received response letters from my Congresspeople ...

[Pride]

HOLY SHIT I MADE A POINT!
http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsa...920789,00.html
Cannabis medicine spray. Simply spray in your mouth and you're cured

See what I mean? Weed is a plant and therefore may have many medical discoveries like lots of plants out there. You can't just throw it out and say there's no medical benefits cause all it does is make you stoned out of your mind therefore proving to be a useless drug.
LUNACY!!

[The Figment]

More stuff:

How do we counter people showing up to work high as a motherfucker if medical weed is legal? I can't answer that one. And that is why they prefer pharmacy drugs. Because it cures you but still be able to function normally.

Oh,Really??? Then explain ALL those who show up for work Wacked on Lortab,Oxycotin,Xanax Ect... I work in a factory and let me tell you about all those "sober" people and the michines they run!!!!!!!

[newactivist]

Yeah Pride, The Figment has you on that one. Yes I know people show up for work high. However, most of the people I've seen losing work was from legal drugs used badly. Especially Oxy and addicitve other ones. People have been showing up for work stoned since at least the 50's and our country hasn't come to a standstill. Oh, if you think you can take ANY painkiller and still function in a high risk environment then you're either dreaming or covered in stumps! High risk environments require a clear head or you've got trouble.

As for using it as a medicine I agree. However, since the government has know for over 30yrs that components of marijuana cure cancer then why have they not moved it from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 2 drug so researchers can work on it and save lives? It's because of the specific and documented lobbying of drug companies. Again we are back to Washington being too corrupted with special interests to do what's right.

I agree with other things you say though, don't get me wrong. A question I have for your officer friend, or anyone for that matter, is if they feel so strongly about their moral position why won't they debate us? Open honest and unscripted? Our government has refused to do this all the way back to Fiorella LaGuardia. I challenge anyone to debate me on this issue, I will win.

If their position is so strong then let them stand on their own hind legs and test it in public.

[newactivist]

I will even be more than happy to debate it in his station, with a audience of his fellow officers. I am that confident.

[daima]

so we know who's on our side of the medical marijuana issues ... I just received two responses concerning letters I wrote to two prominent Congresspeople from California ... remember, CA is pretty much the forefront of pot activism ..
Senator Barbara Feinstein, Democrat-CA, responded with a 'form letter' stating her position on medical marijuana as being permissible for Cancer and AIDS 'ONLY' ... she was quite firm about this .. (notice she is coddling her gay San Franscisco constituency) ... and this, from a Democrat liberal who is 'on our side' ??...I dont think so ...

U.S. Representative Wally Herger, Republican-CA, responded with a two-page letter that actually looked like it had been typed, had a much better look than the typical 'form letter' ... anyway, although Congressman Herger was totally against medical marijuana, and touted repeatedly the "you already have Marinol to use" ... (thanks Wally, maybe you can afford that shit, I can't) ... I will say that Herger's reply was very well researched, obviously he put a LOT of effort into preparing that response letter ... this is what we're up against ...

Write your elected officials !! ... tell them what you want in an intelligent letter ... remember the old saying .. "keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer" ... the only thing these vultures understand is VOTES and CASH ... since most of us are light on cash, we need to let them know what we expect from them ... they don't want to lose votes, that means they might have to get a real job ! ... :smokin:

I live in San Francisco and i can tell you that Feinstein is not popular with many of us here. I am straight, but i know many gay people who do not vote or support Feinstein. We have an event that takes place in front of her Market Street Office(downtown SF) where people dress up like her and make fun of her. She called Medical Cannabis Users a " pain" in the butt". We havent stopped bothering her since.
We have more clubs that any other place in the world.:thumbsup:

dai*ma sf ca 94110:stoned:

[Mark Bryan]

I've been debatin' this ANONYMOUS prick on this teens helpin' teens site and he keeps tryin' to point out things that ain't even there,like the '74 University of Spain/Medical College of Richmond,Virginia. He claims that the doctors warn about side effects and that it shouldn't be legal,I ask him where and he says YOU DUMBASS! Do your OWN research! He even tried that on the hemp sites I provided like http://www.suffolkhousing.org/pages/hempage.html or http://www.ecofibre.com.au/otherprods.html and http://hempmuseum.org He's worse than the LIBS who do nothin' but attack and spew lies and offer no proof at all!