My fellow Americans, the time has come for We The People to rise up and add the Twenty Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution..
Amendment XXVIII.
“The Federal Government of the United States shall not infringe on the right of any State to pass laws concerning the consumption, cultivation, distribution, and production of Cannabis.”
Debate 28 is about ending the confusing, complicated, and hypocritical control by The Federal Government concerning Cannabis.
Cannabis is at an interesting time and place. Humans have used it for thousands of years medically and recreationally. But, did you know Cannabis, or Hemp, was LEGAL until very recently? In fact, the Founding Fathers all grew it on their farms! Products made from hemp, especially rope, were a staple in America for nearly 200 years.
31 States have now legalized Cannabis on some level, and are now recognizing and embracing its’ benefits. Eight States, nearly 20% of the Union, have now legalized Cannabis recreationally. Yet, at the Federal level, it remains a schedule 1 narcotic, the same as cocaine and heroin. Common sense as well as scientific data, and medical research, have proven this classification completely unjustified. Not only is Cannabis far less dangerous and addictive than alcohol and other illicit drugs, but we are truly on the threshold of discovering its nearly miraculous benefits in treating seizures, depression, disease, sleep and eating disorders, cancer and many other common medical ailments. It is now undeniable that Cannabis can improve lives from tiniest infants, to our most elderly citizens..
America has been down this road before. In 1919 The Eighteenth Amendment, known as Prohibition, was ratified and lead to disastrous results. It was ultimately repealed after only 14 years. Nearly 100 years later state control of alcohol laws are hugely successful and profitable. The alcohol industry in America today accounts for millions of jobs, and billions in revenue, yet one can still find everything from Dry Counties in which no alcohol is sold, to festivals celebrating craft brewers and distillers, adding billions to local economies. The people of our Towns, Cities, Counties, and States know what’s best for them!
We all know the Federal Government, especially Congress, is crippled by partisanship and inactivity, it's time for us to ensure that laws and regulations concerning Cannabis be made at State, County and local levels, similar to alcohol.
DEBATE 28 IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION.
DEBATE 28 IS ABOUT FREEDOM!
Marijuana is already legal in over half the States, with more being added every election cycle. It is prevalent in our culture, music, art, and nearly all media. Google Marijuana, scroll through the pages, do your own research. It may surprise you!
Millions of people are reaping the benefits of Cannabis daily.
At this point tens of thousands of jobs have been created, and are being created daily, in the cultivation, distribution, sales, advocation and education of Cannabis. Yet because of the federal restrictions there still remains an untaxed, criminally run and dangerous black market. Pressure is being put on law enforcement agencies nationwide and America's prisons are overcrowded because of this confusing and senseless federal regulation. Billions of dollars are being spent to deny billions of dollars in revenue, and countless jobs, to the States for no practical reason. This stifles creativity, entrepreneurship, and the American Dream..
The Tenth Amendment says:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
WE MUST TAKE THIS ISSUE AWAY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW!
LET'S MAKE THE U.S. CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATURES DEBATE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LEAVING CANNABIS LAWS UP TO THE STATES.
URGE CONGRESS TO DEBATE AMENDMENT 28!!
Regardless of your feelings about Cannabis, if you value your freedom, please sign this petition and join our cause, and let the States decide.
And never doubt that small groups of dedicated people can change the world and the course of history.. After all, it’s the only thing that ever has!
Thank you for your support.
Updates
July 15, 2017
The volume of support has reached a level that necessitates formal engagement with federal offices. I am currently drafting the briefing documents to present to congressional staff next week. This momentum creates the necessary leverage to move this proposal into official committee discussions.
32 Comments
I am for legalisation and believe we should follow other states on this matter. So many people and children will benefit from this as I am one who does not do well with pharmacuticles and would use this as an alternative. Also look at the funds generated by taxing and how Colorado has so much funding from taxs that they have to give it back to the community. I am all for following their lead.
The people of Utah need access to safe and natural medicine in order to live a healthy and happy lifestyle. To be opposed to this "unalienable right" is to stand against humanity and compassion.
I believe in the constitution of both federal government and state government. So each state should have the right to decide what their citizens want and how to impleme
I have lupus, fibromyalgia, nerve damage from a bad back surgery and all of my disc's in my back are so degenerated along with facet disease in my back and hips. Because of DEBILITATING PAIN I must see a pain management doctor each month to get VERY STRONG prescription narcotics as well as spinal injections. If marijuania were legal I would DEFINITELY choose that over the addictive narcotics that I must be on. The very few times that I've tried cannabis it gave me INSTANT relief from my pain. The same pain that the narcotics do not give complete relief from and build strong narcotic tolerances, which is what leads to opioid overdose which is supposedly what our government is so concerned with right now. It's a fact that a person can not overdose on marijuania.
Cannabis should be controlled on a State to State basis as it is not mentioned in the Constitution. Please help us pass Amendment 28!
Cannabis is Medicine
I am proof that this works as when I am in a legal State I am able to go without muscle relaxants, pain pills, sleep pills, antI-nflammatories, anxiety medication, and if I was there long enough I could probably go off the seizure medication I also take for my fibromyalgia and facial nerve pain. All that and without the debilitating side effects that you get from each one of those pills. We lose 25 people a month in our state of Utah but nobody has ever died from cannabis so why can't we give people this natural non-addicting non-lethal alternative. The article was wrong as there is no slippery slope. It's going to take a couple years to set up medical and the ballad initiative is written to have strict standards with documentation and it will be for extracts only so no flower and no smoking. When it comes to research Israel has done a lot of it since we couldn't, including finding out how the endocannabinoid system in our body's work with CB 1 receptors in our brain and nervous system and CB 2 receptors' in our tissues and organs that act like a key in a lock and this is why it helps us with so many different conditions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocannabinoid_system The national cancer institute has written on their site how it creates apoptosis with cancer cells shutting them down so that they can't replicate and making them commit suicide. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/cannabis-pdq Cannabis has been a medicine sold over the counter like aspirin since the 1800s and we were lied to in the name of control so please please do your research. All the patients of Utah are asking for is an alternative and a chance to try something that has killed less people than Tylenol or Ibuprofen. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9210248
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My fellow Americans, the time has come for We The People to rise up and add the Twenty Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution..
Amendment XXVIII.
“The Federal Government of the United States shall not infringe on the right of any State to pass laws concerning the consumption, cultivation, distribution, and production of Cannabis.”
Debate 28 is about ending the confusing, complicated, and hypocritical control by The Federal Government concerning Cannabis.
Cannabis is at an interesting time and place. Humans have used it for thousands of years medically and recreationally. But, did you know Cannabis, or Hemp, was LEGAL until very recently? In fact, the Founding Fathers all grew it on their farms! Products made from hemp, especially rope, were a staple in America for nearly 200 years.
31 States have now legalized Cannabis on some level, and are now recognizing and embracing its’ benefits. Eight States, nearly 20% of the Union, have now legalized Cannabis recreationally. Yet, at the Federal level, it remains a schedule 1 narcotic, the same as cocaine and heroin. Common sense as well as scientific data, and medical research, have proven this classification completely unjustified. Not only is Cannabis far less dangerous and addictive than alcohol and other illicit drugs, but we are truly on the threshold of discovering its nearly miraculous benefits in treating seizures, depression, disease, sleep and eating disorders, cancer and many other common medical ailments. It is now undeniable that Cannabis can improve lives from tiniest infants, to our most elderly citizens..
America has been down this road before. In 1919 The Eighteenth Amendment, known as Prohibition, was ratified and lead to disastrous results. It was ultimately repealed after only 14 years. Nearly 100 years later state control of alcohol laws are hugely successful and profitable. The alcohol industry in America today accounts for millions of jobs, and billions in revenue, yet one can still find everything from Dry Counties in which no alcohol is sold, to festivals celebrating craft brewers and distillers, adding billions to local economies. The people of our Towns, Cities, Counties, and States know what’s best for them!
We all know the Federal Government, especially Congress, is crippled by partisanship and inactivity, it's time for us to ensure that laws and regulations concerning Cannabis be made at State, County and local levels, similar to alcohol.
DEBATE 28 IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION.
DEBATE 28 IS ABOUT FREEDOM!
Marijuana is already legal in over half the States, with more being added every election cycle. It is prevalent in our culture, music, art, and nearly all media. Google Marijuana, scroll through the pages, do your own research. It may surprise you!
Millions of people are reaping the benefits of Cannabis daily.
At this point tens of thousands of jobs have been created, and are being created daily, in the cultivation, distribution, sales, advocation and education of Cannabis. Yet because of the federal restrictions there still remains an untaxed, criminally run and dangerous black market. Pressure is being put on law enforcement agencies nationwide and America's prisons are overcrowded because of this confusing and senseless federal regulation. Billions of dollars are being spent to deny billions of dollars in revenue, and countless jobs, to the States for no practical reason. This stifles creativity, entrepreneurship, and the American Dream..
The Tenth Amendment says:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
WE MUST TAKE THIS ISSUE AWAY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW!
LET'S MAKE THE U.S. CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATURES DEBATE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LEAVING CANNABIS LAWS UP TO THE STATES.
URGE CONGRESS TO DEBATE AMENDMENT 28!!
Regardless of your feelings about Cannabis, if you value your freedom, please sign this petition and join our cause, and let the States decide.
And never doubt that small groups of dedicated people can change the world and the course of history.. After all, it’s the only thing that ever has!
Thank you for your support.
Updates
July 15, 2017
The volume of support has reached a level that necessitates formal engagement with federal offices. I am currently drafting the briefing documents to present to congressional staff next week. This momentum creates the necessary leverage to move this proposal into official committee discussions.
32 Comments
Not only is keeping cannabis illegal, immoral and unjust, it is crushing the economy financially and feeding the underground selling of cannabis.
I am for legalisation and believe we should follow other states on this matter. So many people and children will benefit from this as I am one who does not do well with pharmacuticles and would use this as an alternative. Also look at the funds generated by taxing and how Colorado has so much funding from taxs that they have to give it back to the community. I am all for following their lead.
The people of Utah need access to safe and natural medicine in order to live a healthy and happy lifestyle. To be opposed to this "unalienable right" is to stand against humanity and compassion.
I believe in the constitution of both federal government and state government. So each state should have the right to decide what their citizens want and how to impleme
I have lupus, fibromyalgia, nerve damage from a bad back surgery and all of my disc's in my back are so degenerated along with facet disease in my back and hips. Because of DEBILITATING PAIN I must see a pain management doctor each month to get VERY STRONG prescription narcotics as well as spinal injections. If marijuania were legal I would DEFINITELY choose that over the addictive narcotics that I must be on. The very few times that I've tried cannabis it gave me INSTANT relief from my pain. The same pain that the narcotics do not give complete relief from and build strong narcotic tolerances, which is what leads to opioid overdose which is supposedly what our government is so concerned with right now. It's a fact that a person can not overdose on marijuania.
Cannabis should be controlled on a State to State basis as it is not mentioned in the Constitution. Please help us pass Amendment 28!
Cannabis is Medicine
I am proof that this works as when I am in a legal State I am able to go without muscle relaxants, pain pills, sleep pills, antI-nflammatories, anxiety medication, and if I was there long enough I could probably go off the seizure medication I also take for my fibromyalgia and facial nerve pain. All that and without the debilitating side effects that you get from each one of those pills. We lose 25 people a month in our state of Utah but nobody has ever died from cannabis so why can't we give people this natural non-addicting non-lethal alternative. The article was wrong as there is no slippery slope. It's going to take a couple years to set up medical and the ballad initiative is written to have strict standards with documentation and it will be for extracts only so no flower and no smoking. When it comes to research Israel has done a lot of it since we couldn't, including finding out how the endocannabinoid system in our body's work with CB 1 receptors in our brain and nervous system and CB 2 receptors' in our tissues and organs that act like a key in a lock and this is why it helps us with so many different conditions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocannabinoid_system The national cancer institute has written on their site how it creates apoptosis with cancer cells shutting them down so that they can't replicate and making them commit suicide. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/cannabis-pdq Cannabis has been a medicine sold over the counter like aspirin since the 1800s and we were lied to in the name of control so please please do your research. All the patients of Utah are asking for is an alternative and a chance to try something that has killed less people than Tylenol or Ibuprofen. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9210248
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