do you like heroin dr. benway? Or is your user name just for fun
yeah....i do....nah....just a fan of william burroughs....
do you like heroin dr. benway? Or is your user name just for fun
I think marijuana isn't good for anyone, it's not healthy and it can either put you in prison for life or will be dead on the streets. I can't stand the thought of drugs, it's a turn off for me~ But I'm not going to judge other people who does marijuana because it's their life to deal with, not mine. I try to live a healthy life the best I can. Marijuana can cause a lot of drama between people all the time and it's unreal... Get busted all the time even tho if you don't smoke marijuana with the person, you will still be busted and go to prison for life or whatever... The person can be drug-free and still be in prison for life time. Thats why I don't like to be around people who does drugs, its very uncomforable and who knows who is going to be busting the door down and Im not going to be in that situation! Im going to stay clean and be with drug-free people....
People use drugs as a excuse to help reduce stress and it does not solve anything~ If you need something to help reduce stress go to the doctor and talk to them what your feeling and most of the time they will help the best they can. They can give you some medications to help reduce stress like valuim or other etc. But with Marijuana your taking a risk of getting your ass busted, but with the medication that the doctor gave you, there is a less chance of getting busted since it's a order from the doctor. It's for your own safey! Why risk your reputation with marijunana?? Have more common sense and think of your life?
It's my 2 cents
Casey Matthews was arrested in his home in North Carolina and convicted of trafficking marijuana by possession, manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a vehicle/ dwelling for sale/delivery. His sentence is a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 to 30 months.
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A friend of mine was in a bad situation. I chose to help because I don't believe there is anything morally or ethically wrong with marijuana and it would have helped a friend in dire straits...
... I was dragged out of the house, thrown to the ground, restrained while the team secured the house. After searching, they read the warrant and proceeded to try to obtain information. I responded that I simply had nothing to say until my lawyer was present. I was taken to the county jail, booked, and placed under a $100,000 bond. (a man who was charged with rape was only given a $30,000 bond)
Casey Matthews - NORML
Rita Faye Quick was arrested in North Carolina for trafficking, distribution, repackaging, maintaining a dwelling, and conspiracy involving 220+ pounds of marijuana. Ms. Quick was sentenced to 140 to 168 months, which was reduced to 105 to 126 months through an appeal. The other parties involved spent no time in jail, and were sentenced to six months probation in exchange for their testimony against Ms. Quick.
At the time of her arrest Ms. Quick was a 43 year old single parent of two young daughters. She was a full-time homemaker, and also an outspoken activist for the legalization of marijuana in her hometown.
Rita Faye Quick - NORML
Richard Armstrong was arrested in September of 1993 after attempting to buy marijuana. He is currently serving his 8th year of a 30-80 year sentence at the Ross Correctional Institution in Ohio after being convicted on four counts: 1) Engaging in Corrupt Acts, 2) Drug Trafficking, 3) Possession of a Criminal Tool, and 4) Theft. Since his incarceration, Richard has developed terminal cancer, been separated from his wife, and found it difficult to see his 10-year old son, Aaron, and his 82-year old mother. Although Richard is up for parole in February 2005, he is likely to die in prison.
Richard Armstrong - NORML
John Adams
Shot to death during a SWAT drug raid while watching TV. The house didn't match the description on the warrant.
Xavier Bennett
Xavier was accidentally shot to death by officers in a pre-dawn drug raid during a gunfight with one of Xavier's relatives.
Delbert Bonnar
Shot 8 times by police in drug raid. They were looking for his son.
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Schedule I
*The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
*The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
*There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Examples: Heroin, LSD, Marijuana, MDMA (Ecstasy), methaqualone (Quaalude).
Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Actually, I am 100% against it! It damages your brain! PERIOD! It isnt good for your health...Even you feel high and think clearly - it still damages your brain!
If you smoke marijuana or weed front of your children...then SHAME ON YOU!
Having relationship with God is the only key to make you happy..not drugs!
Lol I couldn't stop laughing at this post. And alcohol doesn't cause damage?? But yeah, the funniest part was- I know this is :topic:but in regards to the god perspective- 'Good men do good things, and bad men do bad things. But for good men to do bad things, that takes religion'.
But yeah, I have experimented with marijuana before. Had the usual giggly high with friends, it was hell fun. Nothing harmful about it, but like everything else- its ok to use, but not to abuse. (scientifically speaking, there is no evidence whatsoever to prove that marijuana has serious harmful effects. It has been commonly speculated that it is linked to schizophrenia- but that remains SPECULATION- it has yet to be proved. Don't get me wrong, I don't have much admiration for drug abusers, but like with anything else, moderation is the key. The widespread fear of marijuana has been engineered by institutional and social controls, or for a better term, a longstanding moral panic.
Moral panic is a sociological term, coined by Stanley Cohen, meaning a reaction by a group of people based on the false or exaggerated perception that some cultural behavior or group, frequently a minority group or a subculture, is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. It has also been more broadly defined as an "episode, condition, person or group of persons" that has in recent times been "defined as a threat to societal values and interests". Namely, in this case, marijuana.
Just an observation: It makes such sound sense to de-criminalize drugs, to make them available at reasonable prices by prescription or other legal means.
It's crazy, but it seems the chief resistance to such an idea is that it will put so many people out of work: illegal drug dealers . . . career criminals who must commit crimes to pay for habits . . . law-enforcement officers only trained to combat drugs . . . more and more prison guards . . . social and welfare workers. This may seem like my usual sarcastic joke, but it's not.
You hit the nail on the head, Chase. The war on drugs was lost years ago. The majority simply failed to recognize such.
quit a ways back.....finally outgrew it......rhuematic, it stopped working for me, same with booze.........not for me to judge
it is psychologically addictive.....too expensive
I can see a terminally ill person using it for comfort....but have to wonder about some others...the addiction doesn't concern me or people being high....just have to believe that all that smoke can't be good for anyone.......... reports that weed higher in carcinogens than tobacco.....
one thing is that homegrowing will take more profits out of foriegn cartels.....why let them make money on it
yea....theres no penalty at all for possession of 1 oz or less in alaska.....an oz is more than enough if you get the good stuff....nice....
Man, I can't let this one go! Imagine if that cat kept on smoking it'd be mutated into a bat then it be forever "flying". Pun *ahem* intended!dr benway said:
Congress To Consider Legislation To End Minor Pot Arrests -- First Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In Over Two Decades To Be Filed Imminently
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March 27, 2008 - Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC: US Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) will introduce legislation in Congress to strip the federal government of its authority to arrest responsible cannabis consumers. Representative Frank made the announcement last week on the nationally syndicated television show, "Real Time With Bill Maher."
"It's time for the politicians to catch up with the public on this [issue]," Frank told host Bill Maher, who sits on NORML’s Advisory Board. "The notion that you lock people up for smoking marijuana is pretty silly."
Frank's pending bill seeks to eliminate all federal penalties prohibiting the personal use and possession of up to 100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) of marijuana. Under this measure, adults who consume cannabis would no longer face arrest, prison, or even the threat of a civil fine. The bill also eliminates all penalties prohibiting the not-for-profit transfers of up to one ounce of pot.
NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup, who worked closely with Frank's staff to draft this legislation, said, "If passed by Congress, this legislation would legalize the possession, use, and non-profit transfer of marijuana by adults for the first time since 1937."
The bill incorporates the primary recommendations of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (also known as the Shafer Commission), which affirmed to Congress 36 years ago, "The actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough to justify intrusion by the criminal law into private behavior, a step which our society takes only with the greatest reluctance."
Currently, 12 states and numerous municipalities have enacted versions of marijuana decriminalization, eliminating criminal penalties for minor pot violations. Passage of these laws has not led to increased marijuana use.
To date, the only US government study ever commissioned to assess whether the enforcement of strict legal penalties positively impacts marijuana use found, "Overall, the preponderance of the evidence which we have gathered and examined points to the conclusion that decriminalization has had virtually no effect either on the marijuana use or on related attitudes and beliefs about marijuana use among American young people."
Similar statewide legislation is pending in New Hampshire and Vermont. Additionally, Massachusetts’ voters will likely decide on a statewide decriminalization measure this November.
According to a nationwide CNN/Time Magazine poll, more than three-quarters of American adults favor decriminalizing marijuana.
For more information, please contact Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel or Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500.
updated: Mar 27, 2008
Congress To Consider Legislation To End Minor Pot Arrests -- First Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In Over Two Decades To Be Filed Imminently - NORML
You cannot say M isn't good for anybody, it is just simply is not for everybody. May be for some may not be for some. I am for one. My friend isn't for one just like smoking cigarettes.
As for someone mentioned its an addiction; technically it is, if you don't have a control. IE: over-spending, smoking more than should and non coherent thoughts and what not. But that only when a dumb one is actually dumb. I'm not addicted but addicted anyway!!!
So I'm NORML.
I hate ppl think this is an inital gateway drug.
But really, can't we all get a bong?
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