Raid update: Brutal tactics employed in San Diego D.A.’s war on sick
According to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office — the agency that led yesterday’s multi-jurisdictional raids on local medical marijuana providers — warrants were served at 14 dispensing collectives and six associated residences. So far, 23 people have been arrested in connection with the raided facilities.
The D.A.’s press release attempts to justify the actions using an extremely narrow interpretation of state law relating to the role of a “primary caregiver.” It does not address whether or not the facilities in question were operating as “collectives” – a more common state-legal model for dispensing medical marijuana.
One thing that’s clear about this case is that San Diego would have been better served if its leaders had moved to properly regulate medical marijuana facilities rather than resisting any effort to do so before resorting to brute force to shutter legal access to local patients.
If you’ve had any doubt that these raids are being carried out by heartless thugs, just look to the image below from video captured by San Diego’s KFMB News showing an officer manhandling a wheelchair-bound patient into the back of a patrol car. Remind me again, how is this serving the interest of public safety?
Tagged with: Bonnie Dumanis and California and Medical Marijuana and police abuse and San Diego by the author
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I and EVERYONE should send this video to all their elected officals, Local, State, National.
Also the papers and local TV stations should also be notified.
The fact that these people ARE NOT aware that this is how innocent people are treated.
Looking more and more like the FEDS know Cali will be voting it in as legal for rec. users. I know that I will cast my vote to make it happen!
This is fucking BS, sorry for my language. We need to demand em to STOP.
get that vid out to as many people as possible!!!! that was 100% disgusting what they did to that poor man to get him in the cruiser! you can even hear him crying for help while they are doing it. Those officers should be fired!!!
And they wonder why people call them PIGS. I sure hope the legislature to legalize passes in CA. Stop fighting the will of the people cops. You undermine respect for yourselves and the rule of law in general.
Marijuana is the devil! Get rid of it all and all that use it!
More “Change we can believe in.”
Funny, these dispensaries are required to be non-profit, but Obama is getting ready to mandate we pay for-profit insurance companies up to 30% of our premiums in corporate profit and overhead, and downplaying the importance of a public profit system.
fuck u JD. Go fuck your self!
this law officers should be fired! People should not be treated this way. Is the goverment and the ppl in office that are corrupting our country. In cnn rick sanchez has told on live tv that corporations were just like a citizens and that are able to say what happens around here. This is not right! I hope our citizens can rise up to this!
Methinks JD was being… um… sarcastic…
Mike R, I agree. I don’t think people who actually believe what JD wrote know how to use the Intertubes….
conservative, how do you think we should treat Congress? They are throwing people into cop cars directly from their wheel chairs. IF this doesnt piss anyone off, then you are honestly, just a push over. What will happen next time, they will open fire on patients? On you when they break through your door? Give me a break. Violence is more prevelent on their side. We the People will do whatever nessassary to defend our rights. I will honor my forefathers and ancestors, whether I get looked at as a “bad” person or not, I think Obama should get thrown in a jail cell, along side of Bush, on their fucking heads. ASSHOLES! IMPEACH~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaron, what can we do to help our brothers and sisters? Who do we need to write/call? Its making my stomach turn to watch that video and to see that man pushed repeatedly by that cop.
Keep ASKING for freedom people…For that is all your doing.
ASK: and you get retoric.
ASK: and bills pass without your approval.
ASK: and get arrested in raids for a legal thing.
ASK: and watch your children grow to become slaves to china.
ASK: and watch your taxes grow.
ASK: and watch corruption grow.
ASK: and watch them shred the constitution.
ASK: and be IGNORED!
STOP ASKING!
Good question, JJ. First and foremost, I’d suggest anyone who wants to help get involved with MPP and the other reform groups by becoming a member, subscribing to e-mail alerts, etc. ( http://www.mpp.org/takeaction/ ). Then, make sure everyone you know who is of like mind also get involved.
We are also encouraging people to call District Attorney Dumanis’ office at 619-531-4040 or e-mail her at publicaffairs@sdcda.org.
This is most effective for residents of San Diego County.
Thanks for your help. We’re all in this together!
I hope JD was being sarcastic, awesome comment on it Aaron! lol
DID anyone take time to notice that China is spending 300billion to buy up cheap USA properties? WHO THE HELL HAS SOLD THIS COUNTRY OUT FROM UNDER OUR FAT LAZY ASSES!
Fraud ,corruption,power, greed.
Our country is sick people.
Not only sick but no longer free!
Our enemies are at the door and all people care about is…________!
Well obviously not thinking of the country we live in.The one WE are supposed to own.
The way people act as though they dont see or care what happens to the USA, you might think they have been bought also.
The rest are just afraid and dont want to look.
who sold this country….our own fat lazy asses are selling it out. this is similar to the complaint that Indians are taking over the gas stations and “quickie marts”. they’re buying them and making them profitable because too many americans are too lazy ass to do it. people are selling land because they want a quick buck and have no interest to put work into developing and protecting our country. unfortunately we ususally get what we deserve. one word….RESPONSIBILITY
One problem is this. When laws are shaky and undefined people need to be careful and smart. Obviously warrants were issued because there was enough evidence of criminal activity. If the people involved were following the law, they would not have problems. Screaming, yelling, and fighting with the cops creates problems. After all, the cops don’t know the situation, they are just doing what the lawyers and DA tell them to do. Go peacefully, then show you didn’t break the law. Also, judges and DA’s have discretionary power. Being belligerent and confrontational will only get you into more trouble and rule out any leniency or benefit of doubts. If you are breaking the law, you need to realize that in this country people don’t have the right to do whatever they want. You can’t break the law just because you don’t agree with it. IF you do break the law, you need to accept responsibility for the consequences. It pisses me off when people get angry at cops (in example) for giving speeding tickets. The driver knew the law, chose to break it…why should the cop be blamed?
you can gain much more power through intelligence and calmness. if you get into a street brawl with the law, you will lose. fight a strategic, controlled battle and you may just win.
JD. What would happen to the rest of you FUCKS if we did not use cannabis? They would start arresting the rest of you bastards who drink alcahol. If there was no alcahol they would start arresting the handicapped and dissabled. If there was no handicapped or dissabled they would start on onyone of different color or religion. So you can go FUCK YOURSELF and take all the self ritious mother fuckers with you. I have lost any kind thoughts or feelings for you or anyone like you. I was raised morman and I believe in god and his wrath. I have said some bad things and to those who I offend, I am truly sorry. As for JD, There is no place on this earth for you or your kind. GET THE FUCK OFF!!.
Get out your guns and protect yourself. These badge yeilding power mongers should get a tast of their own med
Oh God, this makes me ill. I grew up in San Diego when it was a lovely place to be, although I grew up in one of the roughest neighbors in the city. Oh God, these arseholes want us to get violent.
What the frak are we to do Aaron, come on, guide us. I understand you cannot recommend OR advice OR suggest, however, you can offer something clandestine.
Dammit !!!!!!!
Everybody just take it easy!…Allright?
Does anybody know about this:
Intro text: Changes California Law to Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana. Initiative Statute.
Summary Date: 09/08/09 Circulation Deadline: 02/05/10 Signatures Required: 433,971
Proponent: Joe Rogoway, Omar Figueroa, and James J. Clark (415) 946-5591
Repeals state laws that make it a crime for people 21 years old or older to use, possess, sell, cultivate, or transport marijuana or industrial hemp, except laws that make it a crime to drive while impaired or to contribute to the delinquency of a minor. Expunges state convictions based on the repealed marijuana-related laws. Requires state and local governments to regulate and tax commercial production and sale of marijuana. Requires taxes to be spent on education, healthcare, environmental programs, public works, and state parks. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Savings in the several tens of millions of dollars annually to state and local governments on the costs of incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders. Unknown but potentially major new excise, income, and sales tax revenues related to the production and sale of marijuana products. (09-0022.)…
The rest is on http://www.ca.gov It’s a ballot measure for californians to vote on to legalize marijuana. It’s been approved for petition circulation by california’s secretary of state. Where do we sign this? 500k sig required by 02/05/10. Lot’s of work to do till then.
Sorry I didn’t read all the comments before I commented. I sent an email to Dumanis.
Following is the email letter I just now sent to Dumanis:
Dear Ms. Dumanis,
I saw the news report today of the raids against local medical marijuana clinics, and I was most disturbed by the way the police mishandled the gentleman in the wheelchair. Also, the state of California has legalized medical marijuana – why would YOU be involved, other than to push a personal agenda without regard for the wishes of the voters of this state and the patients who need this type of compassionate care? I am deeply disappointed in you.
You won’t be getting my vote next time around unless you re-examine the legalities and the morality of this situation, and change your mind to support the state law.
Sincerely,
Deirdre Moore
(home address added to original email)
From what I’ve seen, they raided them for charging too much for there product. It does not cost $700,000 to make bud for 6 months.
It dont cost $20 to $35 a gram to break even and stay non profit. If the price per gram goes down then people can buy more grams.
More grams = More taxes
In New Mexico the law says you must be NON profit.
You can buy bud in NM for $6 – $13 a gram.
Just trying to get “some” of you angry. Now that I’ve succeeded, go help get some laws written / changed.
San Diego Pig Department. Still haven’t evolved. They busted me in 1974 for empty pipes. When I went to court, they brought out six ounces that they say was mine, and every previously empty pipe had been filled with weed and scotch taped over. Who doesn’t drive around with all their pipes full and scotch tape over them?! The SDPD is horribly corrupt, and the only reason I’m glad I moved away.
Is anyone really surprised by this violence?
We keep proving the benefits of Cannabis while our government uses our own tax dollars to lie to us, to incarcerate us and to secure their income by criminalizing citizens.
We have proven Cannabis Prohibition to be unethical and immoral… We have proven medical uses for Cannabis… We have Science on our side… We have Ethics/Morality on our side… We have the Constitution on our side…
Was Slavery ended because moral, educated people convinced Slave Owners that what they were doing was immoral? No! They had to be forced to do the right thing.
So do we think that all these prohibitionists who support their families by incarcerating innocent people will look for new jobs just because we convince them of the immorality of what they do to us? No! They will have to be forced to do the right thing. When confronted, they will say something like – “I enforce the laws, I do not make them.” And if we follow this “pass the blame” concept right up the chain – every single link will say “It’s not my fault, it is somebody else’s!” Finally, when we reach the top, and they point back down the chain saying “We can’t change because of all of these people (the ones who also put the blame up-ladder) who do not want change. Nobody will take the blame for prohibition – and nobody will take the responsibility to end prohibition!
So we spin our wheels and go nowhere…
Since I can never recommend (and will never recommend) violence, then I seriously worry that our government will continue to persecute and prosecute us, beat us and jail us, and yes, kill us.
As it is obvious for all to see, our government has absolutely no problem with using violence on us to get their way! Frequently, comments posted by prohibitionists are truly very violent – often calling for something like “Death/Imprisonment to all pot smokers!” – These are the type of people that we are up against! How can we get laws changed when our opposition is that violent?
Our government declared the War on the American People a long time ago and many people benefit greatly from our government being at War with its own people – so what is their incentive to change?
#26: I’m not disputing what you wrote however, San Diego is one of the Most Expensive places to live now. Rent is sky high still and no doubt business places rent is sky high.
The town of Hillcrest, where the reporter was at is not far from where I grew up. It’s a very clean area with a great deal of renovation done on the business buildings and an overall sprucing up of the area that was falling into disrepair. They’ve really made it a nice area to want to go to anymore.
#23: Does that ballot measure take the frakking Federal Government out of the picture? I’d guess no, so it will do little good until the Feds END the war on people, oh excuse me, the “moral” war on drugs.
Side note: Was watching our local Utah news station the other evening and instead of ‘War on Drugs’ they had ‘War Against Drugs’ splashed on the television screen. Don’t even know what that was all about either as I got in at the tail end of the story.
Who are the bad guys?
i have a feeling that its gonna come down to millions of us marching to DC and DEMANDING the laws be changed…..at what point do we stop asking? we have scientific facts on our side, we have statistics on our side, we have common sense on our side, and yes even a couple politicians on our side…. problem is that everyone in power benefits financially from cannabis prohibition….. will it come down to a civil war? nah, cannabis users arent violent….. we are, however, very very smart because this wonderful plant makes you think, it makes you thirsty for knowledge…. how is that bad?
I can tell you why they get away with it… in the 60′s and early 70′s we protested… in masses… we drove hours/days to get to a protest and we made news… today everyone is too cozy to actually protest, too much to lose… If 100,000 people showed up in SD to protest and stayed for days in the streets, news and people would listen… when socker moms fly around town speeding in SUV’s on their cell phones with a car full of kids is not a crime, but burning a bud at home could ruin your life forever… something is wrong… protest hard and in numbers, break the SD budget…. show them the consequensis of fucking sick and dying humans…
well, if you watch “the american drug war” which i thought was a fairly decent documentary you will learn that the government doesnt care about your rights. The politicians want to create laws, have people break those laws, have their police state GESTAPO arrest you for breakin the law, the revolving door will continue. While you rot away in a private prison learning the great fundementals of criminality; the lawyers, attorneys, judges, police, feds, prison guards, contractors who build the prisons, and politicians still get paid. Its a business people. And it involves locking you people up. Look at GEO GROUP, GGI, formally wackenhut, their stock price is going down folks! This is a bad sign. We need more slaves to put into our private prisons, we need more lives destroyed by droconian laws. We need more drug cartels ruining our public lands!
What a shame, especially in California.
“Joint Efforts”??? Sounds like they may have brought in the Sheriff’s and Feds to justify their dirty work.
Sand Diego is a beautiful place, it seems like cannabis would be welcomed there considering the laid back environment. What a shame.
- A revenue source lost for he city
- Patients with no access to medication
- and tax dollars spent on an operation to arrest medical
patients………
Seems like San Diego is not in dire straights as the rest of California……
Residents of Sand Diego need to protest this atrocity on Medical Patients and their Caregivers!!!!
Lea#30
There are no statements regarding recieving permission by the Federal government for the people of California to legalize marijuana in this particular initiative that has been validated by Califorina’s secertary of state. Still, as you stated, we can get hasseled by the federal government. But at least marijuana has the chance to be legalized somewhere in the United States which is a huge political statement coming from the most populated state in the union. It would draw the line in the sand with state and federal laws. Why MPP and NORML and others like it haven’t been running headlines on this to get people to sign this petition, and get this valid intitiave on the ballot for the people of california to vote on it?
Hi there! My vision is the following: The harder they pound on you and me and our neighbors and our children’s friends’ parents and all that…the harder they slam that fist like the old Russian “hammer” coming down, the louder the people will cry out for mercy. And the louder the cry, the farther it will be heard. California is so far away from Washington D.C. but they HAVE to listen if there is a true joint effort when the 13 states (colonies? what a funny number that is!) all reunite as they did back then and THEN go to congress.
Perhaps the answer is not in fighting the state now. Now it’s time to go to congress and demand that the taxes WE ALL PAY are not paying for this.
And let’s clean up the dispensaries and make it inviting for the corporates and executives who are sitting quietly by. They are not in dispensaries. Why? Only people who can’t afford to cultivate it because they work to pay taxes? Sorry for the rant. Peace.
ENOUGH!
Keep voting for Republicans and Democrates and this is what you get. Vote Libertarian if you truely want change.
Oh yeah…I AM NOT PROMOTING ANY VIOLENCE. Sorry about the caps. I just have to be clear that my reference to revolution days has nothing at all to do with violence. I hope you got the point though. Goodnite…tomorrow is a new day.
SDPD = NAZI
SD, GFY!
Hell…there are enough unemployed right now to do the job.
THIS ASSULT ON THE SICK IS JUST THAT-SICKENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow…44 posts…maybe nobody does care anymore..shame on us all…we have had it so easy, I guess everyone just got lazy and doesn’t care anymore…kill me now please.
No damn wonder they get away with it…you are all nutless.
The MPP should get more information about the raid before sending out these email notices. It makes the MPP look irresponsible and less credible.
The DA said they were only raiding those businesses that were making large profits (illegal!) and had large numbers of complaints. She specifically said they would not prosecute anyone that was legitimately and legally growing and using marijuana.
There are still plenty of dispensaries in San Diego. If the MPP wants credibility, you need to encourage those dispensaries that are legitimate, and discourage illegitimate dispensaries.
FYI, i live in San Diego.
Well…maybe they would be a little more credible if they would quit acting like thugs…..the man in the wheelchair? I call it police brutality
The real fact is…IT is GODS gift to mankind and ANY adult should be able to use it if they want…Dam the politicians and the rest of them that THINK that they OWN our asses.
Oh and during prohibition with alcohol there were doctors trying to prescribe it for people with ailments. Let/s not forget alcohol before medicine WAS medicine. And it is so harmful and has done so much damage…though not everyone is an irresponsible drinker. So why, when something is proven with modern science…?
It’s SO WRONG! money money money money! and please don’t subject yourselves as PATIENTS that the DA has declared okay and safe…NOT…if you go to an illegal dealer…you’re gonna get arrested. That is not right either. But I suppose drug dealers must be turning a “profit” as patients get desperate. Not nice. good nite.
And I mean medicine in our society because the natives used natural herbs but since we stupidly called them savages we disregarded it.
#39 Joe
EXACTLY!!!
What a sad story. It has been set in place for a long time. A state legalizes a plant for people to use ,but it remands illegal at the federal level. Now the stage has been set for the true underminding of the people who fought and died for this plant to be legal. People will now go to there local doctor and ask for a new medicine that is herbal and has some promise both for helping with pain, diseases, etc. A safer choice that has no know deaths from consumption. Now once you gotten your prescribed medicine you have just broken the law and are a criminal. This is what we voted for? A very sad thing but the worst part of this is the fact it happeneds everyday.
We are all free men and women. Remember that must not forget this and always fight to keep it. California did not vote for this.
JD. Yes, you made mad as hell. I have seen what the cops have done to cannabis users for forty years now and there still is no change. I am trying to change the minds of every one I meet, and maybe I have, maybe not. Yesterday at work I said that all of you that drink a beer after work or anytime ” should the cops take your trucks and cars for auction because maybe you will run into something or someone?” They are just looking out for your own sefety and wellbeing. Should the cops take away your kitchen knives to prevent you from cutting your finger on accident because you are on some kind of prescription drug? I have the task force drive by my house quite often because I speak out against them and the BS laws they TRY to impose on me. I have never been convicted or even charged with a felony but that did not stop task force from STEALING my rifles for ” MY SAFETY”. They are nothing but state sponsered theives. They steal what ever they want and get away with it. God will punish them when they die for their sins as well as me and mine. At least I will die knowing I tried to help those in pain and the sick. I am truely sorry for my language yesterday and I do appologize to every one. Keep tokin and keep talkin and we might win this war someday.
OK, so now that people are really trying to understand the true and absolute meaning behind the drug war, such as the industry. HBO has Marijuana Inc. and they showed the other day the breakdown of Marijuana industry. You break law, they incarcerate, you pay to be either in jail or on probation, if jail, you work for .43 cents an hour, and then you get out of jail. You and I are mearly pawns in this country. And I am going to go out on a limb here and say something, “I think they have won the war on drugs”. I put it in quotations because you can quote me on that when I am standing in front of D.C.
Do you wanna know why they have won the war on drugs? Ok.I will tell you. Hey Bruce, Aaron, Rob, and everyone else right now standing up for our rights, do you get to smoke pot? And if you do, I would bet you dont smoke illegally cause you would be afraid that your activism would encourage police to break down your door. So, lets now add it up. If 5 people out of 20 do not smoke cause they are being active in politcs, and then another 4 dont smoke cause of the DARE programs. Then, the last one, if 3 people DONT smoke cause they are either in Prison, Jail, on Parole, or even pissing on Probation, that is 12 out of 20 not smoking marijuana. They won.
But see that was a battle. This is war *non violent war definition*.
Our war is the long run, see, when they set up the industry and even this government, they knew they would be profitable. But it is human to want NOW and only NOW. So, they set up a government and a system that would work for a short period of time, yeah, 80 years of prohibition is a short period to these Communist bastards. President John Quincy Adams told people they set up the government and would need to be re-established in NO MORE than 200 years. 200 years has come and past.
#47- I agree with you with your input about legalities of charging 400 an Ounce. Yeah, california has a higher cost of living, but here is something for ya, it costs me the same to grow a plant here in Missouri as it does for them to grow in Cali…yeah, nutrients and everything else going into it costs more, but NOT 300 dollars more. They are gonna have to stop being a for-profit organization.
One last thought here, why is the Federal government getting tax money off these dispenseries?
On Marijuana Inc, one of the dispenseries busted in the raid, told HBO that they do pay taxes on their money made. Both state and FEDERAL. when asked how much he paid last year, he told them simply, I paid the state of california 14% of my income *200,000* and paid the USA 30% *roughly 400,000* so let me ask you something….how much did that raid cost? I bet somewhere around 400,000. SO, once again,
WE THE PEOPLE ARE DONE BEING SLAVES TO A COUNTRY THAT LOST THE PATH TO FREEDOM AND RIGHTOUSNESS A LONG TIME AGO. TAKE A STEP BACK 100 YEARS AND LETS DO THIS COUNTRY RIGHT. EVERYONE HERE COULD BE MILLIONAIRES AND WORLD HUNGER AND PEACE WILL BE ACHIEVED!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem I have with these raids is the lack of a warning. It’s all about raid now and maybe answer our questions later.
Are the DEA not interested in solving these issues with civility?
I light up this fat blunt in honor of all those who died in the september 11 2001 attacks and in honor of all troops and innocent who have died since. Over 1 million people. our government loves unwinnable wars……
Worse than Nazi germany! A raid on the sick & disabled, WoW..Who are these folks?
And what part of being an American means that we have to live wit h a govt that LIE’s to its citezens?
I’m so frustrated right now. When is this ever going to end?
Gov Rick Perry of Texas is putting Rangers on the border with Mexico to deal with drug violence bc he said the Feds have not done enough to stop it and Gov Perry is absolutlely right. However what we need to deal with is the problem at it’s source: money (70%) made by cartels selling marijuana (dirt schwag filled with poison). We need to deal with this problem in a wise and profitable way that will create jobs and stimulate the economy, not stretching leo and military resources on a battle we can win with an economic weapon. Legalize, tax and regulate marijuana and the drug war would be over with a net benefit to the US without any more American blood being spilt over a plant.
San Diego County law enforcement needs your respect because they don’t have any.
Disgusting, that officer should be ashamed, ill bet he would’t want his grandma treated that way
“In any civilized society, it is every citizen’s responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen’s responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
~Martin Luther King Jr.
OK so hear is going to be another long post.
Definition of HONOR:is the evaluation of a person’s trustworthiness and social status based on that individual’s espousals and actions
Definition of WAR:is a reciprocated, armed conflict, between two or more non-congruous entities, aimed at reorganising a subjectively designed, geo-politically desired result
Definition of POLICE BRUTALITY:is the intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially also in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by a police officer. It is in some instances triggered by “contempt of cop”, i.e., perceived disrespect towards police officers
We the People have been very very compliant with taking our issues to Congress in a non-violent way. I still will be non-violent, but I will not be a liberal. I am what Mr. Obama calls a BUBBA. I will fight, and if need be I will die, WITH HONOR, for my God given rights and for those that do not want to stand up for their rights, you will either be another victim of a failed drug war, or you will get behind the fighters that will protect you.
Do you think that the guy getting shoved into the cop car was feeling “American”? The funny thing about that video is, they really didnt show how the Parapalegic actually ended up in the car. If it is still on YouTube.com, look it up and watch the whole video. The two cops, after the guy grabbed his chair to put the brake on so he could stand up and get in the car, the two cops picked him up and litterally threw him into the cruiser on his HEAD. The reason the second man was limping, they threw him into a ledge and he hit his BAD knee against concrete wall.
I want to run for President. I have ideas to turn the WORLD around. Very simple, FREE ideas that could break the chains of war, hunger, poorness, US debt, and more.
1-plant a veggie plant instead of a flower. if you walk on a sidewalk in a town, they have flower beds where pretty little flowers grow. FUCK THAT. Grow a tomato plant. grow a turnip. hell, grow some lettuce, it grows itsself. If we planted a veggie plant for every flower plant in this country, we would not have ONE person go to bed hungery. SIMPLE reproduction too. veggie’s make their own seeds so the source is never dry. Now, you will ask, who will work to grow, water, feed, and tend to the plants? People that are on Welfare, SS, disability. For one, they get a check every month from us taxpayers, NO NO. We the people will work together to form a more perfect union.
2-Marijuana legalization and taxation. Everyone here knows the benefits of this. Billions of dollars will be saved and made from this one little law.
3-Stop sending money to countries that want to kill us. No offense Japan, but you bought all our iron back in WW1 and 2 just to turn around and build planes to bomb us with and guns to kill us with. Sorry Osama Bin Laden. I know you get about 20 million a year from us from us buying your poppy seeds and shit. NO MORE.
4-Instead of shutting down Police Stations once crime rates have dropped (caused by legalizing pot) NOW use our cops to stop Murders, Rape, Child malestation, the things that really do kill people. Instead of patroling the Interstate looking for the Semi full of pot, patrol the ghetto. Police Presence is very well known to stop crime. Just driving through the ghetto for 5 minutes will detour a crime to occur during this time.
these are just some IDEAS. Logical and useful. I would never be President, I am not a dishonest person.
I hope that violence will not happen, but really, hasn’t the first shot already been fired?
there’s police chief Landsdowne again
“Undercover Operation”??? Smells like snitches to me.
Obviously the DA could not go in there alone so she brought the IRS and DEA into it so it looks legitimate under the manufactured complaints from some residents.
Are there any real formal complaints or were snitches paid in order to promote illegal drug transactions??? Entrapment???
What’s to stop them from going after patients like what they did that poor man in the wheelchair?
It’s hard not to question if discrimination or racism is a factor considering all the officers and the DA are of the same color and those being arrested or harassed were minorities….And Yes, they are enforcing laws born out of racism.
No matter what Race or Religion, as consumers of cannabis we are all discriminated against every day with raids such as these! We must all show are support for our fellow Green Soldiers. It is time we stand up against the tyranny of these draconian laws and those that seek to abuse its own citizens!
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These are the same “serve and protect” cowards that shoot innocent dogs during drug busts. That officer’s face is obliterated because he is ashamed of what is doing, like all cowards. But don’t worry, when it comes time for justice and war reparations after this massively failed “war on drugs,” he’ll be found. And “I was just following orders” will not fly any better than it did for Nazi prison guards. May God forgive the hypocritical, lying, coward, human rights violating, drug prohibitionists. I’m ashamed to say I don’t think I will ever be able to.
oh, also, just for another fact to point out that liberal ways with dealing with MJ reform. The black man at the end that was getting interview in the news report stated, “We tried giving them the keys and we were willing to give them the keys to doors that were locked in order to help the police out. THEY DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE HELP BUT INSTEAD TO BREAK DOWN DOORS AND CAUSE PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPANIES.”
I would like to think that if the police did ever decide to bust me, that I would be able to answer the door after they knocked, and I would show them my stash. I am more than willing to cooperate, but something is telling me that they are not wanting cooperation, but violence. or to be assholes and show police brutality.
I am down for a million man march on DC! A million joints smoked in front of the Capitol building !!! Then as we exale, we can all laugh at their failure, and honor those victims of this horrid, stupid war!
On another note it is true disobey unjust laws as much as possible. Keep toknig, and save those seeds and drop them in the flower beds and the fields everywhere, but preferrably in front of the police station and the mayor´s office.
So sad. I can understand if the search warrants were for people buying off of a prescription and then reselling it. God, it happens with “legal” drugs.
But face it, the people with no legal way of buying marijuana… they’re still going to get it and smoke it. They will just go buy it from a dealer because it is still illegal and that is the only way of getting marijuana (simple economics). They aren’t going to grow it because your life could be ruined completely (but our government rather people buy it from Mexico, etc.)… We need politicians that aren’t hypocritical, especially towards marijuana. We need politicians that actually follow through with their words.
JD, it worked. You got me pissed. I said it because I dont who u are an I did not know you were being sarcastic. But you did not have to do that, because Im already exploding in my head. Writing and callin my representative and Obama. So I apoligize for my words. An understand that this shit aint no joke because I take it to heart…
SmokE W33D Ev3ryDaY!
The video of the police pitching the guy into the car from his wheelchair should become national news stock video. It is a perfect demonstration of the outrageous lengths our govt. is going through to suppress such a harmless/beneficial natural resource.
What’s MPP, the DEA, NORML and all the other organizations that surround this illegal drug machine gonna do when we finally get legal? No more donations. No more tax dollars. No more jobs. Makes you kind of wonder doesn’t it?
I found an article from cnnmoney.com just posted today at 4:20! its called “how marijuana became legal” http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/?postversion=2009091116
INCARCERATING PEOPLE “FOR PROFIT” IS IN A WORD….WRONG!
Even if one does not ask or pretends not to see the rope and the flashing red flag draped around the philosophical question standing solemnly at attention in the middle of the room, it remains apparent that the mere presence of a private “for profit” driven prison business in our country undermines the U.S Constitution and subsequently the credibility of the American criminal justice system. In fact, until all private prisons in America have been abolished and outlawed, “the promise” of fairness and justice at every level of this country’s judicial system will remain unattainable. We must restore the principles and the vacant promise of our judicial system. Our government cannot continue to “job-out” its obligation and neglect its duty to the individuals confined in the correctional and rehabilitation facilities throughout this nation, nor can it ignore the will of the people that it was designed to serve and protect. There is urgent need for the good people of this country to emerge from the shadows of indifference, apathy, cynicism, fear, and those other dark places that we migrate to when we are overwhelmed by frustration and the loss of hope.
My hope is that you will support the National Public Service Council to Abolish Private Prisons (NPSCTAPP) with a show of solidarity by signing “The Single Voice Petition”
http://www.petitiononline.com/gufree2/petition.html
Please visit our website for further information: http://www.npsctapp.blogspot.com
–Ahma Daeus
“Practicing Humanity Without A License”…
Quote from the article JUST LEGALIZE IT put on here:
And this, mind you, is a situation that evolved almost entirely during the Bush administration, when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was still routinely threatening dispensary landlords with forfeiture of their premises, periodically raiding clinics and seizing inventories, and criminally prosecuting the most brazenly abusive operators.
Do you wanna know why they didnt care? Even when faced with life sentances and such, I think, they are done being slaves. They would rather DIE than give up thier civil liberties. As would I.
And on a second note, that map they have on that site….AAROOONNNNN!!!!!! it shows my state, Missouri, as having legal works in the works for medical marijuana…MPP shows the legislation died in committee……can you clear this up for me cause I need to know whoo I gotta call, wake up, shake around, turn upside down. Dont worry, I wont go all Al Capone on them but I gotta know whoo I need to handle and inform. INFORMATION will turn their heads our way when they see that they will be treated as VERY VIOLENT CRIMINALS once this is all over.
Oh, also Aaron, can you find out if any brutality charges have been filed on our 2 couragous cops that threw that cripple in the cop car? Personally, I find that to be worse than Rodney King. At least the cripple dude could not walk or kick them. Also, is there a way to get that cripple an email so he knows we are still fighting for him. Even if we arent california residents, we will still fight for him.
I just sent this letter to the 7 people that govern laws and law enforcement in Missouri.
Dear INSERT NAME,
I am writing you today in regards to the issue of Medical Marijuana in Missouri. I am a 26 year old citizen of Missouri that pays taxes every year and has never been in any trouble with law enforcement officials, other than a few speeding tickets. I have worked since I was 14 and at least once a month, every year since, I have been an employee of the month. I raise a daughter that gets straight A’s in high school, has gotten several merits in band and choir, and is well on her way to becoming a very productive member of society. And my fiance, Karen, has also worked and payed taxes in Missouri since she was 14.
Anyways INSERT NAME, the reason I am writing you today is to find your view points on medical marijuana and how you will vote for the issue/legislation if put on your desk. I have 4 herniated discs in my back that I deal with since I live paycheck to paycheck and connot affotd surgery or to be out of work while recovering from the surgery. I have carpel tunnel in both wrists that I have delt with for 10 years (my hands have went numb 4 times while I wrote this). I have had 4 knee surgeries on my right knee and need surgery on my left, but once again, I cannot afford it. I do go to the BLA BLA BLA in BLA Missouri where the doctors there have tried many exploratory ways to heal my back without invasive surgery, but with little to no success. I have been prescribed a narcotic called Percocet, in which I take 120 a month to help me deal with the pain. These pills really do not work, they just make my stomach hurt, give me constipation, and really they do not take my pain away, just make me feel weird. I will soon be asking my doctor for an increase in the amount of pills per month because I have slowly built up a tolerance to them. Marijuana has been proven to be medically beneficial and many tests have been done to debunk the many lies that were made up in the 1930′s to make marijuana illegal. It is not a gateway drug. It is not addictive. It is less likely to harm you than that of an asprin, as a matter of fact, no person has ever directly died from marijuana use, as of the oppisite with asprin, where over 10000 people die annually from asprin use. Marijuana was originally made illegal because the tree industry was in limbo because hemp is a more beneficial plant than tree (1 acre of hemp does the same as 40 acres of trees). Another reason it was made illegal is race. Blacks were using marijuana and white adults didnt want their children going into black neighborhoods to buy marijuana or smoke it.
INSERT NAME, I hope that you have done your homework and learned the facts behind marijuana and its TRUE effects on people and communities. We the people of your state, Missouri, need your help to stop our suffering from not only pain itself, but from the pills we take for our pain. I ask you to support any bill that will legalize Marijuana for medical purposes. Thank you for your time and I hope to recieve an email from you soon.
MY NAME NOT FOR YOU TO SEE, YET
I voted for you.
Now, the waiting game to see if I even get a response.
The people who pay their mortgages by ruining other peoples’ lives also seem to derive a great deal of pleasure from bullying. As in grade school, if you had a personal tormentor and went to the principal to get them to stop, you knew sooner or later the bully would be coming around again and the payback would be nasty.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. – Mahatma Ghandi
I was looking at the picture and thought someone should make that into a large billboard saying, “WELCOME TO SAN DEIGO COUNTY!”
It just sickens me that this is still going on. The prohibitionist will ultimately lose this battle but, unfortunately for now they still hold power and will use it enforce what they see as doing good for the nation. Although how good does it look when you see a man in a wheel chair being arrested for marijuana? Hopefully the public will see this as the police just being bullies.
$700,000 worth of marijuana and products in 6 months…. lets do the math…. 700,000/6months=116,666 now lets say they are closed on all weekends so 20 work days in a month 116,666/20= 5833 per day assuming a 5 day work week…. lets say they have an 8 hour day on each of those days 5833/8= 729. How is it so hard to think that these dispensaries are selling $729 worth of products in an hour? especially when your talking about products that can cost more than $200 for one ounce…. more than $350 for good stuff….. so 2-4 customers per hour buying an ounce? thats too much business? think about it….10-15 customers a day buying different amounts would equate to that….. its bullshit and we all know it…. they are going to punish companies that do good business? wow…. boggles the mind…. now my numbers as far as price are not exact, but im sure im in the ballpark…. someone please let me know if im off by a lot…. something is fishy here
Magic #75:
Open dispenseries? Retire? Who cares! They’re in the faces of law makers and eventually those faces are going to do an about face. MPP is working on behalf of all those who wish to toke legally.
Mitzelfelt said he doesn’t buy the argument about legalizing and taxing marijuana. Typically, government taxes a substance, such as tobacco, to discourage its use, he said.
“I am loath to use my position as an elected official to enable people to violate federal law and advance the cause of legalizing pot for recreational use,” Mitzelfelt wrote in a recent opinion piece published on his campaign blog.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_N_legalize13.4701cda.html
this is a joke.. LEGALIZE NATURE.. go focus our taxpayer money on real crime such as missing and exploited children.. I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ACTION.
Lea #84
I posed the question because MPP has been completely ignoring an important step in California’s march towards legalization. On Wednesday, September 9th Secertary of State State Debra Bowen announced that proponents must collect signatures of 433,971 registered voters by Feb. 5 2010 in order for ballot measure 09-022 The Tax, Regulate and Control Cannabis Act of 2010 to qualify for the ballot.
Where’s the news Headline MPP? Too busy counting those donation dollars and looking at all the tits and ass at the Playboy Mansion? And I wonder where my donation dollare are going…
They had guns drawn? What were they expecting? That a legal business owner would pull guns and fight back? Was there even 1 gun found on the premise? They could have done this with 1 cop and some paper. And no one would have even seen a gun. Instead it has to be a big flashy raid. See what your tax dollars are being spent on?
Magic #88:
I hear your frustration, honestly. And I don’t like the Playboy mansion thing either but I’m not in charge of MPP.
America is going through some interesting times, something I thought I’d never see or hear. We’re all extremely frustrated with all the political garbage going on but let’s not take that frustration out on an organization that really, by all accounts, is doing the best they can with what they have to work with.
(which is corruption, dishonesty, and downright archaic thinking born out of ignorance).
Is there a protest being organized? I think a day needs to be set aside or even a weekend, for residents of California and San diego, to protest at San Diego City Hall. This is ridiculous
ATTENTION ALL CALIFORNIAN’S
California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, has just issued a release last Sept. 9, 2009 that requires 433,971 signatures to CHANGE CALIFORNIA LAW TO LEGALIZE, REGULATE, AND TAX MARIJUANA.
Please tell all your friends and family to sign the initiative.
Please Contact the Initiative Proponents at (415) 946-5591
Link to Official Press Release
http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/press-releases/2009/db09-053.pdf
Ex-WWE Diva Claims Marijuana Saved Her Life more on the story may be found here: http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/stories/Ex-WWE_Diva_Claims_Marijuana_Saved_Her_Life_S.shtml
A lot of these thugs (police) would love to be real Nazi’s. Just think, no one to tell them when to stop. They love the feeling’s they engender. They want to be feared. They enjoy tyranny. How do you reason with people like that? Answer: You don’t. Change the laws. Strip away their authority. Bend them to the will of the people.
If one state could really legalize it, maybe the other states would follow suit. At least California handles possession better than Texas does. We can’t even get our bills out of committee. Texas has no medical defense and they WILL lock you up. Prison is big business.
Pig loves getting the pay check for beating and arresting peaceful easy going humans. There is no danger involved. Pig is a tax dollar sponge creating it’s own demise. All of America is rotting from within. You do get what you deserve.
I also contribute to MPP because I believe that the Creators gift cannabis was given for all to use.
I also wonder about the Playboy mansion BS. Doesn’t seem right.
Federal drug agent Ron Brooks in San Francisco told Gonzales the law is “a complete sham” that’s being exploited by healthy people who just want access to marijuana
I guess Rite-Aid and other pharmacies will be raided next since many prescription drugs are also abused /used by healthy people.
Genesis 1
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
You mean the people really aren’t in control of the government and the government doesn’t give a damn what we want?
Say it ain’t so!
The only way to stop the Drug War is to abolish the Control Substance Act of 1970. Ignoring this law doesn’t make it go away.
Thanks for your comment, Lea. To answer your question, MPP is not promoting any of the three initiatives on our home page because we do not yet know which of them – if any – will end up qualifying for the ballot. We are in touch with initiative proponents and along with every other major drug policy reform organization working in California, have expressed grave concern that 2010 is not the year to rush into an extremely costly initiative campaign. One reason for our word of caution is that polling data shows an initiative in 2010 would not garner as much voter-support as it would in a Presidential election year like 2012.
If and when one of the three pending initiatives does end up making it to the ballot, we will be posting more significant information about it on our site. Thanks again for your interest in reforming California’s marijuana laws.
- Aaron S
MPP : Sounds like Canna-Politics is delaying your endorsement of one of the 3 proposed initiatives.
I understand if you don’t want to endorse any of them, but I think it’s only fair to at least notify or discuss the initiatives to the visitors of your website and it’s donors. To think you guys even made a commercial to Tax & Regulate yet don’t want to endorse any of the 3 or even present all 3 of the initiatives??
Keeping a lid on it will not help any of the 3 initiatives and will only leave them struggling to get the word out and time is running out. I’d rather have at least one of them make the ballot instead of none of them.
To wait another 3 years is senseless, we need to strike while the iron is hot. The 2012 election will only suck out all the momentum from initiative. We thought things would change when Obama came in office as he tried to appeal to cannabis users, and look what happened!!!
It’s a very unwise move on behalf of MPP to stand on the side lines and see who comes out on top without encouraging anyone to sign up for any of the 3 initiatives….I hate Canna-Politics because it causes division within the Cannabis Community, that should have one goal in mind : LEGALIZATION!!!!
This is a time to draw out our guns, not keep them holstered for another day. We’ve had way too many “maybe next time” moments in the cannabis legalization movement.
We must act on the current voter’s emotions while we have their attention. Who knows what kind of event that may happen in 2012 that would overshadow our cause to be placed on the back burner for another “maybe next time” moment………
How do we garner the attention we need during an election year when all the focus will be on who the next POTUS will be?
David #104: Exactly my point.
Our efforts for legalization will be overshadowed by the 2012 Elections, since there will be “More Serious Issues at Hand” i.e election, war etc.
THE TIME IS NOW!!!!
wait? wait? what the heck? thats like getting a horse to water and throwing water up the horse’s ass. TIME IS NOW, STOP BEING PUSH OVERS….WE THE PEOPLE WANT REFORM THIS YEAR NOT NEXT…2010 is still 3 1.2 months away and your telling me that you are afraid of endorsing a bill that might fall? I am pretty sure I might have just lost some respect…
Our concern is not with garnering media attention. A marijuana-related initiative on the state ballot will receive *loads* of attention in any year. This is about strategy and polling data. We know that younger and more progressive voters will naturally turn out in higher numbers in 2012, regardless of anything we do.
Waiting until 2012 will also allow more time to debate the issue in Sacramento, build a coalition of supporters, and push public opinion higher. We should be close to 60% before starting an initiative campaign. We’re getting close but we’re not there yet.
An effective initiative campaign in California will cost our movement upwards of $10 million (the biggest project we’ve ever embarked upon) — that’s why it’s critical we ensure we’re going into a campaign with a good shot of winning.
I agree that we need to “strike while the iron is hot” but I think we need to take a more methodical, strategic approach that may amount to at a three-year plan.
Now is our time, let’s do this right.
Aaron: Let me begin by saying I applaud what you have done and are doing. You have my respect.
However, I don’t agree with the reasoning about waiting for younger voters. I grew up in the sixties and seventies. Pot was a part of our culture too. Since that time, I have lived long enough to see my kids try it (on their own). Only one kid still uses, to my knowledge, and since I openly endorse legalization (as of this year), there is no reason for them to lie to me. There are millions like me.
Most of my friends, also part of the “older crowd”, feel the same way and share similar memories. Most are successful in life. I for one have always abhorred the hypocrisy. It wasn’t until this past year though that I discovered the many medical uses, like the cure for cancer espoused by people like Rick Simpson, and had my eyes opened to the real hypocrisy of the government. Now I believe my kid when he says it helps his condition better than the prescription drugs ever did. He is Bi-polar.
Even the die hard opponents I have come across change their minds when I explain about beating cancer through a new method which is being kept from public knowledge in the mainstream media. I’m talking “bible thumping” conservatives changing their views mind you. This is no mild thing to see that happen, in Texas no less.
Outright legalization is of course the eventual goal, if no other reason than to end hypocrisy, but the medical issues are the tipping point. This cause alone will sway voters. Don’t wait for a generation to grow up that never understood Woodstock. Go ahead and pick an initiative and push for it by getting the word out. This is what I’m waiting for and what my wallet will support, not playboy mansion parties.
If you build it, they will come.
Methodical? Strategic Approach? 3 Year Plan?……….
Sounds like the Prohibitionist asking for more research………..
Hate to say this, but you guys are starting to look like the “Controlled Opposition”
How many more people including their families will be arrested, harassed and have their lives destroyed in another 3 year plan?
I STAND AND SALUTE GREEN SOUL JAH….wait another 3 more years and there wont be a USA….cause the stoners will be tired of getting thrown on our heads
ALSO, Aaron,I was just wondering why MPP didnt have the petition even mentioned on your site…even if you dont have people working with it, it is still an issue dealing with marijuana law reform. Right now, with you guys ignoring the fact, its kinda making me nausous and it makes me feel ignorant for trusting you all….
Lea, you and all the californians on this site need to hit the streets with protest boards and signs that say to sign the petition. If MPP and norml.com dont wanna stand up all the way for us and just stay on their knees, then WE THE PEOPLE need to stand up and stop suckin THE USA DICK!!!!!!
JJ: You’re on the ball!!!
We have to do this with or without MPP or NORML since they choose to stand on the sidelines while our green soldiers continue to fight on the frontlines of this drug war!!!!
It’s obvious there are certain boundaries that they do not wish to cross due to perhaps some personal or corporate agendas.
Have you ever noticed with all the airplay they have received lately they have not mentioned ever, to my knowledge, the Federal Medical Marijuana Program. One mention of this program to any Prohibitionists will make them shut the f—- up!!! Montel Williams uses this argument very effectively since he is in medical user himself.
But then again, I’m sure a party at the Playboy Mansion and a 3 year plan is all part of their way to Legalize Marijuana today…….
Did Obama and his Drug Czar draft your 3 year game plan as not to make waves during his presidential term????
jj #113: Don’t live in California, if I did, you can bet I’d be all over this. We live in Utah currently and are earnestly trying to find new employment in Oregon. I need the medical marijuana, therefore the motivation to leave this state.
Had a horrible argument with my Chiropractor yesterday and I’m ashamed of myself today for not having better control. I’ve learned a valuable lesson. He was bragging about helping the Sheriff’s department pull up 3,300 cannabis plants in our county.
I lost it, really the dumbest thing I could have done. I got all the facts outs but used the F word too many times.
And this Chiropractor has said to me repeatedly that he thinks marijuana should be legal.
Please visit our website to sign up or participate in California’s initiative to Legalize, Tax and Regulate Marijuana.
This initiative may set the political momentum for the rest of the states do the same.
Please tell your friends and family to get involved.
Yo MPP why 3yrs?
I dont want to wait that long!
Im sick an tired of hiding!
Honestly though, what do we do? The current power structure is too strong… from Wall Street to the political realm.
This injustice must end! But how?
To me this looks like a last ditch effort to gain some footing for prohbition. The cops and DAs all know its comming to an end, they are pushing back trying to gain support for prohibition, to try and show there are problems with medical marijuana law and simple they are scared that its all over.
You have many votes comming up about marijuana in CA and they have to try something and I dont think it will stop there. They are scared and are acting like a 3yr old that is having a breakdown because you wont let them watch SpongBob.
These are growing pains of the movment and the real test will be how the public and the court cases go? If the public calls foul and the courts agree, well then this is it, they will be stopped from doing this again. However if they gain support and the courts decide to run these places through the ringer we could see a major push back from all government.
They know dam well that prohibition is on its death bed and they are scared. They are going to pull this everywhere when other states start passing more and more laws. We will see this in every state but thats good because we are at least seeing it and talking about marijuana and getting laws passed.
But we have to keep fighting even when laws are in place so we can stop this RAID crap from ever happening. CA has really pushed this movment across this nation and these last efforts of police and government, just proves that their “War” is a failure. The picture of cops shoving a wheelchair bound man into their car, over medicine that works for him, well I truly believe that it will only bite them in the butt!
W rite your legislators tell them to tell CA polcie to stop this crap and follow the state laws. Police should be made by law to stop fighting for prohibition, just do your job of inforcing the laws that are on the books. They shouldnt be allowd to create the laws they want or follow the ones they like and throw out the ones they dont! This was a waste of money and time Ionly hope the votters see that.
Anyone who doubts the importance of voter initiatives in CA should read this…
http://progressive.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/article.php?article_id=339
Good link, #120. Puts a very positive, pragmatic interpretation on President Obama’s actions.
Lea, your bone cracker is the same as the cops themselves. He says one thing, and does another. What was his motivation for bragging about stealing someone elses medicine anyway, greed, profit or just the fact that he was always lying to your face?
djm { 09.10.09 at 6:16 pm } my heart goes out to you.
lets legalize marijuana & HEMP IN CA People! bring on the DEA & FEDS, we’ll beatem with morality, economics, & environmental rational for ending the failed moneydraining, cartel funding, prohibition on marijuana..&hemp! http://www.californiacannabisinitiative.org/
SO WELL SAID LEA!!
Lea#30
There are no statements regarding recieving permission by the Federal government for the people of California to legalize marijuana in this particular initiative that has been validated by Califorina’s secertary of state. Still, as you stated, we can get hasseled by the federal government. But at least marijuana has the chance to be legalized somewhere in the United States which is a huge political statement coming from the most populated state in the union. It would draw the line in the sand with state and federal laws. Why MPP and NORML and others like it haven’t been running headlines on this to get people to sign this petition, and get this valid intitiave on the ballot for the people of california to vote on it?
real weak Aaron. your guys influence can help drive people to get the http://www.californiacannabisinitiative.org/ which legalizes both Hemp & Cannabis, is the superior initiative. how is this initiative costly when it is volunteer based?
Aaron Smith { 09.14.09 at 9:46 am }
Thanks for your comment, Lea. To answer your question, MPP is not promoting any of the three initiatives on our home page because we do not yet know which of them – if any – will end up qualifying for the ballot. We are in touch with initiative proponents and along with every other major drug policy reform organization working in California, have expressed grave concern that 2010 is not the year to rush into an extremely costly initiative campaign. One reason for our word of caution is that polling data shows an initiative in 2010 would not garner as much voter-support as it would in a Presidential election year like 2012.
If and when one of the three pending initiatives does end up making it to the ballot, we will be posting more significant information about it on our site. Thanks again for your interest in reforming California’s marijuana laws.
– Aaron S
Green Soul Jah { 09.14.09 at 9:09 pm }
thank you so much for speaking your mind and reading so many other minds! the time is now. 2010 we can do it CA! educate your neighbors!
Jeff Newman – Thanks for posting the link to the initiative.
I was also telling everyone to go to http://www.MedicalCannabisInstitite.com to sign up as they have a link on their website as well. The videos on their site seem to open up a lot of peoples eyes to the current situation.
LET’S GO CALIFORNIA!!!!!! ENOUGH WITH THE B-LL SH-T!!!!!
Sorry Medical Cannabis Institute, I misspelled your web site
http://www.MedicalCannabisInstitute.com
Here is an interesting website that brings to life what criminals in our government really get away with!
http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/
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