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Mon Apr 2, 2012, 01:38 PM

movonne (9,467 posts)

52. The reason it is illegal is that big corporations have

not found a way of making money...and do not want you to get anything they can't make big money on....when they figure this out it will be legal and they will make the big money...

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Oaksterdam University Raided by Feds (Classes on growing medical marijuana) [View all]	villager	Apr 2012	OP
Are you serious? what the f@ck is wrong with these people?	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#1
By "these people" I trust you mean the Federal government?	villager	Apr 2012	#3
Of course! Without MMJ, I.WOULD.BE.DEAD...PERIOD!!! It took my husband 2 years to talk	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#8
What's most dispiriting is that regardless who's in charge, they keep doing it	villager	Apr 2012	#11
I wouldn't go that far BUT I will say that this false philosophy that MMJ is a	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#14
This is all so childish and immature. I wish this country was	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#2
This is nothing more than another attempt to fuel our anger....	DeSwiss	Apr 2012	#4
I wonder who's dumber. The people that run this "university" or the people that attend it.	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#5
So, you are against medicinal cannabis?	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#6
What's idiotic is starting a business based on breaking the law.	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#40
What's idiotic is how Proposition 215 legalized medical marijuana use	Trillo	Apr 2012	#136
or the people who raid it against the wishes of all those other people?	villager	Apr 2012	#7
The law is the law	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#42
The reason it is illegal is that big corporations have	movonne	Apr 2012	#52
No, the reason it's illegal is the Republican Party has a giant stick up its ass	jmowreader	Apr 2012	#118
Are you saying that classes on growing are illegal?	Vincardog	Apr 2012	#55
That's up to the feds but...	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#74
Do you possess corn in a class on growing corn? The college was busted. No where was any charge	Vincardog	Apr 2012	#81
Facts not in evidence	Vincardog	Apr 2012	#127
"The law is the law"--I think slave owners used to say that, too.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#82
Yes -- and you sure wouldn't have wanted to break it during abolition, civil rights marches	villager	Apr 2012	#112
Nice post Gandhi!	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#126
The praise is too high -- but thanks! Now come gather salt with me!	villager	Apr 2012	#128
"The law is the law"	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#121
I know someone who is a legal grower in CA	Marrah_G	Apr 2012	#9
I think we're making different points.	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#45
Ahh okay	Marrah_G	Apr 2012	#68
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Taverner	Apr 2012	#64
Oh okay. I was wondering. I didn't see thispost. but a troll with over 53K posts?	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#72
Yes, he got me	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#76
Some of us REALLY owe our lives to that little plant. I know I do. What's so dumb about it? i've	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#12
Nothing is dumb about it.	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#46
What state are you in? because That "Dumb" place you talk about shows people how to gorw	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#54
Don't feed the trolls...they get enough food at their mother's house	Taverner	Apr 2012	#65
NY	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#77
That's what I thought and NOPE it didn't. You need to get your info straight first. Like I said	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#79
I think you have every right to use it.	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#80
Yes, this is about us. Some of us live in California and participate in the state program.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#83
Legalization of weed was barely voted not, not medical legalization	JonLP24	Apr 2012	#132
Or maybe the taxpayers that pay federal fools to arrest people having classes	jtuck004	Apr 2012	#26
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Taverner	Apr 2012	#63
You're confused	Renew Deal	Apr 2012	#78
The people who raided it. n/t	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#120
Not knowing any details whatsoever of this raid...	randome	Apr 2012	#10
We know there was a raid by the Feds -- wasting your tax dollars and mine --	villager	Apr 2012	#13
We know there was a raid. That's it.	randome	Apr 2012	#15
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#16
They are NOT shutting them all down.	randome	Apr 2012	#17
They haven't shut them all down yet.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#18
Some are at the request of local authorities.	randome	Apr 2012	#19
Well, there are certainly those who prefer "authorities" over "voters" or "citizens"	villager	Apr 2012	#21
Some people don't like wearing seatbelts, either.	randome	Apr 2012	#25
Those of us who live here know plenty about why it occurred.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#32
So tell us why, then.	randome	Apr 2012	#37
Because they are looking out for big pharma, of course.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#43
See post #44.	randome	Apr 2012	#47
I found the medicinal value absolutely wonderful when I did several rounds of chemotherapy.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#49
I apologize for not taking note that you needed it yourself.	randome	Apr 2012	#51
No intense offended.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#53
Here's why	gmpierce	Apr 2012	#70
The macro drives the micro, Your assessment is as accurate as any I have seen /nt	Dragonfli	Apr 2012	#124
There have been some instigated by locals.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#23
Pomona Police and City Council want no dispendaries or legaliztion	Irishonly	Apr 2012	#31
The POLITICIANS of those cities do not	ut oh	Apr 2012	#113
I know	Irishonly	Apr 2012	#117
Where are the thousands?	Irishonly	Apr 2012	#28
randome has been prating that nonsense for some time now	Occulus	Apr 2012	#29
I may have been mistaken about the 'thousands' in CA.	randome	Apr 2012	#34
You really don't get it.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#38
They'll get around to him eventually	pscot	Apr 2012	#41
EVERY dispensary and EVERY patient is violating federal law.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#39
I don't know every individual instance for a dispensary being shut down.	randome	Apr 2012	#44
Um, non-medical patients can't enter dispensaries.	Zhade	Apr 2012	#62
No, my point is that they probably weren't looking too closely...	randome	Apr 2012	#67
You have to show your card	kurtzapril4	Apr 2012	#95
You are making arguments based on ignorance	ut oh	Apr 2012	#115
It isn't much better in the northern part of the state.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#35
Prohibition Sucks - The End!	malcolmkyle	Apr 2012	#20
Unfuckingbeliveable, they don't even prescribe Cannabis or dispense!	Royal Sloan 09	Apr 2012	#22
They Just raided OCBC, which just issues cards	Taverner	Apr 2012	#59
These should really be called "Fed Raids for Big Pharma." They can't wait	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#24
The person responsible for this is Obama.	Rageneau	Apr 2012	#27
All true.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#36
+1 to your subject line (n/t)	a2liberal	Apr 2012	#50
"an ongoing investigation and that the details were sealed." I hope in time	midnight	Apr 2012	#30
Here are the details:	Taverner	Apr 2012	#60
You have no information on why the raid occurred.	randome	Apr 2012	#73
Dearest Randome, I am on both of their mailing lists and know the owners pretty well	Taverner	Apr 2012	#75
From what I've seen publicly of DEA	ut oh	Apr 2012	#116
DOJ and their fucked up priorities. AGAIN.	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#33
The government cannot be trusted with the monopoly on violence. Period.	Taverner	Apr 2012	#61
why are they doing this?	barbtries	Apr 2012	#48
Bad news	libodem	Apr 2012	#56
*UPDATE* THE FEDS HAVE JUST MOVED TO OCBC ***	Taverner	Apr 2012	#57
So much for Obama saying he would lay off the stupid war on pot.	Marrah_G	Apr 2012	#69
No matter what one's view on how the feds go about their jobs...	randome	Apr 2012	#71
Full legalization will be on the ballot in Colorado and Washington in November.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#84
Protest march and press conference in San Francisco tomorrow:	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#85
Full legalization will never work. It's a...um, pipe dream. So to speak.	randome	Apr 2012	#86
That's why we should have checkpoints at the state lines	anti-alec	Apr 2012	#88
Sure. That works so well at the Mexican border.	randome	Apr 2012	#90
Unfortunately you are a very very very small minority	anti-alec	Apr 2012	#91
I have nothing against medical marijuana.	randome	Apr 2012	#93
The people who want full legalization	JonLP24	Apr 2012	#134
Gallup had support at 50%, higher in the West. That is "most people."	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#92
Fifty percent shows a signficant amount of disagreement.	randome	Apr 2012	#96
All it takes is 50% plus one vote to pass an initiative.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#97
Thought about ramifications?	JonLP24	Apr 2012	#135
Gee, you're wrong again. What a surprise!	Zhade	Apr 2012	#98
But I would hazard a guess that most don't really care.	randome	Apr 2012	#100
Full legalization worked for the first 150 years of this country's history	waddirum	Apr 2012	#131
According to what poll?	JonLP24	Apr 2012	#133
I've said this before and I think it's still true.	randome	Apr 2012	#137
No	JonLP24	Apr 2012	#138
Pot was completely legal everywhere until Anslinger came along.	bemildred	Apr 2012	#139
Colorado will pass it.	anti-alec	Apr 2012	#87
Its not about the law Folks	DreamSmoker	Apr 2012	#58
One more reason the government monopoly on violence is absurd	Taverner	Apr 2012	#66
People are murdering others in your schools and you are raiding places that READ about pot?	jtuck004	Apr 2012	#89
The President lied to the people of Oregon and they will not forget that.	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2012	#94
Large crowds chanting "Fuck the DEA!" in downtown Oakland	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#99
At least two protestors arrested. "Get a real job, you fucking pigs!"	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#101
That Is Their Job	SoCalMusicLover	Apr 2012	#106
"Why is Oakland PD doing crowd control for the feds?"	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#102
live video link	Royal Sloan 09	Apr 2012	#103
Thanks Mr. President	SoCalMusicLover	Apr 2012	#104
Hope and Change!	slackmaster	Apr 2012	#105
Be Careful What You Say....	SoCalMusicLover	Apr 2012	#107
I heard that Ann Romney smokes weed for her MS, Mitt is a secret stoner, and plays the Dobro	slackmaster	Apr 2012	#108
Did you ever know a presidential candidate who was perfect?	randome	Apr 2012	#109
I do get tired of voting for people who want to throw me in jail, though.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#110
No, And I'm Beginning To Realize That They're More The Same Than Different	SoCalMusicLover	Apr 2012	#111
Nutso right winger..	girl gone mad	Apr 2012	#122
So who are you voting for this year? Anyone?	randome	Apr 2012	#130
I need the herb	felix_numinous	Apr 2012	#114
Thank God for the government keeping us safe!	tabasco	Apr 2012	#119
This issue has turned me into a single issue voter	Neue Regel	Apr 2012	#123
If they outlaw organic coffee i won't vote again either	nolabels	Apr 2012	#125
MY pet peeve here.....	bighughdiehl	Apr 2012	#129

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