Cannabis Law and Politics

http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opin...hs-r-1254094668 We need to work to change this imbalance, politicians may set drug policy, but its the media who have the most influence over which policies are publicized, therefore skewing the political process by manipulating public opinion.

I have been taking marijuana (heavily) for over 20 years and I am sick of the lies surrounding marijuana. * Why do we not tell our youth the truth? You are much safer and better off getting stoned than drunk! For any person, smoking marijuana is a safer option to getting drunk. Don't want to end up dead? There is no known chance of death from taking marijuana, but there are many increased risks for death from consuming alcohol, including accidents, injury, being a victim or instigator of violence, car crashes, suicide, rape, and death directly attributed to the toxic effects of alcohol on the body. * If Marijuana becomes legalized, it will replace alcohol as the dru…

Norm Stamper's speech at the Qld Civil Liberties Council, ummmm I think it was the annual general meeting? Thanks to the young guys who made the effort to record and post the video on YouTube, the sesh afterwards was good fun too

I found this old paper I wrote for a law unit, not sure what mark it got. This was written long before the police fucked me over and I became a cannabis activist. The role of Judicial Activism in shaping the laws of Australia. Introduction Is it possible for myself as a first year law student to have the ability to critically discuss the role of judicial activism in shaping the laws of Australia? I for one do not believe so. I will go as far as comparing it to someone attempting to write a novel before learning the alphabet. Firstly one would need a thorough understanding of judicial activism to be able to critically discuss it and secondly some sort of personal o…

Great bunch of people at the ADLRF, these are the people who are fighting for us and others on the science. A discussion paper has recently been produced by an organisation called "TRANSFORM drug policy foundation" on the options of a regulated drug market and how this may work in practice. It may be of interest to members here and thought I'd provide a link to it here. It's long, take that as given, but it's worth the read and the arguments are put quite well. http://www.tdpf.org.uk/blueprint%20download.htm Enjoy and know that there are many many others who have the same goals of a free society which doesn't punish consenting adults for victimless crimes.

Just an update for the interested activists to be I am currently reading and digesting all the stuff that the government requires in order to form a legitimate group, which will be a non profit organisation. This might take me a while as there is a lot to read before we can go further. I am hoping to have a sample Mission Statement and constitution up for discussion soon, but can't give you an exact time frame at this point in time.