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Morley Safer Reports On Proposition 215
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- Pot may not be physically addictive but it is mentally addictive. To me that is just as bad.
I have watched people spend their last money and go without food to be able to get it.
People who have depression, smoking pot is the very worst thing they can do. It makes it worse. I guess if you stay stoned, then maybe you wouldn''t notice.
My husband and I went with his sister and husband to Mexico once and the sister''s husband was used to smoking pot everyday only he couldn''t take it across the border. Wow, what a trip that was. He was a jerk the whole time we were there. He was trying to find some everywhere we went.
I know several people who smoke pot and if they had to go without it would be a nightmare to have to live with them. So don''t tell me that smoking pot causes no harm. If you can''t go without smoking it without it causing a problem for yourself and the people around you, there is definitely a problem. - Reply to this comment
- Dear 60 Minutes,
I wrote the first time you aired the marijuana piece and I was aghast that you ran it again in its original form. The %u201Cjust want to get high%u201D *** was even more heavily stressed at the outset.
The %u201Cjust want to get high%u201D syndrome, it turns out, is an expression of individuals who want to relieve stress. And as I see it, since there are stress-relief pharmaceuticals, stress is a valid reason to use this drug.
And while we%u2019re at it, perhaps you can explain what%u2019s inherently wrong with altering one%u2019s consciousness. Sure, there are drugs that make one non-functional, and such a choice should only be made when no others depend on one%u2019s ability to respond appropriately.
But the act of altering one%u2019s consciousness, in and of itself, is a personal choice, a God-given right in line with our values of freedom.
And with marijuana, experienced users are fully capable of functioning. They can handle emergencies appropriately (unless they would have no clue %u201Csober%u201D). They are less stressed out in general, get along better with others, are more willing to let petty things go rather than create a scene, than even %u201Csober%u201D people.
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- Your report on medical marijuana dispensaries in California was shameful. How many AIDS patients, cancer sufferers, people with MS, glaucoma, fibromyalgia, arthritis,and other very painful conditions did you interview? Or their families and friends? Did you mention the MD''s who oversubscribe addictive drugs? Did you have a chat with Rush Limbaugh and his doctors about his "legitimate" prescriptions for Oxycontin and Viagra? Or George Bush and his family about his niece''s prescription shopping? Did you talk about the number of marijuana-related deaths or violent crimes? (the answer is zero). As far as dispensary owners, did you compare their earnings to those of executives at major drug corporations?
Your story was a hatchet job on a program and law that, while not perfect, help many people that otherwise could get no relief from their great pain.
I would be interested to see your reaction if the pain sufferers were your parents, your spouse, your children, your close friends. You should be ashamed to call yourselves journalists after broadcasting such a Federal Government,DEA, Big Pharma, Bush Administration-inspired piece of propaganda. - Reply to this comment
- So what if some people are buying it just to get high. It''s safer than booze - and people only buy that to get high.
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- Posted by rushman71
Rushman71, tobacco would fit into those classifications as well (and lets not forget unintended victims through second hand smoke). Yet, there is no concerted effort to shut down tobacco farms. I also find it interesting that the USSC when hearing arguments on Prop 215 didn''t overrule the law on a basis of no useful medical benefit, but rather the interstate commerce clause. - Reply to this comment
- omega39: You are correct on that one. All three of those listings are totally bogus, and Uncle Sam knows this. It all comes down to one thing--money. If the gov. would have a chance to control the production of MJ, then it could easily be controlled and taxed. But anyone can grow it. That is why they make up all the lies on how bad Cannabis is.
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- Justifing one stupid act by quoting another stupid act belongs on the TV program "Jack-***"
Posted by jowand at 11:04 AM : Dec 31, 2007
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Do you ever have anything to say that isn''t ARROGANT? Do you ever respond to anyone with acting like a school yard bully? To some folks this is a serious debate and we can live without this kind of garbage. - Reply to this comment
- LOL! Would that be the same government that produced the film "Reefer Madness"?
Posted by omega39 at 11:58 AM : Dec 31, 2007
No, that was the great FDR in 1936, you''''ll have to do better than that. You probably think Al Gore is a scientist too.
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Jowland, it is in fact the same government and under both parties it has propagandized the evils of Marijuana. Why would Marijuana be in Schedule1 which is defined as follows..
Main article: List of Schedule I drugs
Findings required:
(A) The drug or other substance has high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Because in schedule one there is no independent research or validation of Marijuana medicinal properties.
The Government can research it though, thank god people like you are waiting around for their agenda driven findings. - Reply to this comment
- No, that was the great FDR in 1936, you''''ll have to do better than that. You probably think Al Gore is a scientist too.
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Posted by jowand at 12:16 PM : Dec 31, 2007
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You sir are a LIAR!! FDR did NOT produce "Reefer Madness" in 1936 or otherwise!! It''s one thing to be a NAZI, and sarge is right on this one YOU are a NAZI, it''s another to just bald faced LIED about it!! I don''t suppose you have any link to prove your alligations do you? - Reply to this comment
- so instead of going out and killing each other we need to sit down around the camp fire passing the peace-pipe and sing Kumbaya!!!
Legalize Marijuana!!! For a better, peaceful America!!!
Posted by rushman71 at 12:05 PM : Dec 31, 2007
You can roast your weenie around that same campfire at the same time too. - Reply to this comment
- Government officials love enforcing the drugs laws because it is a huge money maker and helps them gain more and more power over society. The war on drugs was the wedge that allowed ambitious power mongers to overthrow our freedom. The government wants to keep the drug war going until they have installed a despotism.
Posted by random_radar at 11:52 AM : Dec 31, 2007
If it was just a money thing, they would legalize it and tax it like tobacco products. - Reply to this comment
- LOL! Would that be the same government that produced the film "Reefer Madness"?
Posted by omega39 at 11:58 AM : Dec 31, 2007
No, that was the great FDR in 1936, you''ll have to do better than that. You probably think Al Gore is a scientist too. - Reply to this comment
- so instead of going out and killing each other we need to sit down around the camp fire passing the peace-pipe and sing Kumbaya!!!
Legalize Marijuana!!! For a better, peaceful America!!!
Posted by rushman71
If they ever do legalize MJ, make sure you are heavily invested in Taco Bell. - Reply to this comment
- CarlyLaine: I agree with you. I am a conservative Repug, and a strong Christian at heart. But I believe that Cannabis is something that the Lord created, so instead of going out and killing each other we need to sit down around the camp fire passing the peace-pipe and sing Kumbaya!!!
Legalize Marijuana!!! For a better, peaceful America!!! - Reply to this comment
- http://www.nida.nih.gov/Resear
chReports/Marijuana/Marijuana3.html
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LOL! Would that be the same government that produced the film "Reefer Madness"? - Reply to this comment
- it''s become an easy matter: just drop by your little pot shop around the corner.
Pot is so prevalent in CA. that most people just need to pick up the phone, no need to go around the corner. The prices and quality of the pot shops doesn''t appear to be superior either. - Reply to this comment
- The government with the power to make you be good also has the power to make you be evil. You may not like what other people do, but using the power of government to control their lives only legitimizes using the power of government to control your own life.
We are being engulfed by a totalitarian nightmare in this nation that got its start in the war on drugs that destroyed our constitutional liberties. You may not like drugs, but you may regret giving up your freedom to prevent your neighbors from using drugs.
Government officials love enforcing the drugs laws because it is a huge money maker and helps them gain more and more power over society. The war on drugs was the wedge that allowed ambitious power mongers to overthrow our freedom. The government wants to keep the drug war going until they have installed a despotism. - Reply to this comment
- When you look at the rampant deaths and disease caused by (legal) alchohol which is clearly addictive and very destructive, compared to marijuana which, though it can become a comfortable habit, can be dropped at any time through personal resolve with nothing in your bloodstream to undermine your resolve, it seems extremely bogus and alarmist that it is still illegal.
Posted by sukanyamol at 10:43 AM : Dec 31, 2007
Justifing one stupid act by quoting another stupid act belongs on the TV program "Jack-***" - Reply to this comment
- Before thinking marijuana is ok and cool, read the report. It should be a properly regulated prescription drug. Doctors over prescribing should be treated the same way they would be for over prescribing other mind/mood altering drugs.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Marijuana/Marijuana3.html - Reply to this comment
- When you look at the rampant deaths and disease caused by (legal) alchohol which is clearly addictive and very destructive, compared to marijuana which, though it can become a comfortable habit, can be dropped at any time through personal resolve with nothing in your bloodstream to undermine your resolve, it seems extremely bogus and alarmist that it is still illegal.
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