420 Girl - Mary Thomas Spears

[420RedHead]

We are grassroots movement dedicated to promoting honest education about cannabis, hemp, marijuana and the full repeal of cannabis prohibition. Our main goal is to provide evidence based information to the citizens of America about the benefits of this untapped, renewable, sustainable and once vital natural resource so they can make informed decisions on this complex issue. We the people demand that cannabis, hemp, marijuana, THC and other cannabis extracts, be exempted from the DEA's Controlled Substances Act (like alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and other drugs) and ALL local, state and federal criminal penalties for the cultivation, processing, transportation, distribution, sales, trade, sharing, possession, consumption and use of cannabis for industrial, medicinal, nutritional, spiritual and recreational purposes be repealed. - Mary Thomas Spears

 

[420RedHead]

For decades, cannabis opponents controlled the messaging around the popular plant and cultivated any number of lies about its effects. This built up a powerful stigma against marijuana, the effects of which have not worn off. The racist, expensive and failed U.S. war on drugs continues to rage on. The criminalization of cannabis users and distributors remains a top priority in that war. The government stubbornly classifies it as a dangerous Schedule I substance with no medical value, despite stacks of evidence to the contrary. While many acknowledge the truth about cannabis, that it is healthier than alcohol and more effective than pharmaceutical drugs in treating a number of illnesses and more than half of all Americans want it legalized, marijuana myths are still repeated in some mainstream circles. Legalization opponents, determined to ignore the evidence, are grasping to justify their outdated position. But the evidence is in, and the arguments against legalization simply don't hold up. As more people feel comfortable discussing the actual facts about marijuana, the falsehoods that dominated much of the 20th century are dissipating from the zeitgeist.