Recent Research on Medical Marijuana

usually on issues such as gay rights, i think all will be better once the old gaurd, slowly but surely, dies out.
but this issue is different. yeah, the old gaurd will die out, but not until countless others die at the hands of dealers, gangbangers, and drug lords who profit off prohibition. its disgusting to hear fanatics rail on about the imaginary evils of the drug while ignoring the evil that their shortsightedness breeds.
and for the record, im not a user.
oh, and simplecj, the one possible flaw that i saw was to insinuate that it doesnt cause brain damage. of course, recent reasearch may have disproved that, but i havent seen it, though it obviously helps more than it hurts.
no more danerous than liquer or cigarettes.

Dupont is unamerican.

I have been waiting 12 years for these laws to change. Ever since I started smoking it, I've have known the truth about how harmless cannabis is. Over the years I have learned a multitude of reasons why it's illegal [money, greed, racism, power, corruption] as well as why it really shouldn't be.

You may think this isn't an important issue and that we've got bigger things to deal with, but I disagree with you. The implications of prohibition are far reaching and profoundly unjust especially in the case of cannabis.

Back in 2001 I ended up locked in jail with murderers and meth addicts for three fucking months, humiliated by having to piss in front of a cop, repeatedly strip searched and handcuffed like I was some kind of animal. In total I lost possession of about two years of my life and thousands of dollars.. what was my offense? I sold a $10 sack to a kid wearing a wire, what I saw at the time and still do see as a victimless crime of a tiny magnitude. I mean 1.3 grams of some harmless herb and I lost all my rights, was labeled a felon and went through hell personally and with my family members.

Is this justice? I was certainly no criminal. I was your average 20 year old, 2 years out of high school and attending a full time machinist program at the local tech center, which I finished shortly before jail. I had overwhelming support in the form of letters of character reference from everyone including my principle and you know what they told me? "We think [simplecj] needs to realize the seriousness of what he's done. We recommend 90 days jail time, up to 3 years probation with weekly piss tests, completion of out-patient drug rehabilitation, plus $1000 fine and restitution.

SO, now I'm a 28 year old who regularly smokes (since the day I got my termination papers), I'm happily married and about to graduate from 6 years in the engineering program at my local university with a 3.45 GPA (one of the highest in my class).

I was a virtual POW in this pointless war and I'm really pissed off that it continues to happen to hundreds of thousands of people every year despite the mountain of evidence that not only vindicates cannabis as a recreational substance, but goes much much farther in praising the plant for it huge varieties of uses; from medicine to fuel for our cars, healthy foods, durable clothing, building material... the list just goes on and on.

IT'S TIME FOR THE INSANITY TO STOP!!

We need to end prohibition just as Nixon's Shafer Commission recommended back in 1972. The injustice and ignorance has become disgusting and saying this isn't an important issue is outright insulting to anyone who knows the hardships good people have gone through because of our draconian laws.

This travesty goes way beyond our borders and is actually been aiding in the oppression and persecution of many people around the globe. We've set the example of a police state and have expected other nations to follow suit, and they have... enough is enough! It's time to restore the staple crop of civilizations from ancient China to the early United States, we need it now more than ever!!

To those who say they're tired of seeing this topic on Current because they think it's just a bunch of hippies who want to get high:

Well you clearly don't understand that this battle isn't, by far, only for the ability for a minority to get stoned without fear of arrest.

This is about safe and effective medicine, clean renewable resources, ending the violence at the Mexican border, greatly reducing the power and profits of criminal organizations, generating BILLIONS of tax revenue, creating millions of new jobs, stimulating the farming industry, increasing availability of healthy hemp seed foods, ending the global oppression and misinformation campaign against cannabis and hemp, offering a viable means of cleaning toxic land-spills, possibly finding a cure for cancer and other horrible diseases, and on and on and on...

What I'm tired of is people who want to just disregard the push for ending prohibition as just a bunch of hippies who want to get high. We already get high, what we're fighting for is JUSTICE AND A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL!!!!

Perhaps we need to widen our platform though. Current does seem to have a good majority of people who agree with ending prohibition. If everyone agrees then who is enlightened? Although I would hope that what we post on here gets posted other places as well by people who like what they see. This is why it's important to share these videos. Post them on MySpace, Facebook, where ever there are people who need to be confronted with truth, that is where we need to be putting this information!

Anyone know of any other good social news sites like Current??

Thanks for posting this more people need to know... lets keep on spreading the word.

Thanks for the post.

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The war on products that are consumed for pleasure are now taxed : government like taxes. But that puts people out of business. People warehouses, lawyers,judges ect. The money from not paying prison guards and the likes are therefor spent in rehabilitateing educating and treating mental illness for what it is addiction. We can give this a try. Just say no......dose nott work.. did not work will not work Through our penitentiary system, they and thats most of whom are in the system (addicts) enter prison with bachelor of marawana come out with a doctorate of cacaine .Im not promoting endorsing and thinking this is the greatest idea but I believe in freedom and choice and helping instead of punishing. Think , we would have less criminals so public safety would increase.
Conservatives need to get off there ass and outside the box, they been inside our box up the ass for to long . this subject runs deep and it has reamed and ravished those who happened to become addicted to an illegal substance. Ill say alcohol and leave it at that...government picked a hell of a killer to make that one legal..But that was another war (prohibition )call it world war
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I still have a theory... it's the Dupont's... all their money and position stopped hemp products because they wanted all the rope used in industrial applications to be their synthetic rope... check it out.

The big drug companies thrive off of keeping people ill. The prison system makes big money with the current laws. It is criminal that these two industries can toy with human life like this. What discuses me is how the people who operate these corporations parade around in their power suits, fancy offices & lifestyles and common folk look up to them as if they deserve our respect.

There really isn't anything else we can say. It's pretty obvious that our drug war is a complete failure and the prohibition of marijuana is one of the most destructive and irresponsible laws in effect.

All we need now are high paid lobbyists...

So why the hell is cannabis still considered a schedule 1 narcotic? Who do they think they're fooling?? ... well, besides all the ignorant Americans who still think cannabis is the Devil's weed that causes brain damage, and makes you insane.

Every argument against ending cannabis prohibition I've ever heard is completely lacking in any real substance or rational thinking, while at the same time completely ignoring a mountain of evidence that suggests otherwise... what's the word for this??

Insanity? Irony? Hypocrisy? Crime against humanity?? Just plain fucking stupid? I feel like the nation has slowly been smashing their heads into a wall trying to achieve rational cannabis policies and point out the failure of the Drug War. How many head's banging on that wall is going to take to break through?? When will we see leaders who aren't afraid to challenge flawed and unjust policies, ones that were founded on a campaign of lies, deceit, racism and greed?? How long can they continue to uphold their weakening house of cards??

This is just so frustrating... why is the government treating cannabis like the elephant in the room?