ACLU

[cowgirl1]

Has any dispensary contacted the ACLU? The love, look for and die for civil rights violation and unconstitutional laws, They are always filing civil cases against the government. I think the word INJUNCTION is most of their midddle names

[cowgirl1]

If anyone is interested here is the email address for the aclu in Colorado

[email protected]

[cowgirl1]

ACLU thoughts taken off their web page:

Marijuana has been prohibited since the passage of the Marijuana Stamp Act in 1937. The ACLU has opposed marijuana prohibition since 1968. We believe that it is wrong in principle for the government to criminalize what we do to ourselves - to our own bodies - in private. The government should be no more able to criminalize smoking a joint than it is able to prohibit an individual from drinking a martini or eating too many fatty foods. [also see "Why Marijuana Law Reform Should Matter to You," by Ira Glasser]

In addition to stepping on the rights of individuals to make choices concerning their own bodies and private behavior, marijuana prohibition and the policies surrounding it result in a series of other civil liberties violations, including threatened rights to free speech and protection from illegal searches and seizure. Such policies also crowd American prisons past the capacity point with non-violent, otherwise law-abiding marijuana offenders. Moreover, marijuana prohibition does not keep marijuana out of young hands: in a recent federal survey of high school seniors, 85% said it would be "easy" for them to obtain marijuana. Marijuana is the country's third most popular drug, after alcohol and tobacco (both legal drugs). According to federal surveys, 70 million Americans have used marijuana, and 17 million are using it on a monthly basis now.

Source: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (hereafter, NHSDA)

The dangerous effects of marijuana are largely myth. Although the government has long opposed marijuana legalization in the name of public health and safety, every independent commission appointed to evaluate the dangers of marijuana use has found this claim to be unsubstantiated: