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Amendment Would Legalize Marijuana Possession
Posted by CN Staff on November 03, 2006 at 16:53:23 PT
By Eli Pace and Jennie Spillane, For the Tribune
Source: Greeley Tribune 
Colorado -- This November, voters will decide whether to rewrite Colorado statutes so it would be legal to possess up to one ounce of marijuana. Amendment 44, which is not a constitutional amendment, is almost identical to the initiative passed by Denver voters in 2005.Even though Denver voters passed the initiative, marijuana remains illegal by state laws.
"We don't think that the city of Denver should have its hands tied by state law," said Mason Tvert of the Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative, an organization that's promoting Amendment 44 and defending the legalization initiative passed in Denver.Tvert said the organization tried to challenge Denver's enforcement of state law forbidding possession of marijuana twice since passing the initiative in 2005, but each time, the charges were dropped before going in front of a judge and jury. Tvert sees Amendment 44 as a way to sidestep the conflict between city and state laws, putting the decision in the hands of individual cities.If any city wants to keep marijuana illegal, it can pass its own anti-marijuana legislation, Tvert said.Weld County Sheriff John Cooke couldn't disagree with Tvert more. He says marijuana should remain illegal."Ultimately, I think Amendment 44 is a bad amendment," said Cooke, who also said the growing potency of the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, increases the danger of using the drug. "Legalizing marijuana is going to affect law enforcement. There will be more people using the drug, and there will be more driving under the influence, which is going to cause more accidents. The law is going to be a lot busier."Even if Amendment 44 passes, there will still be a conflict between state and federal law, but Tvert isn't worried about that. Federal laws always supersede state laws, but still, almost 95 percent of people who face federal marijuana-related charges are involved in marijuana trafficking. The federal government won't be able to enforce simple possession charges, Tvert said."This initiative will end the citations for individual possession of marijuana," Tvert said.Experts generally agree that marijuana's intoxicating properties might pale in comparison to LSD and PCP, but it is seen by many as a "gateway" drug, meaning its use will likely lead into the use of other, harder, more intoxicating drugs."Legalizing marijuana is a sticky issue," University of Northern Colorado senior Allie Beecher said. "If it is legalized, even though it will only be for adults over 21, it is going to make it easier for minors to possess it, which I don't agree with."YOUNG VOTERS GUIDE:Journalism students from the University of Northern Colorado have compiled a series of election stories targeted toward young voters. This is the second in the series, which will run through Monday in the Tribune.AMENDMENT 44:* Makes it legal for people 21 and over to possess up to one ounce of marijuana.* It is still illegal for individuals to possess more than one ounce of marijuana, transfer marijuana to any person under 21, grow marijuana, sell marijuana, use marijuana in public areas or drive under the influence of marijuana.Source: Greeley Tribune (CO)Author: Eli Pace and Jennie Spillane, For the TribunePublished: November 3, 2006Copyright: 2006 Greeley TribuneContact: letters greeleytrib.comWebsite: http://www.greeleytrib.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Safer Choicehttp://www.saferchoice.org/Safer Coloradohttp://www.safercolorado.org/Amend. 44 Step Toward Clear-Headed Drug Policy http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22351.shtml Big Moment for Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22348.shtml So Why is Pot Really Illegal?http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22323.shtml
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Comment #36 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 17:59:16 PT
jasgrave333
Numbers can be addresses, pointers to things. The numbers are not important in themselves, except in their relationship to one another, in their way of representing change, in their signaling of significance.3 * 4 * 5 * 7Multiply and see.
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Comment #35 posted by jasgrave333 on November 06, 2006 at 15:08:43 PT:
Whig - Done know bredren!
...yes sah, we all living in Syncronistic unity!da pictures not coming up.hmmm, will hav ta upgrade my IE after all... sigh.k... yes def agreed, we are ALL in the right place at the right time, soo good ta meet ya bro and all here!Working hard to legalise REAL free-dom.tomorrow right! dat da start
Cannabis in a word - peace
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Comment #34 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 14:16:19 PT
jasgrave333
Jah'Maker perhaps.You'd probably like it there, when it's time for that. Only you can know your own timing, and even you don't know before it's time for you to know.We're here now, there's no time to worry, it's all good. But we still have work to do, let's enjoy it and make it a party.Soon came.
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Comment #33 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 14:13:38 PT
jasgrave333
I wasn't able to pull up those pictures.I've been using imageshack: http://imageshack.us/You can copy pictures there from either your home computer or from any website where it is already hosted, and it will even resize the image for you if you want.
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Comment #32 posted by jasgrave333 on November 06, 2006 at 13:59:53 PT:
Ja-Maica - not yet...
Whig;"
Do you go to Jamaica?
"After living out here so long you would think right?I've travelled up and down most of the islands here; my favourites being Anguilla (for it's beaches) St Lucia for errrm it's errrr ya know... ahem, and St Kitt's for it's bredren and sistren one love.It's Ironic that most of my friends and my first girl-friend in England was Jamaican. No, I've not been yet, I guess it's one of those waiting things, maybe when Cannabis is legalised; That a good time!St Kitt's is a raw Tropical Caribbean island. Still colonial in buildings and architecture, but warm and Caribbean in the heart of the people. We live all up pretty close, as you do in the 3rd world (it's a small community; people chat), but we all get on with the odd manifestation of the 1st world greed occuring.There is a fundamental feeling of one-ness here, a universal rythm, conciously connected by the same suffering and love bond.Rasta-faranism is big, the name Jah! Even bigger :)it's universal, we are connected at the universal conciousness, through the oldest communication of numbers and syncronisity;~33 feet below the sea is 1 Atmosphere
33 Deg F is 1 above freezing
33 years of King David's Rein.ya a lot to it... some lighter reading below
got all night, this could take a while... I warned you...
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Comment #31 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 13:51:28 PT
Question
Do you go to Jamaica?
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Comment #30 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 13:43:08 PT
Anointment
Jason knows who he is now and I know him now.So there is consciousness.
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Comment #29 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 13:34:45 PT
Jah'son
Yes I see you one brother to another, though we use different words to speak our knowledge, we say what we are and we do what we will.Raising consciousness: http://cannablog.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/let-there-be-consciousness/
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Comment #28 posted by jasgrave333 on November 06, 2006 at 13:33:11 PT:
picture of peace without the raw T-error
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4924/1331/1600/3dope_hanf_marihuana_cannabis_gras_haschisch_-_Wallpaper_1600x1200.jpg[hifff...]
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Comment #27 posted by jasgrave333 on November 06, 2006 at 13:31:10 PT:
Whig; Ja! one Love :D
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You are already who you are and need nothing from anyone, you know God well and do what you know best.
"U can c me :)hi hi hi... peace bredren to you and yours.Living in Marital(martial) bliss, takes work, empathy and altruistic fatherly/motherly love.The oldest family medicine - Cannabis 4-Ever![hifff...] (have they legalised it yet?...tomorrow right... :D
A picture of peace!
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Comment #26 posted by whig on November 06, 2006 at 11:37:57 PT
jasgrave333
You are already who you are and need nothing from anyone, you know God well and do what you know best.We serve at our own pleasure and with rich reward, such as is not seen or understood by those who seek common riches. You are blessed with a wife, and she is God too, as is mine. How few today seem even to respect this simple faith.What can I give you that you do not already have? That is always the question when entering the kingdom, for we want for nothing but one another to have what we do.One love, one heart, one God, one consciousness. We cannot fight one another without fighting ourselves, we cannot love one another without loving ourselves. Who comes against me must understand what moves me, and must be so moved themselves. We are indefeasible.Blessings to you and yours, be well.
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Comment #25 posted by jasgrave333 on November 06, 2006 at 10:02:36 PT:
Whig - Good ta meet you - peace an ting :)
Whig;"
Jah'son.
Michael.Pleased to meet you.
"Very pleased to meet you too! Am at the Cannabis's services sah! Thanks for the recipe too and you asked;"
Do you want to be anointed as a leader of people?
"I'm willing to stand up to the plate, if anyone asks or if I'm the only person at the front of the line dat ready to do so?My dream to have a license and permit, to teach others about this wonderful healing herb! (00-313 or 007)( http://cannabis-jasgrave333.blogspot.com/2006/11/license-to-ill.html )Peace an 1Love all...[always liked Romans 9:33]
Jesus would have stood up for it...
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Comment #24 posted by whig on November 05, 2006 at 11:56:09 PT
jasgrave333
Jah'son.Michael.Pleased to meet you.
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Comment #23 posted by whig on November 05, 2006 at 11:27:31 PT
Oh 
It is verses 22-30, not 20-30.
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Comment #22 posted by whig on November 05, 2006 at 11:26:43 PT
Sorry
I made a few typos, but nothing consequential as far as I can tell.
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Comment #21 posted by whig on November 05, 2006 at 11:15:02 PT
jasgrave333
Do you want to be anointed as a leader of people?I vaporize crumbs, personally. Pounds are just unimaginable for me yet, but I would eat if I could.Still, crumbs can be had, and they are enough and as much as I need for now, or surely more would be provided as a matter of course. God provides that which is best for us sometimes when we do not know what that is ourselves.There is an oil, Jason. It contains the following ingredients,Exodus 30, Verses 20-30:30:22 	God spoke to Moses, saying:30:23 	You must take the finest fragrances, 500 [shekels] of distilled myrrh, [two] half portions, each consisting of 250 [shekels] of fragrant cinnamon and 250 [shekels] of fragrant cane,30:24 	and 500 shekels of cassia, all measured by the sanctuary standard, along with a gallon of olive oil.30:25 	Make it into sacred anointing oil. It shall be a blended compound, as made by a skilled perfumer, [made especially for] the sacred anointing oil.30:26 	Then use it to anoint the Communion Tent, the Ark of Testimony,30:27 	the table and all its utensils, the menorah and its utensils, the incense altar,30:28 	the sacrificial altar and all its utensils, the washstand and its base.30:29 	You will thus sanctify them, making them holy of holies, so that anything touching them becomes sanctified.30:30 	You must also anoint Aaron and his sons, sanctifying them as priests to Me.This is what Moses did.I have been given a portion of oil, of which I have not done these things said. All things happen if they will in their own time.The man who gave this to me wrote the following.To all our Relations.
Greetings in the name of tghe most high, Jah Rastafari, ever faithful, ever sure, Jah Rastafari. One Love Brethren.Here is a definitive recipe for the Holy Anointing Oil of Exodus 30 verses 22 thru 30. Our Brother Rev. Roger Christie first made this oil in Hilo, Hawaii for the members of his church, the THC Ministry. See Kaneh Bosem from - "The Living Torah" by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan on page 12.Rev. Roger Christie has recorded medical healing of diabetes symptoms in the lower legs with this oil. The Anointing Oil has also healed Jack Herer (the emperor of Hemp). His legs had diabetes caused lesions, sores, swelling and pain. Now they don't - for the first time in 18 years - according to Jack and his wife Jeanne.Now this is a big mystery, folks. We go to the Holy Bible, we find a recipe for an anointing oil to anoint the sons of Aaron to be the priesthood. We make the oil according to the recipe and anoint sick people. They are healed. This is a big surprise?Added confirmation includes these articles about a pottery oil jar with a stand that was used to hold the Holy Anointing Oil - and may have been owned by James, the brother of Jesus.[article follows on the most ancient symbol of the nazarenes "for the oil of the spirit", then 15 more pages which I will not transcribe now except for the Recipe to follow.]Recipe for the Holy Anointing Oil.This is the recipe I have used. It is not exactly the same recipe that is listed in Exodus, because it has only one ounce of marijuana instead of fifteen ounces. However, this recipe has been used on folks and when used with prayer, it has worked to relieve pain. I have used this on a man suffering from Aids, another man with severe upper back pain from a pinched nerve, on a woman with severe lower back pain associated with her monthly's, on a man suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and on myself for various pains and abrasions. I treated Jack Herer from October 23 2006 through December 2006 [strange dates to put in past tense, Ed.] and his diabetes symptoms are gone from his lower legs. No sores, no swelling and a return of nerve function is the result. I treated Jack Herer twice a day for 6 weeks, and have treated him about every 3 weeks or so since with no return of the original symptoms to date in June 2006. [This suggests the earlier dates should read 2005, was probably a typo that I was unwilling to correct without knowing the right dates, Ed.][Sorry for bracketing intermixed commentary but I wanted to give some more context right now. I was given this oil in the presence of Jack Herer himself, so any statements made about the benefits to Jack Herer can be taken as confirmed by Jack Herer personally.]1 quart Organic Olive Oil, or other oil of choice - I know of no oil caused problems..06oz Cinnamon bark oil (Cassia) (1 eighth of a .5 oz bottle).06oz Cinnamon leaf oil (1 eighth of a .5 oz bottle)1 quart of Liquid Myrrh (prepare in advance)1 oz of MarijuanaThis produces an oil that is much less powerful than the original recipe as 2 pints of oil, or one quart of oil, in the original recipe would have 15 ounces of marijuana flowers, not the 1 ounce I have used. All these ingredients except for the marijuana are available at the local health food store here. The most recent cost was $30 for two quarts of the ingredients (minus the marijuana). Recently a gift to the church allowed me to make full strength oil. There is definitely a difference - however, this worked well with just the one ounce of Marijuana.[Cooking instructions not transcribed. Contact info follows.]Rev. Tom Brown, First Church of the Magirevtombrown hotmail.comhttp://www.firstchurchmagi.org/
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Comment #20 posted by jasgrave333 on November 05, 2006 at 06:36:16 PT:
Just an ounce...?
...well it's a start, I remember these words from a Cannabis dealer in the 70's, there are two types of drug dealer; the ones that need a fork-lift and the ones that don't...I smoke pounds... at 35 years of age, ya think they would give some kind of legal permit for that. Politicians need to start stating the Facts about Cannabis and lose some depth to their greedy pockets!Are we farmers or PHaRMa's - Seeking real healing medication. Not some foil wrapped fake tablet of experimental healing - ZERO 0 Deaths from Cannabis~11,000 deaths from "FDA" approved drugs... 100% yes on Counter Culture... and legalising!*(PS FoM thanks for da whoopwhoop over mi world here :)
[http://whoopwhoopsworld.blogspot.com]NOTE: Willing to stand up as a candidate for Cannabis as a messenger of the truth... counter culture or legal-over-the-counter culture. 
Get the facts about Cannabis - 1 Love & Peace...
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Comment #19 posted by whig on November 05, 2006 at 04:57:39 PT
Wayne/rchandar
I keep telling my friends who say they are too poor to move, it's as easy to be poor in California as anywhere; at least here you can get medicine if you need it.
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Comment #18 posted by Hope on November 04, 2006 at 22:32:40 PT
Wayne
I really like your advice to RChandar.
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Comment #17 posted by Wayne on November 04, 2006 at 21:47:23 PT
rchandar
I can totally understand where you're coming from with the desire to move. I live here in south Florida too. Moved here 2 years ago from Indiana, and I didn't have much either. I didn't have a job lined up down here, and only just enough money to rent the truck, buy the gas, and eat for about 7 days. But all I knew was that I didn't want to work 2 jobs for chickensh** money anymore, I was tired of the uptight culture, and I wanted to be with the girl that I love. I didn't have steady work for the first 9 months, and it was pretty rough. But I will tell you this, it was one of the best decisions I ever made. Also, I honestly believe that with all the long hours of work and drinking and partying I was doing up north, that move very likely could have saved my life.And even though I am happy to be here, south Florida was definitely a culture shock. The people and lifestyles down here can seem so superficial and fake. People seem to think it's all paradise and money-money-money and partying all night every night. But for me, I have enough good things and people in my life to outweigh all of that. The fake people irk me at times, but I can brush them away and move on (and occasionally play their game against them to get what I want).And that's how you have to look at it. If the good things in your life don't make living in Miami any more pleasant, then you should make the move. (And I hate to criticize people's hometowns, but I totally agree with you...I've been to Miami 3 times and I think it's an absolute slum). Instead of being worried about finding work, think of it as an opportunity to find your dream job. Make it truly a fresh start. You may be in a bind for money at first, but I say it's a small price to pay for happiness and sanity. And if you're happy, you'll have a reason for waking up in the morning and everything else will take care of itself. 'To thine own self be true', that's all you need to remember.
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on November 04, 2006 at 19:53:48 PT
rchandar 
When we decided to leave Eastern Pa back in 73 it was hard and we were young. If you learn about other areas of the country and see what jobs might be available it can be done. It wasn't easy for us but we don't have any regrets. If we had stayed back where we lived our lives would be way different. Good luck to you and your wife.
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Comment #15 posted by rchandar on November 04, 2006 at 19:28:24 PT:
FoM
I want to relocate. Trouble is finding a job. The other trouble is, when you live in Miami you feel as if you're cut off from the rest of the US. You can't put yourself in the shoes of someone in, say Houston, or New York, or Seattle. The ethnic makeup and the glitzy pop culture blinds you to everything taking place in the rest of America.But I've lived here all my life and can easily say that this is not the place for me or my wife. Our values conflict, and there's a pronounced difference between how I think and how others here think. Definitely I'm on the lookout for something else. It would be the greatest thing for me and her to get to start over.
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Comment #14 posted by FoM on November 04, 2006 at 19:21:19 PT
rchandar 
Can't you consider re-locating if you aren't happy with where you live? I know it isn't easy. 
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Comment #13 posted by rchandar on November 04, 2006 at 19:00:26 PT:
culture war
the whole prohibition thing represents a culture war in favor of vested and moneyed interests--media, film, pop stars, big corporations, etc, etc. "Hippies" are a primary target because they preach peace, love, knowledge. Look at your television: our actors and commercial stars are decidedly ignorant. They acquire notoriety by shocking, by using violence, by intimidation. They are not what posterity would ever call "good people."For a society as wealthy and powerful as ours, fundamental tenets of an enlightened society are widely lacking in our "masses": critique, dissent. We are encouraged to be ignorant, and it is only a minority that ever cherish enlightened values. We are instructed to obey, to follow orders, to be subordinate.Nowhere is this worse than the place where I live, Miami. There are plenty of cannabists here, but the logic is time-honored: no justice, no rights, no goodness. Always, screw the next guy over or you'll be screwed. God, I hate this place intensely and wish to heaven that I'll get to live somewhere else.--rchandar
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Comment #12 posted by Celaya on November 04, 2006 at 10:20:28 PT
Culture War
I think the real issue of the marijuana leaf is that it represents the counter culture - which, I think is a valid point. In may ways, it does to me. The evil thing, of course, is that, essentially, they are outlawing the counter culture. That is approaching genocide. A large part of the crazed mind-set behind marijuana prohibition is to suppress our culture. They see it is a big threat, which it is. It is a threat to a system based on greed, hate, wars of conquest, crushing of minorities and the poor, hypocritically enshrining of "official" religions, and general denial of social justice. I.E., the "elite" rule in anyway they please.What's sad is that so many people who are also being held down by this mad system help to defend it. They have been indoctrinated to fear change, although change is what they desperately need.I hope I live to see the day when marijuana prohibition ends and all in the counter culture can be proud for keeping the flame alive, and yes, wear marijuana leafs and raise marijuana leaf flags! 8^)----------------WHIG -- Thanks for the heads up. Could you drop me a line at nieblaflor hotmail.com ? Thanks.
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Comment #11 posted by mayan on November 04, 2006 at 06:53:35 PT
A Leaf
Banning the image of a leaf of a plant that grows everywhere on this earth is beyond absurd. I just don't know what else to say. These folks have truly lost it.
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Comment #10 posted by whig on November 03, 2006 at 21:04:50 PT
Speaking of Booga Booga
Here ya go for now.http://cannablog.wordpress.com/2006/11/03/pnac-starts-a-drum-beat-for-full-retreat/
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Comment #9 posted by whig on November 03, 2006 at 21:03:20 PT
BGreen
Don't you just want to walk right up to them and go "BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA!"?
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Comment #8 posted by BGreen on November 03, 2006 at 20:41:45 PT
It's not even the innocent leaf that instills fear
It's an image of a leaf on a t-shirt that totally freaks out supposedly educated people.How utterly insane is that?The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on November 03, 2006 at 20:19:39 PT
AP: School Confiscates Medical Marijuana T-Shirts
High school seniors who wore shirts to school say free speech was violated.November 3, 2006RAPID CITY, S.D. - Two Rapid City high school students who showed up in school wearing shirts advocating passage of South Dakota's medical marijuana ballot issue have had those shirts confiscated.A security guard told the two Rapid City Stevens High School seniors to remove the shirts as they went to their first class on Oct. 20. The principal, Katie Bray, confiscated the shirts.The students, David Valenzuela, 17, and Chris Fuentes, 18, say the confiscation violated their rights to political free speech.But Peter Wharton, Rapid City superintendent, said it had nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with violating a school policy forbidding clothing that displays images of alcohol, drugs or tobacco products on school grounds."Unequivocally, no. It had nothing to do with political speech," he said.The green T-shirts featured an image of a marijuana leaf and the message "Vote Yes on Initiated Measure 4."Students can wear political T-shirts as long as administrators determine the clothing is appropriate, Wharton said.Some have worn T-shirts urging passage of South Dakota's abortion ban."We had been seeing all these abortion shirts at school, and we thought, OK, I guess we can get political," Valenzuela said.Marijuana leaf image prohibited
Wharton said the wording on the Valenzuela and Fuentes T-shirts is allowed but the image of the marijuana leaf is not. Any student can advocate for passing the medical marijuana measure as long as a drug insignia is not used, he said. "Advocate to your heart's content, but don't use a marijuana leaf to do it. It's against school policy."Valenzuela said the action was unfair. "We're trying to get our viewpoint out and tell people what it (Initiated Measure 4) is, and we can't. We're just trying to spread Measure 4."The picture of the marijuana leaf should be protected as political speech, said Valenzuela, who added that he was campaigning for a ballot issue, not promoting the use of an illegal drug."That's absurd," Wharton said. "I'm not even going to dignify that argument with a response."Principal Bray returned the shirts to the students at the end of the school day. Valenzuela said she threatened them with suspension from school if they wore the shirts to class again."We were afraid of being expelled," he said."Then, I would have gotten involved," said Christine Horan, Valenzuela's mother. She said she supported her son's decision to wear the shirt but made him wear another shirt underneath it, just in case.Copyright 2006 The Associated Presshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15549247/
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Comment #6 posted by whig on November 03, 2006 at 19:07:02 PT
Celaya
Apparently it passed muster.http://tinyurl.com/yzmp77Well written, especially the Macbeth cameo. :)
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on November 03, 2006 at 18:45:55 PT
Celaya
Yes almost 10 years. The Internet has excelerated everything and finally we have a voice. Before the Internet all we could do was yell at the TV! Now we can speak and even be heard. It really is something when you think about it.
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Comment #4 posted by Celaya on November 03, 2006 at 18:31:19 PT
FoM
Wow! It's hard to believe it's almost been 10 years! I think all of us can look back with pride at the way we have helped put truth back into the issue. Thank Gaia for the Internet! Our message has gotten through loud and clear and has at least set back the tyrants' timetable. You're certainly right about this being the greatest period of oppression in our lifetime. I'd say it's the worst this country has seen, short of slavery.Here's to the power of weathering this Mortal Storm!
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on November 03, 2006 at 18:05:14 PT
Celaya
It's hard being an activist. You have done a very good job. It was 97 when we first talked on the political board at Cannabis.com. I think of how I felt back then and how much more I know now. What a journey this has been. Sometimes changing the laws almost seems hopeless but I know that we have made great progress over these years in the midst of the most oppressive administration in my adult life. Keep up the good work.
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Comment #2 posted by Celaya on November 03, 2006 at 17:54:43 PT
Evidently.....
....it is being "reviewed." I don't know if it will pass muster 8^)
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Comment #1 posted by Celaya on November 03, 2006 at 17:52:07 PT
My comment posted at the Tribune website
When will people wake up and realize police should only be involved in enforcing the law, not in MAKING the law as well? It creates a huge conflict of interest and space for corruption. What a price to pay for not remembering the lesson of alcohol prohibition. Sheriff Cooke not only displays law enforcement's mania to keep the golden goose of marijuana prohibition, he ignorantly spouts about the harms of increased marijuana potency. More potent marijuana is healthier - because people consume less of it and therefore inhale less smoke, which is the only thing about marijuana that aggravates health. He also makes two groundless assumptions about what will happen with legalization. He says it will cause more use. He has no way of knowing that. The people that will smoke it already do. And there is documentation of the forbidden fruit effect. Many people, especially teenagers, love doing things they're not supposed to do. The "more traffic accidents" is fallacious even if there is some more use. Cooke demonstrates no knowledge of what the research says on how marijuana affects driving. Some studies have shown people who have smoked pot actually drive safer than straight people. This is because they are more aware of the danger and drive slower and more careful. Pace and Spillane sport their prohibitionist slant with their gratuious contribution that marijuana "is seen by many as a "gateway" drug," So? Better than a nebulous "many" is what the major studies have said. The Drug (Propaganda) Czar's own commissioned study by the prestigious Institute of Medicine (1999) backfired on them, revealing no harm except that from smoke, and concluding that no gateway effect exists. The only gateway associated is because PROHIBITION causes people to buy from criminals who often sell other drugsThey top off this lame charade with another by throwing in the unexamined comment by a student that legal marijuana for adults would make it easier for kids to get it. How much easier could it be than the way it is now? They just buy it from a friend at school or the playground. Better that it be regulated, instead of being in a black market free-for-all.Tvert has nailed this slippery issue with the simple, undeniable truth that marijuana is safer than alcohol. That's all anyone should need to know. Everything else is much sound and fury signifying protection of vested interests - at the mere cost of the constant persecution of 40 million innocent Americans!
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