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	<title>Comments on: California Medical Association Says Pot Prohibition Is A “Failed Public Health Policy”</title>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>READ... READ... READ... I had a thought the other day after hearing one of the NORML pod casts. The main stream media is just a biz. We know they track the searches on their web sites. We should go to FOX, NBC, CNN, and others such &quot;marijuana&quot;. The more hits they get the more likely they are to cover marijuana related stores. This way we can get more mainstream press.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>READ&#8230; READ&#8230; READ&#8230; I had a thought the other day after hearing one of the NORML pod casts. The main stream media is just a biz. We know they track the searches on their web sites. We should go to FOX, NBC, CNN, and others such &#8220;marijuana&#8221;. The more hits they get the more likely they are to cover marijuana related stores. This way we can get more mainstream press.</p>
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		<title>By: PressureKook</title>
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		<dc:creator>PressureKook</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just yesterday (last week) the DEA removed old AMA documentation from their web site recommending cannabis be kept Schedule 1 because of the dangers. 

That point made, why is the Obama administration not taking their (AMA) recommendations since it would immediately soften the public&#039;s monetary tax burden.

You were obviously using the AMA&#039;s previous recommendations to support the prohibition of cannabis, so what&#039;s up Mr. President, how come you won&#039;t use the AMA&#039;s current recommendation?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just yesterday (last week) the DEA removed old AMA documentation from their web site recommending cannabis be kept Schedule 1 because of the dangers. </p>
<p>That point made, why is the Obama administration not taking their (AMA) recommendations since it would immediately soften the public&#8217;s monetary tax burden.</p>
<p>You were obviously using the AMA&#8217;s previous recommendations to support the prohibition of cannabis, so what&#8217;s up Mr. President, how come you won&#8217;t use the AMA&#8217;s current recommendation?</p>
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		<title>By: Wakeup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wakeup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We are in the prevention business,&quot; said Arthur Dean, chairman of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.  &quot;Kids are getting the message tobacco&#039;s harmful, and they&#039;re not getting the message marijuana is.&quot; 

Well, that&#039;s because even a child knows that marijuana actually isn&#039;t that harmful!!  Now isn&#039;t that something?  Its more then obvious that tobacco is dangerous, I speak from personal experience.  Kids much more so than adults are going to believe what they SEE, not hear.  They find the anti-drug ads entertaining!  Entertaining!  Probably because of how over done they are.  I found a few of them humorous myself.  The fact is that these ads and prevention effort propaganda just don&#039;t hold up against what the kids are seeing with their own eyes at school, work, all around.  They cant think of one person they know who has ever had a serious health condition due to smoking pot.  Then the adults are telling them its more dangerous then heroin?  Lmao.  The prevention business.  Please.  If they want to protect the future of this nation from harm, perhaps they should stop sending soldiers to their schools to recruit them for violent pointless wars....  Then maybe, just maybe ill believe that these liars are in the prevention business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We are in the prevention business,&#8221; said Arthur Dean, chairman of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.  &#8220;Kids are getting the message tobacco&#8217;s harmful, and they&#8217;re not getting the message marijuana is.&#8221; </p>
<p>Well, that&#8217;s because even a child knows that marijuana actually isn&#8217;t that harmful!!  Now isn&#8217;t that something?  Its more then obvious that tobacco is dangerous, I speak from personal experience.  Kids much more so than adults are going to believe what they SEE, not hear.  They find the anti-drug ads entertaining!  Entertaining!  Probably because of how over done they are.  I found a few of them humorous myself.  The fact is that these ads and prevention effort propaganda just don&#8217;t hold up against what the kids are seeing with their own eyes at school, work, all around.  They cant think of one person they know who has ever had a serious health condition due to smoking pot.  Then the adults are telling them its more dangerous then heroin?  Lmao.  The prevention business.  Please.  If they want to protect the future of this nation from harm, perhaps they should stop sending soldiers to their schools to recruit them for violent pointless wars&#8230;.  Then maybe, just maybe ill believe that these liars are in the prevention business.</p>
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		<title>By: FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN</title>
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		<dc:creator>FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>20. John says:

&quot;We need to target religious groups.&quot;

John,

Would you sugeest targeting Rastas, and Genesists.  The religious will come around.  Everybody will come around.  It&#039;s just a matter of time.  Try directing the religious to Genesis I:11,12...Genesis I:29,30,31, and Genesis IX:3.  There&#039;s nothing to attack.  There is only the word, will, and blessing of God to believe.

Manford Mantis</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>20. John says:</p>
<p>&#8220;We need to target religious groups.&#8221;</p>
<p>John,</p>
<p>Would you sugeest targeting Rastas, and Genesists.  The religious will come around.  Everybody will come around.  It&#8217;s just a matter of time.  Try directing the religious to Genesis I:11,12&#8230;Genesis I:29,30,31, and Genesis IX:3.  There&#8217;s nothing to attack.  There is only the word, will, and blessing of God to believe.</p>
<p>Manford Mantis</p>
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		<title>By: packlama</title>
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		<dc:creator>packlama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>if i want too get a bag and smoke at home i shoud be allowed too</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if i want too get a bag and smoke at home i shoud be allowed too</p>
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		<title>By: FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN</title>
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		<dc:creator>FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LORDS OF THE MODERN WORLD...HEAR ME NOW!

We have had &quot;socialized medicine&quot; for years.  The insurance companies have controlled it.  Well! socialized by &quot;privtae interests.&quot;  Private interests is a four letter word to socialists.  The health bill only takes it away from one abuser, and gives it to another.  To put it bluntly, your health/life will be controlled by a computer navigated by my evil brother.

CANNABIS

This is one area of medicine that has my support and praise.  I admire the American Policy and Harm Reduction.  I appreciate your stand down order to the Justice Department and the Federal fuzz.  I applaude your making the Drug Czar a cabinet position.  I respect your Federal Guidelines.  I look forward to the legislation in front of Congress.  You have kept your campaign promise, and I commend you.  It&#039;s now up to Congress to validate the will of the people.  It has been layed upon their table.

I can&#039;t think of a better way to describe what it has been like in the past, dealing with government on the issue of medicinal cannabis, than to say...&quot;It&#039;s like drinking out of a fire hose.&quot;  But, that was then, and this is now!  Now it&#039;s up to our elected public servants to represent the will of the people.  Our full support must got to proponents of medicinal cannabis.  We must back them up with everything we&#039;ve got, or can get.

We have, in no uncertain terms, warned our public servants of the impending results, if the will of the people does not prevail.  We can do no more than that!  We will no longer stand for fence sitting, abstention, or puppets on a string.  The issue of medicinal cannabis must be addressed by every seat in Congress.  In fact...we demand that they make their position known &quot;before&quot; they get our vote.  One vote for a simple yes or no.  If it sounds like we are threatening our elected representatives with our vote, bingo! you win!

What do we want?...you ask.  We want cannabis removed from schedule I, and replaced in schedule III.  We want &quot;compelling governmental interest&quot; struck from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.  You have no compelling interest, and if you think you do, it&#039;s voidable with &quot;THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.&quot;  Please try a little reality.  It&#039;s up to you!  We the People have spoken, and are prepared to act.  We will put our money where our mouths are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LORDS OF THE MODERN WORLD&#8230;HEAR ME NOW!</p>
<p>We have had &#8220;socialized medicine&#8221; for years.  The insurance companies have controlled it.  Well! socialized by &#8220;privtae interests.&#8221;  Private interests is a four letter word to socialists.  The health bill only takes it away from one abuser, and gives it to another.  To put it bluntly, your health/life will be controlled by a computer navigated by my evil brother.</p>
<p>CANNABIS</p>
<p>This is one area of medicine that has my support and praise.  I admire the American Policy and Harm Reduction.  I appreciate your stand down order to the Justice Department and the Federal fuzz.  I applaude your making the Drug Czar a cabinet position.  I respect your Federal Guidelines.  I look forward to the legislation in front of Congress.  You have kept your campaign promise, and I commend you.  It&#8217;s now up to Congress to validate the will of the people.  It has been layed upon their table.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t think of a better way to describe what it has been like in the past, dealing with government on the issue of medicinal cannabis, than to say&#8230;&#8221;It&#8217;s like drinking out of a fire hose.&#8221;  But, that was then, and this is now!  Now it&#8217;s up to our elected public servants to represent the will of the people.  Our full support must got to proponents of medicinal cannabis.  We must back them up with everything we&#8217;ve got, or can get.</p>
<p>We have, in no uncertain terms, warned our public servants of the impending results, if the will of the people does not prevail.  We can do no more than that!  We will no longer stand for fence sitting, abstention, or puppets on a string.  The issue of medicinal cannabis must be addressed by every seat in Congress.  In fact&#8230;we demand that they make their position known &#8220;before&#8221; they get our vote.  One vote for a simple yes or no.  If it sounds like we are threatening our elected representatives with our vote, bingo! you win!</p>
<p>What do we want?&#8230;you ask.  We want cannabis removed from schedule I, and replaced in schedule III.  We want &#8220;compelling governmental interest&#8221; struck from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.  You have no compelling interest, and if you think you do, it&#8217;s voidable with &#8220;THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.&#8221;  Please try a little reality.  It&#8217;s up to you!  We the People have spoken, and are prepared to act.  We will put our money where our mouths are.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Buompensiero</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Buompensiero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#38

Definitely.. the list goes on and on.. the alcohol and tobacco industries profit from hypocrisy, false advertisement, and cultural elitism... 1st Amendment rights violated... families being destroyed for simple possession... people in my generation, and generations past subject to psychological warfare; telling us that becoming a pot user was the worst thing you could be... Christians being fooled into thinking that God actually allows them to condemn people... 

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#38</p>
<p>Definitely.. the list goes on and on.. the alcohol and tobacco industries profit from hypocrisy, false advertisement, and cultural elitism&#8230; 1st Amendment rights violated&#8230; families being destroyed for simple possession&#8230; people in my generation, and generations past subject to psychological warfare; telling us that becoming a pot user was the worst thing you could be&#8230; Christians being fooled into thinking that God actually allows them to condemn people&#8230; </p>
<p>etc etc</p>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#3 Matt:  Don&#039;t forget that the law as it stands now also gives alcohol (a much more dangerous drug) a legal leg up in society.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#3 Matt:  Don&#8217;t forget that the law as it stands now also gives alcohol (a much more dangerous drug) a legal leg up in society.</p>
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		<title>By: THE TRUTH DOCTOR</title>
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		<dc:creator>THE TRUTH DOCTOR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.....and those people i speak of will deny using marijuana because  their place of work is sponsored by  Drug &amp; Alcohol . They will hide the TRUTH for money . Their drugs are the Devil . You can get close to God with marijuana . It&#039;s a religious experience for me . You will never know the experience of getting close to God  with drunkeness or man made drugs . Marijuana is a gift of God .  ....

&quot; and they worship the things they made &quot; .

I was first to tell you this . It&#039;s about 11:45 P:M: and i cannot sleep until i tell you what i feel is going on right before our eyes . It&#039;s not only here in America. Satan has taken over the World . 

&quot; called the Devil and Satan , which deceiveth the whole World &quot;   

Revelation 12;10

N.O.R.M.L. is the greatest . God bless you .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;..and those people i speak of will deny using marijuana because  their place of work is sponsored by  Drug &amp; Alcohol . They will hide the TRUTH for money . Their drugs are the Devil . You can get close to God with marijuana . It&#8217;s a religious experience for me . You will never know the experience of getting close to God  with drunkeness or man made drugs . Marijuana is a gift of God .  &#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8221; and they worship the things they made &#8221; .</p>
<p>I was first to tell you this . It&#8217;s about 11:45 P:M: and i cannot sleep until i tell you what i feel is going on right before our eyes . It&#8217;s not only here in America. Satan has taken over the World . </p>
<p>&#8221; called the Devil and Satan , which deceiveth the whole World &#8221;   </p>
<p>Revelation 12;10</p>
<p>N.O.R.M.L. is the greatest . God bless you .</p>
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		<title>By: THE TRUTH DOCTOR</title>
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		<dc:creator>THE TRUTH DOCTOR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spelt = religion</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spelt = religion</p>
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