President Barack Obama signed spending legislation into law on Tuesday that includes provisions limiting the Justice Department’s ability to take criminal action against state-licensed individuals or operations that are acting are in full compliance with the medical marijuana laws of their states.
Specifically, an amendment sponsored by California Reps. Dana Rohrbacher and Sam Farr to the $1.1 trillion spending bill states, “None of the funds made available in this act to the Department of Justice may be used … to prevent … states … from implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.”
Said Farr following Congress’ passage of the legislation: “The federal government will finally respect the decisions made by the majority of states that passed medical marijuana laws. This is great day for common sense because now our federal dollars will be spent more wisely on prosecuting criminals and not sick patients.”
Similar language prohibiting the Justice Department from undermining state-sanctioned hemp cultivation programs was also included in the bill.
Also contained in the appropriations measure is a rider sponsored by Maryland Republican Andy Harris that seeks to limit DC officials’ ability to fully implement a November 2014 municipal initiative depenalizing the personal adult possession and cultivation of cannabis. At this time however, it remains unclear whether the enacted language is written in a manner that can actually do so. On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson “plans to ignore the provision” and that he will “send a bill implementing Initiative 71 to Congress in January for a 30-day review, during which federal lawmakers can veto it or let it stand.” Such a review is necessary before any DC initiative can become law.
Washington DC’s Initiative 71, which was approved by 70 percent of District voters, removes criminal and civil penalties regarding the adult possession of up to two ounces of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to six plants.
Congratulations NORML! What a proud day to be an American. This is what progress looks like.
http://www.howtogrowweed420.com/1762.html
I have been an enthusiast since the early 80s and started reading High Times Magazine where i was introduced to Norml. We have come a long way and I truly believe that if not for this organization the laws would not be changing in our favor. Thanks for all of the hard work and dedication… http://www.howtogrowweed420.com/1762.html
Our elected leaders did the right thing regarding medical marijuana – finally. I know that there are some in Congress that will do everything in their power to stop the will of the people regarding marijuana however.
Andy Harris, the Republican Congressman from Maryland, is doing everything he can to stop anyone and everyone from using marijuana for any reason. He is in bed with Kevin Sabet of SAM. It’s disgusting! Here is a link to check out to see the truth of my words:
http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/12/marijuana
If you live in Maryland, you all need to do everything in your power, like voting, calling Mr. Harris, writing him, emailing him, and etc because he wants to shut you down. I say, let’s shut him down. He does not have your best interest or wishes at heart. He wants to send you either to prison or to a rehab clinic if you’re caught with any amount. It’s ridiculous and this kind of reefer madness needs to end!
Andy Harris – Salute (middle finger only).
Don’t let Harris get away with this unpunished.
I JUST WANT TO THANK NORM 1 & 430 and everyone that put it down and got the Job done the best and the brightest iam so proud of u guys and ladies thank u all for your hard work Now we have to get the other 26 More State to get cannabis legal.and r voiced heard. And Stop this madness I make pain OIL and it’s a MEDICAL oil A & E Organic Pain Oil. Thank u so so much
Of course this measure will not stop ‘federal interference’ when it is claimed the cannabis in question is not for ‘medical’ purposes. But at least the feds will think twice since they will no doubt have to prove they are acting on good evidence and will not want to get on the wrong side of this bill.
Another very important step that should see most states legalising medical cannabis.
(cannabis has so many medical uses so pretty much anyone should have legal access to cannabis if they want it !!!)
Why doesn’t the President reschedule on these grounds:
Cannabis cures cancer. Cancer kills 586,000 Americans every year. Every Prohibitionist is complicit in mass murder.
Looks like the kind of divided government we voted in the last several elections.
The pro-medical marijuana + pro-hemp amendments ring beautifully to my ear. Real nice to see both D’s and R’s behind the names elsewhere on line.
The anti-legalization amendment reads like a rich, powerful, self-righteous white guy stomping on the voting rights of a supermajority of an entire city’s black voters.
We have to end prohibition.
The Prohibitionists are involved in mass murder. The Reagan administration tried to suppress the finding that cannabis is effective against cancer. You can look it up. Of course the Democrats did nothing when they had a chance. Every Prohibitionist is complicit in mass murder.
Think you very much NORM. We are starting to win.
It looks like one of the big players in the next presidential election will be Republican Jeb Bush. He is totally against marijuana for any reason including medical. The Repub’s are idiots if they think the nation is going to vote for him – LOL! 🙂
I’d vote for Jerry Seinfeld over him 🙂
It would require zero thought to choose Hilary over Jeb 🙂
The only Republican that has any real chance at winning the hearts of Freedom Loving Americans is Rand Paul. Jeb Bush is just an ignorant dinosaur.
The government can no longer claim legitimacy. It has for some time now been nothing more than a criminal enterprise. A collusion between corporate and political. The Rubicon has been crossed!
Try living in NJ where you have to half dead to get it. I was in the hospital last month with a very painful ailment. When I ask for marijuana for pain the nurse laughed at me and said the doctor said you can have morphine then they sent me home with Oxycontin. Those pills make me sick to my stomach. I had to break the law to feel better then I had to worry about getting hurt at work and failing a drug test. It’s a joke. But my hats off to normal they are slowly turning the tables
Try living in NJ where you have to half dead to get it. I was in the hospital last month with a very painful ailment. When I ask for marijuana for pain the nurse laughed at me and said the doctor said you can have morphine then they sent me home with Oxycontin. Those pills make me sick to my stomach. I had to break the law to feel better then I had to worry about getting hurt at work and failing a drug test. It’s a joke. But my hats off to normal they are slowly turning the tables Governor Christie is again marijuana also
Miles says:
December 16, 2014 at 1:15 pm
The Republican are hard at it already and they haven’t even been installed:
http://news.yahoo.com/fight-over-marijuana-more-risky-states-dc-081641478.html
BTW agree with you on Rand Paul.
NORML, do be prepared, to pitch in two dollars, for Mendelson to transmit I-71, to Congress:
http://www.rollcall.com/news/dc_council_chairman_marijuana_rider_doesnt_block_transmittal_to_congress-238798-1.html
It’s been a long, hard day.
Ok,Barry signs it into law, so does this law then get the IRS out of the cannabis community’s hair?
It seems to me that it only stops the feds from raiding medical marijuana operations, but does it keep the IRS out of their hair, too?
I mean, why should the IRS give the MMJ community shit if the DOJ will not prosecute?
Thanks you NORML and everybody!
Thank you, Barry!
I just hope that cannabis banking is de facto legal soon, in addition to getting the IRS off our backs.
Anyone know? Does this solve the IRS problem?
How can this ease the transition to legal cannabis banking in even adult recreational?
Not to be a nay-sayer, but here is a rebuttal regarding the same subject that had some insight into this “historical” event.
It is somewhat depressing, but honest.
http://www.theweedblog.com/on-marijuana-congress-giveth-and-congress-taketh-away/
[Paul Armentano responds: Phil Smith’s commentary is little different than NORML’s: “Whether Congress has successfully blocked pot legalization in DC clearly remains to be seen. What is not in dispute, though, is that has successfully blocked the Justice Department from any further assaults on medical marijuana in states where it is legal. That’s a big deal.”]
“historic”*
Prohibition will be over sooner than most believe it will. America is wide awake to the violation of rights, the immoral unjust, corrupt results of cannabis prohibition aka the war on drugs.
If our country were serious about the following topics cannabis would be legal as it directly addresses all.
1. Debt – taxes or not (we know there will be taxes)cannabis will invigorate our economy and already is.
2. Immigration – Once there is no profit to be made south of our border from the largest cash crop – cannabis, see how the violence drops and the victims slow their jaunt North, not to mention the real trickle down effect which actually creates jobs and stability in those countries as well.
3. Environment – Fuel, food, clothing, sustainability. Questions?
4. Justice – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal should be publicly shamed continually until the world knows someone is imprisoned in his state presently for possessing 2 cannabis cigarettes. The term is what? 12 years? There are people in prison for life because of cannabis prohibition. How can we as citizens sit by while cannabis is legal in one state while another citizen is imprisoned in another state for said cannabis? While an extreme example of injustice, many others are just as egregious. The fact that the prison, drug treatment and LEO lobbies use cannabis prohibition for profit and population control is obviously an affront to all americans. Be careful because once it all goes legal they will need a new whipping boy er target.
5. Income Inequality – Cannabis prohibition hinders many in multiple ways from gainful employment or other positive economic positions even business creation.
6. Public Health – Obviously a population using less alcohol, not smoking nicotine laced cigarettes, and suddenly accessing legal, pollutant free, inspected, tested cannabis will be a healthier – more productive population leading to MANY positive outcomes.
We can go on and on, bottom line is those staunch supporters of prohibition have been wrong, are wrong now, and will always be wrong. They have caused much harm to this society and these times. We should be in a much better position in all areas of life and we will once Marijuana is simply legalized.
Lot’s of smart people all over the place these days, yes the 60’s and 70’s are far gone and like I have said before – it will all be over sooner than you think.
This country needs to get real regarding cannabis. For god’s sake baby cream poisonings get more calls to poison control and don’t even get me started with toothpaste. Pick up a tube–yep, right on the label, POISON.
The worst that can happen with so-called “overdose,” is a stomachache and MAYBE vomiting in worse cases? This country REALLY needs to get real. (Although I will admit that Christmas shopping while stoned has caused me to turn my credit cards over to my wife.)
I’ve felt for several months now that something’s gotta give on the fed level very soon. As I’ve written before, I think this law will have a dramatic effect on the CA case regarding constitutionality of Schedule 1 status.
I think one of the reasons that led me to use cannabis was the counterculture of it all. The more kids see grandma using cannabis, the more mainstream it becomes, the less alure it will have with the teens. And those teens who DO use it, often use INSTEAD of drinking. We can all agree for those teens hell bent on experimenting, you can’t get much more benign than cannabis.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/490470215641646945/
Taken from this url from Nathaniel Grant –
http://www.theweedblog.com/on-marijuana-congress-giveth-and-congress-taketh-away/
“In light of recent events in Ferguson and New York, it would be particularly disturbing if Congress has chosen to overturn the will of the voters in a majority black city,” said Dr. Malik Burnett, DPA policy manager and vice-chair of the DC Cannabis Coalition, the group that got Measure 71 passed.”
“DC voters chose to reform their marijuana laws, which have a direct impact on how communities of color interact with police. Congress should not undermine that.”
Sums it up nicely.
guys and gals at NORML we can see the light at the end of the tunnel…..or bowl LOL
@Miles
Harris is my Representative. Every Representative I’ve had since moving to Harford, Co., MD was a far-right Republican. Dr. Harris is NOT going anywhere; the Republicans have a lock on this area and its Representative.
Harris emails display a remarkable lack of independent thought, as if he’s just a puppet for the national GOP. In other words, he’ll get the money he needs to be re-elected.
In light of recent events like Ferguson, to me the big story with this DC amendment is a rich, powerful, sanctimonious white guy thwarting the will of a super majority of black voters.
From:
http://www.theweedblog.com/on-marijuana-congress-giveth-and-congress-taketh-away/
wowFAD • a day ago
I’m sorry I have to be the constant bearer of bad news, but Section 538, the one that restricts the DOJ from spending funds, will not stop interference by the DEA or US Attorneys in medical cannabis states.
Why? Because Section 538 restricts funds given to the DOJ from being spent in such a way, but the DEA is funded through the ONDCP to the tune of $2.4 billion and the ONDCP has $70 million set aside in their budget to pay US Attorneys to continue prosecuting for the DEA. Section 538 of the spending bill has no language to prevent it. Yes, it’s a cheat. No, I don’t like it.
The DOJ’s budget is $27 billion, but the ONDCP’s is $25 billion — $7.7 of which funds domestic law enforcement, including the DEA.
DC’s voters were sold out for nothing because nobody wants to admit how the Drug War is actually funded. Restricting the funds allotted to the DOJ will hardly slow down the DEA or the US Attorneys. The amendment should have restricted the DOJ and the ONDCP from spending funds. That would have worked.
So we need to stop spiking the football while we’re standing in the other team’s end zone. It just makes us look stupid.
just curious where exactly does it say to prevent prosecution or enforcement . for i do not see the words other then to limit any legal protection…
in SEC. 538. None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.
so everyone misses how the first part adds the last line …
or
in Quote:
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
(b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.
where does it limit proscution or enforcement as i read it is the same shit on a different note .except it tries to remove the states abilities to enforce their own laws . as per scotus to commandeer the states abilities is unconstitutional .
Quote:
the Supreme Court indicated in Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842),that the states cannot be compelled to use state law enforcement resources to enforce federal law. The Supreme Court reaffirmed this principle in cases such as Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)and New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992), which held that the
federal government may not enact a regulatory program that “commandeers” the state’s legislative and administrative mechanisms to enforce federal law. States therefore may refuse to use their legislative or administrative resources to enforce federal law. This should be distinguished from nullification. States that withhold their enforcement assistance, but do not declare the federal law unconstitutional or forbid its enforcement, are not challenging the validity of the federal law and therefore are not engaging in nullification. As Prigg held, the federal law still is valid and federal authorities may enforce it within the state. The states in this situation, rather than attempting to legally nullify federal law, are attempting to make enforcement of
federal law more difficult by refusing to make available their legislative and administrative resources.
i find this is a wolf in sheeps clothing and vast amount americans are blind n do not comprehend the literal words … i see no change here other then an attempt of andy harris n his cronies trying to over ride states abilities . no where does it block doj from enforcement or prosecution but rather tries to blocks states their soveriegn powers to regulate n legislate ..
In the words of Gov. Hickenloooper of Colorado, “Don’t break out the Cheetos and Goldfish just yet”. This new amendment only frees up the DOJ and DEA to interfere with RECREATIONAL marijuana in the few states which have legalized its use. Get ready for their “blitz” while we are all lulled into a utopian farce that freedom has landed.
I just want to burn a big phatty in peace. I’m not going to see the days when people get over their irrational fear of someone who smokes pot. That took years of fear mongering and that will take years to get over. People would probably have a better relationship with police if the government would try a treatment approach to the drug issue. At least allow people to be productive members of society while they deal with their problem.
President Obama to Commute Sentences for 8 in Drug Cases. That is a very good thing!
However, what about the thousands of others that are in prison or jail for doing as much (or less) than you did you your youth Mr. President? Do you find it easier to just let them rot their lives away?
It is a major mistake to let Congress take the lead on just about anything; especially marijuana policy. It needs to be removed from the controlled substances list altogether and made legal. Anything less is just stupid, ignorant, and cowardly.
It does not prevent them from raiding shops and growers. Read it…Just no money to prevent Politicians/reformers from writing laws. It does nothing but keep it vague for the DOJ. It does nothing to prevent the DOJ to find ways around this legislative comment. Top down hindrance no, bottom up arrests yes…
@Stupid American,
Your analysis of the excessive mobility in this bill is correct, however you may not be looking at how that can benefit us in the marijuana movement, particularly in states with governors who are up for reelection in 2016, and while President Obama is in office and clearly willing to use his executive authority to further along the process of legal regulation of cannabis. Flexibility in legislation works both ways. 🙂
There’s a growing bandwagon of legalization now in Congress. Our votes, our voice and our movement are being heard loud and clear, and for the first time prohibitionists know they are on the losing end of this momentum. California, Nevada and Maine are all poised to legalize and take us over the %50 of states with legal medicinal marijuana laws in the U.S.
As we reach the climax of our movement, the polls will come rolling in showing declines in violence, domestic abuse or even harder drug and alcohol abuse as the marijuana movement educates American society. Check out this link from two days ago in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/16/teen-marijuana-use-falls-as-more-states-legalize/
N.I.D.A. funded this research with the University of Michigan. Two years after Colorado and Washigton legalize marijuana and teens are using WHAT? What was THAT Kevin Sabet? I thought you said teens would use MORE drugs and alcohol if we started legalizing marijuana? How do you even RESPOND to that?!
There is nothing good about prohibition, and to those who want to keep it.
about time they get told to back off
Thank you Mr. Obama
This Harris guy is a pain in the ass. He strikes me as the kind of doctor who had the lowest passing grade on his medical exam. Plus he seems to have delusions of godhood as the privileged wealthy in medicine all too frequently do. He’s just another rich bastard trying to tell everybody what to do, how to live their lives. He knows better than the everyman because he’s a doctor. He knows better than the everyman because he’s got more money. How about do no harm? Prohibition does more harm than legalization. He’s just another rich bastard who thinks that everybody is going to live their lives his way or you’re getting arrested. Are you fucking kicking me? You’re never going to arrest your way out of it. You don’t have enough jail cells, and you don’t have enough money or public support to raise taxes enough to even come close to building enough prisons. Instead, you continue to piss away public monies on cannabis prohibition enforcement and ruin untold numbers of lives by tearing apart families, disenfranchising people from voting and good jobs by giving them a record. People like him perpetuate the cannabis Jim Crow. They maintain an unnecessarily larger number of people in the unemployed and underemployed categories because they can’t make it past pre-employment drug screenings, when that need not be the case anymore because cannabis consumers CAN BE gainfully employed responsible employees and citizens.
You’re not going to arrest your way out of people using cannabis.
It is clear cannabis is not going away.
Personally, I toil away at my thankless shit job, with no room for advancement, take a lot of shit, doing the work people like Harris would never stoop to doing, and then I have to put up with prohibitionist shit. I put up with a lot of shit, and have to take a lot of shit with a smile and just take it to pay my bills. Harris, just worry about yourself, and let everybody else live their own lives. My life is often so miserable I’d like to have a few of life’s small pleasures. And, since I’ve been battling cancer for a number of years now and do NOT live in an MMJ state because of assholes like Harris my life is even more miserable than it has to be. Not everyone can just pick up and move.
I hope people in decision-making positions simply ignore Harris and legalize anyway in DC. I was so looking forward to legal weed on the East Coast, finally a choice of medicine!
Republican Andy Harris of Maryland is a disgrace to the Harris Name and to the Republican party. I’m pretty sure he is the kind of guy who would be very uncomfortable at a party and would prefer to sit in a corner by himself since he has nothing in common with anyone but Kevin Sabet; and Kevin is busy elsewhere with his prohibitionist agenda.
To be honest, I don’t see any of these riders having any effect.
I see this more as a wake up call to congress that they are actually going to have to stop ignoring marijuana any longer. Oh, and that it is Okay to vote for marijuana and still have public support! This is literally just practice to help teach Congress not to auto-reject legalization.
I don’t see how these laws actually Prohibit the DEA from continuing to interfere with States with Medical Marijuana Programs as these riders just control the monies in this spending bill. They have already have millions of dollars to continue raids and prosecutions.
“N.I.D.A. funded this research with the University of Michigan. Two years after Colorado and Washington legalize marijuana and teens are using WHAT? What was THAT Kevin Sabet? I thought you said teens would use MORE drugs and alcohol if we started legalizing marijuana? How do you even RESPOND to that?!”
Like the drug addled loony he is, he’ll just dis-associate and say, “That’s not true, children now have better access to marijuana and legalization does represent a serious health threat to our children’s cognitive development. Legalized Medical Marijuana has been demonstrated to help prevent children from becoming productive citizens over and over.”
Cannabis. Need s to free for. Us. All not just some states and tribes.
Now Its discrimination . Is a huge factor
One state can’t be free. And the other. Be cannabis slaves
Jim Crow laws. Have. To go.
End. Prohibition now.
Miles says:
December 16, 2014 at 1:15 pm
The Republican rank and file are none too happy about Jeb.
What is weird is, if Florida would have won in the election. It would have become federally legal anyway. Florida would have been the 25th state to legalize medical. An unless I’m wrong if half of the states legalize it becomes federally legal also. And that means not only are they going to have to reclassify it because they are contradicting themselves as a scedual 1. But also because 20 of the state’s have decriminalization now and that is almost to the halfway point as well.
The hard truth is that wether or not what you do with the plant is positive or negative. The plant itself is neither. The plant is innocent in the equation. But it is not normally viewed that way when it comes to the debate of legalization.
Each step brings us closer!
Matt, “What is weird is, if Florida would have won in the election. It would have become federally legal anyway. Florida would have been the 25th state to legalize medical. An unless I’m wrong if half of the states legalize it becomes federally legal also.”
There is no such legal mechanism. Once it is legal is half the state, it is legal in half the state and not legal in half the states. While the pigs have an orgy of bogus arrests for something that is not a crime. The pig feeding is seen as a beautiful thing by pigs.
This is great. But I live in PA and have no $. It is a big hassle to get green so we drive to another state to get “k-2.” It gets so intense that you might have a bad trip anytime you think bad thoughts on it. Although I’ll take a bad k-2 trip over my norml life anyday! Pleasure in my world since i lost a good job includes eating good food… taking a good shit, not too hard and not too slimy… playing with my cats… and the first 10-20 seconds I get in bed at night. Sounds good for someone who never took a drug. It is pathetic! I have’nt had a good bag of weed since May 2013(a little over an ounce of good mids from someone in the black mafia who was in jail for 15 years for literally being a hit man and killing someone for money. He’s a nice guy, but don’t make any mistakes or criticize him to his face and he’ll give a good deal and not kill you too). My life stinks now and would take a bad LSD trip over this never-ending drudgery anyday. At least the music would sound better! Sorry to be a downer but I need to smoke weed in my life and hardly ever have any. Why hast God forsaken me?! If I ever had the money, I’d move to Colorado or Alaska. Might just be a pipe dream.
I am a disabled gulf-war veteran currently rated at 90% and seeking full disability status at this time. I am also a member of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Medical marijuana has been crucial in helping to relieve symptoms of Gulf-War Syndrome (specifically fibromyalgia), PTSD, chronic back pain, arthritis, neuropathy, and a number of other symptoms I suffer from. Recently my ex-wife had me brought up on charges under false allegations. I was not able to retain my freedom without accepting a plea deal in which I received 36 months of probation. These charges were unrelated to drugs or alcohol. Since I am on probation I am not able to use medical marijuana because I must obey all federal laws while on probation. This greatly effects my level of pain and discomfort and I am having a very difficult time each and every day. I am prescribed a multitude of medications for my symptoms through the VA, yet they do not provide the amount of relief medical marijuana provided. As a disabled veteran I should have access to the proper medications that help the most with my symptoms. Medical marijuana is a medication and does provide a substantial amount of relief for me. I should have the right to use the medications most beneficial to my military disabilities without restrictions from law enforcement.
Does anyone know how this might effect my situation?
I am a disabled gulf-war veteran currently rated at 90% and seeking full disability status at this time. I am also a member of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Medical marijuana has been crucial in helping to relieve symptoms of Gulf-War Syndrome (specifically fibromyalgia), PTSD, chronic back pain, arthritis, neuropathy, and a number of other symptoms I suffer from. Recently my ex-wife had me brought up on charges under false allegations. I was not able to retain my freedom without accepting a plea deal in which I received 36 months of probation. These charges were unrelated to drugs or alcohol. Since I am on probation I am not able to use medical marijuana because I must obey all federal laws while on probation. This greatly effects my level of pain and discomfort and I am having a very difficult time each and every day. I am prescribed a multitude of medications for my symptoms through the VA, yet they do not provide the amount of relief medical marijuana provided. As a disabled veteran I should have access to the proper medications that help the most with my symptoms. Medical marijuana is a medication and does provide a substantial amount of relief for me. I should have the right to use the medications most beneficial to my military disabilities without restrictions from law enforcement.
Does anyone know how this might affect my current situation?
I forgot to add 2 great pleasures: Taking a hot shower when heater is working correctly, and smoking the days first cigarette when we have those. What is so bad about people feeling good off weed? Paranoia? You know people feel that anyway with or without drugs. People with anxiety, paranoid schizophrenia or when a motorcyclist is revving at you? We want to feel good off dope, weed, mary jane and marijuana. There’s nothing wrong with that. Plus,… we could make money! Sounds like the coke brothers are trying to keep us hooked on alcohol: Earth’s worst drug; bad for you, numbs you to life, can kill an alcoholic if they don’t have it; the only drug known to do that and it tastes bad.
ALERT!
VA against MMJ! the VA just told me to choose, if you use cannabis VA will not give you pain medication. VA San Diego CA.
Still really doesn’t matter says:
December 23, 2014 at 2:00 pm
The Koch Bros support legalization. They also support a lot of candidates who don’t their primary interest is balancing the budget.