In the coming days, members of the House of Representatives are expected to debate and vote on budget appropriation legislation for the Department of Justice. Representatives Rohrabacher and Farr will be introducing an amendment to this measure to prevent any of the department’s funding from being used to interfere with medical marijuana programs in states that have approved them.
Twenty-one states — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — as well as the District of Columbia have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. Yet in all of these states, patients and providers still face the risk of federal sanction — even when their actions are fully compliant with state law.
It is time that we allowed our unique federalist system to work the way it was intended. Patients, providers, and their state representatives should have the authority to enact laws permitting the medical use of cannabis — free from federal interference.
Please write your members of Congress today and tell them to stop using taxpayer dollars to target and prosecute state-authorized medical marijuana patients and providers. For your convenience, a prewritten letter will be e-mailed to your member of Congress.
PLEASE stop wasting our money on raids that are completely and utterly worthless other than yall gaining the business’s money and inventory for the charge of OUR taxes. This is unfair and unjust, leave marijuana users alone.It does NOTHING TO HARM ANYONE!
VOTE TO DEFUND MEDICAL MARIJUANA RAIDS
Leave patients alone!! Stop funding theses useless life ruining busts.
Hands off Medical marijuana programs!!!
Our government pays law enforcement to take our citizen’s medicine away…unbelievable
Defund medical marijuana raids.
Please stop using tax payers money to targeting state medical legalized marijuana patients and suppliers
Please give people the chance to make their own choices and decisions on what they do or dont want to use as TREATMENT !
stop using taxpayer dollars to target and prosecute state-authorized medical marijuana patients and providers. – See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2014/05/16/house-to-vote-on-budget-amendment-to-defund-medical-marijuana-raids/#sthash.B1SFuNQE.dpuf
Enough already, it’s time For The Department of Justice to declassify marijuana period. Enough proof has been given by researchers and doctors alike to take it off the dangerous drug list. All these departments keep acting as if they are separate governments when they all represent one. Too many have died needlessly while politicians sit on their collective hands.
Marijuana is Medicine! Inform yourselves. The medical literature proves the benefits of Marijuana. Medical Marijuana has healed my broken feet and has my IBD I. REMISSION! Stop raiding dispensaries and arresting those who use Marijuana. Thank you.
Putting out the call to Action!!!
Protech my meds
The Federal Government needs to get out of the drug war entirely beginning here…
Please show some simple compassion; provide people with simple, non-narcotic relief for chronic pain.
The war on drugs is a 40 year boondoggle and needs to stop. First you spend my taxes to persecute, prosecute, and incarcerate; then you spend my tax dollars to re-enter and re-employ felons after you made them unemployable by giving them a criminal record.
Yes, please support defunding these persecutions– but there is an additional remedy which I’d like to discuss briefly:
Every “joint” is a H-ot B-urning O-verdose M-onoxide “drug cocktail” of combustion toxins causing health issues blamed on cannabis. Two deaths in Colorado were seized on as evidence of possible “overdose” of edibles (the danger is about 1/1000 as great as with alcohol, but ho hum).
In between is the relatively safe VAPORIZATION method, against which almost no evidence of harm as ever been published! Yet it gets a fraction the attention it deserves. A high percentage of cannabis-related articles, instead, have a picture of a “JOINT” at the top.
What if every medical (or in allowing states, recreational or occupational or inspirational) cannabis user were immune to prosecution if, when possessing or carrying cannabis, they also had with them an accredited brand of VAPORIZER– as guarantee that no abuse such as a combustion joint or overeating is in danger of occurring?
I would just add that any flexible-drawtube ONE-HITTER (small screened chamber for 25-mg servings) can be used as a vaporizer– users only need to learn how to HEAT the herb without setting it on fire (“Suck slow; don’t glow till after 19 seconds or so”).
It time to stop busting patients an start busting criminals!
DEA not for legalized marijuana !! they’re afraid they’re going to lose jobs !! so when voting time come throw out the old and in with the one to legalize marijuana !!
DEA not for legalized marijuana !! they’re afraid they’re going to lose jobs !! so when voting time come throw out the old and in with the one to legalize marijuana !!
Please quit wasting money to go after medical Marijuana. Much needed to help people. And wasting tax money. And could stop the cuts in so much that is needed to help the sick, poor, disabled, elderly. And get our children educated. Stop the CUT’S on what is needed. By stop punishing people in states where Pot is legal. Even non medical. Waste of money.
It is time for the war on drugs to come to an end. We lock up more of our on citizens than any other country. That should never happen in “The land of the Free”!!
Sad we should have to vote on something that is inherently wrong at it’s core. Quit this & start making better paper & hemp oil both of which are sorely needed.
please support legislation to defund federal medical marijuana raids in states that have approved it’s use.
Twenty-one states — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — as well as the District of Columbia have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. Yet in all of these states, patients and providers still face the risk of federal sanction — even when their actions are fully compliant with state law.
It is time that we allowed our unique federalist system to work the way it was intended. Patients, providers, and their state representatives should have the authority to enact laws permitting the medical use of cannabis — free from federal interference.
Thank you
please pass the amendment..
This is crazy Colorado made the wright choice you would think some of the states would follow there lead but no we have to fight tooth an nail just to get medical in Pa with Corbett in office says he going to just make CBD available for children with seizures what about 1/2 million other people suffering everyday in pain ! We get no help an will be treated as criminals for taking something that helps ease pain an gives me my appetite back
Guess I’ll fire off another email to my representative, a physician who once responded to an email about medical marijuana by citing irreducible studies from 30 years ago. He responded to a recent query on recreational marijuana by citing the need to keep it away from children, ignoring the fact that the lack of regulation achieves exactly the opposite.
He’s a staunch conservative. Conservatives sometimes discuss who among them is the most conservative and who is not conservative enough. I clicked to take action. Let’s see if my conservative representative is conservative enough for me.
End the prohibition now
In 1979 Virginia was one of the first states approved for medical maijuana for medical reasons through doctor. Why is it that not ran like it is in California then but not have the taxes on it?
DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart’s insubordination has gone on far too long and it’s only appropriate she be fired or retired.
This inhumane insane action must be stopped. Thank you Nixon. & Ron Reagan ahh both Republicans. Jimmy Carter was for cannabis legalization.
@Eric-Don’t forget about the compassionate care bill New York’s Gov. Cuomo is reviving. (Still nothing on his web site). It should be 22 states and DC. Come on, we had Woodstock! Man….
@Erik-sorry I spelled your name wrong.
Figure out how to give those on disability there medician they are feed uuupp with those side effect drugs and cant afford to pay for the holy herb help those victims. Stop desobying father do noooot deeesssttrrrooyyyy eeeennnyyyy gggrrreeennnn tttthhhing it can save us all. Think about its uses. Thank God for the Holy Herb.Amen God Bless The Holy Herb Amen
Stop enterfering in peoples lifes they are not bothering enyone they are not well they want peace compassion and there medician stop the raids the mmmooossstttt eeevvvviiillll thing they are doing God knows who youll are and you will have your day to suffer its not fun pray and ask god for forgiveness and leave the holy herb and its users aaaallllloooonnnneeee luke 12:28 cute the herb and put it in the oven to cure then smoke or do what ever. You know its the jack of all trades its the most hoollllyyy medician everything and will save us one day.
If the holy herb is so bad lieres then why did Our president Abraham L make those who owned homes had to grown marijuana or get fined then after that is when those selfish ones came and has been making people suffer and suffer and suffer alll kinds of things that god knows they will suffer too what good does it do the kids when parents have to sit in jail so selfish ones exel therre eevvvviiiil stttooppp hurting people stop the greed.
This is obscene. Our law enforcement should be ashamed. All the way to the capital!!
I believe that the original purpose of the drug war was to gain control of the civil rights movement. They flooded the minority neighborhoods with drugs and arrested anyone that used drugs and threw them in prison. Of course, they didn’t mind killing a few as well. After a while, law enforcement realized the millions of dollars to be made from drug enforcement and tweaked the laws to take full advantage of that. What has always bothered me more than anything else about the drug war, is how they passed the asset forfeiture laws, which was supposed to be for the major drug traffickers, but have since extended the laws to cover everything including grandma’s life savings, even though they couldn’t make any connection to a crime at all.I even read about one case where they confiscated approximately $28,000. from a church. It has become more like organized crime. 60 minutes did a story a few years back where law enforcement was confiscating luxury cars along the I-10 corridor and one trooper tried to confiscate the limo which was rented by CBS in order to do the report.
I wish we could just skip the bullshit and legalize what shouldve been legalized yesterday.
Yeah, stop the raids! Defund them. Include in this legislation–amendment,rider, whatever–something to keep the feds from doing raids, including getting the seeds they seized in Kentucky for industrial use. If the seeds are viable they can spend money to seize them, so stop them from spending money on stuff like that, too.
You prohibitionists love to waste public money or enforcing cannabis prohibition, a network of taxers and spenders. This is the wrong direction of the flow of public money. Public money should Not being flowing out of government coffers regarding cannabis, but should be flowing in a steady stream at pretty much constant levels. The most egregious prohibitionists appear to me to be Republicans, who seem to be the ones complaining and point fingers accusing people using the tax-and-spend/waste paint.
Any way of using this FusionPharm suspension to get the SEC to issue policy guidelines that basically give clear signals, give the green light to cannabis companies, meaning simple and clear language about what compliances they want AND in which the SEC basically recommends that CANNABIS BE REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE I, that it is removed altogether from the schedule.
Since Michele Leonhart appears not to be resigning any time soon, then she has to be given the order to write policies and new standard operating procedures for federal agencies that keep them from doing raids and keeping them from getting in the way of every kind of legalization at the state level. The ardent prohibitionist that she is, she no doubt is one to be watched closely for filling all the loopholes she would leave for law enforcement to continue cannabis prohibition. Item: In NYC cannabis arrests are still up, way up, although stop-n-frisk is gone. I don’t want to begrudge the woman her years to get a full pension in retirement, if that’s what she wants, however she’s going to have to adapt to the change, even if she doesn’t agree with it. If she disobeys a directive from a superior to do this then you have to fire her and get someone in there who will do the job the way the cannabis community wants them to do it.
Where’s the Pee Party–oops, I mean the Tea Party–faction on all things cannabis related like this? They’re the squeaky wheels getting all the oil from the Republican Party, maybe a few Dems and third partiers, whatever. Looks to me like the Tea Party faction, whatever you want to call it, are still part of the problem of making people pee into a cup to enforce cannabis prohibition.
I want to be able to invest in state, you know, municipal cannabis bonds that are tax-free. I want the feds to stay out of the states’ way, and get involved at the state level ONLY if requested by the state. That ought to pretty much see to it that local government can go around state authorities and get the feds’ help all on their own just because they still want to force cannabis prohibition on everybody in the state.
Meant local governments can Not circumvent the state to get the feds to interfere on that last post, sarcasm in the tone of voice just doesn’t come through in print.
@Galilei, a true Conservative would urgently support the idea of replacing the 500-mg-per-lightup H-ot B-urning O-verdose M-onoxide joint (giant) with 25-mg Single Tokes from a properly designed VAPE utensil.
Problem with many alleged Conservatives is that they didn’t do due diligence to inform themselves, and their IGNORANCE of issues (especially “smoking”) results in unconservative decisions. Your Rep was probably afraid or ashamed to “know too much” about the cannabis issue (“that’s drugs, isn’t it?”).
Very inspiring posts! So many short, concise statements almost convinced me to write something quick and simple… Ha. So…
What I said to TX Congressman Lamar Smith:
“If you dont vote for this amendment you are telling Texans that you are a Federalist, a prohibitionist and that you do not believe in State’s rights.”
What I wanted to tell Congressman Smith;
“Dear Mr. Uneducated-two-headed-rattlesnake… Please… PLEASE… stop poisoning society and legalize cannabis… We promise there will always be another political corruption ring lead by greedy corporations to bribe your greedy, obsequeous, treasonous punk @$$!… That’s what Citizens United is for. (Okay, I said I would be nice… I can do this…) Just… free the herb and let the planet heal for all future generations.. Once educated, you would want this for your own children… (Anger building up…) before you have POISONED all the food supply with your EVIL CANNABIS PROHIBITION even for the SAKE of your OWN SURVIVAL you STUPID SNAKE! AAUGGGH!! $%§¥¡ (Crumple paper, Throw pencils…), HOW MUCH did it COST to make you SUCH a DOUCHEBAG?! If you continue DENY MEDICINE from the SICK, KILL EVERYTHING, IMPRISON, overprescribe or genetically MODIFY our food supply for a quick PROFIT, then GUESS WHAT? THERE’S NO FOOD LEFT FOR YOU EITHER Mr. Uneducated Two-Headed Rattlesnake!!! THEN what are gonna DO? SPEND ALL THAT CAMPAIGN MONEY IN HELL? You STUPID SNAKE; YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU!!! For the LOVE of GOD, someone pass me a VAPORIZER!”
…ehemm… (regain composure…)
So please vote to pass the recent amendment to defund Federal interference with state medicinal cannabis legalization. Your humble servant,
Sincerely,
Julian.
EDIT: Please include Florida as a State that has passed Legislation for Medical Marijuana!!! Unless I’m mistaken they have at least allowed the “Charlottes Web” variety on the books?
I signed the petition to support the budget amendment to ‘Defund Medical Marijuana Raids’ which went to Tennessee U.S. Representative Diane Black. The response was lengthy so I won’t post it, but I do want anyone that may be in the Tennessee district that Ms. Black serves to know that she DOES NOT and will not support this amendment. From the content of the letter she does not support medical marijuana or the use of marijuana in any way.
From the early history of marijuana use becoming criminal, until today, it is a
complete lights & mirrors show. Wasted effort and man-power. Sadly, stupidity that has now become a modern day witch hunt that has destroyed many, many lives.
Within many, reputedly, civilized cultures.
Following the ridiculous excuses proferred by
a few ranchers in the U.S. border towns that had viciously attacked Mexican employees. And found an ‘easy-out’ loop-hole. They played the card and it worked. Do not trust my words. Research it yourselves.
The legislation regarding hemp, for use as
in textiles, natural cosmetics, etc., and banning that crop from use… more than just as ridiculous. It is hemp. A relative of marijuana. There ain’t a buzz in the bag… err… duffel-bag. It is a noble plant, as
most of us already know. Again, research it.
My dear GOD!
Forbidding farmers to grow legal hemp is
beyond my comprehension. Sort of like tossing
you into a jail-cell because there were rumors
that your third cousin wasn’t a nice guy.
People of the third rock, T H I N K !
You, the powers that be, you should think.
That’s why you have that job. We pay you
to think.
As ‘users’;
We are not hurting anyone w/recreational use.
We are not hurting anyone using medically.
We would grow instead of buy, if you’d allow.
With that, we would eliminate the cartels and criminal actions. Free of cost to society.
Please,fellow citizens of the whole earth…
there are many more positives than the pittance of negatives.
Just think? Really.
Hmm… went off into a rant… my bad.
@Ecnirp, Re “Third Rock”– don’t forget half the time the moon (“Luna”) is closer to the sun than we are. I’m sure you weren’t comparing us to Third Reich?
@TheOracle, You appear to be right about Republicans, statistically, but don’t forget they get two-thirds of the tobacco industry campaign money (earned killing 200,000,000 since 1853), point fingers at that.
@Julian– thanks and keep reminding them what “Cigarets United” is about– attack ads against anyone who isn’t pronicotinoid.
“The most egregious prohibitionists appear to me to be Republicans, who seem to be the ones complaining and point fingers accusing people using the tax-and-spend/waste paint.”
Constant stupidity from the Rebublicans. They say they want small government, but never vote for it. They do vote to defund all sorts of program which directly support individual people, but craft new programs to support the rich. DEA helps keeps the local police corrupt, how is that not a waste of money?????? The federal pigs teach our police to ignore the laws in pursuit of their sociopathic tendencies. Exactly opposite of what happened when Civil Rights were passed. The Federal government was a source of wisdom on the subject… Not this time around though!
This news isn’t located anywhere else but here…I wonder why our ‘wonderful’ news media hasn’t posted this story on their websites??? Is it because they are cowardly pussies? Probably. Sooo disappointing. I just sent it to the Huffington Post, so maybe they will find their balls and post it.
@Mexweed
Read my post on the Kentucky Hemp raid. Cannabis is more than just conservative; it’s sustainable. The problem comes from patents (Altria, Koch Industries) that flood corporate campaign money into Republican politics.
Regretfully, tobacco industries have been killing Americans for profit long before the 1800’s since the Virginia Company landed in Jamestown. John Smith found tobacco would grow on that malaria-ridden penninsula and the Virginia Company kept sending “settler” (slaves) to their death. The labor intensive work sent countless Irish and Scottish settlers to their death, until it was discovered that African slaves, though more expensive, survived longer. Early corporations called joint-stock Companies like the Virginia Company had no idea how West Africans were more resistant to malaria, but the truth is they would and will send anyone to their death for profit, being that the investors lived far away from the deadly tobacco swamps of the Eastern U.S. in Titled Estates of London, Haciendas in Lisbon and Chateaus of Paris.
Today, immigrants are still suffering from nicotene poisoning, rape and abuse on tobacco fields. (See Frontline’s “Rape in the Fields.”)
Hemp was heavily cultivated for rope and sail canvas, but it was also being used for food and medicine which also empowered the slave, not only the master, so it was planted more selectively than tobacco in well protected farms like George Washington’s home in Mount Vernon. (Read: “1492,” Charles Mann, and “Slaves in the Family,” Elias Ball)
A long time ago I bought three certificates for a free pound of pot when it became legal. I still have them Where can I cash them in for my free 3 pounds of weed
Where can we see who voted yea and nay and let’s out these republicans once and for all! And the handful of democrats to.