H. R. 5843 Some Marijuana Reform By Barney Frank and Ron Paul

UPDATE: according to gov track this bill never became law:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5843

http://wesawthat.blogspot.com/2008/07/h-r-5843-some-marijuana-reform-by.html
H. R. 5843 A BILL

To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults'.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN MARIJUANA-RELATED PENALTIES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no penalty may be imposed under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use, or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use. For the purposes of this section, possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana shall be presumed to be for personal use, as shall the not-for-profit transfer of one ounce or less of marijuana, except that the civil penalty provided in section 405 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844a) may be imposed for the public use of marijuana if the amount of the penalty does not exceed $100.
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100 grams is a little over 3 1/2 ounces.

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[wesawthat]

according to gov track this bill H.R.5843 never became law

[Edwyn88]

Deaths per year resulting from alcohol: 100,000

· Deaths per year resulting from tobacco: 430,000

· Deaths per year resulting from aspirin: 180- 1000

· Deaths per year resulting from legal drugs: 106,000

· Deaths that have ever occurred in direct result of Cannabis: 0 (that's right zero)

let us smoke WEED!!

COPY AND PASTE FOR FREEING WEED

[Michaeltanase]

It's angering me how the DEA is ruining the lives of people simply by choosing the safer alternative to tobacco and alcohol.  Throwing somebody in prison for pot is insane, these people enforcing these crazy laws need to be thrown in prison, this would only create a little bit of justice for the pain they have caused millions of families around the U.S. for god's sake just legalize it already end the madness!!!|

[SacredCowProductions]

YouTube - How Weed Won the West

[AscottW]

I see it being a while until the Federal government does anything about this. Why have people feel good on their own with a plant that can be grown when you can have them feel like crap and have to be put on meds that you manufacture? We are an Rx nation and marijuana would help to curb that. Weed makes people feel good and it causes next to no bad health effects. Prozac would be obsolete . And that's not an exaggeration. Legalize Marijuana and keep our jails for violent offenses only.

[soicuw]

As long as we legalize mrijuana because its the right thing to do, and not just because it will bring us tax money

[REVOLTbydesign86]

growing your own is harder than you think, it takes a professional to grow medical grade mary jane, the government would make plenty of money from those who couldnt grow would be huge

[Tuppington]

this dude talks like a high person

[StrwberryCoff]

We are in a recession because of taxes and printing money. If marijuana were legal the government would get little to zero of money as I'd grow my own.

[idunno130]

legalizing and selling over the shelf would pull us right out of the recession, the government would make so much money!

[jimkramer83]

the people have to get out there and vote!

[d0m101st]

one of the emails sent in stated the whole point. legalization would create so many jobs in growing, harvesting, processing, and delivering. taxes put on purchasing would more that make up the debt that our country is in. not to mention all of the taxpayers money we waste every year supporting people in jail for having a couple roaches in the ashtray. LEGALIZE IT ALREADY!!