Quote Originally Posted by cannakeeper
...A big part of this for me is possibly reaching ...the "Joe Plumber" lol that may not even have a clue there is relief, due to the same life-long lies fed to them as all have at one point.
Strictly speaking...not all cannabis users are liberals. Some of us republicans actually can put our own thoughts together to make an educated and honest appraisal of everything in our lives...recreation and health issues included.

The more we represent this pholosophy as a general approach to federal decriminalization, the more the results will remain the same. (insanity: doing the same thing over and over...but expecting different results)
Same with the "gett'in a party started right" approach...If you want to party, let's party. If you want social or legal change, wouldn't it be more productive to go at it with a clear head, honest discourse and organized efforts at getting our image out of the Cheech and Chong light? Or has getting together, lighting a few joints, and continuing a demonstrative strategy of lung capacity, really worked?

I've ben a part of this movement since the Paraquat Kelly (morning DJ at KLOS or KMET radio, Los Angeles) days of testing our imported pot for poisons, (Paraquat and marijuana) sprayed on cannabis fields in Mexico by our DEA. (yet still imported by the robber barron pot cartels, knowing it's leathality) And after decades of efforts, not one damn thing has changed since, on the federal level. Yet the NORML approach (public demonstrations) remains the model for getting the message out. Yeah...that always ends well.
PETA has a better image than cannabis users. Now what does that say about our marketing and image strategies...?

I love the idea that the movement still exists...I would just like to see it evolve, too.