"Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind."
Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner Federal Bureau of Narcotics, in 1937 testimony before Congress (1930-1962)

"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing."
Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1948 testimony before Congress (1930-1962)

Huh?  Which is it, Harry?  You're not just grasping at straws, are you?

The worst part is, this is all old news.

Right now, there is much emphasis on finding a cure for breast cancer.  Pink ribbons all over, pink goalposts in NFL stadiums, constant news stories about people supporting a search for a cure.

More targeted radiation, better compounds of chemotherapy, early detection, prevention through lifestyle changes.

Cure through surgery, poisons and medically acceptable collateral damage of healthy tissue and symptoms.  Lifelong disfigurement and the resulting emotional trauma.  Women opting for pre-emptive mastectomies.

Billions spent in healthcare and research going to pharmaceutical companies, while the best known option for treatment remains on the shelf, out of reach.

Ostensibly, because it will make the patient feel good while taking treatment.

Marijuana.  Cannabis.  Hemp.  Mary Jane, pot, herb, reefer, skunk, boom, gangster, kif, ganja, splibs.

Call it what you want.  Jeffrey Dach MD
calls it "The Miracle Drug of the 21st Century".

And it's not just for breast cancer anymore.  Dr. Robert Melamede of Colorado State University, a pre-eminent cannabidinol researcher, can teach you some of the properties of cannabis and it's uses to cure disease.

Our Federal Government bans just one plant.  Hemp.  Or as Harry Anslingler, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) popularized it, marijuana.

States ban other plants based on effects those plants might have on their ecosystems.  For example, different seaweeds are banned by some states.  Some mushrooms (read fungi) are banned because of their effects.  Yet, they are allowed to grow wild, naturally, without massive efforts of detection and eradication.

The United States has determined that one plant must cease to exist from the Planet Earth.

Tobacco? No.

Poppy?  No.

Coca?  No.

Cannabis? Yes.

Actually, under the United Nations Single Convention, all countries that wish to belong to the UN must adopt a policy of eradication of cannabis.

Does it make sense to you to eradicate a plant known to cure many maladies humans suffer while spending many millions to find cures in other unknown plants?

A plant that is much less toxic than aspirin?  Actually, this plant is so safe as to make its LD-50  (Lethal Dose 50%) meaningless.

Support your right to access one of the safest, most effective medicines ever known to man.

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We are currently in a debate about Health Insurance Reform. The issues about who pays for your healthcare services come down to...

Public Option
or
No Government Run Healthcare

Support a third option that makes sense either way.

Cancer treatment in 2004 equaled $72.1 billion...about 5% of all US Healthcare spending. That's up from $41.2 billion in 1995, an increase of 75% in those 10 years.  Who got that money? Big Pharma and healthcare providers.

What if curing cancer cost anyone only a few dollars rather than hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Who would benefit?

You.  And every other business in the U.S. except those listed below.

Imagine what a difference that would make to spending on the nations largest employer, the Health Care Industry.   Or to the roughly 15% of the nation's GDP.  Imagine if we could spend what we spent on healthcare before the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act went into effect now.  From what I can tell, less than 5% of GDP. 

Who would lose?

Big Pharma, Big Liquor, Big Oil, Big Lumber, Big Cotton, Big Chemical...the list goes on.

Your US Government has known of a cure for cancer at least since 1974, when it stopped all research into cannabis after it was demonstrated in a University of Virginia study that it killed cancer cells http://www.alternet.org/story/9257/. After a November 1975 research summit in California, the Ford administration came up with a policy that said no American independent research or Federal health program would be allowed to further investigate natural cannabis derivatives for medicine. 

But there was an agreement as to who could study the potential effects of cannabis as long as it did not produce a 'high'. This after U.S. Government research (1966-1976) had indicated that natural crude cannabis was the "best and safest choice" for many serious health problems.

And who got that OK? You guessed it. American Pharmaceutical companies. They tried to isolate and market an oral drug they called Marinol. THC without the high. It succeeded in giving users a big headache and little else. So THC was quietly deemed a failure and as such benched.

Please realize that this is meant to be an informative,  abbreviated version of these events. For more detailed information, please see Jack Herer's excellent account.

What you need to know is this...hemp can and does kill cancer cells and alleviate any number of other ailments. Laboratory and anecdotal evidence have shown this to be true. Yet, the U.S. Government continues to classify hemp as a Class 1 drug, having no medicinal value.

Why is hemp classified this way? See a Short History of Hemp or the links page.

So a third option in this great healthcare debate is to allow you to control your medicine. Easily and cheaply. Demand that you have the ability to potentially cure serious diseases with a medicine that has an incalculably low toxicity and grows like...well, a weed. A medicine that nature provides and has been used by humans for at least the last 5,000 years.

A medicine that Big Pharma can't patent and use to extort you.

Show your support for Legalize the Cure.  Help save a life