The United States Marijuana Party 

is a motivated group of Americans who are tired of living in fear of their government because of marijuana prohibition. We are fed up with the intrusion into our personal lives, with urine testing at work and at school, with armed home invasions, and with the possibility of prison because of a plant. We are Americans and we do not piss in a cup for anyone but our doctor!

 We feel it is time for the 12 million Americans who smoke marijuana on a regular basis to stop hiding their love for this plant and unite as one large body of voters to demand an end to the unconstitutional prohibition of marijuana and the drug war. The US cannot lock-up 12 million people. The War on Drugs causes more harm than the drugs themselves ever will. United we are a potential 12 million vote political machine. We want to live free and we must be determined to stand up, be counted, demonstrate, rally, and write. Waiting for the government to silence us is not an option. Too many of our brethren are there, in prison right now.

 More Americans are in jail today for non-violent drug offenses than at any previous time in American history. More Americans are in jail today for marijuana offenses than at any previous moment in American history. The war against marijuana is a genocidal war waged against us by a government determined to eradicate our plant, our culture, our freedom and our political rights.

What Does the USMJParty Do?

The United States Marijuana Party is here to help citizens take control of our out-of-control government and to return the power to the people as it should be.

We are patriotic citizens who firmly believe in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 

We organize Marijuana Parties in states across the US.

Right now 10 states have Marijuana Parties.

We are striving hard to have all 50 states represented by the end of 2007.

If you do not have a Marijuana Party in your state, START ONE NOW!

Our plan is to run canadates in local, state, and the national elections and to debate this issue whenever, and wherever the opportunity arises.

How CanYou Help The USMJParty?

You can help by making a donation, starting or supporting a Marijuana Party in your state, orginizing rallies and protest, and writing letters to the editors and your state representatives calling for an end to marijuana prohibition and the drug war. Another thing that anyone can do is simply talk about the issue with friends, relatives and co-workers at every opportunity. The more we push this controversial topic into the spotlight to be discussed, the sooner the night-mare of prohibition will come to an end.

It's not what others do, it's what you do!

Comments

Written by Guest on 2006-04-21 22:10:52

SICK OF THIS SHIT IN THE USA >>>>>>> Written by Guest on 2006-04-22 14:38:05 im mad as hell that christ him self was a herbulus .But in the usa you & i cant be .Where the rights that they preach!I dont get it .I see every day out side my window drugs being used like crack/meath..........But we cant even set in our own homes that we work & pay for and smoke a joint.. This is our USA .nice mummmmmmmm no rights here at all its all a big MONEY GAME.. This is the real USA..

GO WEED! Written by Guest on 2006-04-22 15:31:42 I LOVE WEEd AND I THINK U GUYS SHOULD WIN!

Written by Guest on 2006-04-23 09:23:53

live weed bue are u pple crazy Written by Guest on 2006-04-23 14:27:27 I like weed too ..do smoke it sometimes..bue that doesn't mean it should be legalised in the US. Damn it pple have u ever thought about the after effects. You urself say there are 12 million drug users...u want to convert the whole world into a drug using community or what......do u pple think with u'r brains or what....U see drugs being used have u ever though of taking any step lolllll pffffff it's a pity pple like u who think about only u'rself. I think i got enough power to close down this internet site ..lets see what happens

live weed Written by RichRawlings on 2006-04-23 14:46:33 On what grounds are you going to use to shut-down this site? Dude the drug war is a farce an 80 year old bullshit war. You show me where the government is gaining any ground on it? Millions of $ spent yearly and we have more drugs, drug deals, which means we have more drug user then ever before in America's history. What we are saying is it's time to, Legalize, Regulate, and Educate!

stoned Written by Guest on 2006-04-23 15:26:31 im smashed

Well sorry folks.... Written by RichRawlings on 2006-04-23 15:41:40 I wanted to leave it so guest could comment on the articles here, but most just want to post idle chat. There is a forum and a chat room for the guest to comment. Thanks for making me turn the guest option off.    Rich

Happy to be here! Written by JoryDJ on 2006-04-24 18:04:06 Just happy to be here is all! Thanks for having me!

Good To C U here Written by RichRawlings on 2006-04-24 18:17:22 Thanks for joining what will soon be the #1 marijuana community on the net, Going International, over growing our governments!!!    420,      Yesterday we cannot change,  Today We Can.  Tomorrow WE WILL GROW!!!

Mexico's got it goin Written by flipychick on 2006-04-30 07:15:31 Sure I smoke a joint or two a day. But when you think about it philosophically, It would make more sense if we take the money out of the criminals, legalizing will do it.

Written by iceman21qk on 2006-05-01 17:43:44 i live in south carolina where thc is illegial and

420 4EVA! Written by jonilynn2u on 2006-05-14 15:32:41 Rich, you're the best webhost & have done wonders with this site! You're a true advocate 4 all of us! Much Love!!!

True Written by HoldTheFire on 2006-05-04 17:13:07 Hello. This is the first time i have ever visited your website and i must say that I support what your doing 100%. I smoke marijuana and i am very happy to say that. I know alot of other people throughout the United States feel the same way. I think that the government has been very stubborn and idiotic preventing 12 million americans the right to smoke a natural plant in there homes. They make the words "American Freedom" very hipocritical. I am very happy to have registered. Keep fighting. There are millions of people rooting for you.         Sincerely,  HoldTheFire

Written by iceman21qk on 2006-05-05 08:03:36 weed is good its the best thing in the world after sex. if it was legalized we wouldn't have any wars or shit like that weed is cool

Written by Realm_up on 2006-05-07 12:24:05 Just found this site and I think you all got the right idea-   I was googling shit about how mexico legalized it for personal use i think thats a very good idea because it eliminates the internal organized crime from trafficing large amounts then lets somone buy their individual supply at a drug store and i think just about everyone knows the laws wont exatly stop pot heads from gettin there weed so why not just make it to the convenience of 12 million people?

I think it should be legalized, but... Written by Rose12 11 60 on 2006-05-07 14:38:16 I do think it should be legalized and regulated, but I also think people should be educated to understand that too much of a good thing is bad for you, even food, sleep and sex.     Moderation is the key. Just like too much alcohol is bad, so is too much pot.   (Alcohol is a drug, too, btw, and it also went through a period of being illegal in this country...it's users fought to make it legal.)   Now, it is our turn...and we don't need over-users as our spokespeople, we need people who are responsible users.   People who abuse any drug, regardless of which drug (i.e. alcohol, pot, etc.) over use it to the point of stupidity and it gives us responsible users a bad rap. (I don't drink alcohol at all, as my liver cannot tolerate it. but I do indulge in a joint or two on occassionin the privacy of my own home and I see absolutely nothing wrong with it.)   I also have spinal stenosis and spondylitis and it helps with the nerve pain and nausea....nothing prescribed by doctors has helped, so I do what helps me deal with pain that is otherwise unbarable.    Too many people out there have closed minds about pot and they really don't know any truths about it, only lies generated through government sources...all I can say is, don't believe everything the government tells you, they too will lie...

Thanks for your support Written by Pennsylvania on 2006-05-08 12:35:11 Do I know you?     Marijuana is not medicine. Thanks for your support.     I'll keep a light-on for ya'

legalize Written by mr.bud smoka on 2006-05-14 15:39:00 fu*k them hoes, legalize the plant, lets free this nation

fu*kin hoes Written by mr.bud smoka on 2006-05-14 15:39:39 marijuana is a medicine

Written by mr.bud smoka on 2006-05-13 08:01:16 yea it is a medicine cuz i feel great whenever i toke up

Written by Pennsylvania on 2006-05-14 15:29:41

Bud Smoka Written by RichRawlings on 2006-05-14 16:03:59 You are right, Fu*k the hoes! They are Fu*king us, and getting rich up on Capital Hill.     Yes, legalize the plant!!! It's already legal to me. Law enforcement is the ones commenting crimes against us. They don't get in the way when someone wants a drink of alcohol, they don't get in your way when you want a cigarette, so they sure in the hell are not going to get in my way if I want to consume marijuana,     As for freeing the nation, taking back our government would be a step in the right direction!

Chiefin' Written by funkybuds on 2006-05-16 06:51:12 Buds, Buds, Buds. That's what it's all about. There's many people that should smoke. Whenever I see someone toke, they always mellow out, chill out, and are happy. What more could you want from a plant that's completely natural and has the ability to naturally anti-depress.

Pass the Joint Around the World . . . Written by Singing Crow on 2006-05-20 07:58:20 We have a really potent ally in this struggle: Ganja. People fear what they don't understand. Before I tried it I followed the TV influenced view of mj as negative, but my first smoke out was a conversion experience. We are defending what will come to be the most popular friend to humanity in all species of plants. We are pro-information and research, the government is pro-thought control. The tides of History are moving with us and against them. Remember Thoreau, remember Martin Luther King Jr. the commited acts of civil disobedience in the name of human liberties. This is our brave act of civil disobedies: Keep smoking herb, keep growing herb, keep spreading knowlege, keep passing the joint around the world. Our children will inherit the world that we are shaping, let's make it a free world!

I'm not stoned, but I can't put a pot Written by frances on 2006-05-24 19:53:48 This is a great Party. I believe that it's totally unconstitutional for any adult ,a pot smoker, recreational or medicinal user, to be treated like a criminal for their own personal use, of partaking in marijuana use. Getting high in privacy or with friends, should be just as much a right as having a drink, or a cigarette, or taking medicine .And pot is safer than alot of things.

medical and recreational pot pic Written by frances on 2006-05-24 20:09:37 Buds are better, they work faster, and it takes less. Good for my glaucoma and for whatever ails me. I love buds, but I can't afford to use alot. To legalize would bring down the price, and the gov could tax it, to help for research for medical use and to help people. If the government wasn't against freedom that is...

Bill Clinton Written by ingolson on 2006-06-02 18:46:18 Boy was i disappointed at Billyboy when he finally admitted that he,like millions of other respected people in the world, had smoked Marihuana. And immediately after said "but i didnt inhale!".  George W Bush admitted that he sniffed cocain for cryin out loud, and he was elected twice. Think about that for a while Bill.  Well , i never had sex with that woman either so who am i to judge?.

LUV BUD Written by mihandle on 2006-06-03 16:19:04 Thats about the gist of it. LUV and LIVE BUD. Smoke it and love it for the way it makes ya feel. LIVE it and enjoy the way it makes you a better centered person. Respect it for the earth didnt put it there to be wasted no matter how weak or strong it is...it is better strong though.

12 REASONS TO LEGALIZE DRUGS Written by The Anarchist on 2006-06-10 16:27:34 TWELVE REASONS TO LEGALIZE DRUGS      There are no panaceas in the world but, for social afflictions,  legalizing drugs comes possibly as close as any single policy could.  Removing legal penalties from the production, sale and use of  "controlled substances" would alleviate at least a dozen of our biggest  social or political problems.    With proposals for legalization finally in the public eye, there  might be a use for some sort of catalog listing the benefits of  legalization. For advocates, it is an inventory of facts and arguments.  For opponents, it is a record of the problems they might be helping to  perpetuate.  The list is intended both as a resource for those wishing to  participate in the legalization debate and as a starting point for  those wishing to get deeper into it.    Are we ready to stop wringing our hands and start solving problems?    1. Legalizing drugs would make our streets and homes safer.    As Jeffrey Rogers Hummel notes ("Heroin: The Shocking Story," April  198, estimates vary widely for the proportion of violent and property  crime related to drugs. Forty percent is a midpoint figure. In an  October 1987 survey by Wharton Econometrics for the U.S. Customs  Service, the 739 police chiefs responding "blamed drugs for a fifth of  the murders and rapes, a quarter car thefts, two-fifths of robberies  and assaults and half the nation's burglaries and thefts."    The theoretical and statistical links between drugs and crime are  well established. In a 2 1/2-year study of Detroit crime, Lester P.  Silverman, former associate director of the National Academy of  Sciences' Assembly of Behavior and Social Sciences, found that a 10  percent increase in the price of heroin alone "produced an increase of  3.1 percent total property crimes in poor nonwhite neighborhoods."  Armed robbery jumped 6.4 percent and simple assault by 5.6 percent  throughout the city.  The reasons are not difficult to understand. When law enforcement  restricts the supply of drugs, the price of drugs rises. In 1984, a  kilogram of cocaine worth $4000 in Colombia sold at wholesale for  $30,000, and at retail in the United States for some $300,000. At the  time a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman noted,  matter-of-factly, that the wholesale price doubled in six months "due  to crackdowns on producers and smugglers in Columbia and the U.S."  There are no statistics indicating the additional number of people  killed or mugged thanks to the DEA's crackdown on cocaine.    For heroin the factory-to-retail price differential is even  greater. According to U.S. News & World report, in 1985 a gram of pure  heroin in Pakistan cost $5.07, but it sold for $2425 on the street in  America--nearly a five-hundredfold jump.    The unhappy consequence is that crime also rises, for at least four  reasons:  * Addicts must shell out hundreds of times the cost of goods, so  they often must turn to crime to finance their habits. The higher the  price goes, the more they need to steal to buy the same amount.  * At the same time, those who deal or purchase the stuff find  themselves carrying extremely valuable goods, and become attractive  targets for assault.  * Police officers and others suspected of being informants for law  enforcement quickly become targets for reprisals.  * The streets become literally a battleground for "turf" among  competing dealers, as control over a particular block or intersection  can net thousands of additional drug dollars per day.    Conversely, if and when drugs are legalized, their price will  collapse and so will the sundry drug-related motivations to commit  crime. Consumers will no longer need to steal to support their habits.  A packet of cocaine will be as tempting to grab from its owner as a  pack of cigarettes is today. And drug dealers will be pushed out of  the retail market by known retailers. When was the last time we saw  employees of Rite Aid pharmacies shoot it out with Thrift Drugs for a  corner storefront?  When drugs become legal, we will be able to sleep in our homes and  walk the streets more safely. As one letter-writer to the Philadelphia  Inquirer put it, "law-abiding citizens will be able to enjoy not living  in fear of assault and burglary."      2. It would put an end to prison overcrowding.    Prison overcrowding is a serious and persistent problem. It makes  the prison environment, violent and faceless to begin with, even more  dangerous and dehumanizing.    According to the 1988 Statistical Abstract of the United States,  between 1979 and 1985 the number of people in federal and state prisons  and local jails grew by 57.8 percent, nine time faster than the general  population.  Governments at all levels keep building more prisons, but the number  of prisoners keeps outpacing the capacity to hold them. According to  the Federal Bureau of Prisons' 1985 Statistical Report, as of September  30 of that year federal institutions held 35,959 prisoners-41 percent  over the rated prison capacity of 25,638. State prisons were 114  percent of capacity in 1986.    Of 31,346 sentenced prisoners in federal institutions, those in for  drug law violations were the largest single category, 9487. (A total of  4613 were in prison but not yet sentenced under various charges.)    Legalizing drugs would immediately relieve the pressure on the  prison system, since there would no longer be "drug offenders" to  incarcerate. And, since many drug users would no longer need to commit  violent or property crime to pay for their habits, there would be fewer  "real" criminals to house in the first place. Instead of building more  prisons, we could pocket the money and still be safer.    Removing the 9487 drug inmates would leave 26,472. Of those, 7200  were in for assault, burglary, larceny-theft, or robbery. If the  proportion of such crimes that is related to drugs is 40 percent,  without drug laws another 2900 persons would never have made it to  federal prison. The inmates who remained would be left in a less  cruel, degrading environment. If we repealed the drug laws, we could  eventually bring the prison population down comfortably below the  prison's rated capacity.    3. Drug legalization would free up police resources to fight crimes  against people and property.    The considerable police efforts now expended against drug activity  and drug-related crime could be redirected toward protecting innocent  people from those who would still commit crime in the absence of drug  laws. The police could protect us more effectively, as it could focus  resources on catching rapists, murderers and the remaining perpetrators  of crimes against people and property.    4. It would unclog the court system.    If you are accused of a crime, it takes months to bring you to  trial. Guilty or innocent, you must live with the anxiety of impending  trial until the trial finally begins. The process is even more  sluggish for civil proceedings.    There simply aren't enough judges to handle the skyrocketing  caseload. Because it would cut crime and eliminate drugs as a type of  crime, legislation would wipe tens of thousands of cases off the court  dockets across the continent, permitting the rest to move sooner and  faster. Prosecutors would have more time to handle each case; judges  could make more considered opinions.    Improved efficiency at the lower levels would have a ripple effect  on higher courts. Better decisions in the lower courts would yield  fewer grounds for appeals, reduing the caseloads of appeals courts; and  in any event there would be fewer cases to review in the first place.      5. It would reduce official corruption.    Drug-related police corruption takes one of two major forms.  Police officers can offer drug dealers protection in their districts  for a share of the profits (or demand a share under threat of  exposure). Or they can seize dealer's merchandise for sale themselves.    Seven current or former Philadelphia police officers were indicted  May 31 on charges of falsifying records of money and drugs confiscated  from dealers. During a house search, one man turned over $20,000 he had  made from marijuana sales, but the officers gave him a "receipt" for  $1870. Another dealer, reports The Inquirer, "told the grand jury he  was charged with possession of five pounds of marijuana, although 11  pounds were found in his house."    In Miami, 59 officers have been fired or suspended since 1985 for  suspicion of wrongdoing. The police chief and investigators expect  the number eventually to approach 100. As The Palm Beach Post  reported, "That would mean about one in 100 officers on the thousand  man force will have been tainted by one form of scandal or another."    Most of the 59 have been accused of trafficking, possessing or  using illegal drugs. In the biggest single case, 17 officers allegedly  participated in a ring that stole $15 million worth of cocaine from  dealers "and even traffic violators."    What distinguishes the Miami scandal is that "Police are alleged to  be drug traffickers themselves, not just protectors of criminals who  are engaged in illegal activities," said The post. According to James  Frye, a criminologist at American University in Washington, the gravity  of the situation in Miami today is comparable to Prohibition-era  Chicago in the 1920s and '30s.    It is apt comparison. And the problem is not limited to Miami and  Philadelphia. The astronomical profits from the illegal drug trade  are a powerful incentive on the part of law enforcement agents to  partake from the proceeds.    Legalizing the drug trade outright would eliminate this inducement  to corruption and help to clean up the police's image. Eliminating  drug-related corruption cases would further reduce the strain on the  courts, freeing judges and investigators to handle other cases more  thoroughly and expeditiously.      6. Legalization would save tax money.    Efforts to interdict the drug traffic alone cost $6.2 billion in  1986, according to Wharton Econometrics of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. If we ad  the cost of trying and incarcerating users, traffickers, and those who  commit crime to pay for their drugs, the tab runs well above $10  billion.  The crisis in inmate housing would disappear, saving taxpayers the  expense of building more prisons in the future.    As we've noted above, savings would be redirected toward better  police protection and speedier judicial service. Or it could be  converted into savings for taxpayers. Or the federal portion of the  costs could be applied toward the budget deficit. For a change, it's a  happy problem to ponder. But it takes legalization to make it  possible.    7. It would cripple organized crime.    The Mafia (heroin), Jamaican gangs (crack), and the Medellin Cartel  (cocaine) stand to lose billions in drug profits from legalization.  On a per-capita basis, members of organized crime, particularly at the  top, stand to lose the most from legalizing the drug trade.    The underworld became big business in the United States when  alcohol was prohibited. Few others would risk setting up the  distribution networks, bribing officials or having to shoot up a  policeman or competitor once in a while. When alcohol was  re-legalized, reputable manufacturers took over. The risk and the high  profits went out of the alcohol trade. Even if they wanted to keep  control over it, the gangsters could not have targeted every  manufacturer and every beer store.  The profits from illegal alcohol were minuscule compared to the  yield from today's illegal drugs. They are the underworld's last  great, greatest, source of illegal income--dwarfing anything to be made  fromgambling, prostitution or other vice.    Legalizing drugs would knock out this huge prop from under organized  crime. Smugglers and pushers would have to go aboveboard or go out of  business. There simply wouldn't be enough other criminal endeavors to  employ them all.    If we are concerned about the influence of organized crime on  government, industry and our own personal safety, we could strike no  single more damaging blow against today's gangsters than to legalize  drugs.    8. Legal drugs would be safer. Legalization is a consumer protection  issue.    Because it is illegal, the drug trade today lacks many of the  consumer safety features common to other markets: instruction sheets,  warning labels, product quality control, manufacturer accountability.  Driving it underground makes any product, including drugs, more  dangerous than it needs to be.    Nobody denies that currently illegal drugs can be dangerous. But so  can aspirin, countless other over-the-counter drugs and common  household items; yet the proven hazards of matches, modeling glue and  lawn mowers are not used as reasons to make them all illegal.    Practically anything can kill if used in certain ways. Like heroin,  salt can make you sick or dead if you take enough of it. The point is  to learn what the threshold is, and to keep below it. That many things  can kill is not a reason to prohibit them all--it is a reason to find  out how to handle products to provide the desired action safely. The  same goes for drugs.    Today's drug consumer literally doesn't know what he's buying. The  stuff is so valuable that sellers have an incentive to "cut" (dilute)  the product with foreign substances that look like the real thing.  Most street heroin is only 3 to 6 percent pure; street cocaine, 10 to  15 percent.  Since purity varies greatly, consumers can never be really sure how  much to take to produce the desired effects. If you're used to 3  percent heroin and take a 5 percent dose, suddenly you've nearly  doubled your intake.  Manufacturers offering drugs on the open market would face different  incentives than pushers. They rely on name-brand recognition to build  market share, and on customer loyalty to maintain it. There would be  a powerful incentive to provide a product of uniform quality: killing  customers or losing them to competitors is not a proven way to  success. Today, dealers can make so much off a single sale that the  incentive to cultivate a clientele is weak. In fact, police persecution  makes it imperative to move on, damn the customers.    Pushers don't provide labels or instructions, let alone mailing  addresses. The illegal nature of the business makes such things  unnecessary or dangerous to the enterprise. After legalization,  pharmaceutical companies could safely try to win each other's  customers--or guard against liability suits--with better information  and more reliable products.    Even pure heroin on the open market would be safer than today's  impure drugs. As long as customers know what they're getting and what  it does, they can adjust their dosages to obtain the intended effect  safely.  Information is the best protection against the potential hazards of  drugs or any other product. Legalizing drugs would promote consumer  health and safety.      9. Legalization would help stem the spread of AIDS and other  diseases.  As D.R. Blackmon notes ("Moral Deaths," June 198, drug  prohibition has helped propagate AIDS among intravenous drug users.    Because IV drug users utilize hypodermic needles to inject heroin  and other narcotics, access to needles is restricted. The dearth of  needles leads users to share them. If one IV user has infected blood  and some enters the needle as it is pulled out, the next user may shoot  the infectious agent directly into his own bloodstream.    Before the AIDS epidemic, this process was already known to spread  other diseases, principally hepatitis B. Legalizing drugs would  eliminate the motivation to restrict the sale of hypodermic needles.  With needles cheap and freely available, the drug users would have  little need to share them and risk acquiring someone else's virus.    Despite the pain and mess involved, injection became popular  because, as The Washington Times put it, "that's the way to get the  biggest, longest high for the money." Inexpensive, legal heroin, on  the other hand, would enable customers to get the same effect (using a  greater amount) from more hygienic methods such as smoking or  swallowing--cutting further into the use of needles and further slowing  the spread of AIDS.    10. Legalization would halt the erosion of other personal liberties.    Hundreds of governments and corporations have used the alleged  costs of drugs to begin testing their employees for drugs.  Pennsylvania Rep. Robert Walker has embarked on a crusade to withhold  the federal money carrot from any company or agency that doesn't  guarantee a "drug-free workplace."    The federal government has pressured foreign countries to grant  access to bank records so it can check for "laundered" drug money.  Because drug dealers handle lots of cash, domestic banks are now  required to report cash deposits over $10,000 to the Internal Revenue  Service for evidence of illicit profit.    The concerns (excesses?) that led to all of these would disappear  ipso facto with drg legalization. Before drugs became big business,  investors could put their money in secure banks abroad without fear of  harassment. Mom-and-pop stores could deposit their cash receipts  unafraid that they might look like criminals.    Nobody makes a test for urine levels of sugar or caffeine a  requirement for employment or grounds for dismissal. However, were  they declared illegal these would certainly become a lot riskier to  use, and hence a possible target for testing "for the sake of our  employees." Legalizing today's illegal drugs would make them safer,  deflating the drive to test for drug use.      11. It would stabilize foreign countries and make them safer to live  in and travel to.    The connection between drug traffickers and and guerrilla groups is  fairly well documented (see "One More Reason," August 1987). South  American revolutionaries have developed a symbiotic relationship with  with coca growers and smugglers: the guerrillas protect the growers  and smugglers in echange for cash to finance their subversive  activities. in Peru, competing guerrilla groups, the Shining Path and  the Tupac Amaru, fight for the lucrative right to represent coca  farmers before drug traffickers.    Traffickers themselves are well prepared to defend their crops  against intruding government forces. A Peruvian military helicopter  was destroyed with bazooka fire in March, 1987, and 23 police officers  were killed. The following June, drug dealers attacked a camp of  national guardsmen in Venezuela, killing 13.    In Colombia, scores of police officers, more than 20 judges, two  newspaper editors, the attorney general and the justice minister have  been killed in that country's war against cocaine traffickers. Two  supreme court justices, including the court president, have resigned  following death threats. The Palace of Justice was sacked in 1985 as  guerrillas destroyed the records of dozens of drug dealers.    "This looks like Beirut," said the mayor of Medellin, Colombia,  after a bomb ripped apart a city block where the reputed head of the  Medellin Cartel lives. It "is a waning of where the madness of the  violence that afflicts us can bring us."    Legalizing the international drug trade would affect organized  crime and subversion abroad much as it would in the United States. A  major source for guerrilla funding would disappear. So would the  motive for kidnapping or assassinating officials and private  individuals. As in the United States, ordinary Colombians and  Peruvians once again could walk the streets and travel the roads  without fear of drug-related violence. Countries would no longer be  paralyzed by smugglers.    12. Legalization would repair U.S. relations with other countries and  curtail anti-American sentiment around the world.    a. When Honduran authorities spirited away alleged drug lord Juan  Matta Ballesteros and had him extradited to the United States in April,  Hondurans rioted in the streets and demonstrated for days at the U.S.  embassy in Tegucigulpa.    The action violated Honduras's constitution, which prohibits  extradition. Regardless of what Matta may have done, many Hondurans  viewed the episode as a flagrant violation of their little country's  laws, just to satisfy the wishes of the colossus up North.    b. When the U.S. government, in July 1986, sent Army troops and  helicopters to raid cocaine factories in Bolivia, Bolivians were  outraged. The constitution "has been trampled," said the president of  Bolivia's House of Representatives. The country's constitution  requires congressional approval for any foreign military presence.    c. One thousand coca growers marched through the capital, La Paz,  chanting "Death to the United States" and "Up with Coca" last May in  protest over a U.S.-sponsored bill to prohibit most coca production.  In late June, 5000 angry farmers overran a U.S. Drug Enforcement  Administration jungle base, demanding the 40 American soldiers and  drug agents there leave immediately.    U.S. pressure on foreign governments to fight their domestic drug  industries has clearly reinforced the image of America as an  imperialist bully, blithely indifferent to the concerns of other  peoples. To Bolivian coca farmers, the U.S. government is not a beacon  of freedom, but a threat to their livelihoods. To many Hondurans it  seems that their government will ignore its own constitution on request  from Uncle Sam. Leftists exploit such episodes to fan nationalistic  sentiment to promote their agendas.    Legalizing the drug trade would remove some of the reasons to hate  America and deprive local politicians of the chance to exploit them.  The U.S. would have a new opportunity to repair its reputation in an  atmosphere of mutual respect.

Felt the need to input a picture... Written by jonilynn2u on 2006-06-14 15:47:36

Re; It's cannabis not marijuana! Written by grizguy on 2006-06-15 19:29:49 Hi all you tokers,  Marijuana is a fabricated name so that special intrest low lifes can make a buck from an herb that increases the quality of life and supplies a reason for patients who live with continual pain.  They seperate the weak from the herd and devour them.  Challenged people are easy prey for those in DC to ------- lazy to do what the job demands, protect the weak and serve the constituents.  If this party is status quo it at least provides some fun.  Free the weed, up the genetics and pass the dube.nullQuote: The best government governs least, afterall they're only hired public servents not morals teachers.

Written by RichRawlings on 2006-06-15 19:53:26 What this party is about....bring awareness to the unjust laws on cannabis. To bring up the issue every chance we can get. To say it loud and proud, for those with deaf ears. To let the government know we don't give a damn about their their marijuana laws, and we will do as we damn well please when it comes to cannabis! And hey, if we can get someone elected into office along the way that would be great!!!

Written by msactech1 on 2006-06-16 10:44:40 I don't care what people say. They can try to knit-pick at our faults, but actions are louder than words. We don't need to try to justify ourselves to the critics, because when they see our actions making results there will be no denying the strength of the members and supporters of this party!

1-800-424-9530 Federal Elections Commiss Written by crisericson on 2006-06-16 19:06:35 The babble you have written under "Supporters" in request of donations may not strictly fit under the laws of the Federal Elections Commission which governs federal and state campaigns. I have told you before the arrest of Marc Emery, and I am telling you again, dial  1-800-424-9530 and ask for the free law books, explain that you are starting a political party, and READ THE FREE LAW BOOKS.  It may not be legal to collect ambiguous donations and say part of it will go to this and part of it will go to that.   http://www.times.com/ref/elections2004/2004VT.html Remember, I'm the only one who has gotten on an official election ballot for Marijuana, see Cris Ericson, MJP listed twice in 2004 for Governor and for U.S. Senate in Vermont.   I want the U.S. Marijuana Party to succeed or I wouldn't constantly be telling you over and over and over again that you have to read the law on political parties, political action committees, and political campaigns and political candidates.   Just dial 1-800-424-9530 and ask for the free law books for starting a political campaign, a political party, a political action committee, and a candidate campaign finance committee, and make sure you get the free book that explains that state campaigns also fall under federal law.  I want the U.S. Marijuana Party to win!  http://makemarijuanalegal.com

the vote? Written by aircrayola on 2006-06-17 07:01:52 Taking the vote results on "Who will you vote for ..." and Libertarian Party had the strongest support from this sites' readers. Which state did they win in the last election? Why swim upstream when the Republican Right can teflon all their crass and immoral acts and blight the constitution with their stupidities? Why? Clearly unless you are a bible-thumping, white boy, against all forms of life except your kneed-skinned white sister-wife and her breeding talents, tilling the soil for your agricultural subsidies, (correction: having your soil tilled), hoping to find some grand tax relief (what was that? $200 per for the lowlies?) you will have to grit your teeth and vote Democratic. And what are they? The lesser of two evils? Get over it! Let the whole US go red and you can believe that the votes for Libertarian will cure your ills THEN the US will still be red with more inbreds like the ones who are holding office now telling you what to do in your own home, what to do with your vagina and the vaginas of others and whom you may love. Get the big picture which is totally red and blue. Another stolen election and it will be financially important for us (that is the USA - which no longer has to do with individual rights of the unwashed) to go to war with the whole ME. Not financially good for the US but check out the personal pockets and net worth of the Republicans now seated? War is good for the few. Our educational system? Not even on par with Poland. Why teach and give materials to inner cities when you have no hope for them? Crush 'em and give 'em the diploma. Or give them substandard schooling and they will go into college looking like the village idiots come to town. There are bigger issues than who marries whom and abortion, but in the mad dash to the Bible and the posturing about all that "we know to be true" this Christ was for and against we have already lost ground and our stature as a world leader. We are fast becoming a joke. Oh yeah and we must all be speaking English jus' like Dubya. Yeehow! Les' go cut som' undergrowth on da spread. Giddyup!

And - who's knocking? no one Written by aircrayola on 2006-06-17 07:25:09 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/opinion/16fri1.html? n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fS%2fSup reme%20Court%20

What Babble? Written by RichRawlings on 2006-06-19 09:58:04 What Babble are you talking about Cris? No money received from Marc Emery was used for campaigning.     All money received from the Prince of Pot was from advertisement or to help with activism!    It is no secret that Marc Emery helped activists around the world from his seed business! So if you don't know for sure what is going on, and you don't! Please send and email asking me first before posting something you don't know nothing about.    Cris, if you are here to help that is great! If not you will be removed!

Written by Pennsylvania on 2006-06-19 12:30:49 You can dye trying to convince us otherwise but many folks agree; The US Marijuana Party "boobs" are huge.

greetings! Written by stereoshan on 2006-06-20 15:56:22 pot is brilliant. it does not make you stupid. it does not entice you to try new drugs. the earth gave it to us for reasons, and we should be appreciating those reasons.     it's as simple as that.     now, this website is cool. it offers a sweet forum for pot chat. but damn, dudes, you could all do with lightening up a little. it is, after all, just a plant. a bit of perspective, right?

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