Hawaii County--major decrim!

[dendro]

OMFG, we just passed a charter amendment making cannabis grow/possession the lowest LEO priority, and allowing a healthy amount of stash and plants to be used responsibly without interference from LEO.

So all you bradahs, no smoke an drive, be cool everyone!  :smoke:3

Shakti Ma One Love...

I gave my kitty some Puna Tang (C99 x Neville's Haze). Everywhere I turn, she licks my face!
 :e_biggrin:

[Anonymous]

Awesome!

Ya dont smoke and drive y'all!!!

[Floyd01]

sweet jeasus!

[laughingwillow]

Congrats, bruddah.

Can't wait to see you next year.  :smoke1

lw

[judih]

very fine news
absolutely timely

[Stonehenge]

Now THAT, is good news. The only unexpected thing I heard all day. I doubt Obama will push for any decrim but he may just ignore what the people have done and not crack down. Excellent news, dendro, enjoy your ganja.

[JRL]

Hey stoney, why not give the man a chance. Did you vote for Snortin McCain or what?? You seem to like putting words in peoples mouths or actions in their hands. Such negativity!

[Stonehenge]

JRL, it's a fact that he has backed down from his formerly enlightened position on medical pot. I did not make that up and telling the truth is not being negative. You can be like pollyanna all day long if you wish and dream of wonderful things. I will not call you names or criticize your opinions as you commonly do to others.

All past presidents who were accused of being stoners have cracked down on drugs. That is a fact too. Maybe Obama will avoid that but the most I hope for is that he kind of ignores the issue and lets it be. Clinton, another who you seem to worship, put more pot smokers in jail than anyone before him. Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.

[JRL]

"StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) is a nonpartisan organization, and no major US party presidential nominee has supported enough of our mission to date for this to change. That said, the views on drug policy and criminal justice expressed by President-Elect Obama in his books, speeches, and campaign appearances add up to a platform that is mostly positive, and which if enacted would make a major difference in our issue helping many thousands of people.

These include causes near and dear to the hearts of drug reformers: Stopping the raids on medical marijuana clinics; Repealing unjust mandatory minimum sentences, including the infamous crack cocaine penalties; Decriminalizing marijuana (sort of); Ending racial profiling; Lifting the federal needle exchange funding ban; Eliminating barriers to integration faced by ex-offenders, to name several."

Me worship Clinton?? Find where I said that please. And since when is pointing out a negative attitude name calling??

[Floyd01]

Its funny that i had to dig the internet to find this. Everyone seems focused on the ballot measures in Michigan and Massachusetts

[JRL]

The Drug Policy Alliance had this to say:

"While President-elect Obama is not going to make ending the drug war his #1 priority, he has said that America should start treating drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal justice issue. He supports repealing the federal syringe ban and ending the DEA's raids on medical marijuana patients. He is also co-sponsor of Senator Biden's bill to eliminate the 100-to-1 crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity"

Stoney, for the sake of true discourse, please find your sources, I would love to see them.

[Stonehenge]

JRL wrote:

"And since when is pointing out a negative attitude name calling??"

You aren't pointing out anything, you are calling someone negative. You have no tolerance for opinions which are different from your own. Instead of discussing the issues you attack the person. Just like when Bush and GM had a different point of view, you implied they had no right to their opinion instead of discussing things as you should have.

And where are your sources? Obama has disavowed his position on medical pot. Show me where he said that recently?

[Stonehenge]

And since you can never show anything to back up your statements but always ask for my sources and then attack me for it, I'll give proof of what I said. And in case you think Biden will soften Obama's anti-pot and anti-drug policy, read all the way to the end.

http://prorev.com/2008/09/obamas-drug-p ... -same.html

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
OBAMA'S DRUG POLICY: MORE OF THE SAME

Paul Armentano, AlterNet - Voters who hoped that Barack Obama's call for "change" would include revamping U.S. drug policy are finding themselves with reasons to be skeptical.

First there was Obama's flip-flop-flip-flop on the subject of decriminalizing marijuana. Speaking at Northwestern University in January 2004, Obama called America's so-called "war on drugs" an "utter failure," and recommended, "We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws." (Nearly 3 out of 4 Americans endorsed the policy in a 2002 CNN/Time Magazine poll, and 12 state legislatures have already enacted versions of pot decriminalization -- replacing criminal penalties with fine-only sanctions.)

Nevertheless, Obama reversed his pro-pot position during a televised November 2007 MSNBC debate, raising his hand to indicate his opposition to the policy. Following the debate, a spokesman for Obama claimed that the candidate had misunderstood the moderator's question and declared that Obama had, in fact, "always" supported decriminalization. Hours later, however, when presented with video footage of Obama's 2004 statements, the campaign reversed course once again, stating to the Washington Times that the Democratic nominee opposed decriminalizing weed.

Since being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Obama has voiced almost no criticism regarding America's punitive drug policies (despite his previous "utter failure" evaluation). As senator, Obama has championed popular anti-drug legislation like the "Combat Meth Act" and has lobbied in favor of increased funding for drug courts and U.S. drug interdiction efforts south of the border. . .

During his 35 years in Congress, political observers note that no Democrat has sponsored "more damaging drug war legislation" than Joe Biden. Biden led the charge in the Senate for passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which -- among its numerous notorious provisions -- re-established mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes, expanded the use of federal asset forfeiture laws, and established the racially biased 100-to-1 sentencing disparity for the possession of crack versus powder cocaine. . .

[JRL]

Well both DNC.net and the DPA are cautiously optimistic about Obama. As with anything time will tell.

[JRL]

My source(I did quote my sources) says Bidens bill eliminates the crack/powder disparity, yours says it created it. I guess further research is needed.

Having said that, as a person that has lived through quite a big chunk of US history I have every reason to object to the view that the election of Barack Obama is without signifigance.  We are only 40 years away from legal segregation, the election of a black man is something I never thought I would live to see.

Maybe GM is right, maybe I don't understand the election process and the presidency. I admit to not being as politicaly informed as I could be. I don't put much stock in campaign promises on either side, I guess I try to take a measure of the man. I do believe I am aware of the progression of American culture and no one can tell me that this is not a change that hasn't come before. I believe the people have spoken and it has rikindled my belief in our constitution and democracy.