Legalize Marijuana to Make Our Forests Safe

This year has seen many humongous marijuana grows on public lands, one recent find was estimated close to one hundred thousand plants. These grows endangers any of us that would use public land for recreation. If we were to legalize marijuana it would be grown in fields by farmers using modern farm equipment, such competition would put growers using shovels and picks out of business. Legalizing marijuana would make our public lands a safer place.


The L.A. times is reporting that almost 100,000 plants were found on four farms in the San Bernardino National Forest west of Palm Springs. No arrests have been made.

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Prohibition of marijuana is not only a waste of the valuable time of our law enforcement officers. It endangers the public, from swat raids in our neighborhoods, to growers on our public lands. When it becomes legal we will not have dispensaries being robbed, and we would end the Black Market violence seen today.

Anti Marijuana Crowd is Violent Terrorists

Last month we seen the fire bombing of a medical marijuana dispensary. Last week two medical marijuana dispensary workers were killed and one wounded. This week has started with the fire bombing of two medical marijuana businesses.

I often find it ironic that those who are against marijuana exhibit traits that they claim marijuana to cause. Here we see brain dead, paranoid people resort to a violent arson attack on law biding business men. This terrorist attack was because the anti marijuana groups are unable to accept the change of marijuana from illegal to legal for medicinal use.


Two medical marijuana businesses in Billings have been hit with firebombs and vandalized with "NOT IN OUR TOWN" spray-painted on their storefronts.
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Another case for legalizing marijuana, with only a few medical clinics they are easy targets for the violence of these anti marijuana crowds. By legalizing it anyone can use it for any reason, thus allowing those with any medical needs to have unrestricted use. Marijuana is one of the safest medicinal herbs and has been used as such for thousands of years. 70yrs ago it was made illegal to promote pharmaceutical drugs and wood fiber paper among other things.

The prohibition of marijuana was hurried through the law making process and was not pushed for by the people. With the prohibition of alcohol the Temperance League had pushed for a change, it lasted 14yrs from 1919 until 1933. Time for marijuana prohibition to end!


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Debating Marijuana with Hostiles

First: Do a remake of their avatar to reflect their inner self. Of course this will test their patients and their sense of humor. Probably they will not have any sense of humor, but it could be satisfying anyway.

Second: Watch out for mods that are close minded as they revel in censorship.
If you encounter such throw this quote at them:

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real. Somewhere in their upbringing they were shielded against the total facts of our experience. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.
Charles Bukowski

Third: Do not allow members or mods to make unwritten rules to manipulate the thread.

Fourth: Remember though not posting many are reading the post, so just put forth your point!

Fifth: Know there are some debates you will not win, but others reading the thread might follow up on any facts you LINK to. ;)

Quote Stoner:
I wonder if AlaskanDad will ever admit to his readers that his words/posts were never censored.......it was his pathetic attempt to humiliate another poster with an avatar. So sad....should have used the power of the written word, imo.
( within TSG rules, of course )
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US Federal Gov. Needs to Re-Schedule Marijuana

All of the US states and Territories have people who are discovering that marijuana is not only a good pain killer, but can do the job without the harsh side effects of pharmaceutical drugs.

Marijuana has been used as a medicinal herb since before Christ, only in the last 70 years have there been laws against it. It's known to be non-toxic and in its natural form is among the safest medicinal herbs ever used. I hear concerns about dosage with marijuana which is much safer than aspirin, which is toxic:

"there are over 500 aspirin deaths in this country every year."

I also hear concerns about the number of medical marijuana users we have today:

American consumers spend $700,000,000 to 800,000,000 per year on painkillers (excluding opiates), especially aspirin and acetaminophen, the very common alternative that is marketed under names such as Tylenol, Datril, and Liquiprin

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Marijuana would help many Americans to reduce their use of the addictive prescription painkillers, whose use has been going up at a alarming rate:

The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated Press analysis of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration. More than 200,000 pounds of codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and meperidine were purchased at retail stores during the most recent year represented in the data. That total is enough to give more than 300 milligrams of painkillers to every person in the country.
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These prescription drugs are the main cause of Over Dose Deaths in the US:

In fact, prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal overdoses each year, says Leonard Paulozzi of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers — opium-like drugs that include morphine and codeine — more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, to 13,800 deaths that year, according to CDC statistics released Wednesday.

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So marijuana is non-toxic and the dosage while not being set as with pills is simple, use what you need, as it is safer than any other painkiller being sold in the US! If the Federal Government would reschedule marijuana to represent its safe use. Marijuana would be a over the counter medicinal herb that could not only help tens of millions of American to safely manage their pain, but could save lives lost from Over Dosing on Pharmaceutical drugs.

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Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Dudlely a Dud for Marijuana

Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Dudley will not give Oregon voters a straight answer on his position on marijuana. This is a serious problem when for the voters of Oregon which was the first state to decriminalize marijuana. How can you elect a leader who is already avoiding the important question:

"What is Chris Dudley’s stance on marijuana issues in Oregon? Specifically, how does he feel about legalization, the current state of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, and whether or not Oregon should allow medical marijuana dispensaries?"

The answer from his campaign headquarters:
Week one;
"We are not sure, we will get back to you"

Week two;
"He has not issued an official stance on any of your questions."

Week three;
"If this is that same guy that has been calling all week, Chris Dudley has not issued an official position on marijuana, and probably won’t before the election, so quit calling."

Chris Dudley voted less than half of the time in the last 13 elections. While he was a professional athlete, he didn’t vote AT ALL.
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I hope that this message gets out to all the voters Dudley is not being open and honest about his stance on marijuana, how could anyone trust such a deceptive candidate. I wonder if the question was phrased differently what his answer might become? I might just have to call him and ask;

" I am a conservative voter and would like to know how you plan to handle Oregon's Drug problem, what does he plan to do about marijuana which is getting out of control in Oregon?"

I really wonder how his campaign HQ will answer the question, we shall see!


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Fake Pot Hits Alaska

Fake pot a mixture of herbs sprayed with and synthetic THC like chemical is now known to be on the streets of Alaska.

A Juneau man in his 20s was admitted Monday to Bartlett Regional Hospital with hallucinations, severe vomiting, shallow breathing and an inability to walk after smoking an incense product with friends. He was released the next day.
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What is truly sad about this story, is that we are seeing another way that prohibition of marijuana is harming the people of the United States. Marijuana is non toxic and safe herb, but it is illegal. Synthetic THC is a chemical product that acts similar to the active ingredient in marijuana, but is reported to make users sick and cause severe hallucinations, and it is legal.

Marijuana was outlawed by greed and the people have suffered through pharmaceutical drugs and their side effects ever since. Before marijuana was outlawed, many over the counter preparations contained marijuana / cannabis. Marijuana was also one of Americas most important agricultural crops until America's billionaires declared war against it.


MARIJUANA is DANGEROUS. Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public. Marijuana is very much a danger to the oil companies, alcohol, tobacco industries and a large number of chemical corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of dollars and influence, have suppressed the truth from the people.
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The above link does a good job of explaining how marijuana was made illegal. We can see that the Law has always been about profits for the elites and never about protecting Americans.

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Marijuana for Desperate Times

With unemployment numbers soaring, many people have been thrown into desperate times. Because money is a must have in our society, many people are turning to marijuana to provide an income. Marijuana grows are being busted in record numbers across the entire country, as people fight to survive.

I urge you to use caution in making the decision to grow marijuana as it might give you, three hots and a cot, instead of cash. In these desperate times, law enforcement is also putting extra effort into making money off of marijuana. They want your house, cars, toys and anything else of value.

Forget about getting a private lawyer, as they will clean out your Bank Accounts and freeze your credit. Nope you can't mortgage your house either as they are attaching the tittle. Their game is rigged so you lose and they profit. Please think twice, before you pop a few seeds in the ground, it could be a decision that ruins your life!

Fight our current laws by spreading the truth about marijuana and point out the lies that are being spread against it.

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Write Away Marijuana?

An article I read at the Telegraph UK this morning gets my blog's attention.

The article: General McChrystal: the fall guy for the president's failure?

By Con Coughlin

The article goes in to details of why Obama was wrong to fire McChrystal and defends the Generals right to speak privately.
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Sorry Con, but you can not just write away the use of marijuana by the General.

What the article does not mention is, General McChystal and his aides were engaged in smoking marijuana. The use of marijuana is against the Army regulations and is illegal in both the US and Afghanistan. Why would a writer attempt to find wrong with Obama's firing this Pot Head from one of our Nations most critical Military positions?

It would seem to me that this was another attempt to slander the President that the American People and Electoral College placed in office. Why would Mr. Coughlin do that? Rupert Murdoch owns the Telegraph UK and FOX News among other News sources and he has been pimping Sara Palin as one of the next United States Presidential Candidates. IMHO: Her only qualification for the position is she is undoubtedly a chronic liar and does so at every opportunity. There might be one other qualification, that is if greed is a qualification!

Marijuana is good enough for the Gubinator, our current President and Top Army Generals to smoke, so why can't we smoke it too? Well you can, but you could end up jailed. For doing the very same thing our leaders have done, or that they are doing!

It is not about the dangers of the drug, but rather the profits that are being made by the status quo of marijuana law. Many large companies make profit from suffering cancer patients, such as the pharmaceutical companies and health care industry. Some of the other industries and organizations that profit are, the prison industry, the cotton industry and the law enforcement industry. To legalize marijuana would really upset the billions of dollars in profit that are made from these industries and those that support law enforcement organizations.


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Cops Love Marijuana Busts But Hate Meth Busts

Years ago I watched a program where a law enforcement officer explained that Meth Busts were not profitable to the department. Where as with marijuana grows they usually got cash, homes, cars, guns, and many other expensive toys. Today I sat looking at my Google search results, News last twenty four hours Marijuana 24,086 hits! Somewhere that officer talking about the profit difference came to mind. So I did a Google search News last twenty four hours Meth 66 hits, what is wrong with this picture?

It shows that police are backing away from meth busts because their departments are less likely to make a profit. Meth is known to cause violence and is considered one of the most destructive drugs on the streets. Marijuana is a non toxic herb that should never have been outlawed, and its use does not cause users to be violent.

We see our law enforcement has become addicted to marijuana busts as a form of easy money. While they avoid Meth as there is little or no profit in arresting the violent users or cooks of the Meth trade. Arresting people for possesing or growing medicinal herbs seems to be our law enforcements main obsession these days.

Next I searched Google News and in the last twenty four hours a whopping total for crime 142,513 hits. Could I have been wrong in my assertion that police are more concerned about the profit, making herb busts their main occupation? I decided to add -marijuana to the crime search criteria, the results dropped to 36,859 hits. I know this is not the most reliable polling method ever used, but I also feel the results show law enforcement has a huge problem with their priorities. I feel our lawmakers have stacked the deck with funding and writing law that makes marijuana busts the priority of law enforcement officers across the country!

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Prohibition and Our Tax Dollars

I keep saying the war on marijuana users is an incredible waste of the taxpayers money. Once again lots of hard police work pays off;


Officers of the Woodbury Police Department and the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Task Force executed a court-authorized search warrant, capping a two-month investigation.

Two marijuana plants were seized and two people arrested following the execution of a search warrant Friday at a West Street residence
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Yes you read that right, two months investigation brings in two marijuana plants. It is bad enough that a police department wasted two months on this investigation, but now there will be court cost and possibly the cost of imprisonment. Two months police work court cost etc, your looking in to tens of thousands of dollars, for two marijuana plants! Yes the taxpayers are expected to see this eradication of a medicinal herb as the saving our society. Saving it from what you ask? Why to save us from more people using marijuana of course, it could take billions out of the cooperate elite's profits if marijuana is legalized!

At this time we need to watch our politicians carefully and rid ourselves of the ones that are looking out for the corporations profits instead of the good of the people.

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