"If people let government decide what foods they eat
and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live
under tyranny."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about
things that matter"

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

As a tax day protest, NORML handed in a mock-check in NY City on tax day, April 15th.

Related articles about the economics of legalization:

* http://www.canorml.org/background/CA_legalization2.html
* http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr4/exec_summ.html
* http://www.cantaxreg.com (See: Revenue Potential and Economic Analysis, and Background Materials.

Check out these studies and stories on Cannabis as a cure:

THC cannabis marijuana destroys cancer cells: http://www.thecancerblog.com/2006/03/02/thc-cannabis-marijuana-destroys-cancer-cells/

Cancer Cure - Cannabis & Cannabinoids, by Robert Melamede,PhD: http://herbalcleanse.com.au/videos/cancer-cure-cannabis-cannabinoidsby-robert-melamedephd

Run From The Cure: How Cannabis Cures Cancer And Why No One Knows: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/5169.html

Cannabis and Cancer Studies from Safe Access Canada: http://safeaccess.ca/research/cancer.htm

Marijuana May Fight Lung Tumors: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/17/health/webmd/main2696726.shtml

Study Finds No Lung Cancer-Marijuana Connection: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html

THC May Fight Lung Cancer: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4946.html

Pot Shows Promise as Cancer Cure: http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20008/

Breakthrough Discovered in Medical Marijuana Cancer Treatment: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january112008/cancer_treatment_11008.php

Unlocking a Cure for Cancer – With Pot: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/armentano-p1.html

THC (marijuana) helps cure cancer says Harvard study: http://www.nowpublic.com/thc_marijuana_helps_cure_cancer_says_harvard_study

What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-armentano/what-your-government-know_b_108712.html

Cannabinoid Cancer Cure - U.S. Government Knew in 1974!: http://cannabistv.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/january-2008-medical-cannabis-cancer-cure-redux/

Marijuana takes on colon cancer: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14451-marijuana-takes-on-colon-cancer.html?feedId=online-news_rss20

Marijuana Compound Might Cure Breast Cancer: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2007/nov/19/awesome_marijuana_compound_might

THC for Tumors: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1816.html

US Federal Report Backs Medical Pot: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1435.html

Cannabinoid Research Around The World: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2353.html

THC Destroys Brain Cancers: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1569.html

Pot Shrinks Tumors: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1576.html

THC-Tumor Research Funding Cut: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1878.html

Cannabinoid Treats Tumors: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2255.html

Cannabinoid Anti-Tumor Effect: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3016.html

Cannabinoids Destroy Cancer: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3254.html

Cannabis Doesn't Cause Cancer, But It Might Cure It: http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy_main/2007/apr/18/cannabis_doesnt_cause_cancer_but

Marijuana Compound May Fight Lung Cancer: http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/17/hscout603764.html

Government and Media Conspire to Hide the Truth. The War on Certain Drug Users Prevents a Natural CANCER CURE from being used: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~timgatewood/pot_cures_cancer.html Marijuana

Compound Shows Promise In Fighting Breast Cancer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071123211703.htm