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United States News Title: US GOP Congressman Just Admitted to Breaking the Law to Use Cannabis to Treat Pain New York City commissioner Bill Bratton displayed the desperation of prohibitionists earlier this week, when he claimed that most drug violence in the city is involving marijuana. While such a ludicrous statementwhich is actually an argument for legalizationcan be disappointing, it is countered by the noble efforts of others in government. For the first time in recent history, a sitting U.S. Congressman has admitted to using medical cannabis. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) made the comments at a meeting of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Cannabis Radio reported: I havent been able to go surfing for a year-and-a-half and Ive been in severe pain, Rohrabacher explained, while trying to demonstrate the paddling motion surfers use to get out into a wave, because I spent all this time doing that, which I can barely do now. I went to one of these hempfests in San Bernardino, he continued, explaining a vendor who showed him a cannabis-infused topical preparation to run into his aching shoulder. And you know what? I tried it about two weeks ago, and its the first time
in a year-and-a-half that Ive had a decent nights sleep, because the arthritis pain was gone. The stunning admission is yet another sign that one facet of the war on drugs is quickly crumbling. The prohibition of cannabis has no basis in logic; it is instead founded on racism, corporate profiteering, and government corruption. A recent CBS News poll found that 90 percent of Americans support medical cannabis use, and 56 percent support the legalization of recreational use. The Free Thought Project has reported on a myriad of studies finding medical benefits in cannabis, through a part of human physiology called the endocannabinoid system which medical science it just beginning to understand. Because science and reason are breaking down the ignorance that sustains prohibition, 23 states and the District of Columbia now allow medical cannabis use, with four more expected this year. There is also a rumor that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will downgrade cannabis from a Schedule 1 drug. Rohrabachers comments were well-received by the audience, and he jabbed at the drug war police state that criminalizes the use of a plant. Now dont tell anybody I broke the law, said Rohrabacher. Theyll bust down my door and, you know, and take whatevers inside and use it for evidence against me. The bottom line is that
theres definitely cannabis in there, and it makes sure that I can sleep now. The enlightened Congressman has been hard at work fighting within the system to end the unjust prohibition of a plant with miraculous abilities to treat a variety of ailments. Rohrabacher was instrumental in getting a measure passed that blocked the Department of Justice from using funds to go after medical cannabis patients and businesses in states where it is legal. When the House Rules Committee considered a bill to create a federal task force on best practices in pain managementas the nation is undergoing an opioid epidemicRohrabacher sponsored an amendment that would have studied the potential for marijuana to serve as an alternative to opioids for pain management. The amendment, along with others that would have surely acknowledged the benefits of cannabis, were stripped from the bill by prohibitionist lawmakers. Rohrabacher is not the only lawmakers engaging in civil disobedience to challenge state injustice. As we reported in January, Georgia representative Allen Peake admitted that he brings medical cannabis into Georgia from states where it is legal, so he can ease the suffering of epileptic children. I got a text this morning from the mother of a young child who I delivered product to, said Peake. And the heartfelt thanks from this mother, the difference in this child the increase in cognitive ability, the reduction in seizures, has been worth every bit of risk that Ive taken. These noble lawmakers are standing with the people, and they will be on the right side when cannabis prohibition becomes just another sad chapter in U.S. history. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 17.
#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Unlike you and the repulsive ilk you align yourself with here, Rohabacher was eventually able to see the drug war for what it is and is actually smart enough to realize he was wrong. In other words - he stopped drinking the "Reefer Madness" kool-aid. I doubt that you ever will.
The issues you focus on are gnat sized. Get a life.
The militarization of police due to the war on drugs, government prosecuting citizens for using a medicinal plant, cops killing and maiming men, women and children in wrong house raids, killing people over minuscule amounts of a plant - these are hardly gnat-sized issues.
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