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Backing for Law on Medical Pot Climbs in Poll
Posted by CN Staff on January 30, 2004 at 09:27:19 PT
By Alexa H. Bluth -- Bee Capitol Bureau
Source: Sacramento Bee 
Californians' views about the use of medical marijuana have relaxed dramatically since voters agreed to legalize the drug for ill patients in this state eight years ago, a new statewide survey found.Now three in four voters, cutting across political, religious and generational spectrums, believe that 1996's largely stalled medical marijuana proposition should be enforced, according to a Field Poll released today.
That is a far greater percentage than cast ballots in favor of Proposition 215, which is supposed to exempt from criminal charges patients or caregivers with a doctor's prescription to possess or cultivate marijuana. The law passed with 56 percent approval.The law has largely stalled because federal authorities refuse to recognize it in California and continue to enforce federal marijuana laws even in medical cases."A majority of (voters) are supportive of implementation of the law," said survey director Mark DiCamillo. "There is no subgroup -- be it conservative, be it regular churchgoer, be it Republican -- that is opposed."Indeed, six in 10 Republicans surveyed and more than half of those who said they considered themselves conservative favor the law's implementation."The will of the people comes first and foremost, period," said survey respondent Gerrold Webber, a 56-year-old Sacramento letter carrier, who is a Republican. "If the people vote for it, it should be implemented."Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/ca/story/8184957p-9116299c.htmlSource: Sacramento Bee (CA)Author: Alexa H. Bluth -- Bee Capitol BureauPublished: Friday, January 30, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Sacramento BeeContact: opinion sacbee.comWebsite: http://www.sacbee.com/Related Article & Web Site:Medical Marijuana Information Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htmMedicinal Marijuana Law Gains Favorhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18262.shtmlCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #43 posted by gloovins on February 09, 2004 at 05:21:33 PT
After 2 years and 8 lawyers...
YES! The wording is finalized! And it's very defensible!
EVEN BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT!INITIATIVE PETITION
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION A PETITION TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE MARIJUANA WITHIN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4 OF THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION TO ADD A SECTION 55 WHICH WOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:Article 4, Section 55 Except as provided in this section, no law or regulation shall be enacted or enforced which restrains or abridges the right of any person who has reached the age of 21 years from the personal cultivation or possession of marijuana or marijuana products. A marijuana product is any product containing marijuana plant parts. Industrial hemp is defined as marijuana plant parts or products containing less than a 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration and shall not be regulated by any governmental body or agency in Michigan, except that any law, ordinance, or regulation which applies generally to the possession, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, production, or sale of a product may be applied to the possession, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, production, or sale of industrial hemp. Marijuana may be provided to persons in Michigan under 21 years of age for treatment prescribed by a physician licensed in Michigan. If the person is under the age of 18, marijuana shall only be provided with the consent of such person’s parent or legal guardian. Any Michigan resident who has reached the age of 21 years may apply to the liquor control commission for a certificate to cultivate marijuana in Michigan for sale to authorized retailers and manufacturers within Michigan. The cost of such certificate shall not exceed $1,000.00 and may not be denied except for age or residency. Any Michigan resident who has reached the age of 21 years may apply to the liquor control commission for a certificate to manufacture marijuana products in Michigan from marijuana grown in Michigan for sale to authorized retailers within Michigan. The cost of such certificate shall not exceed $1,000.00 and may not be denied except for age or residency. Any retailer legally authorized to sell alcoholic beverages is authorized to sell marijuana grown in Michigan or marijuana products from marijuana grown and processed in Michigan to any person in Michigan who has reached the age of 21 years, during the hours so authorized to sell alcoholic beverages. No governmental body or agency of Michigan shall set prices on marijuana or marijuana products and total taxes shall not exceed thirty-five (35%) percent of retail prices. The liquor control commission shall require retailers of marijuana and marijuana products to have a copy of the growers’ and manufacturers’ certificates on hand and manufacturers of marijuana products to have a copy of the growers’ certificates on hand and to require all retail packaging of marijuana and marijuana products to include the appropriate Michigan certificate number(s). Nothing in this section shall limit the legislature or a political subdivision from prohibiting or regulating the cultivation, possession or use of marijuana on any land or in any building or other facility owned, rented or operated by Michigan, or any city, county, public college, university, community college, school district, or other political subdivision or governmental body or agency. Nothing in this section shall limit the power of the legislature or a political subdivision from prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana or while impaired by marijuana, from smoking marijuana in a public place, or from being in a public place while visibly under the influence of marijuana. Nothing in this section shall limit the right of the owner of any property from prohibiting the cultivation or possession of marijuana or marijuana products on the owner’s property.****************************************
What the Amendment to the Michigan Constitution will accomplishIt means that no one who works for the State of Michigan or one of it's political subdivisions will arrest anyone over 21 for simple possession of marijuana.It regulates Michigan commercial growers and manufacturers of marijuana products, certifies and labels their products to ensure intrastate commerce, and allows Michigan retailers of alcohol to sell marijuana and marijuana products to folks over 21.Provisions for medical marijuana for patients under 21 are established and industrial hemp is allowed to compete in the market place.Irresponsible behaviors regarding the consumption of marijuana, such as driving while impaired or even public smoking can still result in a ticket or arrest.It means the Federal Government will not be able to interfere with Michigan's right to regulate intrastate commerce unless the Supreme Court decides to totally emasculate the Constitution.There may be an initial uptake in marijuana usage by adults; accompanied by a down take in hard drug usage by all and a down take in marijuana consumption by teens. Professor Gazzaniga reminds us that "a major feature of the human response to drug availability is the inclination to moderation. Most people are adjusted and are intent on living productive lives. While most of us, pursuing that goal, enjoy the sensations of euphoria, or anxiety reduction, or (at times) social disinhibition or even anesthesia, we don't let the desire for these sensations dominate our behavior."This amendment to the Michigan Constitution is about protecting people who work hard, raise a family and don't need a government telling them whether they can or can't smoke marijuana.Ok all we got till July 5 2004 to get 310,000 + signatures. They (prayes) got about 280,000 but time is on our side, oh yes & TRUTH too. 2 VIT's, no? Ok well, I wouldv'e perfered to call it cannabis but the writers on the other side chose otherwise. I'm also mentioning them to put hempcar.org on their links page. Anyone have suggestions for genuine, helpful links for the page email Bruce "ZHarris" Ritchie at apublicservice.com...his email addy is there...Say a prayer for Michigan and all the voters that go to the polls in Nov 2004, BTW -- what do the stars say for that period/day (Nov 7th? right? )all you armchair Carl Sagans? or astrologists?...always curious.
Michigan 2004 -- we can do it!
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Comment #42 posted by E_Johnson on January 31, 2004 at 22:28:10 PT
Naughty Howard Dean
Did anyone see the story about Dean in Aspen that's on the NORML site?He claimed a medical deferment from the draft, and then bought a $250 ski pass and skied 80 days on it.
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Comment #41 posted by FoM on January 31, 2004 at 19:10:02 PT
gloovins
You should be able to find out information on their web site. Here's the link.http://www.nrle.org/
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Comment #40 posted by gloovins on January 31, 2004 at 19:00:29 PT
help
yes I wanted ashcroft v raich thx -- got that to him as well as a failed a cpl years ago s dakoda 1% definition of hemp (in Mich's it .3%) drive in the legislature Also the Nevada drive, it's language, its results and people from NRLE who want to help out / network w/us in our drive here in Michigan ..will keep u posted again & thanks FoM & all again too! You may or not have remembered these ..
 
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on January 31, 2004 at 10:53:55 PT
Patrick
I have the Raich v. Ashcroft ruling and thought it might help Gloovins. I really wasn't sure what he wanted but maybe this will help him too.Raich v. Ashcroft: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/ruling.pdf
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Comment #38 posted by Patrick on January 31, 2004 at 10:34:00 PT
gloovins
Here is a link to the 9th Circuit website where you can link to past opinions or email them directly…http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/I think the case you may be looking for is Raich v. Ashcroft, 03-15481.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling 2-1 in a rare late-afternoon filing, said prosecuting these medical marijuana users under a 1970 federal law is unconstitutional if the marijuana isn't sold, transported across state lines or used for non-medicinal purposes.``The intrastate, noncommercial cultivation, possession and use of marijuana for personal medical purposes on the advice of a physician is, in fact, different in kind from drug trafficking,'' Judge Harry Pregerson wrote for the majority.The court added that ``this limited use is clearly distinct from the broader illicit drug market, as well as any broader commercial market for medical marijuana, insofar as the medical marijuana at issue in this case is not intended for, nor does it enter, the stream of commerce.''http://www.sodakhemp.org/ has info on the ballot initiative that failed 38%-62%. Along with the actual text of what voters saw.Full text of Nevada Question 9 -A medical marijuana initiative can be found here:http://www.nationalfamilies.org/guide/nevada9-full.htmlMore info can be found here: http://www.mpp.org/WarOnDrugCzar/Hope this helps!
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 20:01:34 PT
gloovins
I'm not sure I know what you are looking for. Maybe someone will know. Did you try doing a Google search of CNews? If you use the search tool on this link it brings up more details then the search tool that is on CNews. Try this and see if it helps.http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/
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Comment #36 posted by Virgil on January 30, 2004 at 19:59:52 PT
You forget the Plan of Silence
They have a real problem because anything they do breaks the Plan of Silence. They rely on one way communication that programs over the airwaves and does not answer. It is silent or it is pronouncing. It is all a lie and every day people are learning that it is a lie. Montel has a book that would fly off the shelf if they arrested him. If there is one disease they do not want to mess with it is MS. There is too much to come out as if it all can be stopped.Montel knows his next spill and he has lines rehearsed for what will come. You know darn well he has knowledge of GW extracts and probably thc4MS.org. It would blow the lid slam off as silence is doing nothing. I say that he will be the one to first cover the GW extracts and may go so far as to fly people in from the UK to witness to the miracle of it all and show the Schedule 1 lie for what it is.The SOL is a tremendous horror that is escaping some here. It has gone on for 33 years. You are talking about stoppin medicine for over 3 decades when we knew it had all but unlimited value. Cannabinoids will have a future in everything from a headache to cancer. It will have a future when it should all passed. My whole adult life was altered because medicine would have shown safety and safety would have shown it should have been legal. Look at all the hangovers and losers I ran across because the future was turned back. Then multiply that times billions.It is so horrid that people cannot comprehend its magnitude and the pressure from all the inflicted pain is set to explode. That is why we should not be concerned with what Montel does. We should be concerned with what we do. We are the wind and we should blow. We should shout. We should show outrage. How dare those bastards ruin lives and end lives because of the damned prohibition.But even then we should say Free Cannabis For Everyone. We should not be happy with ending half the corruption and letting another universe of pain go on. God damn people. Free Cannabis For Everyone. Montel will speak for himself and represent the cause of truth. But the only destination for this train should end at Freedom and one day soon, be it in London or a courthouse near you people will shout "Free Cannabis For Everyone" I am telling you those will be the words and they will shout them.Mark my words. There is already a choir to sing and there are only four words in the song. You can speak Free Cannabis For Everyone. You can chant Free Cannabis For Everyone. You can shout Free Cannabis For Everyone or you can sing Free Cannabis For Everyone. But No Cannabis for Anyone is a myth and an insane ideology that cannot be sung for. Now get your words together and take a deep breath and blow.If you do not think we face a house of cards, then what is this- http://65.18.211.65/a/
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Comment #35 posted by gloovins on January 30, 2004 at 19:56:20 PT
FOM Somewhat on topic
Hi this message is to anyone out there who can help w/ the situation in Mich now. They are out to a little late start because of amongst others -- the rulings in the 9th circuit, defining industrial hemp within text of amendment, etc. FoM or anyone who cares, can you give me the links to the 9th circuit ruling injuctioning the 1970 CSA, the south dakota 1% industrial hemp law I believed failed, no? & the nevada results & text of that proposed amendment. Im not lazy -- I tried to do searches of c-news and came up short. if you want you can just email them to the zharris email at apublicservice.com his name is Bruce R.thanks all stay gloovy!
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Comment #34 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 19:45:20 PT
Virgil
I tried but I couldn't get a connect either.
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Comment #33 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 19:41:36 PT
kaptinemo 
I agree with you. You covered it very well. 
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Comment #32 posted by kaptinemo on January 30, 2004 at 19:30:44 PT:
Uh, no, FoM, that's not what I meant
The problem is that there ARE no prescriptions for cannabis in the US, not even in California...so his use of the word 'prescription' is what the antis will almsot certainly use to attack him.But it also may cause others to wonder why. And that's what's really important right now. That one little question - "Why?" - is what the antis have feared for so long and done everything they can to intimidate people from asking. Because such a simple question opens up universes of other questions. Like: "Why is marijuana illegal?". That leads to what I call the Reformer's Catechism. Namely, researching the history of cannabis prohibition. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but the race issue concerning the history of drug prohibition in this country is a political 'third rail' that no anti wants to go anywhere near. Because it's a powder keg with an extremely short fuse. If the African- and Hispanic-American leaders of their respective communities ever dared to put the racist origins of the DrugWar and the wildly disproportionate numbers of their communities (as opposed to Whites) in prison together, then the fuse is lit. Perhaps this is why the antis have not come down like a ton of bricks on Mr. Williams's head. To do so is to invite a counterattack that may not stop at words...that could lead to quietly smoldering racial tensions bursting into full flame, again. again. I was 10 years old, living in suburb of DC, when ML King was murdered; I remember the pain and the fury many Blacks showed that day. I also rememebr the 1992 LA Riot. Things are even worse now economically than they were back then. Our cities are like bombs waiting to go off. The police patrolling many minority sections of our cities behave as if they were in downtown Baghdad, not Mayberry. The righteous resentment by many Blacks for their treatment at the hands of the police may need only a tiny outrage to spark another Time of Burning. All thanks to conditions created by the DrugWar.Theer's one thing I'd really like to see: Mr. Williams and Crisco Johnny on the same show, and watch Mr. Ashcroft try to tell Mr. Williams that his medicine doesn't work, and that there are better ones in pill form like Marinol that are legal to use. Mr. Williams has bloody little to lose now; he's already crossed over to our side, despite his claims he's only out for medicinal usage. Sooner or later, someone will get the facts about the racist origins of the DrugWar to him. When that happens, a challenge will almost certainly be made to publicly debate DrugWarriors. And the antis know that they lose in the arena of public opinion, every time. 
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Comment #31 posted by Virgil on January 30, 2004 at 19:30:27 PT
Marc Emery started a half hour ago
http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2452.html It started at 7PM in VancouverI failed to connect, but this is from the right side of the homepage of pot-tv where it says it starts LIVE at 7PM
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Comment #30 posted by Virgil on January 30, 2004 at 19:19:56 PT
He speaks on two days, FoM
It says here- http://www.entheogenesis.ca/index2.html - he will speak twice. I gather that he will speak on the Myth of the Schedule 1 on Sunday Marc Emery should be on live about now as it really starts tonight. This could really be big. Really, really big.Dr. Ethan Russo; 
Day 1: Bhang, Ganja and Charas. Ancient Cannabis Claims and their Scientific RationaleDay 2: The Myth of Schedule I: Medical Uses of Forbidden Plants and Compounds
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 19:09:17 PT
Virgil
Dr. Russo will be on at 2:30 ET tomorrow. I can't wait to see it.
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Comment #28 posted by Virgil on January 30, 2004 at 19:06:50 PT
Marc Emery's 4 day bash of speakers began
Dr. Russo will speak tomorrow and can be seen live as can all four days of speakers http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2444.html From the homepage of pot-tv-Entheogenesis Will Be Broadcast Live On Pot TV
4 Days Of Live Pot TV!!!!!!! Pot TV manager Chris Bennett tells how Pot TV will be broadcasting 4 days of Live shows starting Friday Jan. 30, with a very special Psychedelic MARC EMERY LIVE, which will include guests from the ENTHEOGENESIS CONFERENCE, then on Saturday, Jan. 31st and Sunday, Feb 1st the full slate of speakers presenting at ENTHEOGENESIS will be broadcast live, (see schedule on the showpage). Plus there will be a FREE PSYCHEDLIC TRADE SHOW AT THE BC MARIJUANA PARTY BOOKSTORE, 307 WEST HASTINGS and finally on Monday, Pot TV launches it's new live show, HILLARY BLACK LIVE, (the Yin to Marc's Yang!), with guests Todd McCormick and Renee Boje. Check It Out! 
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 18:53:20 PT
kaptinemo 
That was very interesting to me because it sounds like a person can get a prescription from a state that cannabis is approved for medical and live in another state! That could open up a big can of worms in a few ways.
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Comment #26 posted by kaptinemo on January 30, 2004 at 18:45:56 PT:
Yes, I caught the 'prescription' bit too
As I said, the antis will *have* to say or do something now; he's becoming too visible: an articulate African-American voice, being very up front about how MMJ helps him, cannot be allowed to remain unpunished for long. The bit about 'prescribing', though; that may prove his Achille's Heel. Or a key to unlock the door in the barricades. It will largely depend upon how the antis proceed.
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Comment #25 posted by mayan on January 30, 2004 at 18:38:47 PT
Backlash
I still believe that support for medical cannabis, especially in California, hovers around 90%. With Bush in the White House, raids on clubs and patients,9/11,Iraq and the not forgotten energy scandal, there is a tremendous backlash brewing out in Cali. It will only get bigger.The way out is the way in...IN YOUR FACE - Connections between Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force, 9/11 and Peak Oil “On the Table” - by Michael C. Ruppert:
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/013004_in_your_face.html
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Comment #24 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 18:37:28 PT
Montel Said
The part about Medical Marijuana wasn't long but Deborah Norville said that is was illegal in New York and he said that there are states that it can be prescribed and he has a prescription from Doctors in those states. He said it should be rescheduled and out of the category with Heroin that he said is the most deadly of drugs. That's what I wanted to say about the show. I think I got it right.
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Comment #23 posted by kaptinemo on January 30, 2004 at 18:36:34 PT:
And he practically called it the SOL
Not outright, but he mentioned that cannabis is in the same class as heroin...which I am sure many of his fans were unaware of...and the Government wishes he hadn't mentioned.I expect the presently silent antis to have to say something now; they've been very careful not to say *anything* at all since his last public mentioning of the matter on his show. 
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Comment #22 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 18:20:01 PT
Montel's Coming On Now
They just said he is going to talk about medical marijuana! 
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Comment #21 posted by Virgil on January 30, 2004 at 18:00:37 PT
The next president will be a Democrat
Any Democrat that runs the gauntlet to win the Democratic nomination will be president. But as the election relates to cannabis- let us say that if they had nausea studies when the spinners take to pushing their lies, there could be some real research done. People should build a reserve of cannabis as many will find it the only relief from the crap that will be coming to feed the Freakers into a frenzy.Bush is going to get trounced. Once DK lit into the PNAC plan, it raised the level of leveling that is coming. If Nader ran his old self, it would only be Republicans that could just not vote for a Democrat come H or high water that would support him. I think people need to withdrawal from the news as a consumer of the crap and withdrawal to watch as a critic and just eye the lies.Well, I started out being cannabis related. But outside of the elections, the economy here is terrible. Every week another plant closes. People might not know what it is like in a small town with a big textile mill or a big furniture plant as the main employeer. The local paper has several pictures a week of he worked here 40 years or she worked 30. A lot of these people have no skills that would get them jobs. I only say this because, the only way some people are going to survive is to grow some laughing grass. 
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 17:39:58 PT
Friendly Reminder: Montel Williams on MSNBC at 9 
EJ and The GCW I agree about polls.Heads Up: Montel Williams on MSNBC Tonight 9 ET Friday at 9 p.m. ET Deborah Norville TonightTalk show host Montel Williams tells you about what brought him to the brink of suicide and what brought him back. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3910275/
 
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Comment #19 posted by The GCW on January 30, 2004 at 17:30:44 PT
About Bush... Bring on the polls.
People did not want His father back for another term and it seems to Me the people even more do not want this one back!There are too many people that do not like this one, even more.Remember He did not even get elected and since His election theft, it is clear even less (not more) people support Him now.I don't think He can beat any of the Dems, running for office. Bush is on His last gasp.Only a fool will vote for this evil person.I can hardly wait for the message the people will give Him in November.Don't just say no to Bush, say hell no! 
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Comment #18 posted by E_Johnson on January 30, 2004 at 16:29:59 PT
Remember the study FoM
Fox is wrong about everything!
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 16:05:03 PT
BGreen
I was just looking for the transcripts but haven't found them yet. They had a Poll on Fox and the Poll said Bush will beat Kerry. How do they do it? Newsweek said Kerry will beat Bush! It drives me a little crazy.
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Comment #16 posted by BGreen on January 30, 2004 at 16:01:55 PT
o'reilly and walters
The faux news website had a description of the "guests" that said (I paraphrase): Drug czar john walters premiers the latest anti-drug superbowl ads. Drug abuse is down; could the ads be the reason?After the 6th consecutive study lambasting these ridiculous commercials, faux news and their big-mouthed pea-brain o'reilly were playing up the ads like these studies never existed.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 15:26:51 PT
About Montel
There are many people who don't believe that marijuana should be legal because of fear. The polls seem to show us that legalizing marijuana is a ways off. Medical marijuana is within our grasp. I believe we win wars by winning small battles. It's one step at a time and sooner or later society will understand. It just will take more time. I wish Montel the very best.
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Comment #14 posted by E_Johnson on January 30, 2004 at 15:22:24 PT
I believe Montel can do it
I think he can make rescheduling into a mainstream issue and generate enough PR to make it happen.
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Comment #13 posted by E_Johnson on January 30, 2004 at 15:12:54 PT
Montel is not Moses
He's not aiming to part the Red Sea and lead the Children of Israel back to the Promised Land. He's just aiming for something he has a chance of accomplishing in the near term.He's not a crusader, he is the type who is directly goal-oriented and works towards a specific doable goal.Changing Schedule I is something that is doable for this man.I believe we should back him all the way and not be upset with him because he isn't Moses.
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 14:47:43 PT
Just a Note
I just checked in on the Kerry thread and it was really good to see it making sense now. I don't post on boards but it was nice to read and gives me hope that cannabis and hemp issues matter. 
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 14:11:10 PT
SystemGoneDown
He's too sick to take on that fight in my opinion. When a person is sick they fight battles in degrees. We that are healthy don't understand but that's what I think.
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Comment #10 posted by SystemGoneDown on January 30, 2004 at 13:58:24 PT
Montel...
I don't really like him. I don't get why he won't be an all-out advocate for marijuana, period. He seems hesitant to go the whole 9. Marijuana rids him of pain, while boosting his low spirit. I don't get it. On his show, he says "I'm not asking for legalization, just put it at Schedule II instead of Schedule I". I don't blame all the critics who blast him by saying he's just using his MS as an excuse to get high. I don't blame them because he's not being real. What difference does it make if someone get's high for medical reasons, or for personal use. He goes along with the popular opinion that you must have a debilitating reason to legitamately use it. I don't understand how he can take this MMJ stand and still praise the War on Drugs. To me, he's conflicted. It took me a while to really analyze where he's coming from. I just don't get it. As if there is a distinct difference between smoking pot for MS and smoking pot so a movie seems better. All illicit drug use is medicine, period. If one feels a need to take it to boost his/her spirit, so be it. People seek pleasure for relief. So why does Montel praise the evil War on Drugs while advocating MMJ. It doesn't make sense. This War doesn't make sense, it goes against human nature.
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 13:48:27 PT
Medical Marijuana Week 2004 starts 2-15!
http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=785
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 13:16:06 PT
Heads Up: Montel Williams on MSNBC Tonight 9 ET
Friday at 9 p.m. ET Deborah Norville TonightTalk show host Montel Williams tells you about what brought him to the brink of suicide and what brought him back. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3910275/
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Comment #7 posted by SystemGonedown on January 30, 2004 at 12:26:52 PT
Decriminalization
Decriminalization is absurd. It's a half ass answer to an unnecessary problem. Although I'd favor it over our current policy, it's total nonsense to say you can have it, but we'll arrest the source that it's from. To me, decriminalization is an insult to the people. It's a signal of "there, you happy". It's not correcting the issue, it's just another way of getting around the truth. They think stoners are too stupid to want anything more than a decrim law. 
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Comment #6 posted by OverwhelmSam on January 30, 2004 at 11:54:40 PT:
SystemGoneDown
I didn't catch the O'rielly show, but Bill has always supported the decriminalization of marijuana. He's said repeatedly on different shows that he doesn't believe people should be put in jail for personal marijuana use. It should be replayed on the weekend in the O'rielly show highlights.
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on January 30, 2004 at 11:13:57 PT
O'Reilly
I just looked for transcripts but can't seem to find where they keep transcripts. Maybe they will release them to Google News soon.
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Comment #4 posted by Virgil on January 30, 2004 at 11:11:20 PT
Sam
A couple of years ago the magic number was 73%. The iniatives the states now have go back some time. A true test will come in Detroit in November. There are polls out every night on the Democratic primary and we can't get crap from the media on cannabis beliefs. I conducted my own poll, and among people that could identify John Walters, 98% wanted him canned.
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Comment #3 posted by E_Johnson on January 30, 2004 at 10:30:36 PT
O'Reilly is feeling secondary trauma from Rush
That's interesting about O'Reilly.I think the idea of Rush facing a felony prosecution is scaring some sense into the right.It's traumatic to have your freedom taken away by the legal system, and people who watch that happen to someone they care for and identify with can suffer secondary trauma, sometimes quite serious.We all know what that's like, we all suffer from that here when we see another brave soul brought down by enemy fire.Well now people who are fans of Rush Limbaugh will be going through those emotional changes and they will be pushed out of their comfort zones by that and they will all be reaching for a way to comfort themselves and make sense of it all.And we know where that leads. Drug reform activism.
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Comment #2 posted by SystemGoneDown on January 30, 2004 at 10:02:43 PT
O'reilly
Did anybody see John Walters on the O'Reilly Factor last night? It was pathetic. They showed the anti-drug ad that is going to be played on the Super Bowl. These two guys - Oreilly and Walters were practically giving each other hand jobs during the hole interview. Bill agreed with the ad and encouraged it. But O'reilly actually told Walters that he thinks the drug war is dead and resources should be going to rehab instead. But O'Reilly, usually the aggressor played like a scared cat. He got soft on the issue and Walters was able to spin his way out of it. It was like Oreilly was setting him up to spin out of the topic. These two were beating each other off the hole time, especially when they were almost congradulating each other that youth drug use is down 11%.
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Comment #1 posted by Sam Adams on January 30, 2004 at 09:42:21 PT
Interesting
It's interesting that medical MJ always polls out at 75-80%, while in actual referendum elections, it usually on comes in at 55-60%.That tells you a lot about who votes and who does not vote in this country!
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