Comments on: Medical marijuana passes last House committee

By: buddy

buddy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:33:18 +0000

Listen.

I’m tired of hearing how the marijuana will help the nations economy.

Forget all that. It’s about us, the people, not the friggin money. I’m sick and tired of hearing about money and taxes and marijuana, WE AS PEOPLE are ALWAYS left out of the equation.

I hope they pass this, and ultimately make this plant legal for consumption. I dont hurt anyone, I dont disprespect.

I love Minnesota and all my neighbors here. Marijuana is great to me and I like to smoke it. I hate paying for it.

But, if it means better roads for us, a happier people, Im all for it.

Please make marijuana legal. I like it too much to let it go and it loves me too.

Pawlenty, dont worry brother, things will be just fine.

By: guess who

guess who — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:13:31 +0000

I,ve come to the conclusion this wont pass,our leaders just do not represent us anymore,that is if they ever did.Commonsense is long gone,The drug war is ineffective but nobody has the balls to stand up for whats right anymore,call me negative but thats just how it is nowadays.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:08:46 +0000

why do we keep all the money we spend underground when we should decriminalize and put that money back into the economy they we spend 100 billion a year lets get that money above ground and put it to use

By: NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up : Greenkind Magazine

NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up : Greenkind Magazine — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:40:06 +0000

[...] Legislation to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis has been approved by the state Senate and now awaits action from the House. At this time, the bill’s primary hurdle appears to be Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has [...]

By: Greg Flentz

Greg Flentz — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:19:42 +0000

The only cops you should be listening to are LEAP officers. LEAP, http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php is dedicated to the truth about our drug laws.

By: James Booker

James Booker — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:08:04 +0000

Voting against were DFL Reps. Kate Knuth, Gene Pelowski, Jr., and Nora Slawik. They were joined by Republican Reps. Ron Shimanski, Mary Kiffmeyer and Tom Emmer.

There’s three DFLers that need to targeted for defeat. Look up “airhead” in the dictionary and you’ll find Nora Slawik’s picture.

By: Revolutionist777

Revolutionist777 — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:41:33 +0000

Caffeine is a “gateway drug!!”

By: smoker bob

smoker bob — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:25:22 +0000

How much money does Tim get from the police unions and other law enforcement and corrections agencies?

Tim is just trying to look “ultra-conservative” to win over the GOP nomination for VP in 2012, plus keep the for-profit prisons humming along.

It’s another reason he refuses to seat Franken. He’s siding with the GOP in hopes of his VP run. He doesn’t care that we’re not properly represented. It helps him politically.

He couldn’t give a rats ass about the citizens.

By: Margaret O'Hearn

Margaret O'Hearn — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:13:29 +0000

“The anti-marijuana campaign is a cancerous tissue of lies, undermining law enforcement, aggravating the drug problem, DEPRIVING THE SICK OF NEEDED HELP, and suckering well-intentioned conservatives and countless frightened parents… Narcotics police are an enormous, corrupt international bureaucracy … and now fund a coterie of researchers who provide them with ’scientific support’ … fanatics who distort the legitimate research of others”

– William F. Buckley, Commentary in The National Review, April 29, 1983, p. 495

By: Zeebs19

Zeebs19 — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:48:19 +0000

“Several major changes were made to the bill to appease law enforcement.”
THAT IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS!

Our representatives are supposed to represent ALL of us, not give undue attention to small portions of the population like huge businesses who profit from laws and law enforcement employees who also rely on unjust laws to keep their jobs. This is called “corruption” or “selling out”.

Just calling them like I see them… but I applaud those who are moving in the right direction by legalizing (even some) marijuana. The amount of money we spend on imprisoning productive members of society is obscene and unconscionable, and this is a good first step to correcting the errors of the recent past.