Keith Stroup, Co-Founder of the National Organization of Marijuana Laws

Keith Stroup is an attorney and founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Reason.tv conducted this short interview with Stroup on November 10, 2009. On the same day, he spoke to students at the Washington Center for Journalism and Politics on a panel called "The Politics of the Drug War" with Jessica Peck Corry. The whole panel discussion, hosted by Reason contributor Terry Michael, can be viewed at www.reason.tv.

Shot and edited by Reason.tv's Dan Hayes. Approximately 6 minutes.

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[averagejoe040]

You know I would like to see marijuana legalized.

That being said, I can also tolerate it if It's never legal.

If a second term from Obummer is what is needed to get pot legal - That is just way too high of a price !!

These one issue people are just pathetic.

They would sacrifice everything else just to have their one issue go their way.

Maybe this guy is okay with the rest of Obummers agenda also, but I definitely am not.

[HowdyCallmeDaddy1]

Obama will never push for legal marijuana. I don't believe that for a second. Obama will throw some bones to this group and that for support and thats it. But since Obama is a socialist he has no ideals of free people, and therefore since he does not ideologically believe people should be free, he will not legalize Cannabis.

[bryonwoods513]

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[theofficialbowlet]

Vaporized marijuana is 100% safe and unharmful to the lungs. There is no evidence showing otherwise, and these tests have been going on for decades. It extracts pure THC inducing it into your lungs, where it is 100% absorbed by your blood and transferred to your fat cells That is why the Bud Shops sell THC in pure liquid, butter, pastries, pills, and honey to not harm yourself in anyway. If you smoke the bud straight, there is plenty of chemicals that are harmful ,in particular Chlorophyll

[NegativeNick]

he says he's not about to ask a doc if he can smoke, but he isokay doing it ilegally?

[NegativeNick]

@HowdyCallmeDaddy1 huh? lol

[MoneyIsSilver]

just google "marijuana prevents cancer" and knock yourself out. What you'll find are a lot of actual scientific studies done by doctors, and not the usual propaganda from government agencies.

[MoneyIsSilver]

of UCLA told the Washington Post. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect" among marijuana smokers who had lower incidences of cancer compared to non-users of the drug.

...and that's just the UCLA study back in 2006.

[MoneyIsSilver]

In 2006, the results of the largest case-controlled study ever to investigate the respiratory effects of marijuana smoking reported that pot use was not associated with lung related cancers, even among subjects who reported smoking more than 22,000 joints over their lifetime. "We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that association would be more positive with heavier use," the study's lead researcher, Dr Donald Tashkin *more*

[dbmam3]

There's no way that smoking weed is "good" for your lungs. I smoke everyday myself, but i admit there's no way that that's true or even documented as you say. I'm big for reform, don't get me wrong, but I've got to say that it's not true. No "smoke" is healthy for your lungs. Yes, weed is a hugely complex drug (all for the good) for the mind, social independence and determination, but it's fact that any "smoke" substance is deteriorating to the lungs. Not as bad as tobacco, but still harmful.

[MoneyIsSilver]

You DO believe that. Because you cannot enforce a taxation system to pay for your limited government unless you also support forcing people to pay for it. By violence if necessary. Government has a poor record of protecting people from danger. I know that the only person to protect me against outside forces is me and my gun, not a sheriff. And the courts are an absolute joke, you oughtta know that. I thought like you for a long time, until I realized all taxation is extortion.