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| Pot Prohibition is No Longer an Option |
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Posted by FoM on August 05, 2001 at 07:55:44 PT By Deborah Jones, Vancouver Sun Source: Vancouver Sun 
The last time I smoked pot, it befuddled my brain. I was, oh, maybe 16 and it was the 1970s. Smoking marijuana was expected of teens, and I tried to like it. Instead, after six or so attempts, I gave up. I treasure clarity of mind too much to deliberately muddle it. Clarity remains elusive when it comes to pot. As of this week, federal regulations allow people who are extremely sick to grow, buy and smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons; the catch is, they need to obtain a physician's approval. This is wacky. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #4 posted by R.Earing on August 06, 2001 at 08:24:27 PT:
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| Toker00-I'm a Canadian Green party member.Our policy is far more developed than that speech.Free med mj with doctors note.Cultivation to be legalized.posession,trafficking also legalized.adoption of harm reduction plans.Diversion and rehab VS. criminal sanctions. Note:EVERY HOUSE on Vancouver island has a greenhouse.If only 10% were growing MJ,it would be a done deal,the cops couldn't keep up,even if all they did was raid grows.My estimate:far more than 10% ARE growing. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #3 posted by lookinside on August 05, 2001 at 12:21:56 PT:
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| this is an open minded and balanced view of the problem... in a sane society, people should be able to make their own [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by Doug on August 05, 2001 at 12:17:59 PT |
| As an illicit drug, the social and health problems associated with pot have been underground and ignored or unknown. When marijuana emerges as a mainstream substance, it will cause the kind of problems we're now seeing with cigarettes, from worries about second-hand smoke to the health of smokers. But marijuana has been one of the most studied "drugs" around, and almost all of the research has been to show negative effects. It's not like they haven't tried to show its harmfulness. But other than studies that can never be duplicated, this has not been terribly easy. They also don't point out that the harmful and addictive qualties of tobacco have been know for a long time. King James I of England in the early 1600's wrote a essay about the harmful effects of tobacco, and sailors of that time would carry tobacco seeds with them so they would have some plants wherever they made landfall saince they were so addicted. So both of these drugs, with their good and bad points, have been well know. Just because the author of this article doesn't know them doesn't mean they are not already known. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by Toker00 on August 05, 2001 at 09:32:31 PT |
| Some third party needs to incorporate this article into their campaign speeches. Any GREENS reading? Uncommon common sense. Peace. Realize, then Legalize. [ Post Comment ] |
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