Comments on: Lobbyists’ claims about medical marijuana don’t hold up

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:17:15 +0000

Based on his opinion I’m thinking he has a few people funding his statements. How could you be so stupid as to believe a policeman over a scientist for scientific cannabis data? And why is it possible for one man to veto what the people have voted for? It’s insane.

By: The Agitator » Blog Archive » WOPOTY Candidate: James Backstrom

The Agitator » Blog Archive » WOPOTY Candidate: James Backstrom — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:09:43 +0000

[...] Minnesota Independent has a good refutation of Backstrom’s op-ed, though they appear to have misspelled his [...]

By: Minnesota – Lobbyists’ claims about medical marijuana don’t hold up « HempNews

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:51:45 +0000

[...] medical marijuana because there hasn’t been enough study, but it remains open to it. Full article here. [...]

By: Greg Flentz

Greg Flentz — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:07:14 +0000

Listen to LEAP officers. The only cops that should be listened to are those who have discovered the error of Prohibition. Police officers of the LEAP organization tell the truth about our failed drug laws .
http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Content&pid=5

By: Abiss

Abiss — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:17:53 +0000

As a 20-year-old with severe depression, marijuana has been the greatest thing that has happened to me. I cannot control what my brain tells me to feel normally. I have major chemical imbalances in my brain that cause me to get pissed off easily, get suicidal, and contemplate ending it. But, combined with medication, marijuana chills me out and allows me to live normally for awhile. If it were to be legalized, marijuana could help me lead a more normal life. I know, it sounds wrong. But because it makes me feel good and calm, then I can do all of the things I do anyway, but I don’t flip out all of the time.

Tim Pawlenty, for the good of everyone like me and worse, legalize medical marijuana. You will save lives. You will make lives better. And you will make money. There is no loss for you. Please, legalize marijuana today.

By: smoker bob

smoker bob — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:56:36 +0000

And besides, if pot were legalized, these cops would have deal with actual criminals, and they’re not too thrilled about actually having to do their job, instead of bust potheads and fill their coffers with confiscated goods.

By: smoker bob

smoker bob — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:54:28 +0000

Tim is strictly “pro-business” on this issue. The business of keeping the for-profit prisons full.

And law enforcement makes a LOOOOOOT of money with forfeiture laws. They don’t want to give that up.

By: EK

EK — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:29:50 +0000

Too bad that cops are willing to lie on the subject in order to make themselves appear morally superior as a group. Unfortunately that illusion was destroyed a long time ago.

By: Jim Frontstrom

Jim Frontstrom — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:37:39 +0000

I used to listen to the opinions of Jim Backstrom. He used to be on tv, radio and up at the capitol talking about almost everything. However he seems to have disapeared. Recently there was a story about how Mr. Backstrom has been spending his time defending himself against charges that in his role as Dakota County Attorney, he threatened a witness not to testify in a murder trial. I was left to listen to the debate and come to my own conclusions on this issue. Your article highlights the fact from fiction and was consistent with the testimony given in all the hearings I watched. So it’s good that you are providing the facts and allowing Dakota County Attorney the time to concentrate defending himself against charges that he threatened a witness not to testify in a murder trial

By: Doug S.

Doug S. — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:58:03 +0000

I have to agree with just about every post here, When law enforcement has to go through 5+ years of medical school, Then I will take there advice and at no other time, People in the medical field make that decision and law enforcment scares those people into making horrible medical choices when they have a safer choice of medication the wont destroy there patients liver.

And above all the People make the laws for law enforcment to uphold not the other way around, When police start acting like the Fedral Goverment you better watch out because your rights that people have faught and died for are being destroyed.

And last but not least, God made Cannabis, Man made beer, who do you trust?
Marijuana was legal and has been legal for 99% of its history with not a single recorded Overdose, The safest drug there is although it is not Harmless no drugs are and the side effects of marijuana are far less phisicly damaging then most legal drugs today even asprin and tylonal dont compare to marijuana but, one needs to ask ones self, Is it right of me the person who is not suffering to determine what is best for the person who is or is it the person who is suffering.

Sorry I needed to add this as well, People need to understand why marijuana is illegal in the first place, when you look at all the reasons it would shock anyone that we still inforce a law that was founded on racism and made illegal by fear and propaganda to line the pockets of paper and textile industry, And these are things that I consider un-American as most do.

We should be beyond this by now, why do we still hold on to things from our past that have done nothing but cause us harm as did prohabition of alcohol.