[Ryan]

Medical Marijuana:

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that state laws won't protect medical marijuana users from a federal ban on the substance. Some people might be ok with that, maybe you think medical marijuana doesn't really help anyone, but ill get to that later. I just think it's ironic that the Federal Government is constantly advocating a states right to chose, then they come in completely ignore the states laws which the people have chosen and say "We know you all voted in favor of medical marijuana, but frankly... You people just don't know what's good for you and we do. Now here, just take 50 Vicodin a day and you'll be back to a vegetable in no time". Besides this being about medical marijuana I'd be more worried about the Federal Government overstepping their boundaries and ignoring their own 'values'.

"Today's decision marks the end of medical marijuana as a political issue", said Drug Czar John Walters. Now I know John Walters must have access to every drug on the market, so I'm not even going to ask what could have possibly made him make such a delusional statement. He goes on to say "Our national medical system relies on proven scientific research, not popular opinion". Well Vioxx was a popular drug, which doctors seemed to have a high opinion of and it was on the market. So it must have been proven by the governments science and research to be safe, right? Yeah... Guess how that one turned out.

Contratiction Addiction:

Oh he's not done yet Walters continues by stating, "To date, science and research have not determined that smoking a crude plant is safe or effective." Now that's just setting yourself up right there, I really don't think most politicians know what they've said, usually because they don't write what they say. So I'm just wondering, if John Walters thinks marijuana is such a crude plant, why is it that not to long ago he stated that today's users, "confront pot that's up to 30 times stronger than what aging baby boomers smoked." or that the "today's marijuana is 10 to 14 percent THC. And hybrids go up to 30 percent and above." and that "The point is that the potency of available marijuana has not merely 'doubled,' but increased as much as 30 times."

Dear John Walters/ John Walters Un-edjoou-ma-cated Writers: How is it that such a 'crude' plant is advancing so quickly in terms of quality, quantity and potency? Why are you trying to arrest people that have conditions that cause them severe pain, do weak muscled people scare you? Some of these people can't even function without the aid of medical marijuana and they, the people who are in pain constantly throughout their day, are the ones telling you this. The fact that they're telling you this without grimacing in pain should have given you a clue as to the drugs effectiveness. I mean lets say for instance you arrested Angel Raich who fought the supreme court on the medical marijuana issue, she would die in your custody without the aid of medical marijuana, she CAN'T stop smoking it. Same with the people the Federal Government has been sending medical marijuana to each month for the last few years; in a program which the governments science and research determined that smoking a 'crude' plant IS safe and very effective, completely contradicting Walters' first inane statement.

So before you start spouting lies out of every orifice of your body, you should check your facts. Try www.google.com it's open to everyone, even morons.

Situation In Our Nation:

Really I don't think they're going to go crazy arresting and prosecuting medical marijuana patients, they already do that. It's just upsetting that they can so quickly get away with overriding laws which citizens have agreed on and created for their state. I mean with a war and all this other crap, the one thing people seemed to agree on was that someone in severe pain should be able to smoke medical marijuana if they feel it helps them. People should be able to choose their medicine, how simple is that? Now they want to come in and trash the one thing that's keeping people together, not to mention they got away with this by using false information, anyone else noticing a trend here?

If you agree the medical marijuana law recently passed by the senate is unfair, then quit your whining and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Click "Take Action Now" at that link and you can easily e-mail your representative.

Don't think the American people support this issue? Take a look at this poll. .

They mentioned this on the Daily Show last night also.
The Daily Show: Joint Decision - ComedyCentral.com


If you're still having trouble with this, I've included a simple diagram below that even John Walters could understand, ok maybe not.

[Thelofty]

Good points brought up ryan.