January 13, 2010

  A proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults goes to a hearing at 1:30 p.m. in the House Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee. Democratic Rep. Dave Upthegrove of Des Moines sponsored House Bill 1177, which reclassifies possession of small amounts of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction subject to a $100 fine. A second bill sponsored by Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, would legalize marijuana; HB 2401 also is being heard.

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If We legalize marijuana  the drug cartels will disappear as fast as the rum runners of that other prohibition because they can not compete. What is hard to understand about that?. regulated sales will help keeping the marijuana out of the hands of kids  as it is now any one with money can get it in less then a hour. More good news the taxes on marijuana and the savings of enforcement and eradication and imprisonment costs could just save us from any income or sales taxes. So its high time to legalize marijuana its a herb not a drug by the way. Guess what our legislators are talking about it now, its time to call them and tell them you want legal  weed

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July 22

Those of us who use marijuana as a recreational herb are a majority, most of us are good citizens we  work at jobs,,  pay taxes and vote but we are treated like criminals. Unless we behave as hypocrites. Always looking over our shoulders pulling down shades and stuffing towels in the crack under the door. We are subject to having our homes ransacked and us being dragged off  to jail at any time because of a  80 year old law pushed through by robber barons to stamp out computation from the hemp industry and passed by racist politicians. We pot smokers have no representation. Cannabis is not addicting  like tobacco nor is it a “gateway drug”. If  reefer is regulated and one can purchase good clean herb say in a liquor store for the same price or less then the street there would be no black market to lure young people into reefer madness. So this how it is and its going to stay this way unless we all stand up and be counted demand our elected officials change this regressive law or they wont be elected…

 Here is a E-mail from Senator Cantwell in reply to my request that she support legalization of marijuana for general use regulated  and taxed just as liquor is now

,Thank you for contacting me to express your ideas about decriminalizing marijuana.  I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter

While a review of federal drug laws may be warranted in order to determine whether there is any truth to the claim about the palliative effects of marijuana, particularly for terminally ill individuals, I do not support the outright legalization of marijuana. Long-term scientific studies conducted for the National Institute on Drug Abuse have shown that marijuana use may lead to use of other more serious types of drugs. For example, the risk of using cocaine is 104 times greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it. Using marijuana puts young people in contact with users and sellers of other drugs, thereby increasing the chances that a marijuana user will be exposed to and urged to try more addictive drugs. Therefore, I believe that instead of legalizing marijuana, Congress should explore mechanisms to direct more government resources to treatment of substance abuse and prevention efforts that will break the cycle of drugs and violence

…The Senator has no clue notice that all the excuses for not supporting legalization are issues caused by prohibition not marijuana itself.