This Outrageous Story Shows Why Marijuana Must Be Legalized in All 50 States

PJ Media ^ | 04-19-2015 | Michael van der Galien

[Michael van der Galien]

What do you think of this? Despicable and outrageous, or just the school and police doing their duty?:

"On March 24, cannabis oil activist Shona Banda‘s life was flipped upside-down after her son was taken from her by the State of Kansas. The ordeal started when counselors at her 11-year-old son’s school conducted a drug education class. Her son, who had previously lived in Colorado for a period of time, disagreed with some of the anti-pot points that were being made by school officials."

The school called the police. Coppers showed up at Shona’s home, searched everything, and ended up finding two ounces of cannabis oil which she uses to treat her Crohn’s disease. The result? She could lose her child — her ex has already been granted temporary custody of her son — and Shona faces the battle of her life.

If this horrendous story doesn’t convince you that marijuana should be legalized, I don’t know what will. It’s absolutely insane that Shona and many others like her are treated like psychopathic mass murderers, just because they use cannabis to treat an illness and because they believe others should be allowed to do the same.

[kiryandil]

Not the least of which for over 40 yrs- govt presented it as a gateway drup- what changed.

Not the least of which for over 40 yrs- GRUBERMENT presented it as a gateway drup- what changed.

FIFY

Nothing changed - the gruberment has ALWAYS lied to us to increase its power, and steal our Rights & property.

After all, as Jonathan Gruber said:

The American voter is stupid. Or as we used to say on FR: "It's like taking candy from a STUPID baby..."

[rickomatic]

On a side note. I visited a pot shop here in Washington state this weekend out of sheer curiosity. The wife ran intoThe a Dollar Store, and there was a pot shop in the same strip mall so I went in. Funny, 99% of what was displayed was paraphernalia. It really felt weird going into that place, knowing that in 48 other states it’s illegal under state law, and even here, illegal under federal law.

[SunkenCiv]

The war on car theft is an utter and complete failure, as is the war on murder, the war on abortion, the war on gay rights, the war on rape, the war on exceeding the speed limit...

[Crim]

Dont patronize me.....your histrionics fall apart in the face of cold logic.

You are leaping around like a jester trying to make vacuous points

“If you love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”

― Samuel Adams

There are no chains on me.

Article 30 The Massachusetts Constitution: written by John Adams

In the government of the commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them; the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them; to the end that it may be a government of laws, and not of men

So once again...if you want the law changed then work to change it...if you simply wish to ignore the rule of law...then dont throw founder quotes at me. The desire that all men are under the rule of law and equal...and not suffer the whims of Govt...is what lead to the American Revolution in the first place.

[Ken H]

Apparently, there's a defense fund for the family that's already raised $25,000.

I say the authorities will cave. The state of KS will keep the oil and wash its hands of the whole matter. Then there's that matter of the authorities interrogating her child without parental notification...

[Ken H]

Suppose I’m right about the outcome (post #125). Do you think that will make prosecution of medical marijuana cases more difficult in KS?

[ConservingFreedom]

The war on car theft is an utter and complete failure, as is the war on murder

Two-thirds of murder cases get solved, whereas the percentage of drug 'crimes' that even get detected by authorities is doubtless orders of magnitude smaller. That's the inevitable failure of laws against acts that in and of themselves have no victim.

[kiryandil]

Crim wrote: "There are no chains on me."

And Crim wrote: "So once again...if you want the law changed then work to change it."

LOL!

Lookit the starry-eyed idealist, who doesn't understand that his Owners in the gruberment are taking his money at gunpoint to pay themselves handsome full-time salaries with great lifetime benefits (so's they can retire young), while they're working full-time passing more and more laws that the little starry-eyed idealist can work at changing in his time off from working to pay the gruberment drones passing the laws.

It is to laugh.

Crim also wrote: "...if you simply wish to ignore the rule of law..."

Your Owners in the Gruberment, who you work to pay so they can work full-time flipping you off, ignore the Rule of Law all day long.

And you don't do a thing about it, servile peasant, other than tell people who know better that "we should play by THEIR rules, and 'work to change the laws' (that they don't abide by anyway)."

ROFL! Good luck with that...

[onedoug]

Too water intensive for CA.

[MortMan]

You ever thought if you read the entire post of mine that it mentions Ken and others , including myself have gone back and forth over this issue many times?

No I did not think so.

So, rather than debate it again, for the benefit of anyone who hasn't been involved in the past exchanges, you allow his adult demeanor to completely counter any logic you may be able to present on your own.

Brilliant strategy! LOL

[ConservingFreedom]

TEN generations of Americans worked their asses off ... saved money ... built a nation ... all pretty much in a "no legal drugs" world.

Exactly wrong - for most of those ten generations there were no laws against drugs.

Please take your "childish moonbeam" wishes to legalize pot to another country, and STOP trying to FUBAR the United States of America (where my grandchildren live).

Pot criminalization is failing your grandchildren; teens have been reporting for years that they can get pot more easily than cigarettes or beer - which stands to reason, since only sellers of legal goods have incentive to 'card' buyers.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Pot criminalization is failing your grandchildren; teens have been reporting for years that they can get pot more easily than cigarettes or beer - which stands to reason, since only sellers of legal goods have incentive to 'card' buyers.


You're clearly entitled to your opinion, even if it flies straight against established scientific facts.

How about we try an experiment ?

I'll do everything I can to convince my kids and grandkids to "stay the hell away from pot", whether it's legal or not.

You, on the otherhand, can enjoy being the "cool grand parent" who puts the reefer in the brownies and does a 420 with his teenage grandkids on the family camping trips.

We'll get back together in 25 years to see who's kids and grandkids are "loser dopers" who deliver pizza or stand on the corner waving some idiotic sign to attract customers to Jake's Tatoo Emporium ...

or who's kids are doctors, lawyers, engineers, airplane pilots, pastors, chemists, military satcom experts, or the first astronaunts to Mars.


I'm pretty comfortable to being "judged by history".


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THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA

Source: http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/marijuana/the-harmful-effects.html


The immediate effects of taking marijuana include rapid heart beat, disorientation, lack of physical coordination, often followed by depression or sleepiness. Some users suffer panic attacks or anxiety.

But the problem does not end there. According to scientific studies, the active ingredient in cannabis, THC, remains in the body for weeks or longer.

Marijuana smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer-causing substances than tobacco smoke. One major research study reported that a single cannabis joint could cause as much damage to the lungs as up to five regular cigarettes smoked one after another. Long-time joint smokers often suffer from bronchitis, an inflammation of the respiratory tract.

The drug can affect more than your physical health. Studies in Australia in 2008 linked years of heavy marijuana use to brain abnormalities.

This is backed up by earlier research on the long-term effects of marijuana, which indicate changes in the brain similar to those caused by long-term abuse of other major drugs. And a number of studies have shown a connection between continued marijuana use and psychosis.

Marijuana changes the structure of sperm cells, deforming them. Thus even small amounts of marijuana can cause temporary sterility in men. Marijuana use can upset a woman’s menstrual cycle.

Studies show that the mental functions of people who have smoked a lot of marijuana tend to be diminished. The THC in cannabis disrupts nerve cells in the brain affecting memory.

Cannabis is one of the few drugs which causes abnormal cell division which leads to severe hereditary defects.

A pregnant woman who regularly smokes marijuana or hashish may give birth prematurely to an undersized, underweight baby. Over the last ten years, many children of marijuana users have been born with reduced initiative and lessened abilities to concentrate and pursue life goals. Studies also suggest that prenatal (before birth) use of the drug may result in birth defects, mental abnormalities and increased risk of leukemia1 in children.


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[ConservingFreedom]

Pot criminalization is failing your grandchildren; teens have been reporting for years that they can get pot more easily than cigarettes or beer - which stands to reason, since only sellers of legal goods have incentive to 'card' buyers.

You, on the otherhand, can enjoy being the "cool grand parent" who puts the reefer in the brownies

Completely irrelevant to my post; I think you'd better check your brownies.

[Crim]

OK.....you aren’t serious at all...you would rather be a court jester.

I mentioned I carry a firearm at all times as I am a CCW holder...I don’t just talk about rights and scoff at others...I exercise them daily.

Do you?

Peasants aren’t allowed to have the means to use deadly force.

[kiryandil]

Q: How do you know if you might have enough guns?

A: If you don't know how many guns you have.

I forgot exactly how many guns I have long ago, but I view them more as "pump primers", than anything else...

[Crim]

Bullshit.

I’ve never met a gun owner that didnt know how many guns they owned.

You are the anti-law idiot.....if you even a gun...sell it or throw it in the river.....you are a danger to yourself and others.

[kiryandil]

I always forget one or two when I'm trying to list them.

They're just tools.

I don't sit around in my armory fondling my weaponry, unlike some other obsessive whackjobs on this thread...

You are the anti-law idiot...

I believe in the Rule of Law, not the Rule of Man. Your Owners killed the Rule of Law at the impeachment of Bill Clinton, peasant.

...if you even a gun

What if I odd a gun, Crimmy? What then, hmmmmmmmmmm?

you are a danger to yourself and others.

I believe in the gospel according to Bob Lee Swagger:

"Front sight, front sight, front sight."

[central_va]

They make a form of medical marijuana in pill form that does not cause intoxication. Nobody wants to use that for some reason...

[kiryandil]

They make a form of medical marijuana in pill form that does not cause intoxication. Nobody wants to use that for some reason...

LOL! THAT post is gonna leave a mark...

[Crim]

"I believe in the Rule of Law, not the Rule of Man."

Well then everything else you previously posted in this thread is BS....the activist broke the law.

And she wasnt even charged.

"What if I odd a gun, Crimmy? What then, hmmmmmmmmmm?"

Yeah I would say you are pretty odd.

" Your Owners killed the Rule of Law at the impeachment of Bill Clinton, peasant."

LMAO...time for the eye test.....how many fingers am I holding up?