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  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and MMJ Prohibition

Posted by CN Staff on May 24, 2006 at 22:41:42 PT
By Kenneth Michael White  
Source: Frontiers of Freedom  

USA -- Since California first did it in 1996, several other States have decriminalized medical marijuana, even though the Federal Government considers all marijuana to be contraband. Despite the constant threat of Federal criminal sanction, there are thousands of people in the United States who use marijuana for medical purposes. Did these people come to their decision to use medical marijuana in accordance with the teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Writing from a Birmingham jail in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., explained the four steps of civil disobedience. First, research must reveal an injustice. If the facts show that a law is unjust, then the next step is to negotiate a remedy with those in a position to fix the problem. If after good faith negotiation the people in power refuse to repair the damage they caused, then the next step is self-purification. Unclean hands should not accuse other hands of being too dirty. The final step of civil disobedience is to actually disobey a civil law.The facts show that medical marijuana prohibition started because of racial animus directed primarily towards Spanish-speaking immigrants in the Southwest. In 1937, the 75th Congress criminalized marijuana over the objection of the American Medical Association. Prohibitionists told Congress: “The Mexican population cultivates on average two to three tons of weed annually. This the Mexicans make into cigarettes, which they sell at two for twenty-five cents, mostly to white school students” (see Kenneth Michael White, 2004, “The Beginning of Today: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937,” PublishAmerica, page 22-23).Since the start of Federal medical marijuana prohibition, there have been advocates calling on the Federal Government to view drug abuse as an issue that requires primarily teachers and doctors, not law enforcement. Most notably, in 1972 a commission created by President Nixon urged the Federal Government to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana for personal use, and in 1999 a rigorous government-controlled study concluded that marijuana has known medical value, even in smoked form. In spite of these findings, as of today the Federal Government refuses to act.Since the Federal Government has failed to protect the right of individuals under the care of a physician to use marijuana for medical purposes, people who need the plant have been forced to either disobey Federal law or suffer. Pain is a wholly subjective experience, thus medical marijuana patients have had to decide for themselves when private medical need trumps the politics of Washington, D.C.What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., say about medical marijuana patients? I think he would judge the history of racial prejudice, failed negotiations, and compelling medical need as prudent bases for civil disobedience. I think he would say that following the advice of your doctor is not a crime.Kenneth Michael White is the author of “The Beginning of Today: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937” (PublishAmerica 2004) and “Buck” (PublishAmerica 2004).Complete Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Medical Marijuana Prohibition Source: Frontiers of Freedom (VA)Author: Kenneth Michael White Published: May 25, 2006Copyright: 2006 Frontiers of Freedom Contact: opeds opeds.com Website: http://www.ff.org/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml

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Comment #64 posted by FoM on May 27, 2006 at 08:19:32 PT
Thanks
I appreciate the clarification. I didn't read the link so I don't know what it's all about.Have a great Memorial Day Weekend.
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Comment #63 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 23:13:29 PT
afterburner
La. :)
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Comment #62 posted by afterburner on May 26, 2006 at 23:01:31 PT
whig
I agree that such duplicity should be opposed. I was not aware that his link today was old news since I had not seen it before. Mind games! I have met people like that before: they seem to converse in a reasonable give-and-take. Then, they spin off in some disturbing direction which makes the other person feel as if much time and effort have been wasted. I get the impression that such conversations are about control issues and insecurities, more than about honest communication. Too bad, the blog was an interesting summary of points often discussed here. However, if he just playing mind games, he should go elsewhere. We have serious business to attend to "with a smile on our faces and a song in our hearts."
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Comment #61 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 22:36:15 PT
afterburner
M Simon's post today was a link to a blog entry he made last year, and if you look at the previous thread he referenced it at #37 (I should have linked that instead of #38):http://cannabisnews.com/news/21/thread21820.shtml#37In other words, he isn't saying anything new at all here just trying to ping us again with the same thing to see if we'll react differently and forget all his abusiveness.As recently as today on his own blog, M Simon wrote this:
BTW I wonder why are drug laws aren’t being enforced? There are 40 million druggies in America and only 1 million in jail. We need to punish those other 39 million. More laws and stronger penalties has always been the answer. The government always needs more tools.http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-had-dream.html
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Comment #60 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 21:43:44 PT
MSimon's blog
I've linked to that particular post before. It's interesting. Good work.
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Comment #59 posted by afterburner on May 26, 2006 at 20:58:19 PT
Comment #26 posted by whig: I didn't forget 
Comment #26 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 07:27:52 PT 
afterburner 
http://cannabisnews.com/news/21/thread21820.shtml#38Just because we don't agree with his previous pro-war post, that does not invalidate his recent thoughtful post. If he mouths off in a pro-war fashion again, I take issue with that. However, the blog in today's link did not champion war. It dealt with PTSD, endo-cannabinoid deficiency, so-called addicts as undertreated medical patients, and other thoughts relevant to cannabis law reform and drug reform in general. As you have already done in a previous post, we need to extend an olive branch to those who communicate thoughtful facts and opinions regarding ending the War on Some Drugs. We also need to challenge them when they cross our boundaries of reasonable discourse and express repugnant hateful ideas. My opinion.Peace be the journey. Cool runnings. One love.
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Comment #58 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 17:42:31 PT
frisking
I understand what you mean about strangers touching you. It's against all our upbringing and sense of self respect. It's sad.
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Comment #57 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 15:38:32 PT
One More Comment
I don't have any objections to being searched this summer when seeing CSNY. I know that some right wing nut case could try to hurt Neil or one of them. What a shame that politics can cause such hatred towards a progressive artist - musician. Same thing with the Dixie Chicks. They have had death threats. 
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Comment #56 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 15:29:22 PT
Hope
I was curious as to if you've been there. My one sister lives in Baltimore and my other sister lived in the DC area so I did a good deal of visiting when I was young. I have been to New York and it was interesting but I wouldn't ever go there anymore. Since 9/11 it's all so different. I minded being frisked when I went to see Neil Young in 03. I don't want someone I don't know touching me. 
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Comment #55 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 15:18:16 PT
NYC or DC? 
Neither...and I have no desire to visit either city.Richard, it's obvious you've had some hard experiences. There are some kind, gentle, decent black people. It sounds like you haven't met any. I'm sorry.You're right about the crowding and immigration.Chickens attack each other in small coop, too. It's hideous. They peck and peck at one's back until it bleeds to death and dies. It's hideous.
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Comment #54 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 14:12:25 PT
Richard
I understand the rat theory. I believe it's true. Everyone should have a little space to themselves. We need space to re-group. 
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Comment #53 posted by Richard Zuckerman on May 26, 2006 at 13:44:35 PT:
A warehouse of 400+ men as a homeless shelter
For several months, I resided at a homeless veterans' men's shelter, in Queens, New York City. The building was originally a warehouse. All we got was a bed, a small locker, right next to each other. There were 400+ men, veterans, mostly Black males, men who were loud when the lights went out, smoked tobacco and crack in the bathrooms with no ventilation, pretty much dead end in life. After around three months, I just had to move. I found a room to rent in New Brunswick, New Jersey, which is where I am now. Overcrowding is stressful. Let's see if the Immigration Bills allow 40 million immigrants' family members to enter this country, besides the few million original illegal immmigrants themselves, contributing to a feeling of overcrowding I felt at same homeless shelter. Have you ever heard of the King Rat experiment? They slowly put Rats in a cage to the point it became so crowded the Rats ate each other!!! 
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Comment #52 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 13:25:05 PT
Hope
Have you ever been to NYC or DC? 
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Comment #51 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 13:05:53 PT
Hope
That's how I feel. If I had to wake up everyday to sirens and cops all over the place I would pack up my family and get out there as fast as I could. It's called survival to me. 
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Comment #50 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 13:01:41 PT
Probably
jobs, families, and familiarity or just hopelessness. I'd be looking for a way out of those places, too.
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 12:59:45 PT
Hope
I agree with what you said. I would be very concerned living in those cities though. Why do people stay that could leave though? The United States is so big and there is so much beauty. 
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Comment #48 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 12:55:19 PT
What I Meant
Because of the issue at the Capitol in Washington today why do people live there? New York and DC have to be the main target areas for those who want to hurt our country. They aren't targeting west coast cities just where the money and politicians are. 
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Comment #47 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 12:53:23 PT
Cities tend to trap a lot of people, I think.
They are in it and they can't get together the means to get out of it even when they want to. Their jobs. Their homes. Their families. Not knowing where to go, if they could. There could be so many reasons. 
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Comment #46 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 12:43:44 PT
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sd7TcVH670
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Comment #45 posted by Richard Zuckerman on May 26, 2006 at 12:12:31 PT:
LACK OF MONEY.
I'd be away from New Jersey in a heartbeat if I had more money!! "Afflicted with a kind of disease known as lack of money." Francois Rabelaise
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Comment #44 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 12:05:54 PT
A Question
So much is going thru my mind today it's hard to put in words but I want to know this. I don't believe the whole United States is at risk for any major event but just New York and Washington, D.C. Why don't people move out of there if it is getting hard to handle? I know moving isn't easy but I couldn't stand the stress of living in those areas. Just a question.
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Comment #43 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 11:38:18 PT
Hope 
I agree. I don't understand where the anger is coming from. 
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Comment #42 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 11:32:05 PT
Indeed, FoM, Indeed.
It starts wars...including the War on Drugs and cannabis.
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Comment #41 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 11:25:16 PT
Hate
Hating people who are different won't change anything. Hate causes wars. 
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Comment #40 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 11:15:03 PT
Well thank you, Whig...
I need to be a busy "jewel". So much to do here and I keep coming back to this computer. C-News is our "Round Table". Can't seem to stay away.
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Comment #39 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 11:12:24 PT
Hope
You are a jewel.
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on May 26, 2006 at 11:10:34 PT
whig
I am reading all of this and I don't understand why this is being talked about. I must go bad lightning storm.
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Comment #37 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 11:10:01 PT
Richard...you've got to get over it.
Those white women you speak of have rights,too. If they are attracted to black men, that is their decision and right. Despising them is such a waste of spirit.Fear of black men and white women together is part of the reason for the illegality of cannabis. You know that. Please. Get over it. Worry about what you can do something about.
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Comment #36 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 11:07:32 PT
FoM
I'm troubled. Richard Zuckerman has been posting here for awhile and I don't believe he is a troll, but he makes us look bad if we let this kind of offensive rhetoric stand.Richard should be free to speak about his racialist hatred somewhere else but he doesn't have to pollute our CNews with this nonsense.
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Comment #35 posted by Richard Zuckerman on May 26, 2006 at 11:00:12 PT:
IT IS MORE CULTURE, RATHER THAN SKIN COLOR.
The Black culture is what irks me, songs urging violence towards White people. I see unsophisticated drop-out street thug Black guys dating White women, overhear them brag about it as if the White women are mere toys, and us "crackers." What has the Black male done to deserve White women? Nothing. If it wasn't for brainwashed White parents with a guilt trip about being labeled "racist" and the failings of public schools, perhaps the White women would not date the Black guys. I used to so much enjoy Howard Stern in the morning and The Greaseman, www.greaseman.org, joke about Blacks and Jews. Greaseman was thrown off the air after making a comment about the Black male who was dragged to his death attached to a rope at the end of a pick-up truck in Texas. He said "If we have one more Holiday for Blacks we can have a whole week's vacation." I think the comment was quite funny and he did not deserve to be thrown off the air!!! I also believe there are too many Blacks and Hispanics reproducing like Rabbis (or Rats) and drawing government social services for it! Now the ACLU and other open-border immigration organizations want to give Amnesty to illegal border crossers, which would entail giving their families a free pass to become citizens in this country: 40 million family members!! Yesterday, "Michael", of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg's office, told me 10 minutes before my telephone call to him the Senate voted to restrict the numer of family members allowable to only 650,000, but I have not heard about this on the news today!!!! U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez are both open-border immigration propondents. All Congress seems to think about is their Corporate productivity, instead of the future implications of the loss of our Constitutional freedoms. Over a year ago, the John Birch Society sent me an e-mail stating the Council On Foreign Relations wants to eliminate our International Borders by the year 2010. Congress seems to be doing that with their open-border immigration Bills...Perhaps they would prefer to merge with Mexico, eliminate the U.S. Constitution and State Constitutions, and fall under United Nations law, without regard to the loss of our freedoms, because us "racists" are better off being replaced with good warehouse workers and farmers who do not question their authority and increase their personal business interests in Corporate productivity? Perhaps they want to bring in the Mexicans because they have enough of the crap by some Blacks??!! You can idolize Martin Luther King, Jr., all you want!! I'll pass on it. I would prefer idolize the State and Federal Constitutional freedoms, instead of some Black "Reverend" who seemed quite interested in banging many White women with a guilt trip about being labeled "racist." I don't play with Black women. I have had many occasions availabe to me, but, unlike many Black males, I do not look to have sex with anything with two legs!!! I would prefer Black males leave the White women alone, including the many White fat ugly cows of White women I see some Blacks guys with. It is my Right to want to keep my White genes passed on to future generations, even if my Whiteness was obtained by chance.
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Comment #34 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 10:26:24 PT
Peace, Richard.
You have a right to your opinion. I just can't agree with it as stated.
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Comment #33 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 10:22:04 PT
As a child growing up in the 50's and 60's
I could see early on that life was hard and that black people had it even harder than the rest of us. They had more barriers, prejudices, and pitfalls to overcome than others just because of their race. That didn't seem right then and doesn't seem right now. No one is "perfect" and maybe, just maybe, the "trouble" and "problems" you saw would have been perceived quite differently but for the presence of more malanin in some people's skin than others. Yes, I've known some sorry black people. I've know some sorry shiny white people, too. There is no way I can believe they are "worse". They just show up more vividly and get caught more because of that vividness they must bear.
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Comment #32 posted by Hope on May 26, 2006 at 10:15:12 PT
Richard
"...proud of my Whiteness."Pride goes before a fall. How can you be "proud" of something you did not do and had no decision in whatsoever? You can count yourself lucky...maybe...but "proud"? I don't think so. You didn't do anything to be "proud" of. You just hit the luck of the draw. 
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Comment #31 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 10:11:20 PT
Richard Zuckerman
Do you think your freedom of speech includes the right not to be called a racist? You are a racist.
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Comment #30 posted by Richard Zuckerman on May 26, 2006 at 10:05:41 PT:
IT WAS FROM 48 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE!
It was intended to be my opinion in a respectful presentment, even though you may totally disagree with it! It came from my experience of having resided in several homeless shelters, rooming houses, and jails, that Blacks cause problems, statistically, less so than Hispanics and Whites. George Orwell once said that the freedom of speech means the freedom to say what other people do not want to hear! I have put aside what I consider to be the propaganda of the benefits of racial integration. As a matter of fact, I recently read of one school district claiming they benefit from segregating the races in the High School, though I forgot which state. I have no interest in sexual interest with Black women, partly because I deplore their "brothers".
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Comment #29 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 09:54:11 PT
Richard Zuckerman
That was hateful.
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Comment #28 posted by Richard Zuckerman on May 26, 2006 at 09:51:56 PT:
YOU IDOLIZE THIS THIEF!
"Reverend" Martin Luther King, Jr., plagiarized his "I have a dream" speech, embezzeled money from a church, and according to the book entitled The Bureau, was secretely tape recorded in his hotel room as having stated to a White woman "tonight I'm just a nigger...now touch me down there"!After I was dumbed down by public schools, but graduated High School, not having been taught the dark side of government, around 1980, a young White woman told me a Black guy asked her out on a date andasked me whether she should date him. I gave her the go ahead. I voted for George Herbert Walker Bush. Afterwards, bits of information in drips and drabs came seeping into my brain, some from White Aryan Resistance newspaper, others from Militia of Montana newspaper, others from the book entitled The Secret War Against the Jews [author's web site being www.john-loftus.com], others from New Jersey Militia Newsletter [10 U.S.C. Section 311]. I resided in homeless shelters and noticed the crimes reported in the newspapers listing Black males as being a common perpetrator in those crimes reported in the newspapers and noticed their behavior in the homeless shelters. I wish to rescind my encouragement of White women to date men of other races!!! Stay with your race!! Notice how Hispanics often stay together. Other races are proud of their race. Why shouldn't I be proud of my Whiteness without being labeled "racist"???!! As a matter of belief, I do NOT want the world population to turn dark!Richard Paul Zuckerman, Box 159, Metuchen, New Jersey, 08840-0159, richardzuckerman2002 yahoo.com, (cell telephone number)(848) 250-8879.
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Comment #27 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 07:29:37 PT
M Simon
When you are ready to stop shilling for war, let us know.
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Comment #26 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 07:27:52 PT
afterburner
http://cannabisnews.com/news/21/thread21820.shtml#38
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Comment #25 posted by whig on May 26, 2006 at 07:24:46 PT
M Simon
Back again?
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Comment #24 posted by afterburner on May 26, 2006 at 05:17:52 PT
Thank You, M Simon, for the Blog Link 
After reading your points, the responses of others and your answers, I find much good logic and compassion. I bet E_J, Hope, and many others here would find this very interesting, especially the PTSD connection, the endo-cannabinoid deficiency tie-in, and the implication that so-called addicts are undertreated medical patients.Peace be your journey.
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Comment #23 posted by M Simon on May 26, 2006 at 03:52:22 PT:
Imperialism
All to fight a phantom menace:http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2005/11/is-addiction-real.html
Is Addiction Real?
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2005/11/is-addiction-real.html
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Comment #22 posted by Hope on May 25, 2006 at 20:31:49 PT
Goneposthole
can be the head of the New Drug War Nuremberg Commission.Nah. We wouldn't do that other stuff to them. We're too nice. Most of us, anyway!:0)
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Comment #21 posted by Hope on May 25, 2006 at 20:29:42 PT
comment 10
"....illuminate our paths to freedom."So right on, Christen-Mitchell! So right on. To see the good they did was wonderful to me. I admired, appreciated, and loved them even before they died. Their murders devastated me. I was a lucky child, apparently. I never had to try to peer at reality through a racial veil. When I was fourteen or fifteen, I got to serve the Freedom Riders as they went to every restaurant and cafe on the interstates through this state. (Summer job at my Mom's restaurant.)I didn't clap for joy on the spot. I quietly served them. But I felt like clapping for joy. I did feel honored more than worried that there would be trouble. We knew they were coming and we were afraind there might be trouble. Mom told us all to serve politely and be cool. We were. It went well.
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Comment #20 posted by whig on May 25, 2006 at 20:27:45 PT
goneposthole
An ounce would be lovely, thanks. I can stretch a couple grams for months!
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on May 25, 2006 at 20:17:31 PT
Comment 5  I know! I know!
Smoke an ounce of cannabis!
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Comment #18 posted by Hope on May 25, 2006 at 20:13:56 PT
The birds and the beasts of the field
would be happier and healthier if they had their cannabis and hemp back. That's so sad to think of. Prohibition has, no doubt, contributed to the hideous silence of some "Silent Spring"s that the older of us often saw, and some still do, probably.It's sad. It really is.I wonder if prohibitionists sneer at hemp products in stores ? They have to notice them. Wal-Mart even carries a lovely hemp skin lotion. I bet they don't try them...and sneer, too.
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Comment #17 posted by Hope on May 25, 2006 at 20:07:37 PT
  gw
Well said. It seems to me anyone should be able to grasp that one. It's clear and bright as day. And it's right. It's miserable sad...but it's right.
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Comment #16 posted by Toker00 on May 25, 2006 at 19:48:32 PT
When you're right, you're right!
If a man stands up for himself, he cannot be cowed. If a group of these men stand up, well, let's just say, it gets their attention. They sneak up on these people, who are truly standing against what they and many others believe to be unjust laws, and in buildings where they sleep, shoot them through the walls. Or burn them out. Or have government snipers shoot them in the head. Or steal their Natural medicine and lock them in jail to protect the pharma-interests. They'll do anything to protect freedom. Oh, not OUR freedom. CORPORATE freedom. ELITE freedom. Freedom for the weak to shield themselves with monsters too dumb to even SPELL marijuana, but willing to be led. By ANYONE. These goons are weaker than the Prohibian minds that control them. They honestly believe that the cannabis plant has the power to RUIN your life. A plant that actually has SUSTAINED life on this planet, earth, for, well, a very long time. Look at all the problems that exist because someone thought it would be smart to criminalize cannabis, in favor of PETRO. Hey man, Americans will pay ANYTHING to be protected from a plant. Prohibiting a life-giving plant is killing not just us, but the planet as well. Polution. Global warming. Energy wars. We are sick, and the Pill companies love it. Gas anyone? Going...going...gotta-squeeze-every-dime-of-profit-out-before-it's GONE. Then they'll find another dangerous way to rape our tax dollars. Oh yeah, they already have that. Nukular energy. That is, if we LET them. It's time to stand up for ourselves, folks. OH YEAH! We're the ones who ARE!Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!  
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Comment #15 posted by global_warming on May 25, 2006 at 17:39:20 PT
It Is Not Right
and can never be right,the fallen, have observed,their place,and 'we those people,have witnessed,that place in this world,where this life and breathhas been stolenand placed into slavery
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on May 25, 2006 at 17:33:27 PT
I think you might be right, ,Whig.
The longer this goes on, the more I'm convinced they knew exactly what they were doing and are still doing. Yep...they knew.
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Comment #13 posted by whig on May 25, 2006 at 17:19:40 PT
gw 
Oh, but they did understand. That's why it's illegal.
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Comment #12 posted by global_warming on May 25, 2006 at 15:25:55 PT
its irony
when those white shrews decided on this prohibition, some 70 years ago, they never realized what they had set into motion, here we are today, a world filled with behaviors worse than the dreaded gestapo, these frightened white shrews never understood that this plant has the whole opposite effect, it calms the savage beast, so that the beast is not roaming the streets, marijuana is the most non violent plant, it inebriates and calms, allows for introspection and is better than aspirin.
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on May 25, 2006 at 09:18:38 PT
Christen-Mitchell 
I feel sorry for the young people today. Not every leader from the past did everything right but they had a vision. Having a vision is very important to growth and gaining wisdom in life. Without a vision a people perish. That's what the Bible says.
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Comment #10 posted by Christen-Mitchell on May 25, 2006 at 08:49:26 PT:
Malcolm X
Truely Dr. King is s guiding light to us all. The analogy of MLK being the Beatles version of the Black Emancipator is revealing. Perhaps my greatest source of inspiration, tho, has been Malcolm X, the Rolling Stones version.Malcolm X's message was twofold. He encouraged all to stand up for oneself and to stand together so as to be harder to knock down. His second gift after a lifetime of Afrocentrism was the declaration that we are all brothers, for which he was killed.The startling vision of he and his bowtied brothers standing proudly and defiantly, sent waves of shock and awe to the white bigots of the United States.Today we deal with the bigotry and persecution of the War on Some Drugs. I feel sympathy towards the current generation of youth that they have no brave, insightfull men such as Malcolm X and Dr. King to look up to for examples of higher ideals.These men were not perfect, yet still their gifts can serve to illuminate our paths to freedom. We are all the better because of their ennobleing lives. Heros both.
Hemptopia - Our Greener Future
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on May 25, 2006 at 08:37:21 PT
Truth 
I don't think so. He lives in his own world and wouldn't get it if he did. I'm sure many people that surround Bush have heard it and cringe. 
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Comment #8 posted by Truth on May 25, 2006 at 08:31:57 PT
bush
Do you think George has listened to Neil's new album?He should.
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on May 25, 2006 at 08:30:40 PT
Off Topic: Enron Verdict at 12 ET Today
I wonder what it will be?
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on May 25, 2006 at 07:57:36 PT
More Comic Relief
No news so a little comic relief. I put the video of the SNL skit about Neil Young called I Do Not Agree on my page. It's funny. Enjoy.goneposthole, I know which one I would pick.
Neil Young: Living With War
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Comment #5 posted by goneposthole on May 25, 2006 at 07:35:18 PT
a small poll, just for grins and giggles
Given the choice, would you rather spend a year in jail or smoke an ounce of cannabis?Given the choice, would you rather be hanging by your thumbs or smoke an ounce of cannabis?Given the choice, would you rather be subjected to torture at Abu Ghraib or smoke an ounce of cannabis?Given the choice, would you rather be stranded on a desert island or smoke an ounce of cannabis?Given the choice, would you rather be caught in a blizzard near the summit of Mt. Everest or smoke an ounce of cannabis?What are your preferences?
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Comment #4 posted by afterburner on May 25, 2006 at 07:29:44 PT
The Reason for Civil Disobedience of Cannabis Laws
"We don’t put our doctors in charge of stopping violent crimes. The police, prosecutors, and prison guards should not be in charge of which herbal therapies people may use to treat their personal health problems."- Jack Herer, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" 
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Comment #3 posted by whig on May 25, 2006 at 06:34:22 PT
Magbie article
http://www.november.org/thewall/cases/magbie-j/magbie-j.html
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Comment #2 posted by Dankhank on May 25, 2006 at 06:23:47 PT
Oppressed
Mornin, Whig ...What a beautiful morning it it, here in the Great Plains.A few years ago beautiful spouse, beautiful grandgirls and I were travelling west from central Georgia. Our journey took us through Selma, Alabama and I made an immediate left and parked when I saw the National Voting Rights Museum.The staff of beautiful women there were well aware of the new class of "oppressed." I asked if they knew of Jonathon Magbie. They did. They understood. 
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Comment #1 posted by whig on May 25, 2006 at 02:35:37 PT
Well
There's a reason they had MLK killed, you know. He's only revered by the power structure in death, when he cannot say anything more to shame them.
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