IF you use Cannabis ADMIT IT!  Especially for medical reasons. If not, you are part of the problem enforcing the negative stigma attached to Cannabis.  Medically or recreationally - ADMIT it!  Do your research  - Alcohol or Cannabis - read the statistics. AS for the government trying to control cannabis for us.. think about this one thing : ***443,000 deaths annually -More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.1,2  ***-Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested.
 ***If they really cared you think they would be banning Cigarettes. OR Alcohol . No - they make        $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 
And the government CAN NOT make money from a plant that anyone can grow in your own backyard! 
                                          IT IS that simple.   
                     THINK ABOUT IT!!!  Then, please admit it. 
Simple to you, but to me and a few other mom's and dad I personally know now - IT IS OUR children's life saving medicine! That is surrounded by all this bullshit. No wonder I'm tired ;-( 
 I am tired, could be the head cold, life, stress, worry... Why am I worried about my son's medicine.. You tell me. What if it was your child? I wish I could personally ask that to Mr. Steven Harper or President Obama. Have them look me in the eye and give me an honest answer. 
One more thing...  Got an e mail this a.m. asking me to boycott "someone" .. I get angry when this happens.. BOYCOTT someone because they do not share the same opinion as yours? Boycott someone that is trying to educate the masses on Cannabis.. THIS madness will never end UNLESS WE ALL work together!Do not ask me to boycott someone, I am trying to look at the greater picture, not be involved with 'petty name calling' because really - that is all it is.. If you want to pick a side, PICK the side of legalizing Cannabis-HELP everyone.
 All the rest is a distraction.

This is a sad but true comic, true because the two dummies (and yes that is what they were, you should not be trying to smoke plants that you are  not educated on! Just as bad as the two idiots that decided to snort fire ants!)  had no pot - because it is illegal, so they tried to smoke some other plant and died.  They were two young kids.
They died because of prohibition. If Cannabis were legal  and easily obtainable it would be a win, win situation all around.  ESPECIALLY for people who need & use it medicinally.  Instead people are forced to buy illegal drugs - being forced into a 'gateway' or harsher substance and crime from some NOT so nice people.  The prices are kept high, we are not educated on it properly, it can not be researched properly because of prohibition. The united States of America can NOT even grow it! Becuase of prohibition they are suffering, it could make billions of legal dollars.  Here is a great simple video to check out, It's only a few moments and I feel exactly the same way. Only he said it better.. I'll try to draw it.
check it out::   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN9h5Arul2c&sns=fb