Medical Marijuana

Hey, how about we take a look at how easy it is to abuse OBTAINING MARIJUANA IN A NON-MEDICAL STATE, HUH???????!!!

Let us see... I'll walk less than a mile to the closest Mr. Doug Drealer, show him my medical BENJAMINS and walk away with some medical grade F___ YOU PROHIBITION.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO GET A CARD.

REPEAT...

EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO GET A CARD.

EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO GET A CARD.

EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO GET A CARD.

EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO GET A CARD.

EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO GET A CARD.

On top of that I don't blame ANYONE for abusing the shit out of every opportunity the government gives us for a change. ABUSE IT. ABUSE IT. ABUSE IT.

JUST LIKE THEY ABUSE US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your mynd, my perception,
MYNDPERCEPTION.

got my card. it isnt as easy as some say it is. i noticed 3 out of 7 came out with the strange combination of bewilderment and shame on their face as they stepped out of the Dr's office having been told they did not qualify. i couldnt help laughing to my self knowing how assured i was (knowing what i did) that i would not be one of them. the doctors recommending "weed" are not stupid. if you dont have a good reason for them to condone it, they wont.

i remember being given a "club card" for 24oz (for a dollar) beers at a well known franchise when i was 18 because my best friend worked with a guy who was screwing around with the bar tender.

to get to the point, i'm glad i did because i dont have to worry about legal bullshite anymore. its great to grow your own and not have to worry about losing everything for no reason. its all corporate BS! the pharmaceutical companies are the new drug cartels. next thing im going to master is brewing my own beer.

do for yourself and you will never have for want!

goin to California with an achin............ in my heart.......

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Lets Get Cannabis on current....

Lets get our voice Heard !!!

she can smoke w/ me any day

i lived in california and and the medical cannabis helped aches and pains. legalize it!

my anxiety craves it. looks like im moving to california.

Decriminalize ganja! The "government" has no right to tell me anything about how I use any natural God created plant! Stay OUT of my life fascists!

WELL HELP MICHAEL PHELPS TOO!

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I hate the ignorance of some people.
She makes it sound like its heroin that they are passing out for gods sake.

hooray for michigan in passing medical.

A cop caught me and by buddies smoking some bud and the first thing he said was if its marijuana i dont want it. He told us that he had recently seen how bad meth and other drugs are that he let us keep our herb and let us keep on smoking. I love Southern California

in the words of Bill Hicks, "Doesn't it seem a bit un-natural to make nature illegal?" Marijuana is nature. It grows naturally upon our planet. To say it's wrong and should be illegal is the equivalent of claiming God made a mistake in his "perfect" creation of the world. For people to say marijuana is a terrible drug is for them to say God is a screw up.

Also, while this pod is interesting, Vanessa presents a flippant and childish look at the issue. The main issue is not the over-availability of the marijuana, but that the citizens have decided (rationally) that marijuana is a low-priority drug with medical uses. How about a pod showing non-violent marijuana patients in jails? Or maybe bring to light how much of our tax money is being syphoned into a ridiculous 'drug' war.
*How about a war for education or a war against poverty?

Legalize it !

Id love some shame the government in the uk weren't as good

Much of the reason why the dispensaries are so sketchy is that they operate in the twilight of law. Anyplace you have a large volume of MJ stored publicly is prone to robbery from bandits who will take the weed and sell it for money to keep, or Federally sanctioned dispensary busts which burn the weed and fine the proprietor for money that they keep.

I think the only difference between the two may be wardrobe selection and firearm proficiency.

Unfortunately, I don't see Marijuana, despite all its positives, ever becoming legalized on the levels of cigarettes or alcohol if only for the perceived notion that any politician or activist for it must be some sort of "hippy," thereby quickly cutting short his career and accountability.
Hopefully Medical Marijuana will break free of this bias and bring comfort to thousands of individuals nationwide who are tired of the debilitating and addictive affects of the paradoxically legal drugs.

the government has no right to stop sick people from getting better or being able to function. they need to GET OUT OF THE DOCTORS office with the few Americans who actually are able to receive healthcare. :)

The fact that it's illegal is keeping sort of a "gloomy" cloud over marijuana. Once it's legal, it won't be one of those things that isn't discussed - but rather it'll be a social activity much like alcohol is now (however, much safer of course!)

the cov has no right to be pro choice

All in the name of Vanguard Journalism right?
around 3:00 she gets the card... obviously very excited.

But i had no idea it was that easy, even legally. Let alone just getting a fake card made.

wow, i know people that make tons of fake Medical cards in cali, i think too many abuse it but many do really need it.

while i agree that people who abuse this system should be prevented from obtaining a card and in the light of modern law, people should not obtain a card if not eligible but in my opinion, all marijuana should be legal. Its about freedom to do what you want with your body and to prevent someone from obtaining a drug or any substance is purely restricting your freedom. An age limit should be place just as with alcohol. Both substances should be place at the age level of 18. Make cigarettes illegal, they kill people, even the advertisements against marijuana can't make that statement, even thought that too would be restricting your freedom so therefore perhaps you shouldn't make any substance illegal.

The reason why there is a "War on Drugs" is because all the money that gets brought in from arrests, fines, court costs, etc. That money is used to fund police enforcement and other government functions. That is why it is so hard to make marijuana legal or at least decriminalized.

Think about it...

marijuana shouldnt be illegal period... how could so many people be hard headed towards this issue... thousands of people are thrown in JAIL for carrying, using, smoking and selling marijuana (good people are thrown in jail).

marijuana isnt illegal because the government is trying to protect its people... what is there to protect.

I was arrested for a gram of bud and when i asked the cop what was so bad about marijuana he responded with this after a 3 second pause.... "it makes you lazy, man." seriously? what about the t.v. and this here computer and the very cars we drive in... give me a break.

Another nifty pod from the Vanguard Department!

I like this; it's got a very straightforward and investigative feel. I also like the use of the interviews with individuals on the street at the end to correlate to the question of what one goes through to get a medical pass, and why.

I also like how it the process of getting it created a subtle critique/discussion regarding the matter of people abusing it.

Nice work.

some singer once sang

and not to change the subject but
did you ever wonder why getting high was a crime...yeah... a crime

marijuana
a gift of god to my brothers and me
marijuana
the government wants to test me whe i pee

(phish?)

Good pod.

note to self: move to california.

Marijuana should just be legal or decriminalized

It is not a gateway drug
it is not a killer drug

ameth, coke, acid, ghb, prescription drug abuse are the real killer drugs

Isn't it a little biased to call getting medicinal marijuana "scoring some weed"? If you had gotten a prescription for Vicodin or Percocet would you be just as apt to report your actions as "scoring some painkillers"? One of the fundamental problems we have in this country is the barriers we erect in rhetoric between illicit and licit substances. Yes, medicinal marijuana was harder to get than a beer. But when you look at the statistics, beer and alcohol in general kills a staggeringly higher amount of Americans annually than does marijuana, even when you consider incidence of use. So, ultimately we have to ask ourselves: Does such a policy make any sense?

awesome pod, showing sf love and gavin's mom was a smoker?!? nice double shot and key framing as well

I love SF!!