Not trying to disregard the movement or shrug it off or anything, because I am very much pro-legalization, but why can't we just acknowledge the fact that we just wanna get high?

Dr. Nirav R. Shah

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This would need to be organized city by city but how about next spring we start growing some cannabis plants early so that when the weather is good we can all on a set date go out and plant these cannabis plants all over our cities. Since most cities already have potted plants and public parks we could in the middle of the night go around planting them so the next morning there are just dozens of cannabis plants. This could accomplish a few things such as showing people that it's just a plant and also the police would waste their time having to go around and uproot these plants so maybe even some police would figure out what a huge waste of time and money prohibition is.

here are a few, hopefully through bouncing ideas around here we can come up with something great. Here's a start: clearagenda.org unitedclear.org clearforall.org

(I posted this to r/trees a week or so ago and it was ignored... but I think this is the right place, so I'm posting it again! ;))

Okay guys. I'm an art ent who wants to start designing us some stuff. I know there are others who are probably having the same thoughts -- so let's gather and talk!

If we're gonna succeed, we need unity. We need a look, a brand, cohesiveness. So please -- share your thoughts! What do we want our "look" to be? How do we want to be perceived? I want to hear the general consensus.

Things to consider:

• Terms (cannabis vs. marijuana, legalize vs. end prohibition)

• Color scheme -- let's pick one. Do we want to go with the expected green, or something else? Let's pick a main color and some accents.

• Imagery (cannabis leaves -- yes or no?)

• Look/Tone -- Which crowd are we aiming at here? Young, hip, and striking like the Obama posters? More reserved, serious, and business-like? (Post examples of posters you think are effective, if you have them.) Bold? Minimalistic?

Then there's the actual information on the posters -- which angle are we taking for our argument? (health effects? money? ethics? etc etc). But that can come later. Right now, I think our posters should just be big and striking, with our name and a website and maybe a slogan.

What'cha think?

• Federal Government's Prohibition Of Cannabis Passes 75-Year Milestone

Washington, DC: The federal government's ongoing criminalization of cannabis turned 75-years-old on Monday, October 1.

The Marihuana Tax Act, the first federal law criminally restricting Americans' possession and cultivation of the cannabis plant went into effect on October 1, 1937. The United States Supreme Court struck down the law in 1969. Marijuana is presently prohibited under federal law because it is classified as a schedule I substance under the United States Controlled Substances Act of 1970.

Since 1965, over law enforcement have made over 22 million arrests for marijuana offenses.

According to a 2011 nationwide Gallup poll, a majority of the public now favors ending marijuana prohibition and regulating the substance in a manner similar to alcohol or tobacco.

This November, voters in three states - Colorado, Oregon, and Washington - will decide at the ballot box whether to allow for the limited legalization of cannabis for adults. The measures lead in Colorado and Washington. Oregon voters are divided on the issue of legalizing cannabis.

Stated NORML Executive Director Allen Sty. Pierre: "Today, we reflect upon the decades of failure imposed by prohibition. Tomorrow, we look to the very near future when cannabis prohibition is abolished once and for all."

For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at: [email protected], or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: [email protected].

• Connecticut Medical Cannabis Law Takes Effect

Hartford, CT: Public Act 12-55, An Act Concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana, took effect on Monday, October 1. Democrat Gov. Dan Malloy signed the measure into law on June 1. Connecticut is the 17th state since 1996 to allow for the physician-authorized use of cannabis as a therapeutic option for qualified patients.

Patients are afforded legal protections under this act is they are diagnosed with cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, cachexia, wasting syndrome, Crohn's disease, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Online registration for qualifying patients and their physicians is now available from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.

The Department has until July 1 to submit regulations to the General Assembly regarding the eventual state-licensed distribution of cannabis. In the interim, qualified patients will be allowed to lawfully to possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis. However, "until state-approved sources of medical marijuana are established, transactions to obtain the drug will still be illegal," according to a summary of the law in The Norwich Bulletin.

Home cultivation of cannabis by qualified patients is not explicitly addressed under the statute.

Additional information regarding Connecticut's medical cannabis program is available online from the Department of Consumer Protection: http://www.ct.gov/dcp/cwp/view.asp?a=4287&q=503670&dcpNav=|.

• Los Angeles: City Council Repeals Controversial Dispensary Ban

Los Angeles, CA: Members of the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted 11 to 2 to repeal a controversial citywide ban on storefront cannabis dispensaries.

Members of Council in July had approved the ban. However, just weeks following the vote, concerned citizens collected sufficient signatures to place a referendum on the citywide ballot to overturn the ban.

Members of the City Council this week decided to avert sending the issue to a public vote by repealing the ban.

The vote comes just days after the office of the US Attorney for the Central District of California sent 68 warning letters to dispensary owners and their landlords threatening to engage in federal civil action against them.

"Council members say they are hoping that a new federal crackdown on L.A. dispensaries may accomplish what they hoped to achieve with their ban," The Los Angeles Times reported.

For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at: [email protected], or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: [email protected].

Recent Action Alerts:

• Support The Industrial Hemp Farming Act

• Federal Legislation Introduced to End Asset Forfeiture Against Medical Cannabis Providers

• Support the Truth in Trials Act

Specialty tools like my Bong makes it easy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHTYT3hoFQ Administer the marijuana smoke to the incapacitated and critters...

I have no experience with medical marijuana but have been debating this with a friend. I say that medical marijuana would be better because it is clean and grown with resources street marijuana dealers might not have. He argues that street marijuana is better because dealers care about making the best weed to compete. What do you think?

Hi, /r/Project420,

Please allow this off-topic post.

I'm trying to legalise MDMA. Could you please send me the most convincing article, journal article, pamphlet, or small book for getting that done?