goverments prey on the weak

We live in a society where it is OK to prey upon a group(or community) of people based on the plant they choose to identify with.
 Some like tomatoes, for their taste, some like lavender for it's smell, some like the morning glory for it's beautiful blooms, you are not allowed to like cannabis for any of those reasons in this society.

Legalization Initiatives

Can you take any intoxicating legal herb that you want and drive as long as you can pass a sobriety test? Can you grow those herbs in public view? Can you grow hops in your yard if you want too, even though they are commonly used to brew alcoholic beverages? The amendments coming out these days do not contain reasonable compromises. They will continue the plight of those in the cannabis community. There will still be arrests of the poor and those that cannot afford to buy from cannabis retailers, those that chose to grow what god gave to them.

Outdoor Cannabis

If a minor snuck onto your property and stole a bunch of foxglove or purple irises and consumed them then died who would most likely get the blame? Now apply that same situation to cannabis yet the minor doesn't die. Who would get the blame? The problem is with you, not those that want the freedom to grow a plant, just like any other variety put on this earth.

My opinion on the CSA and plants.

Do we measure the value of dandelions in a field or trees in a forest like we do cannabis or other similar plants? How do they know that these certain scheduled plants are destined for use or sale as a drug? They are living organisms. The plant doesn't become a drug until either the THC or other similar substance is extracted from it, or someone consumes it with the intent to cure or treat an illness or disease.
Any plant, which contains hundreds or thousands of substances listed as a single substance under the CSA is mislabeled and that makes any targeting of an individual under that false labeling unconstitutional and unlawful.
A substance is a compound separate from any plant material or other compounds. It is singular, not plural. Cannabis, or any other plant for that matter by definition are not substances.

The drug war as of late, The CSA and the unconstitutionality of it's current wording/contents

To list a plant as a substance under the law and attack peoples right to cultivate it under the automatic assumption of guilt in the intent to distribute it, consume it or sell it for consumption is unconstitutional. The cannabis plant is listed in the CSA using a slang term. Do you want politicians that don't even use common sense and obfuscate the facts about a plant to attack everyone in our society in office? Do you want someone that blindly calls a plant a drug, and spews mis-characterizations that make US citizens look ignorant and uneducated in office?


The mis-characterizations in the CSA have only been allowed to stand for so long because the people have just accepted them. With apathetic attitudes when dealing with our relationships between plants and drugs as a society. Letting these people run all over society by bending the CSA to say and mean whatever they want it to.

 Our drug war as of late is predicated upon the userpment of the burden of proof.

My two cents on the war on coca and unruly drug law enforcers

There are coca farmers and then there are cocaine farmers. The lack of respect for that difference by the us government shows that they have no interest in following laws or rules, it shows how ignorant they are to the difference between plant and substance and it shows that they do not have the maturity or trustworthiness to be in charge of enforcing or mandating drug laws.

What are the symptoms of caffeine overdose?

What are the symptoms of caffeine overdose?

Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system and can produce a variety of effects elsewhere in the body. The symptoms of a caffeine overdose ("caffeinism") will vary, according to individual differences and the amount consumed. Doses ranging from 250 to 750 mg (2 to 7 cups of coffee or 1-4 tablets of NoDoz) can produce restlessness, dizziness, nausea, headache, tense muscles, sleep disturbances, and irregular heart beats. Doses of over 800 mg (7 cups of coffee or 4 tablets of NoDoz) can produce all of the above as well as a reaction similar to an anxiety attack, including delirium, drowsiness, ringing ears, diarrhea, vomiting, light flashes, difficulty breathing, convulsions (extreme overdose). These amounts of caffeine may come from a single dose or from multiple doses at short intervals. Besides caffeine's effects, the essential oils of coffee may cause gastrointestinal irritation and diarrhea, and the high tannin content of tea can result in constipation. Erowid Caffeine Vault : Effects

New "synthetic cocaine" drug popular with kids, let's ban it.

It's called coffee and it is a new drug. It is legal in Colombia and the united states. It can easily be bought at gas stations, tobacco shops and on the internet. An organic herbaceous plant that is native to tropical Asia and Southern Africa. It is rapidly becoming the favorite drug among young adults because of it's stimulant effects. It is a central nervous system stimulant and works in the same way that cocaine, methamphetamine and amphetamines do.

                                               Pictured above: The dangerous new drug coffee most commonly consumed by businessmen and Night shift workers, it is rapidly becoming popular with the younger generation.


This dangerous drug is also now being purified into a concentrated pure crystal form called caffeine USP. Most commonly used by truck drivers in pill form to stave off sleep in order to be able to get their job done on time, however this dangerous purified form of the drug coffee is now folly to our youth and can cause heart attacks in relatively small doses.

                                           Pictured above: The dangerous and deadly extract of caffeine, which can cause heart attacks, irregular heartbeat, delirium, light flashes, ringing ears, convulsions and death.

As mentioned above this dangerous drug has effects similar to that of cocaine and meth, in order to try and prevent a new drug crisis like the meth epidemic our legislators will be introducing a slew of new legislation across the country to make the new drug illegal.

There is no question that coffee is a dangerous and deadly new drug and this legislation is a must to prevent another epidemic.

The new bans being pushed will criminalize the sale, manufacture and the possession of products containing both coffee and caffeine. State law would be amended to place coffee and it's derivatives, including caffeine on a long list of other plants we dislike to be classed as controlled dangerous substances. Violators of the law, if caught would go to prison for between 8 months and 10 years and face fines of up to $300,00 dollars depending on the offense.

A message to NORML and all cannabis activists

Legalizing a cannabis monopoly is legalizing the further discrimination of an entire people. Legalize a monopoly and you turn a plant into the new liquor. No doubt the stereotypes will remain, people will continue to get arrested for growing it and habitual use will probably increase because of the perception of this not as a plant, but a drug that only the government should be allowed to produce. Don't let them rape the cannabis plant and all of it's strains. Legalize home-growth or legalize nothing

 Not asking for perfection, asking for the basic human right to grow a plant, don't forget why you became a part of this movement, don’t sell out.

 If our right’s are not respected, we will not vote for a measure

 Weve waited over 70 years, now is not the time to cave, once ABC stores(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage_control_state) were instated there was no changing the law, don't give them an inch.

                                    

                                                   
                                              home-growth or no growth.

If our right’s are not respected, we will not vote for a measure home-growth or no growth. - See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2015/01/26/demanding-perfect-legalization-is-a-formula-for-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-2712956

Not asking for perfection, asking for the basic human right to grow a plant, don;t forget why you became a part of this movement, don’t sell out. - See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2015/01/26/demanding-perfect-legalization-is-a-formula-for-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-2712956

Not asking for perfection, asking for the basic human right to grow a plant, don;t forget why you became a part of this movement, don’t sell out. - See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2015/01/26/demanding-perfect-legalization-is-a-formula-for-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-2712956

Not asking for perfection, asking for the basic human right to grow a plant, don;t forget why you became a part of this movement, don’t sell out. - See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2015/01/26/demanding-perfect-legalization-is-a-formula-for-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-2712956

armor bans

Banning certain levels of body armor for citizens does nothing but make the world a more dangerous place for citizens while creating double standards for those within the political system. It also creates more criminals because there are those that will not be giving up their already owned pre-ban armor. These laws are a disgusting attack on the right to self defense.

Resources

Non-renewable resources will run out eventually. Our coffin is made, If we do not get together the proper resources to switch to a renewable energy source then we will die off. This isn't about climate change, nor is it about religiosity or non-religiosity, it's about a long term future for everyone living on this earth.

A Problem that the dea watch-list made worse

Cracking down on the individuals who abuse
certain substances just causes more harm. The
dea instated mandatory forms that people must
fill out in order to purchase certain chemicals that could
be misused to manufacture scheduled drugs as part of their watch-list. In my opinion if
they are going to break the law they are going
to do it. Cracking down on the tools that they
use to do it does nothing but create drugs like
crokodil. The reason that the stuff is so
dangerous is because of the dea's actions. In
my opinion they made the meth lab problem worse
and more dangerous, as well as the meth itself.
If they would have approached the issue
differently the meth lab outbreak wouldn't have
gotten as out of hand as it did. If they worked
with the community and educated people instead
of attacking entire professions and creating
stigmas about them then maybe they wouldn't have people
driving around doing one pot meth cooking
ruining their body's and endangering the lives
of others. If they had never created the
watch-list the one pot method would have never
came into existence, methamphetamine would not
be as dangerous as it is and a lot more people
might still be alive. Funds could have been allocated to helping decrease the problemed abuse of these substances and the mexican meth problem may not be as bad as it is today.

Link to related article:  New drug dynamic for Mexico-U.S.: Less pot, a lot more heroin, meth

Plants, botany and the illegality of the pursuit of happiness

Certain forms of botany and taxonomy are illegal. If a plant collector chooses a genus of plant which happens to have plants in it that have been scheduled their collection will never be complete. If they wish to have a complete collection they are labeled a criminal by the united states government. Do you have a right to the pursuit of happiness in this nation?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

religious freedom

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari_movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asceticism#Hinduism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism .....  etc.




A sacrament that is sometimes attacked by legislators is the Eucharist, the traditional sacrament of the most traditionally ascribed to religion in this nation-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist

The issue with "synthetic cannabis" laws

Under a not for human consumption policy, things like the health harms associated with research chemical laced herbal incense happen. Recommended dosage cannot be established and government can use the issues that occur because of the lack of knowledge about these products, as well as the stigmas that arise to attack them. The stigmas about the products all based on the misnomer(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_cannabis#Misnomer) THEY created and an untrue construct(idea) about the product, that is supposed to simply be an herbal admixture. Selective enforcement of false advertising laws regarding these products helped lead to their outright ban. Many of the "spice" products(herbal incense) didn't state what they consisted of and much of the time contained illegal substances. The ban is totally illegitimate and based on whack a mole policing strategy, dragging innocent people into their drug war for no other reason than that they are too incompetent to enforce current regulations. Most synthetic cannabinoids are illegal but they didn't just go after the research chemicals that the products were being laced with by retailers and sometimes manufactured with. They went after the product as a whole, they passed broad laws that could allow for the usurpment of religious freedom. They passed laws that create a legal free for all for the DOJ when it comes to the shipping, sales and purchase of herbal incense. They passed laws that outlaw herbal admixtures altogether in some states.

Plant VS Substance Don't Be Fooled By a Corrupt Media

Plant definition-
a. Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae. 
b. A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb. 
c. Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom

Substance definition- A specific type of matter, esp a homogeneous material with a definite composition 

Small molecule Wiki-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_molecule

The drug war

List of 3 currently prescribed modern medications far stronger than heroin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymorphone -6-8 times more potent than morphine / 3-4 times as potent as heroin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl -80 to 100 times more potent than morphine / 40-50 times as potent as heroin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufentanil -500 times as potent as morphine / 250 times as potent as heroin

My opinion on the issue:

Don't forget who invented Heroin. Don't forget who originally marketed it, how it was marketed and what happened afterwards. Ask yourself, was it a good reason for the disinformation that has helped spread the war on drugs around(a war which now includes numerous plants and soon to come, native species)?

Remember, at the time before our our nations struggles with addiction was cocaine in the colas, and morphine in the miracle elixirs widely and heavy handedly marketed at the time. There were no discrete storefronts as we have with modern hard alcohol sales today. There was no marketing guidelines, no false advertising laws. Shortly after all of that along came heroin. one and a half to two times more potent than morphine itself. The perfect storm. Remember this, it's all in how drugs were marketed that led to our nations inflated addiction problems at the time.

The end of freedom in America?

Weve been here before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett%27s_law) / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_cannabis#Misnomer / Tell me, which plant comes after kratom? You know that this isn't right. Your right to grow tomatoes, or anything is next.

Link to video: DEA warns about Kratom