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Posted by CN Staff on April 13, 2007 at 21:27:10 PT By Adam Krause, Bay City Source: Bay City Times 
Michigan -- I do not understand how our government can place dangerous, life-threatening drugs such as alcohol and tobacco as legal products on every corner in America while at the same time, they criminalize a virtually harmless, non-toxic, medically beneficial plant such as cannabis. In 2005, tobacco use caused 435,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. Not much better, alcohol caused some 85,000 deaths. Even legal drugs such as aspirin caused over 7,000 deaths in 2005. Where is that dangerous devil weed that we have demonized for so long for all its devastating effects? It's not even on the list. Maybe that's because it hasn't killed a single person in the history of its existence. I think the government is scared - scared to unleash the truth about marijuana. It would be just way too convenient for us to plant a seed and grow our own medicine in our backyards. We could use one medicine for several ailments at the same time, thus saving our bodies and wallets. Think how much money people would save from using less pharmaceutical garbage. Additionally, the cost of the war on marijuana is unbelievably high. If we legalized, taxed and regulated cannabis, we would not only save billions, but also could yield tax revenue up to $6.2 billion annually. That would also free up a good portion of our jail crowding. There are an average of around 700,000 people arrested for marijuana offenses annually. Ninety percent of those arrests are for possession. We'd have more room for real criminals that actually deserve to be in there. We could save all our police resources for finding and correcting the real problems in our world today. Let's put an end to this political nonsense. It's the only logical thing to do. Source: Bay City Times, The (MI) CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archives Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #16 posted by FoM on April 14, 2007 at 17:23:34 PT |
| For me as I read the USA news I see hope returning to so many people it is very contagious and that is such a good feeling. What our country has become is mean, hateful, intolerant and lacking in what I call natural affection. Most of us I would think have had someone in our life that no matter what we say or how well we try to tell them to think a little differently they just can't. It's almost like they have a lock in their brain. I see beyond those people and see a dream. If change does come then the laws will be changed because those who have made these laws with no feelings about the harm these laws have produced won't have any say anymore. Then things can change for the better. That's just my opinion. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #15 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 17:13:11 PT |
| than the addled, insane,fanatical, misled, blind, hysterical prohibitionists. Some of them participate in the "burnings" for money and profit. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #14 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 17:10:24 PT |
| The every day, la di da, injustice of it all is stunning. It has been for a long, long time. When will it end? When will it end? There is really something seriously wrong with prohibitionists. There really is. They remind me of witch burners. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #13 posted by ekim on April 14, 2007 at 13:59:21 PT |
| you have given so much to all the people. its like this 3d only some can see it [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #12 posted by mayan on April 14, 2007 at 13:02:19 PT |
| I don't expect much from the democrats. The first thing they should have done was launch an immediate investigation of 9/11. The fact that they didn't leads me to believe that they don't care if it happens again and they will likely be complicit in the cover-up again. It cannot be overstated that time is of the essence! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #11 posted by ekim on April 14, 2007 at 12:50:41 PT |
| when will this issue be taken up by the Dem Party [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #10 posted by FoM on April 14, 2007 at 10:13:36 PT |
| I remember thinking how did people live before chemicals when I saw that commercial. People didn't live as long years ago but it was because of epidemics taking out so many people or their lack of proper sanitation and refrigeration that we had and have today. Employment took the lives of some mostly men and young male adults and war did too. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #9 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 09:59:16 PT |
| I remember the chemical company commercials...some showing "idylic" scenes of beautiful, sunny fields with tractors spraying fields...slightly filtered for softness to add to the effect of idylicness...no sound of course...just wow...look what the chemical companies do for us. Wow. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #8 posted by FoM on April 14, 2007 at 09:23:34 PT |
| Do you remember a commercial that was on tv many years ago which said. Without chemicals life would be impossible? I do and I didn't get it then and I sure don't get it now. The earth doesn't like being messed with. You can't fool Mother Nature. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #7 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 09:11:12 PT |
| "According to Hans-Hinrich Kaatz, a professor at the University of Halle in eastern Germany and the director of the study, the bacterial toxin in the genetically modified corn may have "altered the surface of the bee's intestines, sufficiently weakening the bees to allow the parasites to gain entry -- or perhaps it was the other way around. We don't know." "Genetically modified corn".....I know this stuff has been allowed, because of gree, into our food system. I'm horrified. More horrified. I was already pretty much horrified. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 08:59:45 PT |
| "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man," said Albert Einstein." Reading this actually made me "gulp"... a lump in my throat, like they do in cartoons. I knew this already, but the way they worded it really struck deep. I keep thinking about Mark Souder's rather smuggish portrait. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 08:45:41 PT |
| "GM, toxic chemicals, chemtrails destroying eco-system, threatening very survival of humanity" And prohibitionists want to create (for a profit somewhere) and unleash monsters on the precious medicinal plants, on us, on our children, on our pets and our fragile Earth. It's amazing to me that they don't ever somehow catch a sidelong glimpse of how bizarre and irrational they are. Are they just mean and cruel, ignorant, and stupid and can't help it? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 08:05:49 PT |
| A mononlith of oppression is being taken down. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 08:01:44 PT |
| I'm so glad it got ink. More truth in the world. It makes the world that much better. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by mayan on April 14, 2007 at 04:42:32 PT |
| Ecological Apocalypse: Why Are All The Bees Dying?
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=21462 [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by mayan on April 14, 2007 at 04:32:57 PT |
| It just isn't compatible with the elite's plan to depopulate us. I've recently been hearing/reading about the dwindling honey-bee population. Nobody knows where they have gone. They say every third bite of food is possible because of pollinators such as bees,butterflies,hummingbirds,bats,etc. Einstein said that when the bees go we will soon follow. Just what is going on? This ought to be interesting... San Diego Grand Jury - April 14 - Experts to Testify at 9/11 Investigation Hearing: http://911truth.org/article.php?story=20070413140633742 [ Post Comment ] |
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