An Open Letter A Long Fight

[8182KSKUSH]

Yes my friend this reminds me of supposed democratic and fair elections and an age old saying "if the lawyers ask the wrong questions how can we give the right answer?" - or "if all candidates are bad, how can we choose a good one?"

It's, such a shame :-( It really does seem to be about money money money.

Money breaks peoples sense of morality.

In a world where political parties discriminate against eachother, the supposed law makers and legislators, it is no surprise that law does the same thing accross the country.

The fathers would be sad to see things this way, in my opinion of course :-)



Peace,
Denial

Yeah it's pretty sick, especially when you consider how much money Ronnie just gave to activists and their groups, how much FREE medicine he just gave away. Where are these people now, they are worried about where they will get weed. You really find out who your friends are when something like this happens.

[Markass]

Absolutely!!!
This is the reason they are NOT arresting or charging owners in LA, because they know that in LA they will likely lose in a trial, they are gambling in Riverside County that they won't. I hope they are wrong, I hope people do the right thing in his trial and use common sense, however, I don't see how it will happen. Not being able to raise the Medical Marijuana Defense is tough, and the charges are going to be very easy to prove, what is really sad, the DEA could have just knocked on his door and talked to him and explained why they were there and what they wanted and he would have been very compliant. Instead they chose gustapo tactics. Despite this, Ronnie like myself is still a patriot, supports America, loves his country.:thumbsup: I believe he is a true hero.

I'm merely a patriot in the sense, of if my country was being invaded by a foreign country, I would join the armed forces immediately and defend my country.

However, the war that our government is waging on people who simply want their lives to go by every day, without suffering or being in pain makes me hate this country with a passion. Screw the constitution, we don't need it anyways! This country is fucking wack, where a person can do everything right, except for smoke marijuana and even if it improves their quality of life they're still a criminal. That is the worst injustice anyone could do to anybody, and the government is doing it to hundreds of thousands of individuals trying to make themselves feel better. I have no respect for the federal government. NONE.(period)

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." that definitely doesn't mean jack shit for shit anymore.

[Weedhound]

Location, location.....I used to live in Norco and my hubby in Corona. Neither being a good city to introduce something like mmj to the redneck crowd.....at least when I lived there 10 years ago.

Mark...yep this country has problems.....lots. But mj not being legal doesn't make us quite the insane monster you make us out to be imo.. How many countries is mj legal in vs not? And most countries laws are a LOT rougher than ours are in regards to sellng and using drugs.

[Markass]

Location, location.....I used to live in Norco and my hubby in Corona. Neither being a good city to introduce something like mmj to the redneck crowd.....at least when I lived there 10 years ago.

Mark...yep this country has problems.....lots. But mj not being legal doesn't make us quite the insane monster you make us out to be imo.. How many countries is mj legal in vs not? And most countries laws are a LOT rougher than ours are in regards to sellng and using drugs.

I don't know, I'd say the US has one of the most punishing war on drugs...definitely unneeded casualties..

You wanna know the funny thing is I'll just about guarantee you if the US changed drug policy so would the rest of the world.

Efforts to curb citizens' drug use have existed almost as long as drugs have been used. One of the earliest recorded drug laws comes from 17th century Russia where Czar Michael Federovitch ruled that anyone caught with tobacco should be tortured until he gave up the name of the supplier. In more recent times, most countries around the world have established national drug policies. Between 1989 and 1999, official national drug policies were introduced in 66 countries and a further 41 countries were developing national drug policies or had developed such a policy more than 10 years previously.

Along with the rise in worldwide communication and trade, the use, manufacture and sale of drugs has become a global issue. United Nations work to establish an international system of drug control in which countries are obliged to criminalize all non-medical use, manufacture and sale of drugs. The US also pushes for international cooperation and direct action against drug production and trafficking. Yet illicit drugs play a major role in economies around the world and drug use continues to rise.
Treatment availability and policy focused on demand reduction rather than supply reduction is a growing trend in national drug policy, especially since intravenous drug users are at high risk of HIV/AIDS infection, however, criminal enforcement remains the central theme in world drug policy.

we started it, then we push for international cooperation..

And if you can see where I'm coming from, under the principle of federalism, the federal government should have no right to regulate drugs, because it's not listed in the constitution.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

I don't see anything whatsoever about marijuana in the constitution, let alone other drugs...it shouldn't be their business. Maybe being in a non-medical state and going to jail and facing punishment for having merely a gram fuels my hatred for the way this country treats me a bit more than yours, weedhound?? In a state I might add, that a medical defense isn't even accepted as grounds for acquittal.

Our dis compassionate and idiotic government ran by big corporations, such as big pharmacy is the only reason marijuana isn't legal for medical benefit, and that the only place that can legally grow it in America is a DEA farm. They don't even care to let us know what this plant can do, because you can't charge $10 a dose. They're willing to punish me or force me to suffer, just because they can't make the money off of it. That's utter bullshit. That is why I dislike America.

[Weedhound]

I love you Mark. :thumbsup:

Tried to rep you but couldn't so must have done it recently. I see what you are saying and you are absolutely right in alot of ways. The states have their own laws and SHOULD....but somewhere there has to be the majority if all the states are going to live together as one country.

Sure this country is backwards in alot of ways......too many to count to be honest....but I'd still rather be here than any other country out there.

At least here in our country laws can be changed if folks like you are passionate enough, work hard enough and can convince enough of the majority to make that change. There are quite a few others places out there that don't have that option.

[Weedhound]

They're sitting on this guy because he didn't go down quietly. And....while I usually dismiss the racial aspect....in THIS case (having lived in that area) I think there may very well be a touch of truth to it.

I'll be cheering for this guy. Keep us updated.

[Jay Matix]

Riverside county is strongly against marijuana.... I live in riverside.. we gave it the name REFFERSIDE. So many people get busted for marijuana its rediculous.. just a few nights ago my friend got cought with 20 grams.. but they said he had 36 grams (guess they weighed all of his baggies). Since he had over 5 bags he got "intent to sell" He went to jail over night til his dad bailed him out for 6k & he's left with a felony on his record.
There has been so many raids lately.. tons of clinics and friends.

All in all riverside county is infested with cops!! And i'm sure if theres any statistics on county drug busts riverside county is at the top.

And when u fight against the federal government.. u wont win... they'll profit off u going to jail.

[llama shack]

Wouldn't it be easy for them to stack the jury in Fed favor?

[8182KSKUSH]

They're sitting on this guy because he didn't go down quietly. And....while I usually dismiss the racial aspect....in THIS case (having lived in that area) I think there may very well be a touch of truth to it.

I'll be cheering for this guy. Keep us updated.

You know, he had mentioned that it may be the skin color issue, I really don't think that's it though. I think it had waaay more to do with the fact that the city of Corona really had a political agenda against him after they lost their first court case trying to revoke the business license that they had issued him.

Really interesting to note, the city of Corona has never in it's history denied renewal of a business license. Ronnie was scheduled to appear before the city to renew his business license the day after the raids happened. OOOPs, guess what, he couldn't make it sense he was sitting in a federal cell. Coincidence??? Probably not, since he could not appear, the city did not have to renew the license, and since his license expired the day of the raids, technically, he was operating without a business license. Also the city did not have to make a decision that may have angered people on either side of the issue. They didn't deny or renew it, so they get off scott free and don't have to be accountable to any of their citizens because, "It was out of there hands, Ronnie just didn't show up, oh well, no license I guess". What a chicken shit way to go about that. Least they could of had the balls to deny him, not let the fed be a scapegoat. What's even worse, the gutless wonders of the city council, all were very chumy with Ronnie, except for 1 douche bag, but at least he had the balls to do what he believed instead of smiling to his face and then stabbing him in the back. He knew all of them on a personal basis, they had nothing but positive things to say about him, until he was sitting in a federal cell. Then they acted like they never even met him. What cowards.

[Weedhound]

Let me put it this way.....i doubt the color of his skin is a plus in Corona CA. (again....speaking from 10 years ago......)