Yes i agree these examples are detrimental to the cannabis cause, however, i still believe the point remains that even without these cases the opposition is so hard headed it makes little difference. My once felt optimism for legalisation has since deceased. I am still criminalised because i consume a substance proven to be safer then alcohol or tobacco. They're only legal to increase government revenue. If the government really cared about its constituents then it would legalize cannabis, creating a safer environment where it could be consumed, where the quality would be monitered juxtaposed with cannabis sprayed with who knows what as well as glass. The point is, they don't care about the will of the people, they only care about their own political agendas. They don't actually philosophize about said issues, they bury their heads and continue the pathetic rhetoric and lies and propaganda screaming over the people's voices with their message of drugs r bad mkay. The point is, they don't care. My only option is to emigrate to the Netherlands where one has more liberty based on values of tolerance for personal non harmful beliefs. The faster i do this, the better for my quality of life and happiness.