legalization petition?

[jkjay]

Anyone know who to contact to help with the petition drive? Lookin for some contact info. Peace, pot, & ...

 

[GhostFace]

i see you been watching the news..lol get in touch with sensible

http://www.regulatemarijuana.org/

 

[true grit]

Is there one I can sign to prevent legalization measures?

 

[canaguy27]

Is there one I can sign to prevent legalization measures?

why might you want to do that? i know it isn't full legalization, but it is a step in that direction. it is the only one that will have a chance.

 

[true grit]

No, no legalization is a step in the right direction at this point. WTF haven't people learned from the whole medical mess. It opens a whole other avenue of regulation, policing, taxation, harassment and control. Its not even safe to be a patient if you care about rights these days. Why give up more for virtually no improvement?

The priority is decriminalization or lowest prioritization of all cannabis crimes/infractions. No jail time. The core is to remove penalties for adults so that no one is arrested, not set up a system of checks, balances and regulations for more taxation. A lowest priority measure for all adults over 21- ie possession, cultivation, etc. No legalization measure will work anything close to what idealists hope for.

And frankly the statement- "its a step in teh right direction" is a exactly the foot in mouth type statement that causes problems and gives the people wanting recognition a statement to make folks believe it. But its not a step in the right direction, do it right or don't do it...and we sure as shit won't do it right yet.

 

[ROIDRAGER]

You will NEVER see full decriminalization without taxation! You have a better chance of getting raped by a grey-hybrid, while being attacked back a great white shark thats getting raped by a unicorn.

 

[Texas Kid]

Well, in all thier wisdom, they have decided not to reclassify.....can't eliminate that criminal class and keep the prisons full...

WASHINGTON -- Less than two months after patient advocates filed a lawsuit compelling the federal government to answer a 9-year-old petition to reschedule medical marijuana, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today made official its denial of the petition in the Federal Register.

The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC), which includes patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed the petition in 2002 seeking to reclassify marijuana from its current status as a dangerous drug with no medical value, but never heard from the federal government until it received the denial.

In its denial of the CRC petition, the government concluded that "marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United States, and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision," recommending that marijuana remain in Schedule I. "Although this superficially looks like a defeat for the medical marijuana community," said Joe Elford, ASA Chief Counsel and lead counsel in the recent lawsuit. "It simply maintains the status quo," Elford continued. "More importantly, however, we have foiled the government's strategy of delay and we can now go head-to-head on the merits, that marijuana really does have therapeutic value." ASA intends to appeal the government's denial of the petition to the D.C. Circuit as soon as possible.

Notably, the petition denial was sent to legal counsel in the pending lawsuit on June 30th, one day after the Justice Department issued a memorandum to U.S. Attorneys upholding federal threats of criminal prosecution against local and state officials for attempting to pass and implement their own medical marijuana laws. "The federal government is making no bones about its aggressive policy to undermine medical marijuana," said ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer, "And we're prepared to take the Obama Administration to court over it."

The denial also comes the same week as the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) is holding its 21st annual symposium in St. Charles, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. The symposium is sponsored in part by an array of pharmaceutical companies, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and ElSohly Laboratories, Inc., the federal government's only licensed source of research-grade cannabis (marijuana) used in therapeutic studies. Currently, several pharmaceutical companies are asking the government to reschedule organically produced THC, the primary compound found in the marijuana plant, so they can sell a generic version of Marinol®, which is now made synthetically.

"The government cannot have it both ways, marijuana is either a medicine or it's not." continued Sherer. "If the government is going to sponsor a conference on medical marijuana, it should show the same deference to the millions of patients across America who simply want access to it." ASA and its grassroots patient base has been urging President Obama since he took office to develop a comprehensive federal policy that would address medical marijuana as a public health issue.

Over the past few years since the CRC petition was filed, the two largest physician groups in the country -- the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians -- both urged the federal government to review marijuana's status as a Schedule I substance. In addition to new scientific discoveries occurring on a regular basis, numerous polls have shown that medical marijuana has the support of up to 80% of Americans.

 

[DoobyScoo]

why might you want to do that? i know it isn't full legalization, but it is a step in that direction. it is the only one that will have a chance.

One step forward, two steps back!

Not my idea of progress.

Doesn't anyone remember the last time we passed legislation for the sake of passing legislation?

 

[true grit]

You will NEVER see full decriminalization without taxation! You have a better chance of getting raped by a grey-hybrid, while being attacked back a great white shark thats getting raped by a unicorn.

I don't necessarily want full decrim, like I said lowest prioritization of cannabis offenses...its already being done in some places, not out of the realm in the least and much more realistic than legalization. That or like Monkey said- limit resources and abilities of LEO.

 

[Green Mopho]

Cannabis prohibition will be one of the challenges of 21st century America, and overcoming it will have to be a "think out-of-the-box" movement. In other words, this is not something we can change from within the system, it is something we will have to topple the system with and not allow the current ruling institutions to influence the peoples' voices in this matter.

I mean, in our current financial system, how would you predict legalization with the same shit heads in charge? Banks, corporations, and regulation is the only way our current government knows how to go about such an industry, with little to no respect for the patient/consumer. I mean, you can patent a plant, a living organism, we have oil-fueled wars going on, we have for-profit private prisons, we are freely handing over billions of tax dollars to private corporations....a true free legalization is nowhere near their agenda, neither is a world with free citizens....

 

[motherlode]

^^^ +1

 

[jkjay]

Well Am. 20 wasnt perfect either. I knew people who refused to vote for that. :middlefinger These are also the same sorry a$$ excuses that were going around Cali. last year. Its complete bug shit! Anyone ranting about walmartization has bugs in their garden. Dont let these kinda people on your farm, they got powdery mildew in their hair and under their finger nails. Come to infest your garden so theirs'll be worth more. Life was hard for them. Why should it be different for anyone else? Get real, the awsome thing about all this is how its muddied the waters. That muddy waters just about to settle out and deposit some nice fertile material to grow in. Med was just the first step. Gonna turn your back now? If so you were always just a faker! My friends have fought and DIED for this.

The real story is that this is gonna be more like the beer game. Small craft brewers have changed the rules on the big boys. Lots of people buy bud-light, but some people wont drink that swill. Those people either support a growing cottage industry or they find the sense of peaceful satisfaction one enjoys when they drink a glass of the sweet necter of their own efforts.

I don't care if Philip Morris grows ten thousand acres of shit weeds and chops the flowers in with the fan leaves to standardize it to 3%. I'm not gonna smoke that shit. No one on this forum would. There's gonna be plenty of room for people who love herb to make a little money doin what they love. After all if it was as easy as high times makes it out to be there wouldnt be so many half priced lights on craigslist. Most people who try decide its easier to buy.

This trains a comin', so get on board or get outta the way. Its the freedom train baby, Wooh-woooooh! :movie

 

[JeromeGarcia]

Is there one I can sign to prevent legalization measures?

Fail.

Why would you not want something that will give you the legal protection to have 10's of pounds at your house?

 

[motherlode]

Fail.

Why would you not want something that will give you the legal protection to have 10's of pounds at your house?

none of the legaliztion measure I have seen gave you the ability to have anything near 10 lbs

they have all been about greed and taxation

its a fucking plant

I should be able to just grow it like sunflowers or tomatoes

if they put restrictions/tax it there will always be a black market for weed

 

[GhostFace]

they are winning already..they got everyone and thur mother running scared or like a chicken with No head because of rules, regulations & amendments..what ever happen to just saying fuck it and Fuck the Man and grow some good ol ganja. these are the only threads that get any attention these days must be atleast a hundred rules/reg threads in the colorado forums and only 1-2 Colorado Grow threads and instead of posting grows and grow info everyone is bickering, sweating, worried sick about what the MAN is going to do...the Man is going to do what he always did and will always do..i think people need not be worried so much and get back to Overgrowing the GOV & overgrowing the grow op! :rasta2:

 

[GhostFace]

they are winning already..they got everyone and thur mother running scared or like a chicken with No head because of rules, regulations & amendments..what ever happen to just saying fuck it and Fuck the Man and grow some good ol ganja. these are the only threads that get any attention these days must be atleast a hundred rules/reg threads in the colorado forums and only 1-2 Colorado Grow threads and instead of posting grows and grow info everyone is bickering, sweating, worried sick about what the MAN is going to do...the Man is going to do what he always did and will always do..i think people need not be worried so much and get back to Overgrowing the GOV & overgrowing the grow op!

 

[GhostFace]

Fail.

Why would you not want something that will give you the legal protection to have 10's of pounds at your house?

never happen in this life time!! EVER!:bow

 

[Texas Kid]

they are winning already..they got everyone and thur mother running scared or like a chicken with No head because of rules, regulations & amendments..what ever happen to just saying fuck it and Fuck the Man and grow some good ol ganja. these are the only threads that get any attention these days must be atleast a hundred rules/reg threads in the colorado forums and only 1-2 Colorado Grow threads and instead of posting grows and grow info everyone is bickering, sweating, worried sick about what the MAN is going to do...the Man is going to do what he always did and will always do..i think people need not be worried so much and get back to Overgrowing the GOV & overgrowing the grow op!

Fuck'n A!!!!

Tex

 

[canaguy27]

I like the Danish plan the best. Paul Danish was a boulder city councilman.

“The use of marijuana and its possession for personal use shall not be punished. Legal residents of the state of Colorado may cultivate up to six marijuana plants for their personal use within their domiciles (with the permission of the landlord in the case of rented accommodations) or within facilities rented for the express purpose of marijuana cultivation. The Colorado Legislature may in its own good time adopt laws providing for the regulated sale of marijuana and for its production for sale and for its taxation.”

http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-5376-colorado-should-quit-punishing-pot-users.html

 

[canaguy27]

none of the legaliztion measure I have seen gave you the ability to have anything near 10 lbs

From Safer's petition:

(b) POSSESSING, GROWING, PROCESSING, OR TRANSPORTING NO MORE THAN SIX MARIJUANA PLANTS, WITH THREE OR FEWER BEING MATURE, FLOWERING PLANTS, AND POSSESSION OF THE MARIJUANA PRODUCED BY THE PLANTS ON THE PREMISES WHERE THE PLANTS WERE GROWN, PROVIDED THAT THE GROWING TAKES PLACE IN AN ENCLOSED, LOCKED SPACE, IS NOT CONDUCTED OPENLY OR PUBLICLY, AND IS NOT MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

If you grow trees, everything that is harvested is covered.