RE:
If nothing better happens,
THAT would be the BEST thing to
happen in 2009!

RE:
If nothing better happens,
THAT woulcd be the BEST thing to
happen in 2009!

RE:
If nothing better happens,
THAT woulcd be the BEST thing to
happwen in 2009!

You said:

When the Police tell you that pot causes crime ————– that is propaganda!!!

I have to disagree.
Please do not think me an idiot,or brainwashed, I agree in legalization, I agree with pretty much all of your propaganda statements in that comment you left above. And maybe after reading this you might agree with my argument on why that single statement is false.

Pot does cause crime, not because of any chemical dependency or craving, not because of any reaction to it.
Because its illegal there is a vast underground market, people are killed over it, in the states its grown illegally in farms hidden in nation parks and national forests. Its sold illegally, and people get very defensive about it, about protecting themselves over turf wars and being ripped off.

I can agree with you that if it were legal it would not cause crime. It being illegal does however cause crime.

See where I am going with this?
by the simple statement that it does not cause it, you leave out the entire bit of crime that is caused by its current legal status.
I think you can get away with that here on NORML’s site because for the most part people that visit and read the stories and comments here are already well enough educated that they see where your going with it.
However on other sites, and articles, places where you are trying to educate the people who read it and maybe do not have a stead fast reaction and decision to it, you do your cause a disservice with that simple statement instead of any detail immediately following, or maybe rewriting, that single simple statement.
Just a thought on picking words carefully and giving full facts on statements you make.
At this time in our country we are closer than ever before to removing the astigmatism associated with pot, we are closer than any time before at making it legal, again! We can not afford to lose any single alli in the fight. I think that your statement does exactly that, it alienates people because they know there is crime associated with pot.
If its explained in a bit more detail than screaming propaganda, then those people can see why you say its false.
I only know this from conversations and arguments with people over me saying the very same thing you said.
They instantly jumped to the conclusion that I was a lair because of that single thing, if I lied about that i must be fibbing on all the other stuff i had pointed out as well.

Aside from that single point, I applaud you.

Anyway I was reading above and someone was saying that Why would you let our Nazi American Gov Tell you what to Do in our own homes as long as no one gets hurt why the fuck does the Gov. Think they should be allowed to say shit…

This Country is FUCKED UP Some people will be insulted my that statement but if you are You Dont Know ANYTHING.. TRavel to a few other countries and you will quickly realize freedom is not what we have in America.

I realize that this GOV. Is Out of CONTROL… but what the fuck can I do… nothing..

MAKE SURE YOU GROW!!!! THIS IS HOW YOU FIGHT BACK GROW WEED SMOKE IT, SHARE IT, AND THIS WILL BENEFIT YOU & EVERYONE ELSE!!

Consider if you grow it your one less person that will be paying the Gov for theirs Bringing local princing down and helping out some people (Give 10% away to low income friends)

“…The only reason they use synthetic THC is because Fed law says it’s a class 1 drug….”

RE:
Dan D.,
- Synthetic THC, (Marinol™), is a
SCHEDULE-3 drug,
NOT a ‘Class-1 drug’ in the U.S.,
while Whole CANNABIS is Schedule-1.
(No medical-use…SUPPOSEDLY),
This is THE ABSURDITY!!!.

Schedule III.—

(A) The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse
less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II.

(B) The drug or other substance has a currently
accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to
moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
These drugs are available only by prescription,
though control of wholesale distribution is somewhat less stringent than Schedule II drugs.
Prescriptions for Schedule III drugs may be refilled up to five times within a six month perio

^ everyone go sign this petition!

“Being associated with marijuana use is
described in detail by the American Psychiatric Association.
If you use MJ, your classified with a mental condition,
not found in non-users of MJ.”

RE:
TN Activist,
- If the truth be known…to the APA…
that mental condition would
be known as
NORMALITY!!!

- The ability to get 6 to 8 hours of RESTORATIVE sleep every night !!!
- The ability to have a calm, composed attitude…
- The ability to be more productive, to keep a job / occupation…
- The ability to have a regular appetite,
(Contrary to the “munchies-stereotype”,
cannabis normalizes hunger-response,
only making food more appealing, satisfying,
not promoting over-indulgence).

#163 Tennessee Activist Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 8:42 am

“Fighting against opponents is one thing but your next battle will be with doctors.
We place way too much trust in their personal opinions.”

RE:
TN Activist,
I place very little trust in their personal opinions.
- To me, a doctor is just another human-being with a
possibly-debatable / questionable education and medical-viewpoint(s)…

Something else?
(Distant ‘knock-offs’ of
plant-based medicines / medications;
i.e. Artificial compounds bearing
little resemblance to the phyto-chemicals
they’re originally based upon).

#163 Tennessee Activist Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 8:42 am

- “Make them stick to facts on MJ
and how it affects each individual’s quality of life. ”

RE:
Better yet, TN Activist,
(Though easier said than done…),

as M.D.’s who have extensive, clinical
medi-cann research-experience.