When Olympic officials decided to give snowboarder Ross Rebagliati his gold medal back, the cheers drowned out the boos. ... In my closing argument I would like to tell you that it is NORML to smoke pot, but a marijuana smoker is arrested every 45 seconds, and you wonder why these people are paranoid...
Pot, another name for marijuana, is a drug made from the dried leaves and flowering tops of hemp plants. ... Ross Rebagliati, from Whistler, British Columbia, won the men's giant slalom snowboarding gold medal, with a time of two minutes and 3.96 seconds. ...
For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think differently and pose marijuana as a potential use in today's modern world. In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. Cultivated for at least 5,000 years and serving as one of the oldest crops not grown for food, the marijuana plant began it...
