keep it up dazed g/l

Thanx Sea, POT SMOKERS UNITE!!!!

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...Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed on the face of the earth...

-Gen. 1:29

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.

I guess it's time to vote congressman Mark Souder out of office, isn't it?

Mark Strouder...check...I'll be adding another to my daily email list, along with Dick Durbin, another self righteous prick who needs to be voted out.http://durbin.senate.gov/
don't forget this guy
Jerry Costello http://capwiz.com/norml2/webreturn/?...ello.house.gov

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...Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed on the face of the earth...

-Gen. 1:29

forget that respond back asking where he gets his information about its side effects. point out that you use marijuana for recreational use and you haven't been on any crack binges recently due to this. let's do this people let's not get lazy when our wonderful plant needs us most!!!!! contact your rep, maybe if we put his as a sticky, more people will notice...

better yet ask him "if tobacco has any medical properties." then ask "how many people die yearly from tobacco?" then ask "how many cases of someone dying directly form cannabis?" and yet cannabis is the one with pain relieving and has medical uses, but this is the drug the government choose to make illegal?"... if he is so against drugs and dangerous narcotics he should be pushing more for the prohibition or should i say re-prohibition of alcohol and tobacco. damn big wigs always walking around the problem, thinking we are all uneducated stoners. we need to stand up and fight an intelligent debate for the pro's and con's of smoking marijuana. point out that you can make oils, candy, beers, cakes, brownies etc instead of smoking cannabis but the main reason the normal joe can't do this is because the price of marijuana on the black market is insane so the same amount it would take to make a few brownies, you can have 5-7 days worth of smoking substance. oh yeah also ask him "ok smoking marijuana is bad for your lungs but isn't tobacco?"

The only way they are gonna legalize it is if they can Tax it, thus they have to control it first, I have already been to prison for my beliefs......have you?
Stand up and write your reps, because its always the same tired, wornout, people that are fighting the good fight.

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Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.
" If you seek peace, prepair for War"

Exactly right Canon, they only lifted the prohibition on achohol because they could control it and tax it, That prohibition would have never gotten lifted though if it wasn't for people like us who have gone to jail and people who were tired of being prosecuted for something that is not the cause of violent crimes in our communities like crack, meth, and heroin. We have to be persistent in this effort.

Keep the fight going... Peace Bro

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...Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed on the face of the earth...

-Gen. 1:29

Thanks Dazed. I will.

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Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.
" If you seek peace, prepair for War"