Save Our Society?

There's a group called Save Our Society. Their mission is as follows:

"Save Our Society From Drugs (S.O.S.) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization committed to establishing, encouraging and enabling drug laws and drug policies that reduce illegal drug use and abuse, drug-related injury and death. Among other endeavors, S.O.S. has actively opposed national and state ballot initiatives and legislative measures that would legalize marijuana as a so-called medicine and would create new constitutional rights for the exclusive benefit of illicit drug offenders."

Now, from my experience, a group like this is going to be close-minded, ignorant, or not willing to listen to the opposing sides argument. I, however, would love to talk to them. So i tried e-mailing them at the address on their site.

And guess what?? It doesn't work! I get a message saying, "
The following organization rejected your message: [216.134.220.7]"

Does that seem fair to you? I don't think it is. This is what my e-mail said.




Hello there. I saw on your group's website that you claim that you want to provide education to the public on how pushers(dealers) want MJ legalized? You realize that if this were the case, those "pushers" would be out of work? So no, dealers would not want it to be legalized. Neither would major crop growers. The government would take over the distribution and major cultivation of marijuana, leaving not only the mexican drug cartels out of work, but also the drug dealers that "run the streets" in our hometowns. I smoke marijuana. I have a full-time job at a promising company. I have an 8 month old daughter and a beautiful fiance. I treat marijuana like its a beer. After work, i spend time with my family - playing with my daughter, feeding her, reading the mail, having dinner at the table with my fiance, and then giving our daughter a bath & laying her down for bed. After cleaning up everything around the house, me and my girl will load a bowl in my pipe and go on the patio and smoke. Am i hurting anyone doing this? If so, how? How is this different than smoking a cigarette which has over 4000 chemicals in it. 4000?! And its legal? That blows my mind how something so dangerous and EXTREMELY deadly can be legal. I smoke cigarettes too. I'm not proud of it one bit. I wish i could quit, but its not that easy. I never have cravings for marijuana. I just enjoy relaxing after a hard days work. I think that smoking a bowl and still being clear minded and relaxed is much better than someone coming home from a rough day of work, downing half a bottle of rum, and fighting with their spouse. Can you agree with me there at least?

There's so many scientific studies and proof of the GOOD that MJ can do. I can honestly say that yes, marijuana, just like alcohol, can be abused. It can be dangerous at a young age. Everyone reacts different to things. One person could get very violent after a few shots of whiskey. While another might just sit and talk about things with a close friend. Someone can smoke a bowl and feel paranoid, or dizzy. Someone else can smoke it and just feel relaxed and uplifed almost. Everything has variables. Is it that hard to believe that marijuana is no different than alcohol or tobacco? If you were around for prohibition of alcohol, would you be for it or against it?

I don't want to say much more because i have a feeling that the people in this group are going to be somewhat close-minded or stubborn. I, however, can see things from both sides of the argument. I see reasons for MJ to not be legalized. I can see reasons for it to be legalized. I have educated myself on the uses of marijuana and the history of marijuana. I suggest you do the same. Thank you for your time.

http://www.illuminati-news.com/marijuana-conspiracy.htm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5441


i just wanted to talk to someone about this. See what their reasons were for wanting to not legalize MJ. I have reasons to not do it, also. But overall, the "good" weigh out the "bads" when it comes to reasons for legalization.

Guess its harder to talk to someone thats opposed to legalization than i thought. I wonder why....could they know of all the truth about MJ? Guess i'll never know