I'm still around, I've just given up on my pot forum judicial activism. I'm painfully aware that there is no such thing as "common law" and for years now I've naively examined the few local mmj cases made public here in the context of complicated case law and legal procedure. I have always been aware of the cognitive dissonance drawn and have tried to deal with it the best I know how. That said, being spit on publicly as a disabled vet by someone who does not know me claiming to disagree with my view of the law is simply as unreasonable and it is unacceptable. It's more than just my own self respect at issue that has ceased my responses here and I hope most of you can understand ...
MMMA is pushing a decade old now and it's high time someone tells the story of our judicial system backed by the facts, numbers and peer review. I may not be the best protagonist, but I am afraid I am the only willing protagonist at this point. I have ceased growing and soon will give up MMJ and return to Rx in an attempt to regain my academic credibility and protect my family. Of particular interest to me is the use of residential raids by local task forces and courts (sadly regardless of MMMA and backed by standing case law) forcing patients and caregivers into plea deals and rendering their (what I believe to be unlawful) actions unreviewable by law. Due to the ability of the courts to suppress these facts of the matter for many years, my studies will necessarily be a few years in the past and very difficult. We the People will never win this argument in a court of law given the innate conflict of interest (lawyers on all sides profiting) and I believe the only answer will come from objective public policy studies and debate. Slavery, women suffrage and civil rights were clearly not won in a court of law, but rather in spite of them as the People got educated and rallied for true justice. Think of me in the next year or so when you hopefully begin reading articles of my expose' work ...
