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CALIFORNIA -- The White House is so concerned about the connectionbetween drugs and terrorism that it spent a record $3.4 million for twoSuper Bowl spots that will say buying illegal drugs could helpterrorists like Osama Bin Laden.Now the American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is asking itsCalifornia members to join the fight against international terrorism bygrowing 'Cannabis Victory Gardens.'The Super Bowl ads are part of a campaign that President Bush launchedhimself last month, when he told an anti-drug group: "Terrorists usedrug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quitdrugs, you join the fight against terror in America.""If illegal drug dealing supports terrorism, then growing our ownmedical marijuana is clearly the best way to fight terrorism," assertedSteve Kubby, the founder and national spokesman for AMMA, the largestorganization of its kind in the country."Most medical cannabis patients do not have the option of quitting theone medicine that works best for them, but they can still do their partin the War on Terrorism by planting Cannabis Victory Gardens.""We are telling our California patients that like the Victory Gardensof WW II, patients and caregivers can contribute to the war effort byexercising their legal right to grow their own safe and affordablemedicine and not supporting criminals or terrorists," said KubbyIn 1996, California became the first and only state that allowspatients and caregivers to legally cultivate unlimited amounts ofcannabis, so long as none is "diverted to non-medical use." Otherstates all have strict limits and AMMA said it is not advocatingVictory Gardens outside of California."My own right to grow a cannabis garden of 256 plants was upheld by ajury in one of the most conservative counties in California, so wethink that is a good standard for how large these Victory Gardensshould be," said Kubby.Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Oakland CBC, a non-profitpatient coop, was distributing marijuana in violation of federal druglaws. The high court ruled that the so-called "medical necessitydefense" was at odds with a 1970 federal law that marijuana, heroin andLSD have no medical benefits and cannot be dispensed or prescribed bydoctors.But Justice Clarence Thomas noted that important constitutionalquestions remained, such as Congress' ability to interfere withintrastate commerce, the right of states to experiment with their ownlaws and whether Americans have a fundamental right to marijuana as away to be free of pain.The Oakland CBC is currently back in federal district court, with newarguments based upon intrastate commerce and state's rights, assertingthat Californians have every right to pass a medical marijuana law andpatients have every right not to be harassed by the federal government.Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 22:20:25 -0800From: "D. Paul Stanford" {stanford@crrh.org}Subject: Deliberate lie from media??From: "JT Barrie" {rimchamp77@onebox.com}The so called "study" that showed "marked increases in drug use" instates with more liberal drug laws is in fact an outright lie. At bestit is a deliberate attempt to mislead. Even my harshest critics concedeme the fact that if we stopped jailing primarily low income people foruse and possession it would not encourage anyone presently not usingrecreational drugs or not seriously considering use to begin to do so.What would really happen would be "drug shifting" from alcohol andpharmaceuticals to certain mostly safer street drugs. Since suchstudies make no effort whatsoever to account for shifting, or toaccount for amount of use and toxicity levels. Many would drink lessand toke more and all the study would show is an increase in one druguse and no decrease in another.A shift from hard liquor or cocaine to marijuana wouldn't beregistered. Another factor not even considered is the probability ofless lying with fewer sanctions; in other words, more people who usedwould be likely to tell the truth with lesser penalties. The truth isthat the overall drug user population has never been affected by druglaws. The truth is that prohibition always increases the total numberof drug abusers significantly and overall crime rates even more so. Thetruth is widely known by all media outlets and nearly all electedofficials who affect drug policy and don't speak up.These people merely1] change the topic of discussion then2] present us with false choices3] associate our opposition with the "other choice"[which is eitherirrelevant, or directly tied to the continuation of itself - likeinternational drug cartels which profit immensely from the misery ofothers]. To quote Jack Nicholson from "A Few Good Men" : "you can'thandle the truth!" - so they put up the smokescreen and go into hiding.The truth about War on Drugs and supportershttp://www.geocities.com/rimchamp77/800poundgorilla.htmlWe need to be asking all our leaders the following question: "Why doyou deliberately support a policy which you know is all bad?".JT Barrierimchamp77@onebox.com - email(925) 695-2022 x7394 - voicemail/fax=====Safe Sacramental Cannabis, Food, Fuel, Fiber, FARM-aceuticalsHardrug, Booze & Petro-Chem AlternativeEliminated by Legislation and Administrated Education Depravation!Welcomehttp://www.angelfire.com/ca7/ddc/index.html