On UPDATE: Standoff ends

Posted on December 29 at 6:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

It seems that this guy just didn't want to loose his kids. My heart goes out to him and his family. Let's hope that no one gets hurt and that the police can bring this to positive conclusion.

On Erpenbach bill would legalize medical marijuana in state

Posted on December 16 at 1:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

It's interesting the kind of rhetoric that Mr Nass is using against the medical marijuana bill. I believe he knows well that research by a community of people who's agenda is linked to the pharmaceutical drug companies is not going anywhere due to a lack of support, a catch 22 of sorts. He justifies this opinion by playing on the public’s ignorance of this fact. Yet the many users of marijuana for pain relief whether physical or mental can be considered a dataset that demonstrates that marijuana does have benefits. The real question is does the use of marijuana threaten our society in a greater way than say alcohol or tobacco. If not why are alcohol and tobacco legal. For both of these substances there is plenty of research to the problems related to their use yet they remain legal because of the folks making large amounts of money from their sales and they have lobbyists to influence politicians into toeing the status quo line.

Question. Do we want the government to dictate to the public an agenda created by private businesses? Surely the public understands many of the problems involved with the recreational use of marijuana alcohol and tobacco and the benefits. These substances have been around for millennia and many of their effects are well know. The American public doesn't need the government to protect them from these substances. They need to be protected from big business's agenda to force their form of healthcare on them. Healthcare that isn't people centered but profit centered. This mode of operation of big business manipulating American life is what should be illegal. The spreading of lies in the press and the passing of laws that turn people who are seeking relief from pain into criminals is truly immoral.

The worst part about this is that more and more law enforcement and other government agencies are falling into this mode of operation, trying to keep their funding. Growing their organizations into agencies that feed on the very people that they claim to be serving. They of course like the medical groups don't support this bill because it threatens their stranglehold on the American public's wallet, an America that is in pain. Mental pain. Physical pain. Emotional pain. The market is huge. Just watch television and count the ads for pain relief. The bottom line is there is a lot of money at stake and there are many businesses, and government organizations that seek to manipulate public opinion so that they can keep the money flowing into their accounts.