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

The American dream

As an American citizen you should have a right to the raw materials required to be self sufficient. Or to further your own entrepreneurial or hobbyist ambitions.

It's funny how this system is being shifted towards less and less rights for anyone but academia, the corporation and those that get degrees. You should not have any less rights to success because of your non-affiliation with these organizations. But law after law that becomes more and more true. That is part of the problem with America today. Get a degree and be bankrupt for the rest of your life or don't and have no rights to success and prosperity, or the American dream.

 Don't put age restrictions on it or teach people pharmacology, take peoples rights away and arrest them. Make the police state worse. Removing your right to purchase caffeine creates more monopoly for corporations, it creates a situation where the only people that can buy or use caffeine in its pure form for whatever reason, may it be soda making or personal consumption corporate, licensed businesses.-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8NvHlwRknc&feature=share

 Link to: Food additives, including caffeine

The Interview: North Korea Threatens to Blow Up White House

Oh yeah, take your anger out on the citizens of this nation. Many of which care nothing about that movie.

Mainland
Mainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region (as contrasted with a nearby island or islands), or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called "Mainlanders". Because of its larger area, a mainland almost always has a much larger population than its associated islands, and mainlander culture and politics sometimes threaten to dominate those of the islands.

Mainland United States, as opposed to the state of Hawaii and overseas territories like the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The terms "U.S. Mainland" and "The Mainland" are commonly used in Hawaii, but less commonly on the U.S. mainland itself. The term "continental United States" is used, but is ambiguous in sometimes excluding Alaska and sometimes not. The term "contiguous United States" is more precise in excluding both Alaska and Hawaii. A common term used to refer to the continental U.S. excluding Alaska is "the lower 48", but Hawaii has a lower latitude than any other state. (The word "mainland" occurs numerous times in Hawaiian law, and apparently refers to any part of the United States outside of Hawaii.[2])

Link to article- The Interview: North Korea Threatens to Blow Up White House

Well, Free Speech is under attack again

Free speech is free speech. They should have never been allowed to pick and choose what is in the first place. Ask yourself what is next, any unpopular speech. THE founders killed the blokes that they did and separated themselves from the crown for a reason. They just banned certain forms of sexual expression in Britain. If this court case results in a conviction will that leave rapers open to being targeted in the near future for their lyrics? In my opinion it's parody.

Is the internet protected by the First Amendment? The Supreme Court will decide

Plant VS. Drug to the UN.

If it is not a drug it is not under your jurisdiction. All plants currently targeted by national and international law should  be stricken from the record. A plant is not a drug and cannot be one. The argument that they can be abused or can be classified as precursors is mute seeing as how plants like morning glory are widely available. There are also numerous other native plants that contain other illegal substances that are not illegal. The enforcement of laws against all plants that contain any precursors or illegal substances would be impossible. The CSA and international treaties were passed to go after the problem-ed abuse of drugs such as the amphetamines when there was a problem with diversion from pharmacy's. These laws(treaties) have been misused to attack the spiritual use of many different plants, they have also been used to attack those interested in the botanical use, the conservation and collection of these plants. The controlled SUBSTANCES act should not apply to plants. It is a miscarriage of justice that these plants have been allowed to be slipped into the act and it should not stand. Nor should the international laws.

 You know whats funny? Cannabis is a plant, :O THC is a drug. And for the past 4 decades a law passed in an effort to control addictive substances Called the Controlled Substances Act has been abused and misapplied to arrest people for possessing numerous different plants. Including cannabis. A plant is not and cannot be a substance, therefore any plant on such a list should be removed on the grounds that it does not and cannot fit into being classified by by the CSA.

Freedom of speech and the UK

The justice system is doing as DEA chief's describe the drug war, you get rid of one profit system, and Squeeze one end of the justice system and sentencing balloons in another. First it's trolls, then it's unpopular speech.

Under the current law, people who subject their victims to sexually offensive, verbally abusive or threatening material on the internet can only be prosecuted in magistrates' courts under the Malicious Communications Act- Depending on ones ideology or belief system that could literally mean anything. You know trolling goes both ways. The legal system is often used to troll unsuspecting victims as well.

In regards to this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11172231/Internet-trolls-to-face-two-years-in-jail.html

Just to let you know similar laws have been enacted in some US states.

A small list of other people and things to be proud of as an Italian other than Columbus.

A small list of other people and things to be proud of as an Italian other than Columbus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzelle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli_%28food%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta
http://www.italiansrus.com/resources/famousitalians.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italians

Morally reprehensible laws.

There are reasonable laws and regulations, and then there are laws such as those used to target plants like cannabis and their consumers. Laws that do nothing but harm others based on the premise that they could be doing something wrong, morally. Laws based in pre-judgement. Laws that show nothing but a lack of faith in a so-called faith based society.

Pre-judgement definition

A society that believes in judgement before the creator wouldn't need laws that punish behaviors that harm no-one, behaviors that could be deemed wrong in the eyes of god, if it was run by the truly faithful as is claimed.

Reply to Real Farmacy story- Study Reveals E-Cigarettes Contain Formaldehyde and Produce Toxic Secondhand “Smoke”

Link To Article- Study Reveals E-Cigarettes Contain Formaldehyde and Produce Toxic Secondhand “Smoke”

This article does not contain an argument about e-cig flavors being used as marketing to children but I have seen articles that do and I am sick and tired of the rhetoric about this product. Sick and tired of the across the board attack on edible products and vaporizers. Tell me more how if something has flavor a company is marketing to children. Tell me more how soda companies are marketing to children because their soda has flavor. End the madness when it comes to cannabis edibles if it be Colorado, alcohol based edibles in the rest of the country or if it be e-cig flavors. People have been marketing shisha for the use of people from different ethnicity's for years, it's flavored but there has been not a word about it. It would show how prejudice the people who push for discriminatory legislation against products like these are. I want to live in a country without fascism, a country where I know that I can walk to the store and pick up some artificial flavor or a healthier alternative to a cigarette. I want to live in a country where I can buy an herbal vaporizer or aromatherapy device. I want to live in a free country

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So avoid propylene glycol. Buy organic nicotine. Cheap Chinese e-cigs that get the tincture of nicotine too hot do. Regulate the temp constraints not the device overall. We regulate radio waves with the FCC, so regulate temperature on the e-cig. Such regulations should not be applied to vaporizers. That being stressed heavily because unreasonable regulation regarding the vaporizer would lead to deviation from the legitimate market and lead to the establishment of black markets for the product. The e-cig is meant to be a standard do nothing cigarette alternative. Make it safer, but DO NOT attack the vaporizer with regulations. You will do more harm than good.