When the times change and Weed is made legal, Marque Anthony will be on the side of the “Republi-Coons” in supporting legislature that incriminates us as black men and locks us in cages.

Why don’t I see any articles against Alcohol since its legal?

You are nothing but a phony “counselor” type social worker.

They got it on loan from the system. To try to argue the point with a brainwashed person like this using facts does no good. They are the textbook definition of “close-minded”. They will NEVER, EVER, EVER try mj for themselves and certainly not with an open-mind, so how can they have a valid first-hand opinion? No, no, they cannot. But why? The reason it is impossible for them, is they are terrified of knowing any truth personally or by their own experience! They don’t know what it means to LIVE, they only, “be-live”, or PRETEND to live. They know how to obey the system, their master. And who is the master of that system???

Their entire position is based on fear-faith. I’ve been in the fear-based, mind-controlled, camp of organized religion. It’s where all of the fear and social control started, way back in Rome, when Constantine ostensibly became a Christian (Yeah, right!). But it’s the same paradigm today. So, Constantine goes from slaughtering “believers” in mass in the stadiums one day to a saint the next? The only reason a “Christian” brain can accept this is because today they are sold the same BS… “you are saved the moment you believe… you go from darkness into light!” The somehow (convenient to their fear-based faith) miss the other facts in the situation, like, why did Constantine FORCE ON PAIN OF DEATH, all citizen to become Christians? Is this the act of one of the worst of humanity who had just come to know love and freedom? The real God gives freedom of choice, does he not? Next, Constantine conveniently rounds up and kills all the truly free people who might tell the real truth about Jesus and his message and exiles those he cannot kill (why?), has the “church” hunt like dogs, any who happened to escape… has his scribes write the “new abridged” version of the bible which brings people under fear/control, and appoints the official clergy to interpret and mediate the masses’ contact with “god”. He conducts huge group baptisms and ta-dah! Everyone now BELIEVES they’re saved. In fact, now they are “twice the son of hell previously”. How do you offer directions to a blind person who is convinced they can see and have the only map?! To seal the deal, they are also duped into believing that IF they LOSE their “faith (really just fear) or believe ANYTHING else, then it means they were deceived(!) which is equivalent to their death (literal) and damnation (spiritual). In short order, Constantine (and the “church”) has all original letters and writings collected and burned. The basic model of all organized religion is the same today.

The people here who support this article have bought all the lies of the system and they are hopelessly dependent upon it. In essence, they are a new kind of slave. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin, but what is (or is not) inside your rib cage. They are so married to their ego (what they suppose to be their life and their way of navigating in it) that they will do anything to fight for the preservation of the system, for if the system fell, they would be lost.

The truth is this plant, cannabis, is one among a great cloud of witnesses. But it is special and powerful. If recognized for what it is, it is your key out of the sick matrix of fear and control that run this freak show we call modern civilization. It is your invitation back into the real world of CREATION. To those of you wrapped in fear, who deal with others only through your ego (the unique mask you created to navigate the lie) and are content to only deal with other egoes… to you, if you are truly lost, none of what I have written will make sense. In fact, I guess you will find additional reasons (as you do at any opportunity) do be more firmly convinced of the dark magic that fools and rules you. Those of you who love the truth and whose hearts are open and full of love, I love you for your courage and your willingness to stand against the mindless crowd!

life is turned into a burden, we are competing to live, industries growing big, people living less, sleeping less than before when they used to sleep twice a day and they even lived longer with no fear of cancer, cancer starts from the mind, dont be scared of it hunger kills a lot even the infants who dont understand what you mean by cancer. we can do this people, we can reduce this pressure its ours by changing the way we think, see buffalos move at the pace of the slowest, cannt the people who have more give those who have less? yes you can say about hardwork, some things were stolen from others and because of time and change they cannt be returned. but for now since we know the solution why cannt we do it? everything is gorvened by the same law now, why cant we change the laws to change the world?

if you dont know where you come from i dont think you know where you re going. we used lo live forever in a way that when you re born you remember your past live and continue livity, death used to be sleep but now nobody knows it yet they are scared of it.

Cannabis prohibition, after it ends, will go down as one of the most racist policies in American government history. It was highly ironic that an article parroting refer madness was posted on a blog like this.

The prohibition was originally pushed on America in 1937 by a narcotics agent named Harry Anslinger. He pushed the criminalization so he and his agents would have a paycheck following the fall of alcohol prohibition. At the time, health concerns were not the pitch. Cannabis was the active ingredient in about 40% of medicines and had been used for 1000s of years. Instead Asingler changed the name to marijuana (a Mexican slang term) and used pure racism:

He said this to Congress:

“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.”

And he said things like this: “Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.”

THIS is the man and the policy the author of this article unwittingly gave voice to. For the last 75+ years, cannabis prohibition has destroyed so many Black lives, it’s impossible to count. Further, the medicinal value of this God-given plant is being rediscovered, and we can only imagine how many people have suffered over the decades for lack of the medicine.

When the prohibition finally, fully, falls, this “slavery” will thankfully come to an end.

The evidence against prohibition is overwhelming at this point. Too many of our black brothers and sisters have been harmed by the failed drug war. We ask that the author join the community and stop promoting the reefer madness that has devalued and enslaved our community. As others have written, perhaps he earns his paycheck from this madness. We ask that he stops, please.

Please do not say it’s “useless” — to fight against the injustice of the drug war. Please read what Stel1776 says in response to your comment. Please do not call this medicine “crap.” Please Google epilepsy and learn about how cannabis is a treatment.

No Sir, the case will not be closed until we educate.

Which health issue are you talking about? It is worse than those of alcohol and tobacco? I feel that death is a pretty big health issue so let’s put that into perspective:

U.S. DEATHS EACH YEAR BY CAUSE

443,000 deaths – Tobacco – [Adhikari et al. 2008]

300,000 deaths – Obesity – [Allison et al. 1999]

106,000 deaths – Prescription drugs (PROPER use) – [JAMA. 1998]

74,600 deaths – Alcohol (excluding traffic crashes) – [CDC. 2013]

22,134 deaths – Prescription drugs (overdose) – [JAMA. 2013]

450 deaths – Acetaminophen/Tylenol (overdose) – [Lee. 2004]

0 deaths – Cannabis (overdose) – [Calabria et al. 2010; Hall 2014]

0 deaths – Cannabis (overall) – [Sidney et al. 1997]

Despite decades of numerous studies that were designed to find negative effects of cannabis (this is the mandate of the federal organization that approves a very large portion of the studies, the NIDA), it has not been proven to cause serious disease. The cannabis / cancer connection is very weak, with many peer-reviewed studies showing protective effects. Overall there appears to be no increase in cancer risk from using cannabis:

“The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to examine the relationship of marijuana use to cancer incidence. The study population consisted of 64,855 examinees …We conclude that, in this relatively young study cohort, marijuana use and cancer were not associated in overall analyses…”
Sidney S et al. Marijuana use and cancer incidence (California, United States). Cancer Causes Control. 1997.

“Cannabis smoke may be carcinogenic but it has been difficult to conclusively link cannabis use and cancer development epidemiologically, and cannabinoids have shown some promise as anti-cancer therapies”
Bowles et al. The intersection between cannabis and cancer in the United States. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2012. Review.

A study involving over 65,000 people found that cannabis is not associated with greater mortality in general:

“Marijuana use in a prepaid health care-based study cohort had little effect on non-AIDS mortality in men and on total mortality in women.”
Sidney et al. Marijuana use and mortality. Am J Public Health. 1997.

“Overall, by comparison with other drugs used mainly for ‘recreational’ purposes, cannabis could be rated to be a relatively safe drug.”
Iversen L. Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2005. Review.

Not that lack of medical harm would be a requirement for legalization, it turns out overall there is little, if any.