i don't think that passive resistance will work...a few
thousand ANGRY citizens REFUSING to be arrested or allow
others to be arrested is the best method...are the feds
going to shoot unarmed citizens?...maybe once...but after
ALL the federal buildings in california mysteriously burn
down, they'd have no place to hide...

Asa Hutchison's grandfather would have been in the hoosegow seventy some years ago had he been caught imbibing in the then forbidden alcohol. What a sick joke this drug war must be even for the most stoic of rock ribbed, dyed in the wool present day Republicans. Abraham Lincoln is spinning in his grave as fast a harddrive. So good, another time to dwell on such a matter.

Hemp fields in Canada are a sight not soon to be forgotten. Hemp has found its place in the sun there, that is for sure. It may have given up some ground in Pine Ridge, South Dakota but it is holding its own north of the border.
You can see that it knows it is reaching for the sky.

As Dr. Timothy Leary suggested, marijuana has become aware of its own existence and no 21st Century world power is going to be able to stop it. Hemp prevails, hemp wins hands down, slam dunk, GAME OVER.

Very important point in this article:

Hutchinson is "right on the money" concerning the lack of money for treatment facilities and for drug testing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael A. Tynan, who serves on a county commission that has studied Proposition 36, said in an interview.

While a proposed $15-million measure in Sacramento for drug testing would help fill one gap in the program, Tynan said, "I think there's a possibility the system could just get overwhelmed."

Massive amounts of money are changing hands, and Asa wants to get a hand in the action.

Agendas. He's oh-so-concerned about agendas. Namely, the possibility that there might be hidden ones. But as the old saying goes, a thief will suspect you of theft, and a liar of lying. A man who makes such noises about other people having agendas is no doubt hoping that no one will entertain the idea that he's playing the same game.

Careful, Asa-me-lad, careful. Your agency's agenda can't stand much public scrutiny.

When the DEA's own Law Judge Francis Young declared that cannabis should be decriminalized, what was DEA's agenda? To sweep his recommendations under the rug.

When the electorate of California and Arizona, through a clear and unequivocal exercise of their sovereign franchise as citizens of this democracy, voted for MMJ, what was DEA's agenda? To work with the (ha, ha) 'Justice' Department to draw up a scheme whereby doctors would have their DEA drug licenses stripped from them should they recommend MMJ.

When Dr. Donald Abrams sought to obtain U of Miss ditchweed for his groundbreaking study in MMJ, the DEA sat on his request for years, doing everything in their power to obstruct the approval process. So much for assisting doctors in the objective pursuit of 'legitimate research'. If that doesn't come under the heading of 'hidden agendas', I don't know what does.

(Fortunately, courtesy of some brave doctors slapping Officer Boot on his porcine snout with a rolled up but no less heavy First Amendment lawsuit, they backed off. This time.)