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Why would that be a question one should ask? If pot were legalized, all of a sudden that makes it likely that everyone is going to smoke it in all sorts of innapropriate circumstances? Also, I could think of a long list of perfectly legal and morally acceptable things that I wouldn't want a surgeon to do before surgery that might interfere with his concentration and competence. (arguing with a lover on the phone for example) I would hope that anyone in a responsible position that requires skill would have enough common sense not to work in an altered state of conciousness. However, the guy stocking the shelves at the supermarket should feel free to be completely fried while he's doing it.

Medical marijuana is keeping my son alive right now. He doesn't drink or smoke cigarettes, does no other drugs, holds down a  job and gets good grades in college. All it does is help with his pain and nausea so he can function.

There are a LOT of people like him and a lot of people who smoke pot the way others would drink a glass of wine at the end of the day. Is there a possiblity of abuse? Sure. Just like alcoholics and chain smoking cigarette smokers, there is always that potential. So hey, why not criminalize alcohol and tobacco? I'd vote for that! Oh, but wait--- the people who argue against pot while they sip their Scotch and smoke their cigar would never agree!

LEAP= Law Enforcement against Prohibition, read, learn and sign the petitions. Time to get the drugs off the streets and out of the hands of dealers that could care less how old you are or how pure the drugs they sell are. There are 2,500 uses for Hemp so let’s grow it and get some of jobs back here in America for Americans. Oh, there are the taxes as well.

I suggest you do all the research. Find out who really opposed the use of Marijuana and Hemp (they are related but not the same) and you will the true reason it was made illegal. Go to and learn some more interesting facts from LEAP which stands for “Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.” Learn the facts and reject the lies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html

The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.

The new findings "were against our expectations," said Donald Tashkin of the University of California at Los Angeles, a pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.

http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20060523/pot-smoking-not-linked-to-lung-cancer

This article is from the WebMD News Archive

Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung Cancer

Study Shows No Increased Risk for Even the Heaviest Marijuana Smokers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32474103/ns/health-cancer/

Chemicals in pot may help fight prostate cancer

Two cannabinoids prevent diseased cells from multiplying, study finds

http://www.mpp.org/states/indiana/news/marijuana-may-one-day-be-used.html

Marijuana May One Day Be Used to Treat Brain Cancer

Natalie Yarbor

April 2, 2009

14 News WFIE (IN)

(NBC) — Medical marijuana could have a whole new meaning after a new study has suggested pot may someday be used to treat brain cancer.

Add to all of this the FACT that pot is safer than booze for that weekend party and you have a win, win, going on with the legalization of pot.

What is it that we really want? Whatever we have been told we Can't have. Human nature is to want what we can't have.

Prohibiting pot just makes it all the more attractive to kids and those who want to rebel against society. This was proven with the prohibition of alcohol. The bootleggers stepped up and organized crime became very powerful. Killing many people who stood in their way. This is exactly the same thing that is happening today with the Mexican drug lords who are making billions of dollars every year by the American policy of prohibition. The drug wars are heating up along the border, many people have been killed. The Mexican policia are either corrupt or are too overwhelmed to keep up.

The American policy is under fire for it's draconian viewpoint and it's enforcers are rapidly becoming so enamoured with their high paying jobs that they don't want the drug wars to ever end! They will lose so much money from the governments war against drugs. They might even lose their jobs. So they do everything thay can to perpetuate the status of marijuana as an unlawful drug. Even in rising public opinion that the drug is relatively harmless and benign.

By legalizing pot, we will be ending a large part of the war on drugs. Cocaine and Meth and heroin will still be unlawful and rightfully so. With the new tax revenues gained from the legalization of marijuana we can put more money and focus this war so it is more effective. They say Pot is a gateway drug, only if you consider that the illegality of it makes it so.

Doesn't surprise me that it would be Oakland leading the Nation as a Testing Site for Legalized Marijuana and that there are 9 blocks sandwiched into Businesses in the downtown area devoted to selling the Drug! Go figure, Oakland is also leading in 4th place in cities across the Nation for the Highest Crime Rate!! All one has to do is go to Oakland and spend the day observing all the Weirdos walking around and trust me you see EVERY thing. It's like Halloween every day! Would you consider it a great place to raise your child? Well you can be sure they would most likely be smoking Pot before they even become a teenager! The city is just full of great role Models (College Students) high on Pot!! Yeah, I'd love to pay for my child's college education in the great city of Oakland!! All who agree with this travesty are those who are hooked on Pot and encourage others to join their cult! Wait isn't that what triggered The Manson Family Marijuana Smoking Cult? Every One get High, It's the American way and Just say YES to drugs!!! This is the result of all your well spent hard working energy and money raisng your child to have them become a Marijuana Pot Head that we know damages the Brain Cells!! I know there are a lot of good People who live in Oakland, but this kind of activity spoils it for all of them who are trying to change the bad image and reputation that Oakland is known for! At least Tom Hanks is one Role Model who grew up in Oakland and became a Sucess story of it's own and one every Person in Oakland can be proud of!