Comments on: Winds Of Marijuana Law Reform Rebuffed At White House

By: ezrydn

ezrydn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:58:15 +0000

“It’s not good for you.” Well, there are a lot of other things in the grocery isles that are not good for us but you don’t outlaw them. Since when did we all sign away our right to indulge in things that “aren’t good for you?’

This guy is just another paid-for shill.

By: I am Rick

I am Rick — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:35:01 +0000

Do you know what the real problem is? They can’t prove that pot is addictive. This country thrives on addiction: Addiction to cigs, addiction to alcohol, addiction to PAINKILLERS (which are not only highly addictive, but purposely prescribed and doled out like tic-tacs and horrifically deadly), addiction to Hollywood, addiction to TV, addiction to fast food, addiction to myspace, facebook, and the internet. Have you ever noticed how anything that is practical or harmless gets demonized? You know, like pot, or gay rights, or Janet Jackson’s tit. It’s strange to me that everything that is addictive is pushed on Americans, but something that isn’t is demonized. I don’t think that’s an accident. I wish the war on heroin was as vicious as the war on weed. However, that wouldn’t work out too well, financially, for anyone, considering that percodone, oxycontin, percocet, suboxine, methadone, oxycodone and many many more are all basically made of the same stuff–That’s all legal by the way. Maybe we can ask this guy how that’s working out for my dead cousin.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:25:30 +0000

I choose to endulge once in a while and have since i was about 16. Now the main fact that i have just stated is that “I Choose to partake in the use of Marijuana”. The freedom to make choices is what we are really prosuing. How can a government make decisions for me? Are we not all “FREE”? I never knew truly what free is, and neither does any other middle or lower class american in todays society. The state has been making many decisions for us since before we were born. This subject touches so many, WHY DONT WE DO SOMTHING REAL ABOUT IT? If all of us (1/2 or more of the US population)go down to your local court house and turn ourselves in for possession of this “devil” plant(lol)(YEAH, GO AHEAD AND ARREST US ALL). Then we would see thing change quickly. But that will never happen. To many people FEAR their government. That is not rite! If Presedent Obama was to have been arrested during his youth for possession of cannibus, would he be our presedent today? Probably not. Is that rite? NO. I get he feeling that things are changing, but slowly,I have written The Presedent, all US Congressman, and every representive and legislator (for the state of Indiana). I have written litterally hundrededs of letters and E-mails in the last 2 months and prob thousands over the last year. Yet to today I have only received responce from 3 Indiana representatives and absolutly no responce from Mr. Obama (or any kind of address from his office).

Remember in the comming years that the people who have made much needed changes in our government were not the people who stood by and let things happen, but by those whom gave their time and attention to the subject, those who sacrficed their freedom and sometimes their lives to fight for what they know was rite. This is what it will take, an all out assalt on our governments current policys. So what I suggest is for everyone that reads this is to take a little time out a day every week and write our “elected officials” with our concerns about the nearly 1 million americans that become POW’s in this war on drugs every year. And if you (like me)are a casulity of this war, offer only one statement in court (as said by Patrick Henry 1775) “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH” or maybe suggest that if it is that serious of an offence, Maybe we should just shoot offeders of this “crime” on the spot.

Unless we all do somthing like march on washington (which with the current state of things, may be very successful) we will never get our point accross. As we all know the politians that we are dealing with are stubborn and set in their ways. Again I will continue to write officials DAILY, but everyone must invovle themselves in order for us to get the changes established quickly.

NORML set a date to march and Ill be camped out on the White House Lawn!
Just look for me I will be smoken a joint.

By: Smoke

Smoke — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:34:31 +0000

Look, I have to say something here.

I am tired of all you claiming that you’re all about freedom, free the weed, then turning around and scapegoating cigz and liquor..

Yes, weed is safer than them, agreed.

But, I like smoking cigarettes, and don’t fancy having to go through all the black market crap I do for weed to get them.

So quit it.

If you truly believe in freedom, then you have to accept that it applies to all of these things, to drink liquor, to smoke cigarettes, and yes, to get high as we please.

You’re just as bad as the government if you don’t support my right to smoke cigarettes. (I can accept smoking\non smoking sections, etc,.)

Peace

By: surfdal

surfdal — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:21:21 +0000

silly lil potheads…
dontcha know that big daddy govt/god in the sky.. has to help you decide what is best for your body and mind because you may make decisions of which they disapprove.
thats ok tho..they’ll also help you to become the good lil economic units (prison wage slaves)that you were destined to become befor you decided to engage in cerebral enlightment.

“officer!!! imprison that fellow!! he had the audacity to have a flower in a bag”

By: JOJO

JOJO — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:47:50 +0000

The feds. have stomped all over the constitution they are breaking the law when they pass laws to prohibit drugs. That is why the stamp act did not prohibit pot. Our gov. is not authorised to do so according our laws then or now. the sad part they break our laws and the intent of our laws every day.

By: Jim in Ohio

Jim in Ohio — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:02:33 +0000

Marijuana is good for you! Consider that the cancer rate of users is lower than the general public; that marijauna has nuero-protective qualities that delay the onset of Alzheimers and other brain diseases, that marijuana users have lower rates of violence…need I go on? Does marjuana have side effects that are not good? Yes, dry mouth, coughing, short-term memory impairment while using. Water is good for you but too much can kill you. Too much marijuana, and your’e just wasting it.

By: william

william — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:41:04 +0000

for some harm reduction and as a tax paying citizen I am calling for Mclellans resignation

By: rob

rob — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:45:51 +0000

its pretty bad that the only big reason they keep mj illegal is becasue of the tax money making prohibitionists rich the govt. is now
making companies randomly drug test thier employees so that they can win the war on weed if we smoke they will catch us in our piss and fire us so we cant afford to buy how communistic to ruin a person just because they smoke weed on the weekends the govt. has no morals

By: Hokulani

Hokulani — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:25:10 +0000

I have news for you all, Barrie Hussein Obama was a big cannabis smoker at his elite prep school, Punahou in Honolulu. And he has admitted to drug problems. Ok, we can agree on that?
Guess what, folks, he has not changed. This guy has a plan, give him some time, the chains of prohibition are being unlocked one link at a time. Btw, I am not an Obamagirl,nor have I ever been one. FWIW. I predict full legalization for medical use in 3 years. Israel is allowing it in hospitals for certain medicinal purposes. I imagine that some Jewish hospital in LA will be the next to have their pilot program. After that….????