Obama Defends Medical Marijuana, States' Rights

this legal bud system is far from perfect. but we are well on our way. trust me, we WILL live to see weed legalized

what i dont understand is what makes it illegal to begin with. it comes from the earth. just like hops made for beer. add hops to beer you get fucked up and its sold in stores. add flame to a plant you get fucked up and hungry. i have been smocking happily for years now and not once did i see some one get angry, fight, well they might have gotten alittle upset cuz someone ate their tacos. but my dad was in a car wreck with a 17 year old drunk diver and she is out and about doing what she wants right now. but someone i know got 4 years cuz of pot!

You know you have the right to consume anything you want it is your civil right too! With all these laws saying you cant consume this and that they are violating are civil rights and are constitutional rights! But they don't care there all about the fucking money what is the world coming to. I don't think are four fathers had in mind what we are doing to people and there lives.

John Trustworthy for president!! I am a pot smoker who deals with chemotherapy, until YOU HAVE HAD PROJECTILE VOMITING for twelve hours and can't keep a pill down to reduce the nausea, BUT after smoking a joint it makes an untolerable feeling of nausea feel relieving, until the lawmakers expierence this or their loved ones do their objectives are in their pockets!!

Watching as Anita Bryant/Ronald Reagan/Jerry Falwell/George Bush Nation crumbles...

Better later than never...

many are hoping and praying for legalization and medical marijuana. the fact is that we need to be on top of this new heath care the governtment is tryin to roll out. if it is in any way controlled or influenced medical marijuana will stop in its tracks the government will control what does on their list of drugs what we can and cant take. we need to keep them out of control and out of the pockets that will be controling the new health care program what ever it turns out to be i see it as a threat to the movment not a friend they could co exist but it will be difficult to weave them together keep fighting the good fight we are making ground

No weed usage is free,until all weed usage is free--Dr Martin Luther King (phraphrase (: )

Legalize for food,pharma,fiber, fuel and fun. But most of all FREEDOM!!!!

Ya know. The stuff that our TERRORIST enemies hate, FREEDOM. Lets really piss them off!! Legalize.

Oop's I omitted the Presidents zip code

President Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500

Lets send the President a million Thank-you's, but also demand at least an official order prohibiting MMJ persecutions.

Send a few post cards for a few friends that you know forgot to. Send 4 for about $1.25. Do it this week!

by Devlin Barrett :
" And while the policy memo descibes a change in priorities
away from prosecuting medical marijuana , it does NOT rule out the possibility that the Federal Government could STILL
prosecute someone whose activities are allowed under state law "

Read Obama's memo . He doesn't require anybody to stop doing anything . Pay attention to the word "discretion ".

" Obama defends mmj,and States rights " ?
B U L L S H I T ! !
He just trying to "defend" saving money on arrests/charges that get overturned in court .
Don't piss on my foot and tell me its raining .

You Know that this is good for all of us for instance im only 25 and i have major spine problems and dont have enough medical to cover surgery it dulls the pain. Plus any person that has something against pot has issues cause there are worse things that are legal that kill and dont help people. That is what the goverment needs to focus on not petty things like pot its a waste of money and manpower not to mention its been around alot longer than goverment has and probably even us.

"Penalties for the possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Therefore I support the decriminalization of up to one ounce of marijuana for personal usage." -- President Jimmy Carter Aug. 2, 1977

That was 32 years ago now. We thought that prohibition was at its end then. But along came Ray-gun Ronnie. Please dont count chickens that aint hatched yet.

Obama aint said anything close to Carter in support of weed yet-eh?

OFF TOPIC

Are we still sending a postcard a week to the President of change?

This weeks topic. FREE MARK EMERY!!!

Send To:

President Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.

THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THESE NEW LAWS LEGALIZING MARIJUANA AND ITS USE FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.
WHAT ARE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WANTING IN EXCHANGE FOR FOR LEGAL ACCESS TO MARIJUANA??
HERE'S A LIST.,
#1MONEY TO PAY THE RIGHT DOCTORS PRACTICE,
#2YOUR IDENTIFICATION,#3PROOF OF ADDRESS AND #4A FINGER PRINT AND #5A PHOTO MUST BE TAKEN OF HOW YOU LOOK NOW.
AFTER ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO GO FIND A #6"CARE-"GIVER" AND #7PAY THEM OUT THE ASS FOR SOMETHING YOU BY RIGHT OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GROW ON YOUR OWN OR IT SHOULD BE PLENTYFULL ENOUGH TO BE CHEAP ENOUGH FOR EVEN THE MOST SICKLY OF PATIENTS TO AFFORD.,
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS STUPIDITY RUN AMMOK!!!
WHEN DID WE BECOME SO BRAINWASHED IN THIS COUNTRY AS TO THINK THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS BEST AND SHOULD BE THE ONE TELLING US HOW TO LIVE AND BE THE ONE PROVIDING US WITH OUR LIVELYHOODS AND OUR MEDICINES?
IT'S ALL FUCKING BACKWARDS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE BETTER FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS SOON AND BY THAT I MEAN REGAINING OUR SOVREIGHTY OVER OUR BODIES AND MINDS AND OUR RIGHTS TO OUR PROPERTY AND LANDS!!!FUCK UNCLE SAM MAN!!!
TAKE FROM THE RICH TO FEED THE POOR IS NOT OUR MOTTO IS IT?!WHEN DID WE LOOSE OUR BALLS? ITS MY MONEY I EARNED IT AND THEY OUGHT NOTR HAVE A THING TO DO WITH IT ONCE I BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY OR PUT SOME CASH BACK FOR A RAINY DAY>CAN'T DO THAT HARDLY ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THIS INCOME TAX KEEPS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AND DO'NT TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES I WILL BLOW A FUSE!!!
YEAH!!! PERPETUAL SERVITUDE TO THE STATE THROUGH AND BY BLACKMAIL AND EXTORSION.,PAY IT OR THEY TAKE IT AND IT'S THAT SIMPLE FOR THEM TO DO IT AND IT'S WRONG.
PEACE!!! GROW YOUR OWN, FREE YOUR MIND, FREE THE PLANET AND SCREW UNCLE SAM MAN!!!!!!

L M A O This guy is such an idiot !!!! Go crawl back under your rock lolololol

Fair enough.
The young folks I mention all have a lot invested in education and careers, that is, a lot to lose. Just not worth it to paint a target upon themselves.(Their words)

They do make "the Ben's" however. And don't mind spending them on fine herbs.

HU210.

I am not knocking you in anyway, however I believe that you are incorrect on your experiences with "young" people. I am one of those young people, and I am nothing of the sort, nor are damn near every other young people that I know. To me it sounds like you are stereotyping. I am as involved in activism as most of you "old heads". There is nothing more that I would love to see than legalizing marijuana. My generation has grown up understanding that the government has produced all this propaganda on trying to keep these "drugs" out of our hands. Which has led me to take my part and speak my voice at every venue, festival, and seminar that I can manage to find. Society is changing, and I do not deny that yeah, most young douche bags probably don't care about legalizing, but you gotta realize that there are plenty of if not more old douche bags who have the same theory. Again no disrespect, it's just that I felt I need to speak up for the young generation that gives a fuck.

@ a couple

Don't believe in what? I have read all study on the matter of MMJ to date. I have also provided terminal ill sufferers herb for free for years.

Young people I've encountered could care less about legalization. They just want to get high. They also think it normal to pay through the nose for herb.

That's fine it funds medicinal users.

I see all this stuff writen and yet the hatred that comes from people that if they really did not like this Magazine would not waste the time to comment so to Barry I am sorry u r so upset and hope that ur Attitude gets better for ur Health and the Health of the unaware person that u may Murder one day . And to all the nah sayers this is a small step in what needs to happen, because when it is all said and done and we give Legalization a chance maybe then we can focus on the real problems like Murder , rape , theft, and Terror which all boils down to HATERD . Stop the Haterd and let peace reign.

if u cant smoke pot and get away with it then this web sites for u.get a life

I'm not sure what the previous post was about but to each his own. Also smoke dogg addressed something most stoners wont take time to think about and if they do they dont for long.We do share the blame whether it be from the racist or just down right stupid way we react sometimes.It mostly comes from younger and uneducated smokers that are just doing it to piss their parents off.We have to realize that we are going to have to do things, get involved in a respectful and responsible way.Such as supporting other states, write their officials after all the more states there are that approve MMJ the better.We have to prove we can handle something as serious as this is.

Spelling correction: They can 'cite' not site.

And he's handling so many major things all at once. Do you really think he has time to make sure EVERY cop who raids somewhere is penalised? If you people really want that then how about you write your congressman...protest so that a law can be made enforcing punishment for these illegal raids. Everything can't be pinned on Obama. This is not just 'a memo'...if places are raided they'll have a little more to fight with as they can site (as it has been all over the news) that if they are legal users and dispensary owners, they cannot be busted without due cause.

Obv. there will be some who will have a hard time fighting against the feds but obama isn't idling about. He's busy and furthermore any thing he puts forth (if it was legalisation itself) must be passed by congress! Congress is the barrier, not obama.

When has anything in this country 'been given' to anyone? Those people in Cali. have the laws they have b/e they protested...they made their voices heard.

I see a lot of ungrateful people on this page. I don't even know why Obama tries. He's damned whenever he tries to help just as when he 'doesn't'

fuck! its about time that they make it legal or at the very least decriminalize the use of medical or just recreational use of marijuana

Hell yea smoke dogg! You say it like it is =) Good posts

Kinda glad things are changing for the better.

Barry get over yourself you crusty hippy. These new people you're putting down have gotten the best results in the fight for legalization. Why? We take the time to approach the higher ups on their level show that we are smart, and have our shit together. Unlike your generation that held obnoxious protests, and basically tried to spit in the face of authority. When our generation closes the deal on legalization, fuck you, go somewhere else to smoke.

I feel your passion John, but there's a big difference between the street cops busting pot heads and the dept. that handles anti-terrorism. We still have a long way to go, but we have to have pro-pot people more on the ball. I was watching the special Pot City, USA last night, and it kind of disgusts me. They made pot legal for medicinal purposes and people are going ape shit to go all around the laws for legal cannabis just so they can sell to get major profit. yeah I used to applaud those assholes also, but the fact is, they are proving the point that potheads can't follow the laws and procedure, and that's hurting our cause more than helping. We can blame govt. and big corps. all we want, but we have to put some of the blame in our little circle as well.

It's also the people that grow and sell on the black market. Face it, they vote against legalized pot because they wont make half the profit they do.

to john !! i could have not said it any better !! your hill billy buddy in ky!

It's really not Obama. I mean, he really doesn't have a problem with marijuana its these crooked cops who are raiding dispensaries and arresting citizens who are legally following the law. I also do think its great the Obama is pushing for the complete legalization in California and Massachusetts. Of course I like this because I'm from MA.

be very wary of this! everyone should really pay close attention to this. now lets see how they tax it and market it for the people of these states..i think we are about to see alot of good money goin to good STATE programs.

Hell I can't sleep or eat if I don't smoke in the day, also help with my anger issues. Full legalization you don't want it in public fine let me do me in my house and friends houses.

i agree with everything john trustworth said. i smoke weed for medical purposes but im in florida, mostly anxiety and stomach problems, and i've tested it when i dont smoke in the morning an hour after i wake up my stomach hurts bad, and whenever i have anxiety if i smoke it helps me. LEGALIZE IT!

I find it funny that Marijuana Dealers and most of the Government don't want weed legalized.

John Trustworthy had a great post. Thanks for writing it =) Scroll down & check it out.

This is great news, but until cannabis is legalized, Obama still hasn't done full-right by me.

Support Oregon cannabis legalization, please. We are not fully free by any means just yet:

http://www.cannabistaxact.org/

Here's a recent quote.. "I want my president and his admin to wake up everyday thinking..hmmm what can I do to make things better?" well..my president woke up yesterday and asked himself that very question.. And I likes his answer! Have faith, stay strong, be focused, and take action! Last but not least..don't look a gift horse in the mouth! Freedom has come to America! Thank you Obama power! LOL WHEEEEEEEE!!!!

rescheduling cannabis would be a good start, this memo would make good toilet paper,the federal government is trying to socialize health care, soon when they succeed the federal government will tell you what medicine you will take, they are fighting to get this new health care reform passed while we are busy looking the other way,we cant be distracted, must legalize cannabis, John Trustworthy you got your finger on the pulse, you are tuned to the real problem.

the obama administration is trying to gain complete control of health care reform in this country, who do you think is going to make the new health care policies regarding cannabis? you guessed right if you said the federal government, here in california cannabis clubs are being attacked and harassed, even with this stupid memo that really amounts to nothing, cannabis clubs are being kept closed, we must continue to make legalization real, because the feds are always going to find a way to make ludicrous rules to keep cannabis illegal, there are places in california that are banning, cannabis clubs, going against the law and denying legal access to cannabis patients, I want my signature in the petition for the california cannabis initiative, where do I sign!

If president Obama really supports MMJ. Then why not a presidential order?

This letter amounts to nothing!

The only people who don't want marijuana to go legal are cops, and people in the drug industry. Cops don't want it legal cause it would mean they wouldn't be able to get their kids, cousins, nephews, good paying jobs in law enforcement. When it became legal in Amsterdam the crime rate went down by 2/3%, which means they stopped hiring new people. And the people in the drug industry don't want it legal cause then the public wouldn't be buying their drugs, which most of the time have as many as 5 or 6 harmful side effects, which means it cuts into their profit margin. These people are not concerned about helping the public they are mostly concerned about their own personnel gain. Marijuana needs to be legalized so we can focus our attention on the terrorist problem. You wonder why 9-ll happened, it happened because law enforcement was to busy chasing pot-heads, (which is as easy as catching fish in a pond). And the other people who don't won't it legalized either don't have a really bad medical problem or don't know enough about what they are talking about to even express a comment. So most of these people who don't want it legal are self-centered,
self-serving, inconsiderate of sick human beings. And on top of that we have yet to give legalization a chance to work. BASICALLY BECAUSE OF FEAR. The bible says god gave us seed bearing items for the good of ALL MAN KIND.
The only problem is MAN KIND turned around and use it for his own means, to get elected, to persecute others, and to use it as a means of ethic cleansing. If only they would give it a chance to work will we ever find out if legalization will work on not. And if it's so dangerous, then how can it be medically beneficial. It's because of self-centered punk-asses like cops, and the drug industry are don't want NO competition, they want to corner the market so they can create a monopoly and maintain that monopoly too. THEY ARE WHAT WE CALL, in WV, self-centered bastards. We'll find jobs for all you people if you would just give MARIJUANA a chance.

We get the best medicine in the world, what does the bible say,and the good doctors who understand. because my braddahsmmy sisters, my wifes medicine, therapy,happiness,and love for what was never explained to her, A blessing ,this wonderful herb. I love this country.
MAHALO NUI LOA, KAAUMOANA.............

I hope this memo is back up by firings any Federal Officer who volates individual state's medical programs. If Obama goes through with that action, then there is definitely significant progress being made in reversing the war on the too much fun club.

its about time.......

High Times and those voicing Truth about weed on this site deserve some credit; vechicles of change.

California really needs to drive it home, either thru Arnold or the Voters next year.

Barry the president, thank you. Barry the poster, if you are a smoker, your a prime example of how they have run the 'Reefermadness' scam so long. Try upgrading from that dirt weed.

Actions speak louder than words and thats all he's got ..words .
Fuck 'em

god bless the internet for making the movement possible, the plant for medical help,and the president for this common sense memo
LEGAIZE IT!!!!!

Just a few days short of 8 months,for the lawyers at the Justice Dept to write a three page memo,and finally putting it on paper. That is what money from the lobbies buy,,,delays.
Now the clock is ticking on how long it takes congress to remove marijuana from schedule 1 or explain how we have a medical marijuana policy for a drug with no medical applications.
Not down playing the importance of this hardcopy on a policy,it will help states that have been waiting for it to start their medical marijuana bills or move those pending closer too reality.

Barry if your so against this magazine and website why don't you stop being such a hypocrite and FUCK OFF! We don't need little bitchers to state their history homework pretend to sound smart, and be an all around douchebag!

Obama comes trough finally!!!
Yes We Cannabis! Suck on that Gill Kerkolokowski or wtf ever your name is .

barry relax

Hmmm....either A. there is a catch or B. this will help get MMJ in every state in the next 5-10 years and if that happens the world will end shortly after..........

It is because of High Times that there is so much hate and ignorance in these comments and throughout this site!
High Times was a great magazine. It has steadily dumbed down and down and when the failed experiment of High Times as a Marijuana Free magazine did what it was destined to do, the powers that be finally gave up.
The magazine sucks and attracts the stupidest people. Homophobic, racist, misogynistic young males who couldn't grow a weed if they tried! There is no chance of open and honest dialog with a high times reader.
Then because there are not enough "stoner stoopid" young males around they exploit the sad and lonely pathetic souls who make up the make believe community of Face Book and MySpace. Ply them with lies about the worlds best pot (The ganja in amsterdam is a step below SoCal and three full steps behind NoNorCal.) and then disillusion them with the reality of a commercial venture that treats the judges like swine and allow people to vote whether or not they have judged even 1 single strain!
High Times attracts the type of people they do because of the magazine they are. Living off a reputation that was dubious in the 80s, exploiting the Forcade Trust and crawling into bed with Norml, even though for those of us who study history, know that egotist Stroup had a hand in the derailing of Marijuana decriminalization movement. (Dr. Peter Bourne - do your homework!) Norml really does mean the National Organization for the Referral of Marijuana Lawyers!
So don't waste your time. High Times is 30 years past its prime, and a decade or 2 past its relevance. High Times as a magazine without pot showed us that! And going from Ask Ed and Kyle Kushman and Jorge to Nico and CnP wizard Danko shows that anyone who will accept a substandard wage is qualified enough for High Times. I mean, Bobby Black was bad enough, but a magazine full of Bobby equivalent talent is criminal!
So, yes, Hatred and Ignorance and full out stupidity disguised as mediocre is all one can expect out of a poseur magazine like High Times because of the old expression in the computer world!
Garbage In
Garbage Out

Thank you Barry, now lets MOUNT THE FUCK UP and get every state MMJ!!!!!