Comments on: Alternet.org: The Feds Are Addicted to Pot — Even If You Aren’t http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/ Working to reform marijuana laws Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Argh! http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-64280 Argh! Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:04:02 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-64280 "Make no mistake, the marijuana possession permitted by the bill to a user or caregiver is illegal under federal law, with penalties of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000," Van Hollen said in written testimony to the committee. Are you a fucking moron??? Obama ordered the Federal government to stand down on prosecuting patients where medical marijuana is legal in their state! That means if WI gets medical marijuana and the FEDS start busting patients, they are in direct defiance of the President of the United States. Should hardly be a concern and if it turns into one, then that would be proof that the FED's have high-jacked our country. “Make no mistake, the marijuana possession permitted by the bill to a user or caregiver is illegal under federal law, with penalties of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000,” Van Hollen said in written testimony to the committee.

Are you a fucking moron??? Obama ordered the Federal government to stand down on prosecuting patients where medical marijuana is legal in their state! That means if WI gets medical marijuana and the FEDS start busting patients, they are in direct defiance of the President of the United States. Should hardly be a concern and if it turns into one, then that would be proof that the FED’s have high-jacked our country.

]]> By: Mokkie http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-64207 Mokkie Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:51:52 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-64207 Just this last week The DEA got 2.3 Billion Dollars for next years War on drugs. If you ask me We have a long way to go. Just this last week The DEA got 2.3 Billion Dollars for next years War on drugs. If you ask me We have a long way to go.

]]> By: Thisiswhy http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-64194 Thisiswhy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:11:29 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-64194 "But the DEA continues to stand in the way. Mr. President, it's time for a change." The DEA is controlled behind the scenes by the same secret society that the president takes orders from. So is the FBI, so are several police departments and politicians. We can all change this lie we live in simply by being aware and reading between the lines. I recommend that people research secret societies as well as their link to government corruption, and you will soon see the rather obvious link to prohibition and the REAL reason why the DEA and the FED seem to have a hard time stepping down.... -Alex Jones Wake Up Call- That's a good place to start. Every American deserves to know the truth. “But the DEA continues to stand in the way. Mr. President, it’s time for a change.”

The DEA is controlled behind the scenes by the same secret society that the president takes orders from. So is the FBI, so are several police departments and politicians. We can all change this lie we live in simply by being aware and reading between the lines. I recommend that people research secret societies as well as their link to government corruption, and you will soon see the rather obvious link to prohibition and the REAL reason why the DEA and the FED seem to have a hard time stepping down…. -Alex Jones Wake Up Call- That’s a good place to start. Every American deserves to know the truth.

]]> By: openedeyes http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63960 openedeyes Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:33:36 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63960 "HOUSE APPROVES BILL THAT WOULD EASE FEDERAL GRIP ON WASHINGTON" Don't you guys mean federal grip on the WORLD??? “HOUSE APPROVES BILL THAT WOULD EASE FEDERAL GRIP ON WASHINGTON” Don’t you guys mean federal grip on the WORLD???

]]> By: packlama http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63642 packlama Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:44:13 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63642 ive been disabled for 4 years now from brain tumors and i want too see legal pot soon. ive been disabled for 4 years now from brain tumors and i want too see legal pot soon.

]]> By: SmallGvt http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63626 SmallGvt Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:51:59 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63626 Hey maybe if all you libs would chill out on expanding the government to never imagined levels we wouldn't have this problem.... same with all you hypocritical conservitives - people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as it does not directly hurt someone else... marijuana is no different than gun control... where do you see worse gun violence, in the boonies of Maine or the streets of New York? Which has tougher gun control.... prohibition does not work no matter what the substance or issue is. This country needs to get back to the basics, and get rid of about 99% of the laws on the book. Go read the new health care bill in the senate - bet you won't get more than a few paragraphs. Make laws simple: Don't kill Don't hurt people Don't steal Use common sense Think I just condensed about 20 million pages of legislation. In summation... Keep to yourself and stop f-ing everything up for everyone else... if you want to make marijuana users look more favorable, work your ass off if you smoke pot and show everyone how much more productive you can be. Sorry to offend anyone, just my rant, just remember to always place yourself in the other dudes shoes even if you totally disagree - at least you know what he's thinking Hey maybe if all you libs would chill out on expanding the government to never imagined levels we wouldn’t have this problem…. same with all you hypocritical conservitives – people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as it does not directly hurt someone else… marijuana is no different than gun control… where do you see worse gun violence, in the boonies of Maine or the streets of New York? Which has tougher gun control…. prohibition does not work no matter what the substance or issue is. This country needs to get back to the basics, and get rid of about 99% of the laws on the book. Go read the new health care bill in the senate – bet you won’t get more than a few paragraphs. Make laws simple:
Don’t kill
Don’t hurt people
Don’t steal
Use common sense

Think I just condensed about 20 million pages of legislation.

In summation…
Keep to yourself and stop f-ing everything up for everyone else… if you want to make marijuana users look more favorable, work your ass off if you smoke pot and show everyone how much more productive you can be. Sorry to offend anyone, just my rant, just remember to always place yourself in the other dudes shoes even if you totally disagree – at least you know what he’s thinking

]]> By: Maj http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63623 Maj Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:41:45 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63623 They're not actually seeking help for addiction to marijuana. Any time someone works in a federal office and they're caught with weed, they are sent to 'rehab' where they play golf and sip martinis for a few days so the Fed can say they sent the person to reform and they're now a whole new person. That's what all the applications are for. They’re not actually seeking help for addiction to marijuana. Any time someone works in a federal office and they’re caught with weed, they are sent to ‘rehab’ where they play golf and sip martinis for a few days so the Fed can say they sent the person to reform and they’re now a whole new person. That’s what all the applications are for.

]]> By: packlama http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63601 packlama Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:09:22 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63601 i did coke before and it did nothing for me i wanted too smoke reefer after.i think i always want too smoke reefer. i did coke before and it did nothing for me i wanted too smoke reefer after.i think i always want too smoke reefer.

]]> By: Jim Lunsford http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63588 Jim Lunsford Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:46:21 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63588 sickofthis, actually I do like the idea of having all drugs legalized. No, I will stick with the ones I do now. Booze, cigarettes, coffee, weed, and shrooms. I have no desire to do crack, heroin, cocaine, or PCP. But legalizing all of them would result in a lessening of violent deaths as we have now, in relation to the drug wars. We would have better quality drugs, resulting in fewer deaths from the varying qualities of drugs today, and we would be able to treat people medically, rather than judicially as we do today. Not to mention, I don't believe the government that claims it is here to protect our freedoms can say so while regulating what we can put into our own bodies. I could go on, but it seems to me there is a growing movement for just such an action. And much of it is a growing grass-roots demand for the restoration of individual liberties and justice, rather than the blind and tyrannical rule of law and order we have today. In any case, I will never give Big Pharma any of my business at all. Those are the true poisons in my opinion. sickofthis, actually I do like the idea of having all drugs legalized. No, I will stick with the ones I do now. Booze, cigarettes, coffee, weed, and shrooms. I have no desire to do crack, heroin, cocaine, or PCP. But legalizing all of them would result in a lessening of violent deaths as we have now, in relation to the drug wars. We would have better quality drugs, resulting in fewer deaths from the varying qualities of drugs today, and we would be able to treat people medically, rather than judicially as we do today. Not to mention, I don’t believe the government that claims it is here to protect our freedoms can say so while regulating what we can put into our own bodies. I could go on, but it seems to me there is a growing movement for just such an action. And much of it is a growing grass-roots demand for the restoration of individual liberties and justice, rather than the blind and tyrannical rule of law and order we have today. In any case, I will never give Big Pharma any of my business at all. Those are the true poisons in my opinion.

]]> By: Sickofthis http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/01/alternet-org-the-feds-are-addicted-to-pot-even-if-you-arent/comment-page-2/#comment-63564 Sickofthis Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:52:03 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=2296#comment-63564 Ofcorse the feds are addicted to pot, theyed go out of business without it. The feds care about power more then theyll ever care about weed... It's just that marijuana happens to be their "power crutch" Now that they are started to lose a little bit of that power (and public interest in their BS cause) im sure we'll be hearing even more lies then before. Just look how the DEA is blowing the public opinion out of proportion... "[I]t's basically the same thing as the government being in bed with drug traffickers. It sends the wrong signals to children not just that it's OK to use marijuana, but that it's OK to use all drugs," says Gregory Lee, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) agent and author of "Global Drug Enforcement." Hmmm... In 25 years of my existence I don't believe Ive heard anyone say that it would be wise to legalize "all drugs" Especially when there's kid's lives at stake. The reality is that kids do drugs with our without permission from the government. Sometimes when they can't find marijuana they'll turn to to harder drugs. Im sure everyone with a brain can agree that that's not good. So what better way to keep "all drugs" out of children's hands then to legalize and strictly regulate the most harmless drug of them all? If they are truly sincere about keeping kids off drugs, they would reevaluate their current policy and seek to better educate kids about the consequences of inviting drugs into their lives... Instead of telling straight-faced lies. One more thing and I hope the feds are listening.. IF OUR CHILDREN OUR SO PRECIOUS WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT USE THEM AS PROPAGANDA?? ANSWER ME THAT DEA!!! Ofcorse the feds are addicted to pot, theyed go out of business without it. The feds care about power more then theyll ever care about weed… It’s just that marijuana happens to be their “power crutch” Now that they are started to lose a little bit of that power (and public interest in their BS cause) im sure we’ll be hearing even more lies then before. Just look how the DEA is blowing the public opinion out of proportion…

“[I]t’s basically the same thing as the government being in bed with drug traffickers. It sends the wrong signals to children not just that it’s OK to use marijuana, but that it’s OK to use all drugs,” says Gregory Lee, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) agent and author of “Global Drug Enforcement.”

Hmmm… In 25 years of my existence I don’t believe Ive heard anyone say that it would be wise to legalize “all drugs” Especially when there’s kid’s lives at stake. The reality is that kids do drugs with our without permission from the government. Sometimes when they can’t find marijuana they’ll turn to to harder drugs. Im sure everyone with a brain can agree that that’s not good. So what better way to keep “all drugs” out of children’s hands then to legalize and strictly regulate the most harmless drug of them all? If they are truly sincere about keeping kids off drugs, they would reevaluate their current policy and seek to better educate kids about the consequences of inviting drugs into their lives… Instead of telling straight-faced lies. One more thing and I hope the feds are listening.. IF OUR CHILDREN OUR SO PRECIOUS WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT USE THEM AS PROPAGANDA?? ANSWER ME THAT DEA!!!

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