Comments on: So What If Pot Can Cure Cancer; That’s No Reason For You To Use It

By: crusty

crusty — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:22:57 +0000

America needs another revolutionary war, yet everyone’s too drunk and pill addict brainwashed. WAKE up America, we are not FREE, we haven’t been FREE for a long fucking time!

By: mark wachter

mark wachter — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:52:40 +0000

It is God’s medicine - What ever happen to “In God We Trust” ?

What does the USA say to all the people that lost loves ones that suffered when they did not have to.

OooPs………..?

Americans just need to become smarter and take their country back

Big Pharma - who is kidding who? There are people out here that wake up in pain daily.

I do believe being a good American does not include being a guiny pig for big pharma - lets talk about fair trade laws - if marijuana was legal, it would be marketed as “The Miracle drug” this would put a pinch in big pharmas profits.

God Bless America

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:15:36 +0000

I’m not sure how much good this will do, but the Republican party has a site up where people can leave messages about what is important to them.

http://www.gopplatform2008.com/intro.aspx

Not a whole lot of comments about the drug war, but I left a message. I have also emailed my local representatives in Kansas. I think the more complaints/comments they get regarding this will signal there are many more out there that feel the same way.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:13:53 +0000

The phrase ” All politicians are the same” is relevant to any political issue because it derives those problems and scandals from money. All politicians are the same because they like money and how they get their money is not too far off from how drug dealers get their money. I think a large reason why many politicans refuse to make an agreement to legalize marijuana is because many of them are already making money from over inflated prices of the plant. While they’re throwing others in jail . I also think that another controversy to legalizing it is that not enough big time distributors are caught so there still is an open market for distribution out there that our government wants to get majority control of, in any market competitors must be eliminated and not enough of them are. To legalize anything the government has to be in control to regulate who gets it and how much it costs. If they eliminate all other factors and competetors for a market on distributing marijuana then the possibility of allowing distribution can occur. But until then maybe we should just let a fraternity of greedy rich boys figure out what should be done with the legal process, as if our votes for federal and state elections matter anyways.

By: Stine

Stine — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:44:46 +0000

I look forward to the day when I can have a few pot plants growing among my lillies and marigolds. That’s going to be a great day.

People see pot as a drug issue, but it’s so much more than that. Given its immense healing potential, it’s certainly a health freedom issue. Should I be able to choose how I heal my body? You’d think, but then again, Maryland and Texas have forced vaccination programs. Land of the free…hmm…

It’s a spiritual issue. If you believe that God (however you define him/her/it/high energy) created the world, then surely God created pot too. Thus, it should be my religious right to choose to use whatever plants God has put upon this earth. Land of the free…hmm…

It’s a states’ rights issue. This is the scariest one to me. California says medical marijuana is ok, but the feds don’t agree so they raid dispensaries. Isn’t that an obvious and flagrant violation of the Constitution? I seem to remember from law class that states’ rights shall not be infringed upon by the federal government. Land of the free…hmm…

Big change is coming to this country one way or another. As the old foolish leaders of this generation die off, new young leaders with fresh ideas will replace the old wood. I’m always hoping for a truly free America like the founding fathers envisioned. Peace to everybody! Ok, yup, I’m a hippe (obviously, I would think?)

By: Kimmer

Kimmer — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:45:04 +0000

Getting no response from correspondence to lawmakers is very discouraging. It is good to know that there are others who continue to press on. I too vow to continue to try and educate our representatives. We have so much good information we just need to get it into the right hands.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:14:10 +0000

Overall, it seems that Dr. Liu could have been more specific in making such a pivotal statemate. An evaluation of his use of language is similarly revealing. To recap, Dr. Liu condemns “smoking the drug,” yet also advocates lab-based versions [i.e. of “the drug”] as the only “safe version.”

Now, an alternate interpretation of this statement yields that what Dr. Liu rejects is moreso the consumptive mode of “smoking” itself, rather than the substance in question. Hence, Dr. Liu can remain in advocacy of what he refers to as “the drug.” The use of the term “drug” is also compelling. Constant reference to a handful of plants (i.e. cannibus sativa, et al.) and/or their component parts as “drug” merely reinforces an epistemological framework founded in an Enlightenment-era mode of thinking. The point I wish to make is that while this is one orienting worldview that has yielded tremendous benefits for all, it has also wrought terrible harm and above all, it can no longer claim a position of cultural or epistemic superiority in a post-colonial world.

At the same time, Dr. Liu’s advocacy of marijuana in such a commodified form (”the drug”) also points to the medical industry’s pointed interest in maintaining a monopoly over potential commercial opportunities that arise from marijuana decriminalization. One of the detriments of this position in the rejection of the “act of smoking” itself is that while Dr. Liu is certainly correct that habitual smoking of any substance is terribly damaging to our bodies, and perhaps in an absolute sense, an “on paper” sense, should be done away with, one cannot as easily “do away with” the cultures that have arisen in conjunction with marijuana use. Indeed, by rightly advancing toward alternate modes of knowing (Enlightenment-based and others) as equal but different, we all stand to gain.

By: bearsnotbombs

bearsnotbombs — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:17:00 +0000

the pressure is mounting against conventional thought, and i’m on the frontlines to smash it to pieces as well.

i’ve e-mailed my representatives and contacted all the officials i could through the ‘take action’ section of this site.

stay up, fam<3

By: Kevin G

Kevin G — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:14:43 +0000

On an episode of House from season 2, Dr. House walks into the office of his friend Wilson (an oncologist) who is sitting at his desk rolling joints for a patient. They make a few jokes about their own experiences with marijuana as Wilson tells House to make sure the doors are locked and that no one is coming. This is the kind of tongue-in-cheek imagery I like to see, because it promotes a good attitude towards marijuana while alluding to the frustrating reality MDs are forced to be caught in. I hope one day soon Dr. Wilson will be able to write prescriptions on paper instead of rolling the papers himself.

By: lorraine

lorraine — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:41:11 +0000

“whether grown in a laboratory or in vitro”

correction: whether grown in a laboratory or in vivo