Comments on: Want To Know Why Pot Is Still Illegal? Ask Your Governor

By: Drifter

Drifter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:35:59 +0000

I`m waiting for N.C. medical community to FESS UP and admit that marijuana IS USEFULL to treat so many debilitating problems,like migraine headaches,cronic muscle pain.And so much more.It`s a shame that I have to take a 28.80 pill rather than smoke a 3.00 joint.I think it`s time for the N.O.R.M.L. lobbist need to visit RALEIGH.Maybe even turn a few heads in congress to our NEED not just our want.If I could grow a couple of plants.I myself could SAVE our government over 175.00 just for one pill I take. NUFF SAID !!!!!!!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:55:35 +0000

Just legalize it. I have been smoking for years. I still smoke multiple times a day. I work two jobs. Went PSEO my last year of highschool. Maxed myself out on credits. I was the second person int he history of the school to take that many credits. I completed a year of college before I graduated highschool. And allbecause I had 1.7 grams in my car my licence got revoked. How FUCKED up is that. Legalize it and be done. It will save the government so much money and time and they can focus on REAL problems.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:53:27 +0000

Just legalize it.

By: john

john — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:33:45 +0000

pain pain pain no arm no leg neurological pain smoke some marijuana ok – no pharmaceutical drugs for me dazed from that is what i get

they all are afraid of all the money they will lose on pharmaceutical crap man made garbage. GOD gave us this wonderful weed to make into food ointment or smoke. When is our fight for this gracious plant gonna end, we are not free…….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:30:54 +0000

pain pain pain no arm no leg neurological pain smoke some marijuana ok – no pharmaceutical drugs for me dazed from that is what i get

By: BK Upchurch

BK Upchurch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:57:59 +0000

Lingle just decided to balance Hawaii’s buget by dropping all adults off medicaid! She is all right with robbing the poorest, sickest in her state! But she would never think of legalizing & taxing marijuana, which would solve the buget problem. Tourists would have to book months in advance> And unlike gambling tourists these stoners would be no trouble at all.
She wants to be President! Watch her & do not forget how ruthless & unkind she is.

By: Plague Messiah

Plague Messiah — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:14:57 +0000

Well for all who say we’d make millions taxing Mariquana. The Government already does. 18 wheelers full of drugs cruise through our borders everyday. Do you think thats by accident or no one knows..please! Why make it public money when they can line their pockets.

Since, it wont make more money as a legal drug and It will kill off several major drug companies it would be a “conflict of Interest”.

If they went off facts and did what was right we’d be free to toke up as we see fit but until someone can propose more money.

We lose

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By: D.J. WOLF

D.J. WOLF — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:18:06 +0000

TO NORML.HOPE THIS IS A POWERFULL TOOL TO THE GOVT. YOU CAN USE FOR THE CAUSE. GOD BLESS. I agree with what you guys are saying. If you put into perspective, the govt. ignorance view, vs. the common global knowledge of things, you can see why things are the way they are. compare to alchohol prohibition and its ultimate defeat. no offense to consumers of alchohol as i am one myself. but used to smoke pot but cant now due to unconstitutional drug testing (wich weed should in NO WAY even be on) that my income depends on given my careers.
REASON BEHIND WEED WHERE IT IS? BECAUSE GOVT. HAS PUT THEMSELVES IN THE WRONG WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND WE THE PEOPLE OF THE U.S. THEY MADE A MISTAKE. THEY CANNOTT ADMIT TO MISTAKES. IT WILL HURT THE SOLID RESOLVE OF THE GOVT. FURTHER DAMAGE TO NIXON. DRUG SCHEDULE SYSTEM. F.D.A. F.C.C AND MANY OTHER OUTRAGES TO JAILED CITIZENS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD FOR YEARS OF THIER LIVES FOR DEALING WITH A GOD GIVEN EARTH GROWN PLANT FOR WICH BY LAW OF GOD, GOVT. SHOULD HAVE NO DOMICILE OVER. AS IT WAS HIS CREATION. UNALTERED FOR USE.
WEED FACTS:
1. none ever died from it.
2. safer than alchohol.
3. if treated and taxed/regulated as tobacco and alchohol: would be an additional multi billion dollar economic stimulus for american economy. wich would also reduce crime to astounding percentages due do effects as seen in other countries like amsterdam, would take value factor/bite out of its market for gangs and illegal drug profitiers/distributors thus reducing violence from effects. reduce feeding jailed offenders and free up penal system for incarserating real criminals of violence, thus saving additional billions in taxpayer money.
4. has mental and physcical health benifits.
5. all natural. not man made. made by God. nature.
*THE GOVT. PROBLEM.*
1. they were asked by citizens in the early 20th century to please do something about crime coming from minorities crossing borders from mexico and others here that were african american. etc. due to profiling and racism at the time the high crime rates where pinned on minorities as high class whites could not accept that they had a role to play also. (no buyist: im white myself. just stating the facts.) the Govt. being charged with coming up to a solution to the problem, for lack of any other plausible solution at the time due to limited research investment capabilities and funds they had to deal with the headache. they simply pinned the problems on drugs, included all substances used for recreational value. and put a war out on such. with laws and adds to criminalize weed and other recreational substances in a way to show commercials that show people smoking weed then killing thier mother with a frying pan. once put into effect, to deviate from such, would show lack of judgement in govt. before this. there were no laws against it. taxation was tried, but very poorly done. even l.s.d. and excstacy in those days were used before medicinaly by many physicians to help with marital and other problems in moderation with no problem. the abuse is what put down child like laws that since bobby and jill over here overdone it so now, we have zero tollerance. govt. solution. problem solved.
the govt. cannot easily admit to wrong doing. alchohol was brought out of prohibition twice and reamains that way thanks to overwhelming bootlegging, and moonshiners, speakeasys. govt. had no choice but to throw the towel in on alchohol as they were defeated. couldnt get rid of it, no matter what. the same will have to happen for pot. everywhere they turn thier head. weed is in thier face. towel will go back in as deafeat to solving the problem and no wrongdoing on thier part to try and combat it as a govt.
2. pot is on shcedule I. with heroin, and crack. must reduce schedule.
3. F.D.A. and others are in bed with big pharmecudicals like phizer and others that pay them off to keep natural OUT and manmade IN for profit.
4. D.E.A. and law enforcement is just doing what its told and would like to be relieved from this trouble of policing weed so it can concentrate on real crime.
5. drug testing of T.H.C. for jobs is unconstitutional because it cannot test for current on the job use. people may smoke pot on the weekend and then be far from its mild mondain effects days later when returning to work criminilizing the employee to job and life loss or pre employment opportunities wich they are more than able and qualified to carry out and use pot only recreationally at home during off time as just is the case with responsible alchohol drinkers with high responsibility jobs.
*SOLUTION*
1.resolution and release of charge to govt. to police marijuana.
a. we the people of the united states of america find that the natural plant cannibis put here on earth by our lord God, and maintained to be seen fit to grow by our mother earth in her system as substinence for our bodies is in no way related to the crime of our country and nor inlcuded in our governments charge to police. we release our government from any responsibility dealing with such matters that we as the people know, with our modern knowlege now, cannibis has no bearing on the criminal intnent of our people. and we hold no responsibility for government actions taken as such prior due to the fact of innacurate assement of the plant, at the time, due to the limited technology available at the time. thank you for your efforts. please reform and ammend these mistakes so that we may move foward and prosper. please make public acceptance and confirmation of such to confirm. thank you.

your citizens of the United States of America.
lets make into petition. and make history for the free people once more.