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so there are still these complications to deal with but i see far more good coming from this,lets just see how long it takes for washington and Colorado prison populations to decline
Bellingham, Wash. (CBS SEATTLE) – Washington State should be barred from collecting thousands of dollars in state and local marijuana taxes from an authorized marijuana dispensary and its owner because there are already pending federal charges, a lawsuit filed in federal court claims. Martin Nickerson Jr. has sued Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and state tax chief Carol Nelson in federal court, arguing that he cannot be taxed on the state and local levels because he’s already being federally prosecuted, Courthouse News Service reports. His attorneys argue that he is unable to defend himself from state tax charges because he would be forced to waive his Fifth Amendment rights by responding to the local tax charges. The states of Washington and Colorado have legalized recreational and medical marijuana sales, creating a tangled web of legal conflicts between the federal and state levels.
so seems they are still trying to play the tired old mantra of HEMP bad sadly with all the uses hemp can give us
Text The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized a batch of seeds that were intended to be part of the launch of Kentucky's legal hemp industry following congressional legalization of the crop for research purposes. The DEA has offered a wide variety of explanations to Kentucky officials perplexed at the seizure. "They're interpreting the law a hundred different ways," Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer (R) told HuffPost. "The only way they're not interpreting it is the way it actually reads." Comer said that he met with Kentucky Sens. Mitch McConnell (R) and Rand Paul (R) this past weekend and relayed to them the DEA's claim that it was simply following the intent of the recently passed farm bill, which includes a passage championed by McConnell that allows colleges and state departments of agriculture to cultivate hemp for research purposes.
Until 1883, 75-90% of all paper in the U.S. was made with hemp. Hemp seed was the # 1-selling bird feed; 4 million pounds were sold in the U.S. in 1937. In the mid-to-late 1800's the 2nd & 3rd most commonly used medications were concentrated cannabis extracts and resins (a.k.a. hashish). A bridge in the south of France dated at 500-700 A.D. was built with a mixture of hemp. In 1941 Henry Ford built a car with a plastic made from hemp and wheat straw. Until 1937 70-90% of all rope and twine was made with hemp. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp on their plantations. In 1850 the U.S. Census reported 8,327 hemp plantation of at least 2000 acres in size. Not counted were thousands of smaller crops. The original Levi Strauss jeans were made from hemp. In 1942 the U.S. government strongly encouraged hemp cultivation to help with the war effort, going so far as to produce a film entitled "Hemp For Victory". The version of the Declaration of Independence released on July 4, 1776 was written on hemp.
and to those that say its not medicine well lots of people through out history would disagree on the matter great thread OP star and flag
2,737 BCE First recorded use of cannabis as medicine by Emperor Shen Neng of China. 2,000-800 BCE Bhang (dried cannabis leaves, seeds and stems) is mentioned in the Hindu sacred text Atharvaveda (Science of Charms) as "Sacred Grass", one of the five sacred plants of India. It is used by medicinally and ritually as an offering to Shiva. 1,500 BCE Cannabis cultivated in China for food and fiber. Scythians cultivate cannabis and use it to weave fine hemp cloth. 700-600 BCE The Zoroastrian Zendavesta, an ancient Persian religious text of several hundred volumes refers to bhang as the "good narcotic." 600 BCE Hemp rope appears in southern Russia. 700-300 BCE Scythian tribes leave Cannabis seeds as offerings in royal tombs. 500 BCE Scythian couple die and are buried with two small tents covering containers for burning incense. Attached to one tent stick was a decorated leather pouch containing wild Cannabis seeds. This closely matches the stories told by Herodotus. The gravesite, discovered in the late 1940s, was in Pazryk, northwest of the Tien Shan Mountains in modern-day Khazakstan. Hemp is introduced into Northern Europe by the Scythians. An urn containing leaves and seeds of the Cannabis plant, unearthed near Berlin, is found and dated to about this time. Use of hemp products spread throughout northern Europe. 430 BCE Herodotus reports on both ritual and recreation use of Cannabis by the Scythians (Herodotus The Histories 430 B.C. trans. G. Rawlinson). 200 BCE Hemp rope appears in Greece. Chinese Book of Rites mentions hemp fabric. 100 BCE First evidence of hemp paper, invented in China. 100-0 BCE The psychotropic properties of Cannabis are mentioned in the newly compiled herbal Pen Ts'ao Ching.
American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That's according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Nearly one in eight drug prisoners in America are behind bars for marijuana-related offenses, according to data released this week by the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The BJS study, "Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004," reports that 12.7 percent of state inmates and 12.4 percent of federal inmates incarcerated for drug violations are serving time for marijuana offenses. Combining these percentages with separate US Department of Justice (DOJ) statistics on the total number of state and federal drug prisoners (BJS October 2005 Bulletin: "Prisoners in 2004" -- NCJ 210677) suggests that there are now approximately 33,655 state inmates and 10,785 federal inmates incarcerated for marijuana offenses.
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: semperfortis
Problems?
Yeah they got em
On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Distefano testified that Colorado Children’s Hospital has treated seven juveniles for acute illnesses stemming from ingesting edible forms of marijuana since the law went into effect.
And, on Monday night, before Distefano appeared before the House Committee on Health, Insurance, and Environment on two bills to rein in recreational marijuana, a mother of three from Denver on the phone with a 911 operator about the hallucinations being experienced by her husband was killed when he shot her in the head.
State Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) says that achieving equivalences between marijuana from plants with the concentrates used in edibles will probably cost the state at least $100,000 to implement, but that every passing day is giving lawmakers reasons why some tightening is necessary.
The reports of edible marijuana making children sick and possibly playing a role in Kristine Kirk’s murder coincides with a new study showing that casual marijuana use can cause changes in the brain. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a 10-page report on the study says that brain alterations occur in young adults using marijuana before any dependence develops.
The report’s author, Dr. Hans Breiter of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, said that longer-term studies are needed to see if brain changes cause any symptoms over time.
Food Safety News
So a few underage kids get a bit sick cause they ate some weed?
Boo hoo
And how many hundreds of stupid kids end up serously ill or worse a bit dead cause of underage drinking?
Still dont see justification of draconian laws and punishments.
originally posted by: HanzHenry
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: semperfortis
Problems?
Yeah they got em
On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Distefano testified that Colorado Children’s Hospital has treated seven juveniles for acute illnesses stemming from ingesting edible forms of marijuana since the law went into effect.
And, on Monday night, before Distefano appeared before the House Committee on Health, Insurance, and Environment on two bills to rein in recreational marijuana, a mother of three from Denver on the phone with a 911 operator about the hallucinations being experienced by her husband was killed when he shot her in the head.
State Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) says that achieving equivalences between marijuana from plants with the concentrates used in edibles will probably cost the state at least $100,000 to implement, but that every passing day is giving lawmakers reasons why some tightening is necessary.
The reports of edible marijuana making children sick and possibly playing a role in Kristine Kirk’s murder coincides with a new study showing that casual marijuana use can cause changes in the brain. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a 10-page report on the study says that brain alterations occur in young adults using marijuana before any dependence develops.
The report’s author, Dr. Hans Breiter of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, said that longer-term studies are needed to see if brain changes cause any symptoms over time.
Food Safety News
So a few underage kids get a bit sick cause they ate some weed?
Boo hoo
And how many hundreds of stupid kids end up serously ill or worse a bit dead cause of underage drinking?
Still dont see justification of draconian laws and punishments.
or intake of cancer causing chemicals in cigarettes.
or the fact that thousands are using harmful synthetic drugs like spice, batch salts, etc.
Of the ones that 'huff' glade, rubber cement, gasoline, etc.
I got it, since a few idiots do things improper, lets BAN THEM ALL!!
originally posted by: LightAssassin
a reply to: benrl
Better still, watching mods fight it out
This is ridiculous. This is best political decision I've seen made in the US in a very long time. Those opposing it must be old and too set in their ways.
There are way too many benefits for legalization than there are for prohibition.
lol as you can see the death tolls listed are insane and so overblown its not even funny .and of sad yet hilarious note they seem to think that pot is the number one source of violence on the planet as they seem to claim that pot kills more people in china a year then died in ww2 at hands of japanese .sadly some people see these sites and assume that they know what they are talking about and thus the propaganda remains in full force and this is why legalization is such a long drawn out process. in its history it has gone from being mandated by federal government being grown to demonized into the "next evil thing" hell it built and funded this nation and we even wrote the declaration of independence on the stuff
Each and every violent death in the the history of human’s existence can and has been directly linked to consumption of the cannabis sativa plant. The only way humans become violent and lust for blood is through smoking, snorting, injecting or eating marijuana. Below is the total 2012 marijuana induced death toll for the world’s 50 most populated countries: 1. China - 63,463,094 2. India - 48,293,129 3. United States - 10,029,023 4. Indonesia - 9,032,198 5. Brazil - 6,493,294 6. Pakistan - 5,393,392 7. Nigeria - 5,392,042 8. Bangladesh - 5,298,931 9. Russia - 5,242,682 10. Japan - 5,212,092 11. Mexico - 5,128,918 12. Philippines - 5,126,928 13. Vietnam - 4,934,562 14. Ethiopia - 4,823,932 15. Egypt - 4,812,648 16. Germany - 4,629,564 17. Turkey - 4,583,982 18. Iran - 4,561,606 19. Congo, Dem. Rep. - 4,209,012 20. Thailand - 4,093,192 21. France - 4,085,013 22. United Kingdom - 4,012,562 23. Italy - 3,982,947 24. Burma - 3,964,091 25. Korea, South - 3,924,564
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: crazyewok
Making drugs illegal creates criminal underworlds it doesn't stop drug use CLEARY!
Your are completely ignorant if you believe that making something illegal stops it's availability.
originally posted by: semperfortis
Problems?
Yeah they got em
On Tuesday, Dr. Michael Distefano testified that Colorado Children’s Hospital has treated seven juveniles for acute illnesses stemming from ingesting edible forms of marijuana since the law went into effect.
And, on Monday night, before Distefano appeared before the House Committee on Health, Insurance, and Environment on two bills to rein in recreational marijuana, a mother of three from Denver on the phone with a 911 operator about the hallucinations being experienced by her husband was killed when he shot her in the head.
State Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) says that achieving equivalences between marijuana from plants with the concentrates used in edibles will probably cost the state at least $100,000 to implement, but that every passing day is giving lawmakers reasons why some tightening is necessary.
The reports of edible marijuana making children sick and possibly playing a role in Kristine Kirk’s murder coincides with a new study showing that casual marijuana use can cause changes in the brain. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a 10-page report on the study says that brain alterations occur in young adults using marijuana before any dependence develops.
The report’s author, Dr. Hans Breiter of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, said that longer-term studies are needed to see if brain changes cause any symptoms over time.
Food Safety News
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: douglas5
The only thing that can go wrong is your foolishness.
Your perspective is completely and willfully ignorant.