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We, the people, are looking at the issue of the prohibition of cannabis or any plant for that matter, entirely wrong.
Submitted by "Guest" | 6/15/04

It cannot be disputed that our founding fathers grew hemp for many purposes and would not have made themselves criminals by enacting laws that criminalized their own conduct.

It equally cannot be disputed that Declaration of Independence states "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Now, our Creator, the One whom inspired the Bible we swear on in every court across America, stated the following,

Genesis 1:29 "And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food."

Cannabis is an herb that yields seed according to scientific fact. The other fact is that God Himself gave it to us.

The fact that any law exists prohibiting cannabis is entirely irrelevant.

The Bill of Rights states,

Article 9
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

This was included in our Constitution for fear that naming any specific right would make ones not named subject to law.

Proof of this is stated by James Madison who said,

"It has been objected also against a bill of rights, that, by enumerating particular exceptions to the grant of power, it would disparage those rights which were not placed in that enumeration; and it might follow by implication, that those rights which were not singled out, were intended to be assigned into the hands of the General Government, and were consequently insecure. This is one of the most plausible arguments I have ever heard against the admission of a bill of rights into this system; but, I conceive, that it may be guarded against. I have attempted it, as gentlemen may see by turning to the last clause of the fourth resolution." (The 9th Amendment)

Arguments concerning adding medical freedom were made by Dr. Benjamin Rush, M.D., a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Personal physician to George Washington,

“Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others; the Constitution of the Republic should make a special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.”

The founders, aware that many unalienable rights could be targeted, included all of them under the Ninth Amendment.

That Amendment alone, voids all laws concerning what people grow on their land and ingest in their bodies.

Thomas Jefferson said,

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live in tyranny."

Prohibition laws are, without question, unconstitutional and an attack on the Bill of Rights.

"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives

We the people, need to understand that the government never had the authority to prohibit any plant or substance or make them next to impossible for the people to obtain them.

Some in authority are starting to realize this.

"The intrastate, noncommercial cultivation, possession and use of marijuana for personal medical purposes on the advice of a physician is, in fact, different in kind from drug trafficking," Judge Harry Pregerson wrote for the 9th Circuit in December.

The court added that "this limited use is clearly distinct from the broader illicit drug market, as well as any broader commercial market for medical marijuana, insofar as the medical marijuana at issue in this case is not intended for, nor does it enter, the stream of commerce."

The Controlled Substances Act is unconstitutional in that it has created a closed system, inaccessible to the people directly, but forces the people to obtain agents at a price to be relieved of suffering.

It is the right of the people to obtain any plant or drug that they need without government interference.

Logosnote: From the admin panel, I can not tell who sent this in. It just shows as "Guest". Whomever wrote it, thank you. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are designed to protect us from a government that would take too much power, and use it against us. This is an excellent argument for why prohibitionist laws are unconstitutional.

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Hogie

I would love to have the references he used for this commentary. Where were the founding father's words found?

EnragedAmerican

Hi Logos,

It was I who posted this. I feel very strongly that if we REALLY believe the words here, the end of prohibition is nigh. We need to stop thinking of cannabis as "illegal" just because they say it is. Believe the plant is legal and it will be.

Sincerely,
Enraged American

Srvflunky420

one of the best arguments ive seen would like to print it out and show it to some friends if its ok with the author

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EnragedAmerican

It is my hope that this reasoning will be used to prove the Controlled Substance Act as unconstitutional just as Timothy Leary proved the Marijuana Tax Act unconstitutional.

Print it, Mail it, post it on every cannabis site on the internet and every grocery store bulletin board nationwide.

Speak the truth and the lies cannot stand.

I authorize any and all copying of "Closing Argument" freely.

Sincerely,
Enraged American

 

Suetaz

Well said EnragedAmerican! Well done! This is exactly how I feel about prohibition.

I agree completely! The more we let the government know this, the better!

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TANJ3113

A most excellent post, I applaude you

Do you give permission to repost or Web publish?

The Govt is keeping the public misinformed to devide and conquer the American public. As in a house devided ...

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EnragedAmerican

I would love to be able to reference them myself but failed to make note of the various web sites that I found them on.

This paper, Closing Argument, came about one night after I smoked a few small bowls of cannabis, as is my nightly custom for both medical and recreational use.

After the cannabis took effect, I was inspired out of the blue to do some serious study on the constitutionality of the Controlled Substance Act and all past drug laws that have been usurped by it.

I don't know if many are aware, but Timothy Leary was the one that contested the "Marihuana Tax Act" and had it declared unconstitutional. Just another little bit of information I found along the way.

To make a long story short, it just happened. And I was shocked by the conclusions that were reached.

That reminds me of another tidbit I found along the way but didn't include for copyright reasons:

"Burke asserted that Washington & Jefferson were said to exchange smoking blends as personal gifts. Washington reportedly preferred a pipe full of "the leaves of hemp" to alcohol, & wrote in his diaries that he enjoyed the fragrance of hemp flowers. Madison once remarked that hemp gave him insight to create a new & democratic nation. Monroe, creator of the Monroe Doctrine, began smoking it as Ambassador to France & continued to the age of 73. Burke. "Pot & Presidents." in Green Egg. CA. June 21, 1975"

I guess you could say that just as cannabis inspired Madison to create this nation, cannabis provided it's own defense in inspiring me to do the research......

Sincerely,
Enraged American

PS: Below are some other various quotes by the founders that were part of the research but not included in the finished paper:

"The best hemp and the best tobacco grow on the same kind of soil. The former article is of first necessity to the commerce and marine, in other words to the wealth and protection of the country. The latter, never useful and sometimes pernicious, derives its estimation from caprice."
- Thomas Jefferson, journal, March 16, 1791 -

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
- Thomas Jefferson -

Logos

I'll speak for our Enraged friend, and give permission to distribute far and wide.

Information is free, and if it isn't it should be...

Thank you for sharing, I just love a good logical argument.

Hogie: There are a bazillion quotes sites out there. Search founding father quotes at google, and you will find far more than you'd like to...

Logos

2BFree

O Oooooo HERE! HERE!!! Enraged American u said it all in a nutshell my friend well done!

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