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Marijuana: Legalize It and Tax !t!
Posted by FoM on March 24, 1999 at 06:55:22 PT
Why are they doing this now?
Source: Ottawa Citizen
The March 18 bust of two hydroponic pot operations in Hull and Ottawa supplying medicinal marijuana to area residents shook my faith in government policy-makers ("Medicinal marijuana operation broken up in RCMP raid: AIDS patient weeps as Mounties smash drug-growing equipment,'' March 18). 
These growers were not the well-armed biker gangs that we are told viciously dominate the street drug trade, but people acting out of social conscience to meet the needs of very ill people. It seems that this was a medical operation so why with the studies ordered are they doing this?
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Comment #46 posted by MIKE420 on April 04, 2002 at 08:58:02 PT:
MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGAL
HI I AM ONLY 16 YEARS OLD AND A FORMER POT HEAD BUT BECAUSE OF THE LAW I HAVE TO TAKE RANDOM DRUG TESTS. WHY I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEGAL IS THAT IT IS BETTER FOR YOU THEN ALCOHOL IT CANT KILL YOU AND YOU CAN THINK USING IT I HAVE BEEN A STRAIT A STUDENT SENCE 5TH GRADE I STARTED IN 5TH GRADE AND SENCE I HAD TO QUIT MY GRADES HAVE BEEN DROPPING I GET ANXIETY ATTACTS AND BAD DEPRESSION I NEVER DID ANYTHING STUPID ON POT AND I COULD THINK A LOT BETTER THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY
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Comment #45 posted by Andrew on December 14, 2001 at 07:07:24 PT
Read this!
I got arrested about a month ago for about 7 grams of marijauana. I have two pages of "punishment" one of them being 40 hours of community service. A kid i know brought a loaded assualt rifle to school, it was in his car under a seat. Well drug dogs came to school and they searched his car and found about a quarter oz. of marijauana along with the gun. HE ONLY GOT 24 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE!
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Comment #44 posted by gerbil on August 23, 2001 at 05:02:01 PT:
everyone will smoke it if its legal???
i dont understand people who say "if its legal everyone will be walking around stoned all the time"is alcohol legal? hmm...yes..is everyone drunk 24/7/365?..no...there will always be some abusers, us recreational users are just that, USERS!..not abusers, just because we smoke pot doesnt mean we cant control ourselves,there will always be abusers but they will do it whether its legal or not, legit. people dont need criminal records just for useing a different method of relaxation. Give us a break, legalise and stop denying us freedom.-australian smoker
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Comment #43 posted by Teresa on August 11, 2001 at 17:54:00 PT
To the dude from Astralia
I'd like to hear more about marijauna being legal in your country. Do you have all the problems that our government is afraid we would have if we legalized it here? For some reason i dont think so. I smoke daily, i am the mother of 4 and the grandmother of 4. I dont do anything wrong, i dont hurt anyone, i love my mother!!!! Good God, after reading some of the ignorant comments above i now no why they feel the need to keep it illegal. Say something intelligent or shut up because you are certainly not going to help the cause like this. I suffer from severe PMS and also Menopause and it is the only thing that helps my symptoms and YES i am all for the legalization of marijauna. My family have all told me that i am much easier to be around when i am "medicated" snd i dont feel so on edge all the time so i dont understand what the problem is with it. Also if the people writing in here cant spell or seem to be to young to make an intelligent choice about drug use maybe their parents should know where they are and what their doing and put a stop to it like mine did untill i was 18 and made my own decision. After all who,who is raising their children,themselves or the drug dealers that are everywhere because we cant seem to get it legalized. Boo hoo,keep track of them . Parents who dont take care of their kids should'nt have them. Why dont we just make that illegal to. Where do we live people? Are we a communist country? NO!!! We live in America the home of the free and the brave. Ya, right!!!
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Comment #42 posted by Sara on July 30, 2001 at 14:18:55 PT
Legalize Legalize Legalize Legalize Legalize
HEY EVERYONE!!! Listen up. We need your help. You all can post as many messages as you want, but when it comes down to it, that doesn't do diddly squat about this problem called prohibition. DO SOMETHING!! Don't just bitch and moan, call your senator, write letters, join NORML, give speeches in class, pass out flyers or whatever! Do something! It can't hurt, only help the cause and so far, this fight is pretty one-sided. Help even it out and make your voice heard!!!
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Comment #41 posted by Professional on July 30, 2001 at 14:04:54 PT
Ignorance is bliss huh?
For those of you who believe marijuana should be kept illegal--go away. Just how many car accidents have you heard of where the driver was high. None. That is because if your driving high, your much more likely to be going slow than speeding. So if ya'll want to come and post ignorant messages with no thought behind them, feel free, but I do feel sorry for you. At least we potheads have a life and commonsence. 
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Comment #40 posted by anonymous on June 25, 2001 at 16:52:18 PT
take your own advice
maybe, just maybe, you should take your own advice and learn how to spell Marijauna.
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Comment #39 posted by waxyspoonfish on May 09, 2001 at 20:14:20 PT:
your stupid
if weed was kept illegal than the gov't would keep spending billions of our tax dollars to keep on fighting a losing battle against drugs and still after all the effort the gov't has put into to the drug epidemic studies show that 14 million people in the usa alone still use illegel drugs. 
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Comment #38 posted by Mop on April 09, 2001 at 08:12:15 PT:
pot
i like the pot.it is good for me and my friends. we like to sessionate on weeekends and weekdays and any time pretty much. they call us pot heads but we really are the furture!!!!!!! - mop
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Comment #37 posted by Mariah Sullivan on February 25, 2001 at 06:47:39 PT:
Ignorance hurts!!!
I do believe that Marajuana should be legalized and I don't smoke, drink, or do any kind of illegal drugs. I have a lot of friends that do smoke Marajuana for recreational reasons (i.e. relaxation). None of my friends are addicted to Marajuana, but the ones who smoke cigarettes can't go more than a few hours without a cigarette!!! The problem is that the people who are so called "for" legalizing it, seem to be ignorant. What I mean is that you must know how to spell and be articulate if you want anyone to take you seriously (i.e. openion is spelled wrong, it is spelled opinion. How can you stress spelling and you can't spell yourself?). If you (meaning people "for") seriously want to legalize Marajuana, then you must act like you have some sense. Start by using a dictionary and stop calling Marajuana by slang terms (i.e. pot, Mary Jane, hemp, weed, etc.).
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Comment #36 posted by Lehder on February 16, 2001 at 11:08:16 PT
pinche madre
How can you take anyones [sic] openion [sic] seriously, when they [sic] cannot even spell simple words?
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Comment #35 posted by mom on February 16, 2001 at 10:51:58 PT:
my assessment.......
This is just an observation: After reading a few of the comments, it seemed that the people pro weed smoking were more illiterate than those who are against it. What does this tell you in a NUT shell? How can you take anyones openion seriously, when they cannot even spell simple words?What I was looking for was a more intelligent conversation. I guess I an looking on the wrong page. You pot heads have at it!
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Comment #34 posted by A. Bradley on January 14, 2001 at 16:53:31 PT
I like the idea
Make marijuana legal for medical uses...then maybe some drug dealers will some profits. Only problem is that then we end up with a bigger cocaine problem. I think the Coast Guard should be able to use explosives to sink drug boats. No, I'm not sadistic. And wow.....an almost two year long discussion. What's the record? :-)
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Comment #33 posted by dddd on January 09, 2001 at 16:06:08 PT
Easy there Gina
So you dont care what we think,,,,you think we are irresponsible and stupid.If only people were responsible and smart.Then we could care what they think.
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Comment #32 posted by Dan Hillman on January 09, 2001 at 14:35:18 PT
One howler among many.
"If it does become legel [sic] then drug dealers will not be making anymore profit from marijuana and they will resort to   more hard core drugs. " That's a hell of an argument there, Gina. Keep marijuana illegal to protect drug dealers' profits. 
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Comment #31 posted by Gina on January 09, 2001 at 14:22:30 PT:
Marijuana should be kept illegal!!
Marijuana should be kept illegal. I don't care what any of you pot-smokers or drug dealers think. You are already irresponsible and stupid for even doing it in the first place. I know it's your decision and all but obviously it is the wrong one. You don't need to get high just to have fun. Everybody else can do it under their senses. Teenagers are already smoking and drinking and that is even illegal for them because they are under the restricted age. So, if marijuana becomes legel then teens would just be doing it too. Also, drinking and driving is a huge killer, imagine how many more inecent people will die in crashes due to the irresponsible "high" drivers. If it does become legel then drug dealers will not be making anymore profit from marijuana and they will resort to more hard core drugs. There are so many consequences due to taking drugs..ie marijuana. Parts of the world are already not very good places so let's not make our country part of that list. PLEASE KEEP MARIJUANA ILLEGAL!!!
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Comment #30 posted by Oz Stoner on December 25, 2000 at 01:50:09 PT:
RE: Comment #29 - What a stupid comment.
Its people like you that have helped promote the propaganda thats spread by the government. Some of historys greatest people comsumed cannabis, just because you can't control yourself when your high dosn't mean the rest of us are irresponsible as well.From my experience also most people that become stupid when they comsume marijuana choose not to smoke it.Furthermore your most probably a dealer and this is more the reason you would prefer to keep it illegal... or your just stupid...
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Comment #29 posted by Brad on November 25, 2000 at 16:04:15 PT
Keep it illegal
I feel that this issue is simple. How can you imagine a world full of high people. If you ever saw a person high, you know how dumb they act. Imagine everyone not knowing what they did the next day. This world would come to an end a lot sooner than we all think. Keep it illegal, please.
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Comment #28 posted by usa citzen on November 24, 2000 at 16:32:47 PT
legalize marijauna
people are stupid to down us pot smokers it comes from the earth naturally it not made by us and does not cause any damage to us so the goverment needs to legalize it and tax it the whole country would benifit from this it commen sense the goverment are just yellow belly hipocrypts and to thank about al the money thier is and also all the resources there are in hemp and the thc for relaxation just like nasty alchol and tobacco which both have been proven to kill unlike marijauna 
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Comment #27 posted by Robin on November 02, 2000 at 12:24:01 PT
Marijuana
Marijuana is awesome.
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Comment #26 posted by Rachelle on October 30, 2000 at 13:19:35 PT:
Hey!!
Have you ever tried it? I smoke it. I smoke it every day I go to school I make good grades. I don't need it I quit before I just love the relaxed feeling I get from it. Don't kknock it till you try it.
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Comment #25 posted by Rachelle on October 30, 2000 at 13:16:14 PT:
Leagalize It!!!
Hello my name is Rachelle I am 16 years old I have been around weed almost all my life so it is not a suprise that I smoke it. The police try to stop kids from smoking it, why? What is the reason or pupose? I think it would be so much better if they just leagalize it. I know of a few people that have died on the street trying to sell it, if it was in the stores I bet crime would be down. I'm not saying that it would fix the world it would just make it better. Plus they could make sure that the weed is pure and it does not have any other drugs in it. If people would just look at all the alternatives they would see that it might make things a little easier. I know I would buy it if they had it in the stores. Thank you.Rachelle
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Comment #24 posted by kristy on July 24, 2000 at 20:16:30 PT:
cancer patients
I am a cancer patient. At this time I don't smoke. But the time may come that I have to. I want to know that i can and I don't have to worry about getting busted along with everything else>
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Comment #23 posted by drugfree on June 12, 2000 at 19:45:26 PT
Regarding Marijuana
I really wonder why people think marijuana is the best thing in the world!  I can understand once a while but not everyday. They can not even function without it, they cannot deal with their own life and I think that is really pathetic. You should be able to make yourself happy without any substance whether it is alcohol or drugs. Get a life!!!! 
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Comment #22 posted by MrPipes on May 18, 2000 at 01:44:14 PT:
"Coming Soon"
    Coming SoonAll Hand Blown Glass Pipes
FILLaBONG
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Comment #21 posted by jojo on May 11, 2000 at 17:18:13 PT:
yeah smoke it up
my sister always get's high and i go over her house man so i can smoke it up with her and kick it in her crib yo but it be all good when da pigs get there because they sit there asses down wit us and smoke it up too
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Comment #20 posted by it doesnt matter on May 02, 2000 at 03:34:02 PT
little village smoking
smoke sleep smoke nap smoke smoke smoke shit smoke work lime green sticky ikky cess smoke smoke broke broke !!!!!  
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Comment #19 posted by Jason O'leary on April 20, 2000 at 19:21:38 PT:
the right to use weed
I think the mountmies in Canada are very very gay for what they have done the the SCIENTISTS equipment. I belive the right to use weed for medical use is perfectly good. So tell them mountmies can mount me. Cause that would be pretty cool when I'm baked!
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Comment #18 posted by Chase on April 16, 2000 at 16:20:31 PT
My Weed
Before I go, I want to tell you that loosing your weed sucks. I lost a sack the other day. And this morning, I lost another sack. Nothing pisses me off more than losing the cheeba. Goddamn everything that made me loose the precious gift from above. 
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Comment #17 posted by Chase on April 16, 2000 at 16:16:07 PT
Weed
I smoke a lot of weed. I enjoy it. But I think that if the stuff was legelized lots of screwed up stuff would happen. 
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Comment #16 posted by kylla on April 13, 2000 at 18:58:48 PT:
leaglize marijuana
  I live in St.Thomas Ont. and marijuana is ilegale and to a point I agree but I think for medical use it should be legalized.
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Comment #15 posted by Podge on April 11, 2000 at 23:05:03 PT:
Pot
Sucked in to all of u who live in America. I live in Canberra Australia and marajuana is legal
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Comment #14 posted by StOnEd on March 15, 2000 at 17:15:29 PT:
I love weed!!!!!!!!
I beleive that weed is the most beautiful and most useful substance known to man. The govt. says it corrupts our minds but I say thats a crock of shit. My mind is never more peaceful, thoughtful, and inquisitive as it is when I'm high. The govt. needs to come out of its f****** comfort zone and listen to what the people they represent are saying. Until then, I'm gonna keep smokin' and dedicate every single high to helping those b****** in Washington to get their heads out of their asses!
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Comment #13 posted by unknown on March 02, 2000 at 09:43:56 PT:
yeah
it should be legal becuz the goverment knows it can be used for meadical reasons and it helps aids and cancer and all kinds of stuff but they don't want us to have it becuz the goverment has the best weed around and they smoke it to
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Comment #12 posted by salvatore on February 25, 2000 at 17:32:30 PT
weed should be legal
Weed needs to be legal or at least limited by age. Did you know 70% of the inmates in america's prisons convicted of drug related crimes are in for weed. There are more people in prison for marajuana than for rape or murder. They are in for more time than rapists too!(saw a documentary on The Learning Channel about it.) People who rip on potheads should be smacked silly, people who use pot are usually peaceful people unlike coke or heroin users who kill to get their fix. In the thousands of years of use no one has ever overdosed on weed. Some shit has to stop and weed must be legalized!!
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Comment #11 posted by Mr. Blondie on February 23, 2000 at 01:27:23 PT:
Think about it!
Do you ever sit and wonder what it is like to be free? Do we really live in a free country? I think that we should be able to do whatever we want to make us happy as long as it does not take happines away from something else. Does smoking a joint in your own home without driving a crime? What was eaisiar for you when you were a kid...getting beer or getting pot? For me getting pot a 13 was easiar than getting beer due to the fact that to get beer you had to know someone who was 21 and willing to risk getting kids drunk. Leaglizing pot would make the gov't have control over who got their hands on it a bit better. 
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Comment #10 posted by namuh ylno on January 13, 2000 at 19:35:37 PT:
the long and winding road...
why? the legalization, the change? to be honest i am an avid head, i smoke frequent to a partime basis as my moods and feeling fluctuate. i wonder about the affects of it on the brain. the way its changing me, my impressions, my perspective of life a slotch away from the do gooders, the clearheaded alcoholics, abusers and the clean. the world is changing everyday, do we want to keep marajuana close to our homes and beliefs throughout the rest of our lives? i am scared and curious as to how i would raise kids around it's influence. to keep the human race going. it would be a new generation of children growing up under the olive branch and the hemp plant grasped with the eagles talons. do i really want that? I love to smoke. When will I quit? Am I meant to quit or is this my path? the perspective it gave me.what to do, what to do........
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Comment #9 posted by drewby dooby on January 13, 2000 at 07:03:04 PT:
Freedom
F the government man. ive been smoking pot for five years. ive never got caught and im not about to. some people say it will make u stupid and it will make u bad and u can get sick from it. that is a bunch of crap.i say we leagalize it for ages 13 and up but dont tax it and dont put it on the market just have everyone share it and sell it at there own pace.taxes is another way of saying ha ha im taking away some of your money because your here on my turf.  no one has ever died from pot or went mentally insane. i have another thing to say all the kids and dealers out there who rip poeple off u have to stop. i know a guy who gives me shovel scoops of pot for 5 bucks now for 5 bucks u get a little bag with shake stems and seeds. and u shoulndt be aloud to grow it out doors because some poeple may get offended. only grow it indoors or have farmers grow it on thier land. thanks for listening
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Comment #8 posted by drewby dooby on January 13, 2000 at 07:02:57 PT:
Freedom
F the government man. ive been smoking pot for five years. ive never got caught and im not about to. some people say it will make u stupid and it will make u bad and u can get sick from it. that is a bunch of crap.i say we leagalize it for ages 13 and up but dont tax it and dont put it on the market just have everyone share it and sell it at there own pace.taxes is another way of saying ha ha im taking away some of your money because your here on my turf.  no one has ever died from pot or went mentally insane. i have another thing to say all the kids and dealers out there who rip poeple off u have to stop. i know a guy who gives me shovel scoops of pot for 5 bucks now for 5 bucks u get a little bag with shake stems and seeds. and u shoulndt be aloud to grow it out doors because some poeple may get offended. only grow it indoors or have farmers grow it on thier land. thanks for listening
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Comment #7 posted by Mike on December 29, 1999
 at 15:17:51 PT
Cops are dicks.
My friend just got busted and what do the cops do? They put the two ounces of weed that they had and put it into one of the special evidence bags. You know the brown paper ones you get from the store. I bet there high off there ass right now!
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Comment #6 posted by Mr.Pipes on December 14, 1999 at 16:04:03 PT:
FILLABONG
It's time we all FILLABONG. 
The HEADSHOP Waikiki
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Comment #5 posted by Evan on December 02, 1999 at 17:51:36 PT:
Weed Is a vitamin---COMPARED TOO BEER
The only reason people hate weed so much is because so many people are smaokin crack-weed that makes them be bad. If it werent for crack-weed weed would be legal. So down with Fucking Craka-Weed-Schwag-Ass-Cheeba. WHO IS WITH ME!!!!!!Next time you see someone smoking weed that smells like crack would you do me a favor and kill him. Its not like the crack wasnt going to kill him soon!
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Comment #4 posted by Evan on December 02, 1999 at 17:47:25 PT:
Weed Is a vitamin---COMPARED TOO BEER
Im just the everyday pothead. I am not smoking uncanny amounts of marajuana or anything like that. I also do it in the privacy of my home so as not to disturb the public. I never drive while I am feeling the effects of marajuana and am a law abider (except for when I smoke pot). I have never been caught and do not abuse marajuana. Why do people callmarajuana a drug. If you call MaryJ a drug you have to call liquor and cigarettes drugs. You may be thinking in your head that you do know beer is a druggie but when is the last time you referred to the people attending an AA meeting as druggies?Never!!!You call liquor and cigarette abusers addicts or usually something even softer than that. The truth is that someone drunk has much less control over their actions than someone high on MaryJ. Im not saying legalize all drugs I just want MaryJ. The DEA crackass' are always saying that weed is detramental too your health right? Well do you really believe they give a fuck? I don't. The government is all about taking things away from us. They take our money at tollways: our guns: our weapons: our weed: and our choices. If I would rather smoke weed and die early than live a long happy life than so be it. The government is never helping us they just steal our rights behind our backs. Well fuck the government and fuck the DEA they took our weed from us docile pot smokers but we will fight to get it back.Thats all I have to say
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Comment #3 posted by Fillabong on August 29, 1999 at 19:20:38 PT
STOP THE VILENCE
Why do they denie it? Its been around since the start of man kine. i have never heard of some one killing or stealling just to buy a joint becuse theye "needed it" it helps peoplewhy try to stop somthing that doesent hurt no one??? but in stead helps. Thats just the inperfection of man i ges.
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on March 24, 1999 at 09:55:17 PT
It is slowly happening in USA!
Last night on the news on TV, I heard Barry McCaffrey tell the listeners that those drug warriors need to back off! I guess we are making some kind of progress to get a response like that I think!
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Comment #1 posted by drewby dooby on March 24, 1999 at 08:00:21 PT:
pot
why dosnt our leaders in washington realize the benifits from legaliuzing simple the one that make the laws are the heads of corparations whos pockets would be hert from legalized pot. eg. paper lumber oil and other such industries that run our great nation. marajuana is a medical enviromental social and economically superior plant but no our self ritchoues policy makers dont listen to facts its our duety to sped the word and get these assholes moving FREE THE WEED BABY
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