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Why The Oregon Attorney General Race Has National Implications For Marijuana Laws

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Take that marijuana opponents! http://www.theweedblog.com/anti-marijuana-candidate-dwight-holton-loses-election-to-ellen-rosenblum/

Johnny Green of OR 2:09AM May 16, 2012

By the way, I also suffer from spondylitis AND a bone marrow disease in my spine. Very painful. Just becoming 80-90% bedridden.
I can't use pot in any form as it makes me very ill. I rely on opioids as there is no treatment or cure for the diseases. just pain meds.
BUT! I support wholeheartedly anything anyone, pain suffers or not, has to do to make their lives better, more productive, and tolerable, especially in a society who pretends to be so free and yet can't wait to legislate against everything they don't understand.
God loves and understands pain patients and believes they are special people.
And He agrees with me!

Dennis Kinch - National Pain Spokesman of CO 10:15PM May 15, 2012

I'm so sick of addressing this kindergartenish problem. As a people we are still so afraid of what we don't understand. We need to grow up now and stop relying on our fears to govern our actions.
Prohibition doesn't work, it creates the black market. It creates hate groups and traffickers.
If you're not going to try marijuana as a way of understanding why not rely on those who do to give you the understanding? If you don't suffer from a life of chronic pain, why not rely on the voices of those who do? Who are you to decide for a pain sufferer what's best for him? You should be ashamed of yourself. Stop bothering these people and leave us American adults alone to live in the freedom of choice. Please.

Dennis Kinch - National Pain Spokesman of CO 10:04PM May 15, 2012

J. Breakman
No. Only a few special interests within the Democratic Party will not support ending marijuana prohibition. We saw with California's Prop 19, there was huge support of the labor unions. Various state Democratic Parties have adopted marijuana reform as part of their platforms.
Polls show public support for ending the counter-productive marijuana prohibition has now passed 50 percent, nationwide, with around 60 percent in the Western states. Colorado, Washington and Oregon, will likely re-legalize marijuana at the polls in November. Most of the rest of the states, and the feds will follow soon after.
This justice, and wise economic move is WAY past due, and the people want it.

John Thomas of CA 3:36PM May 15, 2012

the Democrats, with their leading role in the prison industrial complex: law enforcement and prison unions $ goes to Democrats in the form of union dues, which we all provide as tax payers, when we pay their wages. Most politically astute Democrats will not back legalization or medical use for this reason.

J. Breakman of CO 1:02PM May 15, 2012

Dear Simon,
Unfortunately, the statement, "from Ankylosing Spondylitis, a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis" is factually inaccurate.
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is its own form of inflammatory arthritis and is not normally associated with rheumatoid factor. This has been known for decades.
See spondylitis dot org for more information. Misinformation about AS is a constant struggle and I hate to see a report on US News with such a glaring inaccuracy.
Thanks.
Chris

Chris Miller of CA 10:35AM May 15, 2012

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Betrayer of OR 3:44PM May 14, 2012

Everyone who has been paying attention knows marijuana is less "addictive" than coffee and FAR less harmful than alcohol. Indeed, polls show public support for ending the fraudulent marijuana prohibition has now passed 50 percent - nationwide. So why do we still have this barbaric persecution?
Because police, prosecutors and politicians build their careers and empires on it. Because industries like alcohol and pharmaceuticals don't want the competition. Because other interests like the drug treatment/testing industry and the prison industries depend on it for their life's blood. Because many shaky corporations couldn't exist without the laundered money. And because government uses marijuana prohibition as a means of controlling minorities and the poor.
Of course, the TRILLIONS of dollars made by the drug gangs have not been buried in the ground. They have been invested in legitimate business, causing another huge support of this persecution of millions of innocent people.
For a good view underneath the iceburg, see Catherine Austin Fitts' excellent article: "Narco Dollars For Beginners." - keeping in mind that while Fitts employs cocaine because it best suits her metaphor, FBI statistics show marijuana sales comprise 80 percent of all "illegal" drug transactions.
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/narcoDollars.html
It's time to dismantle the marijuana-prohibition-industrial-complex!

John Thomas of CA 3:43AM May 14, 2012