more states look to legalize marijuana

[Large Sarge]

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2012/11/more-states-ponder-legal-marijuana-as-feds-loom/

[Dogman]

Thars money/revenue in that beautiful green.

[Hatha Sunahara]

Thars money/revenue in that beautiful green.

There are gangsters and politicians and judges controlling society with that beautiful green. Legalizing it loosens that control. They don't want that. The UN has a global drug czar who thinks Washington and Colorado are violating some kind of treaty' The prohibition of it does far more damage than the weed itself. People are waking up to that. Brzezinsky was right about global political awakening. Scares the hell out of TPTB that people are voting to legalize it.


Hatha

[Serpo]

screw their stupid laws ,light up

[JDRock]

...or to put it correctly; RE-legalize it. there never WAS a problem with drugs UNTIL they outlawed them.

[Bigjon]

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COLORADO LAW AT CRS 18-18-302(3)(c) & CRS 12-22-304(5)
ALLOWS ME TO LAWFULLY “POSSESS” MARIJUANA BECAUSE I AM THE CRS 18-18-102(36) & CRS 12-22-303(33) “ULTIMATE USER.”

CRS 18-18-302. Registration requirements properly reworded clearly reads:

“. . . (3) The following persons need NOT register AND MAY LAWFULLY POSSESS controlled substances under this article:
. . . (c) AN ULTIMATE USER or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner.”
CRS 12-22-304 License required similarly reads:

“. . . (5) THE FOLLOWING PERSONS NEED NOT BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR BY THE BOARD TO LAWFULLY POSSESS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES UNDER THIS PART 3:(a) to (d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 387, º 6, effective July 1, 1992.)
. . . Editor's note: (1) THIS SECTION WAS CONTAINED IN A PART THAT WAS REPEALED AND REENACTED IN 1981. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1981, ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE CONTAINED IN 12-22-303 as said section existed in 1980, the year prior to the repeal and re-enactment of this part.”

It is a undisputed fact that Colorado Codes at both CRS 18-18-302(3)(c) and CRS 12-22-304(5) like 21 U.S.C. 822(2)(c)(3) clearly states that an “ULTIMATE USER” need NOT be registered or licensed AND MAY LAWFULLY POSSESS MARIJUANA.
CRS 18-18-102(36) & CRS 12-22-303(33) Definitions like 21 U.S.C. 802(27) clearly reads:

“. . . "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for his own use, for the use of a member of his household, or for use in administering to an animal owned by him or a member of his household.”

Furthermore, it is NOT illegal to “possess” “drug paraphernalia” under CRS 18-18-426 and nor is it illegal to “USE” “drug paraphernalia” unless you are using it with intent to deliver or manufacture with intent to deliver as stated in CRS 18-18-405.
18-18-426. Drug paraphernalia - definitions clearly reads:

“. . . (1) "Drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind WHICH ARE USED, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, MANUFACTURING, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the laws of this state.” (Hey Officer Friendly, did you see me USING my pipe?)

CRS 18-18-426 clearly reads: :"Drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind WHICH ARE USED, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, MANUFACTURING.” Therefore, possession of the “drug paraphernalia” by itself is not illegal! Furthermore, you cannot be charged with the mere “using” of the drug paraphernalia if you are the “ultimate user” as stated in as defined by CRS 18-18-102(36); CRS 12-22-303(33) and 21 U.S.C. 802 (27), unless they charge you with and prove that you used the drug paraphernalia with the intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver or distribute.

“THE STATUTE IS VIOLATED ONLY IF POSSESSION IS ACCOMPANIED BOTH BY KNOWLEDGE of the nature of the act AND ALSO BY THE INTENT “TO MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE.” United States v. Clark, 475 F.2d 240, 248-49 (2d Cir. 1973).” UNITED STATES v. JEWELL, 532 F.2d 697 (9th Cir. February 27, 1976.) (It is crystal clear that 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) is worded in the conjunctive “and.”)

United States v. Jewell, supra, makes it clear that you cannot be charged with the “lessor but included offense” of “possession” unless they also charge you with “manufacturing with intent to distribute.” – POSSESSION BY ITSELF IS NOT ILLEGAL!!!

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

...or to put it correctly; RE-legalize it. there never WAS a problem with drugs UNTIL they outlawed them.

Truth. In fact, the name marijuana was fabricated because it sounded Mexican and they wanted to demonize the cannabis.

[Serpo]

Cops across America tell federal government to end marijuana prohibition

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer







































Basically this is more evidence of how utterly stupid governments are........


(NaturalNews) A cohort of law enforcement officials and long-time law enforcement veterans has had enough of the federal government's continued prohibition of marijuana, and is demanding that the rogue entity back off and respect the people's sovereign right to grow and use the natural plant as they see fit, particularly in the states of Colorado and Washington where oppressive prohibition laws were recently lifted through voter initiatives.

The group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), which describes itself as an organization composed of current and former law enforcement and criminal justice officials opposed to existing drug policies, has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioning him to hold the Obama administration responsible for its earlier campaign promise to respect individual state laws pertaining to marijuana use.

As many NaturalNews readers are well aware, the taxpayer-funded War on Drugs that the nation has been forcibly embroiled in for the past 40 years has been a complete failure, and has only led to more crime and more drug cartels. Rather than continue to restrict access to a plant that is; for all intents and purposes, harmless, the federal government would do well from both an economic and social standpoint to simply stop interfering with individual states as it concerns marijuana use and cultivation.

"During his first term, President Obama really disappointed those of us who hoped he might follow through on his campaign pledges to respect state medical marijuana laws," said Neill Franklin, Executive Director of LEAP. "Still, I'm hopeful that in his second term he'll realize the political opportunity that exists to do the right thing. Polls show 80 percent support for medical marijuana, and in Colorado marijuana legalization got more votes than the president did in this most recent election."

War on Drugs equals waste, fraud and violence

Franklin, a 34-year veteran narcotics officer, along with dozens of police officers, prosecutors, judges, and federal agents, officially sent their signed petition letter to the DOJ on November 20, and are hoping that the administration will take it seriously. In the meantime, the group plans to continue raising awareness about how the War on Drugs needlessly wastes taxpayer money and perpetuates violence, not to mention incarcerates thousands of people every year into privately-owned prison systems for merely exercising their natural right to possess and use the substances of their choice without oppression.

"From a public safety perspective, it's crucial that the Obama administration let Colorado and Washington fully implement the marijuana regulation laws that voters approved on Election Day," added Tony Ryan, a 36-year veteran Denver police lieutenant, and one of the letter's signers.

"There's nothing the federal government (http://www.naturalnews.com/federal_government.html) can do to force these states to arrest people for marijuana possession, but if it tries and succeeds in stopping the states from regulating and taxing marijuana sales, cartels and gangs will continue to make money selling marijuana to people on the illegal market. Plus, the states won't be able to take in any new tax revenue to fund schools."

Sources for this article include:

http://copssaylegalize.blogspot.com (http://copssaylegalize.blogspot.com/2012/11/fellow-law-enforcers-ask-eric-holder.html)

http://www.infowars.com (http://www.infowars.com/veteran-cops-deliver-letter-to-ag-holder-urging-marijuana-legalization/)

http://www.leap.cc/

http://www.naturalnews.com/038118_marijuana_prohibition_cops_federal_governme nt.html

[singular_me]

Thars money/revenue in that beautiful green.

I just told my ex to look into it as he seeks a good investment in stock market... BUT great, 1st they speculate on prohibition then on legalization. "they" win both times. This world is rotting