So what will he do ?

I think he may turn out to be another Fascist in a long line of Fascists.

I hope I will be proven wrong.

If he doesn’t legalize the stuff, who then will it take to get elected to the office of president of the USA, Radical Russ ?

If he doesn’t legalize MJ. He will become a hypocritical piece of shit, to have a shoe thrown at.

In Criminal Justice “Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana” it is in 1st place
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/criminal_justice

In other “End the war on drugs” is 4th place
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/other

In Government Reform “end the prohibition of marijuana” is in 6th place
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/government_reform

In Economy “The War On Drugs has Failed- Decriminalize Marijuana” is in 3rd and 4th
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/economy

In Agricultural Policy “Save family farms growing hemp for methanol production” is in 3rd and 4th
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/agricultural_policy

In health care “End DEA classification of Marijuana as having no medical benefits!” is in 5th position
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/health_care

It is second in Environmental conversation “Stop Deforestation, Use Hemp For Paper Instead of Trees” is in 2nd place
http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/environmental_conservation

Voice your thoughts to President Elect

H.R. 5842: Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
AND
H.R. 5843: Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults
Don’t forget to tell your friends to read it too.

Also, check out a patent that the government has, its number 6630507. It was probably approve in 2003 in preparation to the two bills mentioned above.

Just wanted to let you know that voting at Change.gov is now closed, but thanks to the huge outpouring from the cannabis-reform community, the question:

“Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?”

finished #1 out of over 10,000 questions posed!

The most recent blog post on the Change.gov site says that the Transition team will soon begin posting responses to the most popular questions posed. Please see my 12/12 NORML blog post for further details.

Personally I think they are monitoring this blog, and they decided to stop at midnight when you posted this note.

I told you this administration is not interested in marijuana. period.

Except as they can continue to use it as a law enforcement tool to bludgeon the those whom Rahm Emanuel, as reported on this Blog, claims are riding upon, “the legalization stalking horse.”

And he is the Chief of staff,the person who decides who gets to see the president, for whatever, about whatever!

Don’t get your hopes up.

Ordinary people will have to stand between armed SWAT cops and pot users, and nobody is willing to do this, except a brave few, who can be called a loud and well organized, but a minority voice at best.

Yes, in the anonymity of the voting booth, people are prepared to vote out this polkicy.

But as the law enforcement reaction to even medical marijuana was total intransigence and total recalcitrance, even to this day in California, where within the state at least, all the law enforcement questions have been answered with a strong chain of legislative action, grass roots demands which forced the legislature forward (prop 215), and a number of precedent setting judicial decisions, resulting in the attorney general’s office being forced to issue guidelines for the police and county Prosecutors to follow, and still nearly a dozen county sheriff’s offices refuse to follow the law…a law which is now crystal clear for everyone in California: Federal law only trumps state law if LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES MOST OF THE WORK. The feds can of course mobilize their own manpower, and the state officials will be powerless to protect state residents, but there does not seem to be the kind of widespread public hatred for medical marijuana patients which would justify this federal mobilization…and they really don’t have that many people anyway, nor do they have the facilities to process even the limited number of medical marijuana patients through a felony prosecution, as it is a federal felony to possess or use marijuana

If as in the case in most counties, and as is the case with the highway patrol, which now does not confiscate marijuana from authorized patients, county supervisors have complied with the law and provided for an ID system to help law enforcement determine who is authorized and who not.

But two counties, San Bernardino and San Diego, have sued in federal court to have proposition 215 invalidated as it is “in conflict with Federal law.

And they have been shut down to the point they are considering an appeal to the supreme court, all based upon the hatred of a couple of count supervisors and the county sheriffs.

All the questions have been answered, yet law enforcement remains recalcitrant across the country.

Further, people cannot risk openly allowing out this information about their marijuana use, as this can cost your kids, your house, and your job and your career.

So it is still too risky for enought people to let enough of their faces and identities be seen as involved in marijuana use or even with sympathy for marijuana law reform.

For example, even in California, a person’s jhob is not protected by this physicians recommendation if nhe or she fails a drug test.

There is a court case, where the employee lost, and he had even informrd them prior to his being employed of his marijuana use.

The governor had a bill to prevent this situation on his disk this year and he vetoed it, saying prop 215 voters did not vote to also allow people to keep their jobs if they start using medical marijuana. My take on it is that he should have gotten a prescription for marinol and shoved it in their face.

But that did not happen.

I have to go to the doctor now, but I could go on and on.

Do not get your hopes up.

Eric Johnson