Weed Quotes, Stoner Quotes, Marijuana Quotes Collection

Snoop Dogg medical marijuana quote

2012-01-12T11:01:00.000-08:00

"They legalized alcohol, they legalized tobacco. What is it gonna hurt to legalize this medicinal, medical marijuana that’s used for purposes of cataracts?"

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Wisconsin activist Jay Selthofner marijuana quote

2012-01-12T10:50:00.000-08:00

"I have focused on the hemp cannabis marijuana issue because it addresses several areas of overall concern within one conversation. Marijuana law reform is supported by the general public, and in the course of my work in the district over the past year I have found overwhelming support for the issue from all types of people from all walks of life, each with a unique story and viewpoint on the matter."

Don Duncan ('Americans for Safe Access' state director cannabis quote

2012-01-12T10:45:00.000-08:00

"We have come to a point in the field with medical cannabis where we need some sort of statewide standards make things more consistent and rational throughout the state. We are trying to fix medical marijuana because this is unfinished work, and we think this should be the priority right now because this is so overdue."

Ezra Miller pot quote

2012-01-12T10:40:00.000-08:00

"I don't feel like there's any need to hide the fact that I smoke pot. It's a harmless herbal substance that increases sensory appreciation."

Former head of Seattle FBI, Charles Mandigo marijuana quote

2012-01-05T15:19:00.000-08:00

"I think that most American people want to be law abiding, and given an opportunity to purchase marijuana in a regulated scheme, and not violate the law, that they would choose that as an option. Further if you are selling it under a regulated scheme, you have quality control and you know exactly what the substance is that is being sold and… at a regulated point-of-sale, that you can impose warning labels like you do for the sale of alcohol or tobacco."

Garfunkel And Oates - "Scary Fucked Up Christmas" pot quote

2012-01-05T15:11:00.000-08:00

"If you can't handle family shit
Take a bong and take a hit
Christmas is much better when you're high."

Ron Paul marijuana quote on Jay Leno

2011-12-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

"Quite frankly, I think a lot more people die from and there's more danger with the alcohol than there's with the marijuana."

You can watch the full video on Youtube

Investigators at the University of California, San Diego and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research quote about inhaled cannabis

2011-12-20T16:55:00.000-08:00

"Compared to placebo, cannabis administration was associated with significant increases in plasma levels of ghrelin and leptin, and decreases in PYY, but did not significantly influence insulin levels. ... Cannabis-related changes in these hormones had a magnitude similar to what has been observed with food intake over the course of a day in normal volunteers, suggesting physiological relevance.
These findings support further evaluations of interventions directed at manipulating the endocannabinoid system for the treatment of eating disorders and obesity."

Barney Frank marijuana legalization quote

2011-12-19T15:00:00.000-08:00

" It’s a great embarrassment to the conservatives. They want to tell people who they can have sex with. Come on, all this is big government! Who can I have sex with? Who can I marry? What can I read? What can I smoke?... You guys, on the whole... not all of you, but the conservatives are the ones who intrude on personal liberty there. I mean, personal liberty, if someone wants to smoke marijuana who’s an adult, why do you want to make them go to jail?"

Steve DeAngelo cannabis quote

2011-12-18T13:20:00.000-08:00

"I've been very active in the cannabis reform movement. I was one of these lucky people who finds out at a young age what it is that's important to them. I'm an agent of change who's working to bring the truth about the cannabis plant to the rest of the world."

Bruce Perlowin (Medical Marijuana Inc. CEO) quote about Sean Cook's fundraiser for Cash "Cashy" Hyde (youngest medical marijuana patient)

2011-12-16T01:26:00.000-08:00

"We wanted to help make the event a success not only for Cashy, but to bring awareness of the benefits of medical marijuana to cancer patients nationwide. Through our friends, The Art of Mary Jane Magazine, Tommy Chong, Sean Cook and everyone who took the time to attend and participate in the silent auction at the event, we brought new attention and funding for Cash's fight for life."

4 of Vancouver’s former mayors: Mike Harcourt (1980-1986), Philip Owen (1993-2002), Larry Campbell (2002-2005) and Sam Sullivan (2005-2008) marijuana prohibition quote

2011-12-16T01:13:00.000-08:00

"Marijuana prohibition is – without question – a failed policy. It is creating violent, gang-related crime in our communities and fear among our citizens, and adding financial costs for all levels of government at a time when we can least afford them. Politicians cannot ignore the status quo any longer; they must develop and deliver alternative marijuana policies that avoid the social and criminal harms that stem directly from cannabis prohibition."

Newt Gingrich quote about California’s medical marijuana law

2011-12-16T01:05:00.000-08:00

"I think the California experience is that medical marijuana becomes a joke. It becomes marijuana for any use. You find local doctors who will prescribe it for anybody that walks in."

Steve DeAngelo weed quote

2011-12-13T16:02:00.000-08:00

"I have a very close and personal relationship with the cannabis plant...For me and cannabis it was love at first sight...I knew intuitively, it wasn't an evil plant. It felt good. It felt right."

Florida's Cannabis Network executive Jodi James marijuana quote

2011-12-12T14:05:00.000-08:00

"We should tax it; we should control it. If someone is growing it, it should be their responsibility alone. We believe by regulating it and controlling it we are going to be keeping out of the hands of children as opposed to an unregulated market. This is a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry that Florida farmers have no access to it."

Dr. Gareth Pryce and a team of investigators at the Institute of Neurology at University College in London (Brain 2003)

2011-12-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

"The results of this study are important because they suggest that in addition to symptom management . . . cannabis may also slow the neuro-degenerative processes that ultimately lead to chronic disability in multiple sclerosis and probably other diseases."

Steven S. Epstein (founder and currently officer of MassCann/NORML) cannabis quote

2011-12-12T13:49:00.000-08:00

"The data strongly suggests that Massachusetts voters are more ready than voters in any other state to end prohibition and establish reasonable regulation of cannabis cultivation and commerce for all purposes."

(D-WA) Governor Christine Gregoire medical marijuana quote

2011-12-08T09:53:00.000-08:00

"Many medical marijuana patients are too sick to grow their own...It is time to show compassion and common sense. The people getting hurt in all of this are patients. They have a prescription from a doctor but they can’t get it filled."

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin marijuana quote

2011-12-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

"I think it’s ludicrous that marijuana is put in the same category by the federal government as heroin and other drugs that are extraordinarily addictive... Vermont should use our precious law enforcement dollars to go after the criminals that are really disrupting our communities."

Investigators at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel

2011-12-05T12:13:00.000-08:00

"Three months treatment with inhaled cannabis improves quality of life measurements, disease activity index and causes weight gain and rise in BMI in long-standing IBD patients." (BMI - body mass index; IBD - inflammatory bowel disease)

Bill O’Reilly medical marijuana quote

2011-12-02T02:22:00.000-08:00

"Look, you know what I'm saying here. Let's cut through it. This is legalization of marijuana, that's what it is, because anybody who's anxious can get a card by some doctor...you gotta pay the doctor...and walk inn and buy from you guys. You look at the card, you get the pot....you know what the ruse is. You know what the scam is. I’m anxious, give me the card"

You can watch the full video here

Daniel Rees, professor of economics at the University of Colorado Denver & D. Mark Anderson, assistant professor of economics at Montana State University quote from a recent study on medical marijuana effect on road traffic fatalities

2011-11-30T12:12:00.000-08:00

"Our research suggests that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces traffic fatalities through reducing alcohol consumption by young adults...Our results suggest a direct link between marijuana and alcohol consumption...Although we make no policy recommendations, it certainly appears as though medical marijuana laws are making our highways safer"

Snoop Dogg "Weed Wars" quote

2011-11-30T12:05:00.000-08:00

"Check it out, y'all These ain't your local d boys
These are the brothers that be fighting the weed wars
On a mission, profit the change
Nature's best, green, buddy, planting the seeds, earth's medicine
You can get it from us, like you get it from your local store
It's good to go, and nobody can't get it from the medicine man
Cause medicine man Ah,
I got to have it in my life, I got to have it, cause I need it,
I'm right I got to have it in my life, I got to have it in my life"

Republican presidential nominee contender Newt Gingrich marijuana quote

2011-11-30T11:59:00.000-08:00

"My general belief is that we ought to be much more aggressive about drug policy, and that we should recognize that the Mexican cartels are funded by Americans...Look at the level of violence they’ve done to society. You can either be in the Ron Paul tradition and say there’s nothing wrong with heroin and cocaine or you can be in the tradition that says: ‘These kind of addictive drugs are terrible, they deprive you of full citizenship and they lead you to a dependency which is antithetical to being an American.’ If you’re serious about the latter view, then we need to think through a strategy that makes it radically less likely that we’re going to have drugs in this country."

Richard Brumfield (Chief Clinical Director of the IAMB/TbT group) cannabis quote

2011-11-30T11:55:00.000-08:00

"With the end of cannabis prohibition, you can bet that we will create millions of jobs across the country and in just a few short months America will be on it’s way to a full economic recovery."

Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance drugs quote

2011-11-30T11:52:00.000-08:00

"Every political movement for freedom and justice has its heroes, yet only a select few ever win the recognition they deserve. These awards honor those who have made extraordinary commitments, both publicly and behind the scenes, to advancing more sensible and humane ways of dealing with drugs in our society."

Miley Cyrus stoner quote

2011-11-28T13:10:00.000-08:00

...reading what it was written on her birth-day cake: "You know you're a stoner when your friends make you a Bob Marley cake. You know you smoke way too much f%#@*ing weed"

you can also watch the video here

Columbia attorney Dan Viets, Missouri state coordinator for NORML medical marijuana quote

2011-11-28T01:39:00.000-08:00

"We are now closer than we’ve ever been to repealing the criminal prohibition of marijuana. The greatest support is still among the youngest groups, with the lowest level of support coming from among the older folks. The simple fact of the situation is that demographics are changing. Dramatic increases in support will continue in the years to come.
We don’t have to sign on to the federal government’s prohibition against marijuana. If the federal government wants to march in and round up marijuana smokers, they could, but they won’t."

Investigators at the Imperial College of London (Journal of Psychopharmacology) quote on cannabis

2011-11-27T12:39:00.000-08:00

"A direct comparison of alcohol and cannabis showed that alcohol was considered to be more than twice as harmful as cannabis to (individual) users and five times more harmful as cannabis to others (society). … As there are few areas of harm that each drug can produce where cannabis scores more (dangerous to health) than alcohol, we suggest that even if there were no legal impediment to cannabis use, it would be unlikely to be more harmful than alcohol."

Ron Paul marijuana quote

2011-11-25T16:33:00.000-08:00

"You can at least let sick people have marijuana because it's helpful. Why don't we handle the drugs like we handle alcohol?. Alcohol's a deadly drug. The real deadly drugs are the prescription drugs, they kill more people than the illegal drugs.I think the federal war on drugs is a total failure. The drug war is out of control. I fear the drug war, because it undermines our civil liberties and magnifies our problems on the borders. We spent a trillion dollars on this war and, believe me, the kids can still get the drugs. It just hasn't worked."

Presidential candidate Herman Cain medical marijuana quote

2011-11-22T12:22:00.000-08:00

"If states want to legalize medical marijuana, I think that’s a state’s right. Because one of my overriding approaches to looking at all of these issues — most of them belong at the state, because when you do something federally … you try to force one-size-fits-all."

Mikkel Warming (Head councilman at Copenhagen Social Affairs Committee) marijuana quote

2011-11-22T12:05:00.000-08:00

"   We are thinking of perhaps 30 to 40 public sales houses, where the people aren’t interested in selling you more, they’re interested in you. Who is it better for youngsters to buy marijuana from? A drug pusher, who wants them to use more, who wants them to buy hard drugs, or a civil servant?
    We want to make it a little bit more concrete what kind of decriminalization we want: should it be a public buying system, should there be an age limit?. We don’t want an Amsterdam model. We want a way to make it legal to import or grow marijuana, so that criminal gangs don’t profit it from it.
    It’s better that the council distributes hashish and not criminals. I hope we get the opportunity to try a new policy because we can’t just continue the current prohibition strategy with hash which is very outdated."

Kate Pflaumer(former U.S. Attorney for Seattle) marijuana quote

2011-11-15T10:17:00.000-08:00

"We don’t see treating adult marijuana users as criminals as an appropriate use of government resources."

Investigators at the University of California, San Francisco quote about vaporized cannabis

2011-11-12T10:28:00.000-08:00

"The participants experienced less pain after 5 days of inhaling vaporized cannabis; when the morphine and oxycodone groups were combined, this reduction in pain was significant. This is the first human study to demonstrate that inhaled cannabis safely augments the analgesic effects of opioids. … These results suggest that further controlled studies of the synergistic interaction between cannabinoids and opioids are warranted."

Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley marijuana quote

2011-11-12T10:11:00.000-08:00

"I certainly respect the democratic process. It certainly gives you an insight to what some of the voters are thinking in terms of their views on marijuana. However, it really has little to no impact on how we operate at Public Safety."

Montel Williams cannabis quote

2011-11-01T03:10:00.000-07:00

"We need to get out of the dark ages and into the new ages. Not every patient can use cannabis, but for those who can - why deny it?...For me, there is nothing else that can do what it does. It helps me suppress my pain … When I am not using cannabis I am thinking about my pain every 45 seconds."

Gil Kerlikowske (Obama Administration) marijuana quote

2011-10-30T14:18:00.000-07:00

this is the official response to NORML’s “We the People” marijuana legalization petition: "When the President took office, he directed all of his policymakers to develop policies based on science and research, not ideology or politics. So our concern about marijuana is based on what the science tells us about the drug’s effects.
According to scientists at the National Institutes of Health- the world’s largest source of drug abuse research – marijuana use is associated with addiction, respiratory disease, and cognitive impairment."

read more on NORML

Seth Rogen weed quote

2011-10-24T07:44:00.000-07:00

"I smoke a lot of weed when I write, generally speaking. I don’t know if it helps me write. It makes me not mind that I’m writing. And I don’t know if it makes me work better, but it makes me not care that I’m working. Who wants to work? But if you’re stoned, it doesn’t seem like work."

read more: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671806/seth-rogen-50-50-weed.jhtml

Harvard professor and author Dr Lester Grinspoon marijuana quote

2011-10-19T10:49:00.000-07:00

"Vaporized marijuana is virtually free of whatever toxic properties come with burning the plant. Vaporizers use an internal heat source, so you conserve more of your grass."

Gallup.com poll quote on legalizing marijuana use

2011-10-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

"Support for legalizing marijuana has been increasing over the past several years, rising to 50 percent today, the highest on record. If this current trend on legalizing marijuana continues, pressure may build to bring the nation's laws into compliance with the people's wishes."

Dr. Donald Lyman cannabis quote

2011-10-17T00:46:00.000-07:00

"It’s an uncomfortable position for doctors. It is an open question whether cannabis is useful or not. That question can only be answered once it is legalized and more research is done."

Mireille Jacobson (RAND Corporation) medical marijuana quote

2011-10-12T13:42:00.000-07:00

"We found no evidence that medical marijuana dispensaries in general cause crime to rise"

read more at http://americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/RAND_Study.pdf

Kenny Loggins marijuana quote

2011-10-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

"I'm Kenny Loggins and I support 'Marijuana like wine'. I encourage all Californians to vote when that comes on the ballot and support it the best you can. I think it's been a long time coming. We've been talking about this for what ...say 60 years now ? The generation that is in complete denial of the fact that they've even seen it. I think that the whole concept of the repression of marijuana has been a long time taking to be overcome. It's an absurd law that was actually started by a fellow called William Randolph Hearst and a congress that was very afraid of legalizing hemp for paper. Things got turned around backwards. We've been taught a lot of fear about marijuana that we don't necessarily need to take on into the next generation. I hope you will all support this and we can regulate marijuana and actually make it a source of revenue for the state and eventually for the nation."

source: http://www.celebstoner.com/201110108645/news/celebstoner-news/kenny-loggins-want-to-regulate-marijuana-like-wine.html

Andrew Keyso (IRS deputy associate chief counsel) marijuana quote

2011-10-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

"Section 280E of the Code disallows deductions incurred in the trade or business of trafficking in controlled substances that federal law or the law of any state in which the taxpayer conducts the business prohibits. For this purpose, the term “controlled substances” has the meaning provided in the Controlled Substances Act. Marijuana falls within the Controlled Substances Act"

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee marijuana quote

2011-10-02T12:12:00.000-07:00

"I cannot implement a state marijuana cultivation and distribution system which is illegal under federal law, and which will become a target of federal law-enforcement efforts. Federal injunctions, seizures, forfeitures, arrests and prosecutions will only hurt the patients and caregivers that our law was designed to protect."

read full article on tokeofthetown.com

Tony Newman (director of media relations at the Drug Policy Alliance) marijuana quote

2011-10-01T02:01:00.000-07:00

"Alcohol prohibition didn’t stop people from drinking any more than drug prohibition stops people from using drugs. But prohibition did lead to Al Capone and shoot-outs in the streets. It is the same today. It is not the marijuana or coca plants that have caused 50,000 deaths in Mexico over the last 5 years – but because they plants are illegal and thus unregulated, people are willing to kill each other over the profit that can be made from them."

Rick Perry marijuana quote

2011-09-29T02:00:00.000-07:00

"When the federal government oversteps its authority, states should tell Washington they will not be complicit in enforcing laws with which they do not agree. Again, the best example is an issue I don’t even agree with—the partial legalization of marijuana. Californians clearly want some level of legalized marijuana, be it for medicinal use or otherwise. The federal government is telling them they cannot. But states are not bound to enforce federal law, and the federal government cannot commandeer state resources and require them to enforce it.

Dana Beal weed quote

2011-09-29T01:49:00.000-07:00

"The biggest success of the movement has been to establish various zones – the European countries where it is decriminalized such as Holland, Czech Republic and Iberia, and the states in the U.S. where there is medical marijuana, plus Argentina and other countries where personal use amounts of all drugs are allowed – that gives us some idea of what legalization looks like."

John McKay (former U.S. Attorney for Western Washington) marijuana quote

2011-09-29T01:25:00.000-07:00

"Marijuana prohibition has failed at the federal level. It's failed at the state level. It's failed at the local level"

Alborosie weed quote

2011-09-26T23:26:00.000-07:00

"Smoke the Kali weed
waan the herb, waan the herb
Smoke the I-shence
waan the herb, waan the herb
smoke the kali weed
waan the herb, waan the herb
smoke the I-shence"

Dr. Irit Akirav of the University of Haifa's Department of Psychology marijuana quote

2011-09-23T15:38:00.000-07:00

"We found that there is a 'window of opportunity' during which administering synthetic marijuana helps deal with symptoms simulating PTSD in rats. This indicates that the marijuana did not erase the experience of the trauma, but that it specifically prevented the development of post-trauma symptoms in the rat model".

Brad Pitt weed quote

2011-09-16T05:30:00.000-07:00

"I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself."

An international team of investigators from the INSERM medical research center in Caen, France and Complutense University in Madrid, Spain quote about cannabis

2011-09-09T12:22:00.000-07:00

"These observations show, for the first time, that the stimulation of the endocannabinoid system could be protective against the hyper-excitability developed during alcohol withdrawal. By contrast, the blockade of the endocannabinoid system seems to be counterproductive during alcohol withdrawal."

Kevin Smith weed quote

2011-09-09T02:46:00.000-07:00

"I've been quit smoking now...off cigarettes for tree years and it was very easy. I quit smoking by I just simply start smoking weed instead...and it was amazing...I've been smoking cigarettes for years and I've never realized like they do nothing for you, they make you want another cigarette, here I smoked weed, now all the sudden I was like "Oh my God"...you know...if you're smoking cigarettes all you feel is that...if you smoke weed all the sudden you're like "I think I can get stuff done or watch a lot of TV"

Mindy PanduhBurr Bechtell marijuana quote

2011-09-07T11:14:00.000-07:00

"I got up here, stomach pain, migraines, sad and over the world, when I hear “Hey girl, why don’t you just go get your card!” Oh what, marijuana is legal up here?
I called the hospital, got my records and BAM! – Card in my hand, pills down the toilet. I started using marijuana to increase my appetite for nausea when I’m hungry (I literally will reject food: eat, and throw it right back up, but get me baked? Hand me food. I will eat, sleep and be the happiest girl ever) and I use to it help me pass out when I get my gnarly migraines. So, a year and half off pills, I only get migraines about 2-3 times every two weeks, my stomach doesn’t hurt at all(The ulcers are totally gone) and I’m a lot more happier, active, living in a hell of a lot less pain, and I don’t always “smoke it”, just to throw that out there. For all the people concerned about my lungs, I absolutely love making edibles; desserts or just plain food!" read the full interview on theweedblog.com

Tom Angell (media relations director for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) marijuana quote

2011-09-07T11:06:00.000-07:00

- debating on this year International Cannabis & Hemp Expo held outside Oakland City Hall: "The fact that Oakland officials seem eager to hold this event on city property shows just how much legalizing and regulating the cannabis industry has benefited the city. Bringing the marijuana trade above-ground not only allows the city to take in much-needed tax revenue it otherwise wouldn't have, but it reduces crime and violence by putting the street gangs who would otherwise sell marijuana to people who want it out of business."

Morgan Fox (communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project) marijuana quote

2011-09-07T11:05:00.000-07:00

- debating on this year International Cannabis & Hemp Expo held outside Oakland City Hall: "Events such as this are not new in California and elsewhere. This seems like it is simply the first one to be held in the street. Providing medical marijuana patients with a place to use their medicine privately and away from minors, while still enjoying a public festival or other event, is a considerate and rational course of action."

Vicente Fox (the former president of Mexico) marijuana quote

2011-09-05T11:16:00.000-07:00

"We have to take all the production chain out of the hands of criminals and into the hands of producers so there are farmers that produce marijuana and manufacturers that process it and distributors that distribute it, and shops that sell it"

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio medical marijuana quote

2011-09-05T11:10:00.000-07:00

"Some courts in other states have ruled that defendants are entitled to a return of their controlled substances per the Medical Marijuana Act but until my hand is forced, they won't be getting it back from my deputies. Possession of marijuana is still a federal felony as far as I am aware and my deputies aren't going to violate federal law."

Carolyn Garcia pot quote

2011-09-05T11:02:00.000-07:00

"I've got to say, I didn't even see anyone drinking a beer. Nobody drank alcohol. They had some pot, but not a lot. The pot in those days was mild, very mild. So, I think there was an attitude of just frolicsomeness. They didn't feel as if they had to get anything done."

Jeff Bridges marijuana quote

2011-09-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

"If it's offered I'll take it, but I'm not a regular smoker, despite what people may think. I don't smoke when I work because I want to have my wits about me. Besides, sobriety is a wonderful high."

Grace Slick marijuana quote

2011-08-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

"...less alcohol, a little bit more marijuana, so you don't do so much stupid stuff. If you make marijuana legal, you stop the killing of people. People are killing each other over drugs. If make stuff legal, they don't have to kill each other. Nobody really kills each other over alcohol because you can go and get some."

Elijah Wood weed quotes

2011-08-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

"It’s gotten to the point where it just seems a natural part of people’s lives. It’s certainly not taboo; I know a number of people who have medical cards. People feel very free talking about it. It doesn’t seem to be hidden or shoved under the carpet. It’s part of people’s lives in a very natural way. I think the whole notion that marijuana is illegal is past the point of ridiculousness. It seems a little silly to be uptight about something that’s so natural. To be honest, I’m not really much of a pot smoker – it never really sat well with me. I’ve got friends that smoke and have smoked for years. I’ve always wished I could achieve that comfort and tolerance, but I have no tolerance for it whatsoever. But I’ve always been an advocate. I just feel it should be decriminalized. We’re spending taxpayers’ money on putting people away for something so harmless." read more on hightimes.com

Tomas Zabransky (Czech doctor specialising in addictology) cannabis quote

2011-08-22T02:30:00.000-07:00

- after launching a petition for the legal use of cannabis in treating sclerosis multiplex, the Parkinson disease, cancer and the AIDS in the Czech Republic: "The petition promotes cannabis's medical use. We don’t seek its legalization as a recreation drug"

President Barack Obama medical marijuana quote

2011-08-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

- asked by a woman from Cannon Falls, Minnesota: "If you can’t legalize marijuana, why can't you just legalize medical marijuana?" , president Obama said: "A lot of states are making decisions about medical marijuana. As a controlled substance, the issue is then that is it being prescribed by a doctor as opposed to… you know, well, I’ll leave it at that. What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws."

Eric Roberts marijuana quote

2011-08-17T01:06:00.000-07:00

"Hi, I'm Eric Roberts. There are many things I hold dear and near to my heart, things I'd liked to be changed, so you'll be hearing a lot from me. Today we're talking about the legalization of marijuana. How is alcohol legal and marijuana is not ? Alcohol has destroyed whole civilizations, where as pot has only made a few hippies happy. Now I know that's a gross understatement, but pot remains illegal because no one has figured out how to make it profitable for the government yet ... it's political, not protective. I had a pharmacologist once tell me that there is an army of scientist working to recreate a chemical that has the same effects on the central nervous system as THC...What does that tell you ? We can use a lot more nice in the world. Marijuana does that !"

state Rep. John Walsh medical marijuana quote

2011-08-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

"We have a goal of protecting public safety while preserving the legitimate right of people who need medical marijuana."

Dough Benson pot quote

2011-08-11T14:00:00.000-07:00

"I've never been harassed by anyone because I'm a pot comic. Other than people who insist I smoke with them. Which is something I can live with. There are much bigger problems in the country and the world than folks who like to get high on weed."

state Attorney General Bill Schuette marijuana quote

2011-08-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

"The marijuana law has been hijacked by drug dealers who want to make money, line their pockets and make a huge profit... This law has as many holes as Swiss cheese. It’s out of control and we need to fix it."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet cannabis quote

2011-08-09T00:56:00.000-07:00

"The cabinet today approved arrangements and supervision regarding the supply of cannabis for medical and research uses. This is in recognition that the medical use of cannabis is necessary in certain cases. The Health Ministry, in coordination with the Israel Police and the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, will oversee the foregoing and will also be responsible for supplies from imports and local cultivation."

Sarah Silverman pot quote

2011-08-01T23:27:00.000-07:00

"I'd have to be honest: I have contempt for pretty much every drug other than pot. I find drunk people gross. Most people with more than one drink in them aren't giggly, goofy and happy the way people are with a puff of pot smoke in them. At a party, I have so much fun stoned, flitting about.. but once I sniff that first wave of drunkenness on someone, I'm out of there."

Lady Gaga pot quote

2011-08-01T05:08:00.000-07:00

"I smoke a lot of pot when I write music. So I'm not gonna... like... sugar coat it for "60 Minutes" that...you know...I... I'm some... like... sober human being, 'cause I'm not. I drink a lot of whiskey and I smoke weed when I write. I don't do it a lot, because it's not good for my voice. I don't want to encourage kids to do drugs, but when you ask me about the sociology of fame and what artists do wrong; what artists do wrong is they lie...and I don't lie. I'm not a liar."

Dough Benson stoners quote

2011-07-28T03:27:00.000-07:00

"I think the film did a good job of proving that marijuana isn't as bad for you as it is sometimes made out to be, and it did a good job of showcasing me as a pro-pot comedian. Stoners come to all of my shows now. Which I love, because stoners don't heckle. They forget to laugh sometimes, too, but I'm cool with that."

Will Clark (Chico Police Officers’ Association) marijuana quote

2011-07-26T07:32:00.000-07:00

"The problem we have as police officers is that the marijuana trade is a huge safety issue. We’ve had home invasion robberies, we’ve had people shot and killed over marijuana, we’ve had residential burglaries, robberies, over marijuana."

Ashton Kutcher marijuana quote

2011-07-26T07:29:00.000-07:00

"I don't smoke and haven't in quite some time. But I'm not immune to a lapse in good judgement from time to time."

Lady Gaga weed quote

2011-07-22T01:38:00.000-07:00

"I was for sure addicted to coke. I got off it because my father called me out and kicked my ass. I didn't do it with people, I did it alone. But I regret every line I did. I don't do weed that often - and I tell the truth about that. I don't respect artists who aren't honest about what they do recreationally."

Gus Escamilla (Greenway University founder and CEO) marijuana quote

2011-07-19T01:32:00.000-07:00

"In keeping with our industry leading core educational direction and focus we recognize the need for real world, market tested medical marijuana education as it relates to the Florida market. We are exceptionally pleased to have written and designed a curriculum to specifically address the needs for the entire industry and the states that have implemented these programs. The number of Florida requests we have been experiencing has been impressive and with Representative Jeff Clemens who drafted Florida’ bill as well as Irv Rosenfeld, the oldest surviving federally approved medical marijuana patient, this educational weekend will provide some unprecedented insight into how the medical marijuana industry is run in other states that have adopted have adopted medical marijuana programs."

Marcie Seidel (Drug-Free Action Alliance) marijuana quote

2011-07-15T03:04:00.000-07:00

"Our conclusion is that the use of marijuana as medicine should not be a legislative or voter decision. We don't vote on antibiotics. We don't vote on antihistamines. If we're going to look at the medical value, let's treat it and study it like medicine".

The National Cancer Institute marijuana quote

2011-07-13T10:05:00.000-07:00

"The potential benefits of medicinal cannabis for people living with cancer include anti-emetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief and improved sleep."

Joe Elford marijuana quote (Chief Counsel for Americans for Safe Access)

2011-07-11T14:00:00.000-07:00

"We have foiled the government’s strategy of delay, and we can now go head-to-head on the merits, that marijuana really does have therapeutic value."

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) marijuana quote 08 july 2011

2011-07-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

"marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, has a high potential for abuse and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision."

William Vizzard (former Fresno County sheriff and professor of criminal justice at CSU Sacramento) marijuana quote

2011-07-07T15:36:00.000-07:00

"We’ve kind of reached a point in California in which we say it’s medical marijuana, but the reality is that we’ve thrown our hands up and just accepted it. It’s a very cloudy situation."

Deputy Attorney General James Cole marijuana quote

2011-07-07T11:07:00.000-07:00

"Persons who are in the business of cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana, and those who knowingly facilitate such activities, are in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, regardless of state law"

Carl Sagan marijuana quotes

2011-07-04T13:02:00.000-07:00

"Looking at fires when high, by the way, especially through one of those prism kaleidoscopes which image their surroundings, is an extraordinarily moving and beautiful experience."

Gov. Chris Christie weed quote (June 2011)

2011-07-04T04:29:00.000-07:00

"The federal government is saying medical marijuana is against the law. Until I get that assurance, I cannot ask people to do things that they might get prosecuted (for) by federal prosecutors. What happens if they get arrested and I ordered them to do it? That's wrong."

Bob Marley marijuana quotes

2011-07-03T12:56:00.000-07:00

"Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."

Joe Rogan weed quotes

2011-07-02T12:53:00.000-07:00

"Cigarettes kill over 400,000 people a year in this country alone. Alcohol kills over 75,000. 150 people die all over the world each year because coconuts fall on their fucking heads. Marijuana? 0. That’s 0 - EVER! "

Brady Irwin marijuana quote (CFO for the WSU branch of Students for Sensible Drug Policy [SSDP] and NORML)

2011-07-02T01:16:00.000-07:00

"The cannabis culture is no longer marginalized to the outer edges of society, and the discussion of drug reform has extended to every level of government and society. We are experiencing a paradigm shift in the way our society views cannabis. I feel it is only a matter of time before the federal prohibition of cannabis is ended and it becomes a matter of state rights. Cannabis is a safer alternative to alcohol and deserves to be regulated accordingly. Responsible cannabis users deserve to have a choice."

Mary-Louise Parker weed quotes

2011-07-01T12:42:00.000-07:00

"Marijuana doesn’t seem quite as contraband. I don’t have that reefer madness, but so many people do it. I don’t know why they bother doing it. There’s nothing even remotely naughty about it. It’s like Sudafed. I was never interested in it. I just feel, honestly, people make a really big deal about it."

Gary Johnson weed quotes

2011-06-30T12:38:00.000-07:00

"Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization."

Seth Rogen marijuana quotes

2011-06-29T12:28:00.000-07:00

In an interview after being elected a top celebrity stoner, Rogen said: "I don’t know what to say. It's just such an honor. And...uh... um... what was I talking about? Something about weed? I can't remember. Never mind."

Rep. Frank Smizik marijuana quote

2011-06-29T12:21:00.000-07:00

"Marijuana has proven its medical efficacy. This bill is about more than just commonsense, it’s about compassion. As the law stands these patients are faced with the daunting decision between foregoing much needed relief and committing a criminal act. These seriously ill patients do not always have the luxury of popping a pill to ease their suffering. For some, relief cannot be found in the pharmaceuticals available to them. For others, the side effects of such drugs are too harsh to handle."

Ron Paul marijuana quote

2011-06-29T03:55:00.000-07:00

"The war against marijuana causes so much hardship and accomplishes nothing."

Montel Williams weed quotes

2011-06-28T12:27:00.000-07:00

"Prescription drugs nearly shut down my kidneys. Then a doctor suggested I try medical marijuana...We've been caught up in culture surrounding medical marijuana that's 20 years old. While adhering to every single state law, we want to provide safe access for patients and really medicalize this. Patients should be put first. ... I want this to be someplace your mother and father could see themselves walk into."

Tommy Chong weed quotes

2011-06-27T04:46:00.000-07:00

debating on the issue of medical marijuana use: "Do you know Montel Williams? Montel Williams has M.S. It's a debilitating disease that he keeps under control by using marijuana. Melissa Etheridge suffers from cancer and she survived thru the use of marijuana...so it has medical use, so that lie you've just said - it has no medical use what so ever, it's a lie...and the reason you tell that lie it's because you're being payed to tell that lie, like the rest of the liars..."

Joe Rogan weed quotes

2011-06-24T03:19:00.000-07:00

"All that, and if they catch you with it they can lock you in a cage. If that’s not fucked, I don’t know what is. It seems like a frivolous issue, but I truly believe that legalization would completely change the direction of our society."

Lamar Smith weed quotes (Chairman at the House Judiciary Committee; Republican)

2011-06-24T03:15:00.000-07:00

"Marijuana use and distribution is prohibited under federal law because it has a high potential for abuse and does not have an accepted medical use in the U.S.. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved smoked marijuana for any condition or disease. Decriminalizing marijuana will only lead to millions more Americans becoming addicted to drugs and greater profits for drug cartels who fund violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Allowing states to determine their own marijuana policy flies in the face of Supreme Court precedent."

Barney Frank weed quotes (Democrat Congressman)

2011-06-24T03:13:00.000-07:00

"Criminally prosecuting adults for making the choice to smoke marijuana is a waste of law enforcement resources and an intrusion on personal freedom. I do not advocate urging people to smoke marijuana. Neither do I urge them to drink alcoholic beverages or smoke tobacco. But in none of these cases do I think prohibition enforced by criminal sanctions is good public policy."

Barbara Lee weed quotes

2011-06-23T05:31:00.000-07:00

"The human cost of the failed drug war has been enormous - egregious racial disparities, shattered families, poverty, public health crises, prohibition-related violence, and the erosion of civil liberties. And of course the cost in dollars and cents has been staggering as well - over a trillion dollars spent to incarcerate tens of millions of young people. I co-sponsored this bipartisan legislation because I believe it is time to turn the page from this failed drug war."

John McKay (former U.S. attorney in Seattle) weed quotes

2011-06-23T02:29:00.000-07:00

"That’s what drives my concern: The black market fuels the cartels, and that’s what allows them to buy the guns they use to kill people. A lot of Americans smoke pot and they’re willing to pay for it. I think prohibition is a dumb policy, and there are a lot of line federal prosecutors who share the view that the policy is suspect."