By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 5, 2009
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Wow, we made it to 2009. Seems like only yesterday I was a tie-wearing geek sitting in a seminar about the upcoming information technological dangers coming from the dreaded Y2K bug. 1999 was ten years ago, man! Remember how we all used to listen to that Prince song over and over and how the UN was talking about eradicating all drugs by now? Yeah, good times.
For today’s Stash we pick up with musician Nice Peter down in LA. He’s donated some of his music to the Stash and now he’s looking to make it big in Southern California. We’ll see if we can get Tere Joyce to catch up with him for a report sometime.
Also we’re reviewing the official Top Ten Events in Cannabis from NORML – our final Top Ten list of the year.
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I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
I doubt that marijuana will ever be legalized through the legislative action. Even if it is, that would still be conceding more authority to the government than is reasonable. And it will leave open the possibility of re-criminalization and prohibition through another propaganda campaign such as the one that enabled the initial prohibition.
Only when the courts acknowledge that the consciousness of the individual citizen is not the dominion of the government will the responsible use of such substances be legal.
Of course, you should kick those a-holes (the legislators) out anyway. The problem is finding a credible candidate who would be willing to run for the office.
Legalize it and leave it alone.
-ED
I think we really need to push the Medical aspect of Cannabis, to see if the government would set up some sort of nationwide plan. Obama already said he would not pursue medical patients, but they said he wouldn’t legalize it. If it is available nation wide for medical use, then it will have to become somewhat decriminalized.