So I was on norml one day saw this thing to send your rep a email and this is the response.


Thank you for contacting me regarding the legalization of marijuana. As former chairman of the congressional subcommittee with jurisdiction over anti-narcotics programs, I appreciate hearing from you.

I am strongly opposed to efforts to legalize marijuana. marijuana is addictive, it adversely affects the immune system, and leads to the use of other drugs, such as cocaine. marijuana also causes cancer, including cancer of the lungs, mouth, throat, lips, and tongue; respiratory diseases and mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and other psychoses, depression, panic attacks, hallucinations, paranoia, hostility, depersonalization, flashbacks, decreased cognitive performance, disconnected thought, delusions and impaired memory. Since marijuana impairs coordination and judgment, it is a major cause of accidents. Babies born to women who smoke marijuana during pregnancy have an increased incidence of leukemia, low birth weight, and other abnormalities.

Despite these effects, legalization advocates often promote medical use as a legitimate reason for the legalization of marijuana. This argument, however, is simply a red herring for the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. Studies have continually rejected the notion that marijuana is suitable for medical use because it adversely impacts concentration and memory, the lungs, motor coordination and the immune system. Even though some states have passed measures to legalize marijuana for medical use following multimillion dollar campaigns financed entirely by special interests, such legalization generally has overwhelming opposition.

While some argue that marijuana may help to relieve some of the pain associated with some chronic illnesses, there is only one ingredient, THC, in the drug that has any reported medical use. Furthermore, there are safer and more effective medications that are preferred by physicians. Scientists at the National Institute of Health have declared that there is no evidence to suggest that smoking marijuana is superior to any currently available therapy for glaucoma, weight loss associated with AIDS, nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy, or muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or intractable pain. In addition, the American Cancer Society, the American Glaucoma Society, and the American Medical Association, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society all oppose using marijuana for medical purposes.

Some argue that by decriminalizing marijuana, we would be actually taking the profit out of production and sales. However, I believe that legalizing this drug would lessen the stigma of the dangers of its use. We also would most certainly attract new first time "experimenters
who otherwise might not have even had thoughts about trying marijuana. The side effects of this drug, which include those mentioned above, are reasons enough for keeping marijuana illegal. In addition, those who currently make outrageous profits from marijuana will merely move to possibly even more dangerous drugs.

The war against drugs has been, and continues to be, a very difficult one. Statistics show that drug use is up an alarming amount-especially among teenagers-and Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana are not immune to this increasing trend. As you may know, I have worked hard to fight against this trend. In addition, I have worked to bring a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) office to downtown Fort Wayne to help with both local and national drug enforcement efforts. I will continue to fight to keep marijuana illegal and combat the abuse of other drugs.

Thank you for keeping in touch with me on this issue. If I may be of assistance in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me again. I also encourage you to visit my Web site, which may be found on-line at United States Congressman Mark Souder :: Welcome.

pshhh..thats bullshit, but i really wouldnt expect anything else.
babies born to women who smoke anything will have birth problems, not just cannabis
and the red herring would have to be the fact that these fucking people tell us that you will get cancer and mental problems from indulging in marijuana..because the fact is all those cigs they allow to be pumped out and sold to kids every year and all those chemicals they dump into our water and burn and send into our atmosphere..all of that stuff causes cancer too, but do we fight it? not really..

ive been smoking marijuana for about 5 or 6 years..and ive never once even thought of trying cocaine.
if anything is a gateway drug, it would have to be alcohol and tobacco..so why dont they wage a war on those drugs? hmmm...special interests perhaps

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If anyone knows of any good studies or articals I can send back that would be jesus. I'm looking for some good stuff to send back because he is sadly mistaken. I know for a fact that pot isnt nearly as harmful as tabacco seeing as how i smoked for about 7-8 yrs and have been tabacco free for 2 yrs this december I'm only 22.

I was under the impression that there was a lot more to medical weed than thc and that it was infact quite a few of the other bits that help, cbn and all that. Surely thats why certain weed is pretty good for meds above just simply high thc??? I don't use for meds but that was the way i understood it, so if thats the case he's wrong right there.

Never try to teach a pig to sing.....

It wastes your time, and annoys the pig.

Just vote his ass out of office.



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yeah to be fair doesn't sound like he's going to change his mind, but the fact is he's your rep so he should at least listen but seems he has his ideas set. you should at least hastle him to give you some sources for his 'facts' otherwise he talking bollocks

laff.
i swear they are talkin about alcohol..

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Here
Marijuana Conspiracy - by Dough Yurchey

lots of good stuff in this article.

Nice form letter he sent you, what a dickcheese......

your my hero ima send him that lmao.

just send hima copy of the vote totals for the marijuana ballot questions this last election in massachusetts (65%-35% to decriminalize) and michigan (65%-35% for medical MJ) and remind him if the ratio is not there already in your state it will be there soon. if that 65% knew his positions they wouldn't be voting for him in the next election.