The Time for Re-legalization is Now
source: http://blog.norml.org/2010/03/03/medical-marijuanas-not-getting-any-better-the-time-for-re-l...
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NORML - With New Jersey recently becoming the 14th medical marijuana state, activists in marijuana law reform have been celebrating. After all, over 82 million Americans now live in states where medical use of marijuana is legal – that’s 27% of the US population! Last election, Massachusetts became the 13th decriminalization state, which means over 107 million Americans live in a state where possession of small personal amounts of marijuana no longer merit an arrest – that’s 35% of the US population.
However, after watching fourteen years of marijuana activism focused solely on those who use cannabis for medicine, I must warn activists that medical marijuana is not getting any better and the time for re-legalization of cannabis for all adults – even the healthy ones – is now.
Medical marijuana was a great 20th century strategy to get the sick and dying off the battlefield in the war on drugs. It was the perfect vehicle to enlighten the public, who for so long have been indoctrinated into the reefer madness that classifies cannabis like LSD and heroin. But in the 21st century the idea that marijuana is only a medicine is beginning to take hold and governments and voters are crafting ever-more-restrictive medical marijuana laws. For the vast majority of cannabis consumers this threatens to move us from the category of “illegal drug users” to “possessors of medicine without a prescription” – a step up, perhaps, but still left facing criminal prosecution.
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However, after watching fourteen years of marijuana activism focused solely on those who use cannabis for medicine, I must warn activists that medical marijuana is not getting any better and the time for re-legalization of cannabis for all adults – even the healthy ones – is now.
Medical marijuana was a great 20th century strategy to get the sick and dying off the battlefield in the war on drugs. It was the perfect vehicle to enlighten the public, who for so long have been indoctrinated into the reefer madness that classifies cannabis like LSD and heroin. But in the 21st century the idea that marijuana is only a medicine is beginning to take hold and governments and voters are crafting ever-more-restrictive medical marijuana laws. For the vast majority of cannabis consumers this threatens to move us from the category of “illegal drug users” to “possessors of medicine without a prescription” – a step up, perhaps, but still left facing criminal prosecution.
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CHART>>> http://stash.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/medipot-states-20101.jpg
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- Make Marijuana Matter, Legalize Marijuana.
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- Marijuana, 420, Marijuana Reform, marijuana legalization, 2 more
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hunzedog
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legalize it
- 3 years ago
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hunzedog
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Oni_noni
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I just don't understand why people can be thrown in jail and have their lives ruined, really wrecked, just because of a plant. It grows up from the soil the same way any other plant does, and it's no more harmful than any other plant. We aren't being told to abstain by authority, we're being bullied into abstaining by the powerful. There's a huge difference.
- 3 years ago
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Oni_noni
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imunbalanced
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Employment purposes force me to abstain, but I will always support the cause to clear cannabis. It is time we stop disenfranchising so many people based on the personal choice or even the MEDICAL need to consume.
- 3 years ago
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imunbalanced
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hunzedog
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yay us maybe
- 3 years ago
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hunzedog
