The cannabis perspective

[Virgil]

This is my first posting in this forum. I have a list of links that are a source of information on the Internet. This will make the third time I say that I have commented on the the articles that appear at cannabisnews.com for several years. The following is a copy of something I already put up at Cannabisnews.com under what I call "Victory by lists." I will leave it at that and do a copy and paste for what follows.

Some people might be interested in acquiring knowledge on the cannabis issue with information on the Internet. The first five things I would check out follow. The Canadian Senate Report is quite comprehensive. The first four things would get you a high school diploma with cannabis major and f you read the Canadian Senate Report that would make you a graduate on the level of a community college in cannabis.

1. The movie “Grass” - http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-1110.html This movie will follow the history of cannabis prohibition with narrative by Woody Harrelson

2. The Emperor of Hemp - http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/docs_emperor.html This movie is about Jack Herer that wrote the famous book that started the cannabis reform movement. His book is titled “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” and has an online edition

3. The Emperor Wears No Clothes - http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html This is required reading for a basic base of knowledge to come to an informed decision on Cannabis Prohibition.


4. A Drug War Carol- http://www.adrugwarcarol.com/index.html This is a cartoon format that spins the story of Dickens to apply to the story of Cannabis Prohibition.

5. “Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs” http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/ille-e/rep-e/summary-e.pdf This is the report from Canada by a Senate committee that is an authoritative text on the issues of cannabis that was released in August of 2002.

The 5 most important historic reports that all called for an end to criminal prosecution of cannabis follow. If you would read all five, you would be one of the few people in the world to do so, and you could consider yourself well educated on the cannabis issue. You would be a college graduate in the cannabis perspective.
1. Canadian Senate Report on Illegal Drugs- August 2002 - http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/ille-e/rep-e/summary-e.pdf

2. Shafer Commission report known as The Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse - March, 1972- http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/nc/ncmenu.htm

3. The La Guardia Committee Report - 1944 - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/lag/lagmenu.htm

4. The.La Dain Commission report known as The Report of the Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs - 1972 - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/ledain/ldctoc.html

5. The Wootton Report from the UK in 1968 - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/wootton/wootmenu.htm

[1a2b3c]

1. Good list but youre missing an important one

Maybe the most important one. http://www.mapinc.org/

I just joined this group http://www.leap.cc/ and have already started working for them in my spare time trying to book their speakers at various radio shows and anywhere else where we can get the word out. You can check them out if you want, i myself, just recently heard about them.

Thanks for the links, there were a few i didnt have.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. leap is a great group

I have been to there site quite a few times. I hope there numbers are growing exponentially, the voice of LEAP is one of the most crucial in the movement.

[Virgil]

3. L.E.A.P. is a great organization

LEAP stands for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. It was started by a retired LEO that had the conviction of experience that prohibition was not the solution to the drug abuse problems in this country. He rode his one-eyed horse across the country to gain publicity for his cause. Most of the people in L.E.A.P. are retired LEO's because the active LEO's cannot speak out because of the power structure that looks over their career.

NORML is an old organization and MPP boast of being the largest ogganization for reform because it is with 14,000 members. I am already on record at cannabisnews.com as saying L.E.A.P. will be the most infuentincial of all organizations in changing the cannabis laws because they have been there and done that and know from first-hand experience that prohibition is the wrong way. If you know of an organization looking for a speaker, these would be the guys to contact.

mapinc host many websites including cannabisnews.com It does archive many cannabis related articles and its record of letters that have been written to the editor should not be overlooked by people that want to tell the media we are onto the lies and demonization and the complicity of the media that continure the failure of CP (Cannabis Prohibition).