marijuana legalization

I cant belive this law hasnt been changed yet. I mean it was made a crime based on a list of lies. The US gov made a tax stamp for pot in the 1920s or clamed to have made them.So inorder for the farmer sell his canibis crop he had to take it to the tax office to get that stamp. Then they passed a law saying if you had pot without the stamp you were already in violation of the law and you go to jail. The first man to be arested was a poor farmer. Why did we as Americans alow things like this to go on. Hell our founding fathers were pot heads! The gov and my workplace have NO RIGHT to tell me what I can or cant do on my own time!!  

Watch the movie REEFER MADNESS to see all the bullshit lies  

im glad that a future president finally speaks out about marijuana legalization. mike gravel hit the nail right on the head. its not a drug, its just a health issue (and not much of one at that).

marijuana is safe and even beneficial in many respects. why is it not legal? it all boils down to money. legalizing marijuana will cut into the profits of many major industries and they dont want that. therefore they spread lies and rumors and do all they can to keep marijuana illegal so its not a competition.

fight back! fight for the safe and useful natural plant called marijuana! vote for mike gravel! tell everyone about mike gravel! dont sit on your a**, do something!

He couldn't have said it more clearly than he does here, near the end of this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KyFRyxZp-s

Mike Gravel for President in 2008

Why anybody in their right mind would 'assume' marijuana is a DRUG in the first place is beyond me!!!   Marijuana is a derivative of hemp and hemp has thousands of uses which could be used to make our lives better---The government really needs to own up to the propoganda it put out years ago to"warn parents" of the dreaded drug being passed around called "marijuana" that would turn their children into violent criminals.--What Rot!!!

From the perspective of personal Liberty, it is unconstitutional for there to be laws against a person growing any plant they choose on their own property for his/her own personal use. So, it should be perfectly legal for a person to grow marijuana and use it in her/his own home.

I do think that it is Constitutional for the government to control the distribution. However, the way America's draconian laws are set up in the War on Drugs, the weight of the Law is focused more heavily on growing marijuana. In fact, U.S. laws actually encourage people to participate in the black market by alotting only misdemeanor penalities for small amounts of marijuana that have been purchased through illegal distribution; on the other hand, if a person is caught growing even one marijuan plant on their own property with no intent to distribute, they will be charged with a felony crime that carries a much harsher punishment.

I remember years ago when Smoltz, the mayor of Baltimore wanted to legalize marijuana and make it a public health issue he was laughed out of town. Now we see that he was right. In Baltimore, 90% of those in jail on drug convinctions are black. The war on drugs is, in some ways, a race war.

In world of conflict, victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners - Camus

Bout time a candidate demanded legalization. Does this mean that Gravel will inhale in the white house?

Senator Gravel's position is to decriminalize and that its foolish to send people to jail for marijuana possession. Drugs are a public health issue, not a criminal issue. The senator recognizes the merit in medical marijuana. Marijuana should be treated like cigarettes and liquor.  

Gravel 08