Comments on: Alcohol Worse for Young Brains Than Marijuana

By: Ryan Zavitz

Ryan Zavitz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:17:02 +0000

hi thanks for the help, ryan

By: Ryan Zavitz

Ryan Zavitz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:14:09 +0000

Hi, i really like the part when you said that marijuana was better then alcohol. Thanks

By: drew

drew — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:39:37 +0000

I have just found there is a petition to legalize Mj for MD and Personal use you can find it here http://www.petitiononline.com/Legalize/petition.html
all I did was a quick little internet search and clicked on the first of many listings for petition to legalize marijuana and found only 35,000 + people have signed it. what would happen if we The United People of America all signed this?
Are the days of our prohibition coming to an end? I prey they are, but my logical thinking tells me otherwise.

Mr. President Please listen to the people that you represent!

I mean how many people in the world are begging there Gov. to tax them on something that they enjoy? I can’t think of anything in history that the good people of a county actually ask to be taxed on.
Yet here we are Asking and begging, TAX ME I want to be free to enjoy a harmless little plant.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:26:05 +0000

Slightly off topic, but I just finished watching the 10AM edition of the Today Show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and they began the show by teaching you how to do shots of tequila with lime and salt. They actually did shots on the air. I thought there was a law against consuming alcohol on air.

What does this say about the attitudes of Americans when it comes to drugs and legalisation?

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:44:42 +0000

Gosh, I’d love to be able to edit that post. Raquet? I’m sure I meant racket.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:10:28 +0000

I saw this patent the other day, and I’m not a chemist, so would need to do some further reading to understand, but simplistically and to the best of my current understanding, the U.S. Government has patented a chemical chain derived from the natural form of marijuana, the cannibinoid, that doesn’t have the psychoactive effects of cannibinol.

I see two problems. First, the DofI, which mentions Pursuit of Happiness (could easily be a joke, lol, but I don’t mean it that way) as an inalienable right, and how this relates to prohibiting non-harmful psychoactive effects (who gives a damn other than the person themselves). Second, the patent’s text would seem to positively reinforce its use as a PTSD treatment, I believed mentioned recently here from Isreali- and German-based research, as that seems to be nerve oriented, from what I’ve been able to discern. So, the government is actively denying healthcare by holding this patent and simultaneously prohibiting the plant and sales of the plant’s natural product (leaf and bud) when it’s prescribed by an MD, and denying self-medication with cannabis in the absence of a prescription.

So I guess my question is why hasn’t there been a class action lawsuit based upon an inalienable right to pursue happiness, that congress, or any other government agency including congress cannot constitutionally deny, and is actively involved in promoting sickness by denying the use of a natural medicine that at least helps sick folks to cope with certain symptoms, and which has scientifically proven health-enhancing benefits for some conditions.

It may be possible to tie this into the right of a government to prohibit something which the earth naturally provides, and by so doing, set itself up to be the patented licensee when its medical use is finally “allowed”. In otherwords, it’s a corrupt and vile raquet deserving RICO investigation and prosecution.

Oh, well, when the prosecutors are in your employ, and your’e the current head of the executive branch, nobody would order a RICO investigation of themselves.

Well, it was a thought. Maybe someone here will get something from it.

By: Former President G.W.BUSH

Former President G.W.BUSH — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:58:08 +0000

I am going to have to agree with Osama hehehe. Nice name by the way. He said in Jordan it is punishable by jail just for smoking. This made me realize, we need to legalize Marijuana not only in Canada, but the Entire World. Only then will the true destructive effects of the Herb be eliminated. It is almost harmless, other than abuse by youth, and it is Illegal. Would you rather your of age (18-21) year old son or daughter, buy marijuana at a store, or from a Dealer; who may very well have more than just marijuana. Eg. Meth. Heroine. Crack. These drugs should be regulated in another fashion and Marijuana should be legal for an age limit recreationally. I don’t feel Medical or “legitimate” use of Cannabis has negative effects as it can be ingested rather than smoked for less of an effect on your thought process and more dedicated to medicinal affects. Don’t trust Pharmaceutical industry. Go Herbal all the way. Depression? St.John’s Wort. Flu? Echinacea or Ginger. Don’t ever use Antibiotics unless absolutely 100% necessary. Your body is tougher than you think.

By: Motorod

Motorod — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:45:35 +0000

Enough already! Start the petition drives! I’ll volunteer.
If smoking a bowl is less damaging to teens (and the rest of us) than a beer bust then there is no reason for marijuana to remain illegal. Queen Victoria used pot to alleviate her menstrual cramps, so since it was okay for her, it’s okay for you. You should be free to fire up a joint (none for me, thanks, I don’t like it.)
It Hillary is correct that root of The Drug Problem is America’s Insatiable Appetite, then legalizing all drug use would really help our neighbors to the South to get a handle on the high level of Cartel and drug gang violence by de-funding them, just as when the end of Alcohol Prohibition brought down bootleggers and struck a big blow against organized crime. A rational “market” solution: Legalize it, commercialize it, tax it. IMHO this could be done with all drug use. Drug Abuse is it’s own best lesson: You either learn it, or you die. Either way, problem solved. Harsh but true.
Drug prevention & education dollars go a good deal further than interdiction & enforcement dollars. Interdiction is a total waste of time and money as it obviously does not work. People are still getting high. As for the public safety issues like inebriated driving, etc, dollars spent on treatment and rehab is better than on law enforcement law enforcement, jails, prisons & parole. Pot-heads can be treated the same way as alcoholics across the board.
Now I’ve seen plenty of boozed-up people get in fist-fights, but I’ve yet to see anyone baked ever throw a punch, so there is a chance that marijuana = less violence here at home. There are a lot of aggro people out there right now, what with the economy in a shambles and all, and it just might help everyone if those aggro types would just chill and fire up a big spliff.
I’m not big on moralists, elected officials or entrenched bureaucrats dictating what I can and can’t do. I mean, this is supposed to be a free country, right? If I want to poison my body, not put on my seat belt or fail to don a motorcycle helmet then that should be my choice, shouldn’t it? Of course if that qualifies me for an automatic DNR, then I’ll gladly eschew drug use, wear my seat belt & strap that helmet on. There, another Market Solution.
Tell you what I’m going to do to help stimulate the economy: First, I’m buying one of those shirts that reads “Somebody Should Buy You A Bong.” Next I’m designing a logo and a trade name for my imaginary backyard marijuana farm, say, “Motorod’s So-Cal Hemp,” and file my trademark papers so I can start growing and selling this stuff as soon as it’s decriminalized. Then I’ll start circulating petitions to get marijuana legalized. Now marijuana legalization may not work as a stimulus for the national economy, but it would certainly help mine. Oh yeah, and invest heavily in Frito-Lay. (Oops, I should have kept that one to myself.)
Of course, pot growing is dead easy. From what I’ve read virtually anyone can grow pot. Sorry Monsanto: No fertilizers, no pesticides. There’s also very little in the way of plant care and it is a low-water crop. Darned sight less effort than I already put into my tomatoes and zucchini. Sounds ideal, doesn’t it? A gardener’s dream, so I’ll have loads of competition, but then competition is what America is all about, isn’t it? Of course, R. J. Reynolds is probably ready to Rock ‘n’Roll on this right now. Darn.
Even so, if hemp farming was good enough for our Founding Fathers, then it’s good enough for me.

By: Bruce Mirken

Bruce Mirken — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:57:55 +0000

To answer Tennessee Activist: On one level it’s generally appropriate that NIH scientists not take orders from DEA and vice versa. But the government has of late stated its position in ways that accomodate the existence of this patent and other evidence of the value of cannabinoids. Essentially, they say, “Sure, some components of marijuana may have medical value, but not that nasty plant.” It’s silly, of course, but in a medical culture that strongly prefers pills over plant based products, they get away with it.

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