Comments on: WSJ: WHITE HOUSE CZAR CALLS FOR END TO ‘WAR ON DRUGS’ http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/ Working to reform marijuana laws Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:58:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sean H http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-47505 Sean H Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:08:44 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-47505 As much as it seems the time has come for the legalization of marijuana... the truth is we all know the government is gonna do anything they can to stop it. The governments problem is that marijuana is a plant that cannot be patented, therefore there's no big money to be made off of it. You could do the study right in front of their faces.. show all the good it can do and all the bad that it can't and they'd still laugh in your face and find a way to twist it. I mean, isn't anyone else sick of anti- marijuana campaigns that depict getting your face drawn on by friends or being left behind with no ride at a party because your stoned friend forgot you as reasons not to use? Or how about the latest 'don't use it just because your friends say its cool' BS? How about this guys? What if I want to do it because I want to do it? Missed that one, huh? Where's the real evidence?.... The answer is it's not there.. because it doesn't exist!!! Quit lying about EVERYTHING, STOP taking care of big business and yourselves first, and for God's sakes... STOP TURNING YOUR OWN CITIZENS INTO THE ENEMY!!! If we can't trust them on something so simple and petty, what's gonna make us believe anything they say anymore? Well, for me, the answer is nothing... Loud and Clear. As much as it seems the time has come for the legalization of marijuana… the truth is we all know the government is gonna do anything they can to stop it. The governments problem is that marijuana is a plant that cannot be patented, therefore there’s no big money to be made off of it. You could do the study right in front of their faces.. show all the good it can do and all the bad that it can’t and they’d still laugh in your face and find a way to twist it. I mean, isn’t anyone else sick of anti- marijuana campaigns that depict getting your face drawn on by friends or being left behind with no ride at a party because your stoned friend forgot you as reasons not to use? Or how about the latest ‘don’t use it just because your friends say its cool’ BS? How about this guys? What if I want to do it because I want to do it? Missed that one, huh? Where’s the real evidence?…. The answer is it’s not there.. because it doesn’t exist!!! Quit lying about EVERYTHING, STOP taking care of big business and yourselves first, and for God’s sakes… STOP TURNING YOUR OWN CITIZENS INTO THE ENEMY!!! If we can’t trust them on something so simple and petty, what’s gonna make us believe anything they say anymore? Well, for me, the answer is nothing… Loud and Clear.

]]> By: Jeremy R. http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-47175 Jeremy R. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:02:17 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-47175 How do you spell ignorant ? ANSWER: THE GOVT. . After all is it not ignorant to not listen to the people and facts as well as keeping marijuana in prohibition when the govt. could use the legalization and taxation towards a good cause/ causes that will help our nation fight terrorists as well as the cartel. The Govt. should not violate the peoples constitutional rights and really should listen to the people being it is the people who vote them into office and when they need our votes during election time but hey we do not know shi* . I know i wont vote for Levie when election time comes around if he is not willing to support us. The time for ignorance is over and the time for legalization and taxation of marijuana is now..... Let us not go into the night with out a fight for our rights as voters as well as Americans. We the people (the patriots of America) need to fight for ours and other Americans rights that was passed down to us from our four fathers..... Let us show them we are no push over and will stand up for our rights as Americans.... Look at this and let us get this in the ranks to help our cause . http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/6841-4049 How do you spell ignorant ? ANSWER: THE GOVT. . After all is it not ignorant to not listen to the people and facts as well as keeping marijuana in prohibition when the govt. could use the legalization and taxation towards a good cause/ causes that will help our nation fight terrorists as well as the cartel. The Govt. should not violate the peoples constitutional rights and really should listen to the people being it is the people who vote them into office and when they need our votes during election time but hey we do not know shi* . I know i wont vote for Levie when election time comes around if he is not willing to support us. The time for ignorance is over and the time for legalization and taxation of marijuana is now….. Let us not go into the night with out a fight for our rights as voters as well as Americans. We the people (the patriots of America) need to fight for ours and other Americans rights that was passed down to us from our four fathers….. Let us show them we are no push over and will stand up for our rights as Americans….

Look at this and let us get this in the ranks to help our cause .

http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/6841-4049

]]> By: Owen Morgan http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-46772 Owen Morgan Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:28:47 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-46772 Word up. Finally some sense, the fact is just that most republicans just don't get the importance of marijuana reform. Alot of democats do not get it either, but we HAVE to re-elect obama. If he doesnt get to Marijuana reform in his first term it is because he has tons on his plate, we all can get that. But i really think in his second term we have a good chance for legalization. CALL YOUR LEGISLATURES! SEND MESSAGES! SPREAD THE WORD FOR LEGALIZATION! Word up. Finally some sense, the fact is just that most republicans just don’t get the importance of marijuana reform. Alot of democats do not get it either, but we HAVE to re-elect obama. If he doesnt get to Marijuana reform in his first term it is because he has tons on his plate, we all can get that. But i really think in his second term we have a good chance for legalization. CALL YOUR LEGISLATURES! SEND MESSAGES! SPREAD THE WORD FOR LEGALIZATION!

]]> By: NeuroGenesis1:29 http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-45469 NeuroGenesis1:29 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:33:37 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-45469 #116 fireweed Says: May 31st, 2009 at 9:37 am as long as I can be arrested or hassled at work with my employment threatened, <b>nothing short of full legalization will work for me.</b> RE: fireweed, - I concurr. Anything less, ('decrim', 'quazi-legal', 'practically-legal'), are vague, unacceptable, half-ashed...). <a href="http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/09/tonight-cnn-looks-at-marijuana-legalization/#comment-43998" rel="nofollow">Legal?</a> <a href="http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/09/tonight-cnn-looks-at-marijuana-legalization/#comment-44010" rel="nofollow">Alaska</a> <a href="http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/09/tonight-cnn-looks-at-marijuana-legalization/#comment-44027" rel="nofollow">Illegal EXCEPT</a> #116 fireweed Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 9:37 am

as long as I can be arrested or hassled at work with my employment threatened, nothing short of full legalization will work for me.

RE:
fireweed,
- I concurr.
Anything less,
(’decrim’, ‘quazi-legal’, ‘practically-legal’),
are vague, unacceptable, half-ashed…).

Legal?

Alaska

Illegal EXCEPT

]]> By: fireweed http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-45098 fireweed Sun, 31 May 2009 14:37:09 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-45098 as long as I can be arrested or hassled at work with my employment threatened, nothing short of full legalization will work for me. as long as I can be arrested or hassled at work with my employment threatened, nothing short of full legalization will work for me.

]]> By: Truth is Inherent http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-44804 Truth is Inherent Sat, 30 May 2009 08:47:13 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-44804 Are all people so ignorant or indifferent that they have failed to listen or educate themselves that the illegal drug 'czars' are bigger contributer's to our polititian's coffers than the 'Big Three' combined...this is simply a case of our so callled leader's being paid off to see it's citizens hurt in any shape or form. Wake up America...and I don't seek the pleasure of drug's, but may at some stage of my life...Talk about ease of tax burdens...please.... Are all people so ignorant or indifferent that they have failed to listen or educate themselves that the illegal drug ‘czars’ are bigger contributer’s to our polititian’s coffers than the ‘Big Three’ combined…this is simply a case of our so callled leader’s being paid off to see it’s citizens hurt in any shape or form. Wake up America…and I don’t seek the pleasure of drug’s, but may at some stage of my life…Talk about ease of tax burdens…please….

]]> By: MARK http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-44014 MARK Wed, 27 May 2009 05:55:24 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-44014 We all need to realize who made it illeagal, our represenitives, write them and tell them you disagree with the laws that are in effect and anyone that imposed them on us. We were not afforded our right to vote on the issue of leagalization. They decided that Marijuana was to be included as a dangerous drug on the list only because of the number of users, which would afford them the need to enforce larger numbers of law enforcment and to expand the CIA and FBI. We all need to realize who made it illeagal, our represenitives, write them and tell them you disagree with the laws that are in effect and anyone that imposed them on us.
We were not afforded our right to vote on the issue of leagalization. They decided that Marijuana was to be included as a dangerous drug on the list only because of the number of users, which would afford them the need to enforce larger numbers of law enforcment and to expand the CIA and FBI.

]]> By: Jim http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-43716 Jim Mon, 25 May 2009 14:52:28 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-43716 The thing we've got to focus on here is ARRESTS and how they have hit an all time high - nearly 1 million - last year. In the two states that have decriminalized, NY and CA, the highest amounts of arrests are occurring. Shouldn't there be fewer arrests in states that have decriminalized? And Obama seems to be one of the biggest supporters of the drug war. He wants more prisons, more police, and more arrests for pot users. Obama is just another Washington politician who is not for the American people. Jim The thing we’ve got to focus on here is ARRESTS and how they have hit an all time high – nearly 1 million – last year. In the two states that have decriminalized, NY and CA, the highest amounts of arrests are occurring. Shouldn’t there be fewer arrests in states that have decriminalized? And Obama seems to be one of the biggest supporters of the drug war. He wants more prisons, more police, and more arrests for pot users.

Obama is just another Washington politician who is not for the American people.

Jim

]]> By: NeuroGenesis1:29 http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-42379 NeuroGenesis1:29 Sun, 24 May 2009 08:20:37 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-42379 #110 adhd Says: May 22nd, 2009 at 8:40 pm WE MUST, get the lumber and paper industries on side, itt should be easyish to turn em, they would make more money we get these 2 giants onboard and it would be a major help its hammer time RE: Yes, HEMP's advantages: - 1) Shorter growth-cycle than trees... (quicker and greater seasonal-yields than trees). - 2)A more durable product. - 3)Requires LESS fertilizers and pesticides. #110 adhd Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:40 pm

WE MUST, get the lumber and paper industries on side, itt should be easyish to turn em, they would make more money

we get these 2 giants onboard and it would be a major help

its hammer time

RE:
Yes,
HEMP’s advantages:
- 1) Shorter growth-cycle than trees…
(quicker and greater seasonal-yields than trees).
- 2)A more durable product.
- 3)Requires LESS fertilizers and pesticides.

]]> By: PoeticG http://blog.norml.org/2009/05/14/wsj-white-house-czar-calls-for-end-to-war-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-41799 PoeticG Sun, 24 May 2009 04:35:38 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=788#comment-41799 O’ beloved congress, ye that hear the plight of the people, come to your senses I beg of you. I urge you to see the error in your ways, prohibition was enacted on black propaganda and lies. The people here have spoken, and many, many more have not for they feel their voices will be not be heard. I believe in our constitution and our resolution. For over seventy years the people have spoken through their actions and their resolve, we will not let this go quietly into the night. We will fight as long as you fight against us, as a house divided against itself will not stand. Our house is strong, our resolve is strong and our faith in you is unwavering yet strained. We know the injustice of this prohibition well, for over seventy years we have peacefully called out for reform. We’ve been patiently waiting for change, for rationalization and understanding all the while being viewed as slackers and criminals. We are Americans. We are the descendants of Washington and Jefferson, we invoke the creed of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We urge you to call off the war on the ones who support you and this country. The possibility of bio-degradable plastic, bio-fuel, durable clothing, and the most efficient source of paper on the planet is cause enough to end the prohibition of industrialized hemp. Must we wander in the desert for seventy more years when the promised land is just across the river? Leaders of the free world, you have a responsibility to address these issues in earnest. I appeal this prohibition but I speak for many more who would, but are to afraid to speak out, in fear of retaliation. Heed our voices lest you look back and regret, when this land of freedom is gone and all that remains is the memory of freedom, that our voices called out for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. May the lord our god bless you and keep you. Abolish the apathy in our congress toward the persecution of its own people. Enlighten our leaders and renounce a failed policy, replenish the trust of the people toward their government. If you would be so bold as to repeal this mistake, through the repine of the people, O what America could be! We are resolute in our purpose, we will not go away, help us to save this great country before it is too late. I will, for now, retire my petition in hopes of your diligent and prompt response. O’ beloved congress, ye that hear the plight of the people, come to your senses I beg of you. I urge you to see the error in your ways, prohibition was enacted on black propaganda and lies. The people here have spoken, and many, many more have not for they feel their voices will be not be heard. I believe in our constitution and our resolution. For over seventy years the people have spoken through their actions and their resolve, we will not let this go quietly into the night. We will fight as long as you fight against us, as a house divided against itself will not stand. Our house is strong, our resolve is strong and our faith in you is unwavering yet strained. We know the injustice of this prohibition well, for over seventy years we have peacefully called out for reform. We’ve been patiently waiting for change, for rationalization and understanding all the while being viewed as slackers and criminals. We are Americans. We are the descendants of Washington and Jefferson, we invoke the creed of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We urge you to call off the war on the ones who support you and this country. The possibility of bio-degradable plastic, bio-fuel, durable clothing, and the most efficient source of paper on the planet is cause enough to end the prohibition of industrialized hemp. Must we wander in the desert for seventy more years when the promised land is just across the river? Leaders of the free world, you have a responsibility to address these issues in earnest. I appeal this prohibition but I speak for many more who would, but are to afraid to speak out, in fear of retaliation. Heed our voices lest you look back and regret, when this land of freedom is gone and all that remains is the memory of freedom, that our voices called out for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. May the lord our god bless you and keep you. Abolish the apathy in our congress toward the persecution of its own people. Enlighten our leaders and renounce a failed policy, replenish the trust of the people toward their government. If you would be so bold as to repeal this mistake, through the repine of the people, O what America could be! We are resolute in our purpose, we will not go away, help us to save this great country before it is too late. I will, for now, retire my petition in hopes of your diligent and prompt response.

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