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DeathCompany said:
It most definitely will happen eventually with the way things are going. I personally don't like the reefer but would like to see it legalized.

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x2and2makes5 said:
i know it will never happen

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If you insist...


Seriously though-- it was criminalized on racist and panicked terms in the first half of the 20th Century; by the second half the original framers were dead or dying and no one really understood what they'd inherited and things got seriously out of control.

By now, I'd like to think we know better. Enough people use, have used, or know people that use and think there is a better way.

I think more people should insist on decriminalization-- the time is certainly ripe. Within our lifetimes-- WHY NOT?

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For the first time in 24 years, a new bill was proposed today that would end the federal authority to arrest adults for marijuana possession, in effect leaving this decision to individual states, just as it had been for 161 years up until 1937.

This bill [H.R. 5843 - The Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008], was introduced by US Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) and co-sponsored by presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), and seeks to eliminate all federal penalties prohibiting the personal use and possession of up to 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of marijuana. Under this measure, adults who consume cannabis would no longer face arrest, prison, or even the threat of a civil fine. The bill also eliminates all penalties for the not-for-profit transfers of up to one ounce of pot.

The bill incorporates the basic recommendations of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (also known as the Shafer Commission), which was implemented by Richard Nixon, but the scientific results and recommendations of which Nixon chose to ignore. Instead he promoted one of the longest, most expensive and socially damaging wars - a war on the American public - the War on Drugs.

If you believe as I do, that the federal government has no business prohibiting an individual's right to choose what they put into their bodies (particularly when that substance is proven to cause less physical and social harm than other commonly enjoyed substances such as alcohol), I urge you to take just a moment to write and call your representative on this matter.

It will only take a few minutes, and your voice is important!

• Click the following link to send a message to your representative:
  https://secure2.convio.net/mpp/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=177

Then call the capital switchboard at (202) 225-3121 and ask the operator to connect you to your representative (you may give the operator your zip code and they will find your rep for you if you don't know their name). Once connected to your representatives office, you can say something to the effect of:

My name is [your name] and I am calling from [your town, your state].
I wanted to ask my representative to please support Barney Frank's
Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act.

Thank you for hearing me out, and please feel free to forward this message to any and all potentially receptive peoples.

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layzdapipe said:
I would do it if address wasnt required.

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layzdapipe said:
I would do it if address wasnt required.

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That's the type of attitude that has held back something like this from passing for so long. Everyone wants it, but no one wants to speak up. The message is going to a politician, not the FBI headquarters. SEND THE FREAKIN' MESSAGE! OK?

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layzdapipe said:
I would do it if address wasnt required.

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That's the type of attitude that has held back something like this from passing for so long. Everyone wants it, but no one wants to speak up. The message is going to a politician, not the FBI headquarters. SEND THE FREAKIN' MESSAGE! OK?

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highc said:
to all those saying this will not happen are crazy. Some states have already adopted this method. Its like a domino effect. I know for a fact that if the state I'm in proposes this then i will be smoking a blunt on my porch tonight....

but honestly 87% of college students both smokers and non smokers favor the decriminalization of pot. being are next generation to vote I'd say just sit back and wait.

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layzdapipe said:
I would do it if address wasnt required.

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That's the type of attitude that has held back something like this from passing for so long. Everyone wants it, but no one wants to speak up. The message is going to a politician, not the FBI headquarters. SEND THE FREAKIN' MESSAGE! OK?

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i used my old home address.

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Good enough! The only thing that has ever happened when I've emailed my politicians about stuff like this is that they send a letter saying "Dear voter yada, yada, yada I appreciate your opinion yada,yada, yada". No cops or anything.