Community | September 23, 2009 | 18 comments

5 Things the Corporate Media Don’t Want You to Know About Cannabis

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Tests and experiments purporting to demonstrate the ravages of marijuana consumption receive enormous attention from Corporate Media, and their findings become accepted as fact by the public. But when careful refutations of such research are published, or when later findings contradict the original pathological findings, they tend to be ignored or dismissed.
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18 comments // 5 Things the Corporate Media Don’t Want You to Know About Cannabis

  • N_Dank
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  • samthesixth
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      samthesixth  

    • Connie,

      Hearst was largely responsible as was the Roosevelt administration. The distortion was there long before Nixon. During Clinton more marijuana users were incarcerated than under Reagan. It would be nice if the failures to legalize or decrim could be laid on the doorstep of conservatives and Republicans, but to do so ignores Democratic culpability on the issue as well. It is a bi-partisan shafting of the American people.

    • 2 years ago
  • sharprichard
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      sharprichard  
    • samthesixth:

      You are exactly right - it has been a bipartisan stance to support the War on Drugs - and yes, the confusion between hemp and marijuana has been encouraged by the prohibitionists. however, just like when prohibition of alcohol stopped in the 30's, it came about due to economic reasons - not due to political leadership. in other words - prohibition is a luxury we can no longer afford!

    • 2 years ago
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  
    • samthesixth:

      You are right, cannabis crosses party lines. Both in consumption and prosecution. Ordinary Americans, Democrats and Republicans consume cannabis. Politicians, Democrats and Republicans use cannabis as a political tool for campaigning.

      Even though many politicians have admitted consuming cannabis at one time, or another, they still spin disinformation. They either don't have the courage to challenge the status quo, or they are part of the problem. But, no matter why they are doing it, they are part of the problem. We have more people in prison than any other country in the world and the distorted facts about cannabis has added to the large number of incarcerated Americans.

    • 2 years ago
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  

    • I think the confusion didn't start with people who support cannabis hemp. I think the distortion started with Hearst, Nixon and Reagan.

      Abraham Lincoln called smokeable hemp, 'sweet hemp'.

      "Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica." - Abraham Lincoln (from a letter written by Lincoln during his presidency to the head of the Hohner Harmonica Company in Germany)

    • 2 years ago
  • frizzlecat
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      frizzlecat  

    • Just to point out that there IS a difference between hemp and marijuana. No one can argue about growing hemp, it's practically inert, containing only about 0.03% THC, whereas non-industrial-use female marijuana plants can contain up to 20%+.
      Before people can discuss or debate an issue, they really need to understand their terminology. People seem to think "hemp" means "pot/weed/ganja". It doesn't.

    • 2 years ago
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  
    • frizzlecat:

      Actually the names, marijuana, pot/weed/ganja are all made up words to demonize the plant.

      Cannabis hemp has been around for thousands of years. The names marijuana, pot, weed and gonja, were created to distort the issue in relatively recent history.

      These names are spun by those who chose to split the issue and mislead people into thinking cannabis consumption is relatively new also. Fact, cannabis hemp has been around for thousands of years. Splitting facts, or splitting hairs, cannabis hemp should not be classified the same as heroin and cocaine.

    • 2 years ago
  • frizzlecat
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    • frizzlecat:

      I'm sure you're right, but I was focusing more on distinguishing a difference between weed that gets you high, and weed that you make trousers from. They are different plants, terminology aside. I don't want uninformed people being told inaccurate things about my beloved plant. I've spoken with people about marijuana, and I am stunned by the lack of knowledge and all the misinformation floating around. People who don't smoke it really don't understand it, but they think they do, then go start rallies and shit telling the world how bad it is. It's already illegal, so fuck off and leave the poor plant alone (not aimed at you).
      Lack of communication never solves anything, but the human race seems habitually self-destructive in such matters.

    • 2 years ago
  • sharprichard
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      sharprichard  

    • The fact is that government agencies (such as the DEA and Dept. of Agriculture) are 'Addicted' to spending 'War on Drugs" budget money - It should be a crime for government leaders to knowingly waste taxpayer money. Because they are addicted to this money, they are deaf to the overwhelming evidence of the waste and destruction they are perpetrating.

    • 2 years ago
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  

    • Here's 5 other facts the corporate media don't want you to know about cannabis. Great leaders of our past supported cannabis hemp. Long before Nixon, Reagan and the rest started using it as a 'get out the vote' tool, using disinformation and spin.

      "Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica." - Abraham Lincoln (from a letter written by Lincoln during his presidency to the head of the Hohner Harmonica Company in Germany)

      "Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country."
      - Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President

      "Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere."
      - George Washington, U.S. President

      "We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption."
      - John Adams, U.S. President

      "Prohibition... goes beyond the bound of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded" -Abraham Lincoln

    • 2 years ago
  • Jjjjason7
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      Jjjjason7  

    • I dont think I have ever heard the media say we fkd up, now here is the real story. Mainstream media is for the cows not the cowboys.

    • 2 years ago
  • Chod77
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      Chod77  
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    • Thank you for this insightful article. I happen to agree with it 100%. Here is another article suggesting that Cannibus can shrink brain tumors.

    • 2 years ago
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