Comments on: Alternet.org: Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda, So Why Are Obama’s Drug Cops Already Making Pot Raids?

By: SAINT RICO

SAINT RICO — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:34:23 +0000

Hell yea, we need 2 start figuring out ways to leave a bigger impact—-check out myspace. Look up display name “theSHRoOMROoM” for info on how to join ranks with the HEAD-icated…new pothead ideas welcome.

By: DavidD

DavidD — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:54:39 +0000

I agree with comment 9. Good idea Tim, we need to start leaveing a bigger impact. Its the only way to bring about change in our ignorant society.

By: masterkyiron

masterkyiron — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:07:05 +0000

HARRY ASLINGER and dupont ,same story .The evil lord elites, corrupt corps and puppet governments are not in the business of saving the planted and people.hemp could have saved many trees and oil helping save the world,made land more restorable for other trees and crops . and the sacred ganja was used in herbal medication long ago, then taken from the books. the old pharmacy ,we are getting denied of and with the likes of codex , monasanto , pharmacutical companys to take away your heath freedoms,trying to mutate things,and make all the money.herbs and organic foods treated as drugs an illegal health charge busted for vitamins ,no home garden even !!and only genetic corp foods,pesticides,herbicides ,cows with bovine hormones only.only gm food and pharm drugs and other chemical based products for the masses what is left of them as vitamins are listed as toxins :<( if people do not wake up now petition now!codex alimentius founded by a nazi war crim that made gas for the jews ,codex are trying to get it passed those that control food control the masses. and the water already poisoned with chemicals ,metals ,waste drugs, ect .the air already always filled with chem trail military jet spray in the sky,may be barium and other harsh particles of harsh metals. it can be used as a carrier for more deadly things like biological and chemical keep that in mind. and also the car pollution and other things we breath in the air. mercury in vaccines you seeThe Evil Lords are masters at population reduction and control!with femma military camps ,martial law ect . have some a few slave left overs, every one micro chipped and watched 24 7 and controlled, a sick fetish to have , a very twisted big brother . they do not care .they have other plans for you. get the picture! what to expect from a world that is based on WAR.the lies the scams . the new wold order,we need a new world without the order! they are way out of order !!!.what do you want from a satanic blood line.human sacrifice.with our animal friends.or nuke war one worst case. all the doom and gloom i not making this up research take action!!!.its a shame our world is not more pure!!!!

By: T

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:07:54 +0000

Let me tell you, it’s a crying shame, but he will only get a slap on the wrist. I have three little girls who got there rights severed because their parents chose to smoke a little weed, and I got 4 counts of child indangerment. where’s the just-us in that? I see 3 little girls who have no hope left in there life, the oldest one did just fine for herself ,she went to two years of college on her own. MOM (I) must of done something right for that one. This wouldn’t have happened to my girls if I was a rock star, movie star or athlete with lots and lots of money. Smoke one for the little people.

By: CAP Admin

CAP Admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:50:35 +0000

Dear #32, Jo, you are overlooking many facts,

1. You can build your own house now. You can knit your own socks. You can grow your own food. But how many people do these things? There will always be hobbyists and skilled crafts-folk who take matters in their own hands, but there will also always be others who are content to let others do their growing for them.

2. Do you wear clothes? Did you know that cotton is a serious leech of nutrients from the soil? Did you know that hemp/marijuana fiber has been the best source of rope for thousands of years? Did you know that hemp fiber can, and is, used for clothing?

3. The assumption/logic in your 3rd paragraph is wrong, please see my point #1. Also you seem to be ignoring the black market which, last I heard, lets hundreds of billions of dollars pass through its hands, but perhaps you are the kind of person who thinks that just because you don’t see something, then it doesn’t exist.

4. Your tired villainizations in the 4th paragraph… Since the 1970′s I’ve seen that most cigarette smokers are considerate people, who have no problem blowing their smoke some other direction, or smoking outdoors, or sitting in their own sections. Besides you are straining out a gnat but swallowing a camel, our food, water, and air are much more poisonous to us courtesy greedy mega-corpses than what you are scared of.

I say there are more drunkards who haven’t touched a glass of alcohol than those that have. Drunk off their own self-righteousness, and their ability to lord their authority over others.

If you don’t want to enjoy marijuana, fine, that’s your right. But until this country stops it’s illegal war against citizens, you can expect it to continue to fall to pieces.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:17:37 +0000

If you ask me, when states lose the right to govern themselves ,are we really still free?

By: nurse mary

nurse mary — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:17:23 +0000

Give Obama some time to fix things first. Bush left him one hell of a mess to clean up, and that’s going to take some time. He has only been in office for less than one month, and people are already saying that he’s “the same” and doesn’t want to change anything. The real gripes here are that “he hasn’t fixed my issue yet, therefore, he’s the same, and he doesn’t care.” GIVE ME A BREAK WITH THE WHINING ALREADY!!!! I bet once he gets things lined up,legalizing marijuana, selling it in stores, and taxing it like alcohol and cigarettes (or decriminalizing it at the very least. I’m hoping for the first option myself.) will be next in line. These things take time, plus he has to work with his crew in order to pass the law. People act like he has a magic wand and he can undo eight years of complete and utter incompetence in four weeks. Give him some time. I know a lot of cannabis users can’t wait because it may be a matter of life and death for them, but they have already been waiting for quite some time now. At least this time, they may not be waiting in vain.

By: Mad Toker

Mad Toker — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:08:13 +0000

Jo,

Put your money where your mouth is and prove to me using peer-reviewed studies that cannabis causes mental issues (in the people that smoke it).

If cannabis causes YOU mental issues without you inhaling any that is your own damn problem.

Many people have difficulty differentiating causation from correlation. Hopefully you will overcome this when you get older.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:06:45 +0000

I would also like to know if there will be a 4/20 march in washington. And I wanted to say that I completely agree with taxing Marijuana, selling it through stores, ran and managed like a liquor store, this would be simple. They already grow it, they already have acres of land producing for “medical perscription”. How can anyone in their right mind think that legalization would hurt anyone, when they sell alchohol legaly, what medicinal use does liquor serve? It only fucks up your liver and lower’s your IQ. And people do not obey the law’s about drinking and driving, yeah there might be a few of us who are actually responcable, alchohol is a thousand times more dangerous then marijuana. That’s a simple truth. Have you ever heard of someone dieing because they smoked too much, no they took a nap, literally.
And I am going to start writing letter’s. We all should. And if this isn’t progressive, I’m moving to canada, I don’t deserve to go to jail for what I do, it improves my quality of life. That shouldn’t be illegal.

By: Vote like a Beast

Vote like a Beast — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:59:54 +0000

If I remember right Obama said he ” can find better things for the DEA to do, but wasn’t going to spend a lot of time on this”. He was once one of us. He knows what marijuana is and isn’t. He knows the war on marijuana is a sham and he knows if he still smoked it he would now be working at a Honalulu Burger King.