If everyone stands up for what they believe.

I thought it was legal in the late 1930s.

Or maybe earlier than that.

So my answer is yes.



My question to you is that would weed be legal again in America?

I was being sarcastic.

Yes it was legal until the Tax Stamp Act of 34 I think. At the Worldfair you could walk into a smoking parlor and smoke from a Hooka, either pot, hash or oil dripped by an auto drip into a heated bowl as the hooka captured and blew the smoke into your lungs. Before you went for the stroll arm and arm down the midway.

And of course who could forget the first drug czar Anslinger. His reason for enforcement was that this new drug coming up from Mexico was causing white girls to listen to jazz music and hang out with black men.

The History of this noble weed is amazing

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With Leaders like we have today, I feel like Heston waking up in a field and the Chimp is on the Pony.

Oh.. and about why it won't be legal I have to hedge my bet and say it will be legal in a controled way.. We will get legal for med use.. and we may get a small personal use law, but your never gona be able to plant 20 acres out back in it. And your not going to be able to sell your bud a QP on sat night..

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With Leaders like we have today, I feel like Heston waking up in a field and the Chimp is on the Pony.

I wish that they would hurry up

Thats why its taking so long.. Your letting Them do it.. If instead of They ,Think WE... and it would happen much faster.

If you want to help speed things up start with education on its history and usages , Knowledge is Power, Then Vote.. Tell everyone you can to Vote and at some point futures collide...

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With Leaders like we have today, I feel like Heston waking up in a field and the Chimp is on the Pony.

Actually, you're wrong. Because it isn't talked about in the Constitution, the Federal Government can't (or isn't supposed to) make any federal decision of the legality of marijuana. The way our government was supposed to work is that if it wasn't in the Constitution, the Federal Government could have no say in it. Only the States have the power to ban or allow certain substances or social services (public schools, Social Security, etc).

However, we have long strayed against the libertarian ideology that founded our Constitution.

If you read it that way how do you explain it was Legal to Grow/Harvest/Smoke in Public ect. until 1933 and was only after the Tax Stamp Act and that was an act not an Amendment was passed that made it so.. Unless you are speaking of Treaties were the Constitution requires the U.S. abide by such in the international community.. If thats what you speak of then we need only withdraw from said treaties..

Specifically of which do you speak...

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With Leaders like we have today, I feel like Heston waking up in a field and the Chimp is on the Pony.

it must be imsure once i join the army im going to make a lil speach about cannabis and making it legal.

Nowhere in the U.S. constitution does it say pot is illegal, nor in any Amendment to the Constitution. It's a federal law. The best thing that can be done right now, is to repeal the federal law, and leave it up to the states to decide.

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For all intents and purposes, weed could almost be considered legal already, in places like california. I have bros there and from what I gather if the cops catch you with tree, the worst they''ll usually do is make you dump it out. I've also heard that there is a law there that forbids the police from making campaigns to route out weed an arrest those who posess it, which I think is smart. They should be worried about murders going down in south central, not about a couple of college kids who have some plants in their pockets.

Not until I am very old. Medical purposes are definitely the path to legalization. If a majority of people get recommendations in the states that currently offer it then it will create enough pressure to allow other states to follow.

If you live in a state that allows medical recommendations then it is your obligation to try to obtain one.

simple fact: when you read the news articles about how USA is growing and selling BILLIONS of dollars of weed every year, and is possibly the country's #1 cash crop, that should tell you it WON'T be legalized ... if the government doesn't want it legal, and the growers/dealers don't want it legal (prices would fall thru the floor) ... it just ain't gonna happen ... as they say, "follow the money" ... I've been active in this 'legalize MJ' crowd for MANY years, (I'm old) and we are FARTHER from legalization, not closer ...

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yes, more americans smoke marijuana now than ever, more start, more find out that it isn't as intense/harmful as alcohol, despite what they've been told their entire lives. It's becoming less and less of a secret...younger people are someday going to be making the decisions, it wont be too much longer..

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Ron Paul is freedom

American politics is now nothing but bullshit

"What? No. We can't stop here. This is bat country!"

ya thats pretty much my same view on it.

it better be

I don't know about America, but cannabis will probably be legal in Norway in a few years. And how do I know that? My weedsmoking sister had a very interesting conversation with a cop (!) about legislation when she was caught with hash in her posession (she had to pay a fine). The cop said that it would probably be legal within 7 years! And this was over a year ago. When it's coming from a police officer there has got to be some truth to it.

Lets have a world wide hemp fest!

World wide !!!



pot is harmless!

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Legalise Medical Marijuana

2038 it will be legal. Perhaps a few years before.

Legalize it.

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It will become legal; it's all just a matter of time, education, and nationwide understanding. I can't remember the exact figures, but something like 48% of Americans over the age of eighteen have tried marijuana, and/or use it on a semi-regular basis. That's roughly 150 million Americans who are technically "criminals" in the eyes of the federal government. But many of those Americans are federal officials, too. Many are doctors. Many are lawyers. Most are otherwise law-abiding citizens, leading otherwise normal lives...with one exception, they don't fall prey to the rhetoric and taboo revolving around the use of this "illicit & dangerous" drug.

Luckily, studies are scientifically disproving many of the remaining myths about the dangers of marijuana, and more and more respected members of society are starting to passionately defend it's use as a beneficial medicine. On the flip side, there's still the endless debate over restitution for those convicted of marijuana related criminal charges...what would become of the monumental DEA task force, who for the last seventy some-odd years, have been assigned to harass peaceful pot smokers...how the government would regulate the manufacture of what will inevitably be an enormous cash-crop...etcetera, and so forth.

Alcohol was illegal for a time, until the government and citizens realized that it could be regulated and monetized upon. This helped to eliminate the black market, and of course, led to the repeal of the prohibition. But which, in everyone's opinion, is the more dangerous substance: alcohol, or THC? Pretty much all of these kinds of studies have remained pretty conclusive. If something that can destroy your liver/esophagus/brain/possibly even life, can be wholeheartedly approved for responsible use...why can't something that's continually proven to be harmless - sometimes even useful - get the same preferential treatment by the government?

Remember, we're not here for the good of the government...the government is here defend & represent us, her citizens. We do have a voice. We just need to help more people understand that, and we all need to use it.

Very valid point, but my girlfriend makes a counter that I thought I should note. This is going to be lengthy, so light one up and relax for a few

While the governement does rake in billions of dollars annually on seizing properties/assets/money of those affiliated with MJ use, they then have to spend even more housing/taking care of these individuals in the prison system. Last I had heard, it cost over $18,000 to house one individual in a prison per year, if they don't get sick/assualted/hurt (which never happens, lol).

The government also pays a lot of money for extra police/task forces designed only to fight MJ, such as police choppers/cameras, narcs, k9 units, infrared cameras, etc. What about the extra workers at customs that check for our seeds manually every day. I bet that all of these poeple make plenty of money. Shouldn't customs be worried about more important things?

I don't think that the government makes money off of MJ use. The only people that are pulling a profit are the ones selling it.

She believes that it is still illegal for a couple of reasons. Since the baby boomers (people born in the 20's and 30's) were born into a world where everyone told them MJ was the devils weed/evil/etc, they don't know anything else. When these extremist's are out of office or dying of old age, they will be replaced by our generation. This generation is not as oblivious or gullable into believing that MJ is harmful, because we KNOW that it is not. We have seen our mothers and fathers grow and smoke for 40+ years without cancers/brain damage. We aren't stupid enough to believe EVERYTHING we hear (an advertiser loves gullable folk). It actually makes me laugh when an 80 year old senator calls all MJ users TERRORISTS, hahahaha lol. Do you think this person has any idea of what reality is? Who gave this moron any power?

Also, the state governments are starting to realize that any issue not covered in the constitution is supposed to be STATE regulated. She believes that as more states go against the FDA's judgement about MJ being an un-usable drug, and we have atleast 25 states with a MMJ policy (1/2 the states), we will see a push federally (AFTER any elections) to let each individual state decide its own policies against MJ use. She also believes that more and more politicians know that MJ is harmless, but especially during election periods, these folks are pushed by party affiliates to not commit "political suicide" and endorce MJ use.

Even though the US is no where near the top as far as population, we have the highest prison population in the world. We are ignorant and stupid to hold MJ users here, because it is an expensive waste of resources, and CRUEL AND UNUSUAL punishment. These people are held in close proximity to real drug users, murderers, and rapists. These criminals hurt/use/and abuse (rape) MJ users... "Penalties against a drug should not be more dangerous to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana." President Jimmy Carter

As the government wastes billions of dollars annually on this war on drugs (specifically MJ) there is no curb in usage or the availability. Most teenagers admit openly that it is easier to score a dime bag than a bottle of beer. Tell the government to stop using your tax dollars on this war, and other wars that you may or may not be against :-p (no comment on this thread, lol)

The more that MJ use is socially acceptable, the better chance that we have of legalization. As long as MJ users keep acting responsibly, and destinguishing themselves apart from real drug users, more and more of the public will know the truth.

it will end up legal to use, but illegal to grow so the man can make all the money off of it.