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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (5014)	11/18/2006 4:10:27 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

How can we all get the Federal government to back off? Elect a stoner president.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (5014)	11/18/2006 5:08:46 PM
From: CapitalistHogg™	Respond to of 10087

How can we all get the Federal government to back off? That, sir, is the right question. Tackle the lobbyists? pharmaceutical, alcohol, and law enforcement(prisons). Really I have no idea. The public perception that people who smoke marijuana are FU's seems insurmountable. Government campaigns and cultural warfare have left the populace with a lot of misinformation. I guess I always thought that if you could demonstrate to the people that marijuana enforcement vs. marijuana 'users' was on whole costing society a much higher price... that might be the best argument. How that could be accomplished... I have no idea.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (5014)	11/18/2006 5:12:16 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

All I can tell you is I think medical marijuana advocates should avoid sounding like hippies and should present their arguments in terms of compassion for sick people. Talk about cancer patients etc. The sticking point is the federal government (a number of states have medical marijuana laws but they're trumped by federal law - so write/lobby Congressmen of both parties. As a point of history, if you recall, there was essentially no difference between the Clinton and Bush administrations on the subject, so looking at the issue as a Democrat v Republican issue appears to be incorrect: January 06, 1997 In a move characterized by the Chicago Sun-Times as a "classic case of overreaction," President Clinton and his drug czar, retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, are warning doctors who prescribe marijuana for variety of ailments related to AIDS that they face prosecution, exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs and other penalties. "Medical use is not abuse" states ACT UP Washington spokesperson Wayne Turner. The President's own HIV/AIDS Advisory Council proposed that "the administration should resist any attempts to use the federal government to intrude on the integrity of the doctor/patient relationship." glaad.org