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Law enforcement officers enter a medical marijuana clinic at East Sahara Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.
Published Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 | 3:27 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 | 5:10 p.m.
Authorities say police and federal agents are serving search warrants at several locations in an investigation of medical marijuana clinics in and around Las Vegas.
Metro Police Officer Jacinto Rivera said no arrests were made in the raids conducted Wednesday as part of a federal investigation of medical marijuana dispensaries in the area.
U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman Natalie Collins issued a statement saying search warrants and supporting affidavits stemming from the investigation were sealed by federal court order.
"A number of federal search warrants were served and executed today at locations in the Las Vegas Valley in connection with an ongoing law enforcement investigation," Collins said in a statement. "No arrests were made today in connection with these warrants, and the warrants and supporting affidavits are sealed; thus, no additional information can be provided at this time."
Sounds like Harassment to me.
Marijuana killed zero people last year. Aspirin alone killed 7500. This makes no sense. If we took the billions of dollars we spend on the war on weed, we could feed the families that are out of work. What happened to common sense?
Thank God we're taking expensive cop time to rid our County of the dreaded "Reefer Madness". It's about time we admit that Mary Jane leads to cocaine and heroin addiction down the road?
I guess we're back in the 60's. Jeez, are we that stupid that we don't realize that wasting our overpaid city killers time investigating weed clinics is like pi**ing in the wind? What a backward redneck state.
Welcome to Mississippi West.
Wow, gbigs, sounds like your mommy didn't love you. According to the Centers for Disease Control (check out their website)tobacco killed 443,000 people last year. Where do they list the marijuana deaths? They don't. And marijuana is the illegal substance? gbigs, you simply fell for the propaganda the Gov't was selling. Get your money back.
@ gbigs
How about you do some research before sounding obnoxiously stupid.
1. where have you ever heard of MJ killing someone. Oh I know never. Cigarettes kill way more people every year then MJ because there has never been a case of death from MJ.
2.Although a lot of companies will not hire even with a medical MMJ card a lot of companies do not care. In fact the company I work for deals with the state government and federal goverment on a daily basis and they would not fire anyone for medical MJ use
MJ being illegal is the dumbest law there can be. MJ is organic so therefore is not a drug. I would rather the gov't spend the money raiding and cracking down on Meth Cocaine and EX which the latter 2 of 3 are huge in Vegas.
Anyone who thinks this will stop the movement is dumb because it is only a matter of time before it is fully legal.
Lastly what the heck is the problem if someone wants to toke up. No one is stopping everyone else from drinking all they want in their house, which can lead to alcohol poisoning. While if someone was to smoke as much as they could possibly could, they may be higher then a Georgia pine, but they wont die.
gbigs- can you substantiate your hysteria with facts? do you know marijuana is recommended for those being treated for cancer? Do you know that marijuana is being studied as some of its chemicals inhibit tumor growth? As a cancer survivor I have to keep abreast of modern research. Cigarettes and alcohol have been found to cause cancer not marijuana. Your hysterics are comical- you are still living in the 50's
Doing the jobs that Americans don't want to do.
The time will come where pot will be legalized and dealt with the same as alcohol. That time can't come soon enough.
Other writers have put forth the various arguments in favor of this already. I'll add only that I agree and I am not some "left wing goof Obama/Reid supporter".
gbigs, your life must be a Hell on Earth. So please stop making it that way for the rest of us.
'What happened to common sense?'
The problem with common sense is that it isn't all that common.
Wasn't it one of Obama's campaign promises to stop the federal raids on medical marijuana?
Another campaign promise we're supposed to forget.
"Government . . . an illusion the governed should not encourage." -- from John Updike's "Couples"
outlaw cigarettes, legalize pot it smells better!
Gbigs get a life. YOu sound like an old pain in the butt.
This raid is a waste of tax dollars and an abuse of power.
Hey gbigs, WE GET IT. You love to dress up in a little cheerleader deal and pine for Palin, McCain, and the rest of the RNC while saying that everyone left of Angle is wrong. Get over it.
Better use of cop time would be going through car records trying to find those girls who killed the 95 year old woman.
Interesting how "users" will convince themselves with the same dealer's arguements that "Here, try this...it won't hurt ya" It won't hurt ya. So why doesn't the majority of people "use"? How about growing up naturally? How about maturing? Experiencing the simple pleasures of laughter, learning, sorrow, real joy. The satisfaction of accepting yourself as you are, perhaps with flaws, perhaps with recognition and aloofness that you are a human being that can go through life without an acquired crutch.
gibgs- how are you so certain? I personally think I will live to see the day when it won't be a crime. I'm35.
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MJ, its still, and will always be a FEDERAL CRIME.
@ gbigs - FUNNY how everything comes back to Obama/Reid.
What a complete waste of police resources. Last time I checked, there were over 20,000 gang members, most carrying illegal weapons and selling crack. Nice to see priorities screwed up. Time to finally legalize it already.
To answer the question about marijuana killing people. It is a killer of biblical proportions and I can back that with examples.
Case #1 - Bobby, not his real name, smokes some weed, which causes him to get hungry. He goes to the store to buy some munchies but on the way he gets killed by some jerk who is driving drunk. See my point.
Case #2 - Bobby, still not his real name, smokes a lot of weed. Gets hungry, goes to Costco and really pigs out. He dies from chronic obesity due to his incessant munchy attacks. See my point.
This is ridiculous..... legalize it; for Bobby's sake.
Marijuana didn't become illegal because of scientific research. It was made illegal because of racism, fear, and being too hard to tax.
In the early 1900's western states were worried about marijuana because of Mexicans coming over the border after the Mexican revolution. In the 30's it was because of the association with Jazz music, which was dominantly Black and Hispanic at the time.
And than there's Harry J. Anslinger, the first director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Knowing that Opiates and cocaine would not be enough to keep his department funded he started the war on Marijuana. Here are some quotes from some of his "Gore Files"
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others."
""the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."
"Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death."
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing"
"You smoke a joint and you're likely to kill your brother."
"Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind."
Keep in mind that through most of mankind's history Marijuana was not illegal. Only in the last 100 years has it been.
Gbigs, if you'd like to do any research on marijuana please start here with The LaGuardia Committee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_C...
Chunky says:
He doesn't know exactly what the laws are regarding marijuana or "medical marijuana" but he asks whether the prescriptions being written and filled are written by bonafide and licensed medical doctors? What are Nevada's laws on medical marijuana?
If so, are the doctors who during the course of their medical practice make it their primary business to conveniently write marijuana prescriptions? Are the patients simply anyone who conveniently has some "pain / stress" just to get the legal weed? Or, are these doctors writing prescriptions for people with genuine life-threatening illness or pain that does not respond to traditional medicine?
Are the doctors somewhat like Righthaven who have made a business model out of aggressively suing copyright violators without fair and reasonable notice to cease and desist? Yes they can do it but is it morally or ethically the right thing to do and have all other options been exhausted prior to writing the prescription or filing the lawsuit?
Where is all this weed coming from? Legal sources? Illegal sources? Both?
Chunky believes that the government and the rest of us should keep our noses out of what people do in the privacy of their own homes as long as it's legal and causes no harm to anyone.
However, too much of anything is not good, whether it's marijuana, alcohol, sex or even religion. It's sort of tough to toss religion into that group but Chunky knows a few people who take religion to the extreme in an unbalanced way the same as he knows a few people who need to put down the bong and get back in the game. No offense intended to the religious peeps out there it's just an analogy to get the point across.
And finally, it's hard to speculate the reasoning and basis behind these raids since none of us, Chunky included are privy to that. Let's just hope there's good reason and a bigger picture in the scheme of things. If not, then it sure seems like the police could spend their time and money on something more than a bunch of potheads!
Chunky apologizes in advance for the run-on sentences and poor grammar. Thanks for your understanding!
That's what Chunky thinks!
"gbigs" can attach Reid to anything! It's amazing! Lol!
And here we thought gbigs was on the side for less government . . .
HAHAHA at gbigs trying to justify his argument.
About.com does not classify as a valid source nor do to other websites that no longer exist - either that or you posted an incorrect link. Of course the first one is going to say somehting negative. Look up an actual study done by an unbiased institute like princton or UCLA they both had valid studies that proved otherwise.
gbigs assumes all marijuana users do so via smoking, which is a complete myth. I think she needs a pot brownie to see the light. God put marijuana on this planet. If you're against it, you're a hypocrite.
Dude, CDC researches DISEASES (Center for Disease Control), marijuana is not a disease, if you want to know how many people got killed because of marijuana need to check the FDA stats for drug trafficking or watch the international news and you see how the mexican cartels kill each other to control the trade, and the tons of weed being brought accross the border illegaly. You pot smokers are so out of touch and reality that don't know the real stats. Tabacco doesn't kill, but the long use and exposure to it causes cancer that kills you, it's like saying cars or guns kill people when in reality car accidents and shootings kill people. Oxycontin, oxycodone, and hydrocodone are legal drugs and they are abused, and you don't have to die or kill, but they are mind altering drugs that can cause problems, specially when mixed with other drugs and alcohol.
Marijuana has no real use, just to get you high, there is a medicine with the active ingredient of marijuana (marinol), but drug users don't like it because they don't get the expected side effects. I deal with drug abusers all day, and they are useless, can't function normally.
Hemp, on the other hand, has plenty of uses, better than cotton, even as alternative fuel.
Some of you need to smoke some pot and chill out....
God put many things on this planet. Does that make it right? All of God's children are good? Marijuana does kill. Sometimes due to causing health issues. Many times due to impaired driving, poor judgement, etc. I would not trust a parent to watch their kids after consuming a six pack. I would not trust a parent to watch their kids after somking weed. Yes, all have health hazards and create problems. You should not go to work or drive a car drunk. But many of you think it's ok to smoke weed and do anything because it's organic. Get real. All you do is self medicate and avoid reality and life. If you stayed in your home I wouldn't care. Same with the drunks. The abusers kill it for everyone. It will be legal one day, but that doesn't make it right. By the way, can anyone show me that Marijuana is not involved in other illegal activity? The police find evidence of other crimes during these investigations.
Smoking Marijuana does not have any connection with lung, throat, mouth or brain cancers. And if you knew anything about the sale of Marijuana overseas you'd know that buying it in any country that's not Amsterdam you always run the risk of getting something else like glass, tar, cloth, turpentine, boot polish or any number of other adulterants. Which of course would mean that you are inhaling something you should not be.
It's kinda hard to use case studies that happened in New Zeland or anywhere else for that matter.
Also this is from your post
Question: Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?
Answer:
The link between smoking tobacco and lung cancer is undeniable, but does smoking marijuana cause lung cancer, too? The short answer -- probably.
In 2006, many of us in medicine were shocked when a review of research to date did not show an increase in lung cancer related to marijuana use. There was even a suggestion that marijuana had a protective effect against lung cancer. Recent studies, in contrast, do appear to link smoking marijuana with lung cancer.
All this proves is that smoking anything will increase lung cancer. Now at no point did I say pregnant women should smoke, I also don't think that pregnant women should drink or do anything that could hurt the health of there child. And of course carcinogens are in anything you smoke because well it's the bi-product of smoking.
But to get back to the fed and police raids, are those necessary? Are there not other things that the police could be doing? Aren't there 2 Amber Alerts and a teacher trying to start a fire at her school?
Too windy for fishin' Lake Mead today...
Looks like they got skunked in town too!
Legalize
@victorb
Hate to say it but your argument proved a very valid point for marijuana advocates. If this was made legal wouldn't that halt alot of the drug cartels from bringing it here. And again marijuana is not a drug. I bet you don't have a problem drinking. Well to prove my point do you know how people were killed during the prohibition. A lot more then you can imagine. They were trafficking that across the country yet everyone fought to make it legal again. Now look people are still dying from alcohol poisoning and drunk driving.
I say they make it legal and make it the same laws as alcohol. Could not cause anymore harm.
prfctfrmnowon: cite your sources. I cite studies by Dr Donald Tashkin UCLA who found no link between cancer and marijuana and writes of possible protection from tumors by marijuana. What recent studies are you quoting? Further you write: "those of us in the medical community...", what position do you hold in the medical community?
It's pay back time for all the hoop-la raised over Trevon Cole's homicide.
Law enforcement priorities need to be scrutinized, if we have time to lock up medical marijuana suppliers, it must be time to start laying off police officers.
Holy bongs batman, now I'm going to get lung cancer, tumors and the munchies from a little bit of herb! Then after my daily buzz I'm going to vote for Obama. Some of you people need to get high ,because your life is whacked out!
I find it truly unbelievable how many of you still believe the nonsense of the reefer madness propaganda. really now, common sense alone should tell you tobacco is much more deadly than cannabis. tobacco kills over 450,000 people each year. Cannabis is 0. If cannabis caused cancer you can bet the federal government would be spamming the airwaves with this news. And in countries where people smoke a lot more marijuana than in the United States, we don't see lung cancer. Shouldn't we be seeing an epidemic at this point, considering that many people have had this habit for 30 or 40 years. but we're not seeing that at all. Cannabis is one of the most therapeutically substances known to man. if all you can do is regurgitate propaganda from anti drug organizations funded by the federal government please stay out of this conversation and do some reading on this subject. I find it amusing how scientist and doctors are all for using cannabis for medicine. the only people that are against cannabis use is either those paid or brain washed by the federal government. At this point I would say what prfctfrmnowon has already stated, which is totally true. I would just like to add that the federal government loves this black market they have created. they have so many excuses to take away your rights under the guise of a "drug war". and to compare the effects of cannabis to alcohol is asinine. under the influence of cannabis you are totally aware (probably another reason the feds want this herb illegal) there are many studies that show if a person is driving under the influence of cannabis you are actually too careful (staying under the speed limit, allowing others to have your right of way) actually the way Las Vegas drivers drive around here. metro should pull over people and issue them a joint to smoke and calm the hell down. Many people also have French fries in their stomachs when they cause and die from a car accident but this doesn't mean they caused the accident. oh and of course the stupid Marinol argument, just because some company extracted the THC out of the cannabis plant now it's good!! yeah that's because they can make money off of it. and the reason most patients don't like the pill is because 1 it takes too long to work and most people using cannabis use it for nausea. how the hell do you swallow something when you're throwing up. 2 they only use the THC Delta 9, and this side effect is much stronger than using the plant material. the plant material has CBD and CBN to counter the THC. the pill doesn't. The pill cost about 50 to 100 dollars a dose. Cannabis if legal would be free. Bottom line taking medicine from people is just evil, pure evil. Cannabis DOES NOT KILL, The most harmful side effect of marijuana is JAIL.
I thought Woody Harrelson was great in Zombieland
WOW...raiding all those mmj shops and not 1 bust?????????...I smell, I smell...corruption!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOOOOOOOOOO if no arrests were made and nothing was found??? what were the mmj shops doing wrong????????????
We are laying off cops, teachers, firemen -- we have gangs, robberies, burglaries, sexual assaults -- and we are spending time and resources on medical marijuana stores?
Several cities have made the enforcement of marijuana laws their lowest priority, and for good reason.
Legalize it, tax it heavily, just like booze and cigarettes.
@ lr7660,
Yes and what is so important about that study is that Dr Donald Tashkin is Americas foremost leading lung expert. This guy would definitely know if it caused cancer. Also studies show just one inhalation cannabis can stop a full blown asthma attack. Very far from being harmful.
Dear gbigs,
'Note the pot smokers are the left wing goofs that are Reid/Obama supporters.'
I know well a guy who was a Navy Seal, who did serious service in Afghanistan. His service ended when his humvee was blown up by an IED. He was the only one in it to survive. He had serious injuries. He smokes marijuana; he has a prescription.
I do not know his political affiliations exactly. But he knew what he was fighting for: freedom. Yes, so small-minded fools like yourself can whitter. And, one hopes, so that he can smoke what he wants.
But he is certainly not a goof.
Shut up and go away.
While I would support any legalization efforts I believe that these busts were against all the CA style "dispensaries" that have opened up out here. These are not legal in NV. That was the biggest problem with the medical law, it allows the legal use but no legal way to acquire it.
vote for pot 2012 in nevada :)
Wait weed is not allowed? But prostitution, alcohol, and oxycontin are all permitted?
I just wanna get this straight. Thanks.
Legalize Marijuana
Marijuana is already a thriving underground economy that has skirted government regulation and taxation. This has greatly benefitted the criminal underworld at the expense of law-abiding citizens who have to shoulder the expense of police enforcement, judicial process, and the funding of prisons when instead that money could be going towards education. We are actually getting hit three times by losing tax revenue, having to pay for enforcement of this victimless crime, and most importantly through the loss of our civil liberty. Other states are already moving in this direction and Nevada must assert its leadership position in liberty by legalizing marijuana
Arthur Forest Lampitt, Jr.
Libertarian Candidate for Governor
www.ArtForGov.com
Go ART!!
To the anti-mj crowd y'all need to do a little research, your basis for kepping it illegal is plain ignorance.
I don't smoke pot but fully support legalizing it for medicinal purposes. Watch this video for someone whos life changed for the better, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQrT0sDx... or sesarch for Shona Banda on You Tube.
Then Google Joseph Casias for his story and fight for the rights of those who choose to turn to a more natural direction of easing the pain of their terminal disease,
ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS
TOBACCO ........................... 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................... 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS .............20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS ..........15,000
CAFFEINE ...........................2,000
ASPIRIN ..............................500
MARIJUANA ....................... 0
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Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics
Man you MJ users are such self-delusional hypocrits. "MJ isn't a drug because it's organic." LOL
No deaths at all related to MJ in anyway simply isn't a believeable statistic. So if someone is high on MJ driving a car or operating heavy machinery and kills someone that doesn't count? And you're telling me that has never happened ever?
I could see my way to letting people on chemo or terminally ill smoke it, that's not unreasonable. But for a headache? That's a flim flam. That's what NSAI's are for.
Honestly I just want you pro-MJ people to be open and list the good and the bad when it comes to using MJ, then I would listen. But right now according to you people there is no downside. Which isn't even slightly believeable. I really don't think you want MJ subjected to the same testing standard most drugs go through because it would shatter your self-delusions about MJ when all the downsides are listed.
What is wrong with that picture? Am I the only one that sees the N.A. (narcotics anonymous)office next door? Not a good idea, IMHO. There's a lotta cash in the pipe for the prohibition of MJ. Cops, judicial, incarceration, drug rehab, drug testing, kiddie test kits, psychoanalysis. Legalize it and where are all the folks who rely in income from weeds illicitness going to collect a paycheck?
Interesting read about 6 former US drug czars misrepresenting and distorting Netherlands drug policies.
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/09/03/prop...
nutin better to do ??
After reading all the posts to this story both Pro and Con for Marijuana use I have not seen anyone hit the big point of this Raid.
Medical Marijuana is legal to use for individuals who have obtained a prescription from a Doctor to use the drug, as well as filling out forms for the State, paying a registration fee, and providing there fingerprints. The individuals have to have had no previous drug convictions to be allowed to gain the Medical Marijuana card for the State of Nevada.
When it comes time to procure the Medical Marijuana the state has not provided a way to legally buy it. The raid was on businesses that where giving Legal Medical Marijuana patients a place to obtain the Marijuana products. Since there is no Legal way to dispense the Marijuana products these facilities where dancing in the face of the Law. There angel is that they are not selling Marijuana they are making it available to legal Medical Marijuana patients for a "DONATION" given by the patient.
Unfortunately what they are doing from what I have been able to glean from the law is illegal, or at least an attempt to twist and confuse the process of buying Marijuana. The state has in essence setup this issue by not making the Medical Marijuana laws complete including a legal way for the drug to be dispensed. These businesses are doing what I see happen in other legal situations by twisting the process from a Sale to a Donation which gets to be a confusing point when you have two legal Medical Marijuana patients exchanging product for a donation under the current law.
It should be interesting to see how the District Attorney moves forward on this matter. Can these businesses legally dispense the product for a Donation to cover their expenses or can the argument be made that the Donations are just another way to make a sale which would be illegal.
Another arrogant show.
(PART 1) First of all Marijuana is a FLOWER, yes a FLOWER. Now try to keep up here... A huge reason why it is illegal is due to large corporations that will do anything to keep it illegal because it would be in direct competition to their toxic products. MJ has hundreds of different uses including paper(constitution was actually written on hemp paper), clothing(far more durable and breaths better then cotton), fuel(clean burning), food(the seed alone contains 9 grams of protien per seed, far more than any other seed known to man), even can be used in paint(more durable and longer lasting then latex paints). These are just a few of the many many uses of this wonderful plant. So the reason why corporations are so against it is because they can not PATENT this plant. Think about it, heroin is illegal(derives from a plant) but the synthetic herion(oxycontin, morphine and many other pharmacuticals) that is prescribed on a daily basis in this country, is purer, stronger and more deadly but is legal because these corporations were able to synthesis the heroin in a lab and thus were able to PATENT their product. Corporations would have to genetically modify the plant in order to patent their GM plant and thus have all rights over that patent and thus could profit emmensly. But with the easy availability of the natural seed they would be in direct competition with just about anybody that has a seed. Their is way to much competition so they would rather it stay illegal so nobody can profit from this. Just do some research on the Hemp vehicle that was developed in the early 1900's. The entire vehicle was made out of hemp and ran off of hemp fuel which gave something like 100 MPG and was clean burning. I believe ford bought the patent on this vehicle and has never released the patent cause they know it could cripple the traditional gasoline vehicle.
(PART 2) So anyways lets get into the prohibition side of this. If you look at the last "great depression" alcohol was illegal. Federal prohibition of alcohol ended only after it became legal again state by state. Right now their are many states that have legalized medical marijuana and many other states will soon become legal as well. With the upcoming vote for full legalization in California this will cause a ripple effect with many other states following California with full legalization and once enough states fully legalize then the federal government will be forced to recognize this and this will lead to the end of prohibition. I give it 10 years max. So with the full legaliztion of this wonderful plant and flower would come millions of jobs in this down economy along with BILLIONS AND BILLIONS in new tax revenue which could quickly revitalize our economy. Also it would put a HUGE DENT in the mexican drug cartels profits thus taking lots of power away from these very dangerous people. Then look at the incarceration side of this. By legalizing this could potentially cut our prison size in half. That right their would save billions of tax dollars that would otherwise go into housing and feeding these people. Ya some law enforcement officers would be out of work or they could have their priorities shifted to more important things like trying to rid this country of illegal immigrants of whatever is left over of this mexican drug cartels. God i could go on for days and days on this issue. Excuse me if i didnt exactly use correct grammer. O and i also do not smoke MJ. I used to, was very productive, actually more productive when i smoked then now. I dont smoke now due to my job.
Anyways if you would like to get factual info on this subject go get the book "The Emporer Wear's No Clothes" by Jack Herer. The first half of the book goes through the history and uses and basically everything to do with this plant. And well the second half of the book has government documentation and other docs that back up everything.
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"Note the pot smokers are the left wing goofs that are Reid/Obama supporters.
They are pure hypocrites on the subject, not only are they pretending they can just toke up, though its against the law, but they also pretend it isnt a health hazard.
MJ is far more toxic than cigs, yet these people defend MJ as if THEIR drug of choice is somehow exempt from the carcinogens it contains.
And best of all? These guys play their little game of "medical" ruse, while as they get stoned, and it stays in their bodies for a week, they cant pass a drug test.
Guess who is REQUIRED to drug test? ANY company that does business with the Fed Govt. and ANY US Govt agency.
and even better? no matter what games the states play with MJ, its still, and will always be a FEDERAL CRIME."
Jackass of the year award goes to this guy!
Here's the thing,if you smoke ANYTHING enough it can cause problems.. even plain old computer paper for example.. the thing is that most MJ users dont smoke lets say the equivelant of a pack a day of cigs.. theres just no need to, the fact is that EVERYTHING causes cancer, so lets illegilize chemical ridden food, household cleaners, clothing, perfume, make-up, factories.. I can go on forever. MJ is no worse than alcohol, in fact alcohol is much worse than MJ... so lets make that illegil while were at it too... All you poeple talking about how "dope" is soo bad and a "gateway" drug have obviously never tried, and thats fine, noone says you have to, but please try and not be SOOOO ignorant.. Thanks
I can't believe we're still having the same tired discussion about marijuana after all these years.
It brings back memories of when I was in the 8th grade, in 1967, and was being indocrinated into the dangers of weed by some anti-drug guy during an assembly. After he stated that more than 75% of heroin users started out smoking marijuana, I raised my hand and asked how many marijuana users go on to use heroin? He wouldn't answer and I had my first real experience with skewed statistics and propaganda.
Ahh...memories. I think I'll bake some brownies today.
Oh you drink your Alcohol, and I'll smoke my Pot, stop the fighting! There is enough for everybody! I would gladly pay 35$ for a pack of smokes as opposed to going to see my Dude anytime!!! Collect some taxes from it and pay for some toilet paper for my kids' ass at school.
Two of my favorite hobbies smoke weed and run marathons. I guess it doesn't make us all lazy. I started my own business (not related to MJ) ten years ago and now I live very comfortably. Guess it didn't fry my brain that much. Truthfully some of the the most complicated and effective market making concepts my company uses were conceptualized after smoking a johnny. America's drug problem isn't weed, it's prescription drugs that turn people into junkies and zombies which is okay because a doctor prescribed them..
NEVADA citizens went to the legislature, passed the legal pot laws and now WE ARE PAYING cops A THOUSAND DOLLARS each per shift to whiz all over the citizens.
We had republicans voting for Bush and lookie what we wound up with.
We had democrats voting for Obama and lookie what we got.
Now we have potheads wanting to vote for legalization of hard drugs and we expect intelligent results?
Why do the police hide behind face masks when doing their dirty little deed? THEY look like the criminals.
Why does noone mention that, like seat belt laws, the prohibition of MJ is a government removal of personal liberty that does not infringe on any other persons' freedom?
This is a waste of time and money. Legalize it.
All I have to say is that this is a total act of terrorism if I have ever seen it. Yes I said it... You Cops and Feds are nothing more than terrorists with a badge!
The politicains are just protecting one of thier major campaign contributors strangle hold on prescription drugs. We are tops for violent crime, teen pregnancy, property crimes and lack of education and this is what time and money is being wasted on.
Why is it that when someone breaks and enters an building, home, whatever... With masks on and guns, holds people against their will and steals everything they have they get prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law... Yet when the Cops do it, it is legal??? Can someone please answer this question for me???
Just wondering why the police and feds (who have no jursidiction over our state given rights) are messing with people who need their meds... Can anyone answer this? How about you terrorist cops? Care to chime in? I mean this is an act of terrorism toward the citizens in Las Vegas. Or is there such thing as justifiable terrorism? I hope you are all happy with yourselves and feel you have made a huge victory in your failed war on drugs. When are you going to wake up and leave people who are already suffering ALONE!! I'd love to hear what you have to say about this, or are you too ashamed? Is that why you had to wear masks when you committed these acts of terrorism? Please enlighten us!!!!
Any other med patients out there, please raise your voice and let these terrorists know you wont be stepped on and treated like second class citizens. The good people at the Las Vegas Sun have always been non-biased toward our movement and gracious enough to write articles letting the people know what is happening in our community. They have given us a chance to let our voices be heard on this forum, so speak out. Thank you Las Vegas Sun for giving us this forum and chance to let everyone know what kind of acts of terrorism are being committed in our own country! In our own communities!
MG - They wear the masks and rip the surveillance cameras out of the ceilings because they don't want to be photographed or video taped... Think Rodney King... If a video happens to leak out to the public showing these people in action, how do you think that would make them look??? Like criminals and terrorists!!! Just wait :-) I am sure something will be hitting YouTube soon. Stupid Cops!
Legalize it, and until that day comes, ignore it.
my guess if we had a chance to vote on legaliztion today that it would pass with a at least 80% approval. people in the last year or 2 have woken up to the atrocities commited by our government and have finaly seen the light. we the people must also realize that this whole repub vs dem fight is complete bs as they are both working with eachother to divide and conquer. thats why we must cleanse the house and the senate of all dems and repubs(except for ron paul and maybe dennis kucinich) and start with a clean slate of politicians that are working for the people and not for the corporation. lets stand united this upcoming election and make our voice be heard by throwing out the trash in washington!!!!!
The whole police are terrorists etc argument is simply ridiculous and extreme. These men are doing their jobs and upholding the law. Blame the laws and the lawmakers, not the men and women who are making a living and supporting their families by upholding the safety of society. Responses like these only serve to alienate the people who feel it is ok for the government to infringe on citizens' liberty.
These unregulated mj clinics are a danger to LV citizens. They are prime candidates for being robbed and put adjacent businesses and their customers at risk. Additionally they are most likely not reporting income and the IRS is missing their share. Good riddance to all these losers who don't want to grow up and face reality. 90% of the "patients" aren't sick and the mmj trade in the city is a farce. The 10% that are really sick can grow their own or get a friend to do it for them. Most of the people complaining about this are users who use so they can forget temporarily each day how pathetic their live are.
90% of the people drinking wine aren't sick and liquor stores are prime candidates for being robbed, so they obviously put adjacent businesses at risk right? Terrible argument. Banks and Casinos are MAJOR candidates for robbery..
Alcohol, banks and casinos are all legal and properly regulated. MMJ dispensaries in Las Vegas have no government oversight and aren't legal. MMJ are at a much greater risk for robbery than any of the other places you mentioned with or without regulation.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/02/...
I don't use marijuana, but I can definitely see a thousand other things the government can spend the wasted money of the "war on drugs" on. Legalizing seems to be the smartest option.
I guess all the innocent people who are victimized by these drug wars in Mexico every day dont count as Marijuana deaths.
Keep smoking this crap,Losers
I think those cops had on swastika armbands.
Bundy5 it is the prohibition of marijuana that caused those deaths. Not marijuana!! WOW the ignorance of some people.
California retirees, people thinking of relocating and visitors will stay home. Nevada used to survive by helping people do what they wanted to do. Quickie marriage, quickie divorce, gambling, etc. Now we are the prude state.
No wonder we are going down the drain. Stay in California, have your pot, gamble at the Native American Casino or on the internet, see the same shows, go to the night clubs or stores there.
No reason to come to Vegas, unless you like being hassled by a bunch of goons.
My house was broken into that day while I was at work .. The investigating officer told me they were short-manned that day and not able to patrol their normal routes. I guess raiding marijuana shops is more important than protecting our streets.
@ Brian lv,
Aspirin for headaches, they cause over 1000 deaths per year. NSAI's cause harm to the liver and kidneys. Cannabis is non toxic. Study after study is debunking government claims. The more they try to demonize cannabis, the more benefits they find. It's not according to "you people". These comments are based on science. Now go do some research and do not espouse your warped opinion on the readers.
If you want to push plant prohibition, why not go after the oleander. This plant is poisonous and causes discomfort for many of the valley residents during allergy season. Why is it ok to push a poison such as alcohol which can cause an overdose and has no medical use? or tobacco which kills more people than car accidents, murder, suicide and drug overdose combined each year.
@ gbigs every creature that has a nervous system has cannabis receptor sites. These receptor sites only respond to cannabis and are all over your body. So like it or not, you are engineered to respond cannabis.
@chunky: no reason to apologize for including religion as an example. in fact it's very appropriate, given the islamic and christian extremists making news today.
gibbs, YOU could spew that same drivel about booze , but if you check the latest info is that heavy drinkers will live longer than non drinkers
DON'T DRINK GIBBS
jokes,
What have you been smoking? Nevermind I think we all know. MJ smoke is toxic, probably more toxic than cigarette smoke. Do you even know the definition of a toxin? Try to stay on topic here people. The article has nothing to do with whether MJ should or should not be legal. It's about shutting down illegal businesses that are thumbing their noses a the law. Using the logic from the idiotic comments made here I should be able to open a video poker parlor in downtown Atlanta just because I think it should already be legal to do so.
ohcalcutagirl wins the award for the most idiotic comment I've ever read anywhere>>>"Heavy drinkers will live longer than non drinkers". Please, all you dopeheads smoke as much mj has you want in your homes. Anything to keep you off the streets. I can only imagine how you handle a car, impaired or unimpaired.
Drug manufactures are the Hallmark cards of the pharmaceutical companies, they create ailments for the drugs they make. There seems to be more severe side effects to taking certain drugs then the drug itself alleviates. Not to mention becoming addicted, and zombie like Booneyv in the above post mentioned. My Ex brother in law is a doctor, in conversations, he has shared accounts of the insane perks Doctors get from drug companies for prescribing their drugs. I'm for legalization and a persons right to choose what works for them.
Bachmann you are wrong. Did you even try to educate yourself? I didn't think so. You do know that tobacco kills right.. Ok now look how many people it kills each year.. Ok now don't you think if they could link cannabis to cancer or even death that it would be put in our faces every 30 minute commercial break. Pick up a medical journal instead of your law enforcement propaganda. It is physically impossible to overdose on cannabis. I do know the meaning of toxic but since you don't, here you go.
Definition of TOXIC.
containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation
Cannabis does not do this. This definition does describe tobacco and alcohol. I am sorry if science and truth offend you so much that you have to resort to name calling. As I said before, the only bad side effect of cannabis is Jail. Now sticking to the topic. These federal officers need to be arrested for coming into our state and violating our state constitution PERIOD!! No excuses or pleading ignorance. The feds are the only law breakers here.
Jokes,
Here's your science. Put this in your pipe and smoke it.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/2009080...
There was a time in this country when most people had or excercised common sense. You have generation upon generation today who had parenting by people without a clear understanding of how government works, how education works and generally how to be self-sufficent. Today we as a society are disintegrating. You have kids, before they are even teenagers, bullied and badgered into smoking weed. And if they have the will to say "No", they are ridiculed. What is it that makes a person want ink all over his body? Why do they need to make their face a pin-cushion? When weed was popularized 40 years ago, so were LSD, mushrooms, uppers and downers. People entertained themselves screwing up their minds, "tripping out" for a while. What goes on while you're "out". Life. Life goes on without you. We have a segment of society that doesn't know or honor or value tradition; has little sense of community and volunteering. Has little respect for law and order. Know this is where the drug revolution took us. Weed was criminalized when sensible people saw how users changed.
Bachmann, Based on this study, they were probably cancer cells.
These are cultured animal cells exposed to condensed smoke samples from both marijuana and tobacco.
These are not even animals.
If this had any basis we would be seeing a high rate of cannabis related heart and lung disease and we don't. The THC prevents this from happening.
In the real world THC kills cancer cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14570...
This study was actually conducted on living creatures, and is published by the National Institute of Health.
@nnatch,
Well, "weed" has been around a lot longer than 40 years Our founding fathers both grew and smoked "weed". Our constitution was written on "weed" paper. Psychedelics have been used since the dawn of time "weed" has been used therapeutically for over 5000 years. prohibition is what makes "weed" harmful. Tattoos and piercings are also ancient traditions. Weed was made illegal by a racist (Harry Anslinger) who had his money invested with oil (Lammot DuPont and Andrew Mellon) and wood paper products (William Randolph Hearst). "Weed was not made illegal because of science or any medical reason. The reason.. GREED! This is a story about evil men taking away medicine from patients.
I for one am glad to see this raid against purveyors of the devil weed. Otherwise, what would the police be doing? -- just arresting rapists and murderers -- and actually keeping the city safe.
The pharmaceutical companies are behind this.
wow...actual research from Princeton, as requested, was removed..but not the personal attacks and made-up stuff from everyone else...trying again to post FACTS from a Princeton Study.
Marijuana
Is smoking pot more dangerous than smoking cigarettes?
The answer to this question depends on the amount of each substance used. It's also hard to give a straight answer because marijuana contains varying amounts of THC -- anywhere from 1% to 8%. When used in equal amounts, marijuana seems to be more harmful than cigarettes.
THC is the active chemical in marijuana. Higher concentrations of THC will cause a greater hallucinogenic effect, and because reproductive cells bind to THC more than other cells, smoking will jeopardize your fertility. THC is fat-soluble, staying in your body (including brain tissue) for up to 3 weeks, though it is not clear what effects it has while it remains.
In lab experiments, THC has shown it blocks the immune system's ability to function properly. This leads to greater risk of illness, infection, & cancer among heavy users. Marijuana has 3 times the amount of tar as tobacco, & its carbon monoxide levels are 3-5 times that of cigarettes. Be aware that pot has 50% more cancer-causing hydrocarbons than a tobacco cigarette. Every time you inhale, you're accepting all of that poison into your body because joints do not have filters. Also, most pot smokers inhale the smoke & hold it in their lungs longer than they would for cigarette smoke.
Daily users find their learning, memory, & cognitive skills are weaker than normal; they find it hard to function at usual level. Experiments on animals that had been chronically exposed to THC resulted in withdrawal symptoms & changes in nerve cells.
Other negative results of smoking pot are that it"
Changes the chemical balance in your brain, altering your mood, appetite, ability to concentrate, & energy levels.
Lowers testosterone levels in men and upsets the balance of hormones in women that control menstrual cycles.
Decreases sperm count & increases sperm abnormalities.
Jeopardizes the eggs in women's ovaries (remember, you are born with the total number of eggs you will have for your lifetime -- they are irreplaceable!).
Threatens your ability to learn & remember things, leading to forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating.
Causes the same lung problems as cigarette smoking, including emphysema, cancer, frequent chest colds, coughing, & more phlegm production.
Leads to anxiety problems, depression, & paranoia.
Princeton University has wonderful FACTS about Marijuana use...check it out yourself at their website.
http://www.princeton.edu/uhs/healthy-liv...
Also, the "very often cited" UCLA Dr. Donald Tashkin that you can 'easily' find referenced in many Pro-Marijuana use websites and 'pretend-science' blogs...can be found on youtube videos in two interviews (part I and part II) stating in very 'typical' medical doctor dry speech patterns that his oft-cited research saying that marijuana has no cancerous effects actually says that based on his (and other doctors) research studies on people who 'already had cancer' and whom they asked to "fill out an extensive QUESTIONAIRE" did not find any statistically relavent proof that marijuana smoking caused any increased, or decreased, risk of LUNG Cancer. Based on the 'questionaire' study.
He also states that, in all fairness, that marijuana 'may' have a tumor resistant effect that 'may' reduce the effects of cancer-causing (carcinagins) stuff found in marijuana (4+ times more cancer-causing stuff in marijuana according to him!).
So, yes, his 'questionaire study' from people that already had cancer and represented 1/2 of the people from a earlier larger study...did NOT show an 'additional' risk of cancer (but, watch the video, he says clearly...they did NOT INCLUDE the other 1/2 of the people in their questionaire survey because they were 1) already passed away or 2) were too sick to participate.) Um, that means they purposely left out the sickest people...seems to skew the results a bit, right?
I'm just researching the stuff people use to support their arguments. Follow my searches too...cite your own facts...let's see where the 'real evidence' is.
I am sure this was a raid to see if the weed they have is the weed on record... I dont think it was to arrest anyone for having the weed they are allowed to distribute....How ironic from the photo you have NA and Medical Marijuana next door to each other.....lol
apmtina,
I am aware of more than one story about a usually young person committed murder and used "I was high on marijuana" as their defense in trying to get off. To say pot has never killed anyone is rediculous. I believe the driver who ran down those kids picking up trash on the I-15 a few yaers back was also high on pot. http://mydeathspace.com/smf/index.php?to...
Yes, marijuana kills (usually innocent people).
The "medical" marijuana shops are all a fraud. Anyone who wants it (and has the money) can get a "doctor" to give them a "prescription" for it. Those same people who do that are the same ones who still rant about el Rushbo over using legal prescription pain killers.
Marijuna is dangerous, unhealthy, (and illegal) and serves no use to society, except to create misery for the families of the victims.
This is nonsense. How much money do you think is wasted every day on trying to keep this garbage off the streets? It's the same narrow mindset that led to prohibition of alchohol, and all that did, as it does now, is make crooks rich.
Legalise this stuff, regulate it's sale and tax the hell out of it.
Once legalised, it's no longer fashionable and kids will move on to another way or rebelling.
Come on, this stuff is not dangerous, I've been in plenty of fights with people out of their minds on whisky, who were damned dangerous, but a pothead in his natural state is more than half asleep and no danger to anybody.
Fyi,
You are wrong and your material you copied from the web site is the old crap from the dare programs. This has already been debunked many times. I find the most laughable part is when you copied the part about harming the reproductive system. Marijuana does not turn young healthy boys into lanky, girlish looking wimps, no. This scare tactic (call it homo-phobic if you will) was a common device used in early anti-drug literature. It attempts to scare boys away from marijuana by telling them, essentially, that it will turn them into a girl.
Dr. Donald Tashkin considers the biggest health risk to the lungs would be a person smoking 16 or more large spliffs a day of leaf/bud because of the hypoxia of too much smoke and not enough oxygen. Tashkin feels there is no danger for anyone to worry about potentiating emphysema in any way by the use of marijuana totally the opposite of tobacco.
I would carry on but all of what you said can easily be debunked and has. The anti marijuana leaflet you copied and pasted has no sources and refers to no studies. Just propaganda. We would be seeing an epidemic of health problems if any of what you pasted were true. The truth is we are not seeing it We are only finding more and more benifits with every new study. I am surprised you did not use the Heath brain damage study where they suffocated monkeys by smoke inhalation and called it brain damage from smoking marijuana.
As far as the whacked out comment by Bakersfield. Cannabis has more uses than any other natural resource. Oh and the lady that killed the kids on the freeway that happened to have marijuana in her system. That was caused from fatigue from pulling a double shift.. Nice try though. Cannabis is the safest therapeutically substance known to man. Now you two go learn to read and hit the books again. This time stay away from that law enforcement propaganda
Bakersfield is full of ignorant white btrash with no education. They are an embarassment to the state of California. Kentucky people with a CA zip code. Marajuana is much safer than alcochol.
Sorry I don't buy into the fact that weed causes cancer.
I've been smoking mj daily for over 20 years and recently had a chest xray...that came back normal.
I've had more than one doctor tell me that weed does not seem to effect the lungs the way cigarettes do.
Also for the record, I work full time and have health insurance paid for by my employer.
If you are against pot, fine don't smoke it but leave the rest of us alone and in peace.
Why are the government thugs in these images wearing masks? This looks more like a Mexican operation than an American one.
Why is it that the only argument people can make is that MJ is bad for you? When did it become someone else's choice? Don't they give the argument for abortion that it's " my body, my choice"? If anyone knows and understands the risk, how is it right or just for the government to remove that liberty from a citizen?
"Why are the government thugs in these images wearing masks?"
Because thugs with guns and ski masks (like bank robbers) are the real criminals. If they are doing such a good deed for humanity, what is the need to hide under a cover of darkness with ski masks and terrorizing people for really doing nothing wrong? These pigs should be ashamed of themselves for their terrorist acts and for wasting taxpayers money.
"There's a lotta cash in the pipe for the prohibition of MJ. Cops, judicial, incarceration, drug rehab, drug testing, kiddie test kits, psychoanalysis. Legalize it and where are all the folks who rely in income from weeds illicitness going to collect a paycheck?"
They would have to go out and get real jobs and ACTUALLY BE productive members of society (GASP!)and not trying to profit off insane drug laws and policies only meant to enslave people and force them into prison or jail. We dont live in a free country anymore, it is a tyranny. I dont need to live under laws that are meant to protect people from "themselves" and are nothing but "victimless" crime laws.
"This raid is a waste of tax dollars and an abuse of power."
I agree. I refuse to allow my tax money to go to any part of this but yet it is stolen from my paycheck for such purposes that I do not support. The government and their drug enforcement thug minions are the real thieves!
The Scientific Approach, Have any of U Probitionists expermented with the devil weed?I dare say, most have not...
Howard Hughes, called it the "Realities of Political Life",
ie: Buying influence (lobying) to make laws that benifit their "Cause"!!! How do U think the Makers ofPharmaciticles Desapam Etc.,Prison Guard Unions, Law Enforcement Unions, Makers of Beer,wine, and Liquor..Spend Their Lobbying Dollars??? To keep the Devil Weed Illegal???
Who's Funding the Bogus Studies, Demonizing The Magic Plant???
This truely shows me that pigs are more interested in stealing marijuana profits for their own use (hence the bank robber masks) and not protecting the citizenry from any real crimes that are being perpetrated against them. They would rather focus on victimless crimes than crimes where someone is actually victimized and had their rights violated by someone else.
For example, I had a friend that had her car stolen, it took weeks for the pigs to do anything about it. There was actual video surveillance footage of the perps stealing the car and the detectives never went to get the footage to review after a couple weeks of it being stolen. The only way she got her car back is she had to drive around and case the neighborhood that it was stolen in, low and behold, she found it without the cops help! She did the job the cops could not seem to or cared to do! So in essence cops are worthless other than being government thug enforcers to enslave the populace into their private corporate owned (Wackenhut Private Security Corporation owns a prison in California) run for profit prisons. Not to protect and to serve, to punish and enslave!
Even if marijuana caused lung cancer, which I dont believe it does after reading university case studies, that is why vaporizers were created. It prevents any negative carbon based carcinogens from entering your lungs since it is a vapor that is inhaled, not smoke!
Jokes,
Stop embarrassing yourself. You asked for science and several people have provided you with studies from well respected researchers that prove MJ is toxic to the body with long term debilitating effects. Seriously did you really think anyone with any sense was going to buy your BS that MJ is not a toxin? Here's another study that only points to the obvious: that regular MJ causes liver damage.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...
You need to stop with all the nonsense that MJ is therapeutic. If all you potheads want to smoke your weed until your eyes pop out of your head go for it. But, stop trying to influence people that haven't chosen the loser path in life and can actually make something of themselves.
I actually think some of those terrorist agents, who were on scene (or their family members) dropped comments in this forum... Maybe to try and rid their conscious of the shame they feel for what they did... "Oh we have to put food on our tables..." SO DO WE! The only difference is you chose to pop your government issued opiates and live in your hypocritical world of delusion; just so you can live with your pain and say you are on the RIGHT side of the law...??? WE chose a safer and more natural path to improve our quality of life and the whole time not bothering, alienating or harrassing you and your families for you taking your prescription medication. WE understand there are a lot of people hurting, needing relief and a better quality of life. WE chose to stay out of your business. Maybe we should revolt against you hypocritical terrorists,huh? Don't you fight terror with terror? Want to know what it feels like to be us? Keep pushing and you will!
"You need to stop with all the nonsense that MJ is therapeutic. If all you potheads want to smoke your weed until your eyes pop out of your head go for it. But, stop trying to influence people that haven't chosen the loser path in life and can actually make something of themselves."
Thousands of ailing and dying citizens that are prescribed marijuana disagree with you. To many it has improved their quality of life. But you like to see people suffer and are obviously a sadist who should be locked up like the people you are pushing your phony values on. Loser path in life? I could call you a loser because you are a brainwashed follower who can't think for yourself and need to follow what the government tells you to do in this NANNY STATE we live in because you need someone to tell you what to do. You obviously can't make your own decisions in life. Quit pushing your tyranny on everyone else.
"A majority, 52 percent, of likely midterm voters in Nevada oppose marijuana legalization while only 42 percent support it, according to a new Mason-Dixon poll for the "Las Vegas Review-Journal".
Mason-Dixon (7/26-28)
Would you support or oppose legalizing and taxing marijuana in Nevada?
Support 42
Oppose 52
Undecided 6"
52% misguided idiots who are brainwashed into "refer madness" did not want it legalized, and now more people are senslessly terrorized by law enforcement thugs with bank robber ski masks and thrown into prison for what? Doing something to themselves and not hurting anyone else? We need to go back to being a constiutional republic like we were founded on.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep arguing about what is for dinner, a constitutional republic is when the sheep has a gun. Abolish democracy where 51% can take the rights of the 49%, this is nothing but tyranny! The founding fathers who grew hemp and smoked cannibus must be rolling in their graves right now. How disgusting our country has become.
"A majority, 52 percent, of likely midterm voters in Nevada oppose marijuana legalization while only 42 percent support it, according to a new Mason-Dixon poll for the "Las Vegas Review-Journal".
Mason-Dixon (7/26-28)
Would you support or oppose legalizing and taxing marijuana in Nevada?
Support 42
Oppose 52
Undecided 6"
52% misguided idiots who are brainwashed into "refer madness" did not want it legalized, and now more people are senslessly terrorized by law enforcement thugs with bank robber ski masks and thrown into prison for what? Doing something to themselves and not hurting anyone else? We need to go back to being a constitutional republic like we were founded on.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep arguing about what is for dinner, a constitutional republic is when the sheep has a gun. Abolish democracy where 51% can take the rights of the 49%, this is nothing but tyranny! The founding fathers who grew hemp and smoked cannibus must be rolling in their graves right now. How disgusting our country has become.
Oh and to the hypocrites that are against people smoking cannibus and are pro government, thinking they are wholesome and do no wrong, Guess what, they grow the opium that gets processed into Heroin and traffic into the country themselves. It is being grown in Afghanistan. Here is a youtube video to prove it. Put two and two together idiots! The government wants to make us all criminals to throw us into their overcrowded prison cells while they ship drugs into the country! Also research Iran Contra "Guns for Drugs" that "Just Say No" Reagan had his dirty hands in. Look up "Freeway" Ricky Ross and CIA drug running! HYPOCRITES!
"Opium (Heroin) fields guarded by U.S. troops"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clca6YtYv...
I repeat myself "The whole police are terrorists etc argument is simply ridiculous and extreme. These men are doing their jobs and upholding the law. Blame the laws and the lawmakers, not the men and women who are making a living and supporting their families by upholding the safety of society. Responses like these only serve to alienate the people who feel it is ok for the government to infringe on citizens' liberty."
I advocate free rights and liberty, but that does not justify calling people who enforce the laws enacted as criminals or terrorists. Comments like these only prove the points that anti-drug advocates make. It reduces a valid argument to immature name-calling that you might find in 3rd grade. You can't possibly expect to be taken seriously once you degrade yourself to that level.
You can't make this stuff up. trauma1979 denounces tyranny while at the same time saying someone should be locked up for having an opposing viewpoint. Reading comprehension seems to be a problem too. I said I don't care what you losers do in your own home. Make it legal for all I care. Just don't become parents and have children that end up suffering the consequences of the bad choices their irresponsible parents make. There's nothing more tragic than seeing a toddler drown in a pool becuase their stupid scumbag parents were too high to watch after them.
You can't make this stuff up. trauma1979 denounces tyranny while at the same time saying someone should be locked up for having an opposing viewpoint. Reading comprehension seems to be a problem too. I said I don't care what you losers do in your own home. Make it legal for all I care. Just don't become parents and have children that end up suffering the consequences of the bad choices their irresponsible parents make. There's nothing more tragic than seeing a toddler drown in a pool becuase their stupid scumbag parents were too high to watch after them."
I said you should be locked up for being a sadist, saying marijuana doesnt have theraputic value, thousands of people that are sick/dying disagree with you.
Also you bring up the drug warriors favorite tag line "protecting the children". If we really cared about the children, we wouldnt allow the CIA to bring Heroin into the country for our kids to get hooked on. By your rationale Maybe pools are hazardous and should be outlawed! Whats to stop children from drowning in one anyways, like if they sneak into someones back yard while someone is away? Also are you saying someone cant be too drunk to realize that a toddler is drowning in a pool? Where is your arguement about that?
Proof our government protects and ships in drugs into the country under the lame excuse of trying to control the Taliban drug trade (fact: The taliban erradicated Opium production in 2001 before we got there). Dont worry the government loves you and cares about your safety! LIES!
Foxnews - We Tolerate The Cultivation Of Opium Poppies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t372emhXa...
To: Jmcnees
Ok if they arent terrorists, or what I like to call them a "gang with badges", then why the need to wear bank robber ski masks? Protect their Identities? Ok then why arent cops everywhere wearing ski masks, like you get pulled you over to revenue collect, I mean it would be fitting being it is a "highway robbery". What is the affect or feeling you get when one has a gun a wears a ski mask and is coming at you? Maybe terror? I am sure people at a bank feel terror when people enters a bank with guns and ski masks, dont you? Ok, then how are they not terrorists? The sight of that evokes terror. The government is good at this, spreading terror.
Proof our government protects and ships in drugs into the country under the lame excuse of trying to control the Taliban drug trade (fact: The taliban erradicated Opium production in 2001 before we got there). Dont worry the government loves you and cares about your safety! LIES!
Foxnews - We Tolerate The Cultivation Of Opium Poppies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t372emhXa...
if they arent terrorists, or what I like to call them a "gang with badges", then why the need to wear bank robber ski masks? Protect their Identities? Ok then why arent cops everywhere wearing ski masks, like when you get pulled over when they write you a ticket for revenue collection, I mean it would be fitting being it is a "highway robbery". What is the effect or feeling you get when one has a gun a wears a ski mask and is coming at you? Maybe terror? I am sure people at a bank feel terror when people enter a bank with guns and ski masks to rob you and the bank, dont you? Ok, then how are they not terrorists? The sight of that evokes terror, and you would have to be neive to believe otherwise. The government is good at this, spreading terror.
@gbigs:
"Note the pot smokers are the left wing goofs that are Reid/Obama supporters."
So true, the right wing prefers the hard stuff.
The truth is, it isnt a right/left issue, it is a freedom/liberty issue. Are we in a free country or not? Are we free to do to ourselves what we choose without harming other people or violating their rights? Obviously not. We live in Tyranny. Oh, and the government ships in the drugs anyway which makes them hypocrites.
Makes perfect sense, make money to ship it in and sell it to their designated drug dealers, make money to bust and incarcerate people for that drug they shipped in themselves by using other government agencies and bureaucracies to make more money on them while they are slave laborers in prison! The perfect scam to perpetrate on the American People. No wonder why we have the largest prison population on the planet. We live in a police state!
Foxnews - We Tolerate The Cultivation Of Opium Poppies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t372emhXa...
Jokes,ignorance is right,do you see what is going on in that area of California where they allow every village idiot to grow his own?
Sorry that some of you folks feel that you had breakins or car thefts while the police were out enforcing drug laws,chances are some druggies were the ones resposible.
They wear masks because the also need to do undercover work with other cases. Having their identity photographed and published on the television, newspaper, internet, etc is a liability the next time they are attempting to deal with a crack dealer in an investigation. Common sense.
To Bundy5:
Yeah, people on Crack or Meth statistically are the ones that would break into someone's home or car to get valuables to get money to buy drugs, not people who smoke cannabis. Would someone that drinks alcohol or smokes cigarettes steal money to support their habits? I dont advocate for crack or meth to be legal, including heroin, but how do you stop the supplier (the government/CIA) from bringing Opium and Cocaine into the country? Need proof, just research, or if you like I can post some articles.
jmcnees - so all the police officers, soldiers, SS officers and others that terrorized the german people under hitler's rules are ok in your book because they were just doing thier jobs and upholding the laws that Hitler's lawmakers passed. The major law they followed was the "Enabling Act" that Hitler had forced thru after the Reichstag fire which was a "terrorist" act commited by the polish and was used as an excuse to invade poland. Well it was later found out that Hitler had his people bomb the german parliament, blame it on the polish, so he could pass his unconstitutional "enabling act" and get the german people behind a war with poland. O and Hitler was financed at this time by Prescott Bush and many other American corporations(serious, look it up)... All of this sounds eerily familiar. 9/11 was a bunch of "muslim terrorists" which allowed George Bush(prescott bush's grandson) to pass the Patriot Act(almost exactly the same as the "Enabling Act") and to get the American public behind invading iraq and afghanistan. These 2 events are so similar, its not just a coincidence. Now go look up "Operation Northwoods" and see how our CIA in the early 60's wrote a plan to hijack commercial airliners and fly them into buildings in american cities and blame it on "cuban terrorists" in order to get the public behind an invasion of cuba. Now what happened 9 years ago tomorrow??? it sure sounds a whole lot like "operation northwoods". The sad part is that so many people actually still believe the government BS about this day. Learn to do some research and you will see that you have been lied to by your government. There is so much proof out thier to debunk the governments official story, look it up. Here's a start, did you know that 3 buildings fell that day in New York City, not just the 2 towers. Look up WTC 7 and see how it was untouched but yet fell in freefall into its own footprint in a matter of seconds, can you say controlled demolition. If you live in Vegas you have seen a controlled demo, go watch the WTC 7 video and make up your own mind.
Funny, these same people that are undercover were not plain clothes cops, many of them had Metro shirts on and look the same as other cops that dont wear ski masks when they are on duty. People are being targeted here by a terrorist group. How can anyone feel safe with the police when they are constantly trampling on persons rights? Their actions make is an "US vs Them" Scenario and they continue to perpetuate this. That is why no one I know trusts cops any more and are always on edge when they are around, even if you are not breaking any laws and are otherwise law abiding citizens. It used to be officer "friendly" now it is officer "terrorist". They try to intimidate people, and these ski masks they wear are a continuation of this.
Bundy, I think you and I are far outnumbered on these posts. It seems that the "stoners" are out in force. Those of us who follow the law and stay away from that stuff (gateway to meth, crack, herion, etc., by the way) are calles "haters", "white trash", "misguided", "law enforcement freaks", etc. Suddenly they think up every use for cannibus they can to justify it, even though they are not interested in making rope or writing paper out of it, they are only wanting to get high off of it. When one goes bad (lady who ran down the kids on I-15) they find some other excuse. As I said earlier, an 81 year old lady was murdered by a 15 year old punk who'se excuse is that he didn't know what he was doing because he was stoned on weed. Keep up the good work, Metro!
Bakersfield - your outnumbered because most people have woken up to the reality and dont continue to live in the fantasy world that you and Bundy live in. O and that lady that ran over kids on the highway, i believe she popped some extasy the night before and was up all night. It wasnt the weed. So do you enjoy to live in a world with so many toxins all around us everyday??? Toxic cleaning supplies, toxic food, industrial toxic waste and the list can go on and on. Here is something for you to think about... Take an acre of trees that are chopped down to create wood, to create paper and other things. That acre typicaly takes around 30 years to regrow. Now take an acre of hemp, it can be used to make all the same products as that acre of trees but regrows every 6 months, not 30 years. We can stop the destruction of the rainforests almost immediatly. One acre of hemp would produce 60 times what an acre of forest would produce over 30 years. Does that sound bad??? With all the talk about CO2 in our atmosphere and how its "bad", then lets plant more trees cause they take in the co2 and then produce oxygen and the co2 problem is solved. Instead we allow multinational corporations to continue to chop down forests and destroy our planet. o and by the way i am 100% for legalizing weed and i dont smoke it. And for the comment about weed smokers being "losers"... HAHAHA thats so funny cause i know a few very respectable doctors and lawyers that smoke it daily and they tell me about judges and other respectable leaders of our community that smoke it daily. Gee i guess they are huge losers too huh? So bakersfield, Bundy(any relation to Ted???) pull your heads out of your behinds and snap out of the trance that you've been indoctrinated into your whole lives. It is 100% a ok to think for yourselves and not just spew out whats been force fed to you by the government. now have a peachy day, or weedy, whatever you prefer, its YOUR CHOICE
Stoners are out in full force? What a joke. The gateway theory has been debunked. If so why arent cigarettes and alcohol being labled gateway drugs since more people try that first before they ever try cannabis. You could make the insane arguement that first people started with Milk, then it went to bourbon, then cigarettes, then marijuana. Watch this video on how the FBI director gets schooled on marijuana legalization and how the gateway theory was debunked to illustrate my point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0TQ1uOn...
What about people that do insane actions like murdering their family members while being completely sober because they lost their job and his dog died? Are you going to blame that on Cannabis too? Oh its the devil weed's fault! Brainwashed tools. Blame the individual on their actions, not the substance they used. These situtations could have happened even if they were sober, and has happened in the past when people were completely sober! IF their actions against others broke the law, arrest them for their actions of harm towards others, dont demonize cannabis because they were mentally unstable anyways! I guess everyone who smokes cannabis goes out and murders people wantonly huh? The propaganda does not work anymore so quit spewing it out.
Oh and Bakersfield, what about the 90 year old lady in Atlanta that was murdered by police in Atlanta because of a botched drug raid? They also planted drugs on her and her apartment to cover it up. Crooked cops. This war on drugs madness needs to stop! Innocent people are getting murdered. Here is the link if you dont believe me, and the city of Atlanta awarded her family 5 million because they were in the wrong and admitted it. Stop the madness, stop the gestapo!
http://policelink.monster.com/news/artic...
Ya know if these anti-marijuana tools had the same passion to get all the poisons out of the water supply (yes Flouride and Chlorine are cancer causing poisons, look it up) food and air, the world would actually be a better place. Oh and your coveted legal prescription drugs you all love so much is actuallt being added to the water supply as well to make us all docile and complacent. Look that up too! Wake up tools, you have been had!
trauma its good to see people like you that have awoken to the realities that we face. Just a couple of years ago it seemed we were in the minority big time but now the majority of people have woken up and realize whats really going on. keep up the good work
"A number of federal search warrants were served and executed today at locations in the Las Vegas Valley in connection with an ongoing law enforcement investigation," Collins said in a statement. "No arrests were made today in connection with these warrants, and the warrants and supporting affidavits are sealed; thus, no additional information can be provided at this time."
What a bunch of slimy crooks, good deeds are done in the light, bad deeds are done under a cover of darkness. The secretiveness of warrants being "sealed" along with the "revenue collectors" wearing ski masks says it all!
Thanks IcognitoRebel
Mary Jane (its easier and shorter to spell) has been proven to help cancer victims and other illnesses to be able to stop pain and eat and hold food and drink. It also helps in some PDS problems. I have seen it work. I believe it needs to go to the people who really need it. But, it is like cigs. It blocks the lungs air and hurts them. It does not help sometimes in judgement. It does not need to go to people who don't need it. Put clinics next to hospitals and have the people who need it come and use it there and if can't have restrictions and accountablity on delivery. MJ has its good uses.
To Quoyn520: I agree somewhat with your points on its medical uses but then I disagree that any consenting adult that wishes to use it should be banned from it other than using it medically, which to is wrong headed and goes against the ideas of liberty and living in a free society. I find it appauling that MJ is demonized when alcohol is not, even though MJ it is safer than alcohol. Let adults do whatever they want in the privacy of thier own homes, as long as they are not hurting other people why is there a law against it?
To the prohibitionist, I think my fellow educated posters have cleared and debunked your statements enough. If all you can do is copy a paste your argument from and anti marijuana propaganda just leave the conversation and do some reading because you clearly have no understanding about this subject. I can only come to the following conclusions for your way of thinking.
1) You are drug dealers and are afraid of losing your jobs.
2) You run a prison and are afraid of losing your jobs.
3) You are a terrorist and are afraid of losing your funding.
4) You are just plain stupid
trauma you may have a point: and if the laws pertained to MJ and driving like alchol and driving and the laws of open smoking Mj like open alchol drinking in pubic. As well as 0% tolence like alchol is at working jobs. I might change my opinion. It must be thought of as a mind altering drug like alchol and have the laws and policies pertain to it. If so then I believe I can tolerate it. I have a friend who is ill and has a legal perscription for it. I haven't seen him in awhile so I don't know if he had to change to pills. So I do have some tolerance, just not in my house. If this were to happen tax it like cigs also is needed.
oh yes, insurance coverage would cost plenty like it does now with cigs.
Yeah marijuana is a toxin.... so is refined sugar!
I am so glad that there are rational free thinkers in society like you Quoyn520. Even though you dont smoke, you aren't against the rights of others that chose to do so in the privacy of their own home and under certain conditions, and I commend you for that. You are the kind of person the government is most afraid of, people that can think outside the box and are open to new ideas outside of ones that do not work and have not for 70 years (prohibition). Thanks for being rational about the subject, unlike others who think it is ok to push their will on others because they are nothing but authoritarian control freaks.
Never met a bank robber high seems they can't get past Toco Bell, Look I live with chronic pain. No operation will make it go away and it effects the entire lower back and left leg. The bad days I don't walk the good days ( very few) I can walk with out my cane. I have taken every pain pill you can imagine over the last thirty years and even became addicted to Vicoden. I will not take any thing stronger than an Ibu these days and make due with the pain ,But I do smoke for medical reasons not a lot cause you don't have to. It lets me sleep and relaxes the sever muscle tension and the stress of being in pain. I am old enough to be a grand father and am a veteran even did a three year hitch as a Deputy. If like any thing else in this world you do it in moderation it can be the answer, more so than addicting pills.
I'm perfectly healthy but if I needed pain relief I would smoke pot long before I would even take over the counter pain killers let alone prescription ones.
This link can be applied to what happened here with Trevon Cole Just change the name to Trevon. Only Our Las Vegas story has a much more horrible ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH0AE_i6O...
Despite what some of you are saying, I'm more "rational" than most, because I don't smoke, do drugs or consume alchohol. I find it amazing that some want all this "hemp" grown for things like rope, paper, etc. No, they just want to smoke it and get high. To say "nobody died from marijuana" is a flat out lie. Spin the story all you want, I'm sober and know the truth. Ask anyone on meth or crack, most likely they started with weed. To even equate milk drinking as a gateway to drugs is so laughable it can't be taken seriously.
Most of us have a life which we enjoy family, work our jobs, go to school, go to church or choose not to, go to concerts, Watch the ballgame, work on our cars, go on vacations, mow the grass (no, not that "grass"), collect coins, stamps, cars, beanie babies, casino chips, or whatever, go skiing, go boating, go fishing, go bowling, go golfing, grow a (legal) garden, support our favorite politician (either party), pay our bills, support Jerry's Kids, visit mom & dad, etc. In other words, we don't let drugs affect our life, other than when a stoner breaks into our house or car for something to sell for their next fix.
The pot smoker's life revolves around smoking pot and getting high. Nothing else matters does it?
Call me what you want, I'm not the one looking over my shoulder to see if the cops are after me.
If I drive through a checkpoint tonight, I'll have nothing to hide.
trauma, I believe it is you who wants to "push your will on others".
Hey Bakersfield...
Sorry but you are MISSING THE POINT.........nobody is forcing you to smoke pot or eat pot...you on the other hand are forcing your beliefs on us.
I drive everyday to work, I don't worry about the cops coming after me. I don't break any laws I have my medical card...helps with my monthly cramps/anxiety etc.
I do other things as well, go to concerts, have a garden (tomatoes, eggplant, peppers etc,)etc.
The pot smokers I know, have jobs and do everyday things and all have 4 years of college or more.
So much for your version of pot smokers.......
Bakersfield, your obviously not the brightest Bulb on the tree..a little over hundred years ago folks like U cheered as the, then terroist, US Calvary, rode into hundreds of Native American villages, and Raped, Killed, and Stole their land. In the name of Manifest Destiny!
Times Change, but it seems Human Nature Remains the same!!!
If U tried the Magic Flower, U would become introspective to a point, that U would not like yourself very much!!!
Here is an article for you to read Bakersfield.
Marijuana a "Gateway" Drug? Scientists Call Theory Half-Baked
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-2...
Someone in one of the first posts, "said that M.J. was killing thousands of people in Mexico...
Interesting, have U stopped to think that if it wasen't Illegal in the U.S. There would be many fewer killings and problems in Mexico, and legalization would put a big crimp in the Cartels (criminals) profits!!!
AND PUT SOME OF TODAY'S TERRORISTS OUT OF WORK....pity!!!
Well good for you Mr "Goodie Two Shoes" Bakersfield! I am glad your life is so pristine and perfect and stoners are bad people in your opinion. It sounds to me that you want everyone to be and act just like you, well I am not a lemming and I want to live my life how I want to, and you are free to go and be a "Leave it to Beaver" type all you want, that is your right and that is fine by me. But it is you who want everyone to be some sort of "model citizen" and to live up to your expectations of what a righteous and perfect person should be. Quit trying to type cast people to be how you believe they should be.
Smoking weed is not the only my friends think about and you stereotype people too much. You dont like the "leave it to beaver" stereo type I put on you, well how do you think it feels when you say all stoners just think about getting high all the time and that is it? You sound like a government anti-drug propaganda ad.
I like ball games, working on cars, working on computers, reading, using my brain to figure out why there are problems in the world and what I can do to make things better for those directly around me. I never push my values and beliefs on others however, and I expect the same respect back. When others try to force their laws down my throat I did not ask or vote for, I become angry, much like if someone tried to cram some law down your throat you did not believe in.
You quite obviously have some sort of sheltered belief system that you live under, but dont expect everyone else to live the exact same way you do, because we aren't you!
Oh and Bakersfield, I think you have a guilty conscience about me saying "pushing your will on others" and being an "authoritarian control freak" because I did not name anyone and was not really referring to you particularly, just people that think like you and are obviously biased against cannabis for irrational reasons or because they were told misguided information via government propaganda. But since you are taking offence to something I said when I mentioned no names really tells me something. Maybe you fit that category huh?
I'm not "pushing my beliefs" on anyone or asking people to "be like me" (although most who know me, really like me, I doubt they want to be "just like me"). I'm just tired of having this "pot is good" rammed down my throat. If someone truly has a medicinal need for pain, etc. and it works, I would not want to deny you the help it brings you. But it seems anyone who wants to pay one of these "doctors" on the billboards can get a "prescription". Like all other prescriptions, it should be prescribed if needed, but not the way many of these places operate. I'm not against medicinal use if it is truly medicinal, just against the abuse. I was not around 100 years ago and in no way approve of the "raping and pillaging" that zzz says went on in those days. I do not need to use your "magic flower" as you call it to know who I am. Maybe I'm not the "brightest bulb on the tree" but I'm bright enough to know not to impair my senses by intentionally inhaling a toxic smoke, which makes me brighter than you, doesn't it?
One more thing, if you're going to smoke, fine, whatever, I won't stop you, but just like alchohol, stay out of the car for awhile after using it.
Gotta go, Wally's calling.
@ Bakersfield
It's not the marijuana that kill but the irresponabilities of the person who use it,just like it's not the gun that kill but the person who's handling the gun.In over 20 years of smoking pot I never had a car accident or any other problem,but I had some trouble drinking,that's when I decided to quit drinking
Its really unfortunate that people have such a hyper opinion on the matter. The effects of cannabis vary from user to user, and like any substance there is room for abuse. I feel people get lost in their own opinion soo much soo that they dont care to look at it from another perspective. At the end of the day misguided youth and frustrated medical patients are doing narcotic jail time while we bicker over details.
http://geeks4cannabis.com/
BOTTOM LINE:In Holland where it's legally Availabe, less than 5% of the Dutch population use it, and in the U.S., where it's Criminalized
more than 10% of the population are users. this perpetuates the Black Market..., Where the sellers of the M.J. might also deal in hard Drugs,Thus opening the "Gate"!!! Legalization will get rid of that exposure, and in effect close the "Gate"!!!
Bakersfield: I recommend U read Historical accounts of how the Drug War opperated in Panama,
During the 70's an 80's, and the beat goes on...
I assume that your "Well Read"???
Read "Divorcing the Dictator", and later Historical Works telling the same "eye opening",Story!
FACT: Prohibition is Very Big Business, wake up and stop perpetuating the "Myth"...
Well, I have a mmj card. When I recieved it I called and asked "what now? where do I go to get the medicine... I can't find any dispensaries" I was told from the Nevada dept of health, "This is a grow your own state. We don't have dispensaries". So I ask, "Where do I get the plants or seeds to grow?". She said "We don't help you find it, we just issue the cards". That means, you have to get it from someone you know (I knew no other medical users - or recreational users for that matter). You can pay to join a cooperative (I didn't have any money left after the expense of obtaining the card), buy seeds illegally, or ??? do without. The laws here almost force some illegal act somewhere along the line. Fortunately I met someone who gave me a plant to try to grow (that didn't work because I had no knowledge of the planets nutritional and lighting needs to get a decent plant or how to organically keep bugs away). The places opened up during my failed attempt at growing. I was relieved to find that we now had several legal "disensaries". No more expensive nutes and etc., only to have plants die do to insufficient lighting (lights are hundreds of dollars and necessary), it's too hot to grow outdoors here. Now the dispensaries are being hasseled. I know when I went they were extremely strict about Nv. MMJ card. No card, No entry. MMJ helps with so many different problems.. pain, muscle spasms, glaucoma, diabetes, blood pressure, insomnia, and even loneliness (the forums to help grow are so helpful and available 24/7.. it's like having friends that are always around). I do not smoke recreationally. I don't like to smoke at all, so I tried the drinks and tinctures. I'm quite positive that they are 100% safe - no question about it. I am a conservative, right wing, Republican. I am not all that liberal, I just know that it is a safe and effective form of medicine. Can it be used recreationally... Of course!! But the reason why people want to use it is the same as why it's beneficial. It is relaxing, stimulates the appitite, and makes us feel young again. If your against it, don't smoke it yourself, but know this...
It Helps People
Please vote to make marijuana completely legal
norml.org
As a patient who has come from California, these actions along with the actions such as law enforcement shooting and killing a suspected marijuana dealer, among other things I have read about since I have been here demonstrates that law enforcement prefers to treat marijuana users worse than murderers and rapists. I am concerned that the real crime that is occurring is that our law enforcement has veered from serving the people and is on a mission to turn respectful marijuana users into newspaper headlines and murder victims. How can police officers wear masks and raid a pharmacy and shoot and kill someone for a "furtive move" when the truth is that they want to play gangsters with the immunity of prosecution only afforded to police officers.