Comments on: Obama’s assault on medical marijuana laws

By: Tyson

Tyson — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:17:00 +0000

The US’s new slogan should be “Growing more communist by the minute”

By: larry

larry — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:40:50 +0000

Typical government hypocrisy. They cite greed as the villain, yet out is the greed of the pharmaceutical industry driving the attempted crackdown

By: Smokey Stone Jones

Smokey Stone Jones — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:09:28 +0000

I’ve said it from the beginning and I’ll say it again.. Fuck Barrack Obama! He can’t even uphold the only positive aspects of the democratic party, the ability to remain immune to corporate bribery, but it would seem that the beloved Obama has fallen to his knees sucking down and regurgitating whatever the pharmaceutical companies care to ejaculate in his direction.

By: living the not so "california dreamin"

living the not so "california dreamin" — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:57:40 +0000

I live in California, am a medical patient, have grown Medical Cannabis and supplied clubs and I can honestly say that we do have a large influx of Medical Marijuana Clubs here since the law passed but the real problem is not the number of clubs or the increase in number of patients. The real problem here is the fact that, especially the clubs in lower So Cal, the product is coming from our horrible neighbors from the south. Those clubs that are run by the illegals provide product from good ole’ Mexico instead of coming from people that actually care about the patients and take pride in their product. I do understand that 50% of a clubs profit goes back to the growers but let’s take a realistic view on the whole legalization process. Let’s put the growers on the books and on the payroll. Any grower who has their ducks in a row will agree that they would like to do business legally and would rather provide their product to those in their community in need as well as do what they love to do without feeling like a criminal. There is nothing criminal about helping out a person in need. The real issue throughout all of this has to do with illegal immigrants and the border control issue. If we had a stronghold on the border, shut down all the tunnels from America to Mexico and deported anyone of an illegal status, no matter their race, there would be no issue. But, unfortunately, everyone involved in these aspects loves money, like most of us and if they are able to make a much larger profit for allowing things to happen that they can say they “have no control over,” and turn a blind eye then they will. I guess what I’m saying is America has gone from the land of the free to the land of the greed. Until we get the greed out of the people who control large policies, we will get nowhere. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
From my own personal stand point, I know that if it had not been for marijuana and the legalization, I would be dead right now. Most of my life from childhood I had a lot of depression, had suicidal tendencies in high school and have had many traumatic events happen to me in my young adult years. It all went undiagnosed for a long time and the first time I tried marijuana it was recreational and it was the first time in my life that I knew what other people normally felt like. The blue tint was gone and I could actually smile for real without faking it for everyone else. I genuinely felt happy. I believe there are a lot of people like me who use marijuana recreationally because they go undiagnosed with a health care system that it controlled by the pharmaceutical companies. If our main treatment for patients was to cure the origin of the illness or use natural products such as plants and herbs to cure or help instead of drugging up our nation with harsh chemicals that harm more than help, I believe there would be no issue with the legalization and distribution of marijuana. But once again, this issue comes down to greed. I believe we need to fight greed since it seems to be the root of all our sociological problems. Look at our politicians, drug dealer, heads of the pharmaceutical companies, heads and CEOs of large corporations, underhanded swindlers…..GREED. Let’s learn from this and be a bit more humble and a little more willing to give. Do unto others as you would like done to you. Where did we forget the golden rule?

By: bud101

bud101 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:24:49 +0000

The money hungry feds have gone too far and it’s time for the public to stand up to this ignorance. Alcohol is OK but pot isn’t? Prescription drug abuse is a bigger problem yet the Feds won’t shoot themselves in the foot and thwart that industry. Creating addictions and incarcerating people is a good market for them.

Where is the real problem? All these stoned people should be causing more mayhem than what the law and paranoia expects. And if kids need to wait until 21 to officially drink, pot can follow that route.

Obama’s about face may only be temporary. It’s being used as a scare tactic. Stopping the spread of dispensaries was key to get a handle on who is doing legit biz.

I’m for less red tape on harmless things the masses feel is right for them. And I enjoy the medication value of the green too. good for old bones. more seniors should investigate the qualities.

By: filthy assistant

filthy assistant — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:15:42 +0000

I thought Chris Christie was moving full steam ahead with NJ’s MMJ program? No? Damn, that’s sad. As to California, their MMJ laws do not allow dispensaries, per se, only cooperatives (a legal form of incorporation) and collectives (fuzzy less “official” versions of cooperatives) and individual caretaker or patient growers. And while there are certainly “real deal” dispensary-like ops in CA that are honestly about providing relief to patients, there are also many for whom the only important “green” is the dollar and since CA’s laws require non-profit status they got gigged. Live, learn: CA was the first state to decriminalize, apparently underestimated the greed factor, and now has some cleaning up to do. At least other states can learn from this and run tight enough ships to keep the feds at bay — if the states have the MMJ “situation” under control, there is no need for the feds to waste resources on a non- problem, right? (Sadly, in CA, the situation was apparently very much out of control, with some municipalities asking the Feds to step in.) Which brings us back to New Jersey, reportedly home of the tightest regs among MMJ+ states — why hast thou forsaken us, Gov. Christie?

Note that this comment is about /medical/ cannabis, not recreational (with which I and many folks don’t have a problem), which is another discussion — I think many folks are conflating the two.

By: Jessica, Sparta, NJ

Jessica, Sparta, NJ — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:32:56 +0000

Great, Now the Fat Man will never get NJ’s legal law started. He has been delaying this for years. This is so stupid.