* http://cdc.coop/502_debate_video

The following video features arguments from an I-502 volunteer, and Josh Berman, owner 4Evergreen Group, of the largest medical cannabis authorization clinic in the state.

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJRk68ieQo

Let’s hear from the man most responsible for outlawing cannabis, Harry J. Anslinger, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, in testimony before Congress, 1937:
“Negro entertainers with their jazz and swing music are declared an outgrowth of marihuana use which possesses white women to tap their feet.”
“Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing.”
“Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.”
“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.”
“…the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races.”
“Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death.”
“You smoke a joint and you’re likely to kill your brother.”
“Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”

Yes thats right this is what he said, this is what you believe if you believe prohibition is justified….
Wow do you think anyone today could ever achieve such a prohibisionist law with that kind of testimony?????

Or maybe Prohibitionists did not really intend to kill hundreds of thousands worldwide, put 1 in every 30 American adults under supervision of the correctional system, and—exactly like their counterparts of the 1920s— destroy the economy?

Whatever way you look at it, Prohibitionists are overwhelmingly responsible for an immense increase in organized crime, international terrorism, rampant official corruption, a broken economy, mass unemployment and a serious undermining of international security and development.

If you sincerely believe that prohibition is a dangerous and counter-productive policy then you can stop helping to enforce it. You are entitled—required even—to act according to your conscience!

* It only takes one juror to prevent a guilty verdict.
* You are not lawfully required to disclose your voting intention before taking your seat on a jury.
* You are also not required to give a reason to the other jurors on your position when voting. Simply state that you find the accused not guilty!
* Jurors must understand that it is their opinion, their vote. If the Judge and the other jurors disapprove, too bad. There is no punishment for having a dissenting opinion.

“It is not only [the juror's] right, but his duty … to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.” —John Adams

We must create what we can no longer afford to wait for: PLEASE VOTE TO ACQUIT!

I-502 is not a pro-marijuana bill per se. This automatically places it at odds with some–but certainly not all– in the community of cannabis culture. For virtually every major marijuana reform group has endorsed I-502. It also has broad mainstream support from groups such as the state Democrats, the NAACP, church and political leaders, the ACLU, and more than a hundred others groups and individuals

I-502 seeks to replace the policy of marijuana prohibition with a policy of taxing and regulating the marijuana industry. It provides safeguards for our children and for our highways while advancing civil liberties. It provides funding for prevention and other related programs and saves money that can be better used elsewhere in our judicial system. It is the acknowledgment that the status quo is unsatisfactory coupled with the conviction that we can do much better than what we have now.

“This was not my event; I was the guest moderator.
And I made a point of calling on Steve, and letting
his question be answered despite the hosts’ effort
to end it.”

Clearly, the LVW’s attempts to control the
debate were shameful, and I think that honest
journalists like Mr. Martin are disgusted and
appalled when they see such obvious attempts
at censorship even when they are involved in it
for whatever reasons.

Let’s hope whoever the TNT replaces its editorial
staff with will at least be able to be as ashamed
of the lies and censorship that the well financed
corporate campaign to support I-502 is based on
as some of the more competent reporters at the
Times are.

Falsehoods and censorship are reprehensible,
and the I-502 campaign’s reliance on lies,
censorship, and vicious smear tactics should
be enough to convince the public that I-502
must be a bad thing or there would be no
need for the pro I-502 campaign to rely
on censorship, mudslinging and lies