Yeah the government is giving the nod and a wink to any media outlet that will print shit stories to confirm that weed is evil and it's true people do believe this shit, the majority of us don't get a chance to respond to the blatant lies that are being spread around about ganja. The people that are against the legalization don't have the slightest clue about what they are keeping from the world.
Politicians are constantly quoting results from this or that survey or a study conducted by Doctor blah de blah, but we never hear how the very people who carry out these surveys and studies are either funded by the government and so will produce any result the government wants or are given a "DONATION" by an "ANONYMOUS DONATOR". Its all just a big game to the politicians, a game that gets them power and money. all the crap that is said by the media has definitely affected the progress towards legalization and we seem to have very little chance at ever putting a stop to this propaganda crap unless we somehow are given an equal platform from which to voice our views and state facts, to challenge the government to listen to the people and stop dictating what we can or cannot use for self medication OR recreation as long as we are harming no one .