Grand Jury Report: Couple accused of growing pot without a license

Why is possession of marijuana still a felony anywhere on this planet?

You can thank William Randolph Hearst, Dupont Chemical, and Harry J Anslinger. They got the ball rolling on it. Billionaires who had interest in oil and lumber didn't want to have to compete against industrial hemp. So they were able to convince the Government to make it illegal. And the rest as we say is history.

By the way Anslinger was just a public servant not a Billionaire. But he was the one who pushed a propaganda campaign against Hemp and Marijuana.

I assume there is a test to get the license...much like a driver's license.

Anyone know the details on the test?

It's much the same as getting a license to own or sell machine guns, fill in the blanks, pay the fees, wait for the background check, if background is cleared license with tax stamp is issued.

I agree 100% Chris and no I do not use it!!

So, essentially, it's a crime to see a marijuana plant. Christ.

I have a sudden urge to go find some marijuana plants and stare at them for a while without destroying them. I'll be sure to call the cops so they can come arrest me afterward.

I had to call my sponsor because I feel like I am going to relapse. This substance will eat your brains out. Happy 420 !

Edit: Took off video because I don't smoke anymore and I don't want to encourage others to break the law.

You're time stamp is two minutes early, Gabor.

I just couldn't wait ;P

One of the biggest problems with marijuana laws is that no one seems capable of having an adult conversation about the subject. Instead we make jokes about the munchies etc..

Jeremiah was absolutely correct about why marijuana was made illegal to begin with. Doing favors for millionaires and billionaires who don't need them is a mistake America never fails to make.

What upsets me is that I can walk to a bar tonight, drink 20 beers, piss all over myself and pass out on the sidewalk and the worst thing that would happen to me is an arrest, a fine and maybe a few days in Andy Griffith's holding cell.

Meanwhile, a person can be sent to prison for YEARS to keep company with murderers and rapists JUST FOR HAVING SOME POT.

I hate the way we enforce the law in this country. I hate the way we treat every 'crime' as a one size fits all scenario and I hate that our law enforcement officers are trained in such a manner that they think this is the way it should be.

So it's legal to burn the pot once you grow it?

@ Chris : you are right. We need an "E WOK" holding a Bong, Blunt, or Joint for a serious discussion ?

@Gabor, that reminds me, check out my new Facebook photo. It's an Ewok holding something related to the Ian Murphy episode from Sunday. NSFW.

Racism played a big role in making marijuana illegal.

Harry J Anslinger:

“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the U.S., and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.”

Harry J Anslinger:

“Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men."

Source, which also goes into some of the financial considerations:

http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_ba21ef7e-3563-11df-9d83-001…

The first Anslinger quote you used always makes me laugh.

I think every member of Congress should be made to watch Reefer Madness in all of it's absurdity then proceed to an up or down vote on whether or not marijuana should be legal.

I enjoy reading the standard form responses I get back from our elected officials when I write them letters asking them for more information on the bill introduced by Rob Paul to amend the definition of Industrial Hemp.

I think the issue of legalizing marijuana is one where non-voting really has an impact.

Many people don't vote because they think their vote doesn't matter, and in many elections there is at least a sliver of truth to the line of thinking.

But here's a case where most people under a certain age either want marijuana decriminalized or don't really care, but would either A) support such a measure or B) certainly wouldn't vote against any congressional member who supported it.

But because the only people who vote every election are from an older generation that still thinks of marijuana as the evil weed, no politician DARE go near a vote to decriminalize it.

The majority of Americans know that anti-marijuana laws are wrong headed, and most of the people they elect to office, if asked privately, agree, but nothing will change because it would be political suicide to support legalization.

I don't get it. You can get a license to GROW it - but it's illegal to possess it, and/or to sell it. So what exactly does the license do for you ?? - other than notify the authorities that you intend to grow it, so they can what - then come and arrest you and confiscate it ???? This makes no sense to me.

Researchers can get licenses. You can't get a license to grow it for, oh, say, personal recreational use.

Another absurd element of the Marijuana prohibition laws is that they do not differentiate between the varieties of Cannabis sativa; hemp and recreational/medical marijuana are treated as equally illegal to grow. That is a strange position for our country, which is the largest user of hemp in the world. We have to import all the hemp we use because of our ridiculous laws.

You would think that legalizing the cultivation of hemp would be something that an agricultural region like ours would support. I wonder if Assemblyman Hawley would support a bill to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp.

@Chris: I saw it and that's where I got the idea. I actually saw an E Wok holding a bong on someones FB page.

Industrial Hemp makes too much sense for our country to go back to producing.

I am not even going to go into the benefits of medicinal marijuana and co-ops on our economy and quality of life.