Make a Difference.
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Bear Grylls
M3MB3R
This won't do jack shit.
Bennett_J
Steel Member
Oddly enough, his first paragraph is slightly better worded, and paraphrased, from something that I posted on r/trees a few weeks ago. It made the front page with over 1000 up vote things in a few hours.
I'm signing it just for the satisfaction of feeling that MAYBE he saw what I posted and did something about it.
I'm signing it just for the satisfaction of feeling that MAYBE he saw what I posted and did something about it.
Bear Grylls
M3MB3R
9 months old haha
humpurple kushiones
Steel Member
this is useless. what you really want to do is petition at the state level and get it legalized in your state, which is hard but not impossible. legalization at a federal level at this point is impossible.
Steve Moore
Steel Member
I would sign it, but I'm not trying to put my address on there.
BrandonD
Bronze member
Dear Mr. President and Members of Congress,
It is obvious that, while marijuana has been essentially illegal since 1937, the prohibition of this plant has not lowered its incidence of use nor contributed to a lower rate of crime in this country. Both of these numbers have, in fact, risen. There are now a plethora of studies that prove it has numerous medical uses. It has also been proven that marijuana is far, far less harmful than alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and even most over the counter medicines.
Please look at how much our government spends on trying to fight something that is of no threat, and potentially a great benefit, to our society. Realize how many other ways this money could be spent to make this a stronger country. Also, look into how much more money the country could make through taxation, like it does with alcohol and tobacco. And, please, look at how incredibly valuable of a natural resource the cannabis plant is, with its vast potential in extremely relevant areas including, but not limited to, medicines that are less harmful and less addicting; foods that are sustainable, mass-producible, and extremely nutritious; fossil fuel alternatives that are renewable and non-polluting; paper, fiber, and textile production that doesn't contribute to deforestation; and replacement of petroleum-based plastics.
If all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as trees for paper and construction were banned in order to save the planet, reverse the greenhouse effect, and stop deforestation, then there is only one known annually renewable natural resource that is capable of providing the overall majority of the world's paper and textiles and meeting all of the world's transportation, industrial, and home energy needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, rebuilding the soil, and cleaning the atmosphere all at the same time--cannabis, hemp, marijuana!
And how dangerous is marijuana compared with other substances? Let's look:
Number of American deaths per year that result directly or primarily from the following selected causes nationwide, according to world almanacs, life insurance actuarial (death) rates, and the last 20 years of U.S. Surgeon General's reports:
Tobacco - 340,000 to 450,000
Alcohol - 150, 000 (not including 50% of all highway deaths and 65% of all murders, [which involve alcohol])
"Legal" Drugs - 100,000+ (deaths from deliberate or accidental overdose and/or combination with alcohol of prescribed and/or over the counter medicines)
Illicit Drugs - 3800 to 5200 (deaths, deliberate or accidental, from ALL illegal drugs)
Marijuana - 0 (Marijuana users have the same OR LOWER incidence of murders and highways deaths and accidents as the general population. 100% of the studies done at dozens of American universities and research facilities show cannabis toxicity is negligible to non-existent. Medical history does not record ANYONE dying from an overdose of marijuana, EVER.)
Please also remember that Genesis, a book sacred to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, states, "Then God said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it'" (Genesis 1:29).
The Hebrew Bible also names kaneh-bosm, alternatively rendered in traditional Hebrew as kaneh or kannabus, as both a sacred incense and an ingredient in holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23, Song of Songs 4:14, Isaiah 43:24, Jeremiah 6:20, and Ezekiel 27:19). Though traditionally translated in the Christian Old Testament (KJV) as calamus, in 1936, Sula Benet, Polish etymologist from The Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw, published her finding that, based on comparative etymology and analysis of ancient texts, kaneh-bosm is cannabis. In 1980, Hebrew University in Israel confirmed that kaneh-bosm is indeed cannabis or hemp. Cannabis has also been used, or at least revered, by sects within many, many other world religions, ancient and modern, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Sufism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Rastafarianism, and several African religions.
Please also remember that the First Amendment to our United States Constitution explicitly states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 reiterates this religious freedom. On February 21, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the government in Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006), which involved the use of an otherwise illegal substance in a religious ceremony, decisively stating that the federal government must show a compelling state interest in restricting religious freedom.
Also, the Ninth Amendment states that the rights specifically listed in the Constitution cannot be "construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." It is obvious that the right to responsibly alter one's own consciousness (for ANY purposes, spiritual, recreational, or otherwise) is an inherent right, not specifically enumerated, but absolutely not denied.
The Tenth Amendment goes on to state that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The Constitution does not grant the federal government the power to criminalize substances, nor does it deny this power to the states, therefore, it is a power that is reserved for the states and the people alone. The unconstitutional nature of DEA raids on medical marijuana establishments operating legally under state law is BLATANT.
Please do not be afraid to stand up to your fellow politicians! We, the people, are asking you to do this for us and for our country! Protect the United States Constitution and the rights of the people!
Sincerely,
Joshua Recca
i dont smoke but read this all credit to Joshua Recca
It is obvious that, while marijuana has been essentially illegal since 1937, the prohibition of this plant has not lowered its incidence of use nor contributed to a lower rate of crime in this country. Both of these numbers have, in fact, risen. There are now a plethora of studies that prove it has numerous medical uses. It has also been proven that marijuana is far, far less harmful than alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and even most over the counter medicines.
Please look at how much our government spends on trying to fight something that is of no threat, and potentially a great benefit, to our society. Realize how many other ways this money could be spent to make this a stronger country. Also, look into how much more money the country could make through taxation, like it does with alcohol and tobacco. And, please, look at how incredibly valuable of a natural resource the cannabis plant is, with its vast potential in extremely relevant areas including, but not limited to, medicines that are less harmful and less addicting; foods that are sustainable, mass-producible, and extremely nutritious; fossil fuel alternatives that are renewable and non-polluting; paper, fiber, and textile production that doesn't contribute to deforestation; and replacement of petroleum-based plastics.
If all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as trees for paper and construction were banned in order to save the planet, reverse the greenhouse effect, and stop deforestation, then there is only one known annually renewable natural resource that is capable of providing the overall majority of the world's paper and textiles and meeting all of the world's transportation, industrial, and home energy needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, rebuilding the soil, and cleaning the atmosphere all at the same time--cannabis, hemp, marijuana!
And how dangerous is marijuana compared with other substances? Let's look:
Number of American deaths per year that result directly or primarily from the following selected causes nationwide, according to world almanacs, life insurance actuarial (death) rates, and the last 20 years of U.S. Surgeon General's reports:
Tobacco - 340,000 to 450,000
Alcohol - 150, 000 (not including 50% of all highway deaths and 65% of all murders, [which involve alcohol])
"Legal" Drugs - 100,000+ (deaths from deliberate or accidental overdose and/or combination with alcohol of prescribed and/or over the counter medicines)
Illicit Drugs - 3800 to 5200 (deaths, deliberate or accidental, from ALL illegal drugs)
Marijuana - 0 (Marijuana users have the same OR LOWER incidence of murders and highways deaths and accidents as the general population. 100% of the studies done at dozens of American universities and research facilities show cannabis toxicity is negligible to non-existent. Medical history does not record ANYONE dying from an overdose of marijuana, EVER.)
Please also remember that Genesis, a book sacred to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, states, "Then God said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it'" (Genesis 1:29).
The Hebrew Bible also names kaneh-bosm, alternatively rendered in traditional Hebrew as kaneh or kannabus, as both a sacred incense and an ingredient in holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23, Song of Songs 4:14, Isaiah 43:24, Jeremiah 6:20, and Ezekiel 27:19). Though traditionally translated in the Christian Old Testament (KJV) as calamus, in 1936, Sula Benet, Polish etymologist from The Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw, published her finding that, based on comparative etymology and analysis of ancient texts, kaneh-bosm is cannabis. In 1980, Hebrew University in Israel confirmed that kaneh-bosm is indeed cannabis or hemp. Cannabis has also been used, or at least revered, by sects within many, many other world religions, ancient and modern, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Sufism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Rastafarianism, and several African religions.
Please also remember that the First Amendment to our United States Constitution explicitly states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 reiterates this religious freedom. On February 21, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the government in Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006), which involved the use of an otherwise illegal substance in a religious ceremony, decisively stating that the federal government must show a compelling state interest in restricting religious freedom.
Also, the Ninth Amendment states that the rights specifically listed in the Constitution cannot be "construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." It is obvious that the right to responsibly alter one's own consciousness (for ANY purposes, spiritual, recreational, or otherwise) is an inherent right, not specifically enumerated, but absolutely not denied.
The Tenth Amendment goes on to state that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The Constitution does not grant the federal government the power to criminalize substances, nor does it deny this power to the states, therefore, it is a power that is reserved for the states and the people alone. The unconstitutional nature of DEA raids on medical marijuana establishments operating legally under state law is BLATANT.
Please do not be afraid to stand up to your fellow politicians! We, the people, are asking you to do this for us and for our country! Protect the United States Constitution and the rights of the people!
Sincerely,
Joshua Recca
i dont smoke but read this all credit to Joshua Recca
humpurple kushiones
Steel Member
writing a letter to congress and the president, no matter how convincing, is absolutely 100% utterly useless.
you want a quick federal legalization?? get a few million people to rally in washington dc. and by millions i mean a measurable percentage or americans.
aka impossible.
you want a quick federal legalization?? get a few million people to rally in washington dc. and by millions i mean a measurable percentage or americans.
aka impossible.
BrandonD
Bronze member
ya im pretty sure california is gonna legalize it in like two years or something like that
humpurple kushiones
Steel Member
if just 2 states (washington and colorado have initiatives to legalize right now) decide to legalize cannabis, and tax it, the amount of business surrounding it would be so overwhelming that the feds are going to fail miserably if they try to control it.
once enough states legalize it, it puts pressure on the fed to legalize it. we wont change the minds of the government, that happens when they see they lost, the only possible way to make cannabis legal is to legalize it on a state level in as many states as possible, THEN try getting it on a federal ballot once americans see what a success it was.
Chase Marsh.
Bronze member
If it was legalized federally, the price would be outrageously high, just pointing that out BrandonD.
BrandonD
Bronze member
Ya I know that but also not just marijuana hemp to or is that legal to grow now? If not that definatly should be.
humpurple kushiones
Steel Member
hemp isnt legal to grow in america because republicans.
and the prices, even with crazy taxes, will still be much lower if legalized. right now it's an unregulated market so prices are insane, but in a regulated market with real competition and a steady supply of growers, it should be a lot cheaper.
and the prices, even with crazy taxes, will still be much lower if legalized. right now it's an unregulated market so prices are insane, but in a regulated market with real competition and a steady supply of growers, it should be a lot cheaper.
