Marijuana Bill Introduced in Congress

Barney Franks has got the right ideal. What I don't understand is why every state has to put it under review.
You government officials have had 40 years to review it. Can you people not understand that their are people suffering and need medical marijuana NOW! What's the worse that could happen, someone might find some releave with the use of medical marijuana.

Ladies, marijuana is the best PMS drug on the market, I've been using it for that purpose for over 30 years, and I've not found anything that works better, trust me on this one, it's a FACT.

My point is this, there are so many uses for marijuana that it boggles the mind. Let's legalize it so all of mankind can benefit from it's use. Barney Franks knows the truth and he's speaking out, I respect that and I hope the rest of the United States will just relax and learn to enjoy what god has given to mankind.

I'd like to wish all the hightimes people a HAPPY THANKSGIVING, and a wonder christmas. You've created a great site, I wish you lots of luck in the future.

Now let's legalize MARIJUANA next year so people will NO longer have to suffer from pain and other aliments. "Let's get'er done", so we all can relax with a good smoke/toke etc.

I never thought i would ssay this.... how can i get behind barney frank (LOL) and help. I want to support this. (plus i wanted to say i want to get behind barney frank)

DRUMMERBOY - Very astute! But, worse. Not really money, but an annuity. LAND. Import all of our resources and export all of our jobs (DESPITE THOMAS PAINE'S WARNING, "WE NEED NOT GO ABROAD FOR ANYTHING"), COMPACT THE SHEEP INTO THE FEWEST NUMBER OF ACRES, SO THEY CAN OWN ALL OF THE REST.

THEN GIVE IT TO THEIR KIDS, AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.

anon - Are all of these excellent points from "Anonymous" all coming from 1 person. You need to be in Congress, not in here!

Has to be a national crisis. The cops find the car involved in a vehicular homicide, blood still dripping-off-the-grill.
And still can't get the State Attorney to prosecute. Because the driver's daddy in a millionaire!

And we get the death penalty for a joint?

GREAT FUCKING COUNTRY

Agreed, but worse. Half of the states, and now Fed 3 strikes and your out, are still dishing out DEATH SENTENCES, but they like to call it "life".

Famous athlete kills boy in the morning while driving drunk, 30 days + probation,etc. Get caught with some pot you might land in jail for a few years.

to: the immature males, that shoulda been culled weeks ago, Wow, what horrific perception, and self-slighting-inferences
I post under 1 psuedo, LIKE IT OR NOT. But watching you blast all those others(PROBABLY YOURSELF), is quite amusing. Do you like talking at yourself? Do you answer too?

for the people that do know how to read;

TO: MR CAIN @ - newagecitizen.com or New Citizen Cain?

I saw your post in Hightimes, and visited your site, and was initially intruiged? Pot and politics?

But after browsing for a few minutes, found myself questioning how you intend to achieve the goals or fund these movements.
I don't think your $100 membership fee will cover it. Hightimes has been pimpin that info for decades, for free.

Just a few observations that may help further you cause;

don't model our immigration policy based on other countries, America is supposed to set global policy, not follow it.

playing the "immigrant card" is a pathetic attempt to grab the attention of the frustrated and desperate. It's no excuse for not being able to come up with real solutions to real problems (and 100 years of bad policy) with real funding and legislation, and a million new jobs, as I have.

Unfortunately, the aristocracy of this country (property owners) was built upon slavery. But became a Super Power because of immigration, and will continue to do so long after we're dead. Not to mention the most obvious - HUMAN CIVILIZATION IS THE RESULT OF IMMIGRATION, MIGRATION - except for the endemic of Africa/India.

don't make personal attacks on the US President - attack his policy, not his character (which has yet to be determined)

I'm sure you're not a constitutional lawyer, nor will you ever be commander-in-chief., despite your 2012 hopes. As I am sure he's not, "Obama is the most prejudiced President in US history ". You base your surmises on what study?

And we don't need a massive Energy R&D project, the technology is already there, we just refuse to manufacture, so Germany and Japan are the only ones cashing in on our research.

Here are some of my ideas, feel free to steal and cash in on;
Medical Insurance covers it, without a Dr deeming it appropriate, or building a database of "registered users" losers that will pay when the DEA hacks the data, or will be denied an organ transplant cuz, "your medical ID thumbstick indicates you're a pot-head".

50% tax on recreational sales
50% tax on commercial bud sales
0% tax on personal consumption-we don't pay tax on anything else we grow for personal consumption (but soon you will if you don't vote no on Bill HR 875, google it, google CODEX)

You have to grow 2 acres of hemp or bamboo per acre of bud
0% tax on donations made to compassion clubs (I'd freely give half of my crop to the terminally ill, who pay nothing cuz the shop only needs a little money to hand out donated weed)

Build a canal from Baja to Brownsville 600' wide by 100' deep;
30-60 million new tax payers, stop the buy, end the violence, create 1/2 a million new jobs, take half of the semi's and trains off the roads, and procure the best place on the planet to grow pot/hemp! Cut the travel time in half again, first is was Cape Horn (crazy mother-fuckers!), then Panama, now Baja!
That means you can buy 3 pairs of sneakers for $100, instead of 1 sneaker. What good is 1 sneaker?
....but is that really what the gov't wants?
Keep puffin...(that doesn't mean = cage penguins)

Darwinian - NY sucks. They shoulda decriminalized with Maine, and Ohio, and Washington, in 1976. Probably the result of reading HIGHTIMES, THEY MADE ME A BELIEVER.

But, if you're still up there, there's about 5 states within spittin distance that are friendly.

Me, I'm gonna try the other coast!

Man,Can I just get to smoke a spliff of some heavy duty Indica for my "Illness" here in NYS instead of having to take 80 to 120mg of Gov-manafactured Dextro-Amphet to eleveate the same problem...NO BS....
The Captiol here in NY is in Total Anarchy,Our Med Marijuana Bill is in friggn limbo,time t0 move to another state?....
ive been on speed for 8 years I want off "lost almost all teeth..lol,"and other problems assc with amphet,I was doin good for a bit but had to stop smokin due to Nazi like implmatation of drug testing "long story",makes me wanna cry......wacky
...BUt i still cant get the med i need ---"WEED" legally////...a shame...

MARYYYY JANNNNNE

" I don't know what the fuck you're referring to " ..I believe you .
8 is now 10 ..... get somebody to explain it to you .

ok, I'll ease-up on your puny mind, so take it from the experts.
The American Society of Engineers Infrastructure Report Card for Congress - 2009;
Aviation D
Bridges C
Dams D
Drinking Water D
Energy D+
Hazardous Waste D
Inland Waterways D
Levees D
Public Parks and Recreation C
Rail C
Roads D
Schools D
Solid Waste C+
Transit D
Wastewater D
NOTES Each category was evaluated on the basis of capacity,
condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance,
public safety and resilience D

$2.2 trillion needed for
AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE G.P.A.
ESTIMATED 5 YEAR INVESTMENT NEED
A = Exceptional
B = Good
C = Mediocre
D = Poor
F = Failing

Stew in your self-made shit, but with 66% of the bridges about to fail - should be relevant to all Americans, least those who drive.

The roads and bridges weren't designed to carry 40-ton trucks, with the canal = you could take 1/2 off the road, and half of the trains. But, again, sounds like you have it under control.

hey - hey, don't know what the fuck you're referring to, but with a psuedo like "hey" I didn't really expect too much from your mind.

Go outside and get some fresh air . Sunshine is good for you .

Only 8 stupid comments on this one story with THAT id .
More using other id's . Don't you have ANYTHING to do but swawk so much ignorant shit .

Imagine that, the government gives you seeds to grow, instead going to fight in a war. Now that same gov't is completely ignoring popular vote, public demand?

Democracy my ass!

Reality - what you're referring to "not-for-profit" only applies to medical marijuana and the chosen who grow for them.

Recreational is alreay mainstream on the west coast, so the non-profit wouldn't apply, therefore free market sets the price.

And all those talkin like we should regulate is like alcohol and cigarettes, HUSH-your-mouths. That is not the picture I choose to paint. I have faith in the planet, it'll make a come-back, no matter how ignorant our parents are.

CANAL$$$ - No doubt, it will be the most expensive project on the planet. But we're lookig at a $15 trillion deficit. So, is doing nothing really a viable option? Don't be a
"don't be", be a "do be". Legalize pot, build the canal, and we'll have a $15 trillion surplus in 3 years.

You're looking at 100,000 jobs for the canal, and 300,000 new pot farmers. That stimulates the economy. You'll have to consider the savings too. No longer do you have to go to Panama. You leave CA, down to Baja and straight through FL(it's just too long to go around).

Now you have ocean navigation on 3 sides of the entire continent! And the Coast Guard might actually be able to save some people. Put nuclear power onboard and there's another 1000 tons of cargo.

Why should the largest construction projects be in Japan, China, Sweden, Autria, Holland? We haven't built shit for almost 50 years. We rely on what our fathers built (and we paid for) for far too long, now we must build for the future.

The whole reason we built the railroad was to get shit from the west coast (Asia/CA to NY/Europe) You telling me that wasn't the biggest construction project on the planet then?
This will cut the time in half, again. Firt is was Cape Horn(crazy mother-fuckers!), then Panama....Now, Baja to Brownsville, and a little bit of Florida.

weed god!!! IS A SHITHOLE!

THERE IS NOTHING BRAVE ABOUT weedgod !!

AND,he HAs DIRT WEED!!

SO TALK WHAT U KNOW DUMBASS!
THE idiot WEEDGOD HAS SPOKEN!

210 - Still trying to smoke and think and type and breathe, all-at-once? Still think Mexico had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT?
READ;
1600-1890s
Domestic production of hemp encouraged
American production of hemp was encouraged by the government in the 17th century for the production of rope, sails, and clothing. Marijuana is the dried flowers that come from Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica plants. Cannabis sativa is usually used to produce hemp. It has longer fibers (than Cannabis indica) that are preferred for hemp use. In 1619 the Virginia Assembly passed legislation requiring every farmer to grow hemp. Hemp was allowed to be exchanged as legal tender in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.
Domestic production flourished until after the Civil War, when imports and other domestic materials replaced hemp for many purposes. In the late nineteenth century, marijuana became a popular ingredient in many medicinal products and was sold openly in public pharmacies.

1906
Pure Food and Drug Act
Required labeling of any cannabis contained in over-the-counter remedies.

Hey 210 this part is for you;
1900-20s
Mexican immigrants introduce recreational use of marijuana leaf. After the Mexican Revolution of 1910, Mexican immigrants flooded into the U.S., introducing to American culture the recreational use of marijuana.

The drug became associated with the immigrants, and the fear and prejudice about the Spanish speaking newcomers became associated with marijuana. Anti-drug campaigners warned against the encroaching Marijuana Menace, and terrible crimes were attributed to marijuana and the Mexicans who used it.

1930s
Fear of marijuana
During the Great Depression, massive unemployment increased public resentment and fear of Mexican immigrants, escalating public and governmental concern about the problem of marijuana.

This instigated a flurry of research which linked the use of marijuana with violence, crime and other socially deviant behaviors, primarily committed by racially inferior or underclass communities. By 1931, 29 states had outlawed marijuana.

1930
Creation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN)
Harry J. Anslinger was the first Commissioner of the FBN and remained in that post until 1962.

1932
Uniform State Narcotic Act
Concern about the rising use of marijuana and research linking its use with crime and other social problems created pressure on the federal government to take action.

Rather than promoting federal legislation, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics strongly encouraged state governments to accept responsibility for control of the problem by adopting the Uniform State Narcotic Act.

1936
Reefer Madness
Propaganda film Reefer Madness was produced by the French director, Louis Gasnier.

The Motion Pictures Association of America, composed of the major Hollywood studios, banned the showing of any narcotics in films.

1937
Marijuana Tax Act
After a lurid national propaganda campaign against the evil weed, Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act. The statute effectively criminalized marijuana, restricting possession of the drug to individuals who paid an excise tax for certain authorized medical and industrial uses.

1944
La Guardia Report finds marijuana less dangerous
New York Academy of Medicine issued an extensively researched report declaring that, contrary to earlier research and popular belief, use of marijuana did not induce violence, insanity or sex crimes, or lead to addiction or other drug use.

1940s
Hemp for Victory
During World War II, imports of hemp and other materials crucial for producing marine cordage, parachutes, and other military necessities became scarce.

In response the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched its Hemp for Victory program, encouraging farmers to plant hemp by giving out seeds and granting draft deferments to those who would stay home and grow hemp. By 1943 American farmers registered in the program harvested 375,000 acres of hemp.

1951-56
Stricter Sentencing Laws
Enactment of federal laws (Boggs Act, 1952; Narcotics Control Act, 1956) which set mandatory sentences for drug-related offenses, including marijuana.

A first-offense marijuana possession carried a minimum sentence of 2-10 years with a fine of up to $20,000.

1960s
Marijuana use popular in counterculture
A changing political and cultural climate was reflected in more lenient attitudes towards marijuana. Use of the drug became widespread in the white upper middle class.

Reports commissioned by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson found that marijuana use did not induce violence nor lead to use of heavier drugs. Policy towards marijuana began to involve considerations of treatment as well as criminal penalties.

1974
High Times founded = PROOF ON THIS PLANET THAT THERE MAY ACTUALLY BE A GOD UP THERE

CANAL - another idiot. you must really be 210, 'eh?
With that kind of logic, just close all the supermarkets in the country, "cuz we can grow our own".

Where did that ax story go? Why did this one come up after clicking post a comment?
I better start out the day with some schwag I guess.

The story should probably read: Brothers lab full of pot not yet ready to harvest. Brothers resorted to drinking booze, got stupid and started fighting.

Off topic:

Are those Republicans a bunch of whores or what?

The next revelations will be that smoking weed made them horny. They will have to find a way to blame the devil. Yup, it was that weed with roots in the devils garden that dun it!

Where are the impeachment proceedings?

Unfortunately, it won't wipe out state laws if it passes and I doubt it will.

There are too many other factors involved:

Oil industry - they don't want marijuana or hemp legalized, because it would break into their profits;

Cotton industry - Hemp keeps you cooler in summer, warmer in the winter, and it lasts longer;

Pharmaceutical industry - they damn sure don't want it legalized.

#1 and #3 on that list definitely pumps tons of money into politicians pockets...that is, unfortunately, the way things go in "the land of the free".

Nothing is free. The FDA is going to take over the regulation of tabacco. They will place restrictions on it. The tabacco companies will then turn to growing pot because they are already set up for it. They will add chemicals that they already add to cigarettes to get people addicted. We need to keep marijuana production out of the hands of big business. Grow small get high.

@treehugger& Weeddweeb

...But it was Calderon who proposed the decriminalization legislation.

His reasoning: It makes sense to distinguish between small-time users and big-time dealers, while re-targeting major crime-fighting resources away from the consumers and toward the dealers and their drug lord bosses.

"The important thing is . . . that consumers are not treated as criminals," said Rafael Ruiz Mena, secretary general of the National Institute of Penal Sciences. "It is a public health problem, not a penal problem."

The legislation was approved at the height of a swine flu outbreak that dominated the public's, and the world's, attention. Meeting at times behind closed doors, the lower and upper houses of Congress passed the bill in the last days of April. It now awaits Calderon's signature.

The bill says users caught with small amounts -- 5 grams of marijuana, 500 milligrams of cocaine -- clearly intended for "personal and immediate use" will not be criminally prosecuted. They will be told of available clinics, and encouraged to enter a rehabilitation program.

Up to 40 milligrams of methamphetamine, a synthetic and especially harmful drug, is permitted under the legislation, as is up to 50 milligrams of heroin...

Have ya seen both houses of our Amerikin government be this bold? Or the President for that matter?

I dont support prosecuting producers or sellers either.
This is alot braver and free'er than whats going on here. Can you deny that?

I copied the page from the DEA,and sorry you didn't read it
or thought I supported it,also marinol has 4 deaths attributed to it,and marijuana is still batting 0.

@ Know your enemy

Tobacco has 5000+ chemicals when combusted with at least 53 known carcinogens. Carcinogen; a substance or agent producing or inciting CANCER. And that crap is LEGAL!

Please name the carcinogens in cannabis?

Go back to your over paid and under worked DEA job bozo!

We know the enemy 1) ignorance 2)DEA

@ WEEDTURD & treesucker

Did ya read the link or are you 2 just talking from your necks?

You 2 are entitled to your un-informed opinions.

I wonder why HT hasn't reported this?

hey umm ... your capslock botton is stuck .

STUDENT PROTESTS!! ANYONE? IDEAS?? END THE DRUG WAR OR ELSE FAN CLUBS!!!! FREE THE HEADS JAIL THE FEDS!!

PLEASE READ MY POSTS BELOW!!!

A canal would cost more than we can afford,,,we are broke!
Allow us to grow our own,remove the market with planting weed everywhere,when there is no demand,there is no market,
and if a person wants to indoor grow his own,for an easily controlled environment(pollen free),then don't grow enough to draw thieves or cops.

The DEA ignore Taskin's study that they paid for and authorized,because the results were not the smoking gun they
were looking for.

WEEDGOD - Let me know if you start a grow, I'll come work. Outgrow Mexico and keep that nasty shit out! Did you see my plans to regain their rep? Build a canal from Brownsville to Baja, 600' wide X 100' deep. Send all the assholes south of that line, and the sane can stay or integrate north.

Then we all can get back to turning that desert into dessert, and save millions in fuel by not using Panama. Put nuclear power on the ships=tons less fuel/more freight and half the travel time. And the Coast Guard might actually be able to reach them in time. I never did mention, but you'll have to canal right through Florida, but that's an easy dig cuz it's already under water.

No tanks, no jeeps with .50's on 'em, no gun ships flying 24/7, no razor wire for 1,000 miles of Mexican border, and we'll even let them use it for free.

"Medical" Marijuana - The Facts

* Medical marijuana already exists. It's called Marinol.

* A pharmaceutical product, Marinol, is widely available through prescription. It comes in the form of a pill and is also being studied by researchers for suitability via other delivery methods, such as an inhaler or patch. The active ingredient of Marinol is synthetic THC, which has been found to relieve the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy for cancer patients and to assist with loss of appetite with AIDS patients.

* Unlike smoked marijuana--which contains more than 400 different chemicals, including most of the hazardous chemicals found in tobacco smoke-Marinol has been studied and approved by the medical community and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nation's watchdog over unsafe and harmful food and drug products. Since the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, any drug that is marketed in the United States must undergo rigorous scientific testing. The approval process mandated by this act ensures that claims of safety and therapeutic value are supported by clinical evidence and keeps unsafe, ineffective and dangerous drugs off the market.

*
There are no FDA-approved medications that are smoked. For one thing, smoking is generally a poor way to deliver medicine. It is difficult to administer safe, regulated dosages of medicines in smoked form. Secondly, the harmful chemicals and carcinogens that are byproducts of smoking create entirely new health problems. There are four times the level of tar in a marijuana cigarette, for example, than in a tobacco cigarette

* Morphine, for example, has proven to be a medically valuable drug, but the FDA does not endorse the smoking of opium or heroin. Instead, scientists have extracted active ingredients from opium, which are sold as pharmaceutical products like morphine, codeine, hydrocodone or oxycodone. In a similar vein, the FDA has not approved smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes, but has approved the active ingredient-THC-in the form of scientifically regulated Marinol.

* The DEA helped facilitate the research on Marinol. The National Cancer Institute approached the DEA in the early 1980s regarding their study of THC's in relieving nausea and vomiting. As a result, the DEA facilitated the registration and provided regulatory support and guidance for the study.

* The DEA recognizes the importance of listening to science. That's why the DEA has registered seven research initiatives to continue researching the effects of smoked marijuana as medicine. For example, under one program established by the State of California, researchers are studying the potential use of marijuana and its ingredients on conditions such as multiple sclerosis and pain. At this time, however, neither the medical community nor the scientific community has found sufficient data to conclude that smoked marijuana is the best approach to dealing with these important medical issues.

* The most comprehensive, scientifically rigorous review of studies of smoked marijuana was conducted by the Institute of Medicine, an organization chartered by the National Academy of Sciences. In a report released in 1999, the Institute did not recommend the use of smoked marijuana, but did conclude that active ingredients in marijuana could be isolated and developed into a variety of pharmaceuticals, such as Marinol.

* In the meantime, the DEA is working with pain management groups, such as Last Acts, to make sure that those who need access to safe, effective pain medication can get the best medication available.


If you go to the DEA's homepage and search for marijuana
studies,you can see the way their stick floats,and get some more myths for your memoirs.

Mexico free'er than the US? You on crack?

They're one of the biggest reasons we got off the weed track. And 66% of them want to live here or live more like us. So......???

'bout fucking time.

That's why I don't vote, cuz I don't care if you're a democrat or a republican, male or female, gay or staight, american or not, as long as you free the weed - you'll get my vote.

We need more people like congressman Frand's, his act shows consideration for those having to deal with pain & suffering. My hats off to the congressman, he's a good man, a caring man, a man who doesn't want people to have to suffer with pain any more than they have too. I just wish we had medical marijuana in West Virginia, but we don't and that's sad. Cause alot of these coal miners could use some help dealing with pain and suffering from coal mining accidents. We need help in getting medical marijuana for our coal miners and others.

MEXICO!!! IS A SHITHOLE!

THERE IS NOTHING BRAVE ABOUT MEXICO!!

AND,THEY HAVE DIRT WEED!!

SO TALK WHAT U KNOW DUMBASS!
THE MIGHTY WEEDGOD HAS SPOKEN!

Mexico free'er and braver than the United States.

http://cannabisculture.com/v2/content/mexico-moves-quietly-decriminalize-minor-drug-use

"Marijuana Bill introduced in congress " ?

Hello everyone . I'd like to introduce Marijuana Bill and his two friends , Harold Hash and Marvin Mushrooms .

Congress : Hi guys , was up ?

i'm so sick of people that can't spell...

bogart it...your incoherent rant is even worse by the mere fact that you can't spell any better than a 3rd grader...

Decriminalization is all well and great, but we have to keep reminding our representatives that full blown legalization is the only thing that will eliminate the underground black market once and for all.

Decriminalization is only HALF of the solution.

Also, if you don't believe this bill will pass, at least be sure to write your congressman and ask them to support it. If you don't at least do your part, then you're choosing to be part of the problem. They have to know we want this, because it is a form of progress.

Any progress is good progress, especially when a bill like this one is designed to eliminate jail time and fines for responsible adults who are currently being treated as criminals.

WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!

this will never pass. hopefully one day but not this day and time.

I ALMOST FORGOT!!! HAPPY SUMMER AND SOLSTICE FESTIVAL TO EVERYONE!!!!! AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY FATHERS!!!!

THE STUDENTS IN IRAN HAVE THE IDEA!! JUST LIKE PARIS 40 YEARS AGO OR SO AND IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 68 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO!!! PROTESTS AND MORE CIVIL DISOBIEDIANCE! I MENTIONED AWHILE BACK THAT I COULD BE RECOGNIZED FROM NOW ON BY THE GREEN FLAG I WOULD WAVE ABOVE MY HOUSE IN STEAD OF THIS OLD RED WHITE AND BLUE IN PROTEST OF THE DRACONIAN LAWS AGAINST MARIJUANA AND OUR PEOPLES FIGHT FOR FREEDOM FROM TYRANY., FUNNY ALL THE IRAINIANS HAVE CHOSEN GREEN FLAGS TOO!!! DID I SOMEHOW FORESEE THIS MASS PROTEST AGAINST THE PEOPLES WILL BEING DENIED ONCE AGAIN? I GOT THE COUNTRY WRONG BUT THE PEOPLE ARE RIGHT!!!! WAVE THOSE GREEN FLAGS!!!! SUPPORT THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN IRAN!!! FLY GREEN FLAGS IN PROTEST AGAINST THE POWERBROKERS AND GOVERNMENT STOOGES!!!!! GREEN FLAGS!!! REMEMBER GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!! YEAH I LOVE GREEN !!!!!gstlab3!!!!!!!!!!

it will never pass i n this form because of the non profit sale of an ounce thing but its just good that bills like this are starting to be considereded its a step in the right direction though

Its quite obvioius that them punks dont want the stuff legalized, it has nothing to do with all the facts that we have presented them, it the fact that lobbyist have the money from the pharmacy industry to satisfied those greedy ass Senators{its the senate thats holding up the vote}satisfied. Dont ever forget that the country is all about money , as long as the rich control. So what the solution? I say let go back to the 60's force these motherfuckers to see it our way ....What am I saying CIVIL DISORDER..... THEY CANT ARREST 2-3-4-5-HUNDRED THOUSAND OF US. And think of the press and the spreading of this event on the world wide web , so lets stop all this talk and lets really organize a serious act of CIVIL DISORDER.

http://legalizeher.tripod.com/

Don't be nieve. If under age kids wanna smoke pot they're gonna do it. Prohibition didn't wipe out alcohol use it made people more curious. Prohibition did wipe out the microbrew industry-it's just making a comeback now. The laws are far too harsh in most states for possesion and use. Kids smoking pot? I tried alcohol when I was ten and became a responsible user. I used pot when I was 13 and am still a responsible user. Ignorance has been the biggest enemy of both. People who use drugs and alcohol to their detriment will always be around. We must follow the tide while it is rushing in. We may never pass this way again.

Bogart It )the same for u kids are dumb as hell and shouldnt get the same privlagis as adults there will be a lot more car crashes if u let dumb little inmuchure kids smoke. teens arent the brightest any ways they worrie about the non importent too much and dont no how to control there emoutions for the majiorty of them so u are wrong but yes it would make the world a better place

purple kush )they already tried that letting 18 year olds drink in the military back in the day it was an on base thing and the reason it didnt work was they would go off base get fucked up and rek shit just because u think u u can handel your liquer dont mean shit the morjoity of teens cant wethere thair 18 or 19or 20 thats y its 21 plus ther tooo imuchure any ways how many fights happen cause of drunks. the military still has enough problems keeping the legal ones in line and doesnt need to worry abought pubesent little boys

WHEN TWO DIAMETRICLY OPPOSED IDIUMS COME TOGETHER AS WITH THESE TWO MORAL IMPARITIVES., LEGALIZATION BASED IN SCIENCE OR THE LEGALIZATION BASED ON THE MORE HUMAN IDEAL OF GOD AND NATURE., WE MUST FIRST REALIZE THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH SUBJECT TO OUR EMOTIONS AND OUR SCIENCE AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE FEARFULL OF THEM., CHANGE IS DIFFICULT AND FROUGHT WITH THE PERIL OF THE UNKNOWN AND OUR IGNORANCE., WE SHOULD THERFORE GO FORTH WITH CAUTION AND RESOLVE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF BETTERING HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. THE TIME FOR FIGHTING AND GRABBING AT THE FEW STRAWS THAT ARE LEFT IS NEARLY DONE. THE WAR CHESTS HAVE DRIED UP THEIR FUNDS AND THE PEOPLE ARE RAGGED AND TIRED., THE FUTURE OF THIS PARTICULAR WAR HAS BUT TWO ENDS. ONE OF PEACE AND HARMONY AND ONE FILLED WITH FEAR AND HATE. I WISH US ALL LUCK.

HOUSE OF REPS? THESE ARE THE ONLY GUYS ON OUR SIDE. EVERYONE'S GOTTA STEP UP. LET'S DO THIS! ABT!

Without record numbers of emails to your reps,it won't make it out of committee. The pharmaceutical companies are paying for it to fail.

if green was legal it would make the wor;d 100XX bettter! i mean come on if ur in skool u can consintrate better an everything. government wants to make it legal for just adults an i think thats bull shit(FUCK THAT MAN)treat people equally that meaans if adults can smoke pot kids should be able to also! come on it makes the world better an life easier..(MAKE DIS SHIT LEGAL MAN)!!

I think there should b a nationwide internet vote! at the age of 18 u can go 2 war 4 this country,and get shot at! Every1 over 18 should b able 2 drink and smoke whatever thay want at home!!!! but no driving

I sent a letter to congress in support of this. You can do it if you google "mpp" and go to the first link, it will have different bills that you want turned into law pages.

It's quite easy to do aswell.

Way to go Barney! He's been trying to end the nonsense for decades & his time is finally close. Twist the knife Barney, the time is now.

Everyone, this is a noble initiative by Barney Frank and Ron Paul. However they have tried this twice before in recent memory. The bill usually gets shot down in the Senate.

EVERYBODY WRITE YOUR LOCAL SENATORS!

The last bill they tried to pass decriminalized the possession of something like 7oz per person (idk for sure lol). This bill doesn't seem too different. We haven't created enough hype! We need to get the general public, the non-users involved. That's why we need to stress the benefits marijuana would have on the economy.

However, in California, the cannabis beakon of light state, the beat of ignorance goes on.

http://cannabisculture.com/v2/content/california-officials-say-pot-smoke-causes-cancer

this would make my life lol... as a user (not current as i get drug tested twice a week) i look forward to hitting it up even if this doesn't get passed but the penalties and the way it is looked down upon by so many doesn't help... I got arrested late last year for a little over a pound of some dank (felony possession) in texas and when questioned by the DEA and such they questioned me if as if i just murdered someone constantly calling me and now im in this rehabilitation program to get my case dropped but i guess my point is that it gets looked at as if it were crack and you could somehow OD on it as you can on alcohol which is legal

lets not count our chickens before they hatch, but we gotta start somewhere. very exciting news. spread the word about this safe, useful plant.

My mom says if its legal she's gonna smoke it!

I saw this over a year ago. But the government doing something right? Gonna be glitches and switches. And what if they did legalize it and it brought us out of the hole we're in? The revolution is here now!

This world would be better off! If it would be legal!!! It would give jobs! And save people from Loosing! There jobs!!!!!

I've been a user for 40yrs. So far the only thing that has been a hassle is our wonderful government. As many uses as this plant has it seems that these so called "Geniuses of Politics" would more concerned about helping the people instead of blowing cash on other people around the world. Hell, legalize it so we can help raise extra cash for our own people that starving in the streets.Hell,imagine all the jobs it could open.COME ON CONGRESS,GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BEHINDS AND DO WHATS RIGHT BY YOUR PEOPLE. LEGALIZE IT ASAP.

I'm sorry guys and gals but it's not going to pass. Don't get your hopes up.

its about time someone stepped up in our government.

i live in orlando florida and ill be the first to tell you the penalties levied here for posession are harsh. too harsh 3,500 in fines and up to 13 months in prison for posession of more than 15 grams. wtf!!

i dont understand why people are so arrogant and stuck in truthless old stereotypes. do the research! theres a myriad of uses and very few cons.

cmon people. its that time. LEGALIZE

To those who are against legalization,,, I was once against legalization as well, I have done my own research as you should, viewing both sides, here is what i found out, hemp has more uses than any other plant, look at George Washington's diary. We can help world hunger with the seeds,it has all essential elements needed to sustain life, stop deforestation, it grows 5 times faster than most trees, use the bio fuel to help with our oil crisis, the growth and burn cancels each other out, ending the carbon footprint, lower teen use, someone at one point has to show an id to a store to get alcohol. no one gets carded for cannabis. lets stop ending careers, breaking up families, and arresting our brothers and sisters over a plant. If you believe in God then u must believe he created Hemp. Why does our government give money to farmers to grow tobacco that causes cancer? If there was one case of Cancer or death wouldn't the DEA show everyone? forget what you were told, do your own research!

Paperwork is on the table, now its time do our part and get out and promote these pieces of legislation. Call your Legislators and your friends, family and everyone else you know and tell them to support the cause...Viva La Marijuana...

Thank you Barney, thank you.

THATS A FIRST GOVT. USING THERE HEAD.

weed will not get legalized until the tens of millions of americans who smoke it everyday come out of the closet, get it on a ballot, and vote for it. Everyone already knows cigarettes and alcohol kill you and weed does not. Everyone knows there is a shit ton of money to be made on all sides. Since alcohol is lethal, and legal, we should focus on the comparison; that will expose the irrationality behind the law. States should be able to discern the legality for themselves because obviously, the majority opinion of the country is to the contrary. Also, the counter-culture movement tarnishes the sacred plant and puts it in a negative light amongst those who do not smoke (yes, they are out there and they outnumber us). Dirty stoners ranting and raving about the war on drugs merely does the opposition's work for them. Normal, hardworking and gainfully employed Americans need to step up, or otherwise keep hiding in the shadows. The war against the war on drugs is failing. It's time for a new general.