS NOT HERE AND kansASS SUX BIG TIME!! I KNOW! I AM MOVING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL THEY WANT IS TO KEEP MARIJUANA ILLEGAL HERE TO MAKE INNOCENT PEOPLE “CRIMINALS” SO THE LAW, COURTS AND LAWYERS CAN MAKE MONEY. I KNOW. THIS WASTELAND IS CORRUPT, JOBLESS, AND A PLACE TO STAY AWAY FROM! DO NOT GET STUCK IN kansASS (Kansas)!
I think that all states should be able to grow, sale, and smoke marijuana for whatever purpose and the government need to just stay the F out of peoples life affairs! Maybe regulate the age. But, then again, don’t even do that. Because, marijuana is being used already! Smokers have already regulated it: smoke whenever the F we feel like it! I really don’t want those A-holes having any say over anything I do, but especially now over my relationship with Mary. All they are going to do is find some way to F everything up just like they’ve done our country. The idiots are so off F’ing track that tobacco & alcohol are legal – while they kill people in many ways – but cannabis is illegal – and it save lives; yes “save” lifes. Not to mention, the dumb F’s criminalized hemp! You can’t even get high from it! Do you really want them making user laws for you?! Furthermore, there is no difference between medical marijuana and regular marijuana! Patients use medical marijuana and cool people use marijuana. But, its all the same! So, I really wish pro-MM people would stop saying it shouldn’t be used for recreational purposes. We were smokin herb way before the first medical marijuana law was passed and we still will be smokin long afterwards! So, I guess I said all of that to say this: F a state law! F a local law! F a federal law! The only law I want to see that pertains to cannabis is NO F’ing law! Mofos! Vote for Ron Paul!
I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT WHY KANSAS kansASS WILL NEVER LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!
god i love california, it got struck down a couple years ago and we’ve got another chance
I like the first comment from Erik. I had read about FL. What does this mean exactly. I mean, if they’re not on the list of maybes, would it be enacted soon?
We need to step up our reputation & image as consumers of this wonderful plant. We will never achieve our goals with the STONER or GANGSTER image that is portrayed of us. We ALL need to start a PROFESSIONAL reputation of ourselves. I’m not downing anyone, but in order to beat or convince the suits, we need to be the suits. Voting goes a long way, but if you want to see it in your state start representing yourself in a constructive, productive citizen type of manner. I’m in Louisiana & we can’t even get medicinal recognition in the state, we still operate on the good ole’ boy politics down here. I have written several times to state & local reps and all I ever get back is the auto pen on how they don’t believe legalization will help society move forward, or how it marijuana has no medicinal properties. I’m tired of hearing the same old BS. We need a REVOLUTION, a RON PAUL REVOLUTION. VOTE RON PAUL 2012.
Legalize it New Mexico
The real WTF State is Hawai’i. You can smell the weed when You drive the highway (no pun intended)through Puna and the county of Hawai’i has made cannabis a ‘low priority enforcement’ issue. Unfortunately the quite incapable folks of the Hawai’ian legislative have not yet realized that they deny the people of Hawai’i to grow the best cannabis on the planet. ‘Pakalolo’ and ‘Maui Wowee'(hard to come by nowadays) are prime export articles, not even to speak about the cultivation of hemp for a million clever uses.
But what do You know. I keep ‘praying’ for some pot smoking Aliens with technological superiority (because of smoking weed) to land in Washington like in ‘Independence Day’ to relay to the world that cannabis prohibition is an injustice of the past and that all the military crap on our planet is rendered useless. Of course I won’t reproach You if You care to call this ‘Wishful Thinking’. Better than resignation, correct?
This is certainly great news.
Add that 14 states have legislation for decriminalisation and even legalization on the agenda this year and 2012 looks set to be a very big year.
Utah will be the last, seeing as it is the state who pretty much made it illegal. Damn mormons. Fml. Im leaving this place.
Cmon wheres Wisconsin?
If we live in a state which has no current initiatives to legalize marijuana can we submit our signatures to ballots for states which do have initiatives? For example: say I live in south Carolina, could I sign my name for initiatives for Oregon, California, etc…?
Wow, The “Regulate Marijuana Like Wine” Act,seems like the real deal..far more detailed without the draconian treatment for underage minors like Prop 19 had. Imagine driving out to the coast(just like going to Napa for wine tasting) and sampling the different varitiels “noting the subtle vanilla flavor of a headband or sampling outdoor grown Kush varitiels grown in different micro-climates and comparing the differences. Sounds like a ‘pipe dream’ to me,unless you get off of your ass and vote. And dont expect immediate compliance from the feds- this will take years to sort out just like prop 215 did when it was passed in 1996…but, the vote ‘by the people for the people” will stand, and be a testament for future reference.
Wisconsin needs to get with the program…but with Scott walker in office its never gunna happen
My state (WA) always makes it to these kinds of list, and I have ever increasing hopes for it to pass as marijuana becomes more accepted. But we still have to many OLD VOTERS that believe in the OLD propaganda, so, equal to my hope, there is much doubt that any state will actually pass these new proposals.
Has anyone actually READ any of these before commenting on their usefulness? Start with i502, if you want a chill down your spine. In this plan, no sole proprietor may obtain a license to grow, prepare, or distribute marijuana; the same company cannot be licensed for more than one role. The regs are VERY strict, and remind me of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which got us into this mess in the first place. Many of the taxation and regulation schemes play into the hands of the antiprohibitionist agenda.
I hope all these states win. I live in WA, and our biggest problem is our Governor. I’m pretty positive I502 will pass. As long as our Governor doesn’t line item veto it like she did to the last Prop. that had been passed by Congress.
Our real problem isn’t at the state level, it is the Feds. Their profit margin is so high for them, that they are willing to persecute medical patience, while at the same time prolonging the drug war by suppling guns and laundering cartel money.
Everybody reading this forum knows the stupidity of the drug war. Since we are so few, it is then our responsibility to spread the information we read here.
This is vital to the anti-prohibition movement. There are millions of us out there, yet only about 75,000 people signed the online petition for the WH. That is not very many, if you consider there are at least 10X that many smoking everyday.
Does this mean that’s all the people that care? No, that is not all the people. More then likely thats all the people that knew about it.
There is a minimum of 10,000 daily consumers in any given major city in a America. It seems reasonable that in each of these cities, a march/protest could draw several 1,000s of people. This kind of exposure would go a long way to help make all these votes go through.
This of course, is just one option, and there are many other important ones going on right now. With the election on, many people are watching TV on a regular basis lately, This has become a perfect time to get some media coverage. The key to these events will be the number of people that show up.
You, are taking action reading and writing on the NORM’L site. We, need to get more of our friends, family involved. I like to talk to strangers about some stupidity in the news. Like the event in Utah, it was reported but then repressed by the media. Most people I’ve talked to about it haven’t heard anything. The most common response is,”all that over marijuana?”.
Cannabis will become legal. It is then up to us to make it sooner than later.
georgia needs to get its shit together. i have been arrested 7 times already in two years for petty dime bags.
North Carolina you fail yet again.. and as for new york, your startin to piss me off wit all your b.s
I hope Michigan becomes legal for all to enjoy. It would be nice for tourism of this beautiful state, to just come up here and relax while experiencing natures bountiful pleasures abound. We have some of the most spectacular coastal parks not to mention our inner wooded areas. Since so much industry has left this state, it would be a great substitute.
Of course Florida is not on any list. This is a horrible state to live in.
of course, y am i not surprised…Pennsylvania is ALWAYS last 2 get on the boat. My vote is 4 Rosanne Barr. 1st thing she’ll do is legalize it. Y cant they all c how regulating n legalizing marijuana would help this country’s deficit? already helps cancer patients n other sicknesses that r takin over our people. it dont hurt it helps.. ok 2 drink alcohol n get in ur car and literally murdered sum1, its accepted as social. or smoke smelly cigarettes that causes cancer thats ok 4 peer pressure amongst our teenagers 2 cope w/life but frown upon me cuz i like 2 smoke all bcuz its not legal…..whats wrong w/this picture? makes me so mad!!!
I’m smiling REAL big as I’m seeing how long this list is getting and the commonalities from each one to the other! Hell Ya!
Time to make some more pipes!
http://www.420pokers.com
All states should be allowed mmj, lived in CA bay area even a home health care provider and client had access to mmjeven I had recommended access for health reasons. Now I’m back in the IL, IN, WI area and have no access to the relief mmj provided me for my condition.
I’m suffering awful side effects from pills. With mmj, I was able to enjoy the benefits by drinking teas, food etc. without the harmful even deadly side effects pills render.
Even some of these ministers need to be educated too.
This is a God given herbal remedy that is misunderstood. Btw this used to be Americas#1 crop used for many every day usage. Plus mmj can relieve out pain staking economy’s deficit. Lessen crime rates even unnecessary legal sanctions on our citizens and law enforcement can deal with real crime.
There was alcohol and even cigarette (ugh…) prohibition. Release and set such a wonderful blessing free!
Time for Pennsylvania responsible marijuana users to stand up as well. We have the old state store system advertising how we should buy and use the deadlier substance, alcohol, so the state can create revenue. What is wrong with a little pot, Governor Corbett?
West Virginia has HB 3251, the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana bill. It’s gathering petition signatures. Pennsylvania is also working on a bill.
I live in Oklahomaand have my whole life. My entire family lives here, including my 7 soon to be 8 grandkids and I don’t want to have to move far away from them, but I am torn. I have Multiple Sclerosis, neuropathy from diabetes type 1, and chronic pain from 5 failed back surgeries. I was seeing a pain management doc. but the pills were making me sick. I couldn’t function if they were strong enough to kill the pain, if they weren’t strong then they gave me no relief. I am willing to stand up for medicinal marijuana. It has worked wonderfully for me. If you are reading this and live in Oklahoma and are willing to stand up for our right to a seed bearing plant to help with our illnesses then join me in writing our elected officials and help me get my medicine without moving away from my family. Come on Okies, speak up. Let your voice be heard. We want natural medicine not a bunch of pills that eat up our liver and kidneys.Please help me in my fight to live as long as possible, and tolerate the pain God’s way, the all natural marijuana plant.
eric says, on February 9, 2012 at 6:20 pm: “how will any states regulate the driving while impaired on marijuana….as far as i know there is no test to see if you just had used it compared to using the nite or even 2 weeks prior?”
. . . if you’re really stoned… people can tell. They can see your bloodshot eyes.
Do not drive stoned no matter how tempting it may seem. Hold off until you are home for the night or for long enough that you can get high and sober up before needing to drive. As fun and leisurely as driving stoned can be, it’s not worth being busted and having your life ruined over.
You might try to say ‘oh i was crying because my girlfriend just heard I got arrested’ but… chances are you will smell like pot. When I was busted for underage it was mentioned on the report that i ‘smelled strongly of alcohol.’
The “New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act” was signed into law on January 18, 2010. still nothing, Gov. Christie is too chicken to enact the legislation and get the ball rolling. It’s a bummer NJ isn’t on the list. :[
Maybe by other states seeing this we may see the rest of the country follow suit.
Please anyone reading this, Support http://www.cmmnj.org/
We are fighting the good fight in New Jersey
and we will never give up Thanks!
1- WOW I didn’t know so many of you are from Georgia. I hate to break it to you– you live in a very backwards place. The last part of the country to fall will be your quarter.
2- To the guy asking about protections: no, they don’t offer protections. Part of the reason Prop 19 failed (FAILED– not won victory in defeat: FAILED) is because it tried to do so many things that a lot of people objected to individual sections. We need to fight this thing one step at a time, not wait for an absolutely perfect law to come along. If you think we need a perfect law to end prohibition you have played right into the hands of our enemies who want to divide us like they did in 2010 by pitting recreational users against dispensary owners and making it seem like the livelihood of the dispensary people was at risk.
The “New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act” was signed into law on January 18, 2010. still nothing, Gov. Christie is too chicken to enact the legislation and get the ball rolling. It’s a bummer NJ isn’t on the list. :[
Maybe by other states seeing this we may see the rest of the country follow suit.
We are fighting the good fight in New Jersey
and we will never give up Thanks!
I believe everyone who commented on this because I live in NY and I got say it hard to believe that mmj will be legalized here before the the hard head thinking it bad for you.. I believe the government should not have a say on.what we can and can not to do it is not right and I am tired of living in fear of getting caught just bc I like some mj recreationaly .. I believe 2012 is the era were we should fight back and tell them that we are tired and hard working Americans to be told that we can’t do something that relaxed after dealing with everyday bullshit such as your boss is an asshole or you do physical labor for a living and your so tired that you can’t do the things you love so please America if u want us to stay as one with less choas this is the way bc as we have now or later the people will retaliate and it be to late.
With booze, you loose with dope there is hope
Illinois needs to begin the legalization process as marijuana has proven many times over to be a great source of medicine for many people as well as Industrial Hemp, the cousin to marijuana being a great source of oil for biofuels, as well as papers, cottons and other fabrics, plastics, almost everything that we currently use oil for these days. Hemp paper and textiles would be great Industries that would create hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs that are badly needed here in Illinois. Legalizing the growth and processing of Industrial Hemp would also create a new renewable cash crop for farmers and sales of Industrial Hemp to processing plants would be a huge boost to not just Illinois economy but the nations economy as well. There is no logical or legal reason why this renewable plant that is easy to grow and needs no fertilizer should not be legalized and grown by farmers on a huge scale.
If ron Paul can get the presidency he can with his sole power reschedule cannabis and when the feds do it states will follow without fear of retribution and it mean lots of money that people want to pay taxes on cannabis smokers have been begging to tax and regulate and not one of us would complain about paying the tax
If gets on a ballot it does no good if you don’t vote
I think the biggest reason the Feds are try’n to keep it illegal is because a LOT of people and corporations would be out of money!! Think about it… there would be fewer people in prisons which would mean less money for them. ALL the drug companies that make BILLIONS on HIGHLY ADDICTIVE opiate based drugs would be out of money for those drugs. I think keeping it illegal is TOO lucrative to the Government!!!
I’ve lived with CHRONIC pain for 16 years & WISH it would be legal!
NNNOOOOO!!!!! DONT LEGALIZE OR REGULATE IT!!!!!! SO I CAN MAKE LOTS OF MONEY BUYING CRAP WEED FROM MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS AND SELL IT TO YOUR 14 AND 15 YEAR OLD KIDS WHO BUY IT UP LIKE CANDY BECAUSE I WILL NOT I.D. THEM AS LONG AS THEY HAVE CASH
This just makes me sad because this is 2012 EVERY state should have already legalized and regulated it.
THEY NEED TO PASS A FEDERAL LAW AND QUIT BULLSHITTIN SO ALL STATES HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. EVERYONE IN US DESERVES SAFE MEDICINE ALTERNATIVES.
i live in illinois and have been smoking since i was 13 im 48 now i do believe the withdrawals from quitting or running out are severe i find myself scraping resins from my pipe just for that high i do believe it helps with my depression but it also runs me broke which leads to problems ..
Of course not Delaware..we may be the first state but were gonna be the last on this issue for sure.
LIVE FREE OR DIE! What about that?
SMOKE A JOINT AND DO 5.
WOW! This is the best news I’ve seen on this site in months.
If you live in one these state, VOTE!
I thought Florida was going to vote on Medical Marijuana, has this changed?
Now we can just hope everyone shows up and votes YES
What a surprise Ohio isn’t on the list! We are too busy poisoning our population with hydraulic fracturing to be bothered with marijuana legalization. Still won’t keep me from using to control insomnia and permanent pain from reverse curvature in my spine.
well nj, thats innacurate christie gave the goahead its on the state health bored to approve the dispensaries
I think they should legalize it. I live in west virginia and my husband wrecked his motorcycle in 05. He uses marijuana for pain. He works 65 hours a week. One of their throwbacks about marijuana is it makes people lazy. If it wasn’t for marijuana my husband wouldn’tbe able to get out of bed. He got my mother to use it for medical purposes also. She had cancer. When she smoked it she said she felt 100 times better. Have u ever heard of anyone dying of a marojuana overdose? How many overdoses on pharmaceuticals are there a day?
@randy there are no physical withdrawl symptoms from quitting smoking cannabis, you may find yourself fiending for a smoke, irritability, etc. The point is the withdrawl is entirely within your mind, there is no physical addictive qualities to cannabis.
Also it’s not the plant that’s making you have money problems, but it’s been your decision to spend your money on weed instead of saving or investing your money. If you need the plant to deal with your depression I recommend finding professional help from a counselor or psychologist. It is not the plant that is addictive, but people who have addictive personalities.
However I will say if we see the legalization of cannabis we will also very likely see a dramatic drop in the price of the product, helping everyone with their money troubles.
We are proud to lead the way. I-502 will go before the voters in November in Washington state!
We have a strong and highly professional organization with sufficient resources to mount what promises to be the strongest campaign to date.
Best wishes and success to all those promoting efforts to repeal marijuana prohibition in your respective states.
This is an opportunity, if norml can rally the troops and get an initiative on the ballet for the rest of the 50 states, the fed will have to relinquish their hold. The government is almost completely evil and will resist but we can do it. We can put an end to the black market that has cause the death of thousands, the governmental support of Pharmaceutical companies while keeping Americans from getting the medicine that they need and has taken away religious freedoms from those Christian groups that use MJ in their meditation. Every Christian would have to sign a petition to legalize MJ if they understood what harm prohibition is doing. We don’t have a drug problem in this country we have a profit problem and an evil government that wants power to deny the people. Shall we let them have it?
This is the best news I’ve seen concerning legalization. Finally something concrete that reflects the growing public will to legalize marijuana. This definitely represents a trend toward a tipping point.
The really Big reason for the fight against Pot from law enforcement, it would mean the end to the DEA and their jobs, an end to those in local law enforcement special units, the end of record breaking prisons and guards,
less judges and bondsman, the list goes on.
The War on Drugs, as they call it, is BIG BUSINESS and 10’s of thousands would lose their job as a trillion dollars is appropriated and given to legitimate needs. LAW Enforcement is the BIG Corporation that stands to lose.
They’d rather jail you, me, your mother, father, sister, brother, son and daughter before letting their jobs go, regardless
right and wrong, for them it’s survival,
their’s and not yours.
and where is New York?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/nypd-marijuana-crusade-_b_1257320.html
Is there a way to do an online petition for each state? I think we could get alot more votes that way because canvassing in small towns such as mine takes walking from door to door and many people are too embarassed to discuss the subject. My community is in the 50 – 70 age bracket and I know they would like to see it legalized.
I am really excited about the thought,and pray it comes true.
Im 39 and live in tennessee. I grew up in a good christian church, I was led to believe that all forms of drugs are bad for you. I didnt drink my first beer till I was 23. In 2009 I was hurt in a training exercise shortly before my unit left for a year tour in iraq. I have a disc between the 5th and 6th vertebrae that slips out of place and pinches a nerve in my neck, the pain sometimes is paralysing. Im not interested in taking prescription drugs (pain killers, muscle relaxers, etc) that kill over 100,000 people a year. (this number comes from people who took their prescription by the docs orders.) I have seen too many people get addicted to these drugs and watched their health rapidly decay. I tried prescription drugs for my pain, only to find myself getting sick at my stomach or I had some reaction on my skin all over my body. I lost my job from popping hot on a drug test for marijuana. Two days before drill I was in so much pain I decided to roll the dice and hopefully I wouldnt have to take a drug test. I gave 10 years of my life for this great country. Looking back now the army did me a favor by out processing me becouse it has opened my eyes to the hypocrisy and lies that our leaders have been feeding the masses. For me its not about marijuana, hemp, or drugs of any kind ITS ABOUT FREEDOM. Its time that we take back our freedom from these hypocritical liers. Im not bitter or mad I feel pity for these people and I will pray that God will spare their soul. If God before us who can be against us.
It would have been nice to see Georgia on this list.
Seems like theres a lot of momentum… i wonder if Pa caught wind of this
hurry; we need more brigades against the hoardes of zombies. tack on a tax cannabis for mental health system (u know the one that’s nonexistent thanks to rightwingers uncaring of even their own sometimes) in the usa abraod etc.. zombies i tell u. fell hook n crooked for the end-life opiates; rampant. zero tolerance for corruption of jeb/scott admin in FL> set for stun. ; ) take care folks!
this sucks texas will never legalize it an im so done with
this state
I agree with Bob, pot is not addictive. I’ve been smokeing since I was 18 off and on, I’m now 62, I drove a truck for 35 years, so I couldn’t smoke, I had to disasociate with all my friends. Now I’m retired so, I hooked up with some old friends, and I started smokeing again. I wish Illinois would get on the band wagon too.
What about Mississippi?
my state [maryland] will probably never legalize it. i just moved back from california and the marijuana laws are archaic here. ugh.
Yes, the government has grown Marijuana for many years using it as medicinal herbs for the soldiers,… also folks with incurable and long term diseases…..as far as…helping to ease pains and make eating easier as well as…getting rid of nausea….enough to create an appetite ..etc…
We are losing our Liberties out of fear, and our only fear should be LOSING OUR LIBERTY!
@ Betty in Deleware: I live in Texas. I’d wager that your state gets legalization before mine. We’ve produced George W. and Rick Perry. Quite frankly I’m almost embarassed to admit I’m from TX; it’s sad.
Uncle Sam and some of the states are so far behind on this it’s not even funny. What are they waiting on? Vote if you live in one of these States and help push to get other state to come on board.
damn was so hopin for florida….i know iknow its a long shot!
Texas isn’t on there, they don’t even participate in the clean needle exchange, we aren’t ever going to get legal marijuana
And I’m in Texas too KB, I agree with you 100%.
If you don’t believe it, and can’t see it you will not get it. I have believed for more than 30 years that it would happen in my lifetime…and I am now have a medical mariju
If Michigan is on here Florida needs too be cause the were going to let the people vote on it this year.
To all of us “wishing” for legalization in our states…what have we done to make it happen? In Florida there’s a ballot initiative by PUFMM (People United For Medical Marjuana) where members are getting registered voters’ signatures so this issue can be put up for vote. For all you Floridians please go to their website, print out the petition, send it in. Sign up to be a member of PUFMM so you get alerts to act when needed. Google Jeff Clemens and see what he’s doing for MJ in FL. He has proposed several bills and I believe he has one on the table now. DELAWARE has made marijuana legal effective when they can get their paperwork and systems together. Delaware will have 3 non-profit compassion centers (one for each county) who will grow and distribute MJ to card holders. MARYLAND, if caught with MJ, allows you to use a defense of medical necessity. Ron Paul is a co-sponsor of HR2306 a bill to end MJ Prohibition. He’s the only candidate who really puts his money where his mouth is. Obama only lies and says what he needs to in order to get what he wants…first Obama tells Feds to “leave those dispensaries alone” but now that he’s gotten our votes he changes his mind. I too am sick and tired of not being able to have the freedom of choice when it comes to using the natural herb for my depression. When I was in FL I helped with getting signatures, I have written my congressmen, I’ve donated money. Now that I’m in Maryland I’m trying to figure out what it is I can do to help. So if you guys out there have been thinking of what you can do to help…please stop thinking and start doing. Get out your credit card and donate a few bucks to Norml. There are so many of us cannibas users out here that if we all gave Norml just $10 it could make a difference. Maybe Norml could rent some billboards or create more opportunities for us to congregate in the streets to show these bastards in Washington we mean business. All you closet smokers need to come out of there and start having your voices be heard because one day the cops just may start knocking at that closet door with some handcuffs to send you off to a new closet with bars and a big lock. April 20th (4/20) is just around the corner. What can we all do on that day to make a huge splash? Until then start talking to your friends, neighbors about medical marijuana. Get people used to hearing the words. Get pictures of the plant, hang them up in your homes, buy hemp products…do anything you can do to celebrate the plant. Did you know that we import hemp products from Canada? WTF??? The US has wonderful soil to be growing this crop creating jobs for us Americans. There are so many reasons to legalize cannibas…but I feel the biggest reason is FREEDOM. Americans need the freedom to choose what they want to put into their bodies. So please…let’s all do more. Donate a few bucks to NORML (because they’re the only organization with their finger on the pulse); Vote for Ron Paul (because he’s co-sponsored HR2306 ending Prohibition); Speak of marijuana, use the terminology (so others will get used to hearing it) and come up with other ideas and forward them to Norml. You guys are smart and using cannibas gets your creative juices flowing. So roll a big one, get those ideas together and forward them to Norml. Thanks for listening 🙂
I live in Washington and am currently a medical marijuana patient. I-502 is a horrible idea…it will not allow the ability to grow your own medication…it will be grown in mass by a large company. why would I want that? Keep it medical as it is as far as Im concerned…It pisses me off that most posts and advertisements for I-502 dont seem to mention that part. People need to know fully what they are wanting to say ‘yes’ to.
NJ has introduced a bill that would lessen penalties of possession under 15g weed or 5g hash.
ASSEMBLY, No. 1465
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A1500/1465_I1.PDF
nice. cannot wait until i can legally blaze all day and all night until it gets boring and i move on with my life. right now it is too exciting and thrilling for me to keep it under control.
I jioned NCCPN.org here in North Carolina and we need help getting Bill 577 passed NOW! There are so many in our state that deserve medical marijuana and our so called government are for themselves and not for our people like it should be if anyone in your organization of NORML can help us piease do. Our people in NCCPN are trying and have some great politcians on our side BUT… we can still use more input. Thanks
Thanks Bernie,
I read a few comments, and had to share my opinion: Ron Paul will not be elected, unless he is ALLOWED to be elected, and I do not mean “allowed” by the voting public. Just who pulls the electoral strings, I am not sure of, but I highly doubt it is you or I. Personally, I have been smoking weed, at first simply to get high, and now medicinally and “legally”, as I have my MMMP card, since around 1968, when I was 12 years old. I remember thinking back in the day, that as soon as the yippies (Youth International Party) and the hippies, free-thinkers, activists, liberals et-al, came into their own, and began to get involved in politics in a more serious and shall we say, substantiated way, things would surely change regarding the legalization of hemp in the U.S. It is plain to see though, if one seriously wants to become involved in politics (by seriously I mean actually getting elected, and not being assassinated), then one must concede! Not necessarily to not winning an election, but to keeping their ideals and plans for change alive once reaching whatever governmental chair one gets elected to sit in for a few years. Ron Paul seems to me to be the kind of person who would stick to his guns (kind of like John F. Kennedy, his brother Bobby, Mahatma Ghandi, Abe Lincoln, Martin King… I could go on, but you get the picture), which from my point of view, would either mean simply not being elected, or if so, to go down in history like so many other great political and civic leaders who have been shut up for good because the powers that be had no other choice, lest they might not have their power any longer. I know this probably sounds like some sort of conspiracy theory rant, but I am simply going on what I have observed to be the plain and simple truth during the course of my 54 years here on this planet. The question of marijuana becoming legal? If this were to be, it would have happened YEARS ago. There would have been such a public outcry and revenue loss (see alcohol prohibition 1920-33) that “we the people” (another phrase for “failed system”) would have changed the system a long time ago. I grow my own, which is “legal” for me to do in my state. If marijuana becomes legal, or if it becomes a drug that is under the auspice of the Federal Drug Administration, would we be forced to pay for it? Would we (patients) still be able to purchase our medicine from a dispensery, or would we be forced to take what the doctor prescribed? I dunno. But at this stage of the game, it’s kinda fun to sit back, relax, and watch everything get even more fouled up than it already is. To paraphrase the late George Carlin: “The Great American Dream can only be fully appreciated if one is asleep.”
Spreading the word in Michigan! I have hope for 2012! Not only would it be nice to enjoy a legal smoke, but we could all grow industrial hemp!
Best of Luck to all of you fellow states!
when will i see georgia on that list?
I would love to see Illinois bring the playing field down to the dirt. Thye know it is here and they know its every where. I untill about 2 months ago used cannabis evryday for about 22 years, I never one time overdosed and it was for my personal reasons of using. I went to the dr because employment and problems with my marriage (meaning she cant live with being illeagal)were getting in the way , so I said dr, this is is , it is all on the table what can I do……..The reply was Im going to increase your dosage of xanax and up the script. and if you dont get off the cannabis your out the door, and then turned around and drug tested me when his recomended dose wasnt enough and I fell short on the first month by a week. 22 years of cannabis and I was never called an addict, 1 month of trying to live honestly and sober from my medication(cannabis) and I have not only been called a drug addict but been treated like a criminal because of honesty. All I asked was can you help me relax at night like the cannabis has done for me for the last 20 years , and the reply was you fail one drug test here and you have 30 days to get out of our office and find a new dr. I have been going there onwards of 8 years. All because I was honest and wanted to live pain free and legaly. Illinois needs to reform the laws where people who need the medical conditioning that cannabis can be used for instead of prescribing other medications only to call them names like drug addict. There is other ways of living, not that it is legal but like I said cannabis did not just appear a couple years ago, and now we have “FAKE BAKE “out here whats that going to do to the gene pool in 10 years or so. Earth to useage should never be held against any living creature. life is short, why must people live in a worl where our government is against the fact they cant control everything and that responsibility starts at home, not in a court room……reconsider the prohibition of cannabis. I promise in every state of the union……go to your front door and look out. within 500 ft……..you’ll find cannabis….or you live in the country.
Thanks for reading
chris
in texas aint gonna happen anytime soon. one of you states get it done and get the ball moving!!!
Dont see it happening in Iowa at all anytime soon. But yet, Iowa had no problems at all with allowing same sex marriages. Not a prob for me,do what u want but this state seems to be rather strange in laws that it passes. It wants to be considered open and fair but yet check out the Marijuana possesion laws for this state.
still waiting 4 Florida to be on the list
Interesting article. I noted several states had constitutional amendments they hope to pass. All good, positive initiatives. “Change is blowin’ in the wind…”
But why did it take this long to get to where we’re at? So much of a huge part of society threatened and hunted most of their life, and why? So many intelligent and talented people who enjoy cannabis. The safety record of cannabis users. The facts, that since Pres. Nixon passed his Drug Act, the country and neighboring countries have slid into a tragic comedy of a cat trying to grab it’s tail.
Tragic because whole cultures, so many of the boomers, were prevented a Constitutional Right – to use a plant for personal freedom and happiness, and were not only denied that right, but are still being hunted down. Sub-cultures are still being destroyed and hindered. Simple relationships suffer and often never happen or fall a part due to so much bullshit out there about cannabis.
Parting example… birth-defects. I’ve have intimate persons tell me, pot use causes defects in fetuses. That may be true or not, but when i point out the same is aid about alcohol and tobacco use, the response I get is usually, “marijuana is illegal, the other two aren’t”.
The “proof” being prohibition, the laws… which make no sense. And cause way far more harm than use of the plant.
Good to see things coming together… it’ll be good for the Country.
NC has been trying, but there isn’t enough endorsement to get a measures passed. I’m on my 5th glaucoma drug and I’ve had 2 surgeries. I really would appreciate being able to use God’s medicine for my eye disease. This stuff has been shown to shrink cancer cells, help ppl w/MS, for pain, helps w/military PTS and anxiety disorders, they’re finding new shit all the time. Big pharma doesn’t want this legal, they make lots of money off of anxiety drugs, chemo, and pain is a big one, in addition to glaucoma. I’m gonna keep signing petitions. I’ve heard back from Coble (NC rep) and it isn’t looking good. Oh and don’t forget the current cost of our war on drugs and the recent killing of an NY 18 yr old for a small bag of pot.
Florida will be the last State to do anything,
It sucks to live here in Florida
here’s the tell that Obama is a stooge and a liar – he hasn’t legalized weed!
I like the first initiative, Regulate Marijuana Like Wine because if the pot lobby is as powerful as the wine lobby weed will be accepted and cheap. Besides, I’m more a bud snob than I am a wine snob. 😉
KENTUCKY…needs to be on the list..
I’m glad to see these initiatives coming to light… I wish them all luck… I live in Alabama, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we were the last state to even discuss sensible policy… It was just a year or two ago that it became legal to purchase Alcohol on Sunday! (within the specific county I reside)
I live in Missouri and this could get passed here for real. Our to biggest cities are very liberal (Kansas City and Saint Louis) I live in the rural I’ll be voting for Show-Me Cannabis Regulation! Most people I know and even most elders either smoke or they think it would be wise to make “Cannabis” legal.
This will never come to pass… ppl work the system now. Every stoner will be in line lol. there are medicinal properties of other drugs as well should we legalize them too? Sure why not right? I mean the country is already going to crap. Lets add more pot heads to the mix that is just what we need. Idiots
I really hope Oregon gets with the program this time. Some of the best cannabis is in Oregon and Washington. I still can’t believe people are okay with the government telling them what they can and can not grow in their own backyard. Cannabis is a tree. Trees are good, debate over.
I’m not seeing Maryland on this list, but I read Bill 15 and it said, if it was passed, it would be in effect by June 12th, 2012. “SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 24 June 1, 2012.” I also consider Maryland to be in the “highly likely” category, if all goes as planned.
Considering there are some 50,000 products conservativly that can be made that have nothing to do with drugs, and farmers could again supply tha food, the fuel, paper, clothing, particle board,bio-degradeable plastics & so much more.
God said “behold man I have given you every herb bearing seed”…. Who does this CORPORATE government think they are to “outlaw” something God gave us? Gen.1:29
He also said it is for our HEALING Rev.22:2 Plus we could destroy the violence of the Mexican drug war by taking the”illegal” profit out of it. Where the Texas patriots on this one????
God gave us cannabis hemp, man gave us harmful booze & drugs. Who should we trust? My faith is in God/ Yahshua who do you trust?
What happens when the government legalizes cannabis and starts adding nicotine and other disgusting products to it?
It’s legal with cigarettes, so why not our weed?
If one state legalizes weed, then all states will legalize weed. The market will push the cartels activities into the other states and the people will wish to have the freedom of their neighbors and the guts to do so!
What about indiana feelin left out.
I can only hope that people will finally open their eyes and that all of this false damnation that marijuana has gotten in its lifetime will be dispelled. I think that if every American was actually taught the facts about it, a lot more conservatives (like me) would be supporters as well. I really hope this bill passes in some of these states so they can be examples to the rest of the world, showing them that it isn’t as bad as the uneducated world makes it out to be.
Why not change the laws to prohibit the adding of bullshit chemicals to cigarettes? Why the hell is it legal to poison people by adding shit to tobacco? Our government is like a retarded bully.
i need to see Illinois up here by 2014 then i will have hope in the american society and actually be a free american
West Virginia should be on the list to leaglize marijuana for medical use and change their possession laws. Does anyone know when WV will reintroduce their bill to te legislature?
This is what’s gonna happen: The DEA is going to re-schedule the pharmaceutical use of whole, organic THC (and other cannabinoids) as Schedule III for uses such as upcoming Sativex, but the DEA will NOT re-schedule cannabis as a whole plant for citizens to use. This will create even more public backlash from cannabis supporters, and in turn *might* edge the government to take further steps like Schedule II. Don’t frey folks, cannabis will one day be as legal as a bottle of Grey Goose. I’m also greatly saddened though about headline news yesterday saying [pot causes 50% increase in risk of accident after smoking]. We all know the real-world examples don’t add up nearly as much.
Sativex available in 2014 likely says the company who created it. Bam! b***hes! I was spot on!!!
http://news.discovery.com/human/medical-marijuana-spray-120131.html
AND NO FLORIDA!!!!!!!! SAW THAT ONE COMING -______-
What about Alabama. I,m waiting.
What really puzzles me is that there is still all this talk about legalizing REAL cannabis when it seems such a moot point…..
Walk into any locally owned convenience store and low and behold there are all sorts of jars and foil pouches filled with SPICE.
(A substance which is meant to mimic the effects of Cannabis, as well as does more damage than tobacco.)
If this dangerous substance is legal then why not the all-natural and beneficial real thing??
Just saying….. seems as though this SPICE stuff is the lynchpin that brings the whole MJ prohibition issue crumbling down around itself.
But then the US government always has had a ‘do as I say not as I do’ policy.
Where CT at? Hopefully once at least one of these pass then the ball will be rolling all the way to the east coast.
Very encouraging indeed. Think Pharma is the biggest flower
opponent. Just have to let their own words help our cause.
Script drugs may cause all kinds of nasty things to your body
Including DEATH! The flower is much friendlier.
Spread the word all that ye know.
This has really proven to the federal government that cannabis is a serious issue like it was during the late 1980’s. But this time the citizens of the United states want it to have it legalized so that the violence and corruption that prohibition has caused will end.
Cannabis issue is everything.
VOTE!
Some one please let me know how i can get this started in Kentucky please. I have OI (every weak bones) as well as a long list of decease due to OI, this places me is horrific pain, and i hate taking pain pill they give me nothing but more aliments. Smoke Cannabis however is one thing that i can take that will not give me more pain later on… i really would love to be able to smoke in Kentucky. However can send me information of how to get this at least medically legalized please send me information. at Kreacher41008@gmail.com
Similar to TN’s hesitation to choose a side at the beginning of the Civil War, TN will be one of the last states still too stubborn to budge on this issue… and I’m willing to bet some great catalyst will kick the rear of the Fed to crack back down against all the rogue states. Just watch it happen. I don’t want it to, but it’s a more realistic future than a completely unified country where every citizen enjoys every freedom and liberty as the next… until then, break the law as much as you can; it’s your duty as a citizen; a former president said so.
Why has not anyone pushed the envelope beyond medical? If famine, political unrest, natural disaster or any other situation natural or manmade happens cannabis could actually be a matter of national security. Actually, we know that it already is with mexican quartels and such.
The point should be made that the ability of creating food and medicine is an essential piece of securing and maintaining the American way.
After Japan, I am questioning whether we could act, and/or control the nuclear event of a super volcanoe in yellowstone, meteor event…
There are many 1000 or 1 million year events that are known and absolute. Some of these events are actually well into or even beyond the frequency.
I am a medical patient with multiple qualifying conditions, but I think that my neighbors should be able to get stoned if they wish. Also, getting stoned may be in itself, national security!
One more thing… I dated a beautiful girl that had a four year education that was introduced to oxy by the medical establishment. She went to heroin because it was cheaper. If I google her name, she pops up on mugshot websites… So the gateway theory is way out there… I tried coke, meth etc. when I was a teen to 22ish. All of my experimentation was from a few beers.
In my part of the woods, just as many people smoke weed as drink wine. Lumping cannabis with coke, meth and real hard drugs tells kids that the can do these hard drugs because meth is as benign as pot!
Our government must be ran by retards.
You should add Idaho
@Amanda
You have no concept of the problem and no interest in gaining an understanding, but somehow it the rest of us who are idiots.
Do you really think we can’t see through you?
Suck it up and get real.
This article gave me a boner.
Glad to see our country taking steps forward!
Mo. Motaa!2012
Ron and Rand Paul 2012!
Come on Indian…a lol indiana needs to get it together, as much as they r cutting r trees down they need to b replacing it with a plant that resembles a tree like Marijuana. Canibis will bring green back to r content. Therefore, Marijuana converts carbon dioxide to oxygen also…y not give mother nature her seeds of life back to her? Put indiana on this LIST!!!
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I read this completely wrong. This is not just medicinally. This is totally legalize, with regulations, of course. Wow, blew my mind. Maybe other states will follow the example and see the success I’m sure this is going to have in reducing crime rates, smugglers, etc. Dear Maryland, Please consider this as well. I need my medicine without fear of having my children taken away. *sigh*
The Pharmaceutical companies don’t want it to be legalized, it won’t be. Why do you think that there hasn’t been one mention of legalization in all those GOP debates? Who could pull off such a feat? Who can tell the TV News to shut it up as they did Ron Paul. Guys, let’s face facts, the war is over we lost. If weed is legalized it will only be because they found a new source of power over the people, else the pharms win. I’m trying to figure out how to live somewhere else before it gets to bad to do so here.
If enough states enact laws to essentially legalize mj then the feds will have no choice but to follow through. With 8 states giving it enough serious consideration to put it to a vote then it looks like we’re reaching the proverbial tipping point. I think I just felt my pergo floor move….
Yes! Good luck to all states!!
After 39 yrs of wanting waiting and hoping it’s nice to see some sense of a real chance at ending prohibition at least in some states who knows an 20 yrs we may actually even get the south eastern US to be dragged screaming into the 21st century and at least consider medical cannabis
The California – Like Wine – campaign did an expensive poll. Their initiative got 62% of likely voters in 2012 saying YES!
When we get this on the ballot. It will pass and it is designed to end the drug war. We declare marijuana a RIGHT and order California to defend it from the feds or counties and municipalities.
Help us break the back of prohibition. Please donate what you would pay for just 1 gram of your favorite medicine. Do it as an investment in the future of creating a Bust Free America.
http://www.regulatemarijuanalikewine.com/donate
If you live in Mississippi call your senator and Representative to support HB 2522 for Medical Marijuana.
Curious, I live in Florida so I do not really know.
How much is a gram (On Average) at the “medicine shops”?
Also, been wondering and I think my answer is NO because the Federal Gov still says it is illegal but does any Insurance cover Medical Marijuana (Private or Govt) to also include the VA (Veterans Admin)
Just curious f this med is all out of pocket
Texas better be legalized as well, if not I will be moving to one of these states when the bill has passed.
No luck down in Florida..
For people in Florida and other states suffering, here is what the drafters of California’s Like Wine wanted to do in getting it passed: By declaring rights and using the wine model (the same model that was used to break alcohol prohibition)they set a foundation that will strengthen every state.
Rights are not granted, they are inherent to being a human being. If they apply to one person now, they apply to all people at all times… including the past.
However, many of the initiative above do not have this basis. Many were drafted before the feds showed their hand and are not prepared to stop them. When Like Wine gets through the courts, it will provide a legal basis for people in other states to also stop the feds, if they don’t give up completely after we take California from them in the first place.
There is nothing better than the promise of taking the worlds 8th largest economy and aiming their resources at the DOJ, the DEA and the IRS and saying “STOP!”
Pennsylvania is a cross between urban centers and very rural areas with substantial populations. They both are mari friendly. For some inexplicable reason (probably money) the last two bills died in Harrisburg.
Budget hearings are coming up,,the DEA busted for laundering cartel cash,,the ATF gunrunning for them,,,it will be in the DOJ budget hearings that we will hear discussion of legalization and where the budget knives cut the deepest will signal their intent,,,waiting for them,,impatiently.
Go West Virginia and good fortune to all.
should be 18 not 21 cigarettes are worse for u then bud
All we need is one state at a time to start opening he eyes of everyone that is uneducated to the truth about marijuana. The other states would follow soon after. Even the states proposing legalization for medical use help the cause in the long run. I hope Tennessee does something soon though…..
lets see tennessee in this one.
Maryland!!
Missouri is working hard to gather the signatures necessary to add the pro-cannabis legislation to the 2012 ballot! I’m so proud of Show-Me Cannabis Regulation for their efforts and have signed the petition myself.
With the death of Whitney Houston on Saturday, there has been massive media attention on the dangers of prescription drug addiction. Now is the time for all INTELLIGENT cannabis activists to start spreading the message about safer alternatives like cannabis. At least our beloved plant has NEVER killed anyone…
West Virginia Medical Marijuana Bill House Bill 4498
don.perdue@wvhouse.gov send the Committee Chair an
e-mail explaining the importance of this to the thousands of West Virginians who could benefit from this and why..we need your help
This is amazing and i can not believe they are even considering it. Marijuana is to stereotyped in the world that we live in. People need to know the truth about it.
Pennsylvania, i wish
What about the California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012? That is far more comprehensive, and more true to the hope and reality of legalization! http://www.cchhi2012.org/
We need to start suing! Think about DARE, they continue to lie to folks about marijuana, thereby wasting the money donated to them. By doing this, they are undercutting their own mission based on lies they are now helping to promote. Yes, we do need to educate our youth about the dangers of drugs, but most of the dangerous drugs are in the medicine cabinet. If they will not tell the truth about marijuana, continue to tell our kids the reason people become addicted to cocaine and other drugs is because they tried or used marijuana they need to be sued about these lies just so they can become useful again. You know, focus on dangerous drugs which is their mission.
I’ve seen the movement here in Nebraska. It’s pathetic it stands no chance. It’s just a bunch of stoner/hippie’s giving it an even worse name than pot already has here. These efforts need to be led by legitimate looking people and business backed otherwise it will continue to look like a bunch of idiots just looking to get high. Sorry to offend as i know some in the movement here are working very hard, but i doubt they even get enough signatures.
When are the alcohol fueled bigots in Louisana ever gonna get it?????? Revolution will happen 420
I really hope Texas follows suit and that these laws get passed, but they are stubborn here in the Lonestar State. Putting people in jail for marijuana use and possession is a waste of time and money, and we can’t afford to waste either in this economy.
For this to even be considered the people have to make more noise. Those elitist who are in power only pay attention to those who are loud and in the spotlight. Look at same sex marriage those folks are in the news and in the papers across the country everyday of the week. our cause only get mentioned once or twice every 2 months and it is not the lead story or even on the front page. We still have a long way to go before this even becomes a concern for state legislatures across the country. And the federal government is not even considering this type of legislation. If you ask any of them you will get a snicker or outright laughed at, they don’t take it seriously.
nice
Too bad I don’t think Il. will ever be on here. Too many sticks up too many asses
Pa soon I hope this stuffyass state wakes up and realizes all the good it would do to make it legal. As a person who deals with severe daily pain this would be a godsend.
“Freedom is not given. It is won.”
Thomas Jefferson
I wont weed to be legal so therefore it wont be…
wish New Jersey was up there! the states that legalize it are going to have an increase in population
Check out Maryland and it didn’t make the list…http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/789181/three_ways_maryland_may_legalize_medical_pot/#paragraph5
Hoping Ohio will be a medical state in 2012. Not fair, that this goverments has to decide for us. We know better than any of them!!!
COME ON MARYLAND LEGALIZE THIS THERAPEUTIC AWESOME PLANT BEFORE I GO BACK IN TIME AND KILL THE PERSON WHO STARTED THE FIGHT AGAINST WEED
GOD GIVEN, GOVERNMENT TAKEN. FIGHT THE “POWER”
The funny thing about all this is I live in VT and i found out just last week that NH had the House pass a legalization bill a few weeks ago…that makes Nine (9)…
[Paul Armentano responds: False. House Bill 1705 was introduced in New Hampshire on January 25. To date it has had a single committee hearing and no vote. You can learn more about this pending legislation and pending legislation in other states here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/.%5D
Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska!!!!
This is a chance for the people in the heart of America to show the rest of country an example of unity, freedom of choice and most importantly, FREEDOM!
Harry Anslinger (Fed. Bureau of Narcotics) & William Hearst (newspaper mogul) are the two men most involved in the criminalization of weed in the U.S. by outright lying about its effects, of course.
Here’s why it must be freed, with or without a civil war. #1 most of the industrial worlds economy is based solely off fossil fuels. Things which CANNOT be replenished. And we are seeing the results what with all the fracking, economic collapse, etc being caused by these capitalist monkeys. So we will be forced to find another alternative and the only logical one would be and is HEMP. Sure we can utilize wind, but there again, man isn’t making an account for the power of God. Algae, well I know people working on that and the grants they get are for CREATING the algae. Hemp, well, we all know how fast it grows. End of discussion. #2 I was a mother who was told, point blank by a court employee that indeed my being a marijuana proponent TRUMPED proven sexual abuse in the courts here in my county (but in many places as well). And lastly, because as a mother of a student who was just expelled from middle school (without ever having any sort of disciplinary problems, and who had high grades) over a stem being handed to him as a joke (zero tolerance)…and yet, in the school rule book it states, physical violence will ONLY get you 3 days of suspension, I’d say that these laws are LONG over due to change. Nothing, and I mean nothing is logical about them at all.
Even though I am highly opposed to synthetic drugs for myself personally, I am not about to voice everyone to stop them. Freedom of choice for me goes both ways. They want to fill their bodies with poison, so be it (don’t even get me started on how many people die each year from accidental prescription overdoses. They have us all worried about the “terrorists,” why? The Big Pharm companies have a far higher body count of us Americans than all the terrorists attacks combined since 9/11, so who are the real terrorists?? -I tell that to a lot of people, I’m not sure why they don’t get it). But we too deserve that freedom of choice as well. We also ALL deserve to live in communities where people who violate another’s body are deemed public enemy number 1, not people who only “harm” themselves.
OK. I’m done, for now. Really, I’m just getting started.
God bless
ohio is putting it on ballot for sep-nov consideration for med-mari……i have a rare,painfull condition,when it passes,maybe we can pay our state out of debt instead of cutting teachers,police,fire,rescue…ya know,the important areas.many states have balaced their budg.with this.i need med-mari,it helps so much with all my pain,anxiety,and depression…..if not,i’ll move from the only home i’ve ever known.
also,dare is teaching my gbaby that mari causes cancer…..what?….new eng journ of med just released on jan 10 12 that mari smokers lungs are in as good or better than non smokers……israel has found a cancer link gene and made mari legal bcuz it keeps cells from turning bad,and into cancer.coulda told em……i’m old school.
Well, im really glad we are getting somewhere…BUT STILL NO OHIO!!! FUUUUU!!!
My wife of 39 years died about a year ago after a long terrible battle with brain cancer, we lived in Minnesota and had to become criminals for her to get any relief, as the six different prescriptions they tried for nausea did not work, this is not the way citizens should be treated in a “free country”.
Free country? Which free country was that Marty?
It’s sad my aunt was fight breast cancer and i had to do the same thing and now my granmom has stomach cancer and she is starting to loss weight but she does not believe it helps
I am so proud of Montana! I am shocked at Washington as I wrote to my Senator about legalization of Marijuana a very long time ago. I was basically told that in no uncertain terms would my state government agree to having any part in the legalization of Marijuana. Well, well, well, it sounds as if maybe change is in the air.
With so little to be proud of from our country these days, for the first time in a very long time I have smiled at this news. I almost felt proud again.
There is just too much good in Marijuana for us to listen to people who know nothing about it and live in fear on a daily basis about it.
We just might be ok.
Thank you,
Teresa Ward
Couldn’t we start a petition on line to see how many people in the US support the complete legalization of marijuana, growing it like we grow tobacco and other crops, tax it, sell it and the states would make some real money. We have to see how many people in America back it with the petition and then we go from there. We have to GET RID OF PROHIBITION JUST LIKE THEY DID WAY BACK IN ANOTHER TIME. Marijuana is a weed, a plant, and I think it’s about time this plant is set free. No political views at this time, please. Just respond if you first agree to a petition and that you will support it. Then it goes on change.org as a petition. Please respond.
Massachusetts is also currently considering legalization through HB 1371. Collectively, these 9 states represent almost half of the electoral votes a presidential candidate would need for victory. If each of these states can, through the majority of cannabis supporters in these states, direct their votes to Gary Johnson, both of the eventual candidates of the “standard” parties would be hard pressed to win without the support of the cannabis community. The federal hypocrisy has to stop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOaCemmsnNk&context=C312e339ADOEgsToPDskLEwFi3UFEZGkEY_bGGMo-B
A26 slip your granny a brownie and when her nausea from keno disappears and she can eat food and strengthen herself she will get over it and thank you
Btw…God bless norml for all they have done… cured my friends studdering … helped my friends MS….. Helped paralyzed with pain .. My depression….cancer patients..etc .. Keep fighting the good fight normal .. Your Heros in my book… People have a right to natural medicine and the pharmaceutical companies just hate it!!!
Can we please get Florida on board
My grandmother used to roll my grandfather joints when he had cancer. It helped him immensely! If anyone else here is a Christian and would like some comprehensive bible verses to back the medicinal properties of marijuana, here is an excellent link. It doesn’t bend the scripture in false ways and it explains that cannabis was used as part of ointments in Jesus’ time. He also stated that no one should be judged for its use and there were people using it in His time. There was even a prophecy about it! Check it out. http://www.ebeneezer.net/ritual/vegetable/offsite/bible.htm
Not sure why people always say, tax it. Is that the only reason government would allow it to be legalized? Are we not taxed enough that we must say tax it? I’m sure it will be taxed but let’s not push for taxing the hell out of it
plz help out north carolina!
[Paul Armentano responds: There are two separate pieces of legislation pending in the North Carolina legislature. HB 577 would allow for the use of medical cannabis. NORML’s take action alert for this measure is here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=39941501
HB 324, which decriminalizes minor marijuana possession, is also pending. NORML’s action alert for it is here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=61012716.
Have you contacted your state elected officials in support of these measures? If not, please do so.]
Once marijuana is legal in states like CA, CO, and WA the feds won’t be able to do shit! Spark it up!
Again, I wish our government would understand that give up on a fight they will never win, doesnt mean they are giving up there power. it just means they are going to have to regroup. The signing of the 1970 controled substance act should be re look at in this manner…..It was signed by
Mr Richard Milhous Nixon….aka The President of the United States Of America. He was impeached for being a criminal….meaning shouldnt it not be re looked at because a criminal made up laws that makes criminals just like him out of being everyday normal people of the united states of america? I’m not saying that every man woman and child should be on or have the right to use cannabis when ever he or she wants….the government should still have the right to regulate, but the resonsibility of cultavation, possession, and useage should be at the descretion of the citizens, not the government. Look up the word drug…. A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. so like an apple, or fiber, or cheerios should be listed as drugs, because all of these things alter the way the body feels and functions. Cannabis users are not monsters and to be honest are more non violent than a alcohol users. Government officials state they need more data that says they need more information the effects on the body before they can consider it to have any medical proporties, What I would like to know is where I can find this same studies for alcohol and cigarettes…….because I personal think that if we are going to live in a society where half is going to get the lifestyle we desire out of lies, then the other half of us who desire something different like cannabis should not be punished for want to have Earth to useage with out alteration.
Rules need to be made where age is a big factor. I think like alcohol age should be 21 for anyone to use cannabis, younger than that , the body is still growing and becoming a young adult, and should not be alterd by any substance….alcohol….cigarettes…cannabis.please all states consider the war on drugs not a failure but experience. We need to reform what we cant make work. all of you scared that if we grant cannabis to be legal and your scared that there will be cannabis users out on the open road legaly…….guess what They have been doing it illegaly for years, so lets regroup like alcohol rules and regulate how we live with it, instead of trying to pretend like it doesnt exsist…
thanks for your time
chris
my state(Kentucky) is considering legislation to allow medical m.j. i say legalize medical&recreational use legal now
ok now FL needs to legalize it!!!
Was arrested in NY with under 10 grams. Denied school grants. Praying one day…..
Dont forget New Jersey!!! cant see a thing wrong with the legalization of this “weed”…I am 60 and it helps me when i need it…regulate and sell the darn stuff already!
I’m growing Super Silver Haze, P91, Hawaiian Kush, Casey Jones, Purple Hawaiian, and Herijuana in my garage right now. All organic Fox Farm nutrients PH balanced to 6.5 in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil mixed with 30% Fox Farm big and chunky perlite. I really am living the dream!
I am a 57 year old professional in Fla. I just got caught with 2 joints on 1/1/2012,in Ocala , Fla. no priors. I used mj to help with sleep due to sciatic nerve concerns. I was charged with poss. under 20 grams. My lawyer advised me to just plead guilty.So far due to legal, fines, lawyer; etc. I have paid upwards to $5000. I have to check in daily between 5 Am and 8 Am for random drug testing. If I miss one daily call i have been threatened with 1 year in jail. I have to pay $135.00 per month for intake counseling ? It will always be on my record ( my lawyer lied about that to get the case ).I got 40 hrs of community service. I have to pay approx.$100.00 each time for drug test. There were $600.00 of fines ( I’m still trying to figure the breakdown on that ).To date I’m told I have to spend 3 hrs with a ” counselor ” on Tues 2/21/2012 for evaluation…and this is just the beginning. When I was arrested the ” officer ” put the cuffs on so tight I had black and blue marks for nearly 2 weeks, when I asked to loosen them up he said ” roll around in the back seat till you get comfortable “and continued talking on his cell phone…this is insane! Stop the insanity! Now I have to go to a Dr. for pain pills, and sleeping pills which I don’t want to do. Reform MJ laws in Fla. It could happen to you. Rick Johns Gainesville , Fla.
Of course Indiana will be the last state to ever consider this. It makes me ashamed that I live in a backward state that remains afraid of God given plant life. Nonetheless, I wanted to say thank you for all your efforts and keep up the good work! Even if Indiana is the last state, I would love to see legalization before I die. When you are ready to go full scale here I am ready to be on the team.
I am 25 years old and have severe spinal condition, that will disable me for the rest of my life. I am unable to sleep or even go to the bathroom, and I just keep getting legal prescription pain pills from my doctors, which are doing more harm to my body. When will New York legalize medical marijuana?? Hopefully before I die of a prescription pain pill mishap or overdose?? Trully very scary stuff……and that’s legal go figure…….
new world stoners!!
@Nathan. You lucky dawg!
I am not ill or sick and I do not need medical marijuana. I enjoyed getting off work and relaxing with a smoke. My daily stress level would lower and I felt content. Others I know would do the same with beer or wine. Yet I never could drink, I cannot stand the taste, smell, or effect alcohol would give me. At most I felt sick. I believe I am slightly allergic to alcohol. I am so upset with this country. I was fired from my job because of what I do. They surprised me with a drug test and of course I was found out! I do not do marijuana at work. Only on my private time, in my home and not bothering anyone. I have no privacy anymore…
When our elected officials that are there to represent us refuse our voice, what does that tell you? We need to vote these people out and put people who have common sense in there. Everyday the special interests “BUY” your voice away. The pharmaceutical and liquor industries are stealing your voice. Stand up! Vote these sell-outs out! They will never “GIVE” you the rights that the constitution guarantees you. You have to fight for your freedom. It is happening in wisconsin right now!
Respectfully,
“TORCH”
In Texas we can’t get anywhere. Everytime a bill regarding cannabis is introduced it is forwarded to the same committee. Everytime, they choose not to vote on it, and it is shelved . The bill eventually expires.
I watched some of the hearings in Texas. The bill was to change Cannabis from a class B misdemeanor to a class C misdemeanor. The committee members were mostly absent. The ones that were actually present were preoccupied with other matters while the bill was being discussed. One even left to go smoke a cigarette while the congressman was reading the bill to the committee! They have an absolute disregard for anyone promoting cannabis law reform.
PLEASE! Use your power to vote out those hypocritical alcoholics who keep mashing their JackBoots down on the weed smokers necks!
Just a point-nobody’s going around trying to get crack, heroin, meth, and the like legalized. I would think that this would validate the idea that pot needs to be completely legalized.
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Never admit to anything and demand a jury trial. “The judge will instruct the jury that it must uphold the law as he gives it. He will be lying. The jury must judge the law as well as the facts. Juries were instituted to protect citizens from the tyranny of the government. It is not the duty of the jury to uphold the law. It is the jury’s duty to see that justice is done … Once on a jury, must I use the law as given by the judge, even if I think it’s a bad law, or wrongly applied? The answer is ‘No.’ You are free to vote on the verdict according to your conscience.”http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/28/can-juries-ignore-immoral-laws-by-nullifying-them.html FLOOD THE COURTS!
I watched a very eye opening show last night Secrets of our Founding Fathers. OMG our country WAS FOUNDED ON HEMP AND HEMP PRODUCTS. THEY STATED, AS MOST OF US KNOW, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, WERE A BUNCH OF DRUNKS AND THEY BELIEVE THEY ALL SMOKED WEED TOO. IT WAS GROWN FREELY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. EVERYTHING WAS MADE OUT OF HEMP; EVEN THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS WERE WRITTEN ON HEMP! IT IS GOING TO TAKE ME AWHILE BUT I AM GOING TO WRITE A PETITION FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO SIGN LIKE ON CHANGE.ORG B/C THIS WHOLE STUPID THING WITH WEED IS COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND. THIS IS WORST THAN PROHIBITION!! PLEASE KEEP WRITING YOUR COMMENTS B/C I AM READING ALL OF THEM AND THINKING ABOUT THE PETITION EVEN HARDER!
What I want to do is also show how weed helps everyone that is in any kind of pain, chronic or otherwise. How it has helped your relatives, friends, etc. I am so tired of this. Pass the word. This needs to be addressed to show how the whole thing is a farce, how our country was born of HEMP, WEED, POT, ETC. ETC……. HOW ARE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OR RIGHTS WERE GETTING HIGH. I AM SURE IT WILL BE BOO-HOOED BUT IT IS OUR HISTORY! PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE IT ARE SCARED OR UNINFORMED.
Unfortunately, even states (Michigan for example) that have medicinal marijuana laws already in place, and have had for several years, are still under attack by the lawmakers of our states. Next week there will be a few bills up for changing the way medicinal marijuana can be legally purchased and/or grown by the patient and/or caregiver. The lawmakers, I think, are basically hoping that none of the “pot-heads”, or patients, will actually voice any sort of an opinion, and whatever the legislators want to pass, will be passed without any objections. The states that have medicinal marihuana already passed are NOT OUT OF THE CLEAR AT ALL, and unless we stay, or become very proactive, what we have gained, on a state level, could very easily be taken away, or over-regulated to the point where, dropping back out of the “system” would be a logical option. Lets not let this happen people. We need to really be involved, lest we lose our right to medicate, and be taken back several steps, just like it used to be.
Check this out from NORML part of a series of essays on ending the government’s failed war against cannabis. http://blog.norml.org/2012/02/21/cato-unbound-ending-cannabis-prohibition-in-america/
Thank you Coolmom from another Coolmom (63)
I believe we need to end “prohibition” on weed only and put “alcohol” back on prohibition and sit back and watch what unravels in this country.
Tales two steps backward if Santorum, Romney become president?
You are welcome Coolmom. Those are some lucky folks in WA state and the Mayor and council in Seattle want to legalize marijuana to stop crime. From his speech:
“Seattle is the kind of place that isn’t afraid to try a different approach. We support safe access to medical marijuana and made enforcement of possession of marijuana for personal purposes our lowest enforcement priority. But we’ve learned in the past year that with the federal war on drugs still intact, and with our kids still getting gunned down on the streets, we need to do more. I know every one of the city council members sitting to my left and right believe as I do: it’s time for this state to legalize marijuana, and stop the violence, stop the incarceration, stop the erosion of civil liberties, and urge the federal government to stop the failed war on drugs.”
Amen
If Norml sponsored a drive and asked everyone that post to these forums to take their petition to end the war on drugs and end the black market that has thrived under prohibition 2, and each get 100 signatures, we could get on the ballets in all 50 states. If you want to see an end to prohibition 2, you have to do what they did to end prohibition 1 get it on the ballet. Norml, why not make up a petition and put it on line for down loading. One for each state. Then challenge your reader to step up to the plate and do their fair share to get enough signatures to win their state and the US as a whole. Why should we complain what ‘they’ do or don’t do, let’s start doing something ourselves instead.
You know it’s crazy enough it just might work.
Bob
[Paul Armentano responds: Statewide ballot initiatives are only a legal option in 25 of the 50 US states. Laws are far more likely to be enacted or amended via the legislative process than by the initiative process.]
Help West Virginia to get on this list.. at least medicinal
[Paul Armentano responds: West Virginia, like nearly 20 other states, has medical marijuana law reform legislation pending in the 2012 legislative session. Please see NORML’s Take Action Center here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/.%5D
The Fed crackdown will amplify tenfold as soon as the first one of these passes. I wish with all my heart that it would be legalized, but I don’t realistically see it happening in my lifetime. Americans will be losing freedoms in the near future–not gaining them.
NO NORTH CAROLINA WTH COME ON PPL
[Paul Armentano responds: There is legislation pending in North Carolina to legalize the limited use of medical cannabis and to decriminalize personal use. Information of both measures is on NORML’s Take Action page here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/. Please check this page before posting that your state ‘is not on the list.’]
What in the world is our government so afraid of? Why do these elected officials abandon the very people that they were elected to represent? Could it be because the ” RICH SPECIAL INTERTEST ” lobbiests are buying them off on behalf of the large corporations? You bet it is!
The only way for change is to MAKE IT HAPPEN! Find a candidate that has your best interests at heart and vote him in as the replacement. If you have to, get a recall going. Politics turn people off, but getting personally involved is the only way to make change happen!
The people ” ARE AMERICA”! We can make this happen if we try hard enough. This is your country, with “your” laws. It should not belong to rich corporations!
” TORCH”
NO NORTH CAROLINA WTH COME ON PPL
[Paul Armentano responds: There is legislation pending in North Carolina to legalize the limited use of medical cannabis and to decriminalize personal use. Information of both measures is on NORML’s Take Action page here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/. Please check this page before posting that your state ‘is not on the list.’]
I would be the first on line with all my chronic pain and illnesses if NC had medical cannabis. HR 324 is to lower penalties, that’s it. Is there another bill somewhere??
Please give # and where it is….
[Paul Armentano responds: Yes, there is a seperate medical marijuana bill pending. I already gave you the link. Personally, I find it troubling how many times per day I provide the same information to these pages. Here it is again:
http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=39941501
North Carolina Legislature Considers Medical Marijuana Measure
Urge Your Representative to Support HB 577
Legislation that seeks to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical marijuana has been introduced in the North Carolina legislature.
House Bill 577 amends state law to “authorize an individual to use marijuana for medical purposes as directed by a physician.” HB 577 would allow patients both the ability to cultivate their own cannabis at home or to purchase it at state licensed distribution centers. This proposal remains pending before the House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations and has yet to be assigned a hearing.
Sixteen states Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington and the District of Columbia have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. There is no legitimate reason why North Carolina’s patients should not enjoy these same legal protections.
Please urge your member of the House to support this legislation by entering your zip code below. You can track the progress of this bill and view more information about HB 577 here.]
How ’bout 1 of the lower eastern states,N.C.,S.C.,Georgia,Fla.?
new york needs to come together with something
Legalization proposal are also happening in Latin America, promoted by no less than the president of Guatemala, who is seeking support from all regional government, including Mexico and Colombia. This is huge.
I created the petition underneath.
http://signon.org/sign/support-guatemalan-president
Sign and share!
For the first time ever, legalization will be debated at a major international Summit, the April 14-15 Summit of the Americas, with the leaders of the 34 countries of the Americas in attendance! This is an unprecedented event and all activists should take advantage of this opportunity to generate massive mobilization of support for significant and meaningful debate on drug policy reform, especially as obstruction can be expected from the US.
Support Guatemalan request to open a debate on drug legalization at the Sixth Summit of the Americas on April 14-15, 2012. Urge President Obama to not stall the courageous process initiated by Guatemala, and to allow a truthful debate to take place. Urge him to get back to his campaign pledge and to show the courage and vision to add his positive contribution to the debate.
HELL YES! Its about time marijuana was legalized! especialy considering its effects are way less of a danger to the human body then Alcohol or Cigarettes!!!!! I pray soon all 50 states shall pass this petition!!!
I have, but it seems to be on nearly deaf ears here in NC. No legal mmj states in the southeast AT ALL! The cops have the citizens too scared to speak out.
Why is it that I can’t find anything about Indiana being up for medical marijuana this year? I physically have to search the In.gov website to find anything other than just random comments about it.
[Paul Armentano responds: Simply click the ‘act’ button on the NORML front page to be taken to our summary of pending state legislation. Indiana’s information appears there.]
I hope Illinois Legislatures finally get on the ball and legalize both marijuana as well as Industrial Hemp. Farmers growing Industrial Hemp again would be a real boost to Illinois economy because of the many Industries that could spring up in Illoinois and surrounding sates that could make items from Industrial Hemp. These industries would hire hundreds of thousands of people to work and pay taxes further supporting Illinois economy. The adult citizens of Illinos and all of the states should be free to use cannibis just lke adults can use alcohol or tobacco.
I hope Illinois Legislatures finally get on the ball and legalize both marijuana as well as Industrial Hemp. Farmers growing Industrial Hemp again would be a real boost to Illinois economy because of the many Industries that could spring up in Illinois and surrounding states that could make products from Industrial Hemp. These Industries would hire hundreds of thousands of people to work and pay taxes further supporting Illinois economy.
The adult citizens of Illinos and all of the states should be free to use cannibis just lke adults can use alcohol or tobacco.
that will help to get the drugs dealers out of bussness.drug dealer are getting all the money now.
Well this is stupid if u r just gonna keep postin the same thing over and over but that doesn’t matter our government would make money by taxing and regulating and as previously said it takes the money out of drug dealers hands. Also how can anyone prove that marijuana leads to harder drugs and even so how can u not say the same thing is true about alcohol, I no plenty of people that only drink and do cocaine should we ban liquor again?. That actually doesn’t even matter because if it were true marijuana leads to harder drugs then probably over half the united states would strung out on coke heroin or meth but that’s simply not true. The main reason is that pharmaceutical companies would lose money when a doctor could just prescribe u marijuana instead of a bunch of pills. Our government now is to intertwined with pharmaceutical companies because if they lose out on money so do the people that are supposedly representing us. And has our country not learned from our mistakes with prohibition u make criminals stronger and all they doing is fighting a losing battle. When legalized or decriminalized for some people it takes some of the risk out of doing it so they don’t find it as appealing, it’s human nature if u tell some one they can’t do something they will do it just show or themselves that they can.
LEGALIZE IT! There is nothing wrong with marijuana. If anything, harsher legal action needs to be implemented with disgusting drugs such as cocaine and meth. ALSO alcohol is worse than weed by SO MUCH – who has ever heard of a murder or vandalism act done in the influence of marijuana. So many studies prove its so much safer than cigarettes and alcohol… yes its illegal and all that crap is on the market making the government billions. Load of crap.
I believe all 50 states should jump on the band wagon regarding legalizing Marijuana. It’s not like it does hazardous damage to the body, it doesn’t. Make you crazy like the harsher drugs being used in the world, I’m from Wisconsin and the the drug dealers are making plenty of money selling it here whether the government wants to believe it or not. They can’t catch everyone so why not legalize it and have Uncle Sam get his cut from the profit that’s being made. It isn’t like a person can’t be productive at work off a little joint versus someone being impaired off of Cocaine, Heroin, Meth and other harmful drugs that will be more dangerous while under that type of influence at work. It should just be a limit on how much marijuana is being used before work. But when someone gets off a long day of working 8-12 hrs shifts I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a hot shower, food, a glass of wine and a joint every now and then.
we have more support now for legalizing marijuana than there ever has been in American history. the time to vote and get involved is now!
ohio needs it!!
Oh look, IL isn’t on the list. They’re the last to pass beneficial laws and the first to pass stupid laws.
Florida will have it on the ballot in November if we get enough signatures. Then (supposedly from someone from PUFFM) said that it definitely would be in 2014 if they don’t get the signatures. I was there at their meeting but I don’t know who said it first – him or someone higher. (No pun intended) lol.
sirs, please tell me who 2 write 2 get this done i believe lots of people that smoke now would not do it as much if it was legal. my life depends on it and will continue whether they legalize it or not.i have cancer and lots of other medical conditions that cannibus helps me control the pain
Yes, this Marijuana stuff has gone for too long, Legalize this amazing herb, and Can we add the other 42 states in there? especially Indiana, mainly because I live there.
What is happening with legalizing marijuana in Wisconsin? Will there be a vote coming up?
Still no love for South Carolina 🙁
Dope you mean to tail me North
Carolina did not make the list of
states who might ALLOW something
that is illegal and less dangerous
than Kevlar? Sure you didn’t miss
my state?
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get out and vote.
Don’t let anyone convince you to not vote with their ridiculous conspiracy theories like what happened with prop 19 in California.
If their intention is to get you to not vote to emancipate yourself through legalization,
then they don’t care about you or your freedom.
Don’t forget about your Canadian neighbours up north who are getting harsher penalties right now under the conservatives either.
If there’s ever a vote or a petition for us,
we need your help.
We’ll have your back to.
what about wisconsin?
How many of these states have already legalized by now?
Just wondering if Florida might ever make it legal for medical reasons
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I don’t think Florida will ever come to the light. They make too much money putting people in jail for pot.
We need to legalize it in Georgia
Where’s Wisconsin? Just the ones by it. Come on.
Weed isnt for everyone but for those of us it is for it should be legalized. The future looks green follow me on twitter and instagram @ArrowKid_101 and check out my youtube page @ youtube.com/thehighlifedays
florida has a problem with bass salt and potpourri i think we should at least get a chance…..
wat about Texas??????
[Paul Armentano responds: Texas has no ballot initiative process. Reformers must work within the legislative process.]
what about Indiana cmon now
Wisconsin will be one of the last states to act on cannabis. Tavern leagues have a strong hold on this state like the vatican has on little boys.
whats goin on with indiana ?
Florida is on the list of states that have legalized medical marijuana, but I don’t know if they’ll legalize it for medicinal use. I really wish Texas would legalize medical marijuana, it would do wonders for this state.
What does that mean that florida has legalized medical marijuana, but your saying you don’t know if it will be legalized for medicinal use… Please clarify if anyone knows the florida laws
[Paul Armentano responds: Florida has not liberalized marijuana policy for therapeutic or any other purposes. Cannabis possession is a criminal offense in FL and is a felony offense if the amount possessed exceeds 20 grams: http://norml.org/laws/item/florida-penalties?category_id=852.%5D
Greetings….i am an 8 year intestinal cancer survivor…and as a result have developed krones disease….not sure which is worse….after the cancer almost killed me….and the radiation and chemicals…i became as sick as possible. It was a horrible experiance. I was then given pain medicine like handing out candy at halloween. Within three months i was a dope addict and my doctor and i weened me off the coctail of crap they were giving me…making digestion an even more challenging problem. Im an older man..and my doctor has been a friend for some time….after getting off the legal dope…that was very difficult…..my doctor took me to dinner and asked me a question he couldnt ask in his office….have you ever tried smoking pot? I thought he had lost his mind. We talked all evening and i decided to give it a try…as i was still quite sick and not doing well….terrible complications in my bowels…that have continued ever since.. the only way i can describe it…its like food poisioning every day.
Now came a difficult task….how can an older gentleman find pot? Im going to get shot or robbed…it was a fear…or what am i buying…where did it come from….what if its been laced or something. How the heck do ya bring it up in conversation….hey,you dont know me…but do you have any pot? It was not something i knew how to aproach.
Within a few months i met a young man through a friend who’s life calling is to distribute pot to sick people like me. He was a wonderful young man and we had a pharmacist/patient relationship for years. A few weeks ago he was shut down by the dark forces behind these laws that want me to suffer. Im again in a boat where i have nowhere to turn. Thanx government….for taking away my quality of life….which in definition…is treason.
Last year….a police officer thought he smelled burning pot coming from my home….without a warrant or any leagal reason….four officers broke into my home….destroyed it….found two grams of pot and took me to jail. I have a very good friend who is a lawyer….he had the case thrown out…thank god. The police still work and were never repromanded…this is not a well organized militia…but a bunch of punks with guns looking for a rush. They lied on the stand in a court in america…no charges…they broke the law…no punishment….the fourth ammedment was ignored…no punishment. I use to think cops got a bad wrap…i use to respect the law and our government.
The more i hear stories like mine…the more fury i feel. But what are we going to do…..a bunch of people with cancer and worse marching to the capitol to demand our rights as people and patients. I put this to anyone healthy enough to rise up against this government….we live in a great country….but i believe that while we were working and sleeping….something very dark has taken control of this country and its grasp is reaching out to choke the rest of the world.
Pot needs to be legalized…period….
This isnt even funny anymore…..i can go to the doctor and take legal opiates that do more harm than good….but i cant put into my body what i know works for me because someone i dont even know…said so. It makes me crazy to read in the news about people dying daily from rx pills….or pain patients addicted to drugs so bad that if they were taken away …they would die…from withdrawl.
I have never….ever….once….heard anyone being hospitalized for pot….except that cop and his wife that ate pot brownies and panicked… The biggest problem here is this….some of us sick people feel we found a god given solution to health problems. Yet we are criminals….have to go to shady parts of town to find our medicine…pray your not killed…pray your pot wasnt dipped in rat poison…pray your not carjacked…pray the police dont show up….pray you make it home alive….because that is all you want to do……….. LIVE.
This is a true story….i live in one of the burbs in atlanta ga. I wish i had the strength to fight this state….i wish i had not squandered my youth worrying about getting rich…being important…and working so hard it almost killed me. I wish to see the day…when i can walk into a pharmacy type setting and purchase my medicine without fear…without shame….without pain. Now i spend my days….retired…damn near broke from the hospital bills….yeaaaaaaa insurance doesnt cover most of this…like…$50 needles for my I.V….anyway…i spend my days with horrible stress….simply trying to find my medicine…that helps me eat and use the bathroom as close to normal as possible.
But its perfectly legal to go buy a pistol…and put myself out of my misery. But here in georgia….i can go to jail for two years….for possesion of pot i use for medicine….the prison time would kill me.
How does any of this make sense….if you can wrap your head around this..then you are brainwashed and have no compassion for your fellow species.
Most who dont want to see pot legal…claim to be baptists….i like the christs teaching….and i dont think they practice what they preach…as they leave church…get into their new land rovers…hands covered in gold….and go home to their million dollar homes. Now……..tell me who is lost? Who is crazy?
Whattabout Florida? 🙁 I haven’t heard a single thing about legalizing the holy herb down south in Florida!! C’mon! 🙂
Anyways – Great work everyone!
we the people need to stand up for what is best for our people. One thing we can do is stop voting period, then maybe they will get the hint. We the people are really the ones with the power, we just have to start protesting and then maybe we will be heard. We have rights, what happened to freedom cause this is not freedom were being controlled like slaves, but were too blind to see it.
we the people need to stand up for what is best for our people. One thing we can do is stop voting period, then maybe they will get the hint. We the people are really the ones with the power, we just have to start protesting and then maybe we will be heard. We have rights, what happened to freedom cause this is not freedom were being controlled like slaves, but were too blind to see it.
Goddamn that is sad. What has happened to compassion? I feel your pain and desperation and can only re-assure you that there are many, many kind people that would be willing to help you out. The good thing about people who smoke is that they are generally more compassionate people and you can be blunt about it. It is very unfortunate that this is what we have done to the world, but it is changing with civil disobedience. People are now realizing that obeying the law is not always the right thing to do.
after 4 spinal reconstructions , medical marijuana has helped alot with many symtoms so that i may take alot less pills,yay..please legalize in michigan for good
Legalize it in flordia!!!
I don’t think Florida will ever legalize Marijuana due to the fact that they are mostly all southern rednecks. I wouldn’t mind having it legalized as the pain I have behind my eye pot would help..I’m 61 not a spring chicken…but I know how it makes you feel..I USED to be one time! LOL
each and ever person who does not know what a chronic illness feels like, cannot possible give an intelligent opinion. Marajuanna is not nere lethal as the meds we are given
I don’t want any more of the Drug Corporations synthesized medications to treat what marijuana can do naturally. Alcohol and prescription drugs kill more people than cigarettes and doctors become millionaires working for drug companies. I’m tired as heck watching commercials describing what can happen if you have a reaction to some of these drugs being advertised to control insomnia , anxiety and numerous other conditions. It’s frightening! Stop the madness… Hemp will never replace petroleum so please stop the suffering of the people!
What about kansas?
Gonna b hard for us down south cause the government make to much money!!! Even though it is the best medicine I have found for my ptsd and back problems I received while I was serving our country while in was in the army!!!!
I suffered a traumatic brain injury February of 11, I have taken all sorts of “head” meds. I smoke pot. I have an anxiety problem Makes me a friendlier person helps my appetite and stops making me so serious about the world around me. I live in Ohio and I’d love to see at least medical marijuana be legalized here so I can stop having to be so secretive and wary of doing something that makes me feel better but I can get in trouble for it. By the way going out and drinking is what caused the accident I was in.marijuana over alcohol any day
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It’s all about going out and voting if its going to be on your states ballot. If everyone who wants legalization just talks and hopes, that doesnt get it. Go Vote ! Go Vote !
i say the state of indiana should legal ize it just cause alot of us do it and then if we do it legally then there would be alot less people in jail for doinng majijuana
i would rather smoke a joint than drink a beer make it legal nation wide or i will wait till i retire2 smoke
I live in Florida and have suffered from seizures for years and am only 25.I take 15 pills a day. I survived Steven Johnson syndrome from an awful anti epileptic medication and now also take lortab and Percocet. I am unable to drive or work and do not smoke although I did in the past. Florida needs to allow the REAL medically sick the chance to see if it helps their condition or not. Since I quit smoking my condition has deteriorated in 2 years and I live every day sick in bed.
What about Louisiana?
http://www.change.org/petitions/government-of-texas-legalize-marijuana#
SUPPORT US!!
When can we vote in ChICAGO TO LEGALIZE THE GREEN!!
just to say Fla is a lame on any thing good u cant even take words from the word to study with a state inmate on death row and the fact of being able to smoke pot here with out it breaking the law its just dont work for me. help!
I love fla! I am a son of the south. I have to take morphine for pain(37sugeries due to birthdefect cancer survivor..and that’s before my 16th b-day) Sure would be nice to be able to use a natrual med. Or atleast not be sick & feel like a crack head if I run out of meds! Wish i could speak to the public about my story…
Thanks for letting me vent a bit (0;
I just got out of jail for cannabis.I have a amputation,steel in my back,knee,elbow,and wrist.Ohio this is getting old,
WAY TO GO WEST COAST 🙂
I hate this. Im 26 year old at this time and spent since i was 21 on heavy narcotic for severe nerve pain and spine problems. I hated needing something and was up to 320 mg of morphine a day in ex release and 80 mg of hydrocodone and several others for 5 years almost. i finally stopped to find i was so addicted i had to be put on other meds. and then other meds. now i smoke once in awhile to help my pain when its so bad. I hate that I can get in so much trouble in iowa because some people think its bad yet they throw tons of pills down my throat that i almost od on several times because of forgetting i took something and became very addicted. I dont get withdrawl from pot. i dont pass out and stop breathing from pot. i actually eat because i dont usually eat when im in pain. my pain keeps getting worse year by year. i hope soon iowa changes it because i feel i wont be able to take the pain for much longer and will end up back on morphine and oxy just to be able to work and try to enjoy life. I just dont get it. makes me almost cry because of how ignorant govt is.
I heard about Illinois this year but its not on the list.
Florida plzz we need it for our economy in citrus. Let me be prezz ill take care of this issue.
i am a disabled viet-nam veteran. married 35 years and have raised 5 children and 6 grandchildren. i have worked and paid my taxes for the last 50 years i served my country and paid taxes while doing so. i am educated with a college degree, i like to think i am a rational clear thinking human being. i am getting older, as i do not care for the medicine that the doctors prescribe me, which i have to take, and it makes me sicker. i wish that my state would stop acting like a parent to a small child, i do not need someone to tell me what is bad for me and what is not, i’m not stupid. i am old enough to have some relief from pain and to be able to act socially in my home envoirment with my wife and smoke or enjoy legal marijuana. i am not a criminal, i have no tickets on my record i have never been incarcerated and i dont drink, i cant afford to go out as the price of leaving your home now days can be costly. i vote!, and i expect my elected officials to have an education and see that this matter should have been legalized a long time ago.instead of putting the money into the cartel’s hands and local thugs, put a tax on marijuana and put the money into the schools and jobs in our state. i swear i dont know how we survive some of the elected officials we have, and i dont know how they got elected other than through nepotism, some havent got the intelect to see beyond yesterdays ghosts and help todays laws grow with the times. i refuse to purchace anything that is contraband or illegal. however i am intellegent enough that i dont have to worry about brain damage or the slowing down of memory at my age , id be lucky to live another 20 years and that is really being optimistic at best since i am 65 now. how about it state of illinois? i did what you wanted all my life , let me get my high on legally and give me some relief from old age and sickness and pain, marijuana is not like alcohol and alcoholism is a cyclable disease, marijuana does not lead to other drugs, (i know the state thinks that comment is debateable), and doesnt accumulate in your system like narcotics do, hwever anything you ingest will be in your system, you just cant excape that. you cant get addicted to marijuana, it is not habit forming like sigarettes. however anything can be habit forming, such as lolipops. it can be used in foods and made into a spread like butter and used in a diet.it doesnt have to be smoked. farmers will be able to grow a cash crop and reap financial stability, growers can hire pickers and processors and law enforcement can focus on real crime and the protection of our citzenry and our families. illinois, it is time to take that step, go forward not backward. legalize marijuana and medical marijuana.thankyou to all our respected legislators, and please vote to pass this legislation it will benefit more than it will detract.
Iowa needs it
They will never legalized Florida. This place where all the useless old rich people come to retire. Couldnt have that stuff in their state, might make them look bad. Besides, Floridas governors and pill mills are already making a killin screwing up familys and lives with Oxycontin.
Do something about it y’all! I donate to MPP. It may not be much (about 40 bucks a month) but at least it is something. We can talk big but without backing our talk with dollars, it won’t matter. Legalize now!
well spoken bob
Bob, overlooking your punctuation, my friend, you are so spot on. Very well put. How ridiculous for government to run up debt prosecuting marijuana users. TAX IT!!! SERIOUSLY! How dense. Legalization brings money in…… Persecuting and prosecuting cost all taxpayers. State governments, forget the obvious lesson here for you is coming from “stoners”. Just console yourselves with the fact that Moses had enough sense to listen to a burning bush to get a glimpse of the obvious, ( yes pun is intended) so you might want to give up such an obstinate view and take a toke, then maybe you too will here the obvious truth from a burning bush too. So ridiculous this is even an issue. Bring in the tax dollars and legalize it as soon as you can. You need the tax revenue!
Here in Mississippi,we have great cultivation and ALOT of social marijuana smokers who try their best to protest and make it legal. IT HAS NEVER KILLED ANYONE!! CIGS AND ALCOHOL KILL HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE A YEAR! Marijuana hasn’t claimed NOT ONE LIFE! Yet it is illegal? I don’t understand our government at all! Do US AND YOURSELF a fuckin favor and legalize it! We will get to enjoy the herb that alot of us actually need for medical purposes and the government will make a hell of alot more money! It has been proven that the government will generate BILLIONS of more dollars than it already is! So stop making this beautiful country of ours suffer!! AND LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!!!!!!!!
hey; how can i make it legal for me?
Dear World,
I find myself lost a lot. Not physically, but mentally I cannot grasp the world for what it truly is. So much deception from human beings to another. People telling people what is right and what is wrong, as if their own life experiences are more superior in comparison to my own?
I begin to digress when I am sober. My mind is never clearer when I smoke Cannabis. The facts about marijuana to me do not mean a thing. Facts?
1) A thing that is indisputably the case.
2) Information used as evidence or as part of a report.
Did you know at the age of 50 you eat less than half of what a 25 year old would? FACT! Just kidding, I had just made that up. Convincing? Yes. True? No. Do I know anything about the eating patterns of a 50 year old verse a 25 year old nor have I experienced it? No, I am not 25, or 50, besides what kind of fact is that, so general, so vague. Every 50 year old is the same?
My rant is leading up to my main purpose… Why… The question “why” is perfect in its natural form. WHY; you may ask? It’s because it makes you seek out the truth in today’s world of fallacies or “facts.”
What does Cannabis do for me? I do say me for the very reason, I know for a fact, myself. I feel the knowledge for when I smoke. Again, no facts about cannabis or anything else will be given in my letter, but my experiences will be voiced.
You know how many times I woke up from a night of drinking, didn’t know what happen, and feeling like I was hit by a bus. Or how many times my mother, whom I love, has called asking why I called her crying at 3am. Which I find funny cause normally I cannot find my phone come hang overtime. As well all know this is ok, and legal. Have you ever wondered why it is legal to have such an altering substance?
Why is it okay to hear something like, I hear Frank was beating his wife. Yeah. Heard he was drunk too. Again, these are the kind of things I hear especially from home. Now tell me through your experiences through life. Have you ever heard of Frank, getting baked and wanting to beat his wife? Let alone wanting to be physical. More like, relaxing, eating, talking, and enjoying a rest from a hard day of work would be Frank’s night.
Before I used cannabis, I loved altercations. I could not get through a situation with about being loud, obnoxious, or just physical. What changed it?
I was 19, my friend and I were on break back from college, and it was Thanksgiving. I was down, depressed, and could not eat for I had broken up with a girl I was seeing for awhile. Normally, I was like smoking? Not a chance. But under my depression that I was going through my judgment was impaired, so why not.
There I was, 2004 Ford Taurus bout’ to smoke some “green” for the first time. My first drag made me cough my brains out. I didn’t know how it was going to affect me being bigger than everyone else, thinking it was like alcohol, I took a large hit.
My life had changed from there on out. I could not get myself to be upset, not to mention I found my appetite. I was high, and for that moment I could not be brought down. After that experience I couldn’t help myself, I started to meditate and smoke often.
My depression started to lessen up. I started to do things I used to love doing again. I even summed up the courage to see another woman, who is now my fiancé. You’d think with the experiences I have smoking Cannabis you think she would as well. In fact my fiancé has not had any type of smoke enter her lungs. Not even my own for I respect she has not, so I’d leave the room.
Like I had told you I had to ask why? Why won’t you experience this with me? My beautiful fiancés answer was, and I quote, “It’s illegal, and it smells.”
That was enough for me; I didn’t know how to approach this situation. Situation being I am doing something illegal. This could hurt, not only me, but my loved ones, my future could come to a sudden halt, and why, because I smoke marijuana.
I like to see good in my life and without marijuana I cannot help but view the world negatively. When I smoke, confrontation for me is hard to arise. Reality in life takes a toll on me mentally where I need to get away. Not on a trip, but mentally take a rest. In the best words I can say, but are not my own.
Excuse me while I light my spliff.
Oh god, I need to take a lift.
From reality I just can’t drift.
That’s why I’m sticking with this rift.
-Bob Marley///
This is not for you to experience what I have, but to keep you open minded and have the courage to ask why. Cannabis was my natural tool to achieve these thoughts and to help me think positively with any situation given to me.
Overall, take this experience and use it to ask why to things that matter. Why is the government in debt? If the American Government is the elite and for all of America why are their homeless and those who starve in the U.S.? Why do we choose these 6 figured salary government officials and are not out of this economic crisis?
“They seemed much more worried about me smoking a joint enjoying the good qualities in this flawed world.”
I say an ultimatum is in order, either get us a prosperous nation or legalize Cannabis, because for some reason I feel like it is a double whammy against society in general. I guess soon we as a society are going to be told something ridiculous like you can’t legally marry someone of the opposite sex. Start a family with that person, and be that loving nurse, or trusted police officer we love. And who is not ashamed of themselves for who they are because there “state” does not recognize them as a ligament couple? Bahahaha that’d be up surd. Jeeze, if I were a homosexual, it would sound like a nightmare.
Thank you so much for reading. If this was hard to comprehend I made more of a visual “good” and “bad” chart. Sorry, no pictures or colors this time.
Regards,
Your Neighbor.
P.S. Come by the house sometime I taught the puppy new tricks!
Pros and Cons of Legalization
Pros Cons
Medical uses in too many to describe Change.
Stop underground drug market
Gives family members back to loved ones for marijuana convictions
Stop drug dealers from deciding when kids should use marijuana
Eliminate the “gateway” theory
Free up much used budget, aka taxpayers dollars, on law enforcement on cannabis
JOBS!!! JOBS!!! Food industry, entertainment, advertisement, clothes, agriculture would be restored with its yearly cash crop. Cannabis also being the world’s strongest natural fiber, 10x stronger than cotton.
Cannabis segregation between states.
Legal States vs. Not Legal States
Stop the killing of rain forest and use hemp. (Which can be re-grown yearly)
Been proven to slow down cancer cells.
“California Pacific Medical Center”
Stop turning kids into criminals because they were convicted of something harmless. Aka the “gateway theory”
Labeling a kid, makes a kid.
Create state jobs to help regulate marijuana.
(exportation, importation)
Setting a legacy, and tolerance level for those who see use of this natural, green, flowering, plant.
Letting a whole underground culture of people be themselves in a world where we are told we are free.
Holding leaders to their words a protecting the rights, and the favor of the majority.
No deaths, still.
sorry the only con was change
all yall who disagree that marry jay should be legal are freaking rtards. if u dont like it dint smoke dumb a**! it helps alot more people than it ruins. so get over it and dont ruin it for the rerst of us!
and yes i cant spell
Pot iz good but still hurt and need a pill so dont b cracken on my meds that i need
And it should be legal in all states cause we all know how well our gov is doing now can they put any deeper then we r im34 and hurt but dont get a penny off gov and still work thu this mess they got us in and dont care unless uu rich or maken them rich when can we grow and pay taxes on what we grow here in greeneville tnn dont try to ide behind fake name what they going to do eat me our law here r a joke they will pull in jail for anything im fixen to 13 days over cussen my sis on voice mail sphow can that be rite for anybody to do what they wont to my falt didnt take deal they tryed give n me she says i messed up her door when i never got out of the car guess im that good whhen im smoken lil so they do what they wont to dowe will get it passed it ctakes time just like im going to do over something i didnt do
Love weed hate haters my kids r here today cuz it
Just happened to come across these posts. Bob, you are spot on! I myself have M.S. and suffer from severe headaches (often). Pills that the doctors prescribe make me feel sick. One night someone told me to take a hit or two and I did……………and headache BE GONE! It does help M.S. patients in other ways as well. Love to see the day when Indiana would legalize marijuana.
I live in a very backwards, freedom, Civil Rights, & U. S. Constitution Harding State, the State of Oklahoma. Our elected officials assure me that pot will never be legal here. An Oklahoma State District Judge proudly told me, in Court before a packed Court Room, “If you desire to enjoy any Civil or Human Rights then you need to think on moving to another to another State!!!” My land, 75 acers of virgin soil, heavily wooded & loaded with wild game, & my log home are now for sale!!! Oklahoma, State of my birth, can go to hell! I did NOT sacrifice my health & become a 100% Service-
me and my husband are alot more happy together when we toke it up. sex? OMG!!!! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ALONG TIME AGO? they should have already did this.what about GA??? anyone?
Colorado&Washington were the first two states to legalize marijuana. COngrats guys C:
Its about time states started standing up to this unconstitutional drug law. The sooner the majority of states legalize marijuana the better. The more states that legalize it the harder it will be for the federal government to enforce an illegal law. I am sure this will be up in the supreme court soon and they had better use their powers to actually defend the constitution for once instead of make up their own laws. These expensive drug wars need to end NOW. It is time to end this fantasy and stop protecting the prescription drug tyrants and make them have a run for their money. Its time to stick it to the federal government where it belongs. I just hope NM follows through soon so we can enjoy an alternative to alcohol and cigarettes which cause 10X the damage and are legal.
Iowa has perfect farm land for it
Man Ohio Cleveland needs to get legal with weed because i find there’s nothing wrong with it,it’s not like there not making crack legal,I’ll vote yes for weed man hands down
We are very happy to see that people are finally trying and wanting to legalize marijuana. I feel that marijuana does help people with medical issues and also I have seen for myself with other people who have other things like (ADD) and (ADHD) it helps to calm them down to where they can actually sit and learn things that they usually wouldn’t want to do or couldn’t do, do to these disabilities they have no control over. Marijuana helps give these people some control and a chance to learn more and to be more involved. I would like to know WHEN will item be LEGALIZED or at least put on the list of might or considering to be LEGALIZED! I and a lot of other people here in Virginia feel that if we are able to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes the two worse things you can do why shouldn’t we as adults be able to make the choice of smoking marijuana? There are so many people who drink alcohol and end up in jail do to a car accident or fighting or beating there spouse but I or anyone I know have never heard of anyone doing these things while smoking marijuana. If you ask me I feel that alcohol should be illegal do to the crimes rate history and marijuana should be legal, because the only real crime rate history it has is if you get caught with it because its not legal! Legalizing marijuana would drop a lot of the crime do to this particular issue. I would like very much to hear your thoughts and opinions. Feel free to email me at arobertson198034@Gmail.com
Legalize marijuana in south carolina!
Maryland needs its bad
LEGALIZE DEM TREES IN GEORGIA!!!!!! I WANNA BE ABLE TO EASE MY MIND LEGALLY NOT ILLEGALY.. WEED IS GOOD FOR YOU IN SEVERAL WAYS
My brother has had a bunch of problems with his whole left side from a birth defect he wont take pills or drink but swears by his pot. Come on Wisconsin.
I wish florida would legalize it. Maybe by 2013 things will change. Just being optimistic.
Florida not on list; fuck this.
Iowa really really need it here come on we need it so bad oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
I don’t care if you’re hurt, sick, a war hero, or are just wanting to get a buzz. I no longer use pot (clean for 2 looong years) because for some reason we make it seem like it is so bad, but we should be allowed to use pot. Imagine this… no more pot trafficking, no more pot dealing(except to those who are underage), less arrests, less hard drug use, less people killing their kidney’s(alcohol), healthier alternatives to painkillers, less people rioting/acting out to legalize pot, less people sneaking around to go smoke, and finally no more “alternative” such as k2 or spice or whatever you wanna call that scarry stuff. If you think about it, there’s almost no reason for it to still be illegal, other than it is hard to tell if someone is driving while using it, but I’m sure they can find a way. I’m not gonna try to sound like a business genious and say that it is gonna help the economy, but if you think about it, it is a possibility. I know many pot dealers, and each one of them brings in about $200 a day (some way more, some a little less) and that’s all money that is being spent behind the economies back and is either used to buy more pot, or is stolen. If they legalize pot instead of it being wasted behind their back from people who do it anyways, it will be circulated back in the economy. If all the people who go to their dealers start going to a store instead, imagine how much money that would be. It could at least make a few more jobs which our government isn’t helping with one bit (I base this on the amount of technology that they are using to replace actual people) So why not give it a shot America, I know you’re just as sick of hearing about all the debates as I am! Legalize it!
There is alot of unnormal people in the world and we need to be respected by others to be here. We need to legalize the trees in ohio.Please come forward in 2013 to make the ohioian be happier in the fowarding years. thanks
@ Anonymous on Florida…..
It’s highly unlikely that if one state in each region allows for a cannibals market to develop, the money from taxation and the increase in small business growth and all surrounding states will soon follow suit. Not because it’s not the right thing, but because the tax and revenue produces.
Legalized or not we find a way to get it. But u should legalize and tax it so we dont give the money to random black guys.
I wish Virginia would get on board and legalize it. I’m turning into an alcoholic trying to substitute but its not the same!! Everyday is a struggle….I just want to be able to lift my mood on occasions and escape all my worries a few hours a week.
Legalize weed in Virginia q
Florida needs to legalize it
Yes Jasmine I agree with you
IN a world where u can go to war at 10 but cant drink till 21
in a world where u can smoke your life away with cigerrets and contract cancer and lung problems but cant enjoy a smoke which enhances thought and hasnt kill anyone
In a world where death comes before happyness
please fully legalize for recreational use
I live in Florida and can DEF. see the day we get either Med. MJ or just Leagalization. When the states see how much money they will make with Taxes & such, they will do what every other politician does….HOLD THEIR HAND OUT FOR THEIR SHARE!
I would be insane if it weren’t for marijuana…I am also a Vietnam Vet and and advocate for the cause!!
come on louisiana@ legalize it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!we can’t afford to keep these drug dealers on every gov.benefit known to man and my hard working,tax paying husband @i can’t enjoy something GOD made @ so harmless.but we can smoke coffin nails believe me,the gov. would make money @ that’s what they’re all about @ handing out checks to “minorities”lol!!!!HELP the hard working class for ONCE!!!!!let the rich keep drinking @ let grown,”free”@18(hey they need something to keep them from dwelling on things they’ve been made to do in the name of freedom”lol.i gotta go smoke,this has me heated.but i’ll feel better in just a minute!! see there went some tax money,you idiots,but we’ve known that for a very long time.the gov’s.in it to win it!!so stop throwing our money away on the unwinable war on drugs,they make more on that or everything would be legal!!they don’t care about us,give me a break!plus all these leaches would have to make there money by getting a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i’m so sick of supporting them,they should try being poor@WHITE,they give you job apps.not a fucking check and house and medical and food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks for reading my rant.smoke up everybody but be careful,pot is in the same class as HERION,that,s so crazy@unbelieveable isn’t it,that’s in LA though.but the gov.grows medical in my state,wish i knew where lol!
well submit it then!!!
Legalize in Louisiana!!!!!!!!!!
Google-
How Many People Killed By Marijuana
Google-
How Many People Killed By alcohol
now remember alcohol is legal! Keep that in Mind!
I get a kick outa reading rants from fellow pot heads.
Such a shame I have to stay in the shadows because I like to smoke a Lil hoot.
I am:
Father of college grad.
Business owner (cuz i don’t subject myself to drug tests)
Employer (don’t subject others to tests either)
Homeowner
Taxpayer
Voter
Never in jail
never beat wife
never on welfare
never on food stamps
Yet my lifestyle is criticized.
Good Luck tokers!!!!!
Educate,Encourage,Employ,,,,,,, Enjoy 🙂
Georgia is full of potheads, haha
They might as well legalize it here. some people
grow!
GEORGIA NEEDS TO LEGALIZE THE MARIJUANA, HOW DO WE GET STARTED??? I RECENTLY WROTE TO ONE OF THE CONGRESS MEN IN GA. AND I AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING LOCKED UP FOR THIS, WE NEED TO PUT AN END TO THIS, AND START A NEW BEGINNING. RESEARCH PROVES THE MARIJUANA IS HARMLESS, SO HOW CAN GEORGIA GET THIS BILL PASSED TO LEGALIZE IT??? WE NEED HELP. ALSO, HOW DO I BECOME AN ACTIVIST FOR GA?
Louisiana will never make it legal here . But it would be a great thing here for a person like me dealing with hip replacement and kidney failure . Hate taking so many pain meds .
I am a veteran with 28 years of service to my country. I do not drink nor do I do illegal drugs. Legalization of marijuana is the sane thing to do for society. Society will not be harmed by the use of marijuana…if anything society will benefit with the cost savings within the prison system as well as taxation. We do not need “big brother” telling adults what is good for us. I suffer from PTSD along with other ailments and take quite a bit of medication for these issues. I would rather discard all the PTSD medications and go the natural route. It is my prerogative to choose what is right for me. However, I must abide by societal laws as they are currently enforced and remain marijuana free. I look forward to the legalization of marijuana for the state of Florida. If Florida does not wake up and fight this insane prohibition, I will move to either Washington or Colorado to exercise my freedom. This is a question of freedom…the freedom to choose.
LOUISIANA NEEDS IT CUZ IT WILL MAKE LOUISIANA A LOT OF MONEY PLEASE VOTE
Wisconsin needs it to be legal the dumb government is loading us jobs but the wont help us working people FUCK THE GOVERNMENT THEY DONT DO SHIT TO HELP THERE PEOPLE
The state where some of the best and most potent weed grows, Tennessee will be the last to repeal any laws because they are already getting their cut of the non-legal stuff.
Tell Dumb Ass Obama to TAX it across the country and he can get rid of the NATIONAL DEBT– Fiscal Cliff – wake up DC
i have had ^ back surgeries and the reasearch has shown it can help.plz help
I hear Georgia is trying to get legal. If this happens maybe all states in the south will follow and the process will happen even faster than expected.
S-smoke
M-marijuana
I-it’s
L-legal
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Once it’s legal everywhere everybody can smile. 🙂
GEORGIA NEEDS TO MAKE MARIJUANA CAUSE PLENTY PEOPLE GO TO JAIL FOR LITTLE CHARGES AND THEY SPEND MONEY TRYING TO BAN IT AND PROSECUTE.SO IF THEY REGULATE AND TAX IT THEY”LL MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY.CAUSE WHO DNT LIK TO SMOKE MARIJUANA AND THEY CANT GET RID OF IT SO…SO LETS LEGALIZE AND BE HAPPY.
When is NORML going to push for Wisconsin legalization? I never hear anything from Norml up here anymore did you forget about us? Wet need your HELP! please start with Wisconsin, we just legalized concealed carry, they are as open mined as ever, now is the time to strike, please help us petition.
[Editor’s note: For over 20 years NORML chapters have been working to reform cannabis laws in WI. Are you a member of one of the four?
Check out: http://norml.org/chapters/wi]
You need to write to you local goverment and tell them you want the law changed or it will never happen so take the time and write them and lets get this done ty
Norml has been in wisconsin. I use to host shows back in the late 80s and early 90s. government shut us down. So we moved the show cross the road and ha a few mre years before the county started making it a bad thing. Norml helped but we still lost the right to even have shows. Who wouldwant to go to a show just to be pulled over becase they watched you pull out from the campgrounds.. Don’t give up hope we must keep speaking up and b heard.
Thank you Norml, Robert
Norml was having shows in Black River Falls wisconsin, late 80s early 90s. Small town, framers and retired folks. Was shut down because we supported Norml and what we stand for. Wisconsin is not left out, just waiting for the next fight, No worries wisconsin, we ae not left out. Robert
Alot of people never heard of Norml. I opened up and told some folks at my work about the web site and now they have opened up and are talking more about legalizing cannabis. It’s great to relate to people and the stories they tell regarding their experience with cannabis. It really surprised me to find out that many people has smoked cannibis and would like it to be legalized.
Wisconsin, Georgia, and all other states that has not had the priviledge of legalized cannabis. We would like to see the law (for legalization) changed at the federal level. Remember what you said Obama? IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE. Well prove it… Lets see you change the law and legalize Marijuana.
It’s time for a change. I am hoping Georgia will legalize it soon. Over forty percent of Georgia’s inmates are imprisoned for drug related crimes. I wonder how many are marrijuanna related?
To prove a point… I have had a job that conducted random drug tests. It seems to me if I were to lose my job for smoking a joint or getting high on pot it should have happened already. I smoked pot about three times a week for a month. Most non smoker would say “you should be fired”. It would have happened had I been test in the proper amount of time. To be honest noone ever seen anything different about me and i never told a soul that i was smoking pot. I went to work, showed up on time every day, did my job as always and noone suspected a thing. When I said I didn’t tell anyone that’s just what i ment. Not even my Lady friend knew because I didn’t tell her either. I was smoking at times when I knew noone would be around. Not one person made any comment like, your acting different or what’s wrong with you. I did it kinda as a test just to see if things would change or who would suspect anything, but not one thing changed. what’s my point? Most people that smoke pot are just regular people. They are not violent or lazy and disconnected by any means. They just smoke pot for the pleasure of the high.
To prove a point… Had I told someone or if someone had found out I was smoking pot… well we all know how that would have played out, right? It makes perfect sence to point fingers at people who knowingly break the law. What if every pot head smoked pot the way I did and never told a soul and conducted themselves in the same manner. WOW how (what’s the word I’m looking for?) stupid would those who judge us look if they continued to have no clue about all of us who smoke pot. It’s a shame that so many of us who do a very good job at the work place and keep so many companies in buisiness would lose our job for something as mild as pot. Some would read this and say that that’s just another pot-head who needs to be put behind bars. Well sorry it’s been two years and i have not smoked pot. So yes I’m thinking clearly. So you see most pot-heads are truly American in this country. When we see someone who doesn’t smoke pot we don’t point our finger or judge because of that, we simply realize that that person doesn’t smoke. It’s really no big deal to us. We would ask for that same respect and just leave it at that. When marijuana becomes legal it wont really change anything in our sence of living except for the fact that we will no longer be incarsarated for something as mild as pot. Think about the people who have been incarserated for smoking pot. Now think of the people who smoke pot that has not been incarserated. Wow that’s a lot of people. So how is it that those who don’t smoke will feel like it’s going to be any worse when pot is legalized. It is what it is. The world we live in will not change and niether will the pot-heads. We really arn’t bad people. people who are bad are, not because of pot, that is who they chose to be. I never seen not one person become violent after smoking pot. Most of the time those who smoke become very mellow and kind. That is the truth. Although I no longer smoke pot (for job related reasons) and we all know what that’s about… all I ask is that you all smoke one for me until the day come when georgia becomes free and we can all smoke cannabis in freedom.
It would cure road rage.
In 1979 I was 14 years old. If you do the math it wont take you long to figure out how old I am. My first experience with cannabis was amaizing. My brother, a friend, and I went to a home just down the road from where we lived. We were by the creek were we had a rope swing and noticed three marijuana plants undernieth a craw space at the home right next to the creek. I had never seen a pot plant before so I didn’t know what it was. Our friend had some experience with cannabis and explained what it was. It was the most mezmarizing plant I had ever seen. I felt as if I wanted to sit and stare at it. It seemed almost magical. He asked me if I had ever smoked pot. Of course I never had I was only 14. A few days later our friend came over to hang out. We decided to go back to the creek to swing. Just as we made it to the creek we noticed A young man that pulled up to the home where the pot plants were growing. Our friend went up to the young man and began to talk with him. He invited us to come in to smoke some cannibis. WOW what can I say… It was the most amaizing feeling I had ever experienced. I didn’t feel like I wasn’t in control or anything like that. It was a mellow mild kinda feeling. I liked it. I remember leaving a couple hours later and thanking the young man for the experience. We all shook hands with him and went on our way with a great feeling and a new friend. We actually enjoyed smoking cannabis with him and got to know him very well. It was great to make a new friend. After four months of becoming friends his job tranfered him to another state. I remember the day he told us bye. We truly became friends and enjoyed hanging out and although we didn’t get to hear from him much after his transfer we realized cannabis was a wonderful plant. If it happened any other way it would not have such a great memory to recall back to. So you see even at my age I just tell the truth and say, my experiences with marijuana has never been a bad one. Any time I have smoked it it has been a harmless and quite normal experience.
Janet I have to agree with you on the road rage cure. Although myself I have only drove once after smoking and it didn’t work for me to well. I found myself driving way to slow. I wasn’t doing anything else out of the ordinary, but driving to slow could pose a problem. I noticed that I got passed by a very old lady who looked to be in her mid 70’s and she gave me the finger as she went by. So for myself i just don’t drive afterwards till I catch up if you know what I mean.
i love somkeing marijuana i somke atlest ones a day its like my meds i all ways feel better and can constrate a lot better on the task i need to complent it wouldnt hert anyone if it became legal in all states i think it would help people the have adhd
You may have over-looked New Hampshire, HB 492 –
AN ACT relative to the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. Warden, Hills 39; Rep. Winters, Hills 18; Rep. Lambert, Hills 44; Rep. Robertson, Ches 6
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill:
I. Legalizes the personal use of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older.
II. Authorizes the licensing of marijuana wholesale, retail, cultivation, and testing facilities.
III. Imposes a tax on the sale of marijuana.
Link to NH HB 492: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2013/HB0492.html
I believe marijuana will become legal soon and we (like Washington & Colorado) will be able to light up a joint in celabration, without the worry of being locked up or busted. So John Micheal keep toking it up for those of us who can’t because of fear of losing our job. We all should be able to smoke at least one joint a day to releave the crazy ass stress this world puts on us every minute of every day. I think the world would be a much better place if marijuana was legal around the globe. No more drug wars. Much less shootings and killings. What is really nice is to come to a web page such as this and see us (the pot heads) coming together in agreement for one cause and that is to make marijuana legal. I think I speak for all of us when I say
“LLLLLLEEEEEGGGGGGGAAAALLLLIIIZZZZZZZZEEEE
MMMMMMAAAAAARRRRRIIIIIJJJJUUUUUAAAAAANNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
YYYEEEEAAAA!!!!! As you all know by now I go by the name SMILE which stands for
s- smoke
m- marijuana
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l- legal
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North Carolina needs to regulate and tax marijuana, then maybe they wouldn’t have to tax me to death like they have been for years. Politicians get your heads out of your asses!!!!
Each and every state vote yes to legalize marijuana. When we unite and stand together there will be no other way for the federal government to go. They will have to change the laws against marijuana just as they did with alcahol. Wow what a wonderful thing, to sit back and imagine marijuana legalized across the united states. Scott I think you are right, it’s time for the politicians to pull their heads out of their @!*^!
SMILE =)
why cant the see this tax money for the southern states . and use it to for schools and hwy s dam wake up people
I say yes to legalize marajuana for these reaons. first, Gov’t both state and federal will benefit through tax. second,no more high and demand for street dealers. third, states can slow down overcrowed jails and prisons and put these people back in schools and the work force. last, it will crush the big dealers who depend on big shipment sale money to push their other drugs, like cocaine etc. get the message?
In the past few hours I noticed four comercials on drug free this and drug free that. They may as well start saving the money for those comercials and start advertising marijuana. It would generate money instead of waisting it. How long will they continue this failing prohabition and the money that goes along with it? It is already being talked about to legalize marijuana in Georgia. Let’s get past this and bring it to pass.
I used to be very racist and hateful of things and people I didn’t understand. I was also a semi violent alcholic with little regard for others person or property. I was convinced to come to a party where black folks were. I smoked weed for the first time and realized that I had so much more in common with other races than I could ever imagine. We all cooked food and I was astonished that we liked our food prepaired the same way. Then a guy started beat boxing and singing. It was NOT about doing vilent crimes or abusing women but the same political woes I had. I later came to realize that the only difference between black people and white people in America was white people use tanning salons more often and black folks get weeves more often. I also used to have ulcers from drinking too much. I was on several meds to help the ulcers. Anyways I stopped taking them and “magically” became ulcer free. I never told my doctor how it all came to pass. I changed my diet and quit drinking as much. I am no longer racist and feel better not harboring hate and ignorance. I have since recieved an education and now considered middle class. I am still a Republican and voted for Romney. I take care of my wife and child and receive no government assistance. I have stopped smoking after about 10 years of everyday use and it was pretty easy. There is a time in life for this stuff and there is a time to let the chronic go. I am for legalization but unfortunately I see first hand that marijuana is illegal soley to employ crap lawyers, and have trustworthy inmates to do laundry and cook food for the sick and twisted inmates. This is going to be a hard road of hardball including insider investigations to make this happen in Georgia. It has less to do with public safety then who is invested in the prison systems, DUI schools, drug classes, political support from criminal elements, etc.
Indiana Please!!!!!
All of them please!!
What is up with Alaska. It was still legal in the seventies and these people are refusing to even talk about it. Vote AK call your congress. We do not need to be 10 years behind the world on everything!!
Other countries have been forced, manipulated, blackmailed, and cohurst by the American government to take on prohabition. It actually came up in a disscusion meeting to educate the public about marijuana. The main question brought up by forign countries was, “now that America has legalized marijuana in two states what do we go back and tell our people who have been forced into prohabition?”. We all relate to you Derrick because we are not just 10 years behind but 70 years behind. Just letting you know it’s time we all stand together to see that marijuana is legalized in every state and every country and around the globe.
It is a hardball game and it’s our time to bat. Getting past those in office, and the investors will come by voting them out and voting those in that believe in what the people stand for.I believe Georgia has enough people now (that want marijuana legalized) to vote out those that wont allow it to pass. It all comes down to the vote. So lets stop crying and next election do what we know we have to do. Lets vote in office the ones who can get the job done. Get up for one day and get out and vote.
WISCONSIN? Oh,good luck,the Badger is 1 of the last places to do
anything! Some the most backward people live in Wisconsin.Oh, here it
comes,” DUH,if ya don’t like it, get oot “. You are better off setting
up shop somewhere else. Why do you think people are leaving in droves?
Better off in Michigan,people are so much cooler in Michigan!
I’m a recovering alcoholic and with pot, I can take it or leave it unlike booze (the government tells me I can put something in my body that will kill me as when I start drinking I can’t stop due to physical addiction but not pot which is harmless in comparison. alcohol kills roughly 75,000 a year and it’s legal WTF? I suufer from depression and anxiety and marijuana helps regulate my mental state. The key is smoke responsibly. not to mention alcohol makes people belligerent,violent, ect.
Personally all Marijuana needs is a clean cut spokesman……if these politicians that are legalizing the bills would actually show up in support for the cause I’m sure more and more states would eventually pass laws to repeal or lessen the punishments for marijuana, and if someone were to do a census of marijuana cultivation lands and actually come up with a monetary amount that the government would stand to make that we as marijuana smokers can take to our government officials and wave in theirs faces instead of the term ” billons of dollars” that seems to get thrown around so easily we would have a decent leg to stand on. In short we as Marijuana smokers need to unite start having marches and rallies and start taking polls and sending them to government officials, Marijuana can’t legalize itself people so instead of lighting up a “fat one” and watching another episode of your favorite show get educated on “The real Marijuana” and join the fight that I, Norml, and countless others have been fighting for years
Please lets get Nebraska to legalize marijuana so people quit xrinking so much!!!
i been watching the tv show weed country to me these shows arnt helping at all with the laws seems to be makeing the feds heros and the growers look like hard core thugs i realize they have to control the crops to the laws set by the states but if u do it by the laws u still can be busted in on i just dont think this looks good on tv for us who are trying to get are states legal id like to hear the thoughts of others on this matter ty . stay safe all
georiga and other states here in the south would make and save so much money on legalizing weed cause of the jails being full and taxes from the sales but seems like all they want is every one in the state of ga to be on probation have no drivers liceings only for smoking a lil weed this makes no dam since to me lets work to get it legal so the feds can chase real drugs and put real crimels behind bars it only makes since please wake up folks
been smoking pot for for 45yrs and have never agreed with gov/laws marijuana is harmless and hope in my final yrs in ga it will become legal the day i can buy good shit from vending machine sit on frontporch laidback worry free legalize now there are plenty of us old folks lets vote YES
I have to agree Southpaw. I believe it’s time for us old folks to come out of the wood work and nip this thing in the bud. It is really time to get these prohabition politicians out of office. No more debaits, no more who is for it or against it, no more talk, just vote their a&& out. 75 years of prohabition and lies. yea we’ve had enough it’s over. time to vote them out.
im all for voting but the only prob is who to vote for that wont change there minds about the time the get voted in they all lie so bad but yes i agree its time to vote and get this matter taken care of asap just dont know who to vote for ?
after 3 back surg and taking pain pills and using pain patches everyday 24hrs a day why VA.dont legalize pot is beyond me. Please Va. get on board while i still have some kidney & liver function.
I am 42years old and like to smoke pot. looking to move the police r suppose to serve n protect n keep watching like lm a drug dealer i moved out of that city. To 1 by that town under 10 miles away , i moved to another town , still being watched for bowls , the judge charged me 800 bucks . Looking to move out of illinois to weed legal state . I don’t grow or sell weed wife is a nurse n im a electrion . N pay taxes
Unknown I live in the state of Louisiana and this has nothing to do with legalizing marijuana I would just like to know how everyone else feels about this situation….Now how is it that a man gets caught with a picture of a child’s genitals on his phone and admits to it only gets a $5,000 bond. Yet a man gets pulled over with a pound of weed and gets a distribution charge and his bond is set at $10,000. This has me baffled…..Which charge do you think should be the more important here? Honestly which will do more damage to society people?
This is a prime example of what has been brought to the fore front for 70 years. The punishment for a plant has been doninating the punishment of real crime for decades. It (marijuana) has deteriorated the focus of real crime and now that everyone is becoming more wise, it is time to put laws into perspective. How do we feel about a person having pictures of a childs genitals on his phone? How long do we want to continue down this road where marijuana, pot, weed, (whatever you want to call it) keeps us as a nation blind to crimes that should have serious punishment tied to it. Wake up AMERICA. The government has lied to us. It’s time to put pride to the side and admit the truth. THE POT-HEADS WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG. Had marijuana stayed legal maybe our nation would not be in this predicament. Do I blame marijuana? No, I blame myself for allowing myself to be fooled into believing how dangerous marijuana is and what harms it can do to a person. When I became mad at myself over these issues I began researching the matter for myself. After researching and seeing the truth I became very ashmed of myself. I truly believed what the government said about this plant. Well let me be the first to stand up and say I am sorry to every pot-head (not only in America) but around the world. How can we (I) stand back and watch people be brutilized over a plant while childmalesters walk away with a slap on the wrist? Thank you one mad mother for posting the price and the crime so that ignorant people like myself will wake up and see the truth. What seemed to make sence since marijuana became illegal 70 years ago no longer makes sence. our children buy it on the street corner from who ever. The punishment has become so savier that families are split apart, many loose their job,and our court systems have become so used to making a vast amount of money each year to keep none criminals locked in prison. It’s time to realize that marijuana should be legalized and regulated to make room in our prison systems for people with pictures of childrens genitals on their phone.
And just a little more info the child knew no other father but him and he took the picture and she’s younger then 13….I just don’t see where this makes since to the judge…the DA or any of them
There only blowing smoke up everyone’s butt holes. Mankind sets foot on earth after billions of years and we get rulers who are about money to rule us. Instead of leaders who are about the people
@ Mankind sets foot on earth after billions of years and we get rulers…
…that what??? An anonymous commenter suggests it’s about money. Hmmm… do they (politicians) make that much from cannabis prohibition? Or would they and especially the tax-paying citizens make more if it were legal like alcohol and tobacco?
The problem is, they and WE The PEOPLE would make more from legalized cannabis, however, coporate America has a hard time seeing it that way as cannabis is NOT like alcohol and tobacco.
There’s BIG money in Prisons, legal costs, law enforcement benefits and entitlements, and BIG liquor and BIG tobacco have patented products, with tobacco especially having a plant product that is so heavily adulterated and addictive that it’s no longer tobacco…
How does BIG business sell a plant that no one wants in an adulterated and highly addictive form, or that BIG alcohol can’t readily sell as an energy drink???
NH has a medical cannabis bill pending passage and the governor is concerned about a tightly controlled group of persons with a serious need growing their own plants – a MAX of three! Wow, serious concern… NOT!
The concern apparently is that if this rigidly controlled near death group of seriously ill people can grow their own then how would law enforce know that as opposed to lawless, unconventional hippies and rich folks growing their own? And then there’s the children… the “What-If” they come in contact with this “dangerous plant”?
More dangerous than tobacco products and poison ivy that is everywhere around our children??? I highly doubt it. President Obama of all people should know better… President Jimmy Carter did!
Time for the Nixon legacy to fade. Happy 420!!!
I think all states and countrys should legalize all types of pot.
when will marajuana be legalized in lousiana, we have the worst laws against it, we really need help in northeast lousiana where they will lock you up for stems and seeds, it leaves those of us who smoke having to deal with very shady people who rip you off almost everytime, enough is enough, who can help us?
we need help in northeast louisiana, they will lock you up for stems or seeds here, it’s insanity, on top of that you have to deal with very shady people who rip you off almost eveytime charging $400 oz. of bottom of the barrel c grade, we need some help here more than anywhere please someone step up for us
With two states totally legal and the Feds didn’t sue those two states, this tells us prohabition is over. It isn’t like cannabis is something new. we all know about it and the world is ready to see a forward move for the remaining states to legalize.
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Jeff Holley I feel your pain and concern. It is time to move forward. Louisiana does need someone to step up and lessen the penalte. THIS WAR ON PEOPLE (not drugs)IS OVER. Yaaaa hoooooooooo…. UNITED STATES governmennnnnnt, CATCH UP! WE THE PEOPLE ARE WAITING. IT’ YOUR MOVE.
The U.S. government leads the world in most all situations. When it come to being the leader to legalize cannabis they act like an ostrage and put their head in a hole.
Wow Jeff! Your state really does need help. Georgia has harsh penalties but at least the price is reasonable. I can’t believe you pay $400 for something that would only be worth about $40 here!
Although medical marijuana laws in GA have been around since the 80s they are buried under piles of bureaucracy. It seems hopeless. Mind you that Jimmy Carter is from here and had every intention of legalizing it as president but was unable to do so. It’s quite ironic that people serve years in prison for such small amounts of drugs with Georgia’s pro pot past. Thanks three strike rule!
can the good people from norml help us in northeast louisiana? ask willie nelson about getting busted in louisiana for weed, ask snoop dog, it’s is the very worst in northeast louisiana, bastrop, monroe, farmerville, mer rouge and so on, we really seriously need someone to come in and change the way it is sold, $400 oz. of c- grade, we also need someone to come here and help give us change and free us from the baptist preacher controll, nobody will step up here, we need someone to come here to help us,,again someone please help us in northeast louisiana, jeff
Its time to LEGALIZE in LOUISIANA!!! Why in the world Do we live in biased fear of being caught for smoking a blunt or a joint when we commit no crime or action against our neighbor other then offering them a hit to calm down and visit We are all human…We are all capable of seeing past the failed fear filled teachings and We are able to make the one final d
(Continued) ecesion to make things that we want happen all we need is a 1 unbiased spontaneous change of mind …and thT truly defines a dream made into reality
I think to many people are in jail in Louisiana over weed ,i am a grower and i am tired of looking over my shoulder out my window ,i have really bad arthritis and have had several surgeries ,i have been smoking 38 yrs and im 50 my mind is as sharp as it ever was,look how much money the feds are wasting on fighting a losing battle and could make on taxes
We would for sure get out of this recession with the money the feds would make and it will create jobs at the same time,local governments could make very well off of it,we have 6 casino’s where i live and they promised the city the world money for the schools and better the roads well schools are still suffering and the roads are what i call hell holes but it would be nice to call them POT HOLES right where is all of the casino funds going i know lineing city’s politicians pockets,come on legalize it and move with the times this is the 2000’s right ,IT’S TIME TO LEGALIZE IT LOUISIANA,GAIN A BRAIN
lets keep this conversation about Louisiana going so that someone might care and pay attention to the people of Louisiana,we need it to be legalized everywhere in Louisiana, not just new Orleans and baton rouge, i’m talking about all the small towns that people have to fear being caught in, like northeast Louisiana, im sick of people going to jail and being treated like a bank robber or a murderer because they had weed on them, enough is enough,now it is time for the good people of Louisiana to be able to purchase weed without getting ripped off or getting busted, please comment if you live in small town Louisiana!
Its very odd on how what’s naturally healing to those, but what’s not good for is being exploited for world to be plagued by. Then there’s the judicial system in which they believe in wealth before health. Last but not least the deaths of children due to legal drugs, from prescription to alcohol to tobacco. The man made antidotes don’t work what is naturally created does. Think about it!!!!!!!!!
the government and religious bigwigs have been fooling the vast majority of people with lies and deception and foolishness for so long, in reality there has been no deaths since it has been documented 6000 or more years ago, polititions have to have their booze even when it was in prohibition, the polititions freed up the booze that causes so many problems for the drinker and everyone around the boozer but they wont consider freeing up weed. why?????? it is time to stand up for Louisiana(the state with the worst laws against weed and most corrupt polititions and law enforcement)again if your from lousiana speak up now!!! they are not voting on any laws for weed this year and I can’t wait around till im 85 before it gets legalized, I cant wait another year to see if it even going to be on a voting ballot, someone do something now, enough is enough,,how about we quit voting period until they legalize marijuana, I swear that will do it, but we need all smokers to commit to not vote until the state legalizes marijuana, again someone please help us in Louisiana, jeff
I’m just wondering if you are a resident of another state , like Louisiana can yiou place a order inlimevtonnfndioped . I heard they wd let folks buy a quarter oz if from out of state just wondering .
[Editor’s note: Cannabis in America can’t yet be shipped from point A to point B. For those adults that want to experience legal cannabis consumption, they need to travel to the states of CO and WA. At the end of the trip, to be in accordance with the new laws, all cannabis needs to remain in the state.
Ideally, in time, cannabis consumers should be able to order the product online or my mail, just like today’s consumers of coffee, pharmaceuticals, beer and wine products. However, for this major change in law to happen the federal prohibition will have to have ended.]
@ Stephanie…
I suspect your question was serious and sincere, however what the heck is “inlimevtonnfndioped”?
The editor is correct however, due to federal regulations enacted to protect American citizens transportation of cannabis across state or country borders is controlled by the Interstate Commerce Act. It was enacted around the same time cannabis was prohibited to prevent the interstate sale of machine guns. Both automatic weapons and cannabis have a lot in common! Obviously WE all can see why, lol.
Until machine guns were taxed excessively in the early 1930’s to prevent their sale, anyone could buy a machine gun, and that contributed to the violence experienced during alcohol prohibition. The federal government passed a machine gun tax and the Interstate commerce act to prevent the sale and transportation of machine guns. They did this as the US Constitution prevented prohibition of an individual to buy a machine gun. They passed an excessive tax on buying one, along with strict regulations in transportation across state lines due to states with less rigid firearms laws.
Enter cannabis and Reefer Madness. The federal government could not ban cannabis. It was a plant commodity and medicine. Much like hay, broccoli and wheat. Due to the success the federal government found by excessive taxation of machine guns, and if not in compliance the ban on interstate transport, cannabis became as dangerous as a machine gun.
So the next time you roll up that joint to smoke among friends or alone, just consider the “fact” that what the federal government is assuming, no, determining that what you are doing is you are wielding a Tommy gun…
It’s any wonder to me why the federal government isn’t passing new regulations declaring cannabis a terrorist weapon similar to a dirty nuke! Since cannabis never was in reality a machine gun, what’s stopping them from considering it a tool of terrorism now?
A smarter, more educated government? Hardly. If that were the case cannabis would have been rescheduled as non-scheduled given the FACT it is a benevolent plant, and not a weapon!
Here’s to 2014, and sanity in governments around the world!
Kentucky
We need help in St Tammany parish these sheriff’s and police are crazy locking people up for something that grows naturally but pills are legal with a prescription and that’s what I call a real drug
S.C it would stop everybody from wanting to fight
With hemp legal, flying cars could come soner
The Government has locked up a whole generation. Giving millions of people police records, which kept many people from getting good jobs, forcing them to live substandard. Our children had to grow up with the curtains drawn, someone knocks on the door, it was instantly thought to be the police. Just because you smoke pot does not mean your a Piss brain or criminal! Murders, rapist, thieves,child molesters,drink alcohol,smoke cigarettes,take pills etc. and yes some of them smoke pot.Why isn’t alcohol illegal, why aren’t cigs, illegal? I have smoked pot for 47 years, and never ever have I ever smoked a joint and said, Hey you want to go kill somebody, do you want to go steal something, lets go abuse some child. Pot does not make anyone do these things. If you steal your a thief. If you rape your a rapist. If you kill your a murderer.lock up these people, not because they drink, smoke cigs., or smoke pot.Lock them up because they are piss brain criminals. We have been creating a criminal society for forty years. you cant lock up an 18 year old kid for weed and expect him or her to come out of prison a reformed pot smoker!You come out piss off at the world, beat up raped, taught by murderers, rapist rip offs, thieves to be criminals. Why have we put pot smokers in prison with violent crime people. a lot of people from my generation raised their children to hate the Gov.Legalize it!
my wife has ms and refuses pain medicine because it constipates her so time to time we buy pot she does it for pain i lke it for recreational use.either way it should be legal in all staes.come on america get with the time gateway drug yea right.