Cempaka Belanda: Campaigners have high hopes for legalisation after marijuana ballot wins

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Campaigners have high hopes for legalisation after marijuana ballot wins

Colorado votes to levy tax on recreational use while cities in Michigan and Maine vote to decriminalise some possession

theguardian.com, Amanda Holpuch in New York, Thursday 7 November 2013

One recent poll indicated 58% support for the legalisation of marijuana in
the US. Photograph: Anthony Bolante/Reuters

Campaigners are hopeful that election wins this week in Maine, Michigan and Colorado will pave the way for increased marijuana regulation and decriminalization across the US.

On Tuesday, the Michigan cities Ferndale, Jackson and Lansing – the capital – voted for measures that legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by an adult on private property. Detroit and Flint passed similar measures last year. Voters in Portland, Maine’s largest city, supported a measure that legalizes possession of up to 2.5oz of marijuana by adults over 21.

Colorado voters approved a hefty excise and sales tax on recreational marijuana, a year after legalizing it.

A recent Gallup poll indicated that 58% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, though some polling experts believe support is not yet in the majority – but will be soon.

“At this point, a large majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legal and we’re increasingly seeing voters and state lawmakers pursuing policies that reflect that,” said Mason Tvert, communications director at the Marijuana Policy Project, the largest marijuana policy reform group in the US.

“The taxes passed by Colorado really underscore the benefits of regulating marijuana instead of leaving it in in the underground market,” said Tvert. “This is the first time we’ve seen a state adopt a specific tax measure such as this.”

Cities and states where voters passed ballot measures on Tuesday received majority support to create tax laws and legalize the drug. Colorado voters approved a hefty excise and sales tax on recreational marijuana, a year after legalizing it.

“Portland is the largest city in Maine, so this certainly bodes well for efforts to end marijuana prohibition entirely in the state and start regulating marijuana like alcohol,” Tvert said, adding that Denver voters supported a similar measure just before Colorado legalized marijuana statewide.

It is still prohibited under federal law to cultivate, distribute or possess marijuana, but the Obama administration said in August that it will not sue Colorado and Washington, which also legalized marijuana in 2012. The Justice Department has said it will focus on prosecuting major cases instead of going after state-supported recreational laws and the medical marijuana laws which exist in 18 other states and the District of Columbia.

“The significance of the latest justice department memo cannot be overstated,” Tvert said. “Not only did it say federal government would respect state’s rights to regulate marijuana for adult sales and use, it also suggested that it’s possible that would be a more effective way of addressing federal interests, which are to prevent interstate trafficking, to take marijuana out of the hands of crime and to prevent it from being sold to young people.”

Marijuana Policy Project's efforts are now focused on getting marijuana legalized in 13 other states in the next few years. Next up is a petition to get a ballot measure in Alaska’s August 2014 election.

The group also hopes to get legislation on 2016 election ballots in Maine, Arizona, California, Nevada, Montana and Massachusetts. In states where citizens cannot petition for ballot measures, MPP is lobbying legislators in Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont.

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