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	<title>Comments on: If Someone Robbed Your House Would You Call Your Doctor? So Why Do Cops Keep Talking About Medical Cannabis?</title>
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		<title>By: Bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/04/if-someone-robbed-your-house-would-you-call-your-doctor-so-why-do-cops-keep-talking-about-medical-cannabis/comment-page-2/#comment-39281</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>post # 7 begins by saying...

&quot;I’m shocked to see how many addicts we have here. I am a police officer, with the majority of my family in the pharmaceutical industry. Needless to say, I know more about this issue than any civilian, scientist, doctor, or judge.&quot;

...and then goes on to spout an enormous amount of utter bullshit, not the least of whgich is &quot;Marijuana these days is so potent that it can kill you.&quot; (are you kidding me?

I&#039;ll spare you all the rest of the post because you can easily read it, but I would like to point out to that poster that if he&#039;s comfortable that he really &quot;knows&quot; all that garbage then he can never really be sure that he &quot;knows&quot; anything at all.

I&#039;ll never cease to be amazed at the total dumbasses that spout this sort of nonsense. If he really is a police officer as he claims then I submit that&#039;s one of the major problems with our justice system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>post # 7 begins by saying&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m shocked to see how many addicts we have here. I am a police officer, with the majority of my family in the pharmaceutical industry. Needless to say, I know more about this issue than any civilian, scientist, doctor, or judge.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8230;and then goes on to spout an enormous amount of utter bullshit, not the least of whgich is &#8220;Marijuana these days is so potent that it can kill you.&#8221; (are you kidding me?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll spare you all the rest of the post because you can easily read it, but I would like to point out to that poster that if he&#8217;s comfortable that he really &#8220;knows&#8221; all that garbage then he can never really be sure that he &#8220;knows&#8221; anything at all.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll never cease to be amazed at the total dumbasses that spout this sort of nonsense. If he really is a police officer as he claims then I submit that&#8217;s one of the major problems with our justice system.</p>
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		<title>By: NeuroGenesis1:29</title>
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		<dc:creator>NeuroGenesis1:29</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 10:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I meant to say...ABOUT Obama...
- I’m not as disillusioned as some are concerning Obama,
since I easily saw that his replies to &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;PRE-ELECTION&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; questions on drug-law reform 
were in VagueSpeak&#8482; .....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I meant to say&#8230;ABOUT Obama&#8230;<br />
- I’m not as disillusioned as some are concerning Obama,<br />
since I easily saw that his replies to <i><b>PRE-ELECTION</b></i> questions on drug-law reform<br />
were in VagueSpeak&trade; &#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: NeuroGenesis1:29</title>
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		<dc:creator>NeuroGenesis1:29</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#71  Linda Bava Says:
May 16th, 2009 at 4:01 am

...The law say’s they can deny all treatment…which would kill them. 

&lt;b&gt;But yet if they try to use an herb that will help them get well they will be breaking the law and go to jail or receive treatment.&lt;/b&gt; 

If the war on drugs changes it name, then they will receive treatment then go to jail. 

Next election the 52% of America should elect a president that doesn’t think it is so funny that seriously ill people who need the &lt;b&gt;seed bearing herb&lt;/b&gt; that &lt;b&gt;God gave us&lt;/b&gt;, they can’t get! ....

RE:
Linda, 
Have you watched this video before, 

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDrNd2kGmT0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PSA For MJ-Reform Bible Quote&lt;/a&gt; 

- When gov&#039;ts outlaw anything which Creator God 
has previously declared as necessary for life, 
(EVERY Herb bearing seed), 
then that gov&#039;t is essentially making LIFE ITSELF illegal. 

(The atrocity of &lt;b&gt;Cannabis-Prohibition&lt;/b&gt; is only the &lt;i&gt;tip-of-the-iceberg&lt;/i&gt; 
regarding the war-on- plants which God declare as FOOD for us...) 

- I originally voted for Ron Paul in the Republican primaries...
(Our ailing country needs a DOCTOR!!!)

- I&#039;m not as disiilusioned as some are concerning Obama, 
since I easily saw that his replies to questions on drug-law reform 
were in VagueSpeak&#8482; 
(A softer, gentler version of the S.O.S!!!).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#71  Linda Bava Says:<br />
May 16th, 2009 at 4:01 am</p>
<p>&#8230;The law say’s they can deny all treatment…which would kill them. </p>
<p><b>But yet if they try to use an herb that will help them get well they will be breaking the law and go to jail or receive treatment.</b> </p>
<p>If the war on drugs changes it name, then they will receive treatment then go to jail. </p>
<p>Next election the 52% of America should elect a president that doesn’t think it is so funny that seriously ill people who need the <b>seed bearing herb</b> that <b>God gave us</b>, they can’t get! &#8230;.</p>
<p>RE:<br />
Linda,<br />
Have you watched this video before, </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDrNd2kGmT0" rel="nofollow">PSA For MJ-Reform Bible Quote</a> </p>
<p>- When gov&#8217;ts outlaw anything which Creator God<br />
has previously declared as necessary for life,<br />
(EVERY Herb bearing seed),<br />
then that gov&#8217;t is essentially making LIFE ITSELF illegal. </p>
<p>(The atrocity of <b>Cannabis-Prohibition</b> is only the <i>tip-of-the-iceberg</i><br />
regarding the war-on- plants which God declare as FOOD for us&#8230;) </p>
<p>- I originally voted for Ron Paul in the Republican primaries&#8230;<br />
(Our ailing country needs a DOCTOR!!!)</p>
<p>- I&#8217;m not as disiilusioned as some are concerning Obama,<br />
since I easily saw that his replies to questions on drug-law reform<br />
were in VagueSpeak&trade;<br />
(A softer, gentler version of the S.O.S!!!).</p>
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		<title>By: Linda Bava</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/04/if-someone-robbed-your-house-would-you-call-your-doctor-so-why-do-cops-keep-talking-about-medical-cannabis/comment-page-2/#comment-38210</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda Bava</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 09:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If law makers say we shouldn&#039;t re-leagalize marijuana because children might use it, then maybe these lawmakers should consider de-legalizing alcohol so children don&#039;t use that either. That&#039;s so ridiculous. I have known a lot of people in my time that have used marijuana and just because it is illegal does not mean it is not available to who ever wants it when ever they want it. I hope people are more responsible then that for their children. And I don&#039;t think calling anyone pigs is going to help the cause. We have to be better then that if we want to help paitents that need it. I live in a state where it is not yet, legal . I had to watch two people I knew waste away from cancer because they couldn&#039;t keep anything down. I am now watching two others waste away from it. It&#039;s horrible that they can&#039;t get what they need to help them get better. The law say&#039;s they can deny all treatment...which would kill them. But yet if they try to use an herb that will help them get well they will be breaking the law and go to jail or receive treatment. If the war on drugs changes it name, then they will receive treatment then go to jail. Next election the 52% of America should elect a president that doesn&#039;t think it is so funny that seriously ill people who need the seed bearing herb that God gave us, they can&#039;t get! I know if Obama doesn&#039;t leagalize it in his first term, I wont be voting for him again. I think he led a lot of people on just to get their votes. I wont be fooled so easily the next time. I hope no one else is either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If law makers say we shouldn&#8217;t re-leagalize marijuana because children might use it, then maybe these lawmakers should consider de-legalizing alcohol so children don&#8217;t use that either. That&#8217;s so ridiculous. I have known a lot of people in my time that have used marijuana and just because it is illegal does not mean it is not available to who ever wants it when ever they want it. I hope people are more responsible then that for their children. And I don&#8217;t think calling anyone pigs is going to help the cause. We have to be better then that if we want to help paitents that need it. I live in a state where it is not yet, legal . I had to watch two people I knew waste away from cancer because they couldn&#8217;t keep anything down. I am now watching two others waste away from it. It&#8217;s horrible that they can&#8217;t get what they need to help them get better. The law say&#8217;s they can deny all treatment&#8230;which would kill them. But yet if they try to use an herb that will help them get well they will be breaking the law and go to jail or receive treatment. If the war on drugs changes it name, then they will receive treatment then go to jail. Next election the 52% of America should elect a president that doesn&#8217;t think it is so funny that seriously ill people who need the seed bearing herb that God gave us, they can&#8217;t get! I know if Obama doesn&#8217;t leagalize it in his first term, I wont be voting for him again. I think he led a lot of people on just to get their votes. I wont be fooled so easily the next time. I hope no one else is either.</p>
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		<title>By: freeweed420</title>
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		<dc:creator>freeweed420</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 04:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>we are supposed to be the greatest country on earth, but we cannot solve a simple problem such as the marijuana issue. stop locking kids up, start locking up the big time dealers that this &quot;WAR ON DRUGS&quot; was meant to go after. stop having undercover cops selling dime bags and arresting ppl, filling up our jails, and labeling potheads and murderers as the same thing. let the public have their choice of medicine, whether its a pill or a plant</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we are supposed to be the greatest country on earth, but we cannot solve a simple problem such as the marijuana issue. stop locking kids up, start locking up the big time dealers that this &#8220;WAR ON DRUGS&#8221; was meant to go after. stop having undercover cops selling dime bags and arresting ppl, filling up our jails, and labeling potheads and murderers as the same thing. let the public have their choice of medicine, whether its a pill or a plant</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 08:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy crap! As I was reading through these various posts, I came across that &quot;Law Enforcement&quot; douche bag. I laughed so hard I damn near pissed myself. As I read through his apparent &quot;Facts&quot; it became clear to me he&#039;s probably using the pharmaceuticals his family peddles. Not to mention the fact that &quot;he knows more about it then any scientist&quot; are you kidding me? It is so clear this moron is so diluted that if President Obama read his post we&#039;d all be enjoying legalization.It&#039;s hard for me to fathom that this jackass and so many others like him are actually police officers who get paid to &quot;protect us&quot; Obviously guys like him are part of a program that allows mentally challenged to wear a badge. So listen pigboy..here is my challenge....Lay off the oxy&#039;s dude, open up your junkie eyes and get your &quot;facts&quot; from people who actually dedicate their research to the subject...instead of copy and pasting some lame report written by morons as clueless as you. I am a CSI here in PA, and I gotta tell ya..I work for law enforcement, and I see and hear craziness all day long...But you sir are truly..without a doubt the most asinine, deluded, most uninformed, idiot I have ever come across. If I lived in the city you work for I&#039;d move, simply because if your this bad at facts, I can not even imagine what kinda officer you pretend to be. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the city you work for. Please do the world a favor and get a job your actually qualified to do...like wearing a sign advertising sandwich specials at your local deli. Thank you for further increasing the seriously falling standards of our country&#039;s Law Enforcement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy crap! As I was reading through these various posts, I came across that &#8220;Law Enforcement&#8221; douche bag. I laughed so hard I damn near pissed myself. As I read through his apparent &#8220;Facts&#8221; it became clear to me he&#8217;s probably using the pharmaceuticals his family peddles. Not to mention the fact that &#8220;he knows more about it then any scientist&#8221; are you kidding me? It is so clear this moron is so diluted that if President Obama read his post we&#8217;d all be enjoying legalization.It&#8217;s hard for me to fathom that this jackass and so many others like him are actually police officers who get paid to &#8220;protect us&#8221; Obviously guys like him are part of a program that allows mentally challenged to wear a badge. So listen pigboy..here is my challenge&#8230;.Lay off the oxy&#8217;s dude, open up your junkie eyes and get your &#8220;facts&#8221; from people who actually dedicate their research to the subject&#8230;instead of copy and pasting some lame report written by morons as clueless as you. I am a CSI here in PA, and I gotta tell ya..I work for law enforcement, and I see and hear craziness all day long&#8230;But you sir are truly..without a doubt the most asinine, deluded, most uninformed, idiot I have ever come across. If I lived in the city you work for I&#8217;d move, simply because if your this bad at facts, I can not even imagine what kinda officer you pretend to be. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the city you work for. Please do the world a favor and get a job your actually qualified to do&#8230;like wearing a sign advertising sandwich specials at your local deli. Thank you for further increasing the seriously falling standards of our country&#8217;s Law Enforcement.</p>
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		<title>By: NeuroGenesis1:29</title>
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		<dc:creator>NeuroGenesis1:29</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Forums&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=461&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Legalize or Decriminalize Drugs?&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Smokin Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Smokin Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You creat violence when you enact a state of war, the War on Drugs. Take away the war, and you take away the violence to give peace a chance, its just THAT SIMPLE. It was hippies who preach about peace and love. Its the government who conducts fear mongering and acts of war. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You creat violence when you enact a state of war, the War on Drugs. Take away the war, and you take away the violence to give peace a chance, its just THAT SIMPLE. It was hippies who preach about peace and love. Its the government who conducts fear mongering and acts of war. <img src='http://blog.norml.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: NeuroGenesis1:29</title>
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		<dc:creator>NeuroGenesis1:29</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#65  Chance Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 11:31 am

...It is however, NOT all of the cops that are on the wrong side of the legalization fight. 
There is another side, 
look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LEAP&lt;/a&gt;.

RE:
- I&#039;ve known about LEAP for a couple of years now. 
This gives me hope: 
- That there&#039;s law enforcement and criminal-justice professionals 
who&#039;ve seen the FUTILITY of the &#039;War on (some) Drugs&#039; as a means of trying to control drug-misuse; 
and have realized that &lt;b&gt;Prohibition 2&lt;/b&gt; is a very ineffectual, harmful, WASTEFUL policy, 
CAUSING the problems it&#039;s supposed to solve, 
and doing more harm than the drugs themselves. 

- &lt;a href=&quot;http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=counterintuitively&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Counter-intuitively&lt;/a&gt;,  
An open, legal, ABOVE-BOARD system of regulation and 
adult-only access would be the BEST way to de-mystify and 
minimize the harms associated with drug-abuse, 
de-fund criminal cartels and keep drugs out of children&#039;s reach, 
(via age-requirements). 


Why Our Drug-Laws Have Failed: 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://judgejimgray.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Judge Jim Gray&lt;/a&gt; 


&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Forums&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LEAP Forums&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LEAP&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#65  Chance Says:<br />
May 11th, 2009 at 11:31 am</p>
<p>&#8230;It is however, NOT all of the cops that are on the wrong side of the legalization fight.<br />
There is another side,<br />
look at <a href="http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php" rel="nofollow">LEAP</a>.</p>
<p>RE:<br />
- I&#8217;ve known about LEAP for a couple of years now.<br />
This gives me hope:<br />
- That there&#8217;s law enforcement and criminal-justice professionals<br />
who&#8217;ve seen the FUTILITY of the &#8216;War on (some) Drugs&#8217; as a means of trying to control drug-misuse;<br />
and have realized that <b>Prohibition 2</b> is a very ineffectual, harmful, WASTEFUL policy,<br />
CAUSING the problems it&#8217;s supposed to solve,<br />
and doing more harm than the drugs themselves. </p>
<p>- <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=counterintuitively" rel="nofollow">Counter-intuitively</a>,<br />
An open, legal, ABOVE-BOARD system of regulation and<br />
adult-only access would be the BEST way to de-mystify and<br />
minimize the harms associated with drug-abuse,<br />
de-fund criminal cartels and keep drugs out of children&#8217;s reach,<br />
(via age-requirements). </p>
<p>Why Our Drug-Laws Have Failed:<br />
<a href="http://judgejimgray.com/" rel="nofollow">Judge Jim Gray</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Forums" rel="nofollow">LEAP Forums</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php" rel="nofollow">LEAP</a></p>
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		<title>By: Chance</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chance</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While these cops are exactly the kinds of people who lie and sneak around to keep it illegal, I also think that it should be noted that not all of the police feel this way.
The examples listed here need the abuse, they brought it upon themselves. It is however, not all of the cops that are on the wrong side of the legalization fight. There is another side, look at LEAP.

http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php

Law 
Enforcement 
Against 
Prohibition

Do not kick them all, many are on our side.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While these cops are exactly the kinds of people who lie and sneak around to keep it illegal, I also think that it should be noted that not all of the police feel this way.<br />
The examples listed here need the abuse, they brought it upon themselves. It is however, not all of the cops that are on the wrong side of the legalization fight. There is another side, look at LEAP.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php</a></p>
<p>Law<br />
Enforcement<br />
Against<br />
Prohibition</p>
<p>Do not kick them all, many are on our side.</p>
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