The medical marijuana scam

July 11, 11:25 AMPortland Drug Policy ExaminerJohn English

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Commentary: Today’s article has a different format. The following entry (in red) is what one would see if reading the comment section.

Entry: Afghanistan and narco terrorism
Posted/Updated: 07/10/2009 05:45 AM
AqueousChemist - I see one of the three John English supporters are here, so for the FOURTH time I issue this challenge: Though nothing smoked is harmless, enlighten me as to what makes cannabis so dangerous? We know it isn't the THC as that is a schedule III substance. So what chemical(s) are lurking in cannabis that makes it so dangerous? Better yet, what in cannabis is more harmful than the isotopes of uranium-238 found in tobacco?

Along with others, the above reader, calling himself “Aqueous Chemist”, comments obsessively on the articles in my column, asking ‘what it is that is so dangerous?’ He states that cannabis is not dangerous because it’s allowed - - - stating that it’s a level III substance.

That, is not true!
THC is still a Schedule I drug and prohibited by Federal law! It’s NOT (as he claims) a Schedule III drug. Take a look; once there, scroll down to find: Tetrahydrocannabinols 7370 N THC, Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC and others. Subsequent levels of scheduled drugs are below that!

He also asks over and over again, "what is so dangerous about the weed?"’ Like most users, he cannot see what it’s doing to himself and his loved ones; that’s part of the pernicious aspect of using marijuana.

Short term memory loss, maybe? Evidently, he thinks the dramatization in the movie “Reefer Madness” is not real. That movie, was not made by the government; it was “dramatized” by Hollywood and made to seem like going crazy was an immediate danger. It’s not like that; it happens over time, to many users, not all, but too many!

He thinks that it won’t happen to him at all, but the hedonistic, immature and irresponsible seeker of highs, cannot see the subtle steps into drug use and that users sometimes grow up and somehow quit, normally they grow old and damage their mental acuity, or push the envelope and die prematurely.

Don’t forget; marijuana supposedly was meant to be only for the compassionate use of those dying, or living in so much pain they couldn’t manage their life without it! Keep that in perspective while you read the following.

The Medical Marijuana Scam

Today, let’s address some of the cat crap in the sandbox of American society. This column won’t be a running battle with the users; that’s NOT why I write; the reason is mostly for the upright citizens of Portland, not its’ users.

We need to understand, first, how we came to get mired in this swamp of confusion, second – the why of it, and third, where we’re headed if we don’t wake up, and finally, … in another article, we’ll address what can done about it!

First, it was lies – misinformation. The American public has been scammed, … intentionally! Don’t forget; this drug user’s constant harping on his obsession,… it’s all about: his “right” to use pot recreation ally!

To make my point, let’s begin by looking at the historical sequence … first, watch how Richard Cowan lays out the plan to legalize ALL drugs. Sitting on a church’s choir bleachers? … he’s speaking to a group of users . . . but, note: he explains that they’re starting with legalizing marijuana, first, see: Richard Cowan’s statement.

Cowan explained the concept, it was accepted and put into motion, High Times and other publications put out the call to marijuana users to come forward and beg for compassion …. from the government, using the American public as an audience, for manipulation purposes.

The legalizers made their presentations, (feigning desperate need) and demanded to be able to smoke their “medicine.” As the public heard the pleas, from so many, seeming to suffer pathetically, … from all sorts of maladies, and that their “condition” would be helped by smoking marijuana, (as anticipated) the public began to have compassion agreeing, ‘why shouldn’t people be able to use a substance if they were dying anyway?’

The people bought it and therefore, we were all scammed and California’s proposition 215 was the outcome, which has taken us deeper into this whole mess.

During the hearings, users said they’d ‘heard pot helped it, and they’d then tried it . . . and sure enough found that those people were right, it was medicinal …. Plus, that they found that it helped more than the pharmaceutical drugs they’d been taking, and if the state had compassion they’d at least, allow them to die with less pain …. Yada, yada, yada.

The public, only finds out later, through a survey, that the average time the medical marijuana cardholder was using pot before applying for their card was 17 years!

That belies the whole scam but overturning this law, is not an easy thing; most people just want to be able to take care of their daily lives, and not have to dive into the politics of it all – that’s what Representative Democracy is all about! The philosophy is, ‘let the knowledgeable people take care of it.’ Besides, there is so much mis-information out there regarding this issue (intentionally) the people don’t know who to believe any longer.

You see, their plan was, as Cowan said, ‘once marijuana was “thought of, as medicinal, they’d get it authorized’ and he explained further, ‘once the camel’s nose was under the tent, pot use would be allowed for just about anything.’

And that’s what it’s come to be, . . . in Ca., Or., Wa. anyway, and now in 10 other states. They’d laid out a game plan and followed it to the letter. Now, the goal is to get the scam accepted across the whole nation, state by state! There’s a deep-pockets-cartel funding them and next, (as they stated) comes legalization of all drugs. Portland, is that what you want?

Users make bad decision. Because of the bad decisions, users violate the laws and contribute to every social ill of the land. Users put others at risk. Users try to get others to be like them, sucking them into the lost world of criminality, life without hope, disability and prison.

They believe all this justifies what they do. It doesn’t! The lengths to which they’ll go, the lies they’ll tell to get their own way, is pathetic! The society they’re attacking is ours; and they want our children, to be like them! Don’t forget that! Protect your children at all costs! Like it or not, just like the narco-terrorists they purchase their drugs from, they are at war with us . . . . and kids push the envelope; it’s part of growing up and breaking away!