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- freakk123, on 03/30/2009, -1/+24Pending trials for those who operate dispensaries and those who use doctor-prescribed medical marijuana should be thrown out.
- thcobbs, on 03/30/2009, -2/+16"what happens to pending trials and convictions in cases that, today, would no longer be pursued?"
pending trials... dropped
convictions...... sorry, you got caught too early - ChrisOrr, on 03/30/2009, -0/+14I dunno, there is an awful lot of money to be made prosecuting these people. Since we are looking for ways to improve the economy and since human rights have never been the issue I say we just charge them anyways with an "equal value" crime. Those lawyers, DEA agents, police officers, drug test companies, and rehab clinics aren't going to pay themselves! We have to view this opportunity in lue of our economic crisis. We all (poor people) are going to have to make some sacrifices so that we (not poor people) can get on with our lives. If its not obvious to you yet that this is an issue of whats more important, money or a few innocent lives, and I think I speak for everyone when I say I'd do just about anything for money. You see if this were legalized then a lot of people who are a lot more important than just some stupid druggies will potentially be out of a job, and so we must make sacrifices to keep the sanctity and validity of our legal system intact.
end sarcasm - VegasAlive, on 03/30/2009, -0/+13I believe they moved it to next year to get more support
- redgiemental, on 03/30/2009, -0/+8That is flawed logic when the law is wrong in the first place.
By that logic someone who smuggled slaves to freedom is the same type of criminal as a thief. - MrsButtersworth, on 03/30/2009, -0/+8How would this be any different than retroactive immunity for telecoms?
- JCH897, on 03/30/2009, -2/+8legalize it, time to recognize it.
- p420, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5I'd like to share my personal story with people on here. Hopefully it's not too long or boring
When I was a teenager (I'm 27 now) I was diagnosed with severe anxiety. The average person doesn't realize how severe certain types of anxiety can be but I have one of the worst cases you can possibly have. There were multiple occasions where I would be out in public and I would have a severe panic attack, so severe that ambulances had to be called and I had to be hospitalized.
My doctor(s) prescribed me xanax. It worked great at first until about a year into using it. I started to hear voices and have suicidal thoughts. I thought I was going crazy but my doctor(s) informed me that it was actually a common side effect of xanax so we decided to go off the xanax. Since xanax is a highly addictive narcotic I had to be hospitalized when I went of xanax so I would have violent seizures that would kill me.
After going off the xanax we tried some other medications and some worked great and others didn't but they all had little side effects here and there that weren’t good for living a productive life. By the time I was about 18 or 19 it dawned on me that sometimes when I smoked marijuana it helped with my anxiety but sometimes it made it worse. I talked to a few doctors about this and found out that sativa strains of marijuana can make anxiety much worse but that indicia strains are helpful for many people who suffer severe anxiety.
Long story short eventually my doctor approved of me using marijuana and I was able to obtain it legally in the state of California. When I take the correct strains there is no question that marijuana helps my anxiety just as well as any traditional prescription meds and the negative side effects aren’t as severe. I have a personal caregiver who is nice enough to grow my marijuana for me so I always know I will the correct type of marijuana that works and not the strains that make my anxiety worse.
Anyway, that's my story. The reason I'm sharing it is because I think it's absurd that we still even have to have a conversation about medical marijuana on the federal level. It is simply inhumane and un-American that people like me are labeled as criminals and can potentially face prison time, lose jobs, not get loans, and other negative effects due to our current laws.
It's time we stop comparing marijuana to cheech and chong movies and listen to our scientists and medical experts and most importantly listen to the patients! - Coinspinner, on 03/30/2009, -1/+6Wow, a balanced article on Cannabis from Time magazine ?!
Sweet Lord, that is a news-story unto itself ! - thcobbs, on 03/30/2009, -0/+5Ahem........ Point of interest. It is STILL illegal, they are just no longer prosecuting it.
- ieatpizza, on 03/31/2009, -0/+5WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -1/+5They are thrown out by any judge who is worth a *****.
- ribs15183, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4The thought of placing more non-violent "offenders" into an already overrun prison system is flat-out sickening.
- XxtraLarGe, on 03/30/2009, -2/+6It's simple: They get dropped. Any others should be freed from prison since they're in prison for doing something that is now legal.
- roboto212, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4"California: California’s first-ever marijuana legalization bill, Assembly Bill 390: The Marijuana Control, Regulation and Education Act, is tentatively scheduled for a hearing before the Committee on Public Safety and Health on Tuesday, March 31. The Committee is expected to vote on this proposal immediately following the hearing so it is vital that you contact your elected officials, and the members of the Public Safety Committee in particular, and urge them to support AB 390. Contact information for the Committee is available here. You may also send letters in support of this measure to your state assemblyman here. For additional information on this hearing, or if you are interested in attending, please contact California NORML."
quoted from NORML front page - Coinspinner, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3Maybe the telecoms broke major spying laws, the other folks are just privately trying to cure their cancer?
In other words, one has a victim and one doesn't. - whoreable, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3I have serious serotonin and dopamine balance problems. This leads to a very unstable mind and behavior including anxiety. I can use small amounts of marijuana twice a week and feel fine. I am talking maybe a gram per week and my mood is much more stable. The other drugs that were prescribed to me didn't work as well, and I have been through a long list of them.
- sprNmgcHlmt, on 03/30/2009, -3/+6just leave people alone for ***** sake!
- p420, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3Not to mention we are talking about sick people here who end up suffering because of these raids. It's just mind boggling we would even consider harassing someone or throwing them in jail for using a medicine their doctors recommend.
It's a shame our so called leaders feel it is a high priority to get in between sick people and qualified medical experts! - poisenloaf, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3How is the link at the end of paragraph #2 (See pictures from classic Hollywood stoner cinema.) relevant to the story?
- bunghole59, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3common sense must prevail!
- evilJaze, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3So.... They're OK with MJ but not with gays marrying. <shakes head> HUH?
- fonetikly, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3The same thing happened to Vietnam draft dodgers. The first ones to be prosecuted received the harshest sentences. Then the political climate changed and it became more common and acceptable so the sentences were usually much less harsh. The earliest offenders were still in prison while new offenders received no jail time for the same offense.
- BungDiddy, on 03/30/2009, -2/+5it was originally going to be March 26. then it got pushed back to March 31. then it got pushed back to "early next year." NORML's website just hasn't been updated to reflect that last change. as much as i want the law to pass, i'm not holding my breath. it doesn't have a chance of ever seeing daylight.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3Anyone convicted should get an automatic appeal.
- frepnog, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3i lol'd.
- fonetikly, on 03/30/2009, -0/+3Ex post facto (After the fact) is prosecution for an act that wasn't a crime at the time when you committed it. That is the opposite of what's happening here.
- bpm2000, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2The government doesn't have to pay for that, but it's certainly an expense," says Joe Elford, staff attorney for the ASA . "It's the beginning of the end hopefully, and it will save the taxpayers millions if not tens of millions of dollars." He estimates that $500,000 is spent on the prosecution and incarceration of each individual facing charges. ***(See pictures from classic Hollywood stoner cinema.)***
wtf is with this ill-conceived and placed link in this article? - MatthewDuke, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2No it doesn't.
- thesake, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2Phew!! I thought you meant it.
- p420, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2In all fairness California is one of the most pro gay rights states in the country if not #1.
You are comparing apples and oranges. With medical marijuana even hardcore christian fanatics tend to support it because no one wants to see a cancer patient be denied a medicine that helps them. However, when you bring up gays getting married even casual christians are heavily against because their religion doesn't accept someone being gay.
Even though gay marriage failed in California when it was voted on we were still the state that started the whole gay marriage debate. It so many gays in California getting married that cause gay marriage to become a national issue. Currently there are more gay people that have married in California over the years than any other state in the country.
So before you bash California for voting against gay marriage I think you should realize that California supports gay rights more than anyone else in the country. The sad reality is that christians and other religious people will never vote for something that goes against their religion, and yes even in California there are a lot of Christian people. - Coinspinner, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2Sounds like it won't be thrown out by any federal judges then.
I don't get it how these judges get to pick the defense you can use, they don't let you even defend yourself. You can't even SAY "medical" marijuana, even though the USA Government holds medical patents and gives Cannabis to 8 people who need it medically, etc.
***** criminals run the system. - dancantone, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2THEY WOULD JUST BE LET GO!?!
I LOVE HOW COPS, LAWYERS, AND JUDGES CAN NEVER LET GO OF A CONVICTION EVEN IF PROVEN WRONG AND IMMORAL....KIND OF A SIMILAR PERSONALITY TRAIT!
PUKES OF SOCIETY! - Coinspinner, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2This article raises a good point:
So the solution is to keep the federal law on the books, but just ignore it ?!
So, are there any other laws that we should just ignore ? - Crazysticks, on 03/30/2009, -3/+5I just skimmed it, but correct me if i'm wrong. Why did this article not mention tomorrow's upcoming vote to regulate marijuana like alcohol in cali?
- NZN444, on 03/30/2009, -0/+2This is a productive step in attacking the irrationality at work in our system. This is how law sorts itself out.
Positive developments. - sodade, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1Don't you ***** get it? Stupid laws undermine the rule of law. If the government decides tomorrow that caffeine is a schedule 1 drug, all that is accomplished is that the people lose respect for the law.
Your attitude is: the law is the law and must be upheld above all sanity. That is an insanely authoritarian view and one that scares the ***** out of rational, thinking people.
Why is this so hard to understand?
And BTW, I wasn't really saying that you should be shot - how did you not see that? Funny that you think I should be shot for thinking you are an ignorant ass... - jbnumba1, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1What are you talking about? Of course innocent drug offenders should be released.
- warmblanket, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1good article
- evilsin, on 07/25/2009, -0/+1:(
www.drugfreecalifornia.org
WTF? www.paulchabot.com /WTF? - sodade, on 03/30/2009, -0/+1Because this is the crap they pass off as journalism in the US.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1Yeeeeaaahh. Such jackasses.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1Bush and Cheney answered "The entire US Constitution and the Bill of Rights!" 8)
- evilJaze, on 04/03/2009, -0/+1Masturbation, laziness, greed, sloth... these are all sins. They are not illegal in California...
- p420, on 03/30/2009, -0/+1good question. Other people are correct, the hearing for AB390 in California has been pushed back until next year. This was done at the request of the author of the bill.
He wanted to do this so there is more time to gain support from legislators in California who were against it.
Also our state governor said he would veto this bill if it passed (Arnold from terminator) but he is up for re-election soon so I think they delayed this hoping arnold will be thrown out and someone who is more likely not to veto it will replace him. - crazyeyezkilla, on 04/01/2009, -0/+1I'm still pissed at Obama's casual dismissal of legalization.
- AirNike, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1I think we just had a moment.
- thcobbs, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1here's a shocker... ITS STILL ILLEGAL.
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