Gastronomicus said:

Here's the email I just wrote our good friend Gil

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Dear Gil Kerlikowske

I am writing you today to express my dismay at your recent claim that Cannabis is "dangerous and has no medicinal benefit." Your statement is erroneous and, like most statements made by your agency since its inception, blatantly disregards clear and reputable facts. Your assertion that Cannabis is dangerous defies a logical sense of danger. I would assume that you don't believe aspirin to be dangerous (I make this claim as you are not currently attempting to incarcerate anyone with a bottle of Tylenol), however aspirin kills approximately 7,600 people annually. Compare this to the whopping 0 of Cannabis. There has never in history been a case of a lethal dose of THC in a human. Where then do you draw your conclusion that Cannabis is a "dangerous" drug? Currently, the greatest danger Cannabis poses is the risk that armed brigands will break into your home, kidnap you at gun point, and keep you locked in subhuman conditions for an extended period of time. I refer of course to the D.E.A.

In regards to your claim that Cannabis has no medical value, you may just as well claim that the Earth is flat. Many peer-reviewed studies lend credence to the effectiveness of medical Cannabis in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. THC provides beneficial effects in fighting Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, Brain Cancer, and, of all things, Lung Cancer. THC is proven, (that's proven, not theorized), to reduce the growth of tumors in the brain and lungs. I'm sure you will rebut with the oft-repeated mantra of "smoking is not medicine." Well sir, medical Cannabis can also be eaten (like the xanax and oxycontin pills that are apparently less dangerous), taken as a tincture, or vaporized. All of these methods eliminate any potential carcinogenic effect that smoking the plant would cause allowing the full medical benefit to reach the patient.

In conclusion sir, the real danger is your lies, and the lies of your mercenary agency. You said yourself that the war on drugs is in reality a war on the American people. Whatever ulterior motive you and your ilk have for oppressing users of Cannabis, you should consider whether it is worth the lives of the citizens you claim to protect. If it is, then I demand your resignation and a formal apology.

Sincerely
Gastronomicus

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Most people know that the "drug czar" -- the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) -- is an advocate for the government position regarding the drug war. But not everyone knows that he and his office are mandated to tell lies as part of their Congressional authorization.

According to Title VII Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998: H11225:
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/about/98reauthorization.html

    Responsibilities. --The Director-- [...]

    (12) shall ensure that no Federal funds appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall be expended for any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical use or any other use) of a substance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and take such actions as necessary to oppose any attempt to legalize the use of a substance (in any form) that--

      1. is listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812); and
      2. has not been approved for use for medical purposes by the Food and Drug Administration;

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laserpig said:

Good letter -- this is the way to make a difference. Everyone who cares should write a similar letter of their own.

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Gastronomicus said:

Here's the email I just wrote our good friend Gil

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Dear Gil Kerlikowske

I am writing you today to express my dismay at your recent claim that Cannabis is "dangerous and has no medicinal benefit." Your statement is erroneous and, like most statements made by your agency since its inception, blatantly disregards clear and reputable facts. Your assertion that Cannabis is dangerous defies a logical sense of danger. I would assume that you don't believe aspirin to be dangerous (I make this claim as you are not currently attempting to incarcerate anyone with a bottle of Tylenol), however aspirin kills approximately 7,600 people annually. Compare this to the whopping 0 of Cannabis. There has never in history been a case of a lethal dose of THC in a human. Where then do you draw your conclusion that Cannabis is a "dangerous" drug? Currently, the greatest danger Cannabis poses is the risk that armed brigands will break into your home, kidnap you at gun point, and keep you locked in subhuman conditions for an extended period of time. I refer of course to the D.E.A.

In regards to your claim that Cannabis has no medical value, you may just as well claim that the Earth is flat. Many peer-reviewed studies lend credence to the effectiveness of medical Cannabis in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. THC provides beneficial effects in fighting Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, Brain Cancer, and, of all things, Lung Cancer. THC is proven, (that's proven, not theorized), to reduce the growth of tumors in the brain and lungs. I'm sure you will rebut with the oft-repeated mantra of "smoking is not medicine." Well sir, medical Cannabis can also be eaten (like the xanax and oxycontin pills that are apparently less dangerous), taken as a tincture, or vaporized. All of these methods eliminate any potential carcinogenic effect that smoking the plant would cause allowing the full medical benefit to reach the patient.

In conclusion sir, the real danger is your lies, and the lies of your mercenary agency. You said yourself that the war on drugs is in reality a war on the American people. Whatever ulterior motive you and your ilk have for oppressing users of Cannabis, you should consider whether it is worth the lives of the citizens you claim to protect. If it is, then I demand your resignation and a formal apology.

Sincerely
Gastronomicus

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laserpig said:

Yes, a press event is more effective than a letter-writing campaign, but something tells me we're not going to get around to staging a press event.

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Prisoner#1 said:

couple of friends and have a meeting, get to know you're
representatives and corner them on the issues, put it on the
web, sent it to CNN, it doesnt matter but the more people you
bring the better your chances of national media and the more
it's in the public eye


insist that this issue be put on the ballots for the mid term
elections, remind them that their jobs depend on your votes

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  I've been thinking there has to be a good way to take advantage of the news and government ignorance on marijuana

AmericanPsycho said:

How can he say it has no medicinal benefit ???? When it obviously does........

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Prisoner#1 said:

brcause it's his job to say that, that's why I warned everyone
when obama was picking a drug czar that the position needed to be
done away with... does anyone ever listen?

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skatealex2 said:

http://www.examiner.com/x-17593-NORML-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Drug-czar-blasts-medicinal-value-of-marijuana

Guess we got another John Walters on our hands.  This shit pisses me off.   


Opiates and Xanax are great medicine, but marijuana is dangerous.  All I can say is FUCK the OBAMA administration.

Guess it's really just more of the same 

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laserpig said:

You're gettin' awful preachy here -- have you yourself done any of these things we all "should?"

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On the topic of "the propaganda" being correct as regards laziness, I agree with you. There is actual evidence for the existence of so-called "amotivational syndrome" from marijuana use, and I'm not sure any stoner who's honest with themselves would deny it.

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