420 Policies and Laws

[heders]

That's fantastic! The medical cannabis ban nonsense is just the pharmaceutical companies getting nervous because cannabis can help with such a wide variety of illnesses and disorders without any side effects to speak of. On top of that it's easy and cheap to grow and harvest. But good that at least a small step for medical cannabis is taken - and what's surprising, in one of the most drug hating countries in the world.

[Fazer]

Yeah, you're right mate. The pharmaceutical companies know that cannabis can help with a wide variety of illnesses and disorders without any side effects, just like they know the same is true with Snus vs NRT

[heders]

just like they know the same is true with Snus vs NRT

Exactly! It's madness.

[Snusify]

Yeah, you're right mate. The pharmaceutical companies know that cannabis can help with a wide variety of illnesses and disorders without any side effects, just like they know the same is true with Snus vs NRT

I have not smoked weed for many years as a teen I was a big stoner. I remember back in the day my friend paul used to ask me to score for his mum. She had MS and the only thing that relieved her symptoms was weed. She was able to get out of her wheelchair and have some motivation.

[Fazer]

I have not smoked weed for many years as a teen I was a big stoner. I remember back in the day my friend paul used to ask me to score for his mum. She had MS and the only thing that relieved her symptoms was weed. She was able to get out of her wheelchair and have some motivation.

I quit about 10 years ago, i was a big stoner for years, but not so much in my teens. i've just had a stressful few years as an adult. About 15 ago i used to score some weed for a friend of mine, his wife also had MS. You're right, she was able to get out of her wheelchair and move around, it was nice to see her not in so much pain.

[BlueSaint]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!? Jesus, how did I miss this on the news?

[sgreger1]

Glad to see you finally catching up Sweden

[Crow]

'Are Northwest Voters Ready To Legalize Pot?'

OLYMPIA, Wash. – It looks like voters in both Oregon and Washington will decide this fall whether to legalize recreational marijuana. Backers of an Oregon ballot measure submitted a final batch of petitions Friday to the Secretary of State. In Washington, a pot legalization initiative has already qualified for the ballot. The question now: are Northwest voters ready to say ‘okay’ to getting high?

If when you hear the word “marijuana” you still think of Cheech and Chong then get ready for a new marijuana branding campaign this fall. It’s designed to banish from your mind images of bandanas, beards and big fat joints.

Here’s a cleanly shaven Peter Holmes last year. He’s Seattle’s city attorney and a major backer of Initiative 502 to legalize pot in Washington

“Ending marijuana prohibition would free law enforcement.”

Gone are the stoner slackers of the '70s. They’ve been replaced by button down suit and tie guys. Take Paul Stanford standing on the steps of the Oregon statehouse after submitting 165,000 voter signatures to place the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act on the fall ballot.

Like Peter Holmes he’s serious about legalizing Mary Jane.

“We believe we’re going to create tens of thousands of living wage jobs and put Oregon on the cutting edge of exciting new economic development,” he says.

But where are voters on this question? Pollster Stuart Elway says Nancy Reagan’s words still reverberate.

“There certainly is a strong ‘say no to drugs’ contingent here.”

Even so, Elway says Washington voters are basically divided over the question of pot legalization. He thinks backers of I-502 aren’t smoking something to think they have a shot.

“We’re expecting this year a large turnout," Elway says. "A younger turnout because it’s a presidential year.”

In Oregon, sponsors are bullish. But two years ago, Oregon voters soundly rejected a marijuana dispensary measure.

So which state -– Oregon or Washington -– is more likely to legalize pot? If it’s a left-right issue, veteran Oregon political analyst Bill Lunch gives the edge to Washington.

“I think there’s plenty evidence from recent elections that Washington is to the left of Oregon," he says. "At least in terms of voting behavior.”

Even if Northwest voters say “yes” to pot this fall, that doesn’t mean Cheech and Chong are suddenly law abiding citizens.

It’s still against federal law. That could mean lawsuits, injunctions and a long waiting game while the courts sort things out.

http://www.kuow.org/northwestnews.php?storyID=156401683

[OregonNative]

I think it's about time we legalize it nation wide. Even with the federal laws in place, this would be a step in the right direction.

[phantom]

I havnt smoked weed since the 70s but I do think it should be legalized.

[BadAxe]

I think it's about time we legalize it nation wide. Even with the federal laws in place, this would be a step in the right direction.

I don't see the feds ever letting it happen. Legalizing weed can DESTROY big pharma, at least if its completely legal, as in to own, or to grow.If peeps can grow their own, the medical conditions that people can use it for in a concentrated form, can replace most of the meds that people need today. And it is also most liely a cure for cancer, which no one in power wants. So I just don't see the feds ever allowing it, which is why I will take great interest in watching what happens when the first state does in fact make it recreationaly legal.

[Crow]

I don't see the feds ever letting it happen. Legalizing weed can DESTROY big pharma, at least if its completely legal, as in to own, or to grow.If peeps can grow their own, the medical conditions that people can use it for in a concentrated form, can replace most of the meds that people need today. And it is also most liely a cure for cancer, which no one in power wants. So I just don't see the feds ever allowing it, which is why I will take great interest in watching what happens when the first state does in fact make it recreationaly legal.

I don't know about that... To date, 17 states (Welcome, Connecticut) and the nation's capitol have already legalised cannabis for medical use (including my own state), and it appears that cannabis is the new flourishing industry of medicine (backed by countless numbers of medical studies). All of this, despite being deemed by the Federal government as a "Schedule I" substance.

Sure, there's a strong chance that the Federal government will challenge this, but I remain optimistic. Remember that alcohol was criminalised at one point (through a constitutional amendment), only to be reversed 13 years later (through a constitutional amendment).

[Roo]

I personally don't believe that cannabis is a particularly effective treatment for pain, and certainly not a *cure* for cancer. What I think it does do well is treat various mood "problems" -- I don't want to use the word disorder -- associated with chronic pain or terminal illness. But actually treat pain? Nah. This is just one man's opinion though, one who happens to partake quite often and who recently recovered from being hit by a jeep. Which is to say I'm no stranger to smoking buddha with a good deal of aches and pains.

[Roo]

Having said that, chronic pain patients should most certainly have the option of treating their condition with it if that works best for them. And recreational users should have the option of obtaining it legally as well. I'm all for it. Just saying I have personal doubts about its wonder drug qualities.

[Mdisch]

A friend of mine uses pot to counter a heart disease. He gets really heavy and fast heartbeats and he has to lie down and these can last forever, but if he smokes pot it clears right up - But he has to buy it illegally in Denmark since it's very rare to use for medical purposes in Denmark.
But I am very pro-legalization even though I hardly ever smoke pot.