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Marijuana
by Michael Dare
Bart,
If you grew your own tomatoes and you wanted to
guarantee five fresh ripe tomatoes
every single day, how many tomato plants would
you need? 30 isn't out of the question,
all at different parts of the growth cycle.
Same with medical marijuana. The point isn't to
BUY it and continue feeding the corporate
pharmaceutical industry, the point is to grow
it yourself. If you grew your own medical marijuana
and you wanted to guarantee at least an ounce
of fresh ripe bud every single week, how many
marijuana plants would you need? The answer is
an absolute minimum of three times, but up to
ten times your medical need, all at different
parts of the growth cycle.
That's the totally rational and absolutely necessary
reason why the amount of marijuana allowed
in Barney Frank's bill is more than the amount
consumed. There are patients I've met, included
Jack Herer, the king of the hemp movement, who
actually need to smoke massive amounts of pot
all day long, easily an ounce, to keep their
serious illnesses in check.
I had no idea a person could smoke an ounce per day.
Please remember YOU CAN"T SMOKE TOO MUCH. It can't
hurt you.
It doesn't cause cancer, it cures it. Check out
the video at http://phoenixtears.ca/.
In fact, what's wrong with the bill is that there
are any restrictions at all.
Why does anybody give a fuck how much medicine
other people need?
MD
Michael, what you say makes sense, but this is still going to scare people.
If the point of the legislation is directed at growers, they should
word the law
to say something like, "It's legal to grow
up to 1/10 of an acre of pot."
One tenth of an acre doesn't sound very big and I assume you could grow
several hundred plants on 1/10 of an acre. Anything sounds smaller
than
a giant bag that contains 300 joints.
We're fighting illogical hysteria when it comes to pot.
When some asshole screams "That's enough pot
to get an entire
Grateful Dead concert high," it's
destined to fail - wouldn't you agree?
You asked, Why does anybody give a fuck how much medicine other people need?
Why does anybody give a fuck if the president gets a blow job?
The Republicans and the religio-harpies can't stand somebody having
fun.
They'd rather watch a loved one die in pain than allow someone to get
high.
You and I - we're fighting fear and religious insanity.
Check out Michael Dare's website
and you gotta read his John
Belushi story.
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