Marijuana Debate - Charles Town, WV

[Kev]

POTS NATRUAL!! whats your excuse for all the oxy's floatin around and getting people addicted? I've yet to hear of a THC overdose.

[Pamela Porter]

I am disabled and have a great deal of pain. The legalization of marijuana would benefit me as it eases the pain I have. I am over 60.

[kayla jackson]

Definitely for it's medicinal qualities.

[somethingtotalka bout]

its natural medicine...non addicting...taxable...

[Kentuckys_Finest Green]

Yet people get persecuted and prosecuted every 37 seconds because they prefer the safer medicinal properties of marijuana over pharmaceuticals that kill on a daily basis. Or they prefer to use marijuana as a relaxant instead of alcohol or other true drugs. Choice...not Felony...

[derek]

its time

[Kentuckys_Finest Green]

There needs to be a review and repeal of current laws governing marijuana. These laws were unjustly put upon America by Harry Anslinger in the 1930's when he gave this testimony to Congress in 1937 .."There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US,
and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers.
Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage.
This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations
with Negroes, entertainers and any others." by:
Harry J. Anslinger
(1892-1975) Assistant Prohibition Commissioner in the Bureau of Prohibition, first Commissioner of the Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN)(1930-1962, 32 years), US Representative to the United Nations Narcotics Commission Source:testimony to US Congress supporting Marihuana Tax Act, 1937
By 1937, Anslinger was testifying in front of Congress to pass the Marijuana Tax Act in the hopes of essentially taxing marijuana out of business (as had previously been accomplished with opium). Settling in to testify, Anslinger relied on a number of sources, including himself, his employees, and articles in the Hearst newspapers which had been written by HarryAnslinger. Anslinger's campaign against marijuana had an hidden agenda, DuPont petrochemical interests and William Randolph Hearst together created the highly sensational anti-marijuana campaign to eliminate hemp as an industrial competitor.Around 1931 advertising started for hemp as the new billion dollar crop. Anslinger had reports from experiments with mechanical harvesting of hemp in 1936, reporting that the machines were no success.

"they were able to cut only a part of the Tribune Farm crop by machine, two thirds of it they did by hand with a sharp hand cutter...".[8]

By using the mass media as his forum (receiving much support from William Randolph Hearst), Anslinger propelled the anti-marijuana sentiment from the state level to a national movement. Writing for The American Magazine, the best examples were contained in his "Gore File", a collection of quotes from police reports, by later opponents described as police-blotter-type narratives of heinous cases, most with no substantiation, linking graphically depicted offenses with the drug. Anslinger used sometimes the very brief and concise language in many police reports when he wrote about drug crimes:
In those Congressional hearings, somebody thought it might be worth asking doctors about the health risks of marijuana. The American Medical Association at the time was absolutely opposed to making marijuana illegal, because it posed little risk and also because it was a valuable component in many medicines of the time. Consequently, the AMA opposed the ban, and testified as such during the Committee hearings. Naturally, the AMA doctor was dismissed. And when the bill went to the floor, the Committee claimed that the AMA supported the act. In retaliation for the AMA’s opposition, Harry Anslinger began aggressively prosecuting doctors for drug charges, until the AMA finally relented in 1939, which stopped the seemingly endless flow of prosecutions.
In 1944, the New York Academy of Medicine released a study demonstrating that marijuana did not cause violence and had positive medical benefits, contradicting Anslinger’s propaganda. As a result, the FBN banned all marijuana research in the United States. As head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry Anslinger continued his insane crusade against marijuana until 1962, when he was fired by John F. Kennedy. But at that point, the damage was done, and the Federal government was firmly committed to a war on drugs. This is a war on drugs that has created untold misery for millions of Americans for the past 80 years.

[Jon]

Pot is not as harmful as prohibition. Prohibition creates artificial price inflation and violence that goes along with a black market.Legalize,tax,regulate it. NOW!!

[rltomkinson]

somethingtotalkabout wrote:

its natural medicine...non addicting...taxable...

It may not be PHYSICALLY addictive, but I can say from personal experience that it can darn hard to quit.

[Glenn Hughes]

It would help with the symptoms of Hep C and the treatment. Pain, nausea, sleep problems, appetite.

[me]

Kill brain cells and people. Ever try to drive when very hi on pot?

[Bob Segar]

i believe that weed should be legalized but you should not drive under the influence of weed i think it should be legalized as you can use it as long as you stay under a roof for the night

[Plb]

Why not. I am hiv pos and surley could benefit from it being legal.

[Donald Lane]

Legalize marijuana. How is alcohol legal when it causes more harm than marijuana. Come on Congress, its so obvious.

[Thewiseone]

The legalization of marijuana will not only stop black market trade, but the legalization will open up jobs and business in the area. In just one year Boulder,Colorado grossed about 90,000 in just taxes off of marijuana. That's one city in one state. Imagine the possibilities, the time is now. Help start a movement Ron Paul 2012

[W G]

It work's EVERYWHERE ELSE !!! IT WILL HAPPEN HERE AS WELL !!!! and yes that was a VADER mind trick.......

[Ray]

me wrote:

Kill brain cells and people. Ever try to drive when very hi on pot?

.......
yeah,you ever tried to drive whileall drunk on alcohol.and alcohol is legal...

[Sk8]

Legalize it