Comments on: NORML To The Drug Czar’s Office: “Now Do We Have Your Attention?” http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/ Working to reform marijuana laws Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:35:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: World News http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-4355 World News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:34:12 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-4355 Progress doesn't come from early risers, progress is madeby lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. Progress doesn’t come from early risers, progress is madeby lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.

]]> By: Christian http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-4223 Christian Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:25:04 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-4223 FFS Andy, if you're going to defend marijuana, don't quote Katt Williams and expect to be taken seriously. Fact is, marijuana is definitely a drug. That said, it is a drug that is safer than the majority of pharmaceuticals currently on the market. It has been shown to tremendously help remedy the symptoms of patients of chemotherapy, glaucoma, or AIDS. While marijuana cannot cure these diseases, as a former chemotherapy patient I can personally attest to the medicinal benefits of marijuana. Imagine not moving from a small bed for over three days because of the pain in your back and not being able to eat due to the effects of the poison that has been pumped through you intravenously for the past six days. To overcome the pain would've taken enough opiates to render me unconscious and sick, so on the third day I went for the blunt instead. I did not get out of bed to smoke it, and although inhaling smoke into my lungs was inherently damaging at that state, I immediately started to feel exponentially better. The rest of the night, I proceeded to get out of bed, walk around, eat 3 days worth of food, and felt like things were actually not very bad at all. For a schedule I drug to be able to bring that much relief to someone is a shame. Marijuana has PROVEN medical uses, yet the government keeps it classed as schedule I. The DEA still arrests dispensary owners and patients who grow legally(by the state) in their own yard/house. Recently at KU, we had a debate between a former head of the DEA's New York office and Steve Hager, creative director for High Times. The former agent's only arguments against legalization were that 1) More people would use recreationally. 2) It impairs your depth-perception. We can all probably agree on both points easily. Some would argue that neither are true, but even if we give marijuana opponents both arguments, how do those 2 factors outweigh the arguments for legalization? On marijuana's side is the 800,000 people who are arrested annually, $1b+ in potential tax revenue, $9b saved from emptying prisons of non-violent MJ offenders, IMMENSE medical benefits, an increase of purity since MJ could be regulated, and finally the fact that marijuana could be sold through reputable companies to responsible adults, not brought into the country by armed cartels who capitalize on the high prices prohibition creates and bring with them violence. STOP the madness! The benefits outweigh the consequences. The people in our legislature don't give a shit about the 120,000 people/year who die from tobacco or the 200,000 people/year who die from alcohol, but they do want to stop marijuana from being used recreationally because of bad depth perception. I think it's marijuana opponents who have the impaired depth perception: they can't see the depth of problems that marijuana prohibition creates, and refuse to acknowledge any benefits to legalization. FFS Andy, if you’re going to defend marijuana, don’t quote Katt Williams and expect to be taken seriously. Fact is, marijuana is definitely a drug. That said, it is a drug that is safer than the majority of pharmaceuticals currently on the market. It has been shown to tremendously help remedy the symptoms of patients of chemotherapy, glaucoma, or AIDS. While marijuana cannot cure these diseases, as a former chemotherapy patient I can personally attest to the medicinal benefits of marijuana. Imagine not moving from a small bed for over three days because of the pain in your back and not being able to eat due to the effects of the poison that has been pumped through you intravenously for the past six days. To overcome the pain would’ve taken enough opiates to render me unconscious and sick, so on the third day I went for the blunt instead. I did not get out of bed to smoke it, and although inhaling smoke into my lungs was inherently damaging at that state, I immediately started to feel exponentially better. The rest of the night, I proceeded to get out of bed, walk around, eat 3 days worth of food, and felt like things were actually not very bad at all. For a schedule I drug to be able to bring that much relief to someone is a shame. Marijuana has PROVEN medical uses, yet the government keeps it classed as schedule I. The DEA still arrests dispensary owners and patients who grow legally(by the state) in their own yard/house. Recently at KU, we had a debate between a former head of the DEA’s New York office and Steve Hager, creative director for High Times. The former agent’s only arguments against legalization were that 1) More people would use recreationally. 2) It impairs your depth-perception. We can all probably agree on both points easily. Some would argue that neither are true, but even if we give marijuana opponents both arguments, how do those 2 factors outweigh the arguments for legalization? On marijuana’s side is the 800,000 people who are arrested annually, $1b+ in potential tax revenue, $9b saved from emptying prisons of non-violent MJ offenders, IMMENSE medical benefits, an increase of purity since MJ could be regulated, and finally the fact that marijuana could be sold through reputable companies to responsible adults, not brought into the country by armed cartels who capitalize on the high prices prohibition creates and bring with them violence. STOP the madness! The benefits outweigh the consequences. The people in our legislature don’t give a shit about the 120,000 people/year who die from tobacco or the 200,000 people/year who die from alcohol, but they do want to stop marijuana from being used recreationally because of bad depth perception. I think it’s marijuana opponents who have the impaired depth perception: they can’t see the depth of problems that marijuana prohibition creates, and refuse to acknowledge any benefits to legalization.

]]> By: Andy http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-3803 Andy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:21:33 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-3803 I still look at this topic of regulating marijuana as one of the most irrational and misunderstood ever. Clearly marijuana is NOT A DRUG!! it just grows like that no chemicals needed like the so called drugs that we should be focused on. it seems that this topic just keeps getting further and further pushed under the table despite an astounding number of supporters for the cause. As a frequent marijuana smoker i experience all the medicinal effects including increased vitality, concentration, rapid cognition and an overall feeling of perpetual bliss. Hopefully within this next presidency, although things arent looking that way, someone will pull his or her head out of their ass and see eye to eye with the millions of supporters. I still look at this topic of regulating marijuana as one of the most irrational and misunderstood ever. Clearly marijuana is NOT A DRUG!! it just grows like that no chemicals needed like the so called drugs that we should be focused on. it seems that this topic just keeps getting further and further pushed under the table despite an astounding number of supporters for the cause. As a frequent marijuana smoker i experience all the medicinal effects including increased vitality, concentration, rapid cognition and an overall feeling of perpetual bliss. Hopefully within this next presidency, although things arent looking that way, someone will pull his or her head out of their ass and see eye to eye with the millions of supporters.

]]> By: Mike Hackett http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-3774 Mike Hackett Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:36:04 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-3774 How many more innocent people have to be arrested before the government will finally acknowledge they are wrong about marijuana? Legalize it. All the anti-marijuana people are only lying to themselves. Their arguments are weak and invalid and they can't defend their positions to save their lives. How many more innocent people have to be arrested before the government will finally acknowledge they are wrong about marijuana? Legalize it. All the anti-marijuana people are only lying to themselves. Their arguments are weak and invalid and they can’t defend their positions to save their lives.

]]> By: Waddell http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-3773 Waddell Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:34:23 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-3773 I think the that the reason congress has chosen to ignore the truth about marijuana in this country is because our elected officials don't want to even think about the logistical nightmare it will be to release the countless number of marijuana offenders from prison, re-try them, undo their records, etc. Dear Congressmen/women, This issue is not going away on its own. Please do something good for the American people and begin to talk about marijuana legislation seriously. Right now you are setting the country up for a major problem in the near future. What are we going to do when a landmark judicial decision suddenly changes marijuana law overnight? Then what? Do we just open up the jails and shove MILLIONS of wrongly imprisoned Americans back out onto the street the next day? Think of the economic implications alone, not to mention the countless other problems we will face! The last thing the American people need right now is another national catastrophe on top of our current problems. Please face the truth and act before it's too late. I think the that the reason congress has chosen to ignore the truth about marijuana in this country is because our elected officials don’t want to even think about the logistical nightmare it will be to release the countless number of marijuana offenders from prison, re-try them, undo their records, etc.

Dear Congressmen/women,
This issue is not going away on its own. Please do something good for the American people and begin to talk about marijuana legislation seriously. Right now you are setting the country up for a major problem in the near future. What are we going to do when a landmark judicial decision suddenly changes marijuana law overnight? Then what? Do we just open up the jails and shove MILLIONS of wrongly imprisoned Americans back out onto the street the next day? Think of the economic implications alone, not to mention the countless other problems we will face! The last thing the American people need right now is another national catastrophe on top of our current problems. Please face the truth and act before it’s too late.

]]> By: harold mellon http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-3760 harold mellon Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:53:52 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-3760 Im an aerospace engineer who can personally attest to the fact that the drug czar and Bush/Clinton administrations have been lying about marijuana for years. Now with the privatized prison industry and their control of big pharma they have no incentive to be truthful. People are ready to spit in their faces at this point. Im an aerospace engineer who can personally attest to the fact that the drug czar and Bush/Clinton administrations have been lying about marijuana for years. Now with the privatized prison industry and their control of big pharma they have no incentive to be truthful. People are ready to spit in their faces at this point.

]]> By: A http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-3753 A Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:32:47 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-3753 Great work NORML, folks should also comment on The Hill's website, put your comments in front of our nations policy makers! Great work NORML, folks should also comment on The Hill’s website, put your comments in front of our nations policy makers!

]]> By: dermot http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-3105 dermot Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:39:21 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-3105 All i have to say is that anyone who hasn't read "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" needs to read it, and spread some knowlege to our disinformed world. All i have to say is that anyone who hasn’t read “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” needs to read it, and spread some knowlege to our disinformed world.

]]> By: Buggsy 13420666 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-2672 Buggsy 13420666 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:18:48 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-2672 AS the years go on, we as Americans are always under the thumb of some type of propaganda fed by our govt. on a state and federal level on marijuana prohibition. I love my country, but I do not trust the govt.I bet our fore fathers are rolling in their graves because the way the govt. twists everything on THE BILL OF RIGHTS for the American people. It is TIME FOR CHANGE and it is time for us to decide to end marijuana prohibition by getting together and have our voices heard and end the drug war against us. How many more prisons are going to be built for non violent offenders who use marijuana. How many more billions of our tax dollars are going to be wasted to finance the DEA (dead end atrocities) against the citizens of America and other countries on this planet. You know our govt. is always sticking their noses out beyond our borders to show our superiority on the drug war. When will it end. When half of us are incarcerated and the other half are watching us. And they call this Amerika. AS the years go on, we as Americans are always under the thumb of some type of propaganda fed by our govt. on a state and federal level on marijuana prohibition. I love my country, but I do not trust the govt.I bet our fore fathers are rolling in their graves because the way the govt. twists everything on THE BILL OF RIGHTS for the American people. It is TIME FOR CHANGE and it is time for us to decide to end marijuana prohibition by getting together and have our voices heard and end the drug war against us. How many more prisons are going to be built for non violent offenders who use marijuana. How many more billions of our tax dollars are going to be wasted to finance the DEA (dead end atrocities) against the citizens of America and other countries on this planet. You know our govt. is always sticking their noses out beyond our borders to show our superiority on the drug war. When will it end. When half of us are incarcerated and the other half are watching us. And they call this Amerika.

]]> By: RED http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/comment-page-2/#comment-2490 RED Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:55:38 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/2008/08/13/norml-to-the-drug-czars-office-now-do-we-have-your-attention/#comment-2490 #53...your 1st "option" is already in process, in a more limited fashion.Your 2nd "option" is also in effect in 13 states. Because the 1st option has been exposed, the 2nd option is the inevitable successor. #53…your 1st “option” is already in process, in a more limited fashion.Your 2nd “option” is also in effect in 13 states. Because the 1st option has been exposed, the 2nd option is the inevitable successor.

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