Everyone needs to sign this petition to have the The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 be moved to a hearing. Everybody should do it. Let them know we want this legalized. http://www.change.org/petitions/let-the-end-marijuana-prohibition-act-get-a-hearing
It's nice, but the petition doesn't exactly mean anything. It could reach a million signatures, and they still are not obligated to put it on the ballot. Hell, Ron Paul has introduced it to his committee over a dozen times, but it never makes it further than that. They don't even give him an extension of more than 5 minutes to speak on the bill. What difference would it make if this Lamar fellow were to introduce it?
No, I think you misunderstood the point. Lamar will NOT be introducing it, I was speaking hypothetically. They are hoping that Fred Upton will sponsor it, but like I said, decriminalization bills never get a fighting chance in the house. The sponsor will talk in the committee for 5 minutes, no one will vote to renew his speaking privileges, and that will be the end of it. I doubt it will even make it to the floor.
What's the point of legalizing it. In all honesty, weed hasn't been legal in forever and yet I still enjoy it on a near-daily basis. And "legalizing it" only means that the government would regulate approved weed and you would have to pay a per-ounce-tax on any personal weed I'm sure most people would not want to pay a tax on their weed so they would be breaking the law in that regard and then we're in the same boat So I say don't legalize it, just smoke that shit man
At least decriminalize growing and all possesion no matter what amount of bud you have, then I will be happy.
They can't totally stop enforcing it though, cause they'll need to make sure that people aren't selling "black market weed" as it would be known It's the exact same situation with alcohol or cigarettes You can't bootleg alcohol or sell cigarettes unless you are authorized
The point is to put a stop to arresting non-violent cannabis offenders, and putting them in jail at a rate of one every THIRTY SEVEN SECONDS. The point is to allow safe access of medical marijuana to the SICK AND SUFFERING in order to give them some quality of life. The point is to put a stop to privatized institutions that pay off COPS, JUDGES, AND LAW MAKERS in order to keep their cells full of innocent kids for experimenting with pot. The point is to put a stop to ruining the lives of thousands of college age kids by REVOKING THIER TUITIONS AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANTS FOR THEIR EDUCATION just for smoking a joint from a harmless plant. That's the point. So, I signed the petition, and I also had my own say. This is what I submitted, and it can also be viewed on the petition comments page.
Signed and bumped. Someone should post a copy of this in the Activism forum. I would... but I'm high... I'd probably forget halfway between copying and pasting...