Ep 57: Backup Plan

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“The sale of marijuana for medical purposes is illegal under federal law.”

Here is our marijuana podcast. We hope you enjoy it and learn something. Marijuana is an amazing plant with amazing properties. We should use it to it’s maximum capabilities. Marijuana is safe, much safer than alcohol and most, if not all prescription medications. We should encourage it’s use. Either way, if you want it or not, the point is that you are free and able to make that choice. I honestly feel the government is over stepping it’s bounds here. I understand, back in the day when we didn’t know anything about cannabis, it was good to study it. But there have never been any negative effects found, so why are you treating it like it’s nuclear material? You should be treating it like aspirin. You cannot win this war, and making criminals out of normal hard working people is a very unproductive way of governing.

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Ep 56: Tread Carefully

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“We’re trying to progress not regress, let’s keep that in mind.”

So the people have spoken… a little over 6 years ago, when 62% of the voters voted to pass Initiative 148 here in Montana. Since then, there has been a wonderful new industry blossoming in Montana, an industry that is giving new jobs to people who had previously lost there’s. It is putting to good use a lot of the empty buildings that we all see dotting our communities. Sick people get the medicine they need, and in many cases, are able to begin stepping down off a lot of the harmful medications they may be taking. Over all, I’d say that since Initiative 148 passed, we have seen a lot of positive things happen. That’s all well and good, but as we discuss in this episode of the Hot Box, there is a move to completely repeal the Montana Medical Marijuana initiative which would essentially make criminals out of good honest hard working, pain suffering citizens. This is completely unacceptable. The voters spoke and YES, this IS what we voted for. Please stop saying it isn’t like you speak for everyone. Let’s take a quick look at a recent poll over at the Flathead Beacon. As of writing this on Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 4:03 pm Mountain Time Zone, the poll states, “Should the Legislature Repeal Montana’s Medical Marijuana Law?” Yes – 75 votes, No – 265 votes. So just in this little tiny cross section of Flathead Beacon readers, we see an overwhelming majority opposed to Medical Marijuana repeal in Montana. How can they go through with something like this? It seems that when it was taken to a vote, all 5 democrats voted against HB-161 and all 10 republicans voted for it. Are you serious? I am having a real hard time understanding how anyone can vote to repeal something that so many Montana’s have worked so hard to make reality. It’s mind blowing to me that we allow our public servants to push us around like this. This is simply unacceptable. Like I said before, all repealing this law is going to do is make criminals and outlaws out of good, honest, hard working pain suffering citizens. That is NOT OK.

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Ep 54: The Law of Mat

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“Just so you all know, we’re going to abide by the law.”

I hope you all enjoy this episode and appreciate the time Sandy and I take out of our week to bring you this content. I apologize for the quality of the interview with Mason Tvert, Denver’s internet seemed to be having some problems keeping up with all the State of the Union tweets. Anyways, he had a lot of good information on how to further educate the people. If you want to check out what Mason and his crew are doing, go to SaferChoice.org. It seems like a really smart angle to take on the whole cannabis debate. Logically, if you have one substance that is legal, and one substance that is illegal, yet the illegal substance is safer not only for the individual, but for the whole community, then it should be common sense that the safer substance would be just as legal, if not more, than the substance that is detrimental. Of course once you take into account the 80 plus years of negative cannabis propaganda, it becomes clear to see why everyone is having such a hard time realizing what many of us have years ago. I understand if you are told something is bad for you over and over again, especially by those who govern you, and you never get the balls to try it yourself and come to your own conclusions, then you will of course have that negative perspective on the substance. But if you keep an open mind, and look at the world around you, and see how many people have been smoking for how many years, and none of us have suffered any negative effects, whether at the communal level, or at the individual level, you have to question what those in power are shoveling down your throats. If it tastes like shit, then chances are it’s probably shit you’re eating. So we keep repeating the same statistics and showing all of the people with medical conditions cannabis has actually helped, and hopefully one day all of our efforts will pay off. Until then, stay safe, and blaze one!

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Ep 53: Cooking Kitties

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“Now tell me logically, what your group should be fighting.”

53 episodes of the Hot Box free cannabis podcast, and of course, the plant is still illegal. Some states have it easier than others, but until we get cannabis rescheduled, we are always going to have the long arm of the federal law looming over head. Make sure you are all members of the Hot Box Facebook group, and follow us on Twitter. Email info@hotboxpodcast.com if you have a story from your neck of the woods you would like us to discuss and dissect. We are here for you. You can also leave a message for the show at 406.204.4687.

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Ep 52: Birth Control

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“Are you doing a psa for safe sex brought to you by the Hot Box podcast?”

Ok, I’m going to do a couple of these back episodes, but that’s about it. I will start keeping up with them from now on, so we won’t get behind like that again. If any of our listeners would like to volunteer some time, you could go through the old episodes and outline the main talking points. Just look at the notes I’ve done, and do that. Thank you!

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