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One Tiny Step Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Dee — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:40:50 +0000

So, yesterday the big news was that the White House sent a memo out to the attorneys general in all the states where it’s legal to use medical marijuana. You might be thinking that if you’re not sick it doesn’t affect you, but you’d be wrong. It’s a step in the right direction, and every baby-step counts, people!

Besides the estimated 28 million people in this country that smoke pot (legally and otherwise), there’s a growing number of Americans who are waking up to the fact that marijuana isn’t the dangerous drug that they’ve been brainwashed into believing. In fact, a slim majority of Americans now believe that alcohol is a more dangerous drug than weed. Think about that.

Ultimately, public opinion is what will eventually make marijuana legal. If more and more people (whether they’re users or not) are realizing that pot isn’t a dangerous drug, then it follows that eventually more and more people are going to get fed up with seeing their tax dollars spent on fighting a losing battle. Even the White House gets this, based on this passage from yesterday’s memo:

“…prosecution of individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses who use marijuana as part of a recommended treatment regimen consistent with applicable state law, or those caregivers in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law who provide such individuals with marijuana, is unlikely to be an efficient use of limited federal resources.”

In other words, the Obama administration thinks it’s a waste of federal dollars to fight medical marijuana – and it knows that most Americans think so too.

We should all let our government know that we support its decision regarding medical marijuana. Maybe it isn’t much, but it’s also one more way to let them know that the tide of public opinion in general is changing regarding marijuana laws.

Want to say “thank you” to President Obama? NORML has set up a page on their website that makes it easy to do just that. All you have to do is fill in your name & contact info (I suppose so that they can see what district you’re from).

To send an email to the White House, go here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=14205391

And while we’re at it, we should give NORML a big shout out too. It’s organizations like theirs that keep the fight moving forward.

White House Reaffirms Intent to End Medical Marijuana Raids

Dee — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:50:21 +0000

After a frustrating period of silence and a flurry of Drug Enforcement Administration medical marijuana raids in the Los Angeles area recently, a spokesman for President Obama has finally reaffirmed his intent to end such attacks on state medical marijuana laws.

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Medicinal Marijuana Smoker Files Complaint at Resteraunt

Dee — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:01:15 +0000

A restaurant owner is facing a discrimination complaint after he asked his customer, a medicinal marijuana smoker, not to smoke outside his business. Ted Kindos, owner of Gator Ted’s Tap and Grill in Burlington, Ontario is involved in one of three medicinal marijuana-related cases working its way through the human rights complaints process in Ontar

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Hollywood Reefer…The Series Continues

Dee — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:07:50 +0000

Check out the continuing saga of Walkabout Jones exploring the medical marijuana business in California. Artists Collective – the social action arm of WJ – is working to fund the arts, help patients, and finds itself, like many businesses (marijuana and otherwise), dealing with a failing economy….It’s the stuff books are made of.

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Whiff of Change in US Medical Marijuana Policy

Dee — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:49:17 +0000

Washington, DC — The White House won’t say it explicitly. Neither will the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yet there is a whiff in the air that U.S. policy is about to change when it comes to medical marijuana. The message is clear, said UCLA professor Mark Kleiman, a former Justice Department official and an expert on crime and drug policy.

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Medical Marijuana Policy May Change Under Obama

Dee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:14:20 +0000

WASHINGTON — The White House won’t say it explicitly. Neither will the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yet there is a whiff in the air that U.S. policy is about to change when it comes to medical marijuana.

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The Case for Legalizing Pot: How to frame the debate

Dee — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:35:42 +0000

Pot should be legal for no other reason than that it’s a personal choice that doesn’t affect anyone else. That said, there are actually a lot of other reasons why it should be legalized (and I’m not just talking about medical marijuana either). This guy has written about the best laid out argument for legalizing marijuana that I’ve seen in a long time. You’ve probably already heard most of the points he makes, but I like the way he lays it out, and some of the comments are really good too. Read it and memorize it for the next time you’re discussing marijuana legalization with a right-wing fear monger.