[robertpaulsen]

"Marijuana was also indigenous and even widely used by this nation's founders before the FDA."

That's not what was said. patriciaruth said marijuana was never part of our culture, which is correct.

In the 60's, marijuana use became part of the sub-culture and was never accepted into mainstream America. Still isn't.

[coloradan]

Marijuana may have never been a "central" part of our culture, but it was widely used by people at the time of the founding of this country. I suppose people like you would rather that the framers had been no-knocked and jailed, especially considering how much respect you pay to the documents that they wrote, re: personal liberty and sovreignty, limited government, states rights, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, innocent until proven guilty, right to face your accusers, etc.