Comments on: Mixed Reviews For Arcata’s Pot Code – July 21, 2010

By: kevpod

kevpod — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:01:00 +0000

That’s encouraging, in a depressing kind of way. Does it have to be sometime in the distant future?

By: Craig Stock

Craig Stock — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:44:13 +0000

Some time in the distant future, people will look back and remember the time when marijuana consumers were looked at as we today look back at the witch trials of yesteryear. People will say “MARIJUANA WAS ILLEGAL AND PEOPLE PROSECUTED?…NO WAY”.

By: Norman Lepoff, M.D.

Norman Lepoff, M.D. — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:04:13 +0000

“legalization is what we need to bring a semblance of order and reason to this whole thing.” I agree 100%, kevpod. This sums up the solution to the entire problem. It is time to re-legalize Cananbis. It should have never been made illegal in the first place.

By: kevpod

kevpod — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:56:52 +0000

Norman, a little pushback on that. Two things: I don’t know how the cops behave where you are, but in Arcata they generally err on the side of caution. No cannabis centers have been bothered. Further, the police are trying to navigate all the stupid contradictory laws and preserve their resources for meth, heroin, burglaries and so on. Second, some of the cannabis centers themselves are not especially congruent with Prop 215 – just ask their patrons. Basically, legalization is what we need to bring a semblance of order and reason to this whole thing.

By: Norman Lepoff, M.D.

Norman Lepoff, M.D. — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:38:55 +0000

For years I treated emergency department patients presenting with overdoses of every drug and substance imaginable. No one ever died from a marijuana overdose. I cannot say the same about patients presenting with overdoses of alcohol, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-depressants, narcotic pain relievers, sleeping pills or even aspirin; all of which are potentially fatal!

Prohibiting or closing medical cannabis dispensaries by the police and politicians only benefits the arrest, prosecution and incarceration industries, as well as the numerous criminal enterprises that benefit from cannabis prohibition.

Sadly, our politicians and police try their best to make it impossible to obtain even medical cannabis. They prohibit or shut down cannabis dispensaries that comply with State Laws and the guidelines of our Attorney General. They have been ignoring the will of the people and the laws of our land since 1996 when the Compassionate Use Act became law. They say things like they are protecting our children as justification for their actions, yet they allow alcohol, the most toxic and deadly narcotic on Earth, to be sold right next to the milk isle in our supermarkets!