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420 Campaign - The HIGH TIMES Strategy for Legalization

Wed, Nov 08, 2006 12:15 pm

The readers of HIGH TIMES want marijuana legalized, nationwide, and now. Here’s our simple plan to make marijuana’s legalization happen: ask for it, and keep asking until we get want we want. It really is that simple. If you want pot to be legal, you have to ask. If you want to stop all arrests for marijuana possession, you have to ask.

The 420 Campaign is a plan to bring legalization before the US Congress and the public. Legalization. Now. That’s what we want. How do we get it? We prepare, we mobilize and we send that message to Congress every chance we get until we get the job done. Furthermore, we want to use April 20th as a focal point every year to concentrate pressure on Congress to legalize marijuana until we get the job done.

Let’s get started! Learn your legislators. Learn how you and your friends can use your own political power to advance the cause. Start practicing now and get some experience communicating with your legislators at the local, state, and federal level. Visit the HIGH TIMES Activist Center every month to learn more, get helpful tips, and coordinate your action with other reform efforts around the country.

Legalization is going to take some time, which is all the more reason to focus on it now and begin the hard work to make it happen sooner rather than later.

Getting Started: Every voter has 5 representatives in the state and national legislature. In addition to 2 US Senators voters are usually represented in the state house, the state senate and the US Congress. Legalization starts by learning these three districts. Start the legalization process with all of your legislators and prepare to take part in the 420 Campaign. Use the BCR Guide to State Legislative and Congressional Districts and Maps to lookup and research your representatives.

Now, focus on one simple task. Write your congressional representative and ask them this basic question: Congressman, what is your position on marijuana’s legalization and why? Don’t make an argument for legalization at this time; just find out where they stand. The best starting point is to get your congressional representative on the record about the legalization issue. Once we know where they stand we can focus on changing their position.

Marijuana legalization is a national issue. It requires a national response. HIGH TIMES readers want marijuana legalized, now. HIGH TIMES readers want an end to marijuana possession arrests. The purpose of The 420 Campaign is to stick up for all marijuana users. We want marijuana legalized, now, nationwide. It’s time to focus on that fundamental objective, and that’s the purpose of The 420 Campaign.

Resources for The 420 Campaign:

The most valuable resources for seeking marijuana’s legalization are provided by the drug policy reform movement. The seven most capable organizations of the reform movement have already shown tremendous leadership in representing the interests of marijuana users and other citizens before national and state legislatures. These seven sisters of reform are:

Americans for Safe Access
Common Sense for Drug Policy
Drug Policy Alliance
NORML
Marijuana Policy Project
Media Awareness Project
Stop the Drug War (DRCnet)

Each of these organizations provides legalization supporters with leadership, experience, and resources that are essential to a successful campaign to legalize marijuana.

Another useful resource for information about contacting Congress on any issue is Project Vote-Smart, which provides some of the best links to political and legislative resources in the country.

The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform provides a guide to congressional districts and additional research links about marijuana policy and legalization issues.

DrugScience.org provides information about the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis and efforts to change the legal status of medical cannabis under existing federal laws.

All of these resources make it easy to learn about the issues and contact your congressional representatives. It’s up to supporters of marijuana’s legalization, though, to use these organizations and resources to focus the Congress on the need to legalize marijuana.

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A-ROD

Dec 1 2008, 8:21 pm

thats so coo we are actually starting to do something about the ligalization of bud..... if i was older i would totally be pushing to gain our civil rights improved especially since this weed is making me go broke...... it would be much better if it would be legal cuz then once i have a crib i could use grow my own and by that ill be able to save a bunch of money and ill be such a better person with such a better attitude..... it would be like having sex thrue out the day lol

maryjaneluver420

Dec 1 2008, 2:10 pm

i don't get why its illegal actually i kind of do the government can't contol the money flow so they take it away they did it with alchol and the best thing to ever happen. Itkeeps most people sane anyways i think they should of done this a long time ago hopefully obama is for change and hopefully that change it for the best legalizing it!!!!

Legalizethisasap

Nov 19 2008, 8:24 pm

Last year the U.S. house was 58 votes shy of (218 needed to pass) getting at least Medical Marijuana legalized. Now the Democrats have picked up 20+ seats in the house. Those pickups have ousted 19 Incumbent Republican Representatives and 3 Democrats that were against legalization and 2 Dems that were for it. That means if ALL of the new Democrats coming to the house would support legalization(which it's mostly Democrats that do) we would only be 36 votes shy of getting it passed.(There's a total of 435 U.S. Representatives) If 36 Representatives. could be persuaded to vote for it, this would likely pass thru the House and the Senate, and would definitely make the path the legalization for general population much, much easier. Most Democratic Senators would vote for this legislation and the 8 or 9 new Senators to come would be most likely to follow in their party's footsteps. Like Shadow said before, we need to get off our asses and take action. if you would like further insight, you can email me at jamuja3@aol.com

cpu

Nov 19 2008, 3:43 am

This is to inform you about our organization and quickly answer some questions you may have.
What is the CPU? We are two part organization the first part is, we are a financial legal assistance program and second we are a protesters union.
What does that mean? It means that our lawyers will represent you if you are arrested for anything that deals with cannabis this is anything from growing one to a thousand plants or just smoking a bowl. We also have a team of dedicated protesters that will help make sure your case does not just get buried
www.cpu420.com
call 1-877-420-0999
or email join@cpu420.com

Shadow

Nov 7 2008, 1:59 pm

If you would like to comment or join me in fighting against their unconstitutional legislation, and laws my email is APPIPA7325t5@yahoo.com

" GROW IT EVERYWHERE AND IN EVERY PUBLIC PLACE " GIVE EM THE MALES LOL.

Shadow

Nov 7 2008, 1:53 pm

Think about this and get pissed off !

Your legal rights are being violated:
Alcohol is dangerous, and a proven killer on our National Highways yet it is legal for licensed manufacturers to produe it, and legal for consumers to purchase it. Yet you cannot grow, smoke or purchase marjuana; a plant that is a plant as grain is, used to make alcohol and a plant that has none of the detrimental health effects Alcohol does.
The system arrests you, fines you, confiscates your personal property, and often encarcerates you. It is State & Federal Government organized crime and abuse against citizens for the sole purpose of generating State and Federal funds unconstitutionally and unjustly. Ban marjuana also ban alcohol. It is has to be this way to be just or legalize them both. To do what they are doing now is a criminal violation of citizens rights. You must defy the system and demand change against your rights being violated. They are F-ing all of us everyday and everytime they make an arrest involving marjuana. We need to grow it everywhere in every place prolifically and work them to death trying to eradicate it all. In the middle of the night plant it in front of every Federal and State government building in America and put it in their face all the time and let them know they will never win at abusing us.

Guilherme

Nov 5 2008, 6:16 pm

Legalize the Weed! I smoke what the fuck I want!

Shadow

Nov 5 2008, 12:42 am

We now have a Democratic President, House and Senate if as I can tell at this moment as voting results are still comming in.
We as citizens have the legal right to to grow and consume this plant. It is a God given right to mankind, and it says this in Genisis chapter 1 : 11 and in chapter 1:28-31 Kings James version; that we have the God given right of this plant. When a person goes to court and before they testify it is required they place their right hand on the Bible repeating after the clerk of court " I will tell the truth,and nothing but the truth so help me God." Why is they use the Bible to persuade a person to tell the truth from conviction yet they themselves rob the the truth and our rights from us written clearly in the same book ?.
Facts:
It is legal to purchase alcohol in America. Alcohol is associated with many degenerating diesases and many many deaths. It can also be physically addicting ( DT's), and it is the major cause of death on the highways of America. Marjuana on the other hand has killed no one, and is often used to treat ilness, and relieve pain. Hypocracy often lives within a great Nation and marjuana laws are just that; total hypocrasy, and fraud. Fraud being that the States use it as an illegal justification to make money opportunistically. A law is designed to protect against injury or loss. What injuries does marjuana do greater than alcohol ? What loss other than our own loss of liberty does it cause anyone ?. All marjuana laws are unconstitutional. We all need to group together nationwide and demand the Supreme court of the United States to evaluate it's true constitutionality VS alcohol. It is the right of every American to grow it, buy it and smoke it in the privacy of their own home and property. It is unconstitutional and a violation of the civil rights of Americans to be deprived and harassed by these laws that currently and unjustly exist. Now is the time we need to organize and make them hear the protest of our rights being violated everyday, every morning, and every night of all days until they legalize it. The legalization of medical marjuana is not your objective; the total legalization of marjuana as a God given right and a constitutional right is our objective. We all must demand constantly, and sternly, all the time, every single day for all these current laws to be abolished. Lets do it, lets demand it, and lets make the change that has been our right since the creation of mankind NOW !

GEnki

Oct 17 2008, 4:45 pm

WE NEED TO MAKE A STAND!
Where does the school get their info from?

Kimberly

Oct 6 2008, 12:53 am

It's going to take a Million Marijuana March to the white house. I'm down for it. I'm 29 and just now getting into politics to help legalize it. I just don't know if High Times is the place to make it happen. But, Some, Big, Wig, needs to take a stand and that'd get the ball rolling. Shit, where Andy Hoffman when you need him lol? Personally if I didn't smoke I'd have done committed, suicide, years ago. I don't believe in mind control of pills or the conformity of the govt. They'll fight us back because they make more money undergound. Americas Freedom Is Still Locked In A Cage! Make a change vote write to your congress. Damn, wish Ron Paul would have made it. He supported it :(. Stop bitching and organize the march!

GREEN THUMB

Sep 11 2008, 2:48 am

HEY "WHATTHEFUCK??!! U ARE A FUCKING RETARD DIDNT U KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE SMOKE WEED THEY ARE SMOKING A HALLUCINOGEN SO WHEN U SAY THEY R THE ONES THAT R KEEPING WEED FROM BEING LEGALIZED U R WRONG MOTHERFUCKER CAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HIGH OBVIOUSELY, IT IS PEOPLE LIKE U THAT FUCK THE PROCESS UP TALKING DOWN ON STONERS LIKE THAT ON A STONER WEBSITE.GET BENT BITCH!

GREEN THUMB

Sep 11 2008, 2:37 am

WHOEVER 'PLEASE LEGALIZE IT IS IS ALMOST RIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT TAX WEED. I MEAN HOW THE FUCK ARE U GOING TO PUT A FEDERAL TAX ON SOMETHING THAT ISNT EVEN LEGAL. AND I AM ALL UP FOR THE GREEN MOVEMENT DONT GET ME WRONG BUT DONT U THINK LEGALIZATION WOULD PISS OFF THE GOVERNMENT. ALL THE FINE MONEY FROM SMOKERS AND DEALERS GETTIN POPPED. AND TAXES ON CIGS AND ALCOHOL ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT DUDE THEY ARE BOTH LEGAL ITEMS U JUST HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN AGE. DUDE THINK BE 4 U TYPE!

GREEN THUMB

Sep 11 2008, 2:23 am

i live in illinois and i have one thing to say "Can anyone help us here. shit it is a fucking drought out the ass. damn i am a reefer head born and raised and i wish some 1 would bring some straight dank ass shit to central illinois. Who gives a shit if it is illegal to sell fuck them bacon boy punk bitches and while we are on it fuck The MAN too the only reason weed is illegal in the first place is cause them fuckers cant tax it fuck I SAY LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IT HELPS THE ECONOMY DUMBASSES. i mean think about it u get stoned u dont kill people u go to fast food places and gas stations to buy food. well america that sounds like that is exactly what we need to pull ourselves out of our economical issues. STONERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

PinayWhitey

Aug 30 2008, 4:52 pm

If every single pot smoker will vote to get marijuana legalized...i think that it could happen... but we definitely need to be involve!!!

we need to stop complaining and saying that one vote won't make a difference...to be completely honest... and really lame...

YOUR VOTE makes a difference... ONE vote will make a difference!

go out there and register to vote and make sure that your voice is heard...

just think... wouldn't it be nice to be able to exercise your own right to do whatever the hell you wanna do???

Cannabis makes life better...everything about life!
the stress runs by... stop worrying about bills you can't pay... and just enjoy your life!
sex is better
food taste better
movies are better
cleaning gets fun

how can you say that its a drug??? its not! it grows just like a tomato does...except it makes LIFE wayyyyy better!!!

Greenland

Aug 28 2008, 10:29 pm

I thought this would be a good venue to say that if you live in Michigan, on November 4th we got the amount of signatures to get medical marijuana on the ballot so vote for that SHIT! Wanna add Michigan to the green state list. November 4th and tell your friends if they live in Michigan.

paul

Aug 26 2008, 11:36 pm

help the medical patients out their the ones who NEED it

Ro0co

Aug 14 2008, 5:53 pm

crack is whack its weed u need

JB Kyle

Aug 11 2008, 8:43 pm

i smoke anywhere anytime
FUCK THE GOVERNMENT

skatman

Jul 27 2008, 1:59 pm

i see people everyday scared and paranoid to smoke weed in public, and i can understand that because cops in cali. hate on weed so much, they should be worrying about things way worse like crack and heroin. I smoke everyday and i would like to see the day when people can actually smoke weed wherever they want in peace and not have to worry about the cops comin and making a scene out of it. come on its just a plant. god put it here for a reason. I'm all for the legalization of ganja!!

Jul 18 2008, 2:54 pm

Fuck the Government. I stay Blazed all day, every day and still dont give a fuck i will smoke til i die. So Toby i give yu Props cuz yu are in the same shit im in. Me and my boys call Us The 420 Crew and all we do is smoke, drink, And Party our asses off so Fuck The government and peace out

toby

Jul 16 2008, 11:19 pm

ill smoke till i die and the government will NOT stop my will to do so .im on parole and they still havent stopped me if that tells you anything.i smoke a half or sometimes even a hole ounce in a day im in full support for the legalization of the extremly gorgeous marijuana plant. ill end this with fuck congress and the police you all will never stop a true smoker so on behalf of us all fuck you where still gonna smoke

greenisgrowing

Jun 30 2008, 2:18 pm

WE ARE almost there WE have to make it. CLOSER closer CLOSER. 1is7.7is1 .

smuggler0912

Jun 1 2008, 7:57 pm

"and monopolizing weed is virtually impossible
So it wont be legalized and thats another obstacle
But I'm still rollin up pocket fulls of tropical
The governments involved directly so its unstoppable"
--Immortal Technique

dimebag420

Apr 10 2008, 8:55 pm

after rereading my last post i want to clarify something... i dont mean that anyone under 18 is not important because u are. but since u cant vote, use other means to support our cause. sign any petition that will let u, help ur friends who are 18 to realize the importance of voting, and portray ur self as a pot smoker in the most positive ways u can. if ppl who dont smoke continually see and hear smokers portray themselves as bad stereotypes...ie: burnouts, goofballs, and losers, then we will never achieve our goal. realize also that once u voice ur opinion on pot u come under scrutiny for everything u do. if u run a stopsign u just created a statistic that anti marijuan advocates can use against u and the rest of us, so play it smart! peace to all

dimebag 420

Apr 9 2008, 8:11 pm

i cant help but wonder how many of u ppl who post all the time about legalizing it actually do anything more than rant on the net. im so sick of hearing the same cliches from some ignorant child who by the way, cant vote, about how weed should be legal, and their crazy ideas on how to legalize it. TAKE IT TO THE STREETS AND TO THE BALLOT BOXES!!!!!! USE YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT SO MANY HAVE DIED FOR AND LET UR VOICE BE HEARD!!!! oh and by the way, how much do u really trust a magazine that has been selling crappy fake buds for years with endorsements like h"highest rated bud by ht readers" get real! has ht or any of their ad companies ever sent u a sample and a comment card? of course not! they make money of our ideals!!! peace to all

LovesToSmoke

Apr 7 2008, 6:42 am

Note to dolts:

Notice how they want you to ASK what their positions are. In order to recieve an answer you must provide you identity for a reply. This gives said congressman a nice little list of who is asking, which in turn gives them a target. HT and these advocacy groups make a lot of money playing on your hopes. Do you really think they want to give that up?

LovesToSmoke

Apr 7 2008, 6:38 am

Hey, HT;

If these dolts can't even be bothered enough to mail a bag of peanuts, you think they will mail letters to congressmen? Please, all you are doing is getting people to reveal themselves to the very ones who will incarcerate them! What you have them doing is busy work. Neither you nor the organizations you list care one iota about legalization, except that they don’t want it. You are making FAR more money from it being illegal, and so is our gov’t, to be making it legal now.

If I’m wrong, support the peanut protest. That WILL work! It already has the one time it was tried and it makes a lot more sense than writing to your reps and asking them where they stand!

LovesToSmoke

Apr 6 2008, 7:45 am

Screw the congress shit. If kissing their collective asses could get us there we would already be there!!!

STOP RESISTING AND START FIGHTING!!!

JOIN THE PEANUT PROTEST!!!!

LovesToSmoke

Apr 6 2008, 7:45 am

We had a Boston Tea Party, now let’s have a Peanut Protest!

4-20-08

Don’t laugh or mock it, just do it!
EVERYBODY who lights up, EVERYBODY who is tired of the gov’t putting their guns in our faces and taking our lives needs to participate!

EVERBODY!

On 4-20-08 we start mailing and we keep mailing until they acquiesce!
It’s not expensive, if we can afford the smoke, we can afford the nuts!

Why wait for the puppets at HT or NORML and the host of others who fight more for our money than our cause? Remember last years TV show, Jericho, which was canceled? The fans got it renewed by bombarding those who canceled it with peanuts, after the last line of the last show. What if we mailed millions of bags of peanuts to the white house? Lets freak out some politicians! It’s peaceful, it’s legal and there is not a damn thing they can do about it or, once started, stop, without ending prohibition first! Isn’t it time we did something besides acquiesces to their rules and play the voting game sham?

The rules:

1) Make the 'return' address the same as the 'send to' address. This forces them to deliver because they can't return the package to it's origin. If the white house refuses to accept the peanuts, the post office must contend with it. Which means the white house has to deal with it anyway.

2) Make the package half a pound, no more than one pound. We want lots of packages, not one big one!

3) Write in big letters 'END MJ PROHIBITION!' on the package.

4) Use ONLY the US postal service. Bringing the postal system to a grinding halt will help make the point! No point punishing UPS and the like.

5) Spread this around! Get everyone involved!

6) Ignore any protests of how terrorists can make use of it. Politicians have been ignoring us without concern for our safety. If they force us to live in fear, them let them join us at the table and share in the meal they prepared!

bud

Apr 4 2008, 8:51 pm

god made the herbs......
man made the beer.......
...who do ya trust??????

tony

Apr 4 2008, 12:22 am

yep legalize it.alcohol has killed more people than weed ever thought of but the gov says it's ok.whats up with that shit?

c/j

Mar 26 2008, 9:38 am

I agree with "pot smoker" except for one minor detail: the government would save more money than it would gain in court fees by no longer spending $9 billion+ a year on the war against pot. Plus, the money they would gain from pot taxes. Were talking about the Gov. saving somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 billion

Smokie Mcpot

Mar 24 2008, 10:09 am

leagalizing pot would help many people past test do good in interviews and have good attitudes toward life at all time. We need congress to work with us. They will sell us cigs which will kill us and they won't leagalize something that makes you chill out whats us with that. It would be tight if they could level with us for one you know that some of the good old boys smoke in washington look at Dick Channeys eyes. That nigguh is hit.

GO DOE SEINFELD

Mar 18 2008, 3:37 pm

The Jews are idiots just like Jerry Seinfeld

Puff Puff

Mar 16 2008, 9:16 pm

Please Legalize weed man
They'res so much people out there that get busted for just smoking weed
what's wrong with weed???
sure it kills you're sperm
But isn't that a good thing?
XD

god

Mar 16 2008, 1:45 am

if u want touse it without consequence act now slay the ones who run the country then we will smoke with out consequence

Smot Poker

Mar 14 2008, 2:02 am

Amen! Just the $ the gov. would make on taxes! But gov. wouldnt get all those court fees nd fines!

bdat1rican

Mar 12 2008, 9:34 am

they should make weed legal. it would save the government a headache as it will save us a headache. in my eyes its already legal,so smoke on!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Anonymous

Mar 9 2008, 3:57 am

I have never once taken a puff of weed (much less do I recognize its aroma). But I support this legalization movement for one reason only: I HATE when the "powerful minds" are trying to control 100% of the people. Never underestimate the power of stupidity within authority, my friends say, and so do I. I believe that the ones in office should listen to the arguments that scientists have proven that weed is hella safer for your lungs, your brain, and your well-being. (Personally, if I were ever to start, I would get a vaporizer, but I don't have much money at this time)

Power to the People!

smokie840

Mar 4 2008, 5:27 pm

what happened to the good old days of public assembly the right to assemble they do it for cigs why cant we assemble but see we need to do it every where every state with no violence , Violence will just put us farther away from our goal we need to assemble once a month for three months then twice a month we dont need to smoke weed in the assembly for them to get the point we need to do it with flyers banners pickit signs and our voices and if two times a month dont work go to three then four and so on get the medias attention that might work when we show them we show them in numbers.. show them we will unite as one......we can do this we need to post a day every where and start it.....

brenden

Mar 2 2008, 10:03 pm

we need to start smokeing peace pips like the indians, and maybe then we could end all the wars we in

nick

Feb 26 2008, 2:48 am

google california cannabis hemp and health initiative 2008. it starts there

James

Feb 7 2008, 10:19 pm

I think marijuana should be legalized and it will. if not ill still keep smokin

Optimistic American Voter

Feb 3 2008, 12:20 am

I believe that in time we will overcome and that Marijuana use by adults will be legalized. We just haven't shown how 1. lucrative sales of it could bring our deficit down by placing the same taxes on it as Beer or Cigarrettes. 2. Substancially decreasing the over crowded Jails and prison problems and cost there of. 3. How the use of Hemp can not only improve our economy but also help our ecology. We need to bring forth our right to choice. That no one has ever died of the in take of Marijuana. Nor has it caused violent crimes on others that led to death. It is a plant that was created by God and though it has been banned by the Government whom has wasted many of our tax dollars while negatively effecting our ecology with the annual crop burings has in no way stopped our use or extinct it. Common sense will show that illegalized Marijuana use cost more then profits.

Lizzy Kitty in NYC

openminded

Feb 1 2008, 6:16 pm

As much as i would love to see that day,it wont happen . The reson is quite simple ladys and gentilmen is the government can not tax bud, so it can never be legalized unfortunitly. Its messed up but its whatever you know. But if somehow that day dose come life would be a much more peaceful place, well god bless yall and good luck.

annie onymous

Jan 29 2008, 6:13 am

It would really help our cause if these idiots would learn how to spell.

Craig

Jan 20 2008, 9:28 am

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO WORK AGAINST PROHIBITION GO TO WWW.CANNABISCULTURE.COM AND GO TO THE FORUMS. Hightimes is all about skanky women, which does nothing for the movement. They also have the same grow articles 99% of the time, over and over. If you really want to learn about cannabis and legalizing the herb, read Cannabis Culture.

roll tide toker

Jan 14 2008, 12:03 am

VOTE RON PAUL PRESIDENT 2008. WEED WILL BE LEGALIZED! DO YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY!!! LET YOUR VOICE BE COUNTED!!!

re; dalton

Dec 31 2007, 10:27 am

you can't make accusations against people without clearcut evidence. writing these types of comments are considered libel. put in front of it, in my opinion. otherwise state concrete evidence preferably firsthand accounts. otherwise leave these politicians alone. you are just spreading lies to tarnish their reputations or the gov't they work for.

DALTON =HITLER

Dec 31 2007, 1:02 am

Ontario Canada is buying Bio-Chemicals from Clinton to kill Torontoians

The Premier of Onatrio is stealing from Ontario

No respect for human life

realistic

Dec 29 2007, 9:06 am

i think you smoke crack with those crazed allegations against people with no proponderance of evidence. more or less its a personal opinion. if not it is a lie in order to get people wiled up in order to act on your extremist orders like saying people should die. as long as they haven't killed anyone there would be no reason for them to die. of course im sure that the cia is targeting you just to keep you from smoking pot. there next move would be to bust you next time you light up just to fill their quotta. and of course they dont have more important things to deal with than like international threats and terrorism. So next time you light up and realizze that the swat team isnt there just remember that where ever you are you are able to do that because of freedom.

NZ Rasta

Dec 28 2007, 9:57 pm

Hey Smokers

Id just like to say that " WAKE UP" Needs to wake up! We can do anything if we all stick together for 1 cause and even if we don't win at least we can say we tried. Id hate to sit back and not do anything about da beloved ganja. Ive been smoking for 7yrs now and ive neva looked back! Iv dedicated my life to ganja! How can the gov say we carnt smoke something that grows in the dirt! its madness! Big brother on a power trip if you ask me. For ALL you toking, smoking, blazing peps out there come to N.Z and enjoy a fatty of da cronic with me.

OH and to that white nation guy, Who cares what colour you skin is. Its people like you who cause more damage than anything.

Cheers High Times and keep up the good work! If your eva in N.Z I'l show ya where the good stuff is.

Peace!

weed smoker

Dec 26 2007, 11:43 pm

i think that weed should be legalized cuz if u think about wht are tha 2 most additing drugs or substances on tha market?...alchol and tobaco u could become an alcoholic or a mayjor smoker but really you cant really get addicted to weed...but yea thouse are my opinions

Harleynut

Dec 25 2007, 3:49 pm

I Applaud your actions. We should be a free Country,(as some say?)If we are free to view porn, drink alcohol and other legal vises.

We should be free tom smoke cannabis from Mother Earth, a gift to man kind but for the small minds.

I hope in my life time, we who enjoy will be treated fairly.

TORONTO

Dec 24 2007, 1:00 am

The Canadian government hates the orthodox religon

420

Dec 23 2007, 8:38 am

we need to start getting involved in our govt at the smallest level. like town politics. we ignore the issue of legalization until we get a bigger platform of major issues. we cant start with legalization as a platform because it seperates a vote. if not an issue at first it wont affect you on yes or no based on that opinion. when you get enough political power it would be easier to bring it up then because you would have more influence. if we show that we as smokers can make the world a better place by doing simple things like volunteer work for the less fortunate. it will show we are doing more than smoking and working. it will show us as what we really are. And as a peaceful culture of smokers we cant just complain create conspiracies as to why its illegal. we have to get involved in the govt and adhere to our oaths of office in which we would have to protect the constitution in which the reality would be that its unconstitutional to proibit marijuana. We should even become involved with law enforcement to stop violence not to make marijuana arrests. We have to get into the system because we slowly become the system. And then when we have control of 2/3 of legislature we can do it but our responsibilities would be to make our towns states country and even the world a better place.

Dalton McGuinty

Dec 23 2007, 2:48 am

Bill Blair wants to Kill an Orthodox christian for the CIA in Toronto he is entering a old greeks house to kill him, and them try to seize his home for the city of Toronto in Canada because they spend to much tax payers dollars on a lavish lifesyle.

Toronto, Blair and David Miller I know your CIA tactics

Torontians are losers
why don't you solve this problem

because Ontarios at fault

they raped him on a hospital bed for the American government

Do not beleive the American government

their main tactic is undermining

remember the weapons of mass desruction

jackthereaper420

Dec 21 2007, 2:57 pm

if only the government would understand how much they could benefit from legalization. if it's sold in this country out of stores and shops and taxed the government would make money. we can also keep our dealers not living on the streets if they still sold it but had to buy permits (which the government would also benefit

anonymous

Dec 20 2007, 8:32 pm

drugs in the u.s. are considered a threat to national security. That is because they are illegal here. the reason they are a threat to our country is because of international trade. it is easier to traffic than to cultivate. the problem is that american dollars are going to other countries thus limiting the money in circulation for us. to stop funding other countries or terrorist groups we must legalize it here for all purposes. other countries may follow suit or begin trafficing from here. it will be good economically for the u.s. Even if we put dealers and users in jail for life there would still be drug use. As americans we have the right to the persuit to happiness without infringing on anothers rights. smoking weed does not infringe on anybodies rights. we should have the freedom to choose what we will or wont put into our bodies. jobs could also require that you cant consume marijuana even if it was legal. the rapid rate of photosynthesis helps produce lots of o2 thus possibly capable of helping air quality and possibly the ozone. and maybe helping with global warming.

megan

Dec 19 2007, 11:45 am

i think your campaign is a great idea. I am a victim of marijuana arrest and im tired of it. i want the freedom to be able to smoke weed when and where i want without the fear of being arrested again. i hope this campaign will be successful in everyone's effort to get marijuana legalized.

DAY

Dec 19 2007, 3:13 am

THE CIA HAS NO SAY

jizo

Dec 17 2007, 10:08 pm

"sorry read below" (illegalize it so that the war on drugs brings them the money)

Jizo

Dec 17 2007, 10:06 pm

pot will never be legalized it represents $$$$$ to the government they dont care about our freedom pot can never be controlled or regulated, so to control it the government must we can try but as long as everyones main focus is Money, we can never have our freedom its Mind control, control of our senses and our lives

budsmoker

Dec 16 2007, 3:18 am

man we need marijuana legalized.. its all natural.. the damn government could jus cell joints like cigarettes an make their taxes an we'll have our weed an freedom to get high without risk of gettin arrested..

dutchweedlover

Dec 10 2007, 5:51 am

I totally agree with you Johnny Stickyseed! for sometime now i though it would be a good idea to get seeds from a seed back and use a plane and fly around and release seeds in good grow areas. If enough seeds where released it would be nearlly impossible to get rid of them all and it would bring a lot of attention on the issue. Imagine our national forests full of marijuana plants! If i had the resources to do this i totally would, so if anyone does have the resourses help us all

Johnny Stickyseed

Dec 9 2007, 1:18 am

If everyone who smokes would plant their leftover seeds here and there and everywhere...and I mean EVERYWHERE, random places, out of reach places, public places, etc., every year the plants would eventually become naturalized and elimination would become extremely expensive and difficult for gov't. Pretty soon they'll have to fold b/c of the pressure of spending too much money and manpower over a useless venture. Sure, they will be able to get rid of some of it, but there will always be a few to survive and the birds / animals will help to distribute them out further. Let us hereby commit to making 4/20 our National Planting Day!

gdsghjskgl!

Dec 4 2007, 2:17 pm

Alright well, I my self do not smoke weed. But most of my friends and family do. And none of them have droped out, killed people, or gone insane from smoking weed. Like most people said it's only illegal becasue the goverment wants the money, if people get a hold of enough seeds they can grow there own plant and smoke it whenever, unlike tabacco. Not to mention how much money the anti-drug commites are making off comericals and what not.
I do belive though that weed can become leagal, we just need enough supporters and someone who has a higher hand in the goverment.

Rawcatslurgeon

Dec 4 2007, 6:46 am

Write yer name on a note to mommy, axe her to give up her $$$bling blong$$$ illicit drug trade.

Like that's gonna work!!!!!

The ONLY way to get it legalized is to stop the slave trade of a God given herb.

Refuse to pay for ganja! Stop giving mommy govt $$$$ for something that should be FREE!

Missing notes with Benjamin F's pic WILL make them take notice. Hit em where it hurts! Stop the corrupitalist enslavement of Mary Jane! Boycott the sale!

stoned son

Nov 28 2007, 1:43 pm

marijuana is only illegal on paper.
its natural seed producing abilities provides us a different opinion.

Down to Earth

Nov 26 2007, 6:19 pm

As long as the US is in the UN, weed can NEVER be "legal." The only possible way is decriminalization. To US is party to UN Drug Control strategies, and once the US signs an international treaty, it becomes equivalent to the Law of the Land, under the 6th article of the US Constitution. Basically, this means that there can be, and is no "legal" weed in the US as the Constitution is written, and the Constitution supersedes "states rights" in every court and every law officer's actions. Sorry to be a bummer, but trying to bring you Down to Earth, too. We should pick our battles instead of tilting at windmills.

4ronpaul

Nov 16 2007, 8:36 am

Ron Paul Will free the weed!! check it out yourself youtubedot com!! join the Ron Paul Revolution!! he is gaining support! ronpaul2008.com check it out yourself!! if you are not apart of the answer you are part of the problem!

Wanda De Justus

Nov 14 2007, 11:47 am

1974-2007-Reading HT.So it is said,keep at it.Yipes.Okay.1937-2007.Yipes.Okay.Wait, most of you kids have not been on earth over thease years.Oh well.Deep as it is shallow,keep at it ,suppose.

ICY

Nov 11 2007, 2:49 am

hay if ur for makeing weed legal join my myspace group votin 4 tokin lol i know myspace? but u woulndnt bbelieve how fast word spreads on there

Joe

Nov 9 2007, 2:45 am

Guys check this ignorant link out

http://media.www.buvoice.com/media/storage/paper227/news/2007/11/08/opinion/should.Marijuana.Be.Legalized-3080449.shtml

Base on personal experience, I am a college student who smoke bud almost daily, and all my grades are either A or B. My health is good and I have never endangered anyone in my life while stoned. I just can't believe some of the ignorant people in this country today. All my stoner friends in school is doing good and none of them have hurt anyone in their life because of smoking.

Maybe some people should not smoke marijuana because everybody is different. But for the majority, marijuana is only a way of relaxation much like watch TV or listening to music.
Just like some people are lactose intolerant, but does that mean we should ban milk and dairy products?

I just hate bull shits. If the government really care for wellbeing of their citizens, they might as well make everything illegal. If you don't like it, then don't smoke or don't make friend with people who smoke, no body is forcing you. Just don't pass negative judgement on me because I smoke.

Why do people have to fuck over other people's quality of life by been a fucking idiot. Have you ever met anyone so stupid and ignorant that you are actually shocked that those kind of people still exist in the world today? Anyway, that article just pisses me off.

Marshall Lunde

Nov 6 2007, 1:19 am

dear high times, I am a fellow (pot head) as you would call me and I would like to get more involved in this 4:20 campaign and I will continue to address the legalization of marijuana to the public and to congress but I cant do it alone. I live in Minnesota and this is a very liberal state and I think we would have a good chance of legalizing it here I think we need to keep this on a state level because if one brick falls the wall will come crumbling down

*fLoWeR cHiLd*

Nov 5 2007, 2:29 am

I agree with diggy_dave420. I have never ever, ever heard of anyone dying from drivn stoned. Ya kno, I do believe that drinkn n drivn is the #1 cause of death in OUR country!? Its ridiculous, I mean..God gave us weed and WE made booze?!?! what were we thinkn? NOW IS OUR TIME...YES, ITS OUR TIME...to make a difference, in OUR country! WE CAN DO IT!!! AND we WILL!!!...continue in the mornin...it's 4:19, i have ONE min! Goodnite everyone!!

Please legalize it.

Nov 2 2007, 12:18 am

OK for all of you dumbasses who say the government cant tax weed you are stupid as fuck. how can the government tax alchohol then? If marijuana was legalized it could be easily grown, packaged, and sold just like cigs are. Its that simple. Think about all the positive things that would come out of weed being legalized. Not only would us stoners get high with a lot more ease, but the government would make more money with taxes which would in turn make our country better with better healtcare and social security and roads and everything else that comes good with abundant money. Plus think of all the jobs that could be established. Every day our govt bitches about 2 many people not having jobs. Well this would put more people to work for growing, picking, pruning, packaging, etc.

We need to stick together and fight it till the death just like all the boozers did back in the day

Get high till you die

who cares

Oct 24 2007, 8:30 pm

weed wont ever be legalize no matter how much u want it to be , its a matter of money they make money off arresting ppl for it plus if they legalized it paper companys would go out of businees cause hemp is cheaper so it would hurt companys and states
all in money

USA

Oct 23 2007, 11:54 pm

If anyone really wants to know the "real" history of Mary Jane watch the History channel they show how the media and rich citizens like old man William Randolph Hearst help start a smear campaign to convince people and eventually YOUR goverment that the wacky weed is evil! From there they didn't make it illegal, they came up with TAX stamps that the states would make a "token" amount of, but never really intend to give out. The rest is history, states slowly were brainwashed and given incentives from Big Brother to start making it illegal... This will slowly change as soon as all the OLD people currently entrenched in the house and senate are replaced by individuals that know the truth about ganja and are tired of people spending more time in prison for WEED offenses than registered sex offenders! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

H.R. Pufforall

Oct 9 2007, 9:54 am

Let's be realistic about pot laws. Decriminalization is an obtainable goal. Look overseas for examples, pot is a ticket in a lot of places (under an oz). Neocons, religous nutbags and right wingers won't just simply legalize it. Campaign for something tangible first, like gays should have for same sex unions- not marraige, kind of thing. Tickets are revenue, sorry, but think like they do for a second here. You'll have idiots bringing up second hand smoke and lung cancer just like cigs, and insurance companies can lobby that off of the map. Alcohol prohibition should be the biggest example of how a ban doesn't work for something so widespread and popular. Medical THC is under gov't regulation- push that harder, it already exists. Push the fact that no spousal abuse starts with pot, as well as other domestic and public problems. It would be cheaper and safer legal for all concerned, and dispell the myths of stupidity that goes with. If someone's stupid or not to begin with, pot won't help or hurt, and it won't make smart people stupid for life- that's bullshit and we know it. Bottom line, money- revenue and less court system traffic and enforcement expense as well as medicinal profits. Pinpoint one specific area of pot reform and attack- medicinal is the closest to succeeding, then go from there- the rest is a pipe dream (pun intended). There are many bad examples of pot smokers that make it easy for legislation to get shot down. Idiots like that are our own worst enemy. My point being- they'd be bad examples of productive citizens, anyway. A HUGE advantage to relaxation of laws would be drug tests for new hires- you know pot stays in the system longer than any other- better testing for exact time would help with workers comp cases. There's a broad range of obstacles so a pinpointed effort would be the best start. Remember who we are dealing with first and go from there. In the mean time, smoke-up and don't get caught- enjoy.

Clown Smoka

Oct 7 2007, 1:15 am

I have several things to point out that can go to helping legalization.

1) "Life, Liberty, and Persuit of Happiness" this is a quote from the U.S. Constitution. Pursuit of Happiness huh? Well if weed doesn't really inhibit me from a job. Allows for relief, joy, and fun. And has a few medicinal qualities (insomnia, etc) So going with the persuit of happiness thing, if smoking gonja doesn't infringe on my work, and I buy it (if legalized) then otherwise is't the prohibition stopping my "natural rights" as a U.S. citizen, then this should be stopped by the Supreme Court (some may say "well then people can do what they want, like muder." un-true, killing stops anothers right to life, liberty, and the POH, smoking doesn't)

2)They say it is illegal because the Gov. doesn't get its share of profit/taxes, I think this is untrue, what do dealers do with the money not spent on buy weed? Buy stuff from stores, which have taxes on them! Cars, stereos, household items, all have taxes on them;therefore, a profit and taxes are eventually worked into the economy (flow of money in counrty)

Think about that.

"A joint a day keeps the doctor away"
The clown has spoken

Joshua

Oct 5 2007, 10:36 pm

Pleas read part 1 below this post
Part 2
Ok three basic requests. I know what about buying it, I'll get to that just take a hit and relax, and this is a short version of my 20-page thesis. Legalization is out of the question it won happen not even if every stoner votes for it. Instead lets contemplate the idea of decimalization like in the Netherlands.
First we must use the "already in use by the DEA" marijuana tax stamp. (They tax growers for the quantity in their possession.)
Each individual can purchase a yearly marijuana cultivation tax stamp to grow let’s say 10 plants a year. (It’s just a number to use as an example and any half way decent grower can yield 5 pounds from ten plants outdoors.)
Second tax stamp holders are allowed to carry a certain quantity with them. Not in schools, the work place or government buildings.
Third each tax stamp holder can posses a certain quantity in their home.
Now this still will keep the DEA and Local drug units in operation because any sale except medical will be illegal and any large grow operation will also be illegal. You see the only reason marijuana is not legal is because the government cannot control it like alcohol or tobacco. Any able human with ten seeds can grow at least five females and yield five pounds outdoors. Now I have not explained it all only because this is a shortened version from my twenty-page thesis written 10 years ago. I will send in my “Legitimate and Logical Plan for Marijuana Decriminalization” to High times to see if they will print it. Remember thin decriminalization not legalization.

Joshua

Oct 5 2007, 10:35 pm

Part 1
Ok, all of you please take a break from hitting your bongs.
Now I am a huge supporter of NOMRL but if any of you high mother f#$%#$# think pot will be legal in Good ol USA when it's NOT EVEN LEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS! You are truly out of your freaking minds!
Now as for HIGHTIMES 420 plan for legalization and this is the quote. “Here’s our simple plan to make marijuana’s legalization happen: ask for it, and keep asking until we get want we want. It really is that simple. If you want pot to be legal, you have to ask. If you want to stop all arrests for marijuana possession, you have to ask.” JUST AKING FOR IT?" WHAT THE HELL? THAT IS IT! ASK FOR IT! You got to be fucking kidding me. With all of the writers Hightimes has on staff, this is the best they could come up with. No offence HT but let me propose a logical and thought out solution to all of our problems.
1) We want to be free to enjoy marijuana.
2) We want to be able to posses a certain quantity in our homes.
3) We want the freedom to grow a certain number of plants. (Federal law only allows an American citizen (not licensed tobacco farmers) to grow one acre of tobacco per year.)

diggy_dave420

Sep 27 2007, 12:01 pm

I, personally, when driving down the road would much rather pass someone smoking pot, than pass someone drinking alcohol, driving around drunk. People die everyday from drinking and driving, but you never here of anyone getting killed from smoking pot and driving.

bamdaman

Sep 20 2007, 11:26 am

if eel they should leave the legalization desicion to small secs of the gov. like at a county level to legalize for a trial period. however the county that it is legal in should not be able to cultivate it (pricing taxing and retail by one is a monopoly and that is illegal). i smoke and i am in an extremly technical trade and i feel no effect to job performance. i do agree selling pot retail would be a great money maker just like cigs and alcohol. it would most likely make more money then cigs and liqour combined in the first 6 months of gov. distrobution then cigs and booze all year. however then you have the assholes that feel cocaine and meth should be legal and start pushing that up so the reason i feel they wont budge is then the line is grey no white or black grey so why redraw the line after pot and go through more people wanting differebt drugs legalized cause why not pots legal now. and i feel that is part of the reason we dont have legal pot. if we got all the bad shit(cocaine, heroin, meth, etc...) out and stop the spread and addiction to those our gov. would be more responsive to legalizing pot. cause that shit about it being a gateway to other harsher drugs is bullshit. the only reason a person does those drugs is cause the have a weak personality that is to easily lead into things like that.

Gramps

Sep 18 2007, 7:34 pm

God made weed,
Man made beer,
In God we trust!!!!

mvntmrtn

Sep 18 2007, 3:59 pm

Why do they say that booze is any better than something that is grown-? God mad grass man made booze who do you trust-!
If legalized it would KILL the national deficite in 3 years time, it would provide better fuel with NO emissions, make better clothes, paper, replace cotton, and 1 acre of pot puts off more oxygen than 1 acre of trees, it is the cousin of the tomato plant.
helps with ADHD,ADD, stomach problems, aids patients, arthritis, there are more positives and ZERO negatives. How many people have killed someone on the raod from JUST smoking pot-ZERO. if the person has combined pills, booze and then smoked pot yeah it has happend, but NOT by itself.
they say pot makes you stupid and lazy-NOT TRUE-my IQ that I took a few years ago was 128, I ran a very successfull business for over 15 years, and had 12 employees. So are they telling me I am stupid or what, I DON'T THINK SO, some of your most successfull people in this world smoke pot. SO FREE THE WEED, LEGALIZE IT.

i'm you

Sep 18 2007, 10:54 am

if the governmenr feels the need to outlaw a plant they should outlaw the poison ivy plant. That shit will mess you up.

The new edidtion of the commandments shall read..

#1. thou shall not alter the mind of their fellow (wo)man

#2. thou shall not be punished for altering their own mind

the other 8 are just bullshit.

stew

Sep 17 2007, 12:23 pm

they should deffinatly legalize weed, the shouldve done it along time ago. Weed compared to cigarettes n alchol its a no brainer weed is betterfor u then them, plus if the goverent legalized it they could make so much money, but their too busy wit their thumbs up their asses to evan se that. The goverment could sell a pack of joints like cigerattes fro like say 10$ a pack n idk millons of ppl would buy them its like the moneys sitting there, they r just to lazy to get it. Weed isnt bad, legalizion of it is good. LEGALIZE IT!

A 420 CAMPAIGN

Sep 12 2007, 11:22 pm

A 420 campaign will be an organized effort which to influence the decision making process within a specific "group". In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns. Political campaigns also include organized efforts to alter policy within our institution.

Any campaign is made up of three elements. The modern Mnemonic is message, money, and machine.

#1. MESSAGE is a consise statement saying why voters should legalize marijuana.
EXAMPLE: " As our society faces a rapid upswing in violent crime and an ever worsening education system, we need leaders who will keep our streets safe and restore accountability to our schools by ending prohibition of marjuana. Take a CLOSE look at D.A.R.E.

#2 CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Fundraising techniques include having the 420 campaign call or meet with large donors, (not dealers, why would they want marijuana to be legalized) sending direct mail please to small donors, and courting interest groups who could end up spending millions on the race if it is signigicant to their interest.

#3 MACHINE
Finally, 'machine' represents human capital, the foot soldier loyal to the cause, the true believers who will carry the run by volunteer activists.

kurt

Sep 11 2007, 10:25 pm

i think thay shuld legalize marijuana cas u dont see any one on weed out stealing or stuff like that

Krazy Kate

Sep 10 2007, 1:22 pm

Don't forget that smoking weed may help with insomnia and anorexia.

Smoke Weed Everyday
Kate

Vote for al WEED

Sep 7 2007, 8:13 pm

Al WEED for congress in Virginia. Isn't that where tabacco is distributed?

Al Weed says He's running for Congress because he believes a lean and efficient government should be a partner to all people in achieving the American Dream.

HMMMMM, The "American Dream", The idea is interesting actually. Does he mean that picture on the mantel shelf, you know the "BIG PICTURE". White picket fence, two car garage, a dog, Husband, Wife, kids all smiling in the "BIG PICTURE". While you can't even talk, cause if you do your kids go fucking crazy. Is it the Jones's? The new idea of the family is role reversal and independance? yah! My idea of the family is a house with the white picket fence of course, and a basement filled with 45 Female budding pants spewing with trichomes. Then my dog dick comes down and eats an 1/8th of BUD with me.

What about Al and tipper Gore in their new book, joined at the Heart: The Transformation of the American Family. Man, Gore was ripped off in the election process man.
I always liked the Adams Family, or how about the fucking munsters with that little bratt eddie. I think that fucker was baked all the time man. Shit Eddie Munster, and his dad was an asshole man, with those fucking bolts coming out of his neck and all. Eddie's mother was the coolest though making those brownies and all. The weirdest bitch out of the munsters was Maralyn man, I don't think those were her parents.

Otilia hernandez

Sep 7 2007, 4:52 pm

A FEW words for the pessimistic fellow below me... (u.s. constitution-
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PERSUIT OF HAPPINESS!

AND WILLER MAKES ME HAPPY!
THESE ARE GOD GIVEN RIGHTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SAID THAT WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO? SO HOW DOES THAT GO?

Who Makes The Laws?

Sep 6 2007, 6:07 am

RON PAUL, EVEN IF ELECTED DOES NOT MAKE LAWS! Only legislature can make laws and they must be within the limits set forth in the Constitution. To assume (ass out of you and me) that every bill passed is law would be a power to the legislature that they can not have. To accept an ILLEGAL law (prohibition) would be accepting despotism even if it was said to be for the public good.

"Sometimes when the public good is pretended, a private benefit is intended."

Coke, 10 Rep. 142 b.
"The public good is in nothing more essentiall interested than the protection of every individual's private rights."

Prohibition is nothing more than a pretended public good, prohibition does not protect individual's private rights.

"The general rule of Prohibition is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, must be in a agreement. It is impossible for both the Constitution and a law violating it to be valid.

thetop101

Sep 5 2007, 1:41 pm

it is as simple as this if every1 at a cannibis page or sit voted for ron paul or mike gravel then we wont go to jail for smoking a little pot after a long days work so if u think any other canidents going to do anything then your way wrong the only way to smoke our plant that comes from mother nature her self is to go vote ron paul the only man that will get rid of the war on grugs that my friends is how we legalize pot!!!!!!!!ron paul for prezzzzzzzz

CONVENTION-ARTICLE- 5

Sep 4 2007, 8:19 pm

Article V of the United States Constitution, establishing the means by which the Constitution can be altered. Such amendments may be proposed by the United States Congress or by a national CONVENTION (generation X). The history of this convention will be as a means of altering the fundamental law of a nation will be documented "Prelude to the Grand 420 Convention." Against oppressive government of any kind, royal or otherwise, the authors of the great 420 campaign of American liberties will assemble and win the Grand 420 campaign. THUS, IN PLACE OF THE INTENTIONALLY ARDUOUS PROCESS OF SECURING TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, ARTICLE V PROVIDES AN OPTION TO ASSEMBLE A NATIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. Kinda like woodstock man. Only this time It's our generation baby and our time not their time. Our time.
Not mcDonald time our time. I'm not on their time, this is our time. The time is now, not twiddle our fucking thumb time, our time. Once in a life time.

Herb

Sep 4 2007, 8:18 am

we arent doing any harm its good for you and people that say its bad is cause they just truely dont understand everyone does things with there money they enjoy me personally like to buy a nice sack and blaze it wit the homies theres no harm in that legalize is the only way.

zee

Sep 3 2007, 3:29 am

Hey we need to get the news out to vote for mile gravel for presidential he is for weed

Otilia

Aug 31 2007, 3:41 pm

i love reading everyones thoughts the idiots that dont know the benifits of marijuana and the good knowledgable smokers that know whats really going on- finally people that see it the way i do- not just a drug to get high off of - and pass out - u kinda have to know what ur doing :)

OtiIia H.

Aug 31 2007, 3:34 pm

"I'm You"

I agree, but i also think..

all these idiotic laws created were due to point of interest in whomever had to do with passing it. So if it doesnt work from the outside get inside or organize and rally peacefully

OtilIa H.

Aug 31 2007, 3:28 pm

This is totally right.. nothing will ever happen if we dont start nailing it on point to our state representatives... man i dont care what anyone thinks!.. im gona start taking action.. THERE HAS TO BE A STOP TO ALL THESE LAWS NO ONE IS TELLING THEM TO STOP. PEOPLE ARE ARAID TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE THE LAW TODAY DOESNT HELP THE INNOCENT THEY JUST ARREST EVERYONE INNOCENT OR NOT! I HATE IT! DRIVES ME NUTS - EVERYTIME I SEE A DANM COP WORRING ABOUT MY FREEDOM AND IF IM GONA BE ABLE TO SLEEP IN MY OWN BED OR A JAIL CELL.
WE DONT NEED IT TOTALLY LEGAL-- REGULATE IT!

THE GETTYSBUD ADDRESS

Aug 15 2007, 7:59 am

THE GETTYSBUD ADDRESS

Fourdoobies and seven bong hit's ago, our growers brought forth upon this continent a new plant, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that ALL plants are created equal.'
Now growers are met on a great battle-field of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of BUD as the final resting-place of those who have given their lives that that plant might live.
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this plant. The brave growers, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract.
The wWORLD will very little note nor long remember what we say here; but it can never forget what we have grown here.

It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that growers have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great gow task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full crop devotion; that we here HIGHLY resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that the plant shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that plant of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from earth.

i'm you

Aug 12 2007, 10:47 am

you mean that marijuana will not be RElegalized, dont you?
the first laws pertaining to marijuana in america were that you could go to jail for not growing it.

Other things that were illegal, but are now legal...

African Americans right to vote
African American rights to marry white women
African American rights to own property
African American rights to sit in the front of the bus and not have to give up their seats to whites
White womans right to Vote
White womens right to own property
White womens right to divorce their husbands....

The list of things that were once illegal, but are now legal, are endless, with the same rhetoric...." you fools, it will never happen"

WE THE PEOPLE need to make sure WE THE PEOPLE get control of this lying government, and change it.
If not?
It just may be illegal to comment in this website, which may also become obsolete.

When one of us are chained, all of us are chained.

Yuba doobie

Aug 11 2007, 2:32 am

You know when you look at the track records of the various organizations, you have to wonder why the MPP is so much more proactive and apparently effective and if NORML merely talks the talk to rake in the bucks and maintain the status quo of being an organization that does some lobbying for change. Of course, marijuana was legalized, 38 year old NORML would not be necessary. Moreover, magaizines like High Times would face stiff competition from the likes of cigar afficado, etc. The only group that seems to dent the shell around prohibition is the MPP. So how much does HIgh Times actually contribute to grass roots efforts to end the prohibition?

Amanda

Aug 8 2007, 2:25 am

it seems like all these marijane haters try really hard to keep it illegal. they are stupid infantiles to spend there time looking for these kinda websites to put there opinions in. they are stupid because they hate on marijane on the internet... im assuming they also havent noticed that this is a 'comment' box. weridoes. i think marijane is the shite... just dont abuse it to where you kill yourself in an unjust way. although... it's your choise... so fuck me. do what you gotta go. MARY JAY, MARY JAY, ALL DAY.

CoolToker

Aug 7 2007, 9:38 pm

Weed will never be legal. All you idiots who think it will be are pretty stupid.

joblo

Aug 7 2007, 4:16 am

I figure if stoners dont smoke on 420 it will show how much we want it to be legal and will prove that pots is not a physically dependet drug because we all know a crackhead cant go one day without sparkin up, and by most people this also believed to be true for stoners

Anonymous

Aug 6 2007, 3:07 am

Cannabis (as I like to refer to it; its slave name is Marijuana) will never be legalized. If Cannabis was ever completely legalized it would destroy business for logging, oil, alcohol, tobacco, and gas companies. These companies already own the world. They will never let a plant put them out of business. These companies fund presidential and congressional candidates and help put them in office by giving EXTREMELY generous "donations." They dish out over a million dollars each, every day to keep children's heads full of propaganda. They tell people from childhood that it can kill you. The facts time and again have been laid on the table by committees who conduct studies that have been ordered by our government and every time these scientists determine Cannabis to be less harmful than tobacco or alcohol, the findings are dismissed. The way to win this war is to put somebody in office, presidential, congressional, and in the senate that knows what they are talking about. Not voting is not the solution as I used to believe. Voting for a person who hasn't been bread to follow orders like the Bush regime or the Gore Regime, people who are educated but not controlled by College groups like The Skulls or funded by Marlboro or Oil industries is the solution to legalizing Cannabis. If you want it legal in your state, get the uckfa eadha that is in power in your state out and educate your fellow man. A good smoker is an educated smoker who teaches other smokers and non smokers about the benefits of this wonderful plant. Peace - Anonymous

Randomized

Aug 2 2007, 8:23 pm

"Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it to be enforced and are resisting it's enforcement. That being so, the only thing to do under our form of government, is to abolish a law which cannot be enforced. A law which the people of this country do not want to be enforced."
- Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York (Circa 1937)

We must look at history to plan for the future. The exact same thing that happened with alcohol will happen with marijuana.

butter

Aug 1 2007, 2:49 am

first of all we as a multy generation of smokers must come together and educate those who are ignorent of the power of this wonderful herb.we must spread the word about its positive attributes .i my self would like to walk down the street with a bowl puffing away with out beIng afraid of being arrested,but it must start with us peace

ASmokerWithADream

Jul 31 2007, 10:52 pm

I have a dream that everyone will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by what they smoke but by how they smoke it....i know this doesn't make any sense to most of you but what I'm trying to say to you fellow tokers is if you all really want to leagalize it then you'll have to protest and tell the man what you want!

oldstoner

Jul 30 2007, 6:51 pm

As a world traveler i've seen
lots of different cultures.
One of the best is Europe.
The Dutch(Netherlands)don't
seem to have a problem with
soft drugs,(weed,hash)they tax the shops that sell it!!
I've been to some cool cafe's
there. Our country is spending way to much $$$$
to rid us of this kindbud!The
US should LEGALIZE NOW,and tax it like we do everything
else.

Elijah

Jul 26 2007, 9:49 pm

how about fuck you smartass motherfucker and dookie i get my boy reggie to dook you in the ass and take your cookie. ill smoke all the fucking weed i want when and wherever i want i dont give a fuck if its legal or not. and i do have to have me some reefer 247 because if i dont i just might flip. thats one of the positive effects it has. and i know ill live to see the day when it is legal. cuz one day we're ganna get rid of bush and see a president with a brain bigger than a damn peanut. and mabey hell see the truth and we'll all get what we want. then we aint got to worry about the pigs or the stuckup DA's or any of them goverment bastards. if that happened half of my people will be home and the jails wont be half as packed as they are.

dookie

Jul 26 2007, 8:23 am

First of all, getting busted for pot at school is pretty stupid. Do you really have to carry illegal drugs on you all the time? Also, whenever people get on here and leave comments detailing how pot has essentially ruined their lives (for example going to jail, becoming addicted to pain killers, getting put on parole etc.) and, for lack of a better word, bitching about how the police suck ass, it really portays a very negative drug user image that becomes associated with marijuana use. I just think that it would really help out our case for marijuana legalization if we stopped fucking up.

Phallus_Maximus

Jul 25 2007, 8:06 am

Marijuanna will never be legalized in the US. Its not about any "dangers" it poses to public health as is the official party line. It is simply a matter of big business. The pharmaceutical companies dont want it legalized and threatening their pain killing drug profits. The logging companies dont want rope and paper made out of hemp. So until their is a very rich and influential lobby in washington ready to out bid the current opponents of marijuanna, it will never be legalized

smartass519

Jul 24 2007, 12:01 pm

that's norml.com

smartass519

Jul 24 2007, 11:59 am

it ain't the cops fuckhead their just doing their job, its those damn congress lawmakers in washington dc, their the ones that have to change the laws so cops will leave us alone, those old farts just aren't cool like us to know the difference between getting stoned drunk and just getting stoned. go to mpp.org or norlm.com an get the facts on putting pressure on congress to change the laws.

Elijah

Jul 21 2007, 11:13 pm

First and foremost "FUCK THE POLICE" and anybody affiliated with them. There ain't no reason why weed should't be legal i dont care what anybody says. ive been smoking ganga since i was nine everybody i know smokes except for mabey 2 people. i've been on probation because them dogs got me at the school for 3 years now. im pissed i kept on smoking and my P.O. locked me in rehab for six months. I am ready for a fucking JOINT. if it was legal me and all my people wouldnt have to go through this bullshit.god put it here for all of us and we oughta be able to smoke it, without getting locked up or getting chased by the fucking pigs. if it were legal trust me this country would be a much better place. peace out thanks.

UMMM ME

Jul 19 2007, 11:39 pm

I have smoked weed since i was in the 10th grade and i have grown it since i was in the 11th when the damn seeds come off the plant the are every where on the ground which means u have pot everywhere so i just grow mine in an old freezer behind my house and i dont have seeds everywhere i jus get the seeds up and start another plant.

Confused

Jul 17 2007, 4:44 pm

I live in North Carolina i have DDS,i use pot for pain but i get cought i go to jail.I became addicted to pain killers had to go in to rehab its insane.I dont bother anyone dont sell it i just grow it for me.

MNG

Jul 17 2007, 5:21 am

Don't frown on the pot dealer, they have been providing a service to those that cant/dont grow for many years.

Also he is right, decriminalization is what the real mission is, if it were legalized it would just become government mandated, could grow your own have to get mediocre pot from the feds, etc. decrimed and we could remain the same just minus the thead to personal freedom.

Jul 15 2007, 10:03 pm

To "fuck legalization":

You sound like a dealer yourself. Pretty much the only people I have ever heard of having problems with legalization are dealers. Another thing that peaked my interest was your comment about the article writer's grammar. Well, dumbass, you spelled grammar incorrectly. You also left out several commas and made a few other mistakes. You can buy "off of" your local dealer? The correct way of saying that would be "buy from." So take your "fuck legalization" viewpoint, go stand in the corner, and think about what you are saying.

i'm you

Jul 14 2007, 1:26 pm

except decrim would still allow a fine to be imposed.

to make it short....
only those that can afford the fines will remain free, while those decent folks who just arent that high upon the financial ladder, still fill our jails and courts.

fuck legalization

Jul 14 2007, 1:53 am

PS: I guess what I am trying to say is don't legalize it, do the smart thing and De-criminalize it. Peace out to all the illegal smokers who want to keep it that way

fuck legalization

Jul 14 2007, 1:50 am

Legalization is a mistake, plain and simple. First of all I do not want to have to pay taxes on my smoke. Also as a resident of British Columbia, I have smoked some of the government grown weed and have also read studies on it and it is not even close to the same potency as what I can buy off my local dealer. Also most people are morons already and we do not need to make it easier for them to become more stupid. Finally if it is legalized the government will have complete control over it and we all know what happens when the government has total control. But if you still want to legalize, whoever wrote the article should have someone check his grammer so you don't look like a stereotypical stoner.

Smoker

Jul 13 2007, 7:02 am

If you want weed legalized just vote for RON PAUL!!

www.ronpaul2008.com

Get with the revolution!!

i'm you

Jul 9 2007, 1:21 pm

all i wanted was one chance
to let freedom ring
they told me i had to get a permit
tags and everything
i never made it through the red tape
i got this paper hat
i got a job working weekdays
you want fries with that?

i'm you

Jul 9 2007, 11:07 am

they say i'm forgiven if i need to be
i say permission oughts come that easily
i'm sitting here pilin cords up underneath this apple tree
singing, o lordy have mercy on me

if tommorow never comes and tonight is all i got
i will not be afraid to meet my maker just the way that i'm not

stoned again

Jul 8 2007, 10:07 pm

thanks 'i'm you' that made me laugh - keep flying

i'm you

Jul 8 2007, 9:10 pm

i knew better than to smoke in the 11 and 12 grade.
I started in the 8th.
i have regrets in my life but none of them pertain to the use, abuse(?), of cannabis.
Marijuana use always opened doors for me, rather they were doors in public, or dooors in my head.
I dig this crop big daddy.

I've been through 7 managers 5 labels 1000 picks and patched cables 3 bands a van abuncha guitar stands and cans and cans and cans of beer and bottles of booze and bags of pot and a 1000 other things i forgot i thought that i'd be dead by now....but, im not

smartass519

Jul 8 2007, 2:01 pm

Duh, let's make a list of people who don't want pot legal, hmm
1 drug companies - eats their profits
2 beer & alcohol companies - eats their profits
3 drug dealers - eats their profits
4 cops - job security
5 puritans - what they don't understand it must be from the devil (& that must goes for algebra too)
6 straights - paranoid
7 God - not true he thinks its cool that's why he make it (same with hell - so He could raise some, haha)
8 politicians - can't be man enough to admit when their wrong
9 government - can't admit that their 5 times dumber then the government that imposed prohibition (10yrs vs 50yrs)we've been fighting the pot laws since the 1960's, now we're in our 5th decade.
10 us - the longer its illegal the more potheads we cultivate (when you tell kids not to do something, guess what, it makes them want to do it more. ask any shrink)
11 ect ect ect

pittsburghchuck@hotmail.c

Jul 8 2007, 12:21 pm

i'm stoned & stupid, but that's what i get for smokin' everyday in 11th & 12th grade in high school. or was it my teachers that were stupid cause i'd smoke at school during school and none of them did a damn thing about it. did they care - no, so why should the gov give a damn except pocket money from pharm co. and here i am 30yrs later & still trying to find a job. you did a great job teachers - assholes. anyway all i got to say is "tune in, turn on & drop out" thank you dr. tim leary

Doc

Jun 24 2007, 8:14 pm

In 1937 there were some real pudknockers trying to make money for a war machine with marijuana sales. When the U.S. Federal government outlawed those sales, they threw a tantrum and invaded europe. There are still bungholes who would make money from pot smokers. Any marijuana legalization will require commercial pot growers and distributors to be authorized by the federal government, (much like distilleries,) in order that folks of the fascist persuasion have to sell bunk tupperware to make money. Have any trouble buying Jack Daniels? Potent, high quality and inexpensive fer 12.99 a fifth. Let's have the same standards and practices for bud that we have for alcohol. What, you want to buy bud from nazis or other assholes? That'll be a lot more expensive.

lester holibaugh

Jun 21 2007, 3:22 pm

if they where smart they could tax marijuana and make money instead of wasting tax payers hard earned money tring to bust everyone

Bluntified

Jun 16 2007, 7:37 pm

Its not even the weed that kills its the beer you tell me whats worse

bluntified

Jun 16 2007, 7:33 pm

Yo whats up bud smokers just here to say blaze it and i would love to see the day they legalize chronic!