Medical Marijuana One Step Away from FDA Development Process

Judge Submits Official Recommendation to DEA Urging End to 40-Year Barrier to FDA-Approved Medical Marijuana Research.



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This is all that needs to be said:

“...SCIENCE, NOT POLITICS, needs to determine whether medical marijuana should be made legal, and the DEA has so far tried to block the scientific process,” said University of Massachusetts-Amherst Professor Lyle Craker.

It's disgusting to see a political organization interfering with medical research.

Growing number of seniors using drugs (pic)

"I hope my grandchildren will be willing to roll a doobie for me if my arthritis gets too bad," says Becker. The baby boomers who discovered recreational drugs decades ago are bringing them along into their golden years. They are self-medicating in a safe way, and they are not coming to our attention because they are using [Cannabis] successfully.



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Cop Avoids Charges in Pot Brownie Caper

"If you're a cop and you're arresting people and you're confiscating the marijuana and keeping it yourself, that's bad. That's real bad," City Councilman Doug Thomas told the Detroit Free Press for a story Thursday. The department's investigation began with a 911 call from Sanchez's home on April 21, 2006.



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Hilarious and sad at the same time. What a dumb shit.

MIKE GRAVEL-"I WOULD CHANGE THE WHOLE DRUG POLICY"-Legalization

MIKE GRAVEL brilliantly lays out his plan on what to do with Marijuana and how to fix the demonetization [demonization] of drugs from a criminal problem, changing it to a health problem. Decriminalization and Legalization!




The main (best) reason for legalization is that it's so blatantly apparent that it's completely fucking asinine if you do even a minute amount of research into it. The degradation of civil liberties is almost as astounding as the many billions of dollars wasted on this for so way too long. Repave a road, build a hospital, feed a starving family or work on that pesky national deficit, but just stop throwing so much taxpayer money away.


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It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years

"Since 1972, U.S. taxpayers have spent well over $20 billion enforcing criminal marijuana laws and 16.5 million people have been arrested. It's time to put an end to this waste."

Try 70 years. The marijuana tax act was passed in 1937.

Though I hate to jump on the Bush-bashing bandwagon, the Bush administration is steadfast on wasting as much money as possible. These politicians do NOT care about their citizens health and safety. Ignoring meth and going after pot (which they call a gateway drug despite the fact it's been disproved countless times) is one of the most despicable acts that this administration has ever done.

Compare the beloved stereotypical Cheech & Chong to meth heads. There simply is no comparison and the amount of ignorance shown by the constant prosecution of cannabis over real issues is disgusting.
http://digg.com/health/Montana_Meth_Project_Ads

Yet still cannabis remains a schedule I drug, equated to heroin, whilst coke and meth are schedule II drugs. This overwhelming ignorance is politically based and has no relation to science.

For those who are steadfast against cannabis, saying there are synthetic drugs like Marinol out there. Ask Peter McWilliams how well they work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_McWilliams
By himself, he has proven that Marinol is more deadly than cannabis.

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CNN Runs Story on Marijuana Legalization

One problem with this piece is that they said the "Nancy Reagan crowd" focuses on education. That's a complete farce, because if they used scientific facts and education, it'd already be legal. It's not in the government's best interest to educate the masses, it is to instill fear and maintain control. They have an agenda and they want to keep throwing taxpayer money away for god knows what reasons.

Educating people about cannabis is the dumbest thing the government can do, because it's not something that would help them in any way, unless their goal was to make money, not waste it. Show me one anti-drug commercial where the goal is to educate, not misinform and I will show you a person who got cancer from cannabis or OD'd on THC (hint: it's not gonna happen).


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