How federal authorities deal with the potential passage of this local initiative and the much bigger statewide marijuana legalization ballot initiative in California should be very interesting.

Somehow I don’t see Achcroftesque goon squads descending on smokers.
But I live in Northern California.

Ya Think??? ✄

That is one hell of a wingding you have there, nahant.

Isn’t this just a perfect excuse for O to effect policy of using drones domestically?

Chilling.

“If I can’t smoke up, neither can anyone else, dammit!”

Go here and have fun…

But completely expected. As a forecaster, this is one of the easiest. As I posted in the comments, if I didn’t see an actual one about a year ago in midtown-east Manhattan, I saw a tolerable imitation of one.

As for the country house, I live within spitting distance of one of the aqueducts from the Catskills into NYC. Daily or twice, a NYS helicopter flies overhead on patrol, which is a joke and waste of money because (1) dilution makes water sabotage well beneath any self-respecting terrorist agenda laughable; but (2) you can hear the helos coming for 10 minutes before they appear. But if you had hovering silent drones, then you could waste taxpayer money in even greater amounts by hovering them over the aqueducts, silently. And also have them searching for ‘secrud’ mj crops.

I live 290 miles north of Detroit.For anyone who is forced to live in the city of Detroit,I say let them use whatever they want.Any drug that will numb their minds from the hopelessness of that situation,S

Well sheric, you sound like the typical Detroit hater. What a mean spirited comment. How wonderful you have such vision about a city 290 miles from your home. When was the last time you visited?

This initiative comes from the hard work of Tim Beck who is doing the heavy lifting on this proposal, and is spending his own funds to capitalize the efforts. Tim also had a hand in the successful 2008 medical marijuana initiative in the state of Michigan, and is a founder of CPU (Cannabis Patients United).

I am proud to call Tim a friend. His good work for the community is legendary in Michigan and around the country. Thank you Jon for posting this and letting the rest of the country know that despite the dire economy in our state, the medical marijuana and legalization efforts continue to make progress.

Thanks Hayduke, for standing up for Detroit. Thanks, Tim Beck, for your hard work.

When we locals look out upon Detroit’s yearly electronic music festival, we ask the inevitable question: with legalization and the money it would generate, could this city become North America’s post-industrial Amsterdam?

Well I am glad to hear about it.

Federal marijuana prohibition is a fully unconstitutional religious prohibition based on Exodus 22:18 Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.

Here is a nice book on the issue as world history, I highly recommend it,

Marijuana – The First Twelve Thousand Years
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/histor…

Marijuana is completely harmless and a very useful medicine. From FOXN,

Are You Cannabis Deficient?
http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/10/are-…

That means the argument used to regulate it as interstate commerce is totally bogus. That is also why even though weed is completely harmless, it is scheduled all wrong, and they refuse to change it. Like including Native Americans in the religion section at Borders Books, it would rip a hole in their space/time/legal argument continuum, granting us equal rights, including the right to keep OUR property.

You see when it gets to American Indians, and our religions based on smoking psychoactive plants, the Doctrine of Discovery gives white men the right to take away everything we have.

How else do you think they have gotten away with drug war asset seizures that are completely unconstitutional? There is a legal precedent.

From our constitution,

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF (smoking pot); or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

From my church,

Cultivation and enjoyment of Cannabis sacrament is a fundamental human right provided by God and protected by the first Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It is our opinion that Cannabis is the original sacrament of Hebrew, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Shinto, Buddhist, Rasta and more, and fulfills the prophesies to ‘raise up for them a plant of renown…’

http://www.thc-ministry.org/

Our church was raided by the IRS.

VIDEO: Hilo marijuana ministry open after federal raid
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/03/14/vi…

Do you think the supreme court is going to rule or the president is going to act against the first amendment freedom of religion? Because I don’t. I think I actually have freedom of religion, I think we just have to set out to prove it. And when we do that, they will have no more excuses for waging war. Or, we can hope.

Reverend Lauren Unruh
THC Ministry
Pleasant Hill, Ca

I hope so.

Weed Helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1K9EfiJUk

He’s not doing that in Ann Arbor or any other city that has adopted such ordinances. I can’t believe how much stupid thrives around these parts.

Give the poor MJ. Dope gets you through times of no money better than times with no dope.