i been fighting for decimilizing buds since the mid 80s. if anyone else rememers what the fight was like back then it almost seemed like an unwinnable battle. and it has been an uphill struggle. back then we were ALL burn out stoners. no respectable person would beleive that mj was good for people or had any worth at all. fast foward 20 years and now many of these same people have been convinced that they were misinformed and have voted for decrimalizing. we have gained much ground 20 years ago there were NO states that had mmj laws now we have 12. then almost all states you would get thrown any jail for small possesion now most states just slap your wrist. we have come a long way but the fight is far from over. we can not give up. as time changes so will the laws.

wich brings me to my next point. voting for a pro-legalization pres. is not the only answer. ron paul sounds good in his anti drug war retorict but with out the congress he will not acheive it. the pres does not make or change laws.so just voting for pres is almost wasting your time, you have to vote in every election. that means local elections all the way to fed elections. you have to get the people that have the same veiws as yourself in ALL the offices. even run for public office yourself. anyone can run for office even if it is nothing more than city council. and if you do win then your voice will be heard that much louder. and starting localy does work. i can give you a couple examples of me as one person changing things in my home town. one was a housing project i got the city council to vote down another was a school issue. these i started protesting and putting out info that made changes where i lived and i started almost single handed.

if your interested the housing thing was to sell off public land that would be annexed to build houses on that would start at approx 250k rather than build within the city. the other was a teacher pay raise, my home town at that time would hire teachers with no less than 10 yaers experience and their starting salary was no less than 60k a year. the point was why should a teacher make twice the salary of what is average. there was also a bussing issue along wih it. now dont get me wrong im not against paying teachers a livable salery but when the rest of the people make between 25-35k year .....
yokinazu Reviewed by yokinazu on . Use Your Head! Throughout my day I browse these threads occasionally commenting here or there, but I am sick of reading the same old posts over and over about how the outcome of this presidential election could lead to the overall legalization of MJ, there is no chance that any president elect would even consider legalizing MJ. Do you realize how much money is involved?????? Millions upon millions of dollars are spent every fiscal year by large pharmaceutical companies to keep things such as MJ illegal. Rating: 5