The poll question is this:
Would you donate 50$ to legalize marijuana
I answered
Yes.
Now here is my opinion on why I doubt that using such a blitzkrieg tactic to
force politicians and the public to completely think 180* different than that currently do won't work.
This is a nation driven by fear we are talking about, and one of those fears is change.
The truth is I do already donate to a few groups that are working to change things. MPP and other organizations, I believe, get credit for medical marijuana being legal in Michigan now, a massive step forward in my oppinion. The large organizations I donate to are working the system the way the system was designed. If the gov't system was an animal it would be a tortoise.
The thought that the gov't machine is quick enough to legalize a substance classified on the same level as heroin and crack over some publicity stunt is rediculous. Even if every God fearing Christian found out that cannabis (kanah bossom) was used by all priests and profits in the bible and they were all sinners for judging those who use marijuana they would still not change their mind. They might go to confessional and then that is all, poof, forgotten. To much energy for the common citizen that either does not benefit from the plant or does not know anything of the plant and therefor despises it. Ignorance is bliss. Your not taking into account the fact that this nation makes decisions based on whims and what the church tells them to do.
We are talking about the right to make our own decisions as the forefathers intended but short of a revolution, in today's day and age, there is no way to do this fast enough. You think that you only need to impress and persude one session of congress and only one round of each of those politicians? Seriously? 2 years? I think your going to have to grease the wheels and line the pockets for years just as big tobacco and big oil has. The public no longer controls the government, control is all an illusion.
The only way to win this war is to fight fire with fire and give the politicians more lobbyist and line more pockets and scratch backs. We have to become what we loath and turn into the enemy. We have to become a public conglomerate and be larger than big tobacco to win. This will take much more time and money than I believe you initially project.
I'm investing in a smaller uphill battle by donating to already established legitimate organizations that are slowly working the system and making a difference.