I searched on here and didn't see this so I thought that I would share with you all, I am almost done reading this kids essay and OMG!! It is AMAZING, very very long but hey, it's high school and they have to be long, kid def did his research.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/19634608/detail.html

and his essay, I suggest loading a bowl and just read.

http://forums.youthrights.org/showthread.php?t=18906

Enjoy ppls.

Glad to see that this is getting alot of hits, **wondering if anyone has read the essay** I read it very worth while, even the article is good.

Message: A+
Content: B-
Showmanship: A++

I'm a huge literary geek so I have to point out the countless misused words and portions that show signs of plagiarism as they do not fit with the literary style of the rest of the speech.

That aside, this kind of social protest is going to become rampant (or so I hope). It's really the only way we'll ever get action from the federal government.

Which reminds me that he forgot to bring up the Tenth Amendment.
The Tenth Amendment
“ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ”
Wikipedia entry on the 10th Amendment

Oh you silly states you can legalize marihuana but we, the federal gov't, (dis)respectfully retain the right to call it illegal.

Here's the problem: The 10th Amendment seems to pretty clearly say that, unless otherwise delegated by the Constitution, all power resides with the states. Let's say a state declares cannabis legal (California anyone?). The federal government has no Constitutional power to contradict this state law.

So how do they get away with it?
The Commerce Clause

“ The Congress shall have Power...To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”

Congress and the Courts have used this little sucker to declare that Sally MMJ Grower, who obviously only grows for her personal use, could affect interstate commerce. Her crippled ass is going to sell her crop to citizens in other states and provide a legal source to an otherwise illegal substance in that state. Let's be clear, she didn't actually do this...but you know, she could. So we'll throw her in prison. FOR GREAT JUSTICE.

If you think the above example sounds like fiction, here's another Wikipedia link for you:
Gonzales v. Raich

Our Supreme Court upheld charges against a California medical maríjuana patient based on the assumption that it is possible she could sell her medicine to parties in states where it is illegal.

Did she? Of course not, but that doesn't matter - the Court had political reasons to uphold the Federal Government's illegal basis for the War on Drugs. They wouldn't want to look silly now, would they?

Thats funny, were having this same debate today during my English class..

Dontcopnone: good post, alot of good info

not to be critical, this kid is rad, but anyone else note the quote at the end attributed to bob marley is actually from a peter tosh song?

i agree with dontcopnone, the part that was weirdest to me was

"To study 182 of 5 ¼ million accidents, .0034%, and make apocryphal claims based on that research shows ineptitude beyond that of any man disposed to devout his life to a hierarchy of pious infidels who understand nothing of the nature and complexity of life."

Also the quote at the end he attributed to Bob Marley is from a Peter Tosh song, although that wasn't the only misinformation that stood out.

However, much respect for this kid, it took a lot of balls to back up his convictions and do that. Plus when I was in high school I only knew about 25% of that information. It took getting arrested in college to get me into wanting to know everything about pot and that led to growing. And I hadn't heard about Franklin growing his own after meeting with Turkish emissaries.

Nice report!
I didn't know that legal pot outsells corn and wheat!!
Knowledge is power.

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Just finished reading it... I loved it.
For those of you who have seen The Union: The Business of Getting High, he basically covers everything in that documentary.
Here is a link for those of you who have not seen it... by far one of the most informative documentaries I have seen
The Union

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Totaly baked is another good one!!

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