Feds Keep Fooling Around With Medical Marijuana: Full Cannabis Legalization or Bust!
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October 8, 2011
It’s getting ugly and NORML needs your help now more than ever to stand up for the rights of responsible adults cannabis consumers. The Administration that promised to base drug policy on science and respect state marijuana laws is ignoring medical facts, the needs of patients, and the economic benefits that regulated dispensaries bring to medical cannabis-friendly states. There is no way to sugar coat the terrible past two weeks we’ve had at the hands of Prohibition-loving federal and state governments.
Yesterday, the four U.S. Attorneys from California–along with their respective counterparts here in Washington D.C. from the DEA and IRS–declared that a statewide crackdown against large-scale medical cannabis cultivators and sellers with national implications is currently underway.
Question: Will U.S. Attorneys in the other fifteen states and D.C. with medical cannabis laws pursue similarly aggressive enforcement?
But wait! There’s more. Much more.
- Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a long-awaited $2.5 million ruling against a major medical cannabis dispensary in California. Citing an obscure part of the US tax code meant to target drug cartels, the federal agency is barring dispensaries, even those licensed under state law, from taking any business-related tax deductions and is seeking millions in dollars in back taxes.
This adverse ruling has the very real potential to stop the regulated sale of cannabis currently underway in California, Colorado, Maine and New Mexico; and planned in Arizona, Montana, Delaware, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) issued a heavy-handed one-page memo to every gun and ammunition dealer nationwide informing them that they must, by law, deny sales to lawful patients who possess a physician’s recommendation to use medical cannabis–many of whom posses state-issues medical cannabis ID cards–effectively denying their Second Amendment rights to have a gun to hunt or for personal safety.
- Federal regulators cracked down on banks in Colorado, California and Michigan that had previously conduct business with medical cannabis dispensaries, forbidding these financial institutions from allowing cash deposits or processing credit/debit cards from state or locally approved canna-businesses.
- U.S. Attorneys in California sent warnings to local dispensaries in San Francisco, San Diego, and elsewhere warning that locally compliant facilities still may be subject to federal prosecution for violating federal ‘drug free school zones’ legislation — leaving these facilities with no choice but to either move or close.
- Also, federal attorneys in California have sent hundreds of legal warnings to the landlords of properties that rent to medical cannabis businesses (retail, delivery, cultivation and testing) warning that their properties and assets are subject to swift civil forfeiture proceedings, and that they themselves may be subject to decades in prison. Is it likely that federal attorneys do the same in Colorado, New Mexico and Maine; and to the numerous gray area dispensaries in Oregon and Washington?
- Rhode Island’s governor Lincoln Chafee pulled the plug on the state’s nascent medical cannabis dispensary program, despite it having been previously approved 102 – 3 by the state legislature. Why? Governor Chafee cites recent memos from the Department of Justice threatening to federally prosecute employees involved in the state-licensed production or distribution of cannabis.
- Michigan courts, the legislature and the state’s Attorney General are steadily dissembling the state’s medical cannabis program, despite the law having passed with 63 percent public approval.
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There are only two things to say after reading such an alarming list of recent setbacks to ending Cannabis Prohibition:
- Rather than pour millions of dollars and human energy into creating a legally and politically contentious policy that allows some cannabis consumers who can obtain a physician’s recommendation to be immune from state (but not federal) prosecution during a time of general Cannabis Prohibition, all cannabis consumers, patients, cultivators and sellers and their families should focus their full attention and resources to once and for all legalizing cannabis for all responsible adult consumers.
- Make a donation to NORML now, join a local NORML chapter (there are nearly 200 of them nationwide!) today or purchase a NORML-related product and show the country that you support ending Cannabis Prohibition in our lifetime.
Everyone at NORML has known that 2012 was going to be the busiest year in our 40-year civil rights efforts to legalize marijuana.
…However, with the Obama Administration’s new and aggressive assertion of federal primacy over states and cities that have crafted superior, public-endorsed, free market-oriented public policies, we’re now assured long and difficult political and legal battles in the coming year with a federal government that still does not ‘get it’ regarding the public’s desire to retire the 74-year-old Cannabis Prohibition right next to the last ‘great social experiment’, Alcohol Prohibition.
Anticipating yesterday’s federal actions in California, members of the NORML Legal Committee (NLC), a nationwide network of over 600 lawyers, is already organizing and poised to challenge federal and state governments who seek to kill patients’ access to medical cannabis and to defend citizens egregiously charged by their own government for law violations.
If you watched the three-part PBS series this week on Alcohol Prohibition, it is impossible not to draw similarities to the absurdity of alcohol’s prohibition to that of the ongoing, heavy-handed criminalization of cannabis, and that ultimately only politically organized citizens came to end the federal government’s folly by putting sufficient legal and political pressure on their elected policymakers.
Our generation must do the same to end our nation’s long-suffering Cannabis Prohibition.
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- Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a long-awaited $2.5 million ruling against a major medical cannabis dispensary in California. Citing an obscure part of the US tax code meant to target drug cartels, the federal agency is barring dispensaries, even those licensed under state law, from taking any business-related tax deductions and is seeking millions in dollars in back taxes.
And by the way, to those individuals here who seem to believe that norml is full of morons or something…believe it or not if there was any simple way to do this, norml, and many other civil rights/drug law reform groups would have hopped on it right away. Anything that hasn’t been done hasn’t been done because of a lack of money, as these things do cost money, and sometimes a rather large amount of it.
So to those individuals here who are attempting to promote some method of action that woulds somehow magically fix this quagmire, I urge you to help by donating money to norml. These guys have been fighting for this cause for some time now and probably know more about the issue than just about any of us, so if we want to take action, get some money together and give it to the experts.
Eventually the time will arise when people will realize what’s really going on and make a call to change it, but for right now all we can do is support those fighting for this cause with both our voices and our capital, as I can guarantee that if every one of us not only spoke out for this cause but also put even a relatively small amount of money into it that we would likely see some significant change, far far more than any of us could manage without the help of something like norml.
So instead of spending 2 hours telling some random stranger or family member about why marijuana should be legalized and how common sense it is, spend that time doing even something small for cash and donate the proceeds to Norml. I guarantee that those two hours would be far, far more beneficial to the cause if one were to do so.
Medical marijuana was/is now/and always has been a BS movement(18-27yr olds make up 70% of the Med Marijuana patient population…..Really? yup!); anyone that says different is/was not a true activist “or” had something to gain by its presence.
I know alot of you may disagree, but things are better now. A line has been drawn with clear opposition and the Grey area (med marijuana) has been removed like a cancer that it was to the true movement (Legalization).
Marijuana should be legal; any other outcome is not acceptable. Having said that, this topic should not dominate your life and definately should not be atop of any activists “to-do list”; there are far more pressing issues to wrestle with that if dealt with would assure your beloved legalization. Legalization will come but it will be achieved indirectly.
I promise you all the medical marijuana movement was going to do was give the pharm companies another big pad day……and with the recent resched that ship may already be sailing.
Hi Paul….Im back :0)
GREEDY GREEDY GREEDY:
To all the Medical Marijuana users and Marijuana dispensary owners and operators that had the opportunity but chose NOT to VOTE for PROP 19…….IN YOUR FACE! What has your GREED got you now?
NANA NA NA NANA NA NA HEY HEY HEY GOODBYE!
Legalize it and be done with it!
I think John2525 may have a point. When people see this backwards step, they may be more willing to vote for more of a forward one. The Feds are going to have to recognize the will of the people sooner or later. If we can get the people to vote for the end of prohibition they will have to give up.
Prop. 19 should have got more support.
I will be making my first donation on payday.
I hope Obama is setting up a savior campaign move. He’s hurt politically and he can gain quite a few votes if he comes out in support of a new job producing industry.
We need to immediately remove those attorney gens,and any other state employees who cooperate with the feds!
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Why even vote?
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My hope that Obama is the “Change We Can Believe In” is being tested to the end of the rope by this action. I know there was no specific promise to end the war on drugs, but his policy of not going after the industry in States that approved it, allowed this industry to get started.
I’m not gay, but I have a common understanding of feeling an affinity to something that society disapproves of with them. I know what it’s like to live in the closet, not knowing who I can share my secret world with for fear of exposure, and the possibility of my life being ruined. Obama is proud to take baby steps to help gays gain some dignity through his support for repealing DADT, and his instructions to the Justice Dept to not defend the DOMA. If these raids take place, this amounts to treachery toward Marijuana patients, who have come to believe they were complying with the law.
I’m a good man, I try to be responsible in every way. I don’t like to drink, but smoking pot is important to me. The gun lobby asks us to support their right to conceal carry laws and want us to trust most anyone to carry a weapon, why wouldn’t we grant the same trust to Marijuana users. I’m in my 50s. What do I have to do to show you that I’m not going to hurt anyone or anyone’s kids while I’m sitting in my man cave smoking a joint with my people??
Obama’s jobs bill is a great idea, but it rings pretty hollow if he takes away peoples jobs at dispensaries at the same time.
#46 – Jayman:
I qoute from the NORML editor’s response to my comments on the previous story : “The DOJ and DEA are not controlled by the president, they’re government bureaucracies that were created by Congress.”
I agree with you Jayman, Obama is responsible!
So, does this mean NORML will no longer support medical marijuana efforts? Is it a waste of resources?
After decades of effort only a handfull of the U.S. House supports legalization and no one in the Senate. What will change now?
In Alaska, the only state where marijuana is legal (Ravin v State is still the law), reform came by way of the courts not the legislature.
If the President had only appointed someone to head of the DEA that would not block rescheduling efforts we would be much closer to what we all seek.
We need reformers in all branches of government and any reform(medical) is better than none.
Keep hope alive, Mike, but don’t hold your breath. Nothing Obama has ever done or said could lead one to believe that he would make any “savior” move on this issue. In fact, he has said all along that he doesn’t believe in legalization and that he doesn’t intend to spend any political capital on this issue. He has been upfront about that while lying about his intentions on medical marijuana, just like George Bush did in 2000. Looking to any one person as a “savior” is a dead end. Obama figures, probably rightly so, that he has nothing to lose by taking a strong prohibitionist position. I’m sure he figures that, in the end, progressives will choose him over the Republican. He’s going to run a “the other guy is worse” campaign. I’m personally sick of the “lesser of two evils” position, so I’m not buying the bullshit this time around. I want to see him defeated because, among other things, he took money from people like me while lying to our faces. Romney won’t be any better on cannabis policy, but at least I won’t have donated money to pay for my own oppression. And, really, can a Republican possibly be worse on cannabis policy?
This nonsense politics one day you can smoke your med pot and the other day you can’t has gone far enough. Its time to legalize marijuana.Period.
But I do understand that the prohibitionists make a damn good living out of prohibition (politicians,lawyers,police) and that is why society refuses to make it legal.Too many prohibitionists making a living out of prohibition.Assholes!
If marijuana becomes legal,a lot of people will be without a job. Am I right ?
Jayman: I think you are spot on with your analysis of Obama’s political calculus.
Ron Paul is the only politician who is not in the hip pocket of big business. If you want full legalization all you have to do is vote for Ron Paul. It is that easy.
We are all paying a heavy price for marijuana prohibition! People who don’t have anything to do with marijuana are paying a heavy price. The police are paying a heavy price too, as no one even respects them anymore. Our economy has been falling apart, and if you don’t think this retarded War on Drug has anything to do with, you’re not seeing the whole picture. The more we spend on it, the more we hurt our selves just like a heroin addict looking to shoot up. Saying it isn’t so is like saying Slavery or Alcohol Prohibition didn’t hurt the country. Like saying having George W. Bush as President wasn’t bad for our country. Bad policy is something we all pay for long after the idiots have left office.
The DEA raid is scheduled to take place not just in San Diego, but from Eureka, Calif. to National City, California (at the Mexican border).
This is going to be the largest DEA/ATF raid in world history. There’s two reasons:
1. Shock and awe.
Every flying contraption the DEA/ATF own will be in the air. Every DEA/ATF agent will be in full battle uniform.
Expect rappelling from overhead helicopters at dispensaries, coinciding w/ the arrival of black armored vehicles to haul away the MJ.
2. All federal agencies strive to spend-down at least 80% of their previous federal fiscal-budget coffers.
The estimate for “Operation Clean Sweep” will cost the taxpayers and estimated 21 million dollars (and will over-run that estimate if the DEA/ATF run into difficulties).
And Yes, the DEA/ATF (exposed recently as filthy murderer’s – that get top level promotions for their poor judgement) will definitely be high-fiving after the RAIDS.
Suited up for a one-sided war, each DEA/ATF officer looks at each other and smiles, because we are paying them top dollar salaries to terrorize the State of California. And the more damage they can do to defenseless MJ the more secure their jobs.
I tried to convince many, many myopic small growers and collective operators who were voting against prop 19 that if it were defeated the feds and the states would go after medical marijuana with a vengeance. Gee whiz, look what’s happening, who would have thought? Wake up,people. Be careful what you wish for and actions have consequences!!! Maybe next time you won’t be as shortsighted or foolish and vote against your own interests. Time to grow up and look at the bigger picture. Sorry if I’ve offended anyone, but I’m 62 and have been funding you guys for over 40 years! Catch my drift?! Those are my hard earned dollars filling up your pockets! Thanks for screwing up the best chance so far to legalize cannabis for all. Think of how big that market would have been for growers. Don’t screw it up next time.
Steve Cooley, the former Los Angeles County district attorney, predicted that intense coordination with federal prosecutors would make a huge difference.
“It’s advancing in the right direction from our perspective,” he said. In Los Angeles, Jane Usher, a special assistant city attorney, said her office intended to work closely with Birotte’s. “We’re gratified that they see what we see, which is what began as an opportunity to help seriously ill patients has evolved into storefront drug sales and trafficking,” she said.
California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris, declined to discuss the announcement. Her office is revising the medical marijuana guidelines that Jerry Brown issued in 2008 when he was attorney general. Those guidelines note that state law does not allow “collectives, cooperatives or individuals to profit from the sale or distribution of marijuana” and advises that storefront dispensaries “may be legal.”
………gee, but aren’t storefront drug dealers listed as Pharmacies & even drug stores and aren’t they making a profit ? Last i heard, Pfizer had over seven trillion dollars in net profits .
Our only hope for a long term solution to this problem is to vote in Ron Paul. I’m not saying I endorse all that he stands for but he seems to be the only one out there besides Gary Johnson that is even willing to consider legalization.
I voted for President Obama the last time,,,in light of what I’m seeing with his broken promises I’ll not be making that mistake again,,,EVER!!!
Your VOTE has never been more important then it is right now.
Your VOTE is the most important thing you own in this country right now, GET OUT AND VOTE,,,VOTE,,,VOTE!!!
It’s our only hope of ever changing these antiquated barbaric methods of handling drug use and abuse in this Country.
We have tried it THEIR way for decades now only to have it contribute to our never ending deficits.
We have only made the problem worse with these current methods.
We have hurt SOOOOO many fellow American’s with this war on drugs…
The only way we can fix this is through our votes.
Your VOTE has never been more important then it is now,,, VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!
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Heard the DEA mentioned with fast and furious on the news.
2 way huh Is that legal?
I’ve seen some comments here about a massive raid expected by the DEA, including the one that predicts an all out offensive: shock and awe. I don’t see the feds doing that. What they are doing now is using all other means at their disposal: IRS, banking regulations, asset forfeiture threats, selective prosecutions, etc. A massive raid like that would surely inflame the public. There are already a lot of people who feel that the federal government is too big and too oppressive (tea, anyone?). A massive raid like that would get major media attention and would advance the national conversation about legalization. I’m sure that is the last thing the feds want. They would much rather intimidate everyone into surrendering. They are already getting states to cancel dispensary programs. If you were a landlord receiving a letter stating that your property would be confiscated unless you evicted that dispensary, what would you do? I can’t see how a massive raid would be necessary or even in their interest.
Kirk Perry, #67:
You make good points.
My take: Marijuana as medicine in CA is legal. If the DEA and other fed agencies do attack dispensaries, this would be an act of War against CA, and I would hope Gov. Brown has the balls to activate the state police and the reserves to counter-attack such a move by the feds.
What we need is a show-down. But what we really need is for Reefer Madness to end, period. There is simply no science, truth or legitimacy to marijuana prohibition.
If the fed to raid MJ dispensaries it will be proof this country is not free, that it cares nothing of Truth, Justice and Liberty. It will prove that the laws are more harmful than the “crime”. They will pose a danger to our youth in so many ways.
There’s no question that we vote Ron Paul in the Primaries… and if he doesn’t win the Republican nomination, it’ll prove our election system is rigged. Come time for Presidential elections, it really won’t mater who we vote for if Ron Paul isn’t on the ballot.
Yes, President Obama is a disappointment. He shows weakness as President, especially if MJ Dispensaries are raided and shut down. But I give him much credit given the current political climate… electing a Republican if it isn’t Ron Paul or Gary Johnson, would be a mistake. Neither party can be 100% invested in decriminalizing cannabis, even though do so is a slam dunk decision.
Without a doubt, given the tea-party hornets in Washington, and the endless recession we Americans are doing the best we can to ride out… Pres. Obama is not sitting in a comfortable chair, but rather he is sitting in the chair that can create the change he promised.
Alcohol prohibition didn’t end because the government realized it was a mistake, or because of the violence. Alcohol prohibition was repealed because the feds needed the tax dollars. Prohibition bankrupted the US. Cannabis prohibition has been doing that as well for decades. Sin Taxes are a necessity, not a choice. I’m sure Obama realizes this, but with hornets buzzing about in his office and policies far too complex to just burn, he may yet surprise us.
I’m not holding my breath, but I see positive change to MJ laws in the future. It all depends upon whether the DEA is stupid enough, stupidly directed to take action in CA and other states, and whether such states will have to balls to protect it’s sovereignty, it’s citizens, it’s laws against federal intrusion. It’s a win/win for the state to stand it’s ground. If they don’t, they lose more than their pride, they lose their rights as a state under the US Constitution. They condemn millions of people to the rule of a federal dictatorship.
Americans have proven many times how they can stand up for and demand their rights granted by the US Constitution. They also have important rights under their state constitutions. For those in NH, read Article 83, and you’ll see what I mean.
NORML supporters-
note the ratio of government attempts to:
+ACTUALLY INCREASE EMPLOYMENT, (not counting spending and bullshit to garner kudos for bogus attempts),
=COMPARED WITH
-ANTI-MARIJUANA POLICIES
obama has switched his step, upon hearing the ‘jump’ command from his master
and the rest of the ‘leaders’ are playing their games
at the expense of the country
ron p.he is the onley opne to help so people lets vote him in.
until the people figure it out and realize that until they take their self defense seriously (including defending their rights)the govt will continue to stop all over our rights and our well being….until the people become willing to use violence in defense of our freedoms which includes being able to make one feel good as long as you are not infringing on the rights of others, and when the govt comes to kidnap us for doing this we have the RIGHT to use what ever force necessary to protect our selves….but most people will cower and allow themselves to be no better than slaves..
#70 Tina J…the most valuable thing we have in this country is the constitution….our president candidates are selected anyways…i am 100% in favor of ron paul over another candidate, however with the media ignoring him you can easy see how the politics are manipulated, and this is not even what goes on behind closed doors….our presidents are SELECTED…and they ignore the will of the voters and freedom…our most valuable thing at the end of the day is our INNATE right to have weapons and that includes fire arms, because at the end of the day violence is the only means at protecting our selves, when it comes down to it….and until people are willing to stand up for themselves, the police and govt will continue to abuse us….
First they take away the right for mmj patients to own guns and now they’re fighting mmj itself. It sounds like they’re afraid of something…
When was the last time you called your state and federal law makers and expressed your views on this subject.All the money in the world will not fix our schools,and money will not get marijuana legalized.To many people are making money on drug testing and to be honest drug cleansing formulas,not to mention kick backs to our law makers.Remember that all gov control what the people of that nation can posses through the laws that they hold over the people.Once again we the people get the laws and our law makers get the freedom.
No matter how much they crack down, they can’t stop full legalization from hitting the ballot for 2012 in several states. This is only going to push things back in our favor in the long run.
Jayman said, “If you were a landlord receiving a letter stating that your property would be confiscated unless you evicted that dispensary, what would you do? I can’t see how a massive raid would be necessary or even in their interest.”
You are right, the feds can’t do a massive raid. This would likely garner more support for legalization. But this new tactic is cheap enforcement, the cost of postage. Any reasonable landlord that receives a letter from the DEA would likely throw out their tenants. Likewise, banks and credit card companies will cut these dispensaries off.
So Obama does not need to fire a single shot to put a MAJOR dent in this industry. He did it with the cost of a first class stamp.
THE BEST DEFENSE FOR THE INDUSTRY, IMO is for active participants to start a shit-storm of lawsuits. These dispensaries should sue everybody. From the owners, to the employees, to vendors, everybody connected to MMJ commerce should file lawsuits against landlords banks, credit card companies, the state which they operate, the feds, etc. The industry could create a huge hassle for the courts and create a larger controversy that might garner public support.
donate to norml not obama
they control the courts… you cannot win in court,
protests and sit-ins while well meaning will never accomplish a victory.
prohibition of alcohol failed because the”criminals” shot back at the cops and killed them! it got tougher and tougher to find a willing group of cops to go on a raid when they knew their was a good chance they would not come back. the only way we will end prohibition now is the same way. they love to bust pot people cuz we dont shoot back. if that changed the DEA would be screaming for prohibition to end!
Legalize now! Norml finally understands that marijuana legalization is not just for medical card holders! It is ridiculous for the government to stop all progress on the medical marijuana front.They realize they are losing the battle of Propaganda. (No known medical uses of marijuana. HA!) Just clamp down and make it totally illegal for sick people to legally get their medicine. Absolute Bullshit! Aren’t there more pressing issues then targeting legitimate marijuna dispensaries? Marijuana patients have no Second Amendment rights? Bullshit! Legitimate busineeses cannot deduct legitimate expenses? Bullshit! This is an all out attempt to stop marjuana. The laws must change and they must change now!
It is becoming increasingly clear that the federal government no longer represents the interests of the majority of its citizens, if it ever did.
Rather, the federal govenment intends to keep the masses enslaved to the benefit of the corporate masters of the alcohol and pharmaceutical industries.
A government without popular support cannot survive. It is now only a matter of time. A very sad state of affairs, here in the Land of the Free.
“They” hate our freedoms and we know who “they” are. Don’t vote for any of those “theys” in 2012.
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the nation’s largest retail worker organization, demands an immediate end to the U.S. Attorney’s misguided prosecution of operators of small dispensaries of legal medical cannabis in California.
In the past year, thousands of hardworking and taxpaying medical cannabis industry workers have joined together with the UFCW in various states in order to protect their jobs in this emerging industry. In today’s economy, hourly wage jobs like these that pay good wages with decent benefits are vital to keeping our economy afloat and families out of poverty.
At a time when the unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent, our economy requires bold action from our government to create good family-sustaining jobs. The steps taken by the four California U.S. attorneys to send letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 medical dispensaries and their landlords that they are violating federal drug laws would do just the opposite.
“I have a good middle class American Job with good health benefits and a pension that I can look forward to,” said Larry Richards, a UFCW Local 5 member and a manager at the Blue Sky Dispensary in Oakland, California. “Because of our industry and our union I am able to be a productive breadwinner and, as a person living with HIV since 1983, I have fought and struggled not to be a drain on society. I want to work, I want to be productive but now, they want to take my job and put me back on the rolls of Social Security.”
Vote Ron Paul.
Legalize MJ.
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AMEN!!!!!!
all i have to say is congragulations to all the people who voted no in the cali legalize vote so you can keep your money flowin growin chron. looks like the joke is on you and now your all getting locked up. that vote was the one thing us cannabis consumers had going for us. had it been passed this thing would have been on the road and people would be on their way to better lives all across the nation and im pretty convinced that growers( money makers) fucked that up for everyone. so enjoy your money you fuckers it will be usless when you have the feds kicking your door in and attaching your livelyhood to horses,torn apart and quartered.
If pot becomes legal, I lose my job. Keep that ish illegal.
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I made my donation. PHARMCORP has the money to keep our politicians bought and paid for, in order to prescribe Oxycotin, percodans and nasty little pills that can kill you..IF YOU ARE LUCKY. The side effects of these drugs are horrific, and they cause a money making dependency.
I am voting for Ron Paul. He may not get elected, but I’ll feel that I did the right thing.
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its going to be hard to get mj legalized i write congress all the time and they always respond the same they always say legalizing will do more harm than good bunch of b. s. they would rather make you go to jail or unemployed when will this nonsense stop, how can we get congress to legalize when they already have thier minds made up
i say all people who have states with marijuana decriminalized all get a bunch of fines and refuse to pay for all your tickets and see if the government has the money to put us all in jail at 150,000$ for each of us no way its happening and there’s already people protesting everywhere against the government mite as well protest for that two and no tickets payed they will have no choice and if they were smart they would tax it all over the us and pay china back with the profit so we could pay some dept off so they don’t nuke us and who knows maybe we could have a good economy again
This is some crap. I say as Americans, we stop waiting for the government to take appropriate states. We should boycott paying for the jailing of possession offenders and such. We should stop paying for the “war on Drugs.” WE, as human beings, Need to stand up and say no. Put it out of their control. We’re free people. Not ruled under one person or another.