But, haven't all of us been ignorant of something at some point? Yes, we have...whether or not it is this subject of cannabis. Many of the bright people here on CNews have interesting knowledge of History, Politics, and Science...many specific topics that I will admit to being ignorant.....WE ALL can't know everything!.....:)

Some of the prohibitionists are evil....some are just apathetic.....MOST are uninformed of the truth....

As dddd mentioned, mostly, it is not their fault. Our media gives us the cookie-cutter news...all packaged for the masses in "22 minutes"....by the government and wealthy power mongers....

The fact that Eunice has come to see the light AND is doing something about it is a victory...

If we still rip on people after they change their mind, who would change their mind? I am more upset at fellow stoners that have been informed and still don't care.....

Seeing the light apparently absolves us of our transgressions? ---------------------- Eunice laughs at the irony of it all. Just one year ago, she wasn't just a skeptic about the benefits of marijuana, she was vehemently opposed to the stuff.

"I thought only low-lifes did marijuana," she says, as two of her grandchildren -- Zoe, 3, and Noah, 4 -- play and laugh in the living room. --------------------------------------

What does vehemently mean to you all? Did she buttonhole her friends and contribute to the hate in her community before she was accorded a view of the light?

Will she or her family pay the price so many pay these days for choosing, or will that be reserved for the Low-lifes she so happily named in her previous life?

I could never talk to my mother-in-law about medical cannabis while she was dying of lung cancer. Her husband and some of her children would have started WWIII. It would seem that you could be a low-life anywhere for speaking about reason and compassion.

A year ago we were ALL low-lifes here for caring about others, according to her.

I for one will not let her off the hook that easily.

How many people did she help before she saw the light?

How many people did she hurt with her previous attitude?

So she saw the light ... took a hammer to show it.

The fact that he is an apparently highly religious man is very fortunate. Like it or not, the christian bible still has a very large and powerful following in this world. While I dont agree with the bible, in fact, i think it's a great piece of fiction with some rather valuable lessons, but it is NOT the word of god. The original bibles were written in 100ad. When they were translated after the middle ages, the language they were written in was no longer spoke. We cannot acurately translate the language today. Back when it was translated, it was done by hand by monks. The church back then was corrupt to the core, to think they honestly translated the bible without adding their own 'values' is highly unlikely. Even if they didnt change the bible, the fact remains, you cant even accurately translate english to spanish. How can it honestly be said that we translated a language that hasnt been spoken in over a thousand years perfectly and without mistakes? The bible can be a guide, it shouldnt be your only one however.

I realize this is off topic, so let me try to bring it all back: I do agree with what you are saying, Prime. These are works written by men, and mostly they are political in nature, as Lehder mentioned when referring to the article in Harpers. The Gospel of Thomas was also written by men, by the way.

To say that words written by men are the infallible word of God seems to me rather pretentious and arrogant, if not downright blasphemous. Truthfully, I believe that most "Christians" do not really believe that all of what they read in the Bible is God's word. If they did, most of them would be in prison for murdering their disrespectful children.

Still, because so many people regard Bible readers as upright citizens with strong moral fiber, it does make sense to reference a cannabis user's Bible reading when making a case for cannabis--as Dr. Russo points out, it's part of the process of legitimization.

F*ck the Bitch, who does she think is a low-life now??

God spare me from people that need a hammer in the forehead to see the truth ...

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So someone who comes to see the light is a "bitch"?

God spare us all from such remarks. How anyone can think it is appropriate to call anybody who comes to understanding a "bitch" is beyond me.

Don’t like getting it from the Bible. No worries, You will get it with out books if it is to be. Don’t want it from Man, then consider Urantia, by Cheif of Seraphim; Melchizedek; Chief of Evening Star; Archangel; Vorondadek Son; Universal Censor; Life Carriers; and many others.. I do. http://www.urantia.org/papers/toc.html http://www.urantia.org/index.html

A couple of guys were mentioning being from outer space... Urantia, style?

Missing Thomas? Makes me remember Sirach: Sirach: 38:1-15 Concerning Physicians and Health:

:4=The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and the sensible will not despise them.

In the mean time, I testify that the Holy Spirit of Truth as described in John 14-16 is a promise kept.

Yeah this is a bit off topic but I have been doing alot of bible research lately.

The 4 Gospels of the New Testement, Luke, Matthew, Paul, and John were all written and edited by men, and are thus the words of men. Many of the contradictions in the original book of John were edited by the church to achieve a more even "flow" with the other 3 Gospels. Of course we dont even want to start the debate about the book of Thomas, the 5th Gospel that has been disavowed.

Sorry, but the "word of god" thing always bugs me.

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F*ck the Bitch, who does she think is a low-life now??

God spare me from people that need a hammer in the forehead to see the truth ...

Naturally, since 1 in 4 people are going to get cancer, we are all likely to find out about cannabis. We are all wimpy, wishing to alleviate pain, and will not shun cannabis. America, may have given the world cancer, for all I know... and its cancer will reveal the medicine, which may indicate what perhaps causes cancer... the lack of THC...??? AS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SHOW - AND WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER SHOW.

The greedy american prohibitionists wish to exterminate THC, may be more harmful than we can imagine, in more facets than we can comprehend.

OUR president bush / the shrub, is a plant prohibitionist. But not of plants in general, just Ours.

It makes some wonder if cannabis is plant, plain and simple, or is it the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, or the tree of life.

And then, you would wonder, is Bush, THE TOIL? (PAGE 3)

Adams is entitled to smoke marijuana because he chooses to do so and because he harms no one by his smoking. I am glad that his illness is relieved by smoking and that Adams has the sense to use what works.

A recent issue of Harpers discusses how archaeologists are exposing the Holy Bible as a political tract written in much the same spirit as contemporary government propaganda; some conclude that there never was a Moses, and David was only a local hilltop bully.