[PLUG-TALK] Marijuana

Michael Moore moore.michael.m at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 17:45:06 UTC 2009


On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Mel Andres <mel97215 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Since it was brought up in another post, I would like to discuss it
> further.
>
> Cannabis has been used effectively  to relieve various ailments for
> thousands of years.
> It not a drug, but a safe and non-toxic herb. It is prohibition that is
> dangerous, not the plant.
>
> The even bigger crime, are the methods by which cannabis became listed
> in the schedule 1. If you look up the quotes of Anslinger during his
> campaign  against marijuana, you will see that it was motivated by
> racism. By today's standards, it was full of civil rights violations,
> and blatant racial profiling.
>

You may be aware there is currently a voter initiative petition circulating
to put a measure on the ballot that would establish state marijuana
dispensories.  That, at least, is how I understood it from the once over I
gave it.

Michael M.
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