Marijuana is not just for getting high (not that there's anything wrong with that) but...

it heals as well.


Here's an incredible story about a young girl named Charlotte, and how medical marijuana gave her back her life.

The whole story is HERE.






And in other news:

Washington (CNN) - "In a major turnaround from past decades, a majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, according to a new poll. 

 The CNN/ORC International survey released Monday also indicated that the number of people who say smoking pot is morally wrong has plunged. 

 Fifty-five percent of those questioned nationally said marijuana should be made legal, with 44% disagreeing. The CNN/ORC findings are similar to a Gallup poll conducted in October. 

 According to the CNN poll and numbers from General Social Survey polling, support for legalizing marijuana has steadily soared over the past quarter century - from 16% in 1987 to 26% in 1996, 34% in 2002, and 43% two years ago. 

 The survey found interesting divides on the issue. "There are big differences on age, region, party ID, and gender, with senior citizens, Republicans, and Southerners the only major demographic groups who still oppose the legal use of pot," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. 

 Two-thirds of those 18 to 34 said marijuana should be legal, with 64% of those 34 to 49 in agreement. Half of those 50 to 64 believe marijuana should be legal, but that number dropped to 39% for those age 65 and older. 

 Support stood at 60% in the Northeast, 58% in the West, 57% in the Midwest, but just 48% in the South. 

Sixty-two percent of Democrats and 59% of Independents, but just 36% of Republicans, backed legalizing marijuana. 

Fifty-nine percent of men but just 51% of women supported making pot legal."


I'm a Northeast liberal female who supports legalizing marijuana. The war on drugs, and especially possession of pot, is a failure, and putting people in prison for smoking a joint is just plain stupid. The facts are that if you're poor or a person of color, your chances of getting convicted for possession are higher than if you come from an upper or middle-class white family. That's just the way our justice system works today. 

Justice certainly isn't blind when it comes to arresting people for possession of pot. 



Racially Biased Arrests for Pot

"Researchers have long known that African-Americans are more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites, even though studies have repeatedly shown that the two groups use the drug at similar rates.

New federal data, included in a study by the American Civil Liberties Union, now shows that the problem of racially biased arrests is far more extensive that was previously known — and is getting worse. The costly, ill-advised “war on marijuana” might fairly be described as a tool of racial oppression.

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Nationally, African-Americans are nearly four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession as whites. The disparity is even more pronounced in some states, including Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, where African-Americans are about eight times as likely to be arrested. And in some counties around the country, blacks are 10, 15 or even 30 times as likely to be arrested. This nationwide pattern is evident in all kinds of communities — urban and rural, wealthy and low income, in places where the African-American populations are large and in places where they are small. As the report notes, police officers who are targeting black citizens and black neighborhoods are turning “a comparatively blind eye to the same conduct occurring at the same rates in many white communities.”





More:
 The Scandal of Racist Marijuana Arrests

Let’s Stop Arresting Marijuana Users


It's good to see the country moving in the right direction of decriminalizing marijuana and allowing police to go after truly dangerous criminals.

Regulate it, tax it, and... 

legalize it.