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"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
- Albert Einstein quote on Hemp
"I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?”"
- Willie Nelson quote on Marijuana
"Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural"
- Bill Hicks quote on Marijuana
"Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could."
- William F. Buckley Jr. quote on Marijuana
"One's condition on marijuana is always existential. One can feel the importance of each moment and how it is changing one. One feels one's being, one becomes aware of the enormous apparatus of nothingness -- the hum of a hi-fi set, the emptiness of a pointless interruption, one becomes aware of the war between each of us, how the nothingness in each of us seeks to attack the being of others, how our being in turn is attacked by the nothingness in others"
- Norman Mailer quote on Marijuana
"i talked to Snoop Doggy Dog today. well I'm not sure if you could really call it talked because I could hardly understand what he was saying. But i think he was trying to communicate was that he wanted to work with me in some sort of capacity and something involving marijuana."
- Marilyn Manson quote on Marijuana
"When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn’t that exactly what’s been happening with drugs?"
- Milton Friedman quote on Marijuana
"It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics . . . dope and all that crap. It's a thousand times better than whiskey - it's an assistant - a friend."
- Louis Armstrong quote on Marijuana
"That is not a drug. It’s a leaf,"
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. President Wannabe quote on Marijuana
"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country."
- Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President quote on Hemp
"Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere."
- George Washington, U.S. President quote on Hemp
"I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast"
- Ronald Reagan, U.S. President quote on Marijuana
"When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale, and I never tried again."
- Bill Clinton, U.S. President quote on Marijuana
"When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point."
- Barack Obama, U.S. President quote on Marijuana
"There's been no top authority saying what marijuana does to you. I really don't know that much about it. I tried it once but it didn't do anything to me."
- John Wayne quote on Marijuana
"I think pot should be legal. I don't smoke it, but I like the smell of it."
- Andy Warhol quote on Marijuana
"I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it".
- Jennifer Aniston quote on Marijuana
"If John Lennon is deported, I'm leaving too...with my musicians..and my marijuana."
- Art Garfunkel quote on Marijuana
"Forty million Americans smoked marijuana; the only ones who didn't like it were Judge Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas and Bill Clinton."
- Jay Leno quote on Marijuana
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The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
- Carl Sagan quote on Marijuana
"I used to smoke marijuana. But I'll tell you something: I would only smoke it in the late evening. Oh, occasionally the early evening, but usually the late evening - or the mid-evening. Just the early evening, mid-evening and late evening. Occasionally, early afternoon, early mid-afternoon, or perhaps the late-mid-afternoon. Oh, sometimes the early-mid-late-early morning. . . . ...But never at dusk."
- Steve Martin quote on Marijuana
"When you return to this mundane sphere from your visionary world, you would seem to leave a Neapolitan spring for a Lapland winter - to quit paradise for earth - heaven for hell! Taste the hashish, guest of mine - taste the hashish!" - Alexander Dumas quote on Marijuana
"Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?"
- Henry Ford quote on Marijuana
"If the words "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on."
- Terence McKenna quote on Marijuana
"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marihuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marihuana."
- Jimmy Carter, U.S. President quote on Marijuana
"We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption."
- John Adams, U.S. President quote on Hemp
"La cucaracha, la cucaracha, Ya no quieres caminar, Porque no tienes,
Porque le falta, Marihuana que fumar."
- Pancho Villa quote on Marijuana
http://rezn8d.net/2012/04/05/make-hemp-not-war/"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the... more
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The New Hampshire House voted 162-161 yesterday to decriminalize less than a half-ounce of marijuana, with House Speaker Bill O'Brien choosing not to cast a potentially decisive vote.
Under House Bill 1526, the first two times a person is caught with up to a half-ounce of the drug, he or she would be charged with a violation and fined. The first fine would be up to $250 and the second fine up to $500.
On the third violation, the person would be charged with a misdemeanor crime, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
"This is a calculated, measured reduction in the penalties for possession," said Rep. Kyle Tasker, a Nottingham Republican.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/316182/house-pot-possession-not-crime?SESSa99a1f078d878aa7c165c329ad57da3c=googleThe New Hampshire House voted 162-161 yesterday to decriminalize less than a... more
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – A study of antibodies from people infected with H1N1 swine flu adds proof that scientists are closing in on a "universal" flu shot that could neutralize many types of flu strains, including H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
They said people who were infected in the H1N1 pandemic developed an unusual immune response, making antibodies that could protect them from all the seasonal H1N1 flu strains from the last decade, the deadly "Spanish flu" strain from 1918 and even a strain of the H5N1 avian flu.
"It says that a universal influenza vaccine is really possible," said Patrick Wilson of the University of Chicago, who worked on the paper published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Many teams are working on a "universal" flu shot that could protect people from all flu strains for decades or even life.
U.S. officials say an effective universal flu vaccine would have enormous ramifications for the control of influenza, which kills anywhere from 3,300 to 49,000 people in the United States each year.
Wilson's team started making the antibodies in 2009 from nine people who had been infected in the first wave of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic before an H1N1 vaccine had been produced. The hope was to develop a way to protect healthcare personnel.
Working with researchers from Emory University School of Medicine, the team produced 86 antibodies that reacted with the H1N1 virus, and tested them on different flu strains.
Of these, five were cross-protective, meaning they could interfere with many strains of flu including the 1918 "Spanish flu" and a strain of H5N1 or avian flu.
Tests of these antibodies in mice showed they were fully protected from an otherwise lethal dose of flu.
And some of these cross-protective antibodies were similar in structure to those discovered by other teams as having potential for a universal flu vaccine.
"It demonstrates how to make a single vaccine that could potentially provide permanent immunity to all influenza," Wilson said in a telephone interview.
"LOLLIPOP STICK"
Flu vaccines and drugs focus on proteins found on the surface of the flu virus called hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, which give influenza A viruses their names, as in H5N1 or H1N1.
Hemagglutinin is a lollipop-shaped structure with a big, round head. This head is so large it attracts most of the immune system antibodies, but it mutates readily.
Two years ago, researchers working for Crucell NV and a separate team found that antibodies that attach to the "stick" or stalk part of the hemagglutinin lollipop mutate much less -- providing a perfect target for a vaccine that could neutralize a range of different flu viruses.
"Previously, this type of broadly protective, stalk-reactive antibody was thought to be very rare," Jens Wrammert of Emory said in a statement. But in the H1N1 patients, he said, they were "surprisingly abundant."
That may be because the H1N1 virus was so different from other flu strains that the immune system made antibodies for the only parts of the virus it recognized -- this "stick" or stalk region that is common to many flu strains.
Wilson said the study proves it is possible to get the immune system to make these antibodies if it has the right stimulation. The team is working with an unnamed biotechnology company to develop a vaccine or drugs based on this notion.
And a team at the National Institutes of Health is testing a two-step vaccine that uses DNA from stalk-reactive antibodies to "prime" the immune system, followed by a regular flu shot.
A study in July showed this two-step approach protected mice and ferrets against flu strains from 1934 through 2007. This vaccine is now being tested in people.CHICAGO (Reuters) – A study of antibodies from people infected with H1N1 swine... more
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By Stephen C. Webster
Robertson a welcome addition to drug reform circles, former narc tells Raw Story
Count this among the 10 things nobody ever expected to see in their lifetimes: 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, one of the cornerstone figures of America's Christian right movement, has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana.
Calling it getting "smart" on crime, Robertson aired a clip on a recent episode of his 700 Club television show that advocated the viewpoint of drug law reformers who run prison outreach ministries.
A narrator even claimed that religious prison outreach has "saved" millions in public funds by helping to reduce the number of prisoners who return shortly after being released.
"It got to be a big deal in campaigns: 'He's tough on crime,' and 'lock 'em up!'" the Christian Coalition founder said. "That's the way these guys ran and, uh, they got elected. But, that wasn't the answer."
His co-host added that the success of religious-run dormitories for drug and alcohol cessation therapy present an "opportunity" for faith-based communities to lead the way on drug law reforms.
"We're locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they've got 10 years with mandatory sentences," Robertson continued. "These judges just say, they throw up their hands and say nothing we can do with these mandatory sentences. We've got to take a look at what we're considering crimes and that's one of 'em.
"I'm ... I'm not exactly for the use of drugs, don't get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot, that kinda thing it's just, it's costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people. Young people go into prisons, they go in as youths and come out as hardened criminals. That's not a good thing."
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/shock-christian-leader-pat-robertson-favors-marijuana-legalization/By Stephen C. Webster
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Three active duty soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, were arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly trying to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado Springs, according to the police.
Security cameras caught the three bumbling burglars on tape breaking into the Rocky Road Remedies cannabis dispensary, reports Kevin Dolak at ABC News. The three, who wore ski masks and carried crowbars, found themselves trapped inside the pot shop when the automatic security system locked all the doors.
Surveillance footage shows the hapless pot thieves "running around like rats trapped in a maze," according to the manager of the dispensary, reports Ayinde O. Chase at AHN News.
Photo: KCNC
Ramone Hollins, left; Cory Young, center; and Darius Thomas, right.
"It's definitely humorous because in the videotape you see them running back and forth, back and forth, kind of realizing that they're trapped and they are going to get caught," dispensary owner Renze Waddington told KCNC.
The cops happened to be right next door on another call when the alarm triggered, and the men found themselves locked inside the scene of their crime, unable to open the front or back doors to the store.
Darius Thomas, 23; Cory Young, 22; and Ramone Hollins, 22 were arrested on suspicion of second degree burglary.
The three men allegedly broke into the dispensary via the back door, which police said they easily jimmied open using a crowbar.
"The burglars had jimmied the door to the point where they disabled it, so they couldn't get out and we couldn't get in," said Colorado Springs Police Sgt. Mark DeVorss, reports Ana Cabrera at 7News.''
"Fortunately for us, they made it easy for us to capture them and, to their credit, they were compliant with us," DeVorss said.
Police had to use extrication tools to get in and make the arrests.
"It felt good," said dispensary owner Waddington, who arrived about 15 minutes after the security alarm went off. "It's a relief knowing that the suspects are in custody."
Waddington said the suspects were already in handcuffs when he arrived.
"They had never been patients or had never been in here," Waddington said.
The three remained in jail Sunday, each being held on $10,000 bond. Fort Carson officials wouldn't comment on potential military consequences.
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/11/three_soldiers_break_into_marijuana_dispensary_get.phpThree active duty soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, were arrested early Saturday... more
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The simple truth about America's marijuana prohibition: any law that allows the easy incarceration of any citizen any time those in power want to do it is the ultimate enemy of democracy. With 800,000 annual arrests over an herb used by tens of millions of Americans, it is the cornerstone of a police state.
Read More: http://globalpoliticalawakening.blogspot.com/2010/11/pot-prohibition-is-cornerstone-of.htmlThe simple truth about America's marijuana prohibition: any law that allows the... more
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Here's another Ganja recipe I found online...MuthaFreaking Ganja Magic bars for all you that enjoy great happy marijuana friendly food.,...LoveHere's another Ganja recipe I found online...MuthaFreaking Ganja Magic bars for... more
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A group of mothers in California voiced their support for the legalization of marijuana. California voters will consider a ballot proposition that would allow cities to regulate and tax marijuana and legalize possession of small amounts of pot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nf-5q22zZ8A group of mothers in California voiced their support for the legalization of... more
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Sunny skies and pleasant fall-like temperatures combined with low winds to bring thousands of marchers to the annual Harvest Fest parade Sunday.
Smoke billowed over blocks of marchers making the annual trek from Library Mall at one end of State St. to the Wisconsin State Capitol on the other. Longtime Harvest Fest organizer Ben Masel estimated that around 3200 people paraded this year. Not only were crowd numbers up, but attendees seemed very enthusiastic about flexing the activist muscles gained in the fight for medical cannabis in Wisconsin.
http://www.examiner.com/norml-in-madison/thousands-march-on-wisconsin-state-capitol-to-demand-cannabis-legalizationSunny skies and pleasant fall-like temperatures combined with low winds to bring... more
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With much of the nation in the throes of a bloody drug war against violent cartels, more than 200 people gathered Sunday in a Mexico City park to smoke marijuana and demand its legalization.
The activists braved pouring rain to rally on the popular tourist drag of the Alameda to have a smoke-in protesting marijuana's illegal status in Mexico, reports AFP.
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/09/marijuana_smokers_gather_in_mexico_city_demand_leg.phpWith much of the nation in the throes of a bloody drug war against violent cartels,... more
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Split on whether or not to make medical or recreational marijuana legal? Those who support and oppose the idea have taken the time to lay out their arguments. In an effort to portray both sides as fairly as possible, we have gathered 50 reasons to legalize/illegalize marijuana today.
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http://radiologydegree.com/50-reasons-to-legalizeillegalize-marijuana-today/Split on whether or not to make medical or recreational marijuana legal? Those who... more
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Check out the website to see how you can help
It’s Time to Reform California’s Cannabis Laws!
California voters believe that our laws criminalizing cannabis (marijuana) have failed. According to a recent statewide Field Poll, a majority, 56 percent support legalizing cannabis.
The time for reform is now.
The Control and Tax Cannabis Initiative will:
• Control cannabis like alcohol: Allow adults 21 and older in California to possess up to one ounce of cannabis
• Give local governments the ability to tax the sale of cannabis to adults 21 and older
• Generate billions of dollars in revenue to fund what matters most in California: jobs, healthcare, public safety, state parks, roads, transportation, and moreCheck out the website to see how you can help
It’s Time to Reform... more
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We saw a lot of debate this year about legalizing marijuana. Especially in light of California's budget crisis, just the economics of taxing all that marijuana that could be bought and sold in the state was particularly tempting for some legislators. Well in light of all that debate, advocates for legalization say they've collected enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot in 2010. (Clipped by many, including saytenvoneryk).
The signature campaign cost over $1 million and collected over 680,000 signatures from California voters. If the ballot initiative were to pass, it would regulate marijuana like alcohol and tobacco and limit its purchase and consumption to those 21 and over.
It's funny, at the end of the Top Ten Stories of 2009 video I did I asked whether California legalizing marijuana would be one of the big stories of 2010. And now it looks like it's a possibility. But there are a lot of question marks standing between today and legal weed. Will California voters be as easy to sway as petition signers? And could the federal government stand in the way? More to come.
For those interested in the topic there are a fair number of discussion groups you can join on Current (H.E.M.P. and Make Marijuana Matter are two examples).
Recently on the Current News Blog:
- British arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni, former Israeli Foreign Minister
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- Iran to try three hikers for espionageWe saw a lot of debate this year about legalizing marijuana. Especially in light of... more
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Forgive the Bay Area-centric blog post, but I caught this story in the NY Times' new Bay Area blog: "The Idea of Decriminalizing Oakland 'Sideshows.'" The gist of it is that Oakland's mayor is asking if it would make sense to move sideshows to abandoned side streets where they could be conducted within the condoning view of the city.
I'm interested in this story for a few reasons.
1) VC2 Producer Kevin Epps once covered the Sideshow for Current in this amazing pod:
The Sideshow (Video)
2) The Bay Area section of the NY Times is fascinating to me. It makes sense for the Times to have a "Jersey" section or a "Philly" section - but the Bay Area is literally a continent away from their masthead's city name. Given how poorly local paper the SF Chronicle seems to be faring, maybe the NY Times is making a smart, savvy expansion. Is this the future for regional markets in the world of newspapers? Not big enough for your own paper, but big enough to get a section in someone else's?
3) Legalize it! Oakland is taking long strides in decriminalizing marijuana. Residents recently voted in a tax on marijuana in an overwhelming numbers. The city also offers the nation's first "Cannabis College": Oaksterdam University. (We also produced a VC2 story about that.) Is Oakland's new attitude toward decriminalization something we'll see expanded across other problem areas? First pot, then sideshows, then ____ ? Or is a city that spawned "Oaksterdam University" destined to go the way of The Wire's "Hamsterdam"?
Recently on the Current News Blog:
- New military robot complicates question of 'boots on the ground'
- One fifth of Californians are 'underemployed'
- Afghanistan round-up: Helicopters and a third surge
- Psst...tell Castro I said Hi-k thx Obama
- Deadly Baghdad blasts raise specter of securityForgive the Bay Area-centric blog post, but I caught this story in the NY Times'... more
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, after the secretary of state on Wednesday certified the initiative for the November ballot.
It would become the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use if the proposition is approved. Marijuana use is legal for medicinal purposes in California and 14 other states, but the drug is illegal under federal law.
Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified that the petitions seeking to place the question on the ballot had more than 433,971 valid voter signatures, the minimum number needed to qualify.
If approved, the initiative would allow those 21 years and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, enough to roll several marijuana cigarettes. Residents also could cultivate the plant in limited quantities.
The proposal would ban users from ingesting marijuana in public or smoking it while minors are present. It also would make it illegal to possess the drug on school grounds or drive while under its influence.
Local governments would decide whether to permit and tax marijuana sales.
"The tide has turned," said Dan Newman, a strategist with the campaign backing the measure. "The combination of the broken budget and dysfunctional cannabis laws have created the perfect storm for this initiative to pass in November."
Opponents refer to marijuana as a gateway drug, meaning its use is believed to lead young people to try other, harder drugs. They worry that legalization would persuade more people to try it, worsening the nation's drug culture.
"How can our kids say no when the adults around them are saying yes?" asked Aimee Hendle, a spokeswoman for Californians for Drug Free Youth.
Proponents of the measure say legalizing marijuana could save the state $200 million a year by reducing public safety costs and could generate tax revenue for local governments.
Stephen Gutwillig, California director for the Drug Policy Alliance, said certification of the ballot initiative marks a watershed moment in the decades-long struggle.
"Banning marijuana outright has been a profound disaster, fueling a massive, increasingly brutal underground economy, wasting billions in scarce law enforcement resources and making criminals of countless law-abiding citizens," he said.
The initiative is the second proposal to qualify for the November 2010 ballot. The other is a $11.1 billion water bond measure that was pushed by state lawmakers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_re_us/us_marijuana_legalization_california;_ylt=AiJN1z5xZW3OLQTLI8uso26WwvIE;_ylu=X3oDMTM3NmExYW1rBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMzI1L3VzX21hcmlqdWFuYV9sZWdhbGl6YXRpb25fY2FsaWZvcm5pYQRjcG9zAzYEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNjYWxpZnZvdGVyc3Q-SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California voters will decide whether to legalize... more
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Hey, what did you expect? Of course when they finally legalize it they're going to give the profits to the corporate owners of our government. It's the American Way!Hey, what did you expect? Of course when they finally legalize it they're going... more
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