Quote Originally Posted by expandingeye
I have to say alot of you are really really lame for just saying no.

Especially if your pretty old, great job contributing to the decrim/legal movement. Thats exactly the fucking problem, you all act like you would want something done but dont do jack shit. Well I wasnt born that long ago and I plan to actually try as much as i can to change stuff.
You guys act like you want them to win, look at how politicians cant hide from lies as much anymore, everything media is too integrated with the internet.

What happened to the sixties movement, oh weed and lsd was easy to get so everyone just said fuck it. well the mainstream america is slowly evolving and old people are dying. Lets stop this stupid fucking attitude of just agreeing with this bullshit.
How do you plan to do this? There are people fighting it, most go about it in the wrong way. Ever been to a legalization rally? Even as a fellow toker, I had a hard time taking it seriously.

The real fight is in the court rooms. In labs conducting studies capturing the positives of marijuana. Lobbyists in the government. Venturists dedicated to the movement raising the necessary capital to fight this war. Sociologists conducting studies to study the effects of prohibition of marijuana. Economicists arguing the benefits of legalization. Much of the marijuana movement is focused on making money off the target market (us) rather than actually fighting for legalization.

One of the things that the mainstream of this movement hurts more than helps. The myth perpetuated that the government is evil just because marijuana is illegal is ridiculous. That image is what hurts the legalization the most. Rather than attacking the government, the focus should be on the benefits. This perception must be broken in order for the movement to be taken seriously.

In order to do something about it, you got to be smart, and get as well educated as you can. That's what the marijuana movement needs. Hippies chanting "LEGALIZE IT" and smoke a blunt are of abundance. Educated and well-funded people fighting this war is scarce. We got to stop dreaming. People got to start planning and taking real action to change laws, and public perception about marijuana. If you truly want to legalize it, you have be serious in the right way, not the wrong way.