A Tale of Two Prohibitions

Am amazing short video showing the similarities between Alcohol and Cannabis Prohibition. Edited by Marijuana Man, music by the Tall Brothers.

Hemp Will Set Us Free

If you haven't already, read Jack Herer's "The Emperor Wears No Clothes". All chapters are also on Jack's Website with tonnes of other awesomeness - like this!

A pot poem by Dana Larsen

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GREEN BUDS AND HASH

Would you like green buds and hash?
- No I would not, Mister Stash!

Would you like them in a bong?
Would you like them all day long?

- No I would not in a bong!
- No I would not all day long!
- I do not like green buds and hash.
- I do not want them Mister Stash!

Would you like them wrapped in paper?
Will you try them now or later?

- I do not want them wrapped in paper.
- I don't want them now or later.
- I don't want them in a bong,
- I do not want them all day long.
- I do not like green buds and hash,
- I do not want them Mister Stash!

Would you like them in a joint?
- No I would not, what's the point?

Perhaps you would prefer a puff?
Just have one, that is enough.

- I won't partake, not of a puff,
- Nor a hoot, nor hit, nor huff!

Would you try a tiny toke?
- No I don't want any smoke!

What if they were vaporized?
- I've told you no a thousand times!

Would you, could you, in a cake?
Or in cookies I can bake?

- I do not want them in a cake,
- Or in cookies you could bake.
- I do not want them vaporized,
- Or other means you have devised.
- I do not wish to try a toke,
- Or otherwise inhale smoke.
- I won't participate in puffs,
- You have asked me quite enough!
- I get no joy from juicy joints,
- I really do not see the point.
- I do not want to use the bong,
- I think that buds and hash are wrong.

In a tincture would you take it?
I could show you how to make it.

- I do not want them in a tincture
- Or in any other mixture!
- I do not want green buds and hash,
- I do not want them Mister Stash!
- Why do you care if I try them?
- Will you profit if I buy them?

I offer buds and hash for free,
There is no benefit to me.
Someone said that that you were sick,
green buds and hash might do the trick.
If you find you're getting thinner,
With no appetite for dinner,
Or you suffer from sclerosis,
Epilepsy or neuroses,
For almost all the ills that ail ya,
buds and hash will never fail ya.
Have glaucoma? PMS?
Green buds and hash have much success.
For protection against strokes,
Its best to have some potent tokes.
If your muscles are not dandy,
Try some green bud infused candy.
For migraines, spasms, even cancer,
Green buds and hash provide the answer.
If you are not feeling right,
Then have green buds and hash tonight.

- It's true I am not feeling great,
- My health's been rather poor of late.
- My doctor says that I have ills,
- He told me I should take these pills.
- I cannot even sleep at night,
- I never do feel quite alright.
- I will try green buds and hash,
- I will try them Mister Stash!

Pfffffffffffffft!

- Hey now I am feeling good!
- They worked just like you said they would.
- I have never felt this fine!
- Green buds and hash are quite divine!
- I will bake a green bud brownie,
- Whenever I am feeling frowny.
- I will try them vaporized,
- That technique seems very wise.
- I will take them in a tincture,
- And in every other mixture.
- Perhaps I would prefer to puff,
- And stop when I have had enough.
- I will roll some massive joints,
- And smoke them down to little points.
- I will toke upon the bong,
- I will do it all day long.
- I really like green buds and hash,
- I do enjoy them Mister Stash!
- Thanks for being so insistent
- And for being so persistent.
- My mind and body are improved,
- My spirit also has been moved.
- Though I was told they are a sin,
- Green buds and hash are medicine.
- I'm sorry that I was so hateful,
- Now I know I should be grateful!
- Thank you, thank you, Mister Stash,
- Thank you for green buds and hash!

Canadians: Get Up! Stand Up!

"I want to start with a quote from a 35-year-old African American man talking about his drug use as a younger man. He said:

'You might just be bored, or alone. Everybody was welcome into the club of disaffection. If the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through all the hypocrisy and bullshit and cheap moralism.'

That man called himself a junkie and a pothead. He said he was a confused teenager. He also went on to become the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

~ Professor Eugene Oscapella (Barrister and Solicitor, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Ottawa

Canadians, albeit slowly, are becoming more aware of the utter failure of the racist, greed filled War on Drugs and question draconian government policy regarding Cannabis.

From Canadian Senator Larry Cambell's Web Blog:

"According to recent crime statistics, it is estimated that the federal and provincial governments spend between $300 million and $500 million a year enforcing the law against simple possession of cannabis. Now maybe Canadians have become used to hearing about such amounts of money, but I know that a lot of communities, particularly those where our Aboriginal peoples reside, could make much better use of such funds.

It’s about time that we get over the stigma associated with many of the false assumptions that dominate this debate, and pragmatically move forward on eliminating pot prohibition. As someone who has both walked the streets as a member of the RCMP’s drug squad and examined legislation for passage into law as a Senator, I have a sharp understanding of what constitutes a criminal.

Those that use pot just don’t fit the profile."

The Americans have been telling us: Do not duplicate our failure!






Are you as a Canadian prepared to live in a society that will now be spending billions more in Cannabis enforcement? Do you think that your hard earned tax dollars should continue to be wasted in a war on people that will never, ever end? Are you willing to accept that with the passing of Bill C-15 (Update: now renamed Bill S-10 after prorogation by the Tories) Canada will no doubt end up like the United States, who consists of only 5% of the worlds population, but incarcerates 25% of their citizens?"

Canadians, please educate yourself on Bill S-10, which will enact mandatory minimum sentencing. If we continue down a path of incarceration instead of rehabilitation as the United States has erroneously done, it won't soon be long that Big Brother will have to build dozens more super jails to house all of us. And taxpayers will pay for it all. Please visit whyprohibition.ca for all of the information on this Bill, including a petition and where to write your Members of Parliament.

I warn you now though that Prohibition does affect you and your families' safety, you should be very concerned. Prohibition creates the black market, that market makes untaxed money, and lots of it. The "BC Bud" cash crop alone is estimated to make 7-12 Billion dollars a year for the Underground Economy. Organized crime and gangs need money to fund further illegal enterprises and buy weapons to carry their tasks out. So in fact, the very government prohibition is handing cartels and gangs their profits on a silver platter, and in the process exposing you and your family to living in a country that must endure more crime from increasingly violent territorial turf wars. Disputes are settled in the streets with guns, not the courts.

Sound Familiar? It should. It's exactly what happened during Alcohol Prohibition in the 1920's and 30's.


Innocent people get caught in gun crossfire. Innocent people are dying because we have a government that would rather be viewed as "tough on crime". But wouldn't you rather have a government that is smart about crime?

I'll say it again. As it stands cartels and gangs control the whole illicit drug industry, are making huge profits, and using the money from drug sales to fund other criminal enterprises that do cause harm to society.

Like Identity Theft. ((Update: (01/28/10) Because the Conservatives prorogued parliament on New Years Eve, a bill to address the growing problem of Identity Theft died. Check out Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament )

"From the Report to the Minister of Public Safety Canada and the Attorney General of the United States,October 2004

Identity theft refers to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's identifying information for the purpose of fraud or other criminal activity, typically for economic gain. The perpetrators of identity theft include members of organized criminal groups or networks, terrorists and individual criminals. Identity theft is usually done for economic gain but has also been used by terrorists to obtain cover employment, finance their activities and avoid detection when carrying out their attacks. Criminals also use identity theft to divert law enforcement focus away from the true perpetrators of crimes.

There are indications identity theft is growing rapidly, due in part to the Internet and modern technology. During a one-year period in 2002-2003, total losses to individuals and businesses related to identity theft in the United States were estimated at approximately US$53 billion. In Canada the losses for 2002 were estimated at approximately CAN$2.5 billion.

On the basis of available data, it appears that identity theft is likely to continue to grow substantially over the next decade and become increasingly important in cross-border criminality. It is expected to pose a threat to tens of millions of people and businesses in Canada and the United States unless law enforcement authorities and private-sector entities mount a vigorous and coordinated response to the problem."

So which is a bigger threat to you? Someone enjoying a joint in the privacy of their own home, or the growing chance that criminals are using their black market drug money to steal your money?

You don't have to advocate drug use. If you think that it's "wrong" to use a substance, it's your belief and you are free to hold it. But the next time you reach for a Tylenol for a headache or a Robaxacet for your bad back, remember that they are drugs too. In fact, drugs taken as prescribed in hospitals are the fourth leading cause of death in Canada – about 10,000 deaths a year. Perhaps another 10,000 are caused outside hospitals. Pharmaceuticals dominate our medical care to the point that we spend more on legal drugs (in 2005 prescription and Over the Counter amounted to $24 Billion) than we do on doctors ($18 Billion) while seriously injuring over 100,000 people a year in Canada, and over two million in the U.S.

Cannabis has never, in the history of all mankind, killed anyone.


"The "Gateway Theory" doesn't work.

The money saved from ending prohibition can be put towards education for children, health care, housing and community programs, and most importantly, funding for police efforts dealing with real crimes like murder, child and domestic abuse, paedophilia, child pornography, theft and so on. It is also much more cost effective to offer rehabilitation programs for hard drug users then it is to house them in jails, where they learn how to be - better criminals.

Of course there will still be rules. For example, no driving or using heavy machinery (just like it says on prescription medication bottles) after use. Proof of legal age for Cannabis purchase at regulated dispensaries would apply, similar to the sale of alcohol and cigarettes. This immediately eliminates the job of "Drug Dealer", and we all know they ask kids for ID, right? If anything, governments biggest argument that drugs can be dangerous is the smartest reason to control it.

Over 600,000 Canadians now have criminal records because they chose to use Cannabis. For the most part, these are otherwise law abiding, caring, socially productive individuals who have made a personal choice to use a naturally grown non-toxic plant.

Cannabis has been used by humans for thousands of years, we as a society should not sit idle when people who hurt no one else are filling prisons for profits. Legalizing will put cartels out of business and Canadians will no longer have to suffer the collateral damage that prohibition and the war on drugs causes.

Whether one chooses to use Cannabis, a natural plant, or not is a personal choice. Just as one can decide to have a beer watching a hockey game, a glass of wine after the kids are in bed, or start your morning off with a nice hot cup of coffee. The last time I checked I did not hand the federal government the authority to make that decision for me. I am an adult of sound mind and I have autonomy over my own body. Criminalizing people who choose to use an herb that has ZERO recorded deaths is outright ridiculous.

What I ingest is my business. What you ingest is your business. Not that of politicians and police. Alcohol, nicotine, prescription drugs, unhealthy eating, coffee, these all contribute to thousands of deaths in Canada every year, but we don't throw Alcoholics, sugar-fiends and drinkers of Timmie's Cafe Mochas in jail either. Too much junk and fast food can pack on the pounds - does this mean we should incarcerate obese people because they are harming themselves and costing society money in health care costs? Where does it end? How far will the government go in the name of "Keeping us safe from ourselves"? Ask yourself: "Just how free are we?"

This video is one everyone should see, and hopefully pass on. Barry Cooper, a highly ranked former DEA Agent who fought on the front lines of the War on Drugs speaks to students at the University of North Texas. The event was organized by the Texas chapters of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) April 5, 2007.

"Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffers, not the state."
- Mark Twain

Excerpts from:

The 19th meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

Mr. Gord Perks (Councillor, Toronto City Council, and Chair, Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Plan):
Canada's prisons and criminal justice system do not have enough capacity at present. Prisons are overcrowded and courts are congested. In reality, it is the provinces and territories that will feel much of the financial impact of this legislation, as many of the mandatory sentence terms will be less than two years. However, there is only one taxpayer, and Canadians will pay the increased prison, court, and police costs resulting from Bill C-15. The average cost of incarcerating someone in Canada's federal system is $93,000 per year, or $255 per day. How I wish I had those kinds of resources to help members in my community who are struggling with addiction. It costs substantially less to maintain an offender in the community than in prison: $23,000 per year versus $93,000.

Mr. Philippe Lucas (Executive Director, Vancouver Island Compassion Society and Canadians for Safe Access):
I just want to differentiate between drug-related crime, which Mr. Bagnell mentioned, and prohibition-related crime. When we talk about shootings in Toronto, when we talk about shootings in Vancouver, these are not people on drugs shooting each other. These are people shooting each other for drug profits. Nothing to do with the actual substances themselves has caused this violence. This violence is caused by the profitability of these drugs. So obviously addressing the difference between drug-related crime, which is typically petty crime that feeds someone's substance abuse and dependence on substances, is very different from prohibition-related crime, which is the high violence we're seeing and the gun violence we're seeing in our major cities in Canada.

Professor Eugene Oscapella (Barrister and Solicitor, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Ottawa:
I want to start with a quote from a 35-year-old African American man talking about his drug use as a younger man. He said:

You might just be bored, or alone. Everybody was welcome into the club of disaffection. If the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through all the hypocrisy and bullshit and cheap moralism.

That man called himself a junkie and a pothead. He said he was a confused teenager. He also went on to become the President of the United States, Barack Obama. It's ironic to see so many of the politicians on Parliament Hill salivating at the prospect of being seen in the presence of this man when under this law (Bill C-15) he would in all likelihood have been condemned to a two-year mandatory minimum prison sentence because he used cocaine. As you know, under the current drug law, even just passing a joint or passing a powder to a friend, not selling it, is considered trafficking. That can also probably be said of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both of whom have admitted their past drug use. Is this not a bit hypocritical?


I appeal to all Canadians, please stand up for civil rights on behalf of your children, your families, your friends and your fellow citizens who are presently incarcerated for using a plant that is said to be in the anointing oil of Jesus Christ. Speak up and be heard. Let your government officials know that you are in the dark no more. You see the bigger picture and realize that prohibition of Cannabis has amounted to a complete and total failed policy with all of Canadian society becoming an unwilling victim.

You realize government cannot legislate human behavior. Educate yourself about prohibition, and how Cannabis came to Canada and was unceremoniously criminalized without debate, because it really does affect us all. Take this knowledge and spread it. Our chance for a more peaceful country urgently depends on it. If you do nothing, if we don't all become involved in something so important as securing a safer, kinder, future for generations to come, Canada, as a nation, will surely fail.


Marley &Tosh -
"Get Up, Stand Up! Don't Give Up the Fight"

The Peanut Gallery

"The prosecution of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens every year is both hypocritical and an affront to individual, civil and human rights."

~ Raymond Kendall, Secretary General of Interpol

I read an article in The Vancouver Sun: "Thousands of marijuana smokers gather in Vancouver to celebrate '420'" and, as always, just like on thousands of other internet message boards and commentary sections of cannabis-related articles, there were some comments that just oozed misinformation and propaganda-drenched thinking. Here are some quotes from Harry J. Anslinger, Director of the FBN, that underpin the current propaganda and which are the foundation for cannabis prohibition.

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others."

"...the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."

"Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death."

"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."

"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing"

"You smoke a joint and you're likely to kill your brother."

"Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind."

In 1930, a new division in the Treasury Department was established: the Federal Bureau of Narcotics or FBN. Andrew Mellon, owner of Mellon Bank and head of the Department of Treasury, named his nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, as the director. Mellon was good friends with William Randolph Hearst, owner of a newspaper empire and heavy investor in the timber industry. Hearst did not want to compete with hemp, nor did DuPont want to compete with hemp in the textile and plastics industry, this all set the stage for The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.

After two years of secret planning, Anslinger brought his plan to Congress -- complete with a scrapbook full of sensational Hearst editorials, stories of ax murderers who had supposedly smoked marijuana, and racial slurs.

The Bureau used the Mexican slang term marijuana in the legislation and not publicizing it as a bill about cannabis or hemp. At this point, marijuana (or marihuana) was a sensationalist word used to refer to Mexicans smoking a drug and had not been connected in most people's minds to the existing cannabis/hemp plant. Thus, many who had legitimate reasons to oppose the bill weren't even aware of it.

These are the underlying reasons cannabis is illegal: racism and corporate greed. And, for the life of me, I cannot understand why Canada buys into such madness. If we don’t oppose legislation like Bill C-15 (6-9 Months in jail for growing ONE Cannabis Plant) we are surely heading down a dark path of destruction. Studies show that mandatory minimum sentencing does not work. Ask yourself if you want to continue to live within a system where billions of dollars are spent annually to support an ever growing prison system filled with otherwise law abiding non-violent "offenders". What do you think of the State of Texas? Who in 1997 built ONE university - and 77 prisons. Is that a Canada you are prepared to live in? Because if we keep this unrealistic War On a Plant up I'm afraid that's where we're headed.

There are many substances that aren’t good for us - alcohol being among the worst - but we don’t throw alcoholics in jail unless they have broken the law. No, we treat alcoholism as a health problem, with medical supervision and rehabilitation. That is the humane approach to addiction, not jail. One could argue that too many cheeseburgers and pop and potato chips and Twinkies and Timmie’s Cafe Lattes are also harmful to one’s health, but we don’t throw obese people and sugar fiends in jail either.

Legalizing cannabis will have a ripple effect throughout our communities. Families won’t lose bread winners who are sent to jail for simple possession, and we can make billions of dollars from a revitalized Hemp Industry, creating Green Jobs and helping our environment.

People will save money by being able to grow their own medicine, as well as become healthier for not ingesting so many synthetic legally prescribed narcotics. People with cancer and HIV disease and Multiple Sclerosis sufferers will be able to treat their pain without the fear of arrest. Addicts can get help in Harm Reduction programs without the fear of incarceration - making them more likely to seek help.

We would be able to keep drugs out of the hands of minors more effectively because, unlike drug dealers, cannabis dispensaries are going to require ID. You can ask any high school kid and they will tell you, it is hard to get alcohol and cigarettes because of age restrictions, but they could have pot in their hands within minutes. Legalizing it will wipe out the cannabis black market which violent gangs profit from, also lessening related violence in our society. Look at Mexican Drug Cartels, the Prohibition of the Cannabis plant causes more death and destruction than the actual plant ever could.

The "Gateway Theory" also does not hold - if it did there would be crackheads and heroin users crawling the streets, because MILLIONS use Cannabis and never touch the harder stuff. The nonpartisan National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine -- which published a multiyear, million-dollar federal study assessing marijuana and health in 1999 stated: "millions of Americans have tried marijuana, but most are not regular users [and] few marijuana users become dependent on it." The investigator added, "[A]though [some] marijuana users develop dependence, they appear to be less likely to do so than users of other drugs (including alcohol and nicotine), and marijuana dependence appears to be less severe than dependence on other drugs."

Prohibition also causes cannabis-seeking citizens to associate with drug dealers, and it is usually they who try to up sell harder drugs like methamphetamine and heroin. After all, they are trying to make you a lifelong customer and cannabis is less addictive than other widely used intoxicants, including caffeine. Having safe dispensaries in which to purchase Cannabis would cut down one's exposure to these more harmful substances and dangerous situations dramatically.

In the end, what we choose to put into our own bodies should be a personal choice, and not one of the Government. It's time for everyone to shake off the Propaganda that has been shoved down our sheepish little throats for over 70 years and look a little deeper for the truth. The Government must realize it can't legislate human behavior. As long as someone is using cannabis responsibly, there is no reason to demonize and criminalize this wonder plant. Cannabis has been used by the human race for over 10,000 years, yet there has never been one recorded death from a Cannabis overdose, but thousands of people die in Canada every year from nicotine, alcohol, prescription medication reactions and side effects, unhealthy eating, and caffeine. So why is it that cannabis is illegal? Since when should moral judgment trump scientific fact?

Prohibition must end. It didn't work for alcohol (Al Capone, anyone?) and it will never, ever, work for Cannabis. Just ask the thousands of people who turned up to celebrate 420 in Vancouver, or the 15 000+ who showed up in Colorado, and the thousands who turned up to hundreds of 420 celebrations around the globe. Yet to come? The Global Marijuana March on May 2nd.

Whether you agree with using Cannabis or not, it comes down to citizens being free to make that personal decision for ourselves. Cannabis is here to stay and it's never going to go away. Better to legalize it, regulate it, and take control away from drug cartels. It's the smart thing to do.

Pass It to The Left.

Like the LCBO for Liquor, Canadians could have Legal,
Regulated Cannabis Dispensaries.
~Pic from FrankDiscussion.net

The Hemp Conspiracy

Last week President Barack Obama held an Online Town Hall. People were encouraged to write in questions, and "Vote up" other inquiries they liked and were concerned about..

During this historic online affair, when President Obama was asked whether legalizing Marijuana would improve the economy and encourage job creation, he laughingly responded with: "The answer is no, I don't think that is a good strategy to grow our economy." He then asked rhetorically what the question says about "the online audience."

You know - the same online audience that had quite a successful impact on his Presidential Campaign and subsequent nomination to the Highest Office in the land.



If you think this is just about a bunch of Stoners trying to get high, well then think again. Environmentalists and people who strive to live as "Green" as possible (as in Carbon Footprint) realize this wonder plant has immeasurable value.

Senior Harvard Economist Jeffrey Miron estimates Federal, State and Local Governments spend roughly $44 Billion per year to enforce Drug Prohibition. These same Governments could make roughly $33 Billion per year in tax revenue collected from legalized drugs. (Assuming these were taxed at rates similar to those on Alcohol and Tobacco) He says if Cannabis was legal, Governments would realize about $33 Billion a year in tax revenue. Estimated profit? $77 billion. I suspect this $$$ amount could be so much more though as Science advances in the investigation of Hemp-based Fuels. Forget Big Oil, we'll be able to run our vehicles using hearty, Earth Friendly Plants. Not to mention how many jobs that can be created by what could be a booming industry.

History Lesson everyone. In 1619 Jamestown Colony, Virginia enacted laws ordering farmers to grow Hemp. Similar laws were enacted in Massachusetts in 1631, Connecticut in 1632 and the Chesapeake Colonies in the mid-1700’s.
Cannabis Hemp was legal tender in most of the Americas from 1631 until the early 1800’s. You could even pay your taxes with Cannabis Hemp.

Hemp then threatened the Dupont Empire back in the 30's. The Dupont chemical company had patented nylon and wanted Hemp removed as competition. Harry Anslinger was a chosen Appointment to the newly minted Bureau of Narcotics. Anslinger got some additional help from William Randolf Hearst, owner of a huge chain of newspapers. Hearst had invested heavily in the Timber Industry to support his newspaper chain and didn't want to see the development of Hemp Paper (Hemp can be "cropped out" 3 times a year, opposed to waiting decades for trees to mature) in competition. Telling outright lies about Mexicans and their "Loco Weed" sold newspapers, making Hearst rich. Using Racist tactics and Hearsts' Yellow Journalism Propaganda to pass The Marijuana Tax Act in 1937, this not only outlawed Cannabis, but Hemp as well.

Dr. William C. Woodward, Legislative Council of the American Medical Association slammed Legislature and the Bureau of Narcotics for using the term "Marijuana" in the The Marijuana Tax Act Legislation and not publicizing it as a Bill about Cannabis or Hemp. At this point, "Marijuana" (or Marihuana) was a "scare tactic" word used to refer to Mexicans smoking a drug and had not been connected in most people's minds to the Cannabis/Hemp plant. Many people (Farmer's!) who had legitimate reasons to oppose the Bill weren't even aware of it.

There was a brief time when Hemp was once again legal to grow, during the Second World War. In 1942 the US Government strongly requested Hemp Cultivation to help with the war effort, going so far as to produce a film entitled “Hemp For Victory”.

Ahhhh America, so much Policy is decided on Corporate Gluttony.... the question is, will President Obama recognize Prohibition is based on Greed and Racism? Is he brave enough to ridicule the deception Cannabis Laws are based on? Or, will he continue to let the country falter - when Science and Industry has the potential to give the Economy the much needed financial injection that Hemp can provide?

We'll see... but most likely, he'll just continue to lead The Sheep.

If more people just looked a little deeper for the Truth and stopped believing the Propaganda that is spoon-fed to them we'd all be better off for it. Pass it to the Left.