Pro-Marijuana Tea Party

[shireen]

Republicans do the darnest things! :7

And this is one cause i can support. :hippie:


Jessica CorryDenver-based attorney and political strategist
Posted: May 5, 2010 06:03 PM

A Mother's Day Pro-Marijuana Tea Party

Most Americans think of Mother's Day as a day of rest for our nation's moms. This year, however, I'm excited to be part of a new movement that is capitalizing on the holiday to encourage mothers nationwide to take a stand for ending federal marijuana prohibition and the devastating consequences it has brought to our families, our communities, and our nation.

For the past several years, I've been an active voice in the pro-legalization movement. I was initially greeted with skepticism by the movement's left-leaning activists and tokenized as the "pro-pot Republican mom." Over the years, I've devoted too many column inches to lamenting the fact that more conservative women wouldn't join me in this cause. Just last July, in a column I wrote for the Colorado Daily, my lead read: "As a Republican mother committed to legalizing marijuana, political life can be lonely. But while many in my party whisper about the Drug War's insanity, we should shout it from the rooftop: the time to legalize is now."

Fortunately, on this Mother's Day, I'm anything but alone.

While the national media frequently highlights polls showing that nearly half of all Americans now support ending the federal war against marijuana--nearly doubling the support demonstrated just two decades ago--reporters miss the bigger story all too often.

More at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-corry/a-mothers-day-pro-marijua_b_565205.html

[ima_sinnic]

1. so it's already bipartisan---can we just pass it through Congress then? sheesh. (nt)

[Uncle Joe]

2. It's a good column, well worth the read.

For younger moms, we reflect on our college days, comparing the impact of marijuana versus alcohol on our lives as students. Impartial analysis reveals that alcohol had a far more harmful impact on our bodies, our relationships, and our safety than pot ever could. Every year we hear more tragic stories of college kids dying from alcohol overdoses, whereas there has never been a single marijuana overdose death in history. In a perfect world, my kids would never experiment with marijuana or alcohol, but as a realist, I also fear the pain alcohol could cause in their later lives far more than I fear any detrimental consequences of marijuana use.

As organizers, we question aloud how we could ever defend to our children the fact that America spends $30,000 a year to put non-violent drug offenders behind bars at the same time we issue a $45,000 bill to each baby born today as his or her share of the national debt. One of several small business owners who take part in the event, I'm downright angry that this insane tax burden will inevitably mean more hours spent away from my children.

Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, shireen.:thumbsup:

[KurtNYC]

3. Affordable Healthcare now!

Until the 1930s, when patents were issued for "medicine", Americans enjoyed the freedom and liberty to treat themselves as they saw fit. What is more affordable that a plant that grows like a weed and provides relief from nausea, insomnia and lack of appetite?