Comments on: Full Text: Department of Justice Memo on Medical Marijuana http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/ Freedom Is Green Fri, 03 May 2013 17:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Master Dragon http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-490 Master Dragon Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-490 Everywhere you look these days, the government is opposing the citizenry. We tell them how it is going to be, and they ignore us. I can't write what I want here because of something called the "Smith Act". But there is only one solution, and millions of Americans will have to stand up, together, united in purpose, and take the government away from those controlling it and our country. And you can't do that by voting. Get ready, and gather the necessary resources, the day is coming. Everywhere you look these days, the government is opposing the citizenry. We tell them how it is going to be, and they ignore us. I can’t write what I want here because of something called the “Smith Act”. But there is only one solution, and millions of Americans will have to stand up, together, united in purpose, and take the government away from those controlling it and our country. And you can’t do that by voting. Get ready, and gather the necessary resources, the day is coming.

]]> By: dray http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-484 dray Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:39:16 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-484 70 billion dollars a year ,with a raise every year is why...... 70 billion dollars a year ,with a raise every year is why……

]]> By: Brian http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-478 Brian Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:28:27 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-478 "Congress has determined that marijuana is a dangerous drug that the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime that provides a significant source of revenue to large scale criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels." Talk about lying through their teeth.. Marijuana, dangerous? Yea, and seatbelts are known to strangle people. Also, if cartels and gangs getting money is a problem, then why the hell would the US government let them control the black markets? Legalize it and they lose control. Win win, but the US Gov't aint smart enough to see it, or is too stubborn to change after all the horrible, untrue propaganda they've put out against marijuana. “Congress has determined that marijuana is a dangerous drug that the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime that provides a significant source of revenue to large scale criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels.”

Talk about lying through their teeth.. Marijuana, dangerous? Yea, and seatbelts are known to strangle people.

Also, if cartels and gangs getting money is a problem, then why the hell would the US government let them control the black markets? Legalize it and they lose control. Win win, but the US Gov’t aint smart enough to see it, or is too stubborn to change after all the horrible, untrue propaganda they’ve put out against marijuana.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-474 Trevor Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:01:13 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-474 It will be interesting to see if, these letters don't acheive their purpose, how long it will take before state governments get raided by the DEA, I mean, State and Federal governments are supposed to compete, but even this is madness! It will be interesting to see if, these letters don’t acheive their purpose, how long it will take before state governments get raided by the DEA, I mean, State and Federal governments are supposed to compete, but even this is madness!

]]> By: Chris http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-473 Chris Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:19:49 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-473 Now the big question is whether the federal government will adopt a new strategy when it comes to enforcement. I wonder if this was more of an attempt to halt the growth of the industry via scare tactics rather than a move to stomp it out entirely. We do have an election coming up next year, so I'm sure those in power are trying to walk a fine line without taking a clear, strong position. Dispensary Business News Now the big question is whether the federal government will adopt a new strategy when it comes to enforcement. I wonder if this was more of an attempt to halt the growth of the industry via scare tactics rather than a move to stomp it out entirely. We do have an election coming up next year, so I’m sure those in power are trying to walk a fine line without taking a clear, strong position.
Dispensary Business News

]]> By: stephen g http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-472 stephen g Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:55:45 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-472 Pharmacy and Tobacco lobby is keeping this down. It's ok for the medical industry to addict citizens to PROZAC, but but some hemp and you take money out of their pockets. Fire them all, tell them no. Grow your own and stop taking your meds. You will feel better. The war on drugs was lost before Regan gave it a title..... Pharmacy and Tobacco lobby is keeping this down. It’s ok for the medical industry to addict citizens to PROZAC, but but some hemp and you take money out of their pockets. Fire them all, tell them no. Grow your own and stop taking your meds. You will feel better. The war on drugs was lost before Regan gave it a title…..

]]> By: SamFox http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-471 SamFox Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:07:52 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-471 Right on Matt! Everyone, look up Ron Paul & Barny Frank's legislation to get the Feds off MMJ user backs. Ron Paul & Gary Johnson are the only two POTUS candidates who would actually END the drug war. Ron has been saying end it for decades & Gary advocates for RE-legalization because he used MMJ himself. Some years back Gary was injured. He used MMJ for his pain as he did not, like most if not all, MMJ users, do not want to become addicted to Rx scrip drugs. Gary also said MMJ is much safer than alcohol. The biggest thing in the favor of these two POTUS aspirants is that they both have verifiable records that you can check. Back checking the records of the others shows most of them are just now using points Ron Paul have been advocating for years. Romney's flip flopping record would make 0 proud! Michelle Bachmann voted to extend the 'Patriot' Act. I say, research aALL their records. You will find that Ron Paul & /Gary Johnson have the most reliable PRO-Constitution records out there in the current group of POTUS candidates. Look up 0's flip flop on Fed enforcement on states & MMJ. 0 is such a liar!! The above is a stark contrast to what 0 SAID: “What I'm not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state [medical marijuana] laws.” Barack Obama, Oregon Mail Tribune, March 22, 2008 Here is GREAT article from the Seattle Times to consider: SamFox Right on Matt!

Everyone, look up Ron Paul & Barny Frank’s legislation to get the Feds off MMJ user backs.

Ron Paul & Gary Johnson are the only two POTUS candidates who would actually END the drug war. Ron has been saying end it for decades & Gary advocates for RE-legalization because he used MMJ himself. Some years back Gary was injured. He used MMJ for his pain as he did not, like most if not all, MMJ users, do not want to become addicted to Rx scrip drugs. Gary also said MMJ is much safer than alcohol.

The biggest thing in the favor of these two POTUS aspirants is that they both have verifiable records that you can check.

Back checking the records of the others shows most of them are just now using points Ron Paul have been advocating for years.

Romney’s flip flopping record would make 0 proud! Michelle Bachmann voted to extend the ‘Patriot’ Act.

I say, research aALL their records. You will find that Ron Paul & /Gary Johnson have the most reliable PRO-Constitution records out there in the current group of POTUS candidates.

Look up 0′s flip flop on Fed enforcement on states & MMJ. 0 is such a liar!!

The above is a stark contrast to what 0 SAID:

“What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state [medical marijuana] laws.”

Barack Obama, Oregon Mail Tribune, March 22, 2008

Here is GREAT article from the Seattle Times to consider:

SamFox

]]> By: Rocky http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-469 Rocky Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:34:06 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-469 This is all about the money period! Congrress budgets 23 billion dollars annually for the War on Drugs. What happens to these agencies who are sucking up all this tax money if the WOD is ended? Big business rules our government and their voices are the only ones being listened to. Voters have as much chance of making change here as the people in Beijing. Our government sold us out a long time ago. The only way to take back our country is the way our founding fathers did 235 years ago. This is all about the money period! Congrress budgets 23 billion dollars annually for the War on Drugs. What happens to these agencies who are sucking up all this tax money if the WOD is ended?
Big business rules our government and their voices are the only ones being listened to. Voters have as much chance of making change here as the people in Beijing. Our government sold us out a long time ago. The only way to take back our country is the way our founding fathers did 235 years ago.

]]> By: Chris http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-468 Chris Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:26:27 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-468 It's simple. To the Feds you legalize marijuana or "decriminalize" it and their worst enemy the cartels, gangs, and those that do pose a threat will lose a large portion of their money. Which leaves them with the choice to decriminalize marijuana and watch the cartel go rampant with heroin, cocaine and other life-threatening drugs just so they can stay in business. It's simple, let them keep their business selling marijuana which in turn keeps people happy and non-violent, the government still makes billions on marijuana arrests and prisons and the cartel stays satisfied and keeps the life-threatening drugs "manageable". We've got our selves a problem here folks... The government should start working with the people of the United States to solve the real issues at hand instead of playing the field. I for one am not a user of any drugs but am intelligent enough to know that legalizing marijuana and taxing it (not to mention the job numbers created to the production and retail of regulated marijuana sales) would help to get us out of the $14Trillion debt we have allowed our government to get us into. I think once your in debt up to your eyeballs there is really no way to think clear at all, so the government really need the peoples help to get out of this, and needs to "man" up and start taking it's citizens suggestions seriously. After all we're thinking clearly whereas day-to-day they are in worry how we're going to survive until tomorrow. Thank God for organizations like NORML and others that are doing something about it. It’s simple. To the Feds you legalize marijuana or “decriminalize” it and their worst enemy the cartels, gangs, and those that do pose a threat will lose a large portion of their money. Which leaves them with the choice to decriminalize marijuana and watch the cartel go rampant with heroin, cocaine and other life-threatening drugs just so they can stay in business.

It’s simple, let them keep their business selling marijuana which in turn keeps people happy and non-violent, the government still makes billions on marijuana arrests and prisons and the cartel stays satisfied and keeps the life-threatening drugs “manageable”.

We’ve got our selves a problem here folks… The government should start working with the people of the United States to solve the real issues at hand instead of playing the field.

I for one am not a user of any drugs but am intelligent enough to know that legalizing marijuana and taxing it (not to mention the job numbers created to the production and retail of regulated marijuana sales) would help to get us out of the $14Trillion debt we have allowed our government to get us into.

I think once your in debt up to your eyeballs there is really no way to think clear at all, so the government really need the peoples help to get out of this, and needs to “man” up and start taking it’s citizens suggestions seriously. After all we’re thinking clearly whereas day-to-day they are in worry how we’re going to survive until tomorrow.

Thank God for organizations like NORML and others that are doing something about it.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.freedomisgreen.com/full-text-department-of-justice-memo-on-medical-marijuana/#comment-465 Mitch Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.freedomisgreen.com/?p=2967#comment-465 Exactly. I have probably been prescribed some of the same medicines as you: Baclofen, Vicodin, Oxy Contin because of a severe spinal cord injury. My feelings are exactly the same. Taking any of these medicines for a long time will have bad side effects. Many years ago I simply started refusing them and found a doctor who would prescribe Codeine. For fifteen years I have taken Tylenol 3s as needed with never any sign of any kind of addiction or increase in dosage or usage. Thing is, though, that taking Tylenol regularly for many years is damaging my liver. The doctors are under heavy pressure from the feds to not prescribe pain meds. If I ask a doctor to prescribe just Codeine for my chronic pain, they just laugh and say, "Nobody takes Codeine except recreationally and it is drug abuse." Which is, of course, complete nonsense. They just gave someone life for their third Marijuana possession conviction in my area. If MJ were legal I would use it occasionally because I know, from personal experience that it is very effective in treating my condition. Both Codeine and MJ have thousands of years of usage history and, although Codeine can be addictive to many people it isn't. There are documented cases of people using both of these medicines for fifty years or more and leading completely normal lives. Normal lives they wouldn't have been able to lead without it. Exactly. I have probably been prescribed some of the same medicines as you: Baclofen, Vicodin, Oxy Contin because of a severe spinal cord injury. My feelings are exactly the same. Taking any of these medicines for a long time will have bad side effects. Many years ago I simply started refusing them and found a doctor who would prescribe Codeine. For fifteen years I have taken Tylenol 3s as needed with never any sign of any kind of addiction or increase in dosage or usage. Thing is, though, that taking Tylenol regularly for many years is damaging my liver.
The doctors are under heavy pressure from the feds to not prescribe pain meds. If I ask a doctor to prescribe just Codeine for my chronic pain, they just laugh and say, “Nobody takes Codeine except recreationally and it is drug abuse.” Which is, of course, complete nonsense. They just gave someone life for their third Marijuana possession conviction in my area. If MJ were legal I would use it occasionally because I know, from personal experience that it is very effective in treating my condition. Both Codeine and MJ have thousands of years of usage history and, although Codeine can be addictive to many people it isn’t. There are documented cases of people using both of these medicines for fifty years or more and leading completely normal lives. Normal lives they wouldn’t have been able to lead without it.

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