Friday, January 06, 2006

Wonderful marijuana

Wybory tuz tuz. I trudno jak na razie podjac ostateczna decyzje, na ktora partie glosowac. Wszystkie trzy to taka socjaldemokracja europejska. Lewicowe NDP, liberalno-centrowi z odcieniem lewicowym Liberalowie i czerwoni Torysi, czyli Partia Konserwatywana.

Czytam wszystkie programy i zadna partia nie satysfakcjonuje mnie w 100%. Jestem za legalizacja marihuany, za skonczeniem rejestracji broni palnej wsrod Kanadyjczykow, za prywatnymi szpitalami i klinikami, za zmniejszeniem biurokracji rzadowej, za zmniejszeniem podatkow, za wiekszym udzialem Kanady w walce z terroryzmem i za skonczeniem globalistyczno-imperialistycznej amerykanskiej wojny z narkotykami.

Juz otrzymalem dwa zawiadomienia o wyborach.

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MARIJUANA 'WONDERFUL' SHOULD BE LEGAL, LAYTON SAYS

NDP leader 'blowing smoke to make point, his predecessor says

BY TROY REEB

OTTAWA * Marijuana is a "wonderful substance" that should be legalized says NDP leader Jack Layton, who accused the Liberal government of not going far enough with its plan to decriminalize the possesion of small amounts of the drug. Canadians must be able to freely purchase or grow their own pot, Mr. Layton said in a recent interview with Pot TV, a Vancouver based Internet site. The Liberal government is planning to decriminalize possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana for personal use. It recently reduced the amount to be decriminalized from 15 grams. In a videotaped segment on the site, Mr. Layton appeals directly to pot smokers, encouraging them to join the NDP and help create "a legal environment in which people can enjoy their marijuana in the peace and quiet of their own home or in a cafe." Martin Cauchon, the Justice Minister, told Global National it would be "irresponsible" to do as Mr. Layton suggests and remove all penalties for marijuana. "He should consult Health Canada, and he would understand cannabis is a harmful product and people shouldn't be using cannabis." "Maybe he's trying to take over the Marijuana Party," joked Canadian Alliance MP John Reynolds, who also accused Mr. Layton of making "irresponsible" comments. "I think everyone knows Jack Layton well enough to know he often blows smoke to make a point," said New Democrat MP Alexa McDonough, the former party leader. In Saskatoon yesterday for an NDP rally, Mr. Layton acknowledged that his use of the word wonderful to describe marijuana was "sensational." But he insisted his comments would not alienate the party's grassroots. "The current law being proposed is going to make it a criminal offence to pass a joint from one person to another," he said, adding that without providing for a legal supply of marijuana, the government could actually be boosting organized crime. Marc Emery, the marijuana advocate and seed salesman who runs Pot TV, told Mr. Layton, "We're looking for someone - I don't want to use the word 'saviour' - but we're looking for someone like yourself." Global National (NATIONAL POST, Saturday, November 8, 2003).

'Wonderful' marijuana

Re: Marijuana 'Wonderful,' Should Be Legal, Layton Says, Nov. 8. Jack Layton, leader of the federal NDP, may have broken a political taboo, but his comments won't surprise the millions of Canadians who, from time to time, use marijuana "responsibly." Marijuana, used in moderation, can induce a gently altered mental state that not only enhances enjoyment of food, music, love-making, etc., but might sometimes genuinely enhance certain kinds of thinking. In a carefully controlled experimental study that my colleagues and I reported some years ago, there was clear evidence that, for some people, smoking marijuana can improve certain "right hemisphere" pattern recognition integration abilities, even while modestly reducing certain "left hemisphere" verbal-analytical abilities. Whether this trade-off is worthwhile would presumably depend on what one wants to accomplish while "high." Richard A. Harshman, professor, department of psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. (NATIONAL POST, Wednesday, November 12, 2003).

Partia Liberalna (Liberal)

Pomimo kilku zasadniczych posuniec rzadu liberalow, takich jak porozumienie w sprawie sluzby zdrowia z jesieni 2004, zalegalizowanie marihuany i zalegalizowanie malzenstw tej samej plci, wciaz na nich spoczywa ciezar skandalu sponsorskiego.

Nowa Partia Demokratyczna (NDP)

Legalizacja marihuany

Partia ta popiera legalizacje i oczekuje od panstwa sprawowania kontroli, tak aby nie uzywano marihuany ze szkoda dla zdrowia. Uwaza, ze niezalegalizowanie bedzie zachecalo do niezgodnego z prawem handlu narkotykami i tworzylo kryminogenny klimat. Rozpoczety przez liberalow proces legalizacji marihuany zostal przerwany wraz z upadkiem rzadu (GAZETA 4, 6-8 stycznia 2006).

Uzalezniony George Michael

George Michael uwaza, ze najwiekszym bledem, jaki popelnil w zyciu, bylo uzaleznienie od marihuany.

Muzyk, ktory uzaleznil sie do narkotyku po smierci swojego partnera Anselmo Feleppy, przyznaje, ze chociaz udalo mu sie zerwac z nalogiem nikotynowym, prawdopodobnie do konca zycia bedzie musial palic marihuane. "Dzieki Bogu nie pale juz papierosow, ale ciagle popalam skrety z marihuany, chociaz bardzo staram sie z tym walczyc. Zaczalem palic w wieku 30 lat, kiedy umarl Anselmo. To byla najglupsza rzecz, jaka w zyciu zrobilem i najbardziej tego zaluje" (ZYCIE, 15 - 21 grudnia 2005).


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