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	<title>Comments on: Why Obama Really Might Decriminalize Marijuana</title>
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		<title>By: Jeffery</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-121241</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To support decriminalizing marijuana sign this petition to the White House to make a change. Go to, http://wh.gov/baZ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To support decriminalizing marijuana sign this petition to the White House to make a change. Go to, <a href="http://wh.gov/baZ" rel="nofollow">http://wh.gov/baZ</a></p>
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		<title>By: Nancee</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-27422</link>
		<dc:creator>Nancee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope it happens sooner than later.  As a chronic pain sufferer Im, ready for something to take the edge off.  I take 8 different medication&#039;s and still hurt so much that I wish i could sleep forever, it&#039;s the only time i am out of pain. Tht doctor told me today that I needed to learn to accept my pain, easier said then done. Help need a campasionate dr in tx. N Wright</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope it happens sooner than later.  As a chronic pain sufferer Im, ready for something to take the edge off.  I take 8 different medication&#8217;s and still hurt so much that I wish i could sleep forever, it&#8217;s the only time i am out of pain. Tht doctor told me today that I needed to learn to accept my pain, easier said then done. Help need a campasionate dr in tx. N Wright</p>
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		<title>By: jimmy</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-11280</link>
		<dc:creator>jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marijuana&#039;s going to be legalized soon, they Have Marijuana vending machine&#039;s in California{For medical reason&#039;s only}How much longer could it possibly be?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marijuana&#8217;s going to be legalized soon, they Have Marijuana vending machine&#8217;s in California{For medical reason&#8217;s only}How much longer could it possibly be?</p>
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		<title>By: Bud</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-10823</link>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marijuana will be legal soon, they already dicriminilized it in MA, Soon it will be like that everywhere. Plus I heard next year medical marijuana will be legal in alot of different states too so I guess its just a matter of time! Hang in there!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marijuana will be legal soon, they already dicriminilized it in MA, Soon it will be like that everywhere. Plus I heard next year medical marijuana will be legal in alot of different states too so I guess its just a matter of time! Hang in there!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jerrell</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-10637</link>
		<dc:creator>Jerrell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a user that has quit. I have never had a withdraw. Not a part of me was affected by quitting except proving the point that there is no physician addiction to marijuana.  They say that it makes you lazy and nonfunctional.  I felt more compiled to go to school because i was much less bored.  I am very ADD so maybe a medical substance that made it more appealing to go to school but as a whole people are calmer, less violent, and more eager to learn new interesting things.  I got more done high then i ever do now.  People are scared of what might happen to kids, slap an age limit on it.  Ether way they&#039;re going to do it. I drank before I was 21 and it will continue that way for all time.  They will learn for themselves like it has happened for, lets see, all time.  Jobs can drug test if they don&#039;t want that type of person working for them. It&#039;s not hard to say a drug test is required.  If they don&#039;t want to pay for it, then they don&#039;t care enough to make it a requirement. Quit destroying our freedoms to control a little more of society. I love the books and movies that have the robots halting the freedoms of humans for their &quot;own good&quot;.  And the hero get their freedoms back. We need a hero. Thank you to the congress men putting their reputations on the line to be a hero.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a user that has quit. I have never had a withdraw. Not a part of me was affected by quitting except proving the point that there is no physician addiction to marijuana.  They say that it makes you lazy and nonfunctional.  I felt more compiled to go to school because i was much less bored.  I am very ADD so maybe a medical substance that made it more appealing to go to school but as a whole people are calmer, less violent, and more eager to learn new interesting things.  I got more done high then i ever do now.  People are scared of what might happen to kids, slap an age limit on it.  Ether way they&#8217;re going to do it. I drank before I was 21 and it will continue that way for all time.  They will learn for themselves like it has happened for, lets see, all time.  Jobs can drug test if they don&#8217;t want that type of person working for them. It&#8217;s not hard to say a drug test is required.  If they don&#8217;t want to pay for it, then they don&#8217;t care enough to make it a requirement. Quit destroying our freedoms to control a little more of society. I love the books and movies that have the robots halting the freedoms of humans for their &#8220;own good&#8221;.  And the hero get their freedoms back. We need a hero. Thank you to the congress men putting their reputations on the line to be a hero.</p>
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		<title>By: sourmonkey</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-10007</link>
		<dc:creator>sourmonkey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All this paranoia over one little plant makes my head spin.  People going to jail?  A dangerous drug?  Since when has one of humanity&#039;s most important botanical resources become a demon weed?   I guess such radical departures from the natural truth are no surprise, given that most believers of the &quot;demon weed&quot; theory are government educated.

Screw pot.  Is anyone concerned about how stupid &quot;drug-free&quot; Americans have become?  

My only comfort is in knowing where the truth is and where it isn&#039;t.   My fear is that our government will become constitutionally illegitimate before anyone notices... oops, too late!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All this paranoia over one little plant makes my head spin.  People going to jail?  A dangerous drug?  Since when has one of humanity&#8217;s most important botanical resources become a demon weed?   I guess such radical departures from the natural truth are no surprise, given that most believers of the &#8220;demon weed&#8221; theory are government educated.</p>
<p>Screw pot.  Is anyone concerned about how stupid &#8220;drug-free&#8221; Americans have become?  </p>
<p>My only comfort is in knowing where the truth is and where it isn&#8217;t.   My fear is that our government will become constitutionally illegitimate before anyone notices&#8230; oops, too late!</p>
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		<title>By: robert</title>
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		<dc:creator>robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The meaning of Freedom in America. The freedom to do what the government tells you you can do. Otherwise you will go to jail and lose everything you have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The meaning of Freedom in America. The freedom to do what the government tells you you can do. Otherwise you will go to jail and lose everything you have.</p>
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		<title>By: kitti</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-9663</link>
		<dc:creator>kitti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it&#039;s ridiculous that people still get arrested for weed. Treat it like any other tobacco product ... package it, tax it and sell it to grown ups! Alcohol is the real gateway drug. 





http://4goodkarma.ning.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it&#8217;s ridiculous that people still get arrested for weed. Treat it like any other tobacco product &#8230; package it, tax it and sell it to grown ups! Alcohol is the real gateway drug. </p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As much as I would like to see medical marijuana in all states, I do not see it happening anytime soon.  The major problem is the drug companies are contributing millions of dollars to our elected officials.  Those of us who choose to smoke, weather for pain or for pleasure, can&#039;t make those multimillion dollar donations. I use opiates daily and get tired of the side effects of these drugs.  I have to take it by a certain time or you get to enjoy withdrawl until you take that damn pill.(Jbo I feel your pain)  Then lets wait 1/2 hour for it to take effect.  Marijuana does not give you any type of withdral any gives you immediate relief. I agree that there needs to be a national vote on certain drugs.  For those on harder drugs,  we should help them, not throw them in jail where they can die from their drug withdral.  Politicians say Hollands drug policy won&#039;t work here.  Can anyone tell me when we tried to legalize drugs and failed?  All I can hope for is to not get busted with my marijuana.  PA is hard on drug offenders.  I was turned into a drug addict by a doctor not by choice.  As Bree said, put it in liquor stores and treat it as they treat alcohol.  We need to keep fighting for what we believe in.  It is our country, not the DEA or the government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As much as I would like to see medical marijuana in all states, I do not see it happening anytime soon.  The major problem is the drug companies are contributing millions of dollars to our elected officials.  Those of us who choose to smoke, weather for pain or for pleasure, can&#8217;t make those multimillion dollar donations. I use opiates daily and get tired of the side effects of these drugs.  I have to take it by a certain time or you get to enjoy withdrawl until you take that damn pill.(Jbo I feel your pain)  Then lets wait 1/2 hour for it to take effect.  Marijuana does not give you any type of withdral any gives you immediate relief. I agree that there needs to be a national vote on certain drugs.  For those on harder drugs,  we should help them, not throw them in jail where they can die from their drug withdral.  Politicians say Hollands drug policy won&#8217;t work here.  Can anyone tell me when we tried to legalize drugs and failed?  All I can hope for is to not get busted with my marijuana.  PA is hard on drug offenders.  I was turned into a drug addict by a doctor not by choice.  As Bree said, put it in liquor stores and treat it as they treat alcohol.  We need to keep fighting for what we believe in.  It is our country, not the DEA or the government.</p>
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		<title>By: Jenn</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/12/23/why-obama-really-might-decriminalize-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-9572</link>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fuck the decriminalization shit! I want it leagalized. I think that we smokers have a right to do what we want. Expecially since pot is, I think, better than anything else out there. Who says that I cant come home from a long day at work and smoke a lil pot, just like drinkers can come home and drink a beer. I also think that if Obama is smart he with legalize it to help the ecomomy. with all the uses of the cannabis plant. i just dont understand what all the hub-bub is about making it legal. why are they so determined to catch all of us. what did we really do, besides smoke, to make them want us so bad? there are worse ppl out there, murderers, theives, pedophiles, but instead they come after us...thats just wrong. i am 22, and i too worry about our future in this country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fuck the decriminalization shit! I want it leagalized. I think that we smokers have a right to do what we want. Expecially since pot is, I think, better than anything else out there. Who says that I cant come home from a long day at work and smoke a lil pot, just like drinkers can come home and drink a beer. I also think that if Obama is smart he with legalize it to help the ecomomy. with all the uses of the cannabis plant. i just dont understand what all the hub-bub is about making it legal. why are they so determined to catch all of us. what did we really do, besides smoke, to make them want us so bad? there are worse ppl out there, murderers, theives, pedophiles, but instead they come after us&#8230;thats just wrong. i am 22, and i too worry about our future in this country.</p>
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