Wait a minute! Everyone should read this!

[Kilo0192]

lol, I need to smoke too.

Agreed...:rasta:

[birdgirl73]

I have no idea why this old, old thread from 2005 even got re-activated. It's an amazingly stupid one. Folks can't sue governments, and oil companies didn't make pot illegal. If anyone in big business/industry has conspired to do that, it's been big pharmaceutical companies, not oil. Oil may be invested in keeping hemp and hemp oil illegal and hemp fuels on the down-low, but not recreational/medical weed.

[ZaTrueDutchMasta]

Well i think an important factor to look at is the reason why marijuana is illegal. Alot of people have the misconception that marijuana is illegal because the U.S. Govt thinks its harmful and destructive. But we have to understand who we are dealing with. the govt. isnt stupid. they know for a fact that weed isnt dangerous. they also no that it isnt addictive and doesnt lead to violence. marijuana prohibition is a form of revenue in the U.S. think about it. if im busted growing a couple plants in my house its possible for them to take my house. after they take my house they are going to sell it and make a profit. same with your car. people say that by making weed illegal your wasting resourses. but the truth is prohibition is wasting the average mans tax dollars but not the DEA's. thats there income. thats their paycheck. and the greedy fucks will do anything to keep it. i think that our efforts should be split. by falsifying the physical effects of marijuana they scare that average man into accepting the money being taken from him. we need to focus on educating the average american (not the DEA) that pot isnt harmful. this way the average man will not accept where his money is going to. what we need to do with the govt is call them out on the fact that they use marijuana directly for the purpose of creating revenue and force them to answer for what they have done. force them to come up with a reason as to why its ok to take a person personal property and then sell it for profit.

just my two cents :rasta:

[Divadish]

Apparently hashish/weed became illegal internationally in 1928 at League of nations (formerly United nations) 2nd opium conference ,these conferences coming as result of western governments worried about opium use among it's immigrant populations (mainly Chinese railroad workers in the USA) and weeds illegal status came into being as some sort of compromise to the Egyptian or Morroccan delegate over the banning of opium...apperently

[A Scanner Darkly]

It's definitely a prohibition from the government, and we all know how the last one turned out. Hopefully this one will end the same way. Of course, we aren't making quite the same uproar the people made when they outlawed alcohol.

[MastaChronic]

Apparently hashish/weed became illegal internationally in 1928 at League of nations (formerly United nations) 2nd opium conference ,these conferences coming as result of western governments worried about opium use among it's immigrant populations (mainly Chinese railroad workers in the USA) and weeds illegal status came into being as some sort of compromise to the Egyptian or Morroccan delegate over the banning of opium...apperently

no, cannabis was made illegal in 1932
and it wasnt internationally....i dont know where you people get your "facts"

Jack Herer - Chapters

[Divadish]

1932 ... thats it ? full stop, no info or supporting story ? sorry MC i prefer my version better ...... and probably the same places you do

[MastaChronic]

1932 ... thats it ? full stop, no info or supporting story ? sorry MC i prefer my version better ...... and probably the same places you do

sorry, 1936

i dont need to provide a supporting story, if you follow my link and read the free book it brings you to it explains everything you ever want to know about cannabis.
my post wasnt just directed at you though
birdgirl, the pharm. companies didnt make weed illegal, you have it backwards
the dupont oil corporation got together with some paper industry that owned a popular news paper printed fake news stories "maihuana crazed negroes luring white women" "marihuana crazed negroes stepping on white mens shadows" etc etc etc
the 30's were a very racist time

i really dont want to give the whole story, ive done it so many times and obviously the link i provided wasnt followed

[Divadish]

watch the Mr Nice (Howard Marks) dvd he reads actual transcripts from the 1928 conference where the Egyptian gives his argument for the illegality of hashish... it's fu@"in hilarious ,

[Divadish]

'The Emperor wears no clothes' by Jack is a very good reference on hemp/cannabis history and a much later publication 'Cannabis culture' by Patrick Matthews is a good read on cannabis in todays society