Marijuana State of State assembly to take place as John Hickenlooper makes his own speech

• When are the Lyrical Lords performing again???????!!!!!!! they were cool

• Lyrical Lords were AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Greatest evr!

• It is baffling to me why marijuana is illegal while alcohol is legal. Marijuana by fact is a much safer drug than alcohol. If anything marijuana should be legalized and alcohol should be made illegal. I believe that hard core drugs like cocain, meth, heroin, etc, should all stay illegal, but marijuana is not a "hard core" drug. Alcohol is much worse than marijuana and we have legalized it. Here's some facts to support my statement. There are thousands of alcohol overdose deaths each year, yet there has never been a marijuana overdose death in history. -Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States and is associated with multiple adverse health consequences, including liver cirrhosis, various cancers, unintentional injuries, and violence. -Almost half of all traffic fatalities are alcohol related. (20 percent of alcohol-related traffic deaths involve blood alcohol concentration levels below .10 percent.) -In 1991, a subway motorman was drinking just before his shift and derailed a train carrying hundreds of passengers, kill five and injuring more than two hundred. -If an alcoholic suddenly withdraws from alcohol, he or she may suffer delirium tremens. D.T.s sometimes end in death. -Many people who apparently die from overdoses of sleeping pills (barbiturates), actually die from a combination of alcohol and the medication. -One quarter of all emergency room admissions, one-third of all suicides, and more than half of all homicides and incidents of domestic violence are alcohol related. -Between 48 and 64 percent of people who die in fires have blood alcohol levels indicating intoxication. -Alcohol is abused by some 14 million Americans and contributes to the deaths of 100,000 each year. -According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 65 percent of fatal drunk-driving deaths involve drivers whose blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is .15 or higher. -The risk of hemorrhagic stroke is three times higher among heavy drinkers. -Very large amounts of alcohol (such as a quart if drunk in five to thirty minutes) may occasionally cause death by anesthetizing the brain center that controls breathing. -About 20 percent of those people who commit suicide are alcohol abusers, according to the National Mental Health Association. -About 20 percent of suicide victims are alcoholics. -Alcohol is clearly the drug with the most evidence to support a direct intoxication-violence relationship. Cannabis reduces likelihood of violence during intoxication... Source: Hoaken, Peter N.S., Sherry H. Stewart. Journal of Addictive Behaviors. 28, pages 1533-1554. Drugs of abuse and the elicitation of human aggressive behavior. Dept. of Psychology, University of Western Ontario. Dept. of of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University. There are some physical health risks, particularly the possibility of damage to the airways in cannabis smokers. Overall, by comparison with other drugs used mainly for 'recreational' purposes, cannabis could be rated to be a relatively safe drug. Source: Iversen, Leslie. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2005, Pages 69-72. Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis. University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology. The latest and most comprehensive research on marijuana has concluded that it does not contribute to the development of lung cancer. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR200605... There has never been a documented case of lung cancer in a marijuana-only smoker, and recent studies find that marijuana use is not associated with any type of cancer. The same cannot be said for alcohol, which has been found to contribute to a variety of long-term negative health effects, including cancers and cirrhosis of the liver.

• BREAKING NEWS: It's official, the Feds have begun sending letters to dispensaries to shut down in Colorado. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19729288 2012 legislative sessions related to marijuana gonna be hilarious! Gonna get mad high listen in and laugh my ass off at all the pot clowns.

• i don't really see it one way or the other people who are using it for recreation are still getting the medical benefits, and people who only want it for its medical benefits can make that happen as well by monitoring dosage and using it different ways. and for those who want both well that needs not be brought up basically already explained that one. point is there really isn't any need to differentiate especially when it is allowed for recreational use. but NO adding stuff to it to get us hook and kill us off, NO pricing it to high to where only rich basts can buy it, and I'd prefer dispensaries with lots of varieties instead of small corners at 7-11 in packs with like 3 choices. And anybody complaining about the smell get over it, personally i think it smells good and besides people can buy edibles and im not entirely sure but i think vaporizing helps prevent the smell.

• the delay in getting patient data out is nothing new whatsoever for the CDPHE.

• No, Legalize2012 is lead by Laura Khiro it aims to legalize cannabis, not further regulate cannabis.  I think what really sold me on the idea is that it takes the power away from the Department of Revenue pot clowns and their army of goons.

• http://legalize2012.com/ Isn't that the group with Timmy Tipton? Google that fools name + mmj scam. It appears many are alleging Timmy done did them wrong.

• It's interesting that the CDPHE has not yet released the Statistics for the number of registered patients as they usually do at the beginning of the month.  I don't think they want to say how much more the number of registered patients have dropped. NORML last week agreed with my statement that medical marijuana is the biggest road block to real legalization.  The whole process of lying to your doctor and dealing with the CDPHE is downright degrading and must stop.  Let's face it people we want to get high and have fun, let's put an end to the medical marijuana bullshit and get real finally.  Only when the medical advocates throw in the towel will the general public believe in real legalization without regulation and put the voters over that 50 / 50 voting hump of yes's and no's that we are currently stuck in.  Medical marijuana is a rut my real smokers, let's get out of the rut in 2012! http://legalize2012.com/

• Great, get out there and have your voices heard. The elected trash has ignored the citizens of this country for far too long.

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