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  Is The CU Pothead Dead?

Posted by CN Staff on October 31, 2006 at 21:28:59 PT
By Nicole Danna, Colorado Daily Staff Writer  
Source: Colorado Daily 

Colorado -- Should the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana be legalized in the state of Colorado? Proponents of Colorado Amendment 44 say “yes.” They believe marijuana should carry a similar relationship to the law that alcohol does, in part because they believe marijuana is less harmful than alcohol.Opponents of Amendment 44 disagree, and worry that legalizing possession of marijuana would make pot more accessible for those under the age of 21.
But come Nov. 7, it will be up to voters on the issue that has already been given a big “nay” by members of the University of Colorado Intercampus Student Forum (ICSF).A body composed of student government representatives from each of the University of Colorado's three statewide campuses, the ICSF unanimously drafted an anti-Amendment 44 resolution during an Oct. 16 meeting, and will be addressing the public Thursday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. on the Auraria campus to demonstrate their stance. “[The ICSF's] primary interest is fostering excellence in the academic and social environment at the University of Colorado, and we do not feel the passage of Amendment 44 would be compatible with that in any way,” said ICSF member Colin Rose, vice president of the student government Association for the University of Colorado at Denver. “Therefore, we feel compelled to voice our opposition by way of this resolution.”Rose said that because other statewide constitutional issues have had tangible effects on students, such as the ability to set tuition rates, it is important the student government stand united against Amendment 44.“What we know is that state law has an impact on students, and an impact on our campuses,” said Rose. “Any statewide initiative will have an impact on students, so we drafted this resolution because we realized this amendment would have impacts on the prestige of the flagship university in the state of Colorado.”For Mason Tvert, supporter of Amendment 44 and representative for the Alcohol-MJ Equalization Initiative, the anti-amendment resolution is “disgusting.”Tvert said that a majority of students, 68 percent of CU's student body, voted in favor of the non-profit Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation's (SAFER) initiative that promotes marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol.SAFER's supporters say marijuana is far less addictive than other narcotics and alcohol, and that is safer for long-term use.“Simply said, [that percentage of students] didn't think that the penalties for marijuana should be any greater than the penalties for alcohol and it's unfortunate to see student representatives acting in direct opposition to their student body,” said Tvert during an interview with the Colorado Daily Tuesday. “Right now our policies are pushing students and adults to drink, and I don't think it makes sense to punish those adults who make the rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol.”Tvert added that despite alcohol-related deaths at both CU-Boulder and Colorado State University in 2004, he doesn't believe the ICSF has done anything to discourage alcohol-abuse on campus.“I know CU-Boulder has been marred recently by alcohol-related incidents and I don't see the student government doing anything to stand up for the student body that voted to address that alcohol problem [by supporting SAFER],”said Tvert. “This appears to be a select group of student body representatives who believe they can sway opinions on this election.”On the other hand, David Evans, executive director of the Drug Free School's Coalition of Colorado, said the ICSF's resolution points to studies that show the majority of young adults are actually against drug use.“Most studies put marijuana use somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of high school and college aged young adults,” said Evans. “Because the people that have been proposing Amendment 44 have been targeting college kids I think it's great [the ICSF] is speaking out against it.”While proponents of Amendment 44 argue pot is safer than alcohol, Evans said marijuana is just as harmful.“There is a clear correlation between marijuana use and schizophrenia,” said Evans, citing a study conducted by Patrick Skosnik of Indiana University that was printed in the American Journal of Psychiatry.Yet, despite the fact that proponents of Amendment 44 are targeting college students to support their initiative, Evans said he remains confident CU students will make the right choice.“I think that [the university students] understand the issue,” said Evans. “Kids that are smoking pot aren't going to do well in school, and [people] don't associate marijuana with academic excellence.”Rose agreed, adding he feels the ICSF's anti-Amendment 44 stance echoes the beliefs held by the majority of the state universities' student body.“I don't know what [percentage of] students are against and what are for [Amendment 44], but I do know the leadership for all the campuses is unanimously supporting the resolution, and I think that speaks to the voice of the student body as a whole,” said Rose.Source: Colorado Daily (UC Edu, CO)Author: Nicole Danna, Colorado Daily Staff Writer Published: Tuesday, October 31, 2006Copyright: 2006 Colorado DailyContact: letters coloradodaily.comWebsite: http://www.coloradodaily.com/ Related Articles & Web Sites:Safer Choicehttp://www.saferchoice.org/Safer Coloradohttp://www.safercolorado.org/Safety at Heart of Pot Debatehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22317.shtmlNo Logical Reason To Punish Adults for Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22312.shtml Adults Should Be Allowed To Choosehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22225.shtml

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Comment #47 posted by FoM on November 03, 2006 at 08:19:44 PT
Hope
Thanks for telling us about how it might go. I don't know if I could handle a Republican in Ohio after what they have done to our state. I think the Democrats will win back my state and that gives me a little hope.
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Comment #46 posted by Hope on November 03, 2006 at 08:14:59 PT
But....
I will hope for the best. Hope for and expect something good. 
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Comment #45 posted by Hope on November 03, 2006 at 08:13:42 PT
Perry
People will vote for him as the incumbent, because he's a Republican, and because it's just easier than thinking.I fear he will win the election.
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Comment #44 posted by FoM on November 02, 2006 at 19:27:57 PT
OverwhelmSam
Is there hope that Perry won't win? 
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Comment #43 posted by OverwhelmSam on November 02, 2006 at 12:56:48 PT
Texas Is Next
The legislature has considered decriminalizing less than an ounce of marijuana for years. Govenor Perry has held them back. If Perry does not get elected next week, there's a chance Texas will be enforcing marijuana possessions with a $100 fine. It's a step in the right direction.
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Comment #42 posted by whig on November 02, 2006 at 09:29:08 PT
FoM #35
Sounds like Karl Rove's fix is in.
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Comment #41 posted by museman on November 02, 2006 at 09:18:34 PT
polls
Who pays for 'em?Who answers them?Can you believe anything heard on prime time?If americans need polls to make their political decisions, they are even more lemming than I thought.The repubs are counting on the public believing all of their machinations, including selective, and decisive 'polling.' 
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Comment #40 posted by FoM on November 02, 2006 at 08:46:54 PT
BGreen 
I really wish I knew why the polls are against 44. I think it will do better then the polls say for the reason you mentioned though. I am looking beyond this election and trying to see if we can win anywhere in the future. I believe we must change the law on a Federal level or this is all we will get if the Federal law isn't changed. I really believe they look at California and see how some went overboard and many people don't like it. 
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Comment #39 posted by BGreen on November 02, 2006 at 08:37:04 PT
Polls
I'm 43 years old and I haven't had a land line for over four years, so there is no way that my voice could ever be represented in any of these polls. They are conducted 100% on land line phones and that excludes a tremendous number of the younger voices who, like myself, have abandoned the antiquated telephone system of our grandparents.Even if you do have a land line, you'd have to be somebody without a very active lifestyle who doesn't screen their calls using caller ID to be easily reached by a pollster.That means that the pollsters are talking to, for the most part, inactive older people who are set in their ways and unwilling to accept new ideas and technology.I agree that these people have had a tight grip on the elections of the past.The question now is 'are the rest of us going to finally stand up en masse and defeat the weak voices of the polled?'The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on November 02, 2006 at 07:12:16 PT
Another Article About Amendment 44
Virginia Unlikely To Give Green Light***By Vinod Narayan, contributing writer November 2, 2006In Colorado, a ballot initiative — Amendment 44 — would make it legal for people 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana. If Virginia State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-26th district, has it his way, that would never happen in the commonwealth. “If ever marijuana was to be decriminalized in this state, I would oppose it 100 percent. Period,” Obenshain said. “Our laws are a matter of line-drawing on a lot of things. It sends a wrong message to our kids if we are legalizing drugs.”URL: http://www.thebreeze.org/2006/11-02/news1.html
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on November 02, 2006 at 06:48:58 PT
Had Enough
I hope that if we get the Democrats in power we might be able to get medical marijuana issues settled in many states in the future. The public just doesn't seem ready for legalization. Here is another article. Marijuana Measure Lacks Sensehttp://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20061102/TRIBEDIT/111020098
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Comment #36 posted by Had Enough on November 02, 2006 at 06:37:30 PT
re: 35
“The poll of 500 registered voters was conducted Oct. 28 to 30 by Public Opinion Strategies.” 
500 Pharmacists & Dr. Sheriff MD’s in the high property value district, maybe?Probably.
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Comment #35 posted by FoM on November 02, 2006 at 06:25:00 PT
Pot Plan Going Up in Smoke
November 2, 2006Pot is out, ethics are in and judges can probably rest easy. Those are the conclusions of a Rocky Mountain News/CBS 4 poll on high-profile measures on next Tuesday's election ballot. The poll of 500 registered voters was conducted Oct. 28 to 30 by Public Opinion Strategies. Here's a look at the results: Amendment 44 The pot measure, Amendment 44, is getting crushed — losing eight points of support since early September. Only 34 percent of respondents support the proposal, which would legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for those over 21. 
Sixty-one percent oppose the amendment — up from 53 percent last month. "It's in the toilet," said pollster Lori Weigel of Public Opinion Strategies. She said the measure was failing in every community statewide — even in Denver, where a measure passed just a year ago to legalize pot possession among adults within the city limits. It was also failing across party lines. Despite an aggressive campaign by the pro-44 forces, political consultant David Kenney said that legalizing marijuana for recreational use isn't ready for prime time. Kenney did say advertising for the measure had been creative, but that wasn't enough for most voters. "It had too high of a cultural slope to climb," Kenney said. The measure also suffered from not being viewed as a serious issue in a long ballot with many candidates, amendments and referendums, both Kenney and Weigel said. URL: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5112350,00.html
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Comment #34 posted by afterburner on November 02, 2006 at 05:07:20 PT
ICSF's leadership:
Want-a-be prohibitionist political weasels, as out of touch with their constituents as are many elected government "leaders." In their silence about the physical, mental and social damage of alcohol to the academic life, ICSF's leadership are exposing themselves as Class A hypocrites!
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Comment #33 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 23:37:27 PT
Toker00
We're fully involved now, and this is it. We have all we need to win. Make bread. Give it away. The people are hungry.I will explain how it works, but not yet. Briefly, if you eat this bread, cannabis will work better for you. It does not have any other effect.
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on November 01, 2006 at 19:25:25 PT
JustGetnBy
Thank you for being so honest. I believe that we sleep better at night and can stand before others and be confident when we follow our conscience.
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Comment #31 posted by JustGetnBy on November 01, 2006 at 18:32:10 PT
Museman #26
  I was the man ( cop ) for 13 years in my youth. I quit, for exactly the reasons you state. I did not feel good about the things I had to do. This cost me and mine a fat retirement, max. health care, and a shot at what we call the American Dream.  I can't say that I havn't occasionally regretted walking away from finacial security, but I can look at myself in the mirror without shame.  Peace brothers/Sisters 
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Comment #30 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 15:05:30 PT
whig
I don't believe the 'cities' - in their current form, can be saved. If I did I would be a completely different person with completely different life experience, but every fibre of my being has shouted this fact since I first 'escaped' metroplis in the '70's. I've heard it said that 'one 'righteous man'' might've saved an ancient city called Sodom, even after the first number of '10' was given.But I submit that a 'righteous man' is easier to find than a 'good' man.Y'shua said "Who are you calling good? There is none good but the Father in Heaven."I don't know any man who is that good.
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Comment #29 posted by Toker00 on November 01, 2006 at 14:48:19 PT
Whig
I saw that first thing this morning, but I was so sleepy, I didn't bother posting the link. I knew someone would. Thanks.May I say that I feel kinda like a new father today? A friend of mine returned something I gave them a few days ago. They told me how totally disappointed they were and are with our fictional government. Their eyes had been pierced with long awaited Truth, and they received it Thankfully. Sorrow and anger like we all feel when we are deserted, or betrayed, pierced their hearts. Reproductions were made and shared with families of the thing I gave them. Their families and their families friends will soon know what most of us know. Though this thing initially brings anger and sorrow, and in a lot of cases immediate disbelief, with it comes a Healing that nothing can stop. The Healing that all the People and all the Nations of the Earth deserve. We will NOT be owned. We who seek the truth, shall always be FREE. Truth can never be debunked. It is ever present, and ever powerful. God is Truth. That is how powerful it is. That is why we are winning. The Lies are falling by the way. We shall gather the War Mongers and Haters of God, and force them to dismantle all their Weapons of War. ALL OF THEM. Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!  
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Comment #28 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 13:00:19 PT
museman
One good man is enough to save a city, isn't it?
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Comment #27 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 12:08:15 PT
mayan
Yes...'they mean well.' Insomauch as their miniscule brains can process any information other than the limited scope of their vile 'authority.' Apparently 'wanting Jesus' too loudly is a capital offense.
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Comment #26 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 12:03:04 PT
whig
I once had an undercover cop -bunko division- who was a good friend, but I did meet him in the unemployment line. It then fell to me to 're-educate him' and it was fun.I once met a 'christian' sheriff who demonstrated his humanity in some very honorable ways.I used to hang out with a cop in Bakersfield who kept me informed of all the pot busts happening in town.I personally have never been 'mistreated' (physically anyway) by the cops, though I have many friends who can't say that. I have witnessed police brutality more than I have 'police benevolence' so the wholesale indictment of their 'profession' still stands in my expectation of TRUE JUSTICE. If you got one good man in a bevy of evildoers, does that one good man stand up? Or does he just pretend he didn't see? There is the qualifier of a 'good man.'
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Comment #25 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 11:52:11 PT
museman
A good childhood friend of mine was a policeman and a volunteer firefighter, I think also did EMT. He was a very good man.
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Comment #24 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 11:49:29 PT
There ya go
http://cannablog.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/420-420-420/See, having a blog means speaking the word and then making it so. Creation is fun, but sometimes scary.We are all co-creators of the new reality now.
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Comment #23 posted by mayan on November 01, 2006 at 11:46:19 PT
museman
Give the cops a break. They mean well...Police Stun Gun Kills Teen With Bible:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/31/D8L3L5G83.html
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Comment #22 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 11:36:14 PT
whig
"parts of your brain which are damaged by alcohol and other poisons can be regrown if you discontinue to poison yourself and if you use cannabis to help your neurons to return to flexibility."This is true, however, having lost many friends to those poisonings, I have to say that -at least with the current laws and social mores dictating this flawed reality- there's little hope that a mind with such extensive damage can make the effort necessary to get back what was lost.If cannabis were recognised for the miracle that it is, and true healers were allowed to operate without some 'government stamp of approval' the healing could begin. We got a long way to go, and as long as we keep compromising with the ways and means of this society, change will be slow, if not completely stifled like it has always been.
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Comment #21 posted by mayan on November 01, 2006 at 11:35:10 PT
whig
Diebold is one of four different electronic voting machines to be used in Colorado...Suit: Ban computer voting - Attorney fears fraud, says state 'headed for train wreck' in November:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_4994042,00.htmlGreat, eh?Powerful Amendment 44 Television Commercial Hits Colorado Airwaves (video):
http://safercolorado.org/2006_11_01_saferchoice_archive.html#116237382674202919
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Comment #20 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 11:28:56 PT
Douglas Adams
So long and thanks for all the fish.
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Comment #19 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 11:27:25 PT
whig
In my experience in traveling and living all over the country, from Kansas to Oregon -and all in between. I have yet to see the local constabulary not be composed of a high percentage of drunks, a lot of them half drunk by the middle of the day. Their drunken parties are legendary in some places. Most (there are handfuls of decent well-meaning policemen out there) cops are soul-dead losers, these days probably trained in one of our wars. They are historicly cowards who prey on the weak, hence their propensity to go after pot users - no trouble from passifist types.They think that they 'are' the law, and therefore above it. They force young women to have sex with them - to supposedly 'avoid prosecution' then they laugh when their unfortunate victims are hauled in for 'justice' anyway. They steal. They like to go through your things like your house was a free store, and in general they are a sad example of humanity. Their existence is bought and paid forn by the power elite, and it is the 'masters' of wealth and property whom they serve.Their profession is evil, and anyone of them that lingers in it for too long cannot help but become it as well. Alcohol helps to numb reality for them.
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Comment #18 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 11:17:10 PT
museman
I want to point out also that those parts of your brain which are damaged by alcohol and other poisons can be regrown if you discontinue to poison yourself and if you use cannabis to help your neurons to return to flexibility.Do you know the answer to life, the universe and everything?42.042:04:20Smoke up. Somewhere Douglas Adams is smiling.
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Comment #17 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 11:14:11 PT
museman
Do you think very many cops don't drink?
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Comment #16 posted by museman on November 01, 2006 at 11:05:45 PT
missed stats
"Two-thirds of all spousal abuse cases are alcohol-related."And about 2/3 of those are alcoholic cops heaping their macho inadequacies on their unfortunate wives. The rest are about 'masculinity' 'domination' and the loss of brain cells due to alcohol.Alcohol, meth, and tolulol(glue and paint huffers) all destroy the part of the brain that controls the higher functions of; forgiveness, understanding, compassion, and love. A person addicted to these (one of which is legal) after prolonged use loses the most important aspects of human consciousness, yet they got the power, so drink up.
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Comment #15 posted by observer on November 01, 2006 at 10:12:12 PT
He's been careering
"... we realized this amendment would have impacts on the prestige of the flagship university in the state of Colorado."Translation:We thought we could suck up to the establishment nicely by loudly denouncing SAFER. After all, we need to get nice government jobs (as bureaucrats, police, prosecutors, correctional institution jobs, etc.). Loudly denouncing SAFER as a threat to "the children" will be a sweet plum to plop on our student government representatives' fresh little resumes. Got 'cha. 
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Comment #14 posted by Storm Crow on November 01, 2006 at 09:22:10 PT
Guess he hasn't read this!
“Kids that are smoking pot aren't going to do well in school, and [people] don't associate marijuana with academic excellence.”Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults 
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/166/7/887The study boils down to this- young adults who smoke moderately gain more IQ points than any other group! So I guess it can be associated with accademic excellence! Someone ought to send him a copy of the abstract!
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Comment #13 posted by mayan on November 01, 2006 at 09:11:01 PT
CU Lemmings
I wonder if the little anti-44 lemmings from the University of Colorado Intercampus Student Forum attended this lecture...Panelists raise doubts over 9/11 - Speakers at CU say government deceiving citizens: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/oct/30/panelists-raise-doubts-over-911/My guess would be no, since they obviously have little regard for the truth.
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Comment #12 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 09:04:23 PT
See the SAFER ad
Thanks, Toker00!http://tinyurl.com/y93lmo
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Comment #11 posted by whig on November 01, 2006 at 08:44:09 PT
Noubt: A very fine word
I imagine this was an accidental contraction of No Doubt, but it works quite well.
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Comment #10 posted by mayan on November 01, 2006 at 07:03:12 PT
68% Vs. 32%
Fact... Tvert said that a majority of students, 68 percent of CU's student body, voted in favor of the non-profit Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation's (SAFER) initiative that promotes marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol.But further down in the article...Rose agreed, adding he feels the ICSF's anti-Amendment 44 stance echoes the beliefs held by the majority of the state universities' student body.Oh, Rose must mean the 32% "majority". Whatever. Why let the facts get in the way? The prohibitionists numbers are shrinking by the day!
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Comment #9 posted by Celaya on November 01, 2006 at 06:44:34 PT
Pushing The Stereotype
“Kids that are smoking pot aren't going to do well in school, and [people] don't associate marijuana with academic excellence.”The lie that won't die. College students aren't kids. Adults in the cannabis culture succeed AT LEAST as well as those outside it. They're just intimidated into secrecy.Dr. Robert Melamede discusses his ideas that prohibitionists are cannabinoid receptor deficient, and are likely prohibitionists - similar to Neanderthal man trying to fight the superiority of Homo Sapiens.He has been on the forefront of the study of the medicinal/chemical effects of marijuana for years. He has also come to some startling conclusions. A principle one is that marijuana, may indeed, be a chemical fountain of youth. In his interview on Tuesday's NORML Audio Stash ( http://normlaudiostash.com/ ), he points out that the ever-expanding list of ailments that respond favorably to marijuana therapy are primarily those of old age!
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Comment #8 posted by Hope on November 01, 2006 at 06:40:44 PT
"Evans said marijuana is just as harmful."
Marijuana makes you puke, and fall down in it and roll in it or pass out in it...or maybe even strangle to death on your own vomit?You wake up sick the morning after from the effects of cannabis the night before? You have a monster headache the next day from cannabis use the day before?You can't walk without falling down and weaving....from cannabis?Do some men seem to think they are invisible from cannabis consumption and start touching or speaking to women inappropriately?I never had a friend call me the next morning, after sharing a joint or a pipe the previous evening and say that they have blank spots in their memory about the night before. That has happened with alcohol consumption.Marijuana is more dangerous? Well the danger of getting busted and imprisoned is greater than with alcohol.We have these stupid laws that do so much harm to so many people, because the people in charge of making the laws have an unnatural and ignorant fear of cannabis. No way is marijuana/cannabis as dangerous as alcohol...except in the good old corporate urine test.People are persecuted because of the ignorance and unfounded fears of prohibitionists.
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on November 01, 2006 at 06:28:08 PT

Alcohol is associated with academic excellence?
"...(people) don't associate marijuana with academic excellence."
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Comment #6 posted by The GCW on November 01, 2006 at 06:23:12 PT

Don't see eye to eye.
Don't support 44, thinking "state law has an impact on students"???This is a school; are they not smart enough to realize confronting people for using a plant has "an impact on students?"44"""Evans said marijuana is just as harmful."""It's one thing to say that... and another thing to prove it... Evans can not prove it, society has said things like that for years but has yet to prove it.!!!Example, We have dead bodies to show for the harmfulness of booze; but none for cannabis. NONE!44schizophrenia?It has been proven schizophrenia is not due to cannabis use...44 44 44Evans & Rose,Perhaps inteligence is not Your thing... how about spiritual realities???44 44 44 US CO: PUB LTE: Bible Is Clear on Pot UsePubdate: 9 Oct 2006Source: Colorado Daily (Boulder, CO)Editor,There's more to, "Pot, Truth and The DEA," ( Sept. 29, 2006 ), where You expose "DEA facts" as an oxymoron. Historically, prohibitionists claim cannabis is the devil weed, but the devil never had any powers of creation. In fact another reason to re-legalize cannabis ( kaneh bosm / marijuana ) that doesn't get mentioned is because it is Biblically correct since Christ God Our Father, indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants saying they are all good, on literally the very first page ( see Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30 ). The only Biblical restriction place on cannabis is that it be accepted with thankfulness ( see 1 Timothy 4:1-5 ). It's time to stop caging humans for using what God says is good. This is one asinine Federal law citizens can stop now. The last day to register to vote is Tuesday October 10; don't hesitate to tell everyone You know. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1395/a05.html?275737
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on November 01, 2006 at 06:23:05 PT

New TV Ad From Safer
Ad watch: Why should adults be able to use marijuana instead of alcohol? November 1, 2006Title: Why should adults be able to use marijuana instead of alcohol? Type: TV ad Sponsor: Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, supporters of Amendment 44, which would legalize pot for recreational use. Message: The ad gives statistics about the dangers of alcohol in an attempt to show that marijuana is a safer alternative. A narrator says that two-thirds of all spousal-abuse cases are alcohol-related and that nearly three-quarters of all college rapes occur while a female is intoxicated by alcohol. The commercial continues, "Do we want our daughters growing up in a society where the only legal substance for recreation is alcohol? Not if we love them." Fact: The statistics in the ad are correct, according to reports by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Harvard School of Public Health. However, using marijuana has its own dangers, including adverse affects to the brain, lungs and mental health, according to numerous medical authorities. - Felisa CardonaURL: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_4582977
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Comment #4 posted by Toker00 on November 01, 2006 at 03:47:56 PT

From SAFER
Dear Friend:A powerful YES on Amendment 44 commercial began airing on CNN, FOX News and CNBC in Colorado yesterday. The commercial, which is designed to point out the dangers associated with alcohol use and question why we prohibit adults from using the safer alternative, marijuana, is available on YouTube or can be viewed here on our campaign blog. You can also see the script of the commercial below.If you agree with us that this is a commercial that voters should see prior to the election on Tuesday, please go to our campaign site and make a financial conribution today so that we can run this ad as many times as possible. Donations will go to the SAFER Voter Education Fund, of which the Amendment 44 campaign is a project.As you probably know by now, SAFER's goal is to educate the public about the fact that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, and the statistics cited in this commercial are further evidence of this fact. Marijuana use does not increase the likelihood of violent behavior, yet we allow the use of alcohol by adults and punish adults who use marijuana. Thus, there is noubt in our minds that giving adults the option of using marijuana instead of alcohol would truly make Colorado safer.Please consider forwarding this message to others you know in Colorado and around the country who need a wake-up call about the relative harms of marijuana compared to alcohol. We also encourage you to forward this to other supporters of marijuana reform who might be interested in seeing this powerful advertisement.Thank you again for your continued support!Mason Tvert
SAFER Campaign Director====================Text of the new Amendment 44 television commercial:Why should adults be able to use marijuana instead of alcohol?Two-thirds of all spousal abuse cases are alcohol-related.And nearly three-quarters of all college rapes occur while a female is intoxicated by alcohol.Think about it... Do we want our daughters growing up in a society where the only legal substance for recreation is alcohol?Not if we love them.Help make Colorado safer.Vote YES on Amendment 44.Toke.
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Comment #3 posted by unkat27 on November 01, 2006 at 01:39:23 PT

Lies, lies, and more lies
"Opponents of Amendment 44 disagree, and worry that legalizing possession of marijuana would make pot more accessible for those under the age of 21. "Wrong. Legal, regulated mj would not be easier for kids to get, because it would be dispensed by legal vendors that could go to prison for selling it to minors. Ditto with adults that buy it for kids, just the way it is with alcohol. It was proven a long time ago that illegal drugs are actually easier for kids to get than legal alcohol because of the need for proof of age for purchase.“There is a clear correlation between marijuana use and schizophrenia,” said Evans, citing a study conducted by Patrick Skosnik of Indiana University that was printed in the American Journal of Psychiatry."More BS. Those who were studied were subjected to intentional abuse, whereas, responsible adults have no reason to be so abusive of it.
Problems of Illegal Cannabis Outweigh Legal Cannabis
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Comment #2 posted by whig on October 31, 2006 at 23:34:43 PT

Does Colorado use Diebold voting machines?
Just wondering whether anyone knows who does the count up there.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on October 31, 2006 at 22:04:01 PT

For Those Who Might Be Interested
Neil Young has released the video to Let's Impeach The President. You can even download it. Here's the link. Thank you Neil Young!http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwvideos/letsimpeach_wm.html
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