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Marijuana Activists Rally for Legal Rights
Posted by CN Staff on April 25, 2003 at 09:02:49 PT
By Jeaney Lee
Source: Daily Targum 
"In a nation of democracy and freedom, why can't I smoke pot if I want?" said Brad Allen, secretary of RU Marijuana Supporters. RUMS members held a rally supporting the political effort to legalize the use of marijuana yesterday in front of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus.Rutgers College junior Jennifer Mercado, RUMS president, said the rally was not promoting the use of marijuana and was respectful of the fact that the government has not yet legalized its usage.
Rather, the rally was held to educate the community and reverse the misinformation many people have received from anti-pot institutes and the U.S government. Recent anti-smoking government advertisements have shown images of the worst-case scenario of marijuana abuse. RUMS members said they believe these images can be misleading because they are unrealistic examples. The group said it hopes the usage of marijuana will soon be equivalent to the use of alcohol and cigarettes. "I don't think smoking pot is wrong. If I'm going to smoke it, I'm going to be smart about it and take precautions before I do it," said RUMS member Randall Parker, a Livingston College first-year student. Parker said the first step in legalizing marijuana is its decriminalization. RUMS said as long as people make responsible choices and do not cause harm to others, marijuana smoking is not negative. Group members said they are aware of the consequences of marijuana abuse and believe in responsible actions. "My choice is what I choose to do. If I'm not causing you any harm, it shouldn't bother you," said Allen, a Rutgers College first-year student. The organization was started last year, with Mercado as one of its founding members. "I realized that marijuana laws needed to be changed and that people needed to be made aware of the misconceptions inherent to marijuana," she said.There are 10 official members, including the few who are not marijuana smokers but are fighting for the legalization of the drug. "I think a lot of people are scared of being associated with the 'pothead club.' But that is not what we are. We are advocates for the reformation of marijuana laws," Mercado said. Source: Daily Targum (NJ Edu)Author: Jeaney LeePublished: April 24, 2003Copyright: 2003 Daily TargumContact: opinions dailytargum.comWebsite: http://www.dailytargum.com/Rutgers University Marijuana Supportershttp://www.geocities.com/ru_marijuana/index.htmlCannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on April 26, 2003 at 13:05:33 PT
Indiana: Marijuana Legalization Event Sunday 
Herald-Times ReportApril 26, 2003 Citizen's Alliance for the Legalization of Marijuana will have a festival Sunday in Dunn Meadow from noon to dusk.CALM is a campus and community organization in Bloomington, founded in 1997.The CALMFEST will feature several speakers: Robert Miller, former Monroe County prosecutor; Hal Pepinsky, professor of criminal justice at Indiana University; Steve Dillon, national board member of the National Organization for the Reform of the Marijuana Laws; Jeff Mease, founder and CEO of One World Enterprises (Pizza Express, Lenny's and Bloomington Brewing Co.); Sam Lucky, former naval narcotics officer; Paul Hager, Republican legalization activist; Erin Hollinden, Libertarian legalization activist; and Matthew Frank, owner of Clear Moment health food store.In addition to speakers, the event will feature music from various bands. Johnzo West & The Prophets, Zion Crossroads, Tarpaper Shack and Sin 37 will play.Vendors attending the event will be provided with tables. They are asked to show up at 11 a.m. and will be asked for a donation. IU student groups interested in an information table should also come around 11 a.m. to secure tables. http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2003/04/26/news.0426-HT-C1_JLR07320.sto
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Comment #3 posted by Richard Paul Zuckerm on April 26, 2003 at 09:14:14 PT:
THE HYPOCRISY OF THE MARIHUANA LAWS
The awful hypocrisy of the Marihuana laws is that the United States Central Intelligence Agency launders over $200 billion of drug money thru Wall Street, every year, with impunity, www.copvcia.com, while Americans are punished for Marihuana use.
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Comment #2 posted by Richard Paul Zuckerm on April 26, 2003 at 08:49:09 PT:
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE IGNORANT
A couple of years ago, I rented a room (for several months)at 106 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick, N.J., across the street from the Ole' Queens Tavern. I handed out comic books there authored by www.jpfo.org and the New Jersey Militia Newsletter. The students were unaware of the implications of being in the United Nations. I also handed out photocopies of a few pages from State v. Mallan, 950 P.2d  (Hawaii 1998)(Dissenting opinion by Justice Levinson) on why Marihuana laws are unfair. Only a few of the Rutgers University students were aware that the 1947 New Jersey Constitution was created right there at Rutger's University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey! Many people are not aware that government schools were not created to educate the people, www.johntaylorgatto.com. As a result, the students tend to believe the propaganda we are shown by major media and the important information NOT taught in government schools, INCLUDING UNIVERSITIES. "Don't let schooling get in the way of your education." Mark Twain. If more people were aware of the history of the Marihuana laws, as shown in the Web article entitled SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA, www.sumeria.net/politics/shadv3.html, then the people would be more willing to question the legitimacy of Big Brother and the Marihuana laws and would be more willing to exercise their jury nullification powers, www.fija.org, would be more willing to vote for Libertarian Party, www.njlp.org, or Green Party, www.greenparty.org, instead of voting for the fascist Republican/Democrat machine of the Rockefeller/Bush fossil fuel and pharmaceutical Empire.
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Comment #1 posted by Maryland Resident on April 25, 2003 at 11:07:25 PT:
your mission should you choose to accept it
1st. Create a economic business plan for the us goverment. Stop with the facts and the illogical imprisonments, the devestating possibly and all the rest of the who-ha that has been the black death of the reformation of laws for years. Start a new approach make it profitable internally for the US. That IS the ONLY -ONLY way that this "reformation" will be honored. Otherwise your going to be wasting your time like the myriads of people before you. Create a economic US business plan- keep it reasonable, After all presently the US Contracts out of country for medical Marijuana. --Side note: one would think if the US government allows Miller high life to sell on shelves of stores, they all can't be that bright after all. But, never let it said they are not greedy ..MD Res
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