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Marijuana and the Media - Seattle Hempfest 2008 (1 of 5)

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"Hempfest: No Prison For Pot", parts 1 - 12
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To accomplish this goal of clean energy
independence in America we must demand an end to hemp prohibition, so American farmers can grow this energy crop. Our government foolishly outlawed it in 1938.Hemp is the world’s most versatile plant. It can yield 10 tons per acre in four months. Hemp contains 80% cellulose; wood produces 60% cellulose. Hemp is drought resistant making it an ideal crop in the dry western regions of the country.Hemp is the only biomass resource capable of making America energy independent. Remember that in 10 years, by the year 2000, America will have exhausted 80% of her petroleum reserves. Will we then go to war with the Arabs for the privilege of driving our cars; will we stripmine our land for coal and poison the air we breathe to drive our autos an additional 100 years; will we raze our forests for our energy needs?During the Second World War, the federal government faced a real economic emergency when our supply of hemp was cut off by the Japanese. The federal government responded to the emergency by suspending marijuana prohibition. Patriotic American farmers were encouraged to apply for a license to grow hemp. They responded enthusiastically and grew 375,000 acres of hemp in 1943.The argument against undertaking this massive hemp production effort today does not hold up to scrutiny.Hemp grown for biomass makes very poor grade marijuana. The 20 to 40 million Americans who smoke marijuana would loath to smoke hemp grown for biomass, so no one could make a dime selling a farmers hemp biomass crop as marijuana.It is time for the federal government to once again respond to our current economic emergency by utilizing the same procedure used in WWII to permit our farmers to grow American hemp so this mighty nation can once again become energy independent and smog free.


Seattle Hempfest August 15-16, 2009
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Seattle Hempfest Misson Statement
Seattle Hempfest is founded in the belief that the public is better served when citizens and public officials work cooperatively in order to successfully accomplish common goals.
Objective and Purpose
To educate the public on the myriad of potential benefits offered by the Cannabis plant, including the medicinal, industrial, agricultural, economic, environmental, and other benefits and applications, including domestic industrial hemp production and commerce. In particular, Seattle Hempfest seeks to advance the cause of Cannabis policy reform through education, while advancing the public image of the Cannabis advocate or enthusiast through example.
THANK YOU SEATTLE, HEMPFEST 2008 WAS A SUCCESS!

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"There is no better example of good people standing up and trying to change bad laws than the Seattle Hempfest 2008" - High Times Magazine
The theme for this, the seventeenth year of Seattle Hempfest, is Industrial Hemp. With our nation's stumbling economy, soaring gas prices, and recent global shortages of food and energy we can't afford to ignore the fact that industrial hemp can play a useful role in securing the vital interests of our nation. There are so many various uses for hemp, it really may be the the world's most resourceful plant. We are putting a special "hemphasis" on the things Hemp can deliver, and we will have some special displays and presentations from some of the nation's leading experts this year at Hempfest. Make sure you check out the Hemposium while you're there.
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Videos
Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union and featuring noted travel writer and television host Rick Steves, “Marijuana: It’s Time for a Conversation” begins a long-overdue public discussion about marijuana and marijuana prohibition.
MarijuanaConversation.org
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Seattle Hempfest Wins 2008 NORML Outstanding Cannabis Advocate Award!
Members of the Seattle Hempfest Core Group have recently returned from Berkeley, California, after attending the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws national conference, where we were awarded the 2008 NORML "Outstanding Cannabis Advocate Award."
NORML's Outstanding Cannabis Advocate Award Recipients:2003 Elvy Musikka, Federal Medical Marijuana Patient2004 Chris Conrad, court qualified cannabis expert, and Mikki Norris, Cannabis Consumers Campaign2005 Stephen Epstein, Esq.2006 Mason Tvert, SAFER2007 Diane and Bryan Brickner;John and Heather Masterson2008 Seattle Hempfest Volunteer force!
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Information for Attendees
2006 Seattle HempfestSeattle Hempfest is held the third weekend in August. The next Seattle Hempfest is August 15-16, 2009 in Seattle, WA. The event spans three Seattle waterfront parks: Elliott Bay Park (North Entrance), Myrtle Edwards Park, and Olympic Sculpture Park (South Entrance).
Event hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Admission to Seattle Hempfest is free.
To beat the crowds, use the north entrance by crossing the Amgen Pedestrian Bridge off of W Prospect Street. It has an elevator and is wheelchair accessible, placing the avid attendee just north of Seattle Hempfest's north entrance. There is very little parking at W Prospect Street. So your best bet is to walk, bike, or take a metro bus to that location. Take metro bus 18 to north entrance, and 15 to south entrance. Downtown Seattle has several parking garages.
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Lost and Found Items
Did you lose an item at Seattle Hempfest 2008? If so, we may have it! Call or email a detailed description of your lost item, including your full name, phone and email and we will get back to you. Voicemail: 206-781-5734 Email: lostandfound2008@hempfest.org
Volunteer Staff
Seattle Hempfest happens thanks to a volunteer core staff of one hundred twenty (120) working year-round and an additional one thousand (1,000) volunteering through the week of our event. Over forty distinct crews synergize to produce the largest pot rally on the planet. The energy created by this activist family is amazing, and we invite you to be a part of it!
All staffing is managed through the Hempfest Staffing Universe web site. Through that web site, one may see the entire Hempfest crew and shift structure, including the number of warm bodies needed per shift and the current per-shift staffing count. Once registered, general staff may add, remove, or change the shifts in their schedule.
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2008 Promotional Materials
Seattle Hempfest is an all-volunteer event, and we can use your help with promotion. Please feel free to use these in your magazine, on your blog, in your podcast, etc. Reproduction limited to free distribution for informational purposes only. Other usage is strictly prohibited unless permission in writing is obtained from the artist(s) please.
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2008 Event Program
2007 Seattle Hempfest - Event ProgramPhoto Credit: Mollie Molsan Dootson
Each year Seattle Hempfest creates a 32 page Event Program. The Event Program highlights the many exciting partnerships and opportunities for Hempfest attendees. Hempfest goers preserve their programs as memorabilia, offering the advertiser a unique opportunity for long-term branding.
2008 Event Program
Page 1 - Front Cover
Page 2 - High Times Ad
Page 3 - Table of Contents
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Seattle Marijuana Liberation March 2008
On May 3, 2008, over 200 cities world wide, had marches against the prohibition of cannabis. In Seattle, hepatitis patient Tim Garon had been denied a transplant because of his medical marijuana use, and had just died. A group of Seattle medical marijuana patients organized a march and rally. The march was from Volunteer park in Seattle and went to the rally at Westlake Center Square.
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What if there was a plant that could be used to make everything from durable clothes and paper to cars and the fuel that powers them? What if the mere act of growing that plant was good for the environment, and its seeds were one of the most nutritious foods known to humanity? It sounds like a miracle botanical that would take scientists years to genetically engineer, but actually it’s been used for centuries throughout the world. In fact, it was the planet’s largest agricultural crop from about 1,000 BC until the late 1800s, producing the majority of the Earth’s fabric, lighting oil, paper and medicines as well as being an important food source for humans and animals. You’d think we’d be rushing to cultivate this wonder-plant in the U.S. But no; that would be illegal. Hemp has been labeled an offender as part of the government’s fervor to rid the country of illegal drugs, their reason being that hemp gets you high (should we outlaw caffeine too?). But what the government seems to be ignoring is that even though hemp and marijuana come from the same plant (cannabis sativa), the psychoactive substance in marijuana is virtually non-existent in commercial hemp. If you tried to smoke the latter, all you’d get is a headache, and if you tried to smoke more of it, you’d just get an even bigger headache, a feeling not unlike that of trying to reason with politicians who have already set their agendas. Most hemp products currently for sale in this country have to be imported from the 32 countries that allow its cultivation, including England and Canada. The rest of the world doesn’t seem to have a problem distinguishing between hemp and marijuana.In the U.S., hemp cultivation was actively encouraged until it was outlawed in the 1930s. It was permitted as legal tender throughout the Americas from 1631 until the early 1800s in order to ensure its cultivation, and you could even be jailed for not growing it during several periods of shortage. The U.S. Census of 1850 counted almost 9,000 hemp farms, and that doesn’t include the thousands of small family hemp patches. The most commonly prescribed medicines in the U.S. during the 19th century were frequently cannabis extracts, and their use continued legally in both human and veterinary remedies until the 1930s. Drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew it on their plantations. Henry Ford succeeded in using hemp and other plant materials to make his original car that was also designed to run on hemp oil, but the powerful petrochemical industries soon took over. Since petroleum is not only toxic but also non-renewable, hemp is now being reexamined as an ‘alternative’ fuel choice, but there’s still the hurdle of the politically influential oil lobbies.Hemp’s environmental benefits alone should ensure that it is reinstated as a major crop. It is a member of the most advanced plant family on Earth and utilizes the sun more efficiently than any other plant. It can be grown organically with great success: it thrives in virtually any climate, resists most plant diseases, and it is naturally resistant to the usual pests. This is in contrast to cotton (again, a competitor against hemp) whose growers saturate the land with tons of toxic pesticides. Unlike most commercial crops that deplete the nutrients in the soil, hemp even enriches the very earth that it grows in. Also, the fact that hemp fiber is so strong means that its products last and last, which may not be very attractive to manufacturers who want you to buy new products over and over again, but it’s much better for preserving resources. Manufacturers of synthetic materials such as nylon are thus another adversary of hemp. Incidentally, for nylon read petrochemical; nylon is basically a plastic, and plastic is made from oil. In 1999, legislation was passed in nine U.S. states to allow research (as if any was needed) and only limited production of hemp. Although mainstream acceptance and cultivation of hemp may seem a far-off dream, there are an increasing number of pressure groups and entrepreneurs who are calling for its reintroduction. As the public becomes aware of the truth about hemp, and with the combined efforts of pressure groups and hemp industries, experts predict that hemp could once again grace American soil within the next five years. The Bush administration could ban any further progress—if we allow it. People’s ignorance of the true facts made it easy for competing industries, the corporate-sponsored media and a misguided government to engineer its disappearance from farmlands (and even backyards) in the first place. We have every reason to get hot under the collar about what is, quite basically, a question of human rights. What right should a government have to ban a plant that humans have evolved alongside with and utilized since before the beginning of recorded history? It’s even more unsettling when we learn of the mass aerial spraying of toxic herbicides that places like Hawaii have been victim to, all in the name of wiping out this God-given resource. Should we sit back and allow the obliteration of hemp, whose extracts hold valuable medicinal properties and whose seeds can provide all the important amino acids and fatty acids required for health, just because a few powerful industries and politicians have deemed it to be a source of evil? If any of this sounds a little far-fetched, don’t take my word for it. Read the fascinating and thoroughly researched The Emperor Wears No Clothes: Hemp and the Marijuana Conspiracy by Jack Herer (AH HA Publishing, 2000).For me, this is not a contentious issue, since the facts are clear. It has been conveniently molded into a contentious issue by means of misinformation and scare tactics, which have pit citizen against citizen and resulted in parents worrying about their children getting high if hemp becomes commonplace. Instead of being anxious about a marijuana culture, we should be angry that we have been misled and treated like fools for most of the past century in order to insulate the profits of a few large corporations. Even if you don’t care about hemp, please think about what this issue represents. Angela Starks is a writer and nutrition counselor who lives in New Paltz, NY. She is a former Assistant Editor of Satya. This article originally appeared in the special “Contentious Issues” issue (March 2001).


We’ve Cut Cigarette Smoking By Half — And We Didn’t Have To Arrest 20 Million Americans To Do It
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:54:13 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
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According to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control, fewer Americans are smoking cigarettes than at any time in modern history.
“The number of U.S. adults who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record,” Reuters reported. This is less than half the percentage (42 percent) of Americans who smoked cigarettes during the 1960s.
Imagine that; in the past 40 years tens of millions of Americans have voluntarily quit smoking a legal, yet highly addictive intoxicant. Many others have refused to initiate the habit. And they’ve all made this decision without ever once being threatened with criminal prosecution and arrest, imprisonment, probation, and drug testing.
By contrast, during this same period of time, state and local police have arrested some 20 million Americans for pot law violations — primarily for violations no greater than simple possession. And yet marijuana use among the public has skyrocketed.
There’s a lesson to be learned here — if only our lawmakers were willing to listen.
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Support For Medical Cannabis Is Broad And The Numbers From Michigan Make It Clear
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:37:10 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
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By George Rohrbacher, NORML Board Member, medical marijuana patient
By a huge margin, 3,008,980 to 1,792,870, Michigan’s voters approved a ballot measure legalizing physician directed medical marijuana, making it America’s thirteenth state to legalize medical marijuana. State medical marijuana laws now cover over 25 percent of the nation’s population. Michigan became the first Midwest state to join this growing green fraternity.
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Michigan Voters Pass Medical Marijuana Initiative Into Law, 83-0
A review the Michigan State Auditor’s website and their county-by-county election results proves interesting reading. Medical marijuana won in every single county! All 83 counties in the state of Michigan—urban, suburban, or rural passed the measure, and by a margin of over a million votes. It had won in farming, logging, mining, and manufacturing counties! Everywhere the question was asked in Michigan on November 4, the electorate said yes to medical marijuana. In the state’s five largest urban counties, the margins were enormous, an eye-popping 2:1 vote for marijuana.
Medical marijuana received 130,000 more votes in Michigan than even the Obama victory did.
What a vote like this means is that in every part of Michigan, in every school district and voting precinct, every family and every church, in every community, that the people, one by one, have learned the undeniable truth of the utility of marijuana as a medicine—a ‘Truth’ with no expiration date.
The publics’ first-hand knowledge on the subject (over 100 million Americans have tried pot themselves) is finally overcoming the wall of 71-years of lies and distortions about medical marijuana by our federal and state governments. The American public is slowly re-learning the truth about marijuana as a medicine, one person, one patient, one family, one neighbor and one election at a time.
When Uncle Bob uses cannabis for his MS, and Mom needed pot when she underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer, and the kid next door uses it for his migraine headaches…the government can’t continue to lie to the voters anymore that pot is used only by ‘slackers who’re faking illness just as an excuse to ‘get high’. Sorry Congress and Executive Branch, America has seen too many instances where medical marijuana works, and works well. And, there are also now 17,000 scientific studies on the subject!
The great state of Michigan, as a microcosm of America, showed November 4th we, as a country, have passed our tipping point on medical marijuana. Knowledge is tyranny’s biggest enemy. In the 2008 election, the Michigan voters showed, no matter how thick the government lays on the propaganda, nothing can cover up the truth about marijuana as medicine.
-2008 MICHIGAN ELECTION RESULTS-
MEDICAL MARIJUANA (YES)
3,008,980 63%
MEDICAL MARIJUANA (NO)
1,792,870 37%
BARACK OBAMA 2,875,308 (57%)
JOHN MC CAIN 2,050,655 (43%)
-MICHIGAN COUNTIES WON-
MEDICAL MARIJUANA (YES) = 83 (100%)
MEDICAL MARIJUANA (NO) = 0 (0%)
BARACK OBAMA 48 Counties (57%)
JOHN MC CAIN 35 Counties (43%)
In 1937, when marijuana was outlawed against the American Medical Association’s recommendation, cannabis was a component of at least 28 patent medicines made by many pharmaceutical companies still in business today. This national prohibition not only removed cannabis from use as a medicine, but has also produced the social wreckage of 20 million arrests (with an additional 2,200 arrests daily) and today’s pot prohibition bill to taxpayers approaching $25 billion annually.
With the ever-growing national realization that cannabis is one of “the safest therapeutically active substances known to man…”, the American people are taking back their rights to cannabis as medicine, one state at a time. Starting in California in 1996, thirteen states (eight states via voter initiative – five via state legislation) have now taken back their rights to marijuana as a medicine. After this week’s massive victory in Michigan, it is a clear sign that this culture war over medical marijuana is finally over, and the American people (and science) have won—the citizenry refuse to be denied the use of pot in their medicines chest any longer.
President-elect Obama immediately upon taking office should seat a national commission to update the Shafer Commission and bring forward national legislation to address this vital health care and social issue.
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Opening Remarks At NORML 2008: NORML Board Chair, Stephen Dillon, Esq.
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:46:09 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
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“It’s Not Your Parents’ Prohibition”Stephen W. Dillon’s Welcome AddressTo The 37th Annual NORML ConferenceOctober 17-18, 2008Berkeley, CaliforniaDoubletree Hotel/Marina

I. Welcome/Introduction (Cannabem liberemus!)
Good morning! I am Steve Dillon, chairman of the NORML Board of Directors. I want to welcome all of you to our 37th Annual Conference in beautiful Berkeley, California. We are very glad you are here – California is still the ground zero in the government’s war on medical marijuana.
I am honored and excited to be with you and our outstanding group of speakers and panelists. We have a great conference planned. There are lots of opportunities to learn, share, experience with each other, and recommit to ending the government’s prohibition of marijuana.
II. The theme of the conference this year is: “It’s Not Your Parents’ Prohibition“.
My parents were born during the government’s failed effort at alcohol prohibition (1919-1934). They learned about home-made beer and wine and even about secret stills for liquor in their basements. They shared with me some of the alcohol paraphernalia of my grandfather, Dr. John Dillon. He had a silver folding whiskey glass and a leather cigar case with fake glass cigars or containers for booze. My parents weren’t old enough to drink alcohol during the prohibition, but my grandparents did regularly. My parents didn’t think that their parents were criminals, only Al Capone and the gangsters who committed violent acts to support their illegal business enterprises.
There was an attitude of our citizens at that time that the government couldn’t really tell us that we couldn’t drink, we were Americans! It was fun to go to the speak-easy. It was a “forbidden fruit” that lead some people to drink alcohol just because we weren’t suppose to. However, people didn’t often get arrested for drinking a beer or having a glass of wine. People didn’t have their homes searched or seized or forfeited for home brew or wine. This marijuana prohibition is much worse than our parents’ prohibition. (1) unconstitutional/illegal, (2) more costly, (3) much longer/never-ending, (4) loss of freedom and property, (5) loss of opportunity, (6) loss of medicine and compassionate care of sick, (7) dishonest, (8) drug-testing.
What were the results of the American alcohol prohibition? It is undisputed that the prohibition was a complete failure. It certainly didn’t work to prohibit alcohol consumption by millions of Americans, from the very rich to the very poor. The prohibition resulted in an increase in organized crime and brutal violence. It resulted in corruption of our courts, police, and politicians. It misdirected our tax resources – it wasted millions of dollars that could have been spent to improve the lives of Americans.
The prohibition resulted in a growing disrespect for government and law enforcement. It led to countless deaths, not only from the gang violence in the streets trying to control the illegal market, but also from the deaths from tainted home-made liquor – “bathtub gin”. The prohibition made millions of American citizens “criminals” overnight, even though the vast majority had no intent to harm anyone, not even themselves. They had lost the right to choose.
Federal law enforcement officials like the FBI’s Hoover, used the prohibition as a reason to greatly increase the funding and power of their agencies; and they have never relinquished that power.
The alcohol prohibition was doomed because it was standing directly in the way of the citizens’ right to choose to use alcohol – even if it wasn’t good for them. There is a fundamental belief in America that we the people have the right to make decisions about how we live our life. That we are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – however we define it, as long as we don’t hurt others or interfere with their rights. The government’s marijuana prohibition was also doomed to fail for the same reasons.
III. The government’s 71 year prohibition of marijuana has also failed and is also counter-productive.
When the marijuana prohibition started in 1937, the government was trying to keep in place the federal law enforcement bureaucracy from the alcohol prohibition which ended just a few years before. The government picked marijuana to prohibit for a variety of reasons such as: (1) mostly blacks and Mexicans used marijuana (maybe 5000 users at the time). – racist, (2) most Americans were unaware of the benefits of marijuana, even though it was used in many patent medicines and treatments, (3) powerful lobbyists and their politicians protected the pharmaceutical industry, the paper industry, the oil industries from the competition for consumer dollars. The prohibition is still in place for all these reasons, mainly greed and control.
The marijuana prohibition has also resulted in an increase in organized, violent crime and gang warfare on our streets. It has resulted in corruption of police, politicians, and courts. It has wasted billions of our tax dollars each year; money that could be spent on education, or roads, or Social Security, or on protecting us from real crime or real terrorists. The marijuana prohibition has led to a strong disrespect for government, in general; and for school, police, and law enforcement officials, in particular.
One of the worst consequences of the marijuana prohibition is the loss of the truth about marijuana and its benefits. The government lies about marijuana. Drug Czar Walters regularly states that people aren’t getting arrested for marijuana possession. This is despite the fact that the FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2007 recently stated that 872,721 citizens were arrested last year. One arrest each 37 seconds! (90% for possession only) Last week on October 10, 2008 the 20th million arrest for marijuana in this country happened. Samuel Caldwell was the first federal marijuana prisoner. He was sentenced in October 1937 to Ft. Leavenworth for four (4) years for two (2) joints. He died in prison of stomach cancer. There are now at least 33, 655 state marijuana prisoners and 10,785 federal marijuana prisoners. One out of eight (1/8) inmates are there for a marijuana offense. The marijuana arrests last year were a record, up 5% since the year before. Marijuana arrests accounted for almost ½ (47.5%) of all drug arrests in the country. Our America, sweet land of liberty has 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s prison population.
Americans will smoke pot if they want to, just like past Americans drank alcohol if they wanted to. About ½ of the adult population has tried marijuana. Over twenty (20) million regularly use it. Twelve (12) states have medical marijuana laws and dozens of cities and towns have decriminalized marijuana possession or have made it the lowest priority of law enforcement. More states are passing and considering eliminating the ban on hemp and hemp products, also.
The American public knows that marijuana isn’t’ harmful to them like alcohol or nicotine, which are legal, regulated, and taxed. The government itself has recognized and reported the truth in the past about marijuana and its effects; such as the Shafer Commission in 1972 and DEA Administrative Judge Francis Young’s decision in 1988. Many medical studies and reports from all over the world, for thousands of years, have told us about the relative safety and medical benefits of marijuana.
The American public has responded to numerous polls indicating that marijuana prohibition should end. The Zogby poll (3/22/07) found that over half of all Americans support decriminalization. The Time/CNN poll (2002) found that 72% of Americans wanted decriminalization for possession and 75% favored allowing states to provide for medical marijuana. We have come to the point where it is totally illogical and counterproductive to prohibit marijuana. About 80% of the voters in the medical marijuana states voted for change.
IV. We know prohibitions don’t work. 10 year effort/strategy (1998-2008) UN report on drug eradication concluded recently that despite the 10 year plan-drugs are cheaper, better, and more available.
This continuing, disastrous violation of our fundamental rights is destroying our land and darkening our spirits. A quote regularly attributed to President Abraham Lincoln is …..”That prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes….a prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
Our first marijuana law in 1619 was in Virginia. It mandated that each farmer must grow it. Our Founding Fathers grew it and used it. Presidents George Washington and Jefferson wrote about it. President Jefferson said “that the freedom and happiness of man are the sole objects of all legitimate government.” He also reminds us that “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” They risked their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to defend their liberty. What will we do?
V. Conclusion
Our government must be forced to change direction and end this disastrous marijuana prohibition! We need to elect new leaders and restore our freedom to choose for ourselves. Just like the alcohol prohibition, we must recognize that the prohibition has failed and restore our liberty and freedom – end the costly damage to us, and our constitutional rights.
It is important to remember that the government needed to pass the 18th Amendment to try to regulate alcohol. There is no constitutional amendment giving the federal government the power to prohibit marijuana. The states have the right to continue to make laws regarding cannabis as long as they don’t violate our fundamental liberties contained in the bill of rights.
It is time for a change! It is time to take action to end prohibition. We are the people! We are the majority. We have the truth on our side, and we have the courage to stand up for our rights. What are we waiting for? If we wait for someone else to fight for our freedom, we will lose it.
As Simon Weisenthal, a Holocaust survivor said “Freedom is not a gift from god. If you want freedom, you must work for it every day.”
I look forward to working with you all in this battle. We are winning! And we will win! We will look back sometime soon, and be glad we spoke truth to power and to re-legalize marijuana. Thank you for attending and participating in our conference. I know you will enjoy this opportunity to rekindle the flames of liberty and justice in each of us and in our country
And let us go forth from this place, committed anew to the cause of liberty for all people, the next year we may celebrate in a world made better by our efforts..
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