To forbid or even seriously to restrict the use of so gracious an herb as hemp would cause widespread suffering and annoyance and to large bands of worshipped ascetics, deep-seated anger. It would rob the people of a solace in discomfort, of a cure in sickness, of a guardian whose gracious protection saves them from the attacks of evil influences, and whose mightly power makes the devotee of the Victorious, overcoming the demons of hunger and thirst, of panic, fear, of the glamour of Maya or matter, and of madness, able in rest to brood on the Eternal, till the Eternal,possessing him body and soul, frees him from the haunting of self and receives him into the Ocean of Being. These beliefs the Musalman devotee shares to the full. Like his Hindu brother, the Musalman fakir reveres bhang as the lengthener of life, the freer from the bonds of self. Bhang brings union with the Divine spirit. "We drank bhang and the mystery I am he grew plain. So grand a result, so tiny a sin."

"In his devotion to bhang, with reverence, not with the worship, which is due to Allah alone, the North Indian Mussulman joins hynming to the praise of bhang. To the follower of the later religion of Islam the holy spirit in bhang is not the spirit of the Almighty, it is the spirit of the great prophet Khizr, or Elijah. That bhang should be sacred to Khizr is natural; Khizr is the patron saint of water. Still more, Khizr means green, the revered color of the cooling water of bhang. So the Urdu poet sings, "When I quaff fresh bhang I liken its color to the fresh light down of thy youthful beard." The prophet Khizr, the green prophet, cries, "May the drink be pleasing to thee." Nasir, the great North Indian Urdu poet, is loud in praises o his beloved Sabzi, 'the Green One.'

Compared with bhang spirits are naught. Leave all things thou fool, drink bhang.

From its quickening the imagination, Mussulman poets honor bhang with the title Waraq al-Khayal, 'Fancy's Leaf.' And the Makhazan or great Arab-Greek drug book records many other fond names for the drug. Bhang is the Joy-Giver, the Sky-Flier, the Heavenly-Guide, the Poor Man's Heaven, the Soother of Grief." http://khidr.org/cannabis.htm
On the Island Of Puerto Rico Juana y MaryJane to go!
ecoavila go your own way!

what would the world be without marijuana? health secretaries are calling for it, doctors have called for it and now the people are calling for it! how can they restrict us from doing what we want to our bodies and to our minds? people aren't causing harm...only thinking, and to our governments this is a problem. God forbid someone should leave the flock! smoking the herb reveals you to yourself!!
peace on earth

Smoking marihuana is a serious crime in PR. You can face up to
5 years in prison although drug courts and rehabilitation alternatives
exist for FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. Stealing less than $200 is considered a misdemeanor, while posessing a small amount of pot is a felony, even when in the first case the suspect is affecting somebody else's life and finances.
Most marihuana smokers spend less than most people spend on legal cigarretes and phisiological addiction has not been proved. Consequently, marihuana users do not face the same effects than cocaine, heroine or pills users.
Some courts in Puerto Rico spend more than $5000 prosecuting marihuana users and make those caught with even small amount also spend about that same figure. It is a lose-lose situation for the government as well as small time users. If they impose a fine of say $300-500, the state makes some
money and spends less as well as the small time user. This is common sense, but the establishment is blind or perhaps stupid.

I think it's safe to say there are too many people in jail who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong amount of a wrongfully illegal substance, thus resulting in a life ruining sentence. So you smoke pot, who *explitive* cares! You sit there on the couch and don't hurt anybody, or go for a drive at the speed limit, god forbid. Literally billions of our dollars have been spent on fighting "the war on drugs" and keeping these "wrong-doers" in our jails. All it has done is remove professionals from their jobs, destroy families, take moms and dads away from their children, cause people financial hardships, social ostracization (is that a word?) and of course it's all just a huge waste of our time, money and jail space. The cop that's arresting you for having a bag of pot on you just missed a call for a little girl getting kidnapped up the street. This is ridiculous, people. Pot does less harm than cigarettes and tobacco products, both which are legal and taxed in our country. It has been estimated that legalizing marijuana would create 30-50,000 jobs across the country. Combine these jobs with the money we won't spend on a hapless police force searching for these harmless people, and the revenue generated by its sales and we might just break even on our costs on the "war on drugs" in about fifty years. WHAT IS THE HOLD UP?!?. I'm down right disgusted with the way people view marijuana as a "gateway drug." It wouldn't be a "gateway drug" if it wasn't so wrongfully associated with hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, opium etc... It's f*cking harmless! You know what happens when you smoke too much pot? You fall asleep and wake up reaching for a bottle of water. If you drink too much alcohol, you die, but that's apparently just fine with our government; but god forbid you smoke some pot, you awful person you. Well, I just finished rolling a joint, and I'm going to go step outside and harmlessly smoke it with another positively contributing member of society, and you know what, I'll have a beer and a cigarette too.

OK, this is 2008, not 1968. All the testing has been done and marijuana is not a killer, unlike alcohol. I know more dead people from alcohol than I have fingers and toes. I know of no one dead from marijuana. If marijuana would have been as available as alcohol, perhaps those dead friends would still be alive because an alternative would have been available instead of drinking themselves into the grave. As far as a "gateway" to other drugs argument, that is as stupid as saying "if you drink beer you will end up drinking overproof rum because beer is a gateway to it". Ridiculous. Stop the persecution. Amsterdam style!

En Puerto Rico "la isla del encanto" en estos momentos pasamos por una crisis no tan solo economica ni de gobiernoo, tambien con problemas de justicia. En nuestra isla vemos muchos abusos de guardias y agentes solo por consumir el fruto q nos brinda nuestra madre tierra. Mucha gente rechazada de trabajos y alejados de sus familias siendo condenados a ciertos años de carcel y teniendo q pagar mucho dinero para salir de las mismas y los mismos tribunales invirtinedo mucho dinero para hacer q estos sean culpables. Mucho dinero desperdiciado por algo natural q te puede ensenar de la vida y demostrale a la gente lo q somos y q seremoss... Hagan conciencia y dejen la ignoranciaaaa.... no abusen masss... y a prender por la vidaa!!!

Ps Esto es lo q yo pienso,LA MARIHUANA,no es mala,y si la eh usado,y no tiene nada de malo,si te da ojos rojos(wow q crimen),te da hambre(pecado!) y te pone a reirte(diablo eso es una delito),ps enverdad q este pais esta mal,cojen a los q fuman,los meten al tribunal,les dicen ps q escoges carcel o sentro de reabilitacion?ellos ps es obvio q van a esoger el centro,despues dien q los jovenes estan adictos a la marihuana y q chekeen aver los centros de reabilitacion,ps claro si es la unica opcion q tienen,tmbn tienen la de no acerlo,la de no fumar,pero uno no puede controlar la vida de otros,uno ase su propias decicsiones,los q fuman cigarrilos,estan peores,si kisas da~e un poco los pulmones(la marihuana)pro el cigarrillo es PEOR!,AY MAS DE 50,000 usuarios de la marihuana,50,000,y todavia siguen,y Diganme dnde estan los cuerpos de esas personas?dnde estan los muertos?NADA,Y kisas aigan muertes,pero es pol q en la calle se matan pol dicha droga,y POR ESO AY Q LEGALIZARLA!!!,para q en la calle no aigan mas muertes por esta supuestamente droga,ay peores ,la heroina,la cocaina,manteca,pastillas,alcohol,todo eso,es Peor!,y Si ay una crisis,y Ay cosas mas impoltantes en este pais en Puerto rico, Aora mismo la economia,los desempleados,todo eso,si es verdad,pero Les aseguro q si ustedes LEGALIZAN!la marihuana,Van aver menos crimenes,El gobierno tendra Mas Dinero,por que aora la gente se va a salir de las calles,y diran oye aora es mas seguro,ySi Kieren cobren Taxes tmbn,Mas Chavos pal Gobierno por que eso es lo que ellos Quieren,Ay Personas cn condiciones que Tiemblan,no pueden ni Ablar Casi,Se Fuman un poko de marihuana,y Estan Ablando como una persona normal,dejan de temblar,Es Algo increible,
Es Bueno para el cancer
Se Pueden aser papeles cn la marihuana en ves de da~ar a los arboles
Ropa
Todo!
Es Una Planta q ha existido por a~os
Yo Pienso que estar metiendo personas por usar marihuana es injusto y estupido
y dejando q mas gente en la calle muera por una bolsita de algo que no ase ningun daõ a la sociedad ni a la salud,es tan askeroso
y dejar que la gente que esta enferma,sigan poniendose peor por que unas personas en este mundo piensan q es una droga,Pol q ni la an probado,ablan sin saber,
Ps NO es una droga
Miren en amsterdam los crimenes bajaron un monton despues de que la legalizaron en un solo a~o,y aqui en puerto rico solo sigue aumentando
Si LA GENTE QUE DECIDE ESTO FUERA JUSTA,REAL Y INTELIGENTE LA LEGALIZARAN,Y No decidieran mas que por que mi amigo q esta en el mismo partido mio,decidio no legalizarla,ps yo are lo mismo,ps no todo el mundo tiene sus diferencias,y unos fuman yerba y otros no,ya,si la legalizan,no significa que puerto rico estara cn una nube de humo por siempre no sean estupidos(cn to el respeto)
Uno escoge sus deciciones y ya!
Informencen,LEGALIZENLA!