Willie Nelson Busted For Possession

1. I hear he get the best pot from his fans. Everywhere they go people just hand them bags. I wish I could ride on Willie bus. Puff, puff.

Posted at 2:15PM on Sep 18th 2006 by kindisastateofmind

2. Awesome! Rock on Willy! And if ya need anymore shrooms...

Posted at 2:18PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Craigy Boy

3. Willie Nelson is da shyt!

Posted at 2:22PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Alise

4. Willie Nelson is an American icon and legend. He was the man behind Farm-Aid and really helped our farmers during a time of need.

Marijuana has never killed anyone. It was banned due to poltical and economic interests (lumber industries fear of hemp as alternative and the drug industry, as well as a way to make Blacks and Latinos look bad who used the drug in the 1920's-50's.

MARIJUANA FACTS-

physically non-addictive (caffeine is more addictive)

helps sick people (cancer, AIDS) who may not respond as well to toxic man made drugs

less harmful than alcohol (alcohol legal and Mariujana isn't? BACKWARDS PEOPLE!)

Reduces stress and anxiety for most people

much less harmful than cigarettes (especially if vaporized)

The lie that Marijuana makes one lazy is a fallacy- perhaps it makes lazy folks more lazy, but LIVEWIRE knows many productive successful people who enjoy the benefits of Marijuana. It balances the autonomic nervous system, hence the feeling of relaxed/alert. The balance of the nervous system is beneficial to the body and mind. Stress kills, and nothing can help a person live LONGER than the holy weed. Some historians believe than JESUS himself used Marijuana to heal the sick and help people reach higher states of spiritual experience (most major religions have utilized Marijuana as a pathway to connect to God.

The powers that be dislike Marijuana because if the world started smoking, wars would end and peace would rule supreme!!! All nations together in peace! The bloodthirsty tyrants who love money and power couldn't have that!

LIVEWIRE has spoken...

Posted at 2:33PM on Sep 18th 2006 by LIVEWIRE

5. Leave Willie alone! He's an American Icon. As far as I'm concerned, he should get a free pass on this;)

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Posted at 2:46PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Etan

6. Posession of 1 1/2 Pounds of weed is a midemeanor?!?!? I've got to move to that state.

Posted at 2:41PM on Sep 18th 2006 by 1000 Steps

7. That a way Willie. Come down to Fla for some crazy crip sometime.

Posted at 2:43PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Coleman

8. Thank you LIVEWIRE!!!!! Its about time someone said it out loud!!! And rock on Willie.....no one tokes it better!!

Posted at 2:46PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Kel

9. Hail to Willie, in his 70's and still tokin it up! I think they should just let this one go as he has done so much for society and our troops, he deserves some "relaxing" time!

Posted at 3:01PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Heather

10. Dude--grow up and put down the pipe!

Posted at 2:56PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Anonymous

11. Nice LW, but let's name names...

William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.

In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont's Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont's business.

Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: 'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America


Then Hearst went to work in earnest.
A media blitz of 'yellow journalism' raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst's newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everything from car accidents to loose morality.

Films like 'Reefer Madness' (1936), 'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth' (1935) and 'Marihuana: The Devil's Weed' (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed.

Examine the following quotes from 'The Burning Question' aka REEFER MADNESS:

a violent narcotic.

acts of shocking violence.

incurable insanity.

soul-destroying effects.

under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an ax.

more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!

Reefer Madness did not end with the usual 'the end.' The film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN.

On April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would pass Congress.

In September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since.

POT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!

BlackMetal

Posted at 2:57PM on Sep 18th 2006 by BlackMetal

12. Hey LIvewire, I have to agree: Everything you said is 100 % right on the money. I can't bellieve the goverment still goes after people who smoke a little Marijuana. You can go out and get a prescription for weed from a Dr. now. At least in Los Angeles.

I have several friends who now go to these venders set up all around the area. The state says it's okay, but the Federal Goverment still says " NO " It is all based on the pharmasudical companies making $$$ off alturnative drugs that are far more damaging then a puff of marijuana. You are so right, it is all motiavated by GREED. As far as the mushrooms go. I mean come on. You can pick those under cow piles on the ground. In the right amount they are hardly harmful. I wouldn't take them and drive though. I have been smoking for 30 years.
I own a chain of sucessful businesses and I am a very productive person. I work out an hour and a half a day and take care of my family. Marijuana is a mood enhansing drug. If your lazy, it will make you more lazy, if you are paranoid , it will make you more paranoid, if you are happy, it will make you more happy, if your nasty it will .........etc etc etc. It's not for everybody, but it is for me.

I do think you should wait until you're matrue enough to handle what goes with the responsibilty of smoking Marijuana. I wouldn't reccommend it to someone under 18 years old. Never lead me to hard drugs and it is so much better for your health than alcohol. ( besides, no calories ) Just do it responsibly. Using a vaporizor reduces any chance of lung cancer. ( Not that I have ever heard of a case anyway )
GO EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON THIS SUBJECT. Going after Willy for this is a waste of our tax money. Go out a get a REAL CRIMINAL.

Way to go Livewire, you nailed the facts on this subject.

Posted at 2:59PM on Sep 18th 2006 by the wise old owl

13. For the love of God this is the most redickulous stupid ingnorant law ever passed by the goverment. LEGALIZE POT........
Willie should be honored not punished by his country.......He is a true American!
LEGALIZE LEGALIZE

Posted at 10:07AM on Sep 19th 2006 by kate salm

14. Rock on Willie! Love your book "The Tao Of Willie." Great wisdom, great man!

Posted at 3:11PM on Sep 18th 2006 by pat michaels

15. BlackMetal and Wise Old Owl, thanks for adding some great comments to complement the points previously made!!!

Posted at 3:13PM on Sep 18th 2006 by LIVEWIRE