Government Exposes it’s own Corruption/Idiocy

On October 19,2009 the Obama Administration issued a memo to all U.S. States Attorney’s offices notifying them of a change in policy regarding the prosecution of medical marijuana users.  As stated in the memorandum, the medicinal use of marijuana will no longer be a priority due to a severe lack of resources.  The Department of Justice, however, still refuse to acknowledge that the herb actually has medical value; no doubt to ensure it’s status as a “schedule I narcotic” that must be wiped off the face of the earth.

The memo even includes one statement that is truly comical, as long as you can get past roughly 15,000 violent deaths:

“The Department of Justice is committed to the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in all States. Congress has determined that marijuana is a dangerous drug, and the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime and provides a significant source of revenue to large-scale criminal enterprises, gangs, and cartels. One timely example underscores the importance of our efforts to prosecute significant marijuana traffickers: marijuana distribution in the United States remains the single largest source of revenue for the Mexican cartels.”

Despite it’s attempted wording to the contrary, the above example is easily one of the most powerful arguments against our failed prohibition of drugs.  Our unenforceable drug policy provides the black market funds which have allowed these organizations to become so powerful and dangerous. And, as Mexican President Calderon points out:

“To get drugs into the United States, the one you need to corrupt is the American authority, the American customs, the American police – not the Mexican,” Calderón said recently. “And that’s a subject, by the way, which hasn’t been addressed with sincerity.”

Sincerity is a rare word for politicians to use, much less understand; but there is little doubt that President Calderon is onto something here (to continue putting it mildly..)  Albert Einstein once pointed out that “..nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this.”

He may have been referring to alcohol at the time, but this statement is nonetheless true today.  And if anyone believes that we still have federal funds to waste on this failed war of illogical morality, please consider the following:

The Bankruptcy of The United States, as presented before Congress by Rep. James Traficant, Jr. (Ohio) on March 17, 1993

For actual solutions to the myriad of problems we are now facing as a nation, check out HempUSA.org.

Marijuana Prohibition is Over; Let the farmers work!

And, exactly why are these people being arrested for planting seeds?  Because those seeds are related to the seeds which produce the dangerous drug, marijuana. A drug that’s so dangerous, our government has NEVER proven a case where someone died from it (by comparison, over two hundred people die every year from reactions to acetametaphine–an over-the counter pain medication found in Tylenol.)

Not only is cannabis (marijuana) safe, it has also been scientifically proven as effective for a wide range of medicinal uses that include breast cancer treatment and adolescent ADD treatment.  According to experts, like the one below who recently testified before Congress, cannabis is hands-down the best treatment available for teens and adults suffering from ADD and ADHD…and somehow, our Congress still pretends that our drug policy is not contradicting it’s own rules while destroying what’s left of this great nation.

The good news is, medical marijuana is already legal in thirteen states and laws encouraging hemp farming have already been passed in seventeen states.  With our President’s assurance that no more federal raids would be conducted against medical marijuana users who are in compliance with state law, our federal government has finally recognized the medical utility of cannabis sativa.  In doing so, they have declared the prohibition against this plant illegal under the stated definition of a “Schedule I Narcotic”–which has the following three provisions:

1.  The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

2.  The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

3.  There is a lack of accepted safety for the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Now take a look at this video, pretend you are a member of Congress (without the kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies); and tell me whether or not you think ANY of these provisions are being met by the cannabis plant.  Tell me it’s worth gunning down kids and spending hundreds of billions of dollars just to keep us “safe” from a drug that is unquestionably safer than both alcohol and tobacco.  Tell me I don’t have a right to grow my own herbal medicine, which has been scientifically proven as both safer and more effective than pharmaceutical concoctions for literally hundreds of ailments.  Tell me one single benefit to society from our current (failed) prohibition, and maybe I’ll change my mind; possibly even vote for you in the next election…

If you are a U.S. citizen, please call your congress representative today and demand accountability for this ongoing atrocity; after all, it is our money they keep wasting.  Click here to visit Congress.org, where you can find all the contact information for your representative–and even send them messages directly.