WHEN THEY COME KNOCKING SOON FOR VOTES
DEMAND THEIR CANNABIS GREEN PLAN
The
continued stigma of cannabis prevents politicians from envisioning the
tremendous paradigm shift this amazing healing plant has to offer.
Hundreds of health products can be made from cannabis stems such as
teas, tinctures, skin and hair creams that would benefit a myriad of
skin conditions. As well, hundreds of products for art, ornaments, to
construction, with paper products and a bio-fibre cement (cannabament).
So, when you soon have a politician knocking on your door,
remember, they are still fearful and misinformed, and require education
and the truth about cannabis medicine for the individual and the
planet. Cannabis holds great possibility in rain harvesting and top
soil rejuvenation, such as evident with Chernobyl now being cleaned up
with it, due to its ability to mulch deeply and therefore restore and
clean the soil. So, ask them, ask where their cannabis plan is
for economic recovery, environmental recovery and medicine. Given what
we now know about this plant, a community based plan for it, is clearly
long overdue.
The conservative oily agenda continues to blur the
issues, and it appears that most politicians lose touch with street
reality as soon as they enter Parliament. However huge the evidence in
front, still they dig their heels in on ending prohibition. Ask them,
WHY because there is no good reason.
The call is with us to
regulate cannabis so that we can ensure people who need it most as
medicine have access to it. Only in a criminalized system will people
continue to suffer side effects from growers growing in a stressful
climate and using pesticides. Only in a criminalized market, will all
consumers continue to have lack of access and uncertainty of product
grade. A criminalized system prohibits us from moving forward, and
benefits the few at the top--the ones who never go to prison, yet still
they spawn criminal activity, including violence. Why do allow the
politicians to perpetuate the status quo, when our economy needs a
regulated cannabis?
A regulated system will reward those who
grow organically and those who have developed good relations with
clients. The government is abysmal at providing medical cannabis--this
continues to be true, even after years of opportunity on their part.
Since
the Federal Government obviously cannot organize the medical cannabis
program, it's time to discuss it being handed over provincially, or
municipally, like Amsterdam. Begin the discussion with whomever comes
to your door on what cannabis community based initiatives could be
implemented to end poverty, and to help heal our environment. Remember,
though, that they are in need of education, despite the overwhelming
scientific based evidence out there--so when they give you their
standard empty response: 'We need to see more evidence'...tell
them to open their eyes and ears and do some simple researching.
IMAGINE
IF THE GOVERNMENT UNDERTOOK THE FOLLOWING VERY SIMPLIFIED DIRECTIVES (A
BOTTOM'S UP HARM REDUCTION FRAMEWORK) TO PROVIDING MEDICINE, ENDING
POVERTY, AND CREATING NEW UNPRECEDENTED GREEN MARKETS, ESPECIALLY
TOURISM:
The organic grower is taxed $90 per pound, $40 goes to
health care, $40 goes to social assistance, and the remaining $10 to
administration. (THIS SIMPLY WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.)
The medical consumer gets the best price everywhere and can sell to others.
Shelter
systems and other agencies who serve medical consumers (HIV, MS,
Cancer, Arthritis, Depression, MH, addictions, and serve the
economically marginalized, including neighborhoods) are eligible
(facilitated if desired) for licensing of compassion centres to sell
cannabis and cannabis based products.
THE ABOVE WOULD GO ALONG
WAY TO GET THE BEGGING OFF THE STREETS. JUST BECAUSE WE ARE USED TO
SEEING IT, DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T END IT AND CREATE A CACHE OF
KINDNESS FOR A NEW STANDARD AND STRENGTH TO OUR SOCIAL FABRIC, WHICH
CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH CANNABIS AS A METAPHOR FOR SOCIAL AND ECO HEALTH.
THE REMAINING TWO DIRECTIVES WOULD BRING UNPRECEDENTED TOURISM AND
CREATE JOBS:
Compassion Cafes that sell cannabis based products
ensure their employees are given a liveable wage, and flexibility is
built-in for those on disability.
Grants be made available for
cannabis based development of products that benefit the
environment such as cannabcrete products, other plastics and wetland
and rain harvesting developments.
It is obvious to those with
open eyes that cannabis already greatly supplements our economy, both
urban and rural, but of course, denial allows for the issues to remain
skewed and troubled, even though the market is always estimated in the
billions...
POLITICIANS ARE AFRAID OF U.S. RELATIONS AND THE
BEST WAY FOR US TO SOLVE ANY BORDER ISSUE IS TO HIRE MORE BORDER
SECURITY THAT WILL GUARANTEE A GOOD TRADE FLO WITH GUNS STAYING OUT AND
CANNABIS STAYING IN. ADD A TAX TO CAFES AND COMPASSION CENTRES TO
PAY FOR MORE BORDER SECURITY.
THERE IS NO GOOD REASON NOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON REGULATION OF CANNABIS.
ASK
THE POLITICIANS WHO COME KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR FOR THEIR CANNABIS PLAN,
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE BEST HEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD, AND NOT KEEP
SLIDING DOWNWARD WITH IT. THE CURRENT CAPITALIST CRIMINALIST SYSTEM
MUST GO TO GUARANTEE MEDICAL ACCESS. DEMAND ALL POLITICIANS TO STOP
BEING COWARDS ON CANNABIS FOR THE SAKE OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RECOVERY.
End prohibition--not one individual has ever died of
cannabis, yet hundreds of thousands of Americans die every year from
adverse drug reactions of 'legal drugs'.
It's time for Canadians
to demand a cannabis plan; otherwise we will slip further into the oily
abyss of the US style of prohibition. Already, weekly, many Americans
come to Canada for prohibition relief--ask anyone who owns a head shop,
visit the myriad of internet groups globally who see cannabis as the
potential to aid their own countries. End the harm caused by its
criminal status.
Many Canadians already know that the real
crime of cannabis is criminalization, but let's face it, the oil agenda
has employed many slippery antics to scare and perpetuate myths and
lies on a plant that is proven medically for many symptoms, and that
will be critical in helping save our planet and ending poverty. If they
tell you they are green and don't have cannabis as part of their plan,
tell them to get their head out of the tar sands. It's time to turn
this ship around if we are to remain a distinct country, end poverty
and cure our environment.
DEMAND A COMMUNITY BASED CANNABIS PLAN FOR CANADA!
