Is cannabis a civil rights issue?
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No, do some research on civil rights.
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The article that inspired this question: "Cannabis A Civil Rights Issue Sept, 1st 2005, By Colin Donoghue © Daily Lobo" http://tinyurl.com/2a9jxu
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Some believe that it is. Some are even bringing suit against the United States congress because they believe this so strongly. They say that by making cannabis illegal to grow in their own garden is against the 1st, 9th & 10th amendments because it is their belief that God has put it here for us to use and that because of this belief it is their right to use it. 1st Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 9th Amendment The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. 10th Amendment 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. Ref: http://www.hemphasis.net/kiczenski/kiczenski.htm
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Cannabis could be considered a civil rights issue for more then one reason. I believe that it could easily be shown as a civil rights issue, because it was old rich white cotton growers that pressed to make it illegal. Back in the day, right after slavery and the civil war ended, black people would grow cannabis for clothing and paper, and other such materials. People found out what a great plant cannabis was for these items, thus threatening the cotton industry, which was, and is, less reliable then hemp. The white man decided that they wanted a reason for marijuana to be illegal and started experimenting with it. When they found it to be smokable, they said that they black people would smoke it and go crazy, and rape the white women. Which is obviously not true, if you've ever smoked the herb. We don't get crazy and we don't try to rape people, we mellow out and chill. So yes, I would say that cannabis is a civil rights issue.
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