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GOP Wrong on Medical Marijuana 
Posted by FoM on September 29, 1999 at 09:21:40 PT
By John H. O'Hara
Source: Journal Online
Even though I have been a registered Republican for the past 45 years, I am disgusted with the current Republican policy on the use of marijuana and tobacco. 
When the residents of Washington, D.C. overwhelming voted to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons this past fall, the Republicans in Congress refused to allow the results to be announced until they were recently forced to reveal the vote by a court order. These congresspersons are now threatening to write language into the District's appropriations bill that would forbid the implementation of the initiative. These are the same Republicans that protect the tobacco industry in Congress while gleefully accepting millions of dollars in campaign and soft money contributions from the industry. Somehow they appear to rationalize that it is all right to smoke a drug that causes cancer but not to smoke a similar drug to help ease the pain of cancer, AIDS, etc. I wonder how their opinions would change if the marijuana kingpins could legally mimic the tobacco kingpins with large campaign contributions. During my 65-year lifetime I have witnessed the death of dozens of cancer patients, including my mother, uncle, two cousins and my best friend, all due to their tobacco addictions. I stood helplessly by and anguished over their pain, both physical and emotional, as their bodies and will to live deteriorated. In my opinion, any drug that could help such victims should be legalized for medical treatment only, as prescribed by a physician. I also believe that tobacco should be treated as a controlled substance and obtained by prescription only. JOHN H. O'HARA Bowie Pubdate: September 29,1999Journal OnlineLighting Up The Debate Over Med. Use of Marijuana - 9/28/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3051.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by Dankhank on September 29, 1999 at 13:21:57 PT:
Protest
Check out the Millenium Marijuana March ...Http://www.cures-not-wars.orgor 420 org ...or ...(blush) MY links page for those organizations.and DO talk to people about medical pot, fun to smoke pot, and the republicans and how they try to circumvent a legal vote in DC.Let's energize folks ....... .......
Hemp n Stuff
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on September 29, 1999 at 12:50:58 PT
United We Stand! Divided We Fall!
United We Stand! Divided We Fall!I have no preference for any one organization but I am for all of them! Each one in their own way will bring what is necessary to make the difference. Then we will stand proud and tall and change will happen! Thank you for you comment!
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Comment #1 posted by Damon on September 29, 1999 at 11:59:41 PT:
What Would Jesus Do???
In the sixties, when southern blacks were gaining their rights and their right to vote, northern sympathizers organized bus loads of college students to bring needed help and national attention to the travesty. After years of hard work and several protests and several arrests, their efforts paid off. We insured their rights.Today as I look around, I see hundreds of organizations focused on changing or ending the War on Drugs. And yet, none of these organizations have taken any time to organize national rallies together, thinking instead to hold their own protest. This does not insure our rights, that is why we have lost them. Politicians can and do dismiss small groups as trouble-makers. If all those opposed (78 million) to the War on Drugs began to march into cities and distribute marijuana to cancer, AIDS, MS, etc. patients, and distribute needles to heroin users, and petitioned together to bring a resolve to the endless terror imposed by Congress, we may actually see a change in political ideology. Johnson did not pass the Civil Rights Bill because he wanted to... public opinion forced him to. We can continue to post messages on boards like this, talking amongst ourselves of how evil we know this war to be, or we can start talking to others who are not aware. Educate others before they are "educated" by the DEA. How many of you out there have talked to your family, friends, in-laws, co-workers, etc. about your views. We still have the right to Free Speech (for now). Groups like NORML, MPP, Nov. Org., et. al., need to work together and plan strategies for a national campaign. Send direct mail, tv/radio commercials, newspaper ads, etc. The pious regime we have today did not just waltz into their currentposition, they (Anslinger, et. al.) developed public opinion to suite their needs, then presented themselves as the answer. We can and must do the same if we expect to win. United we stand, Divided we fall... 
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