Posted on 09/29/2014 5:10:45 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
"I'm Anne Armstrong, and I'm going to be the next governor of Rhode Island," she says in the minute-and-a-half-long video. "And I hope that during my tenure, I will be able to dispel a number of misconceptions about cannabis use."
Armstrong, who said she smokes cannabis every day, uses it for medicinal purposes, and also argues that it helps her focus and communicate with people around her. In the video, she takes a hit off a pipe after insisting that pot users "shouldn't be ostracized or marginalized."
"It doesn't make people crazy the way you've been told," she says. "We've been lied to for a long time by our government, and something that's been essential to our health has been taken away from us."
"Yes, I do smoke cannabis. And yes, I do inhale," she says, invoking former President Bill Clinton's famous "didn't inhale" remark during his first run for President in 1992.
The stigma about marijuana has clearly lessened since Clinton's comment. Then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2006 admitted, "I inhaled -- that was the point." And he went on to be elected.
(Excerpt) Read more at kpax.com ...
so we should elect a person who is in supposed pain, and is on drugs which then affects her mind.
Only in a liberaltarian,liberal view would that make sense
What kind of lefty is she, democrat, libertarian, green?
>> “I’m Anne Armstrong, and I’m going to be the next governor of Rhode Island,”
Ann, you’re on drugs!
Hedonism on the ballot
Remember that judge who was insane or something? The left didn’t think that should disqualify him either.
“Much like alcohol, it makes you think you’re focused and clearly communicating, But when you step back and look at it the next day you realize that you sounded like a mindless moron.”
There is also a growing body of scientific evidence high instances of schizophrenia in habitual marijuana users.
The stuff actually makes cigarettes look good
I smoke it for three reasons — for medicinal purposes, of course, and because t helps me focus, and ... wow ... totally spaced on that last bit, bro.
Worked for Emperor Choom
probably all three
Pot is an aphrodesiac. Nuff said.
Tony Abbott (Aussie Prime Minister) recently announced that they are going to look at cannabis oil for cancer patients and pain and other medical issues - I think he intends to set up a research council on it. Hopefully it will be found to be efficacious and be put into use for those who need it - I am sure God meant the plant to be put to good use and maybe not just for rope and hard wearing pants!
I will not chronicle my list of injuries and surgeries.
I will state that it helps me and I do not rely on pills for relief from conditions accumulated over years of abusing my body. My employment caused severe stresses on my skeleton.
I am prematurely retired at 58yo due to those stresses to my body.
Please freepers, do not let your prejudice color your thought processes as regards the nation wide push for legalizing weed.
Indeed! Using the nature provided pharmocopia has long been exploited by the big pharma companies in the form of "new" discoveries.
Do you remember the cancer "cure of the monent" derived from,as I dimly recall, a species of yew bushes?
> What kind of lefty is she, democrat, libertarian, green?
Probably all of the above plus homo. They tend to run in the same packs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2tIxCXUaL0
“Rhode Island Compassion Party” (write in)
“...and I’m going to be the next governor of Rhode Island...”
What is she...high?
How thoughtful.
The amendment is on Florida's ballot for November. Two of them actually, one very limited, the other more rational.
My vote will be yes to both!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.